Chapter 552 Priceless Treasure
Xiao Chen ordered more than a dozen people to firmly hold the edge of the tortoise shell to prevent it from shaking, and asked seven or eight people to carry lamps to illuminate the craftsmen working in the tortoise shell, and strictly prohibited making noise so as not to disturb the craftsmen, and those who violated the order were also punished. Throw them all overboard!
Wu Hanming on the flagship saw that they suddenly slowed down the speed of the ship, and the lights on the deck were brightly lit. A group of people huddled together did not know what happened?
He hurriedly asked with semaphore, and the answer was that the boss was hunting for treasure.
What treasure are you looking for?
Who knows, so far, we haven't seen it yet.
After about a stick of incense, a sharp light suddenly overflowed from the sawed crack of the big bulge, reflecting the faces of the surrounding audience in every detail!
When the big guy was dumbfounded, a craftsman had already taken out the bead, held it up with both hands, and gently handed it to Xiao Chen's hand.
Then he took a deep breath and sat down on the ground.
"Hahaha!" Xiao Chen laughed happily while holding the beads.
But he saw that this orb was about the size of an egg, white and crystal clear, radiant and shimmering, like a living thing, emitting a half-chi-long light from its body, making it almost impossible to stare at.
It is indeed a priceless treasure!
Compared with this pearl, the night pearl that Linger brought to Xiao Chen from Paradise Island is nothing worth mentioning!
"Fatty, how much do you think this bead is worth?" Fu Yan asked Shangguan Qiji in a low voice.
"How can there be a price for something special? It's priceless!" Shangguan Qiji's envious eyes turned red.
Because just such a bead is priceless, and there are twenty-three more!
Let's just say that this brat Xiao Chen is a genius, otherwise he would spend 10,000 taels of gold to buy it?
Buying this one bead for 10,000 taels of gold is already a huge profit, but he bought twelve. This kid is already rich beyond compare!
Then a friend asked, how did Xiao Chen know that it was the Armor of the Dragon, and he also believed that there was such a valuable orb in it?
This has to be said from the time when he was working in the Cunjuan Hall.
At the beginning, he had nothing to do in the archive hall, so he read various memorials every day to amuse himself.
I have seen a memorial to Li Wanjiang played by a state official in Minzhou County.
Li Wanjiang didn't know where he heard that there was such a dragon spirit pearl in the sea, so he casually asked him if it was true?
The emperor inquired, can he play it seriously?
Dang even wrote a long and eloquent essay with tens of thousands of words, introduced the origin of the dragon spirit pearl in detail, and even drew a pattern of a dragon tortoise shell based on what some old fishermen in the county saw and heard...
According to old legends, hearsay, and some scattered evidence analysis, the conclusion is that there must be a dragon spirit bead, but it is extremely rare.
Even if someone gets it by chance, they must not dare to publicize it, and will definitely hide it quietly as a family heirloom or sell it to those barbarians who are willing to pay a high price.
If the emperor wants it, then the minister will definitely do his best to help the emperor buy it, but the minister may not be able to do it in the end, he just does his best, and it will be like this after death...
At that time, Xiao Chen only read it as a story, and after reading it, he threw it away and forgot about the bird long ago.
It wasn't until this morning that Ling'er brought this big tortoise shell back with his own eyes that he suddenly thought of it. Because he couldn't tell whether it was true or not, he didn't say anything about it, but after some research, it looked more and more like it!
This is exactly the same as the one depicted in the memorial, except for one difference, the bulge at the end of the ribs of the tortoise shell depicted on the memorial has all been crushed, but this tortoise shell is complete...
Explain what?
It means that those orbs are still there.
Does the heartbeat immediately speed up?
Hurriedly called Xiao Ye, Zuoshan Saji and others to ask about the process in detail, but they didn't know anything, and said in unison that this was what Miss Linger meant, and we don't know why she insisted on it. Want to bring this big turtle shell back?
I wanted to ask Linger, but seeing Zhengxiang sleeping soundly, I didn't want to bother her. This little girl was tired from tossing around last night, let her sleep well, and give her a 'surprise' when she wakes up .
But Ling'er gave him a surprise first, according to Ling'er's narration, Xiao Chen can basically be sure that the tortoise shell is undoubtedly left by the dragon!
Because the state official's memorial clearly stated, 'According to my minister's hearing, many dragons have manifested spirits, and they call themselves Lingshou. '
It's real!
The next problem is to find a way to get the tortoise shell, it seems that it is time to trick my own sister...
This is the younger sister Ling'er, if it's the younger brother Xiao Ye, how can she talk nonsense with him if she just grabs it?
Unexpectedly, she acted a little too hastily, causing the ghost girl Linger to become suspicious, and finally had to spend 10,000 taels of gold to win it.
That's a lot of money too!
Under the eyes of everyone envious and jealous, several craftsmen took out all the other twenty-three beads, and the two brothers sat on the deck to share the spoils in public, one for you, one for me, and one for you...
I found dozens of wooden boxes, stuffed them with sawdust, wrapped them tightly with soft cotton cloth, nailed them with iron nails, wrapped them with a layer of lead skin, and finally packed them into a large strong wooden barrel. Among them, this is to prevent the ship from sinking in a storm and drift at sea.
Ling'er made a huge windfall out of thin air, and was very happy in her heart, donating generously, rewarding relevant people and so on!
Everyone who followed her on the adventure was rewarded with five hundred taels of silver, the craftsmen were rewarded with two hundred taels of silver, and even those who helped watch the fun were rewarded ranging from twenty to fifty taels of silver.
When Linger should be generous, she will never be stingy!
The main reason is that now she is rich and powerful, and her wealth is incomparable to a country. To her, such a small amount of scattered silver is nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and Linger is not a penny-pinching person.
After Wu Hanming heard the good news, he specially sent a congratulatory message with semaphore to express his congratulations to Linger. Linger was happy and rewarded Wu Hanming with another five hundred taels of silver.
After the other ship commanders learned about it, they also sent semaphore congratulations one after another, and even the captains of the pirate ships joined in the fun. Linger was happy, and with a wave of his little hand, everyone was rewarded!
In one day, a reward of more than 20,000 taels of silver was issued without even blinking an eye.
To the joy of all.
Except Shangguan Qiji.
He has superb medical skills, and he can also be said to be a medicine god. He can concoct any good medicine, but there is only one medicine that he can't prepare, and that is regret medicine.
Regret intestines are green!
If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have fallen out with the little girl Ling'er. If I had always maintained friendship with her, I would definitely be able to get her jewels!
Although the little girl is very bad, she is very loyal whether she should say it or not. Relying on her good tongue, she can tell her with reason and move her with emotion, so it is really easy to lie to her a few pearls.
But it's obviously not going to work now, the two of them have completely turned their faces, and they have agreed to never get in touch with each other until death.