Your Majesty, please spare Diao Chan; your yang energy is too strong.

Zhou Heng recounted the story of the tomb raiders, which immediately surprised Liao Hua.

"My lord, is it still worth discussing the matter of digging up graves? After all, it is far too immoral..."

Liao Hua hesitated.

"How outdated! Throughout history, countless kings and nobles have buried countless treasures of gold and silver underground. Most of these riches and rare treasures came from the people of the world. Their original purpose was to be taken from the people and used for the people. Now they are buried underground, never to see the light of day. How tragic! Now we will take them out and return them to the world. Isn't that wonderful? And why is it considered immoral?"

"This... is short-sighted."

"Yes, but this matter is indeed somewhat disgraceful in this era, so it's best not to let the news leak out."

"Yes."

"It's getting dark, it's time to set off. Have someone prepare torches and hoes. Tonight, follow me to a place twenty miles to the west. If I remember correctly, there is a large tomb there. The gold, silver, jewels, and artifacts buried inside should be enough to feed us for several months."

Zhou Heng pointed to a map of Xuzhou he had drawn today and said a place name.

It must be said that although he was not given important responsibilities by Liu Bei.

However, after working under Liu Bei for half a month, he did not come away empty-handed.

At least they know exactly where the large tombs are in Xuzhou.

He knew not only Xuzhou, but also Yanzhou and Yuzhou like the back of his hand.

Because Zhou Heng had previously defected to Cao Cao, he had considered this plan to intercept Cao Cao's goods and gain Cao Cao's trust.

Unexpectedly, he was kicked out before he could gain Cao Cao's favor.

After joining Liu Bei, he never forgot this strategy.

Thinking that he would be highly valued by Liu Bei, he offered up his plan to become a tomb raider.

After all, Liu Bei was a completely different person from Cao Cao, and was known for his benevolence and righteousness.

Offer this plan before gaining his trust and being given important responsibilities.

It might be a losing proposition.

Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the changes.

Now I can only use it myself.

"Yes."

Soon, two thousand strong men, equipped with various gear, headed toward the large tomb that Zhou Heng had marked in advance.

After about an hour's journey, the group arrived at their destination in a grand procession.

"Send a few people to keep watch around here to prevent anyone from noticing anything unusual."

"Yes."

"Everyone else, dig."

Tombs from before the Han Dynasty were not divided into Southern and Northern schools, as is the case with the Tomb Raider Chronicles.

After all, Cao Cao's tomb raiding team hasn't even been established yet.

Zhou Heng can be considered the pioneer.

As for things like geomancy, feng shui, and dragon vein exploration, there's absolutely none of that.

I asked around among my subordinates, but none of them had any talent in this area.

However, Zhou Heng didn't care. He simply said, "Go for it!" and started digging.

You've dug through the mountain of 2000 people.

As long as you have a general idea of ​​the location, it's practically impossible to come empty-handed.

Sure enough, after digging through the night, a delightful sound finally came.

"My lord, we've found it! We've found it!"

Liao Hua ran over excitedly.

"Don't go in yet. Wait until the air inside has circulated before you go in."

After Zhou Heng threw a torch, he stopped Liao Hua and the others who were itching to make a move.

The torch went out, indicating that there was toxic gas inside and the air was not fully circulating.

After waiting for a while, and seeing that the torches hadn't gone out, Zhou Heng finally told the men to leave.

"Take some men down there and see how big it is. There are no other requirements. Just bring all the valuables back to the stronghold."

Zhou Heng pointed to a squad leader.

"Yes."

The squad leader went down less than half an hour ago and came running back up excitedly, shouting and yelling.

He was also holding various valuable items, such as gold, silver, and jade.

The people behind them were also filled with surprise.

"We're rich! We're rich! Our lord is rich! The place is so big it's like a backyard garden, overflowing with all sorts of treasures. In my opinion, there are at least ten million five-zhu coins alone, countless gold, silver, and jade artifacts, and even a tomb chamber filled with all kinds of weapons. Although they've been around for a long time and are quite rusty, they could still be used after some polishing..."

The squad leader spoke eloquently, his face beaming with excitement that lingered for a long time.

This is a large Han Dynasty tomb, but it contains many modern artifacts.

Therefore, many things can be taken out and used directly, such as the Wuzhu coin.

Borrowing money from the dead is actually quite common.

The most typical example is Dong Zhuo.

While in Luoyang, they excavated all the surrounding imperial tombs, uncovering billions of coins and thousands of cartloads of gold, silver, and jewels.

The route to Meiwu stretches for dozens of miles.

What he's talking about now is worlds apart from the imperial tombs that Dong Zhuo dug up.

However, it was enough for his food, clothing, and other necessities during this period.

This was his first source of start-up capital.

"Yes, this kind of thing will happen often in the future, so there's no need to make a fuss about it."

"Here's what I'll do: I'll give you 100 men to go down and bring all of these things up."

"The others are responsible for transportation."

Zhou Heng quickly calmed down and gave the instructions.

"Yes."

Hearing about so much gold and silver, these impoverished Yellow Turban soldiers were already stunned.

They were full of energy for a time.

Zhou Heng had already left after giving his instructions.

We rested briefly for the night not far from Xuzhou city.

On the second day, we went directly to Xuzhou City, found the translation office, and dressed up nicely.

After all, in this era, money isn't important; what matters most is how to convert money into food.

In particular, most of the money Zhou Heng has now is still embezzled funds and funerary objects.

Exchanging them for provisions is no easy task.

In fact, there are very few people in the entire Xuzhou area who have the capacity to absorb this shipment.

Even fewer people dared to eat it.

Zhou Heng's first choice was naturally the Mi family, the richest family in Xuzhou.

There was no other reason than that Mi Fang was greedy enough.

Later, when he was stationed in Jingzhou with Guan Yu, he even dared to resell grain and military equipment.

It's easy to imagine how greedy they were.

But it's not surprising. If a businessman isn't greedy, how can he become the richest man in Xuzhou?

Others might not dare to accept these funerary objects, but the Mi family, as the richest family in Xuzhou, definitely would.

Soon, Zhou Heng arrived at the Mi family's residence.

"I am a merchant from Jingzhou who wishes to meet with Mr. Mi Fang. I have a big business deal to discuss with you. Please inform him of my intention to cooperate."

Zhou Heng had his men deliver a few five-zhu coins.

"Please wait a moment, esteemed guest, while I give you my briefing."

The servants were overjoyed.

Thinking they were important clients, they hurriedly and politely welcomed Zhou Heng and his party inside.

Since we're here to discuss business, we can't possibly dress the same way as before.