After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

Patting his shoulder, he said, "Practice more in the future, kid."

The tense atmosphere in the cave suddenly eased. They stood there and waited for a while, but it didn't move.

He carefully held the knife and took a few steps forward. Still no response, he took a few more tentative steps.

The big snake's tail moved, scaring the people so much that they turned around and ran away.

After running more than twenty meters, he stopped again.

Old Fan looked at the soldier just now and wanted to train him.

"Boy, pick up your bow and arrow and shoot two arrows at it."

The soldier looked around, then looked at the motionless snake.

He was no longer so scared, so he drew his bow and shot both arrows in one go.

The big snake struggled for a while and then slowly stopped moving.

Lao Fan and others were worried that it was fake, so they waited for a while before moving forward carefully.

This time the snake didn't react, so Lao Fan raised the big knife in his hand and chopped off the snake's head.

The people behind followed Lao Fan confidently and continued forward. They would come back to clean up the things later and sell them for some money, enough for their brothers to have a drink.

There was no danger and no forks in the road as we went further.

Almost in the middle, the cave becomes wider, about twenty meters wide, like a hall.

They looked around and found that the cave was bare and empty.

Lao Fan was a little disappointed, as he thought he could discover something.

There was no obstruction around, and the entire cave could be seen clearly at a glance.

Lao Fan led his men forward. After taking two steps, they heard a voice.

"Sir, do you think there is a platform up there?"

Lao Fan looked up at the place he was pointing to. It was two meters above the ground and partially blocked by a huge rock, so he hadn't seen it just now.

Lao Fan was a little unsure, so he took his men to take a closer look.

They couldn't see anything standing below, so Lao Fan asked people to form a human wall and go up to take a look.

The soldier I just found there is the one who was so scared that his legs went weak. He is very young, only seventeen years old. Everyone calls him Youcai because his father hopes that the family will be rich.

Youcai was nimble and stood at the top. He grabbed the edge of the platform with both hands and jumped up.

"My lord, there is an inner room up there, but it is too dark to see what is inside."

Old Fan excitedly asked people to continue going up, and three more people went up. The people behind handed the torches up so that they could see clearly what was inside.

"Sir, there are more than thirty boxes inside. I don't know what's inside. The boxes are very heavy." Youcai's cheerful voice came out.

Old Fan had some guesses in his mind, so he followed behind, went up to the platform, and entered the inner room.

This place is really magical and was formed naturally. Most people would not think that there is an inner room here.

This inner room is not big, about thirty square meters.

There were more than thirty boxes neatly stacked on the left, and a dozen cloth bags of things on the right.

Youcai quickly opened the bag, reached in, grabbed a handful, and looked at it in front of his eyes.

"Sir, this is food. It's all top-quality food." Youcai put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Lao Fan estimated that there were about 1,000 kilograms, enough for the people in the garrison to eat for a few days.

Lao Fan walked to the box, raised the big knife in his hand, and chopped hard at the copper lock.

The copper lock fell to the ground under the heavy blow.

Lao Fan opened the lid and his eyes were dazzled by the light from the box.

The people around couldn't help but take two steps forward, wishing they could put all the silver in the box into their pockets.

Old Fan roughly counted and found that there were about two thousand taels of silver in one box.

Lao Fan found another box, raised his knife and slashed, and the copper lock fell to the ground.

Someone nearby was quicker and opened the box, then was stunned.

The gold inside was neatly stacked, and when the torch shone on it, it was a bit dazzling.

Old Fan was also shocked. He stretched out his hand, touched the gold ingot, put it to his mouth in a trance, and bit it with his teeth.

Looking at the tooth marks on the gold ingots, it feels real.

Put the gold back and cover it with the lid.

"Youcai, you guard the door to the inner room. Everyone else stands outside and waits for Lord Li to come and deal with it."

Youcai responded loudly and sat down on the ground, refusing to let anyone in.

Old Fan selected three people and returned the same way to report to Lord Li.

Watching the three people go back, Lao Fan took his men to search the surroundings again, but this time they didn't find anything.

The three of them left quickly and came back quickly.

After receiving the news, Lord Li immediately led his men up the mountain.

Just now when the three of them went out, they met Lord Li at the entrance of the cave.

Master Qian's clothes were covered in mud and stained with green grass juice.

When he couldn't see anyone coming back from up there, he knew there must have been some discovery down there.

Let a few yamen runners help him come down slowly.

As he was old, he walked slowly, and when he reached the cave entrance, he was caught up by Lord Li who came up the mountain later.

The two of them entered the cave together and met Mr. Wan and his group who had returned.

They found nothing in that cave.

Worried about Lord Fan, bring people back quickly.

People who came in later and saw the snakes killed on the road could also imagine the scene at that time.

Lord Li was in a good mood. Finding the hidden silver meant that the case was completely completed, and he would be able to reward him according to his merits later.

His brother-in-law is an official in the provincial capital. When they hear the news, everyone in their garrison will definitely move up.

Lord Li first came to the middle of the cave, but did not find any place where the silver was hidden.

After being reminded by someone, I found the entrance in the middle of the mountain wall.

"Old Fan, well done."

Old Fan was so delighted by the praise that if Lord Li moved up a little, he could also move a little.

Lord Li did not go up, but asked someone to move the silver down.

Master Qian stroked his beard and smiled, what good luck he had.

Their original plan was to look for it for another two days, but if they couldn't find it, they would give up. But they never expected that luck would come and they would get the credit.

Lord Li was an anxious man, and he asked someone to count the amount of gold and silver on the spot.

Lao Fan and Mr. Wan each have their own team, and they count each one and then check whether the amount is the same.

I just counted a few boxes and noticed a pattern.

Each box of silver contained 2,000 taels, and each box of gold contained 10,000 taels. This time, 360,000 taels of silver were found.

According to custom, they can keep a portion of the gold and silver they find as a reward for their hard-earned money.

Lord Li took Master Qian aside to discuss the matter and decided that 40,000 would be kept for the garrison and 20,000 for the government office.

There are more people in the garrisons than in the yamen, but the yamen also needs to appease the people, so this division is appropriate.

Lord Li looked at the boxes of gold and silver without feeling sleepy at all.

The food in the cave was distributed to the guards. The government office was not short of food, and they did not have so many people to transport it.

Master Qian and Lord Li were both very satisfied. It was almost midnight now, so they set up camp at the bottom of the ditch.

They also caught a few wild goats, which they killed and gave to the brothers as a midnight snack.

Lord Li got a leg of lamb and ate it with big mouthfuls. Master Qian was a scholar and could not eat the leg of lamb in a bold and unrestrained manner.

Holding a dagger, he cut the mutton piece by piece and ate it with relish.