In his previous life, Zhu Youlang checked Zhang Xianzhong’s information on Chen Yin and found out that in order to dig out this treasure, the river water was drained, with an excavation area of ​​1 million square meters.

In the fourth year of Yongli, when Chen Bangyan told him that there was not much silver in the treasury, Zhu Youlang had a special opportunity and suddenly thought of this foreign money.

However, he also expected that the difficulty of discovering was very high.

One is that there is no modern pumping and excavation equipment, which will take a lot of time by relying on manual labor alone;

Second, the water volume of Minjiang River will definitely be much smaller than the current water volume in three hundred years. Because the current environment has not been destroyed, the water volume upstream is relatively abundant.

Because of these two difficulties, his initial plan was to see how much water the Minjiang River was? Can we block the upstream during the dry season, build a temporary embankment, and then drain the cut off Minjiang River water by manual. Although it was a bit difficult, as long as there were too many people, it should not be difficult.

In other words, if the amount of water is too large to complete the interception, then see if there is a possibility of diverting the Minjiang River near Pengshan.

If there is a plain near Pengshan, you can dig another river next to it, let the Minjiang River divert, and wrap around the Pengshan section with sunken silver. Wouldn't it be possible to "fish in a dry pond"?

Therefore, he organized Zhang Tongchang's engineering troops into the ranks of the Western Expedition Army.

Therefore, Gu Yanwu, Yang Ai and others had questions.

But on the way to Chengdu, Zhu Youlang found that his two ideas were impossible to realize after a field investigation.

The main reason is that the water volume is too large, more than 100 meters wide and more than 3 meters deep, and the water flow is very fast, so interception is impossible.

Moreover, Pengshan is surrounded by mountains, and the plan to dig another river can only fail.

Even though I knew that a large amount of gold and silver was sinking at the bottom of the river, it was as if I could not eat it in my mouth when I saw a piece of fragrant fat meat but couldn't eat it.

In theory, since you can't think of a good way, it is safest to bury this secret in your heart and leave it to future generations to solve it.

But Zhu Youlang was very unwilling to give up, so he summoned his confidant minister Xuan and told him about the "disclosure of loyalty and diversion of silver". He couldn't get it up, so they might not be able to think of a good idea. As the saying goes, one person is a shortcoming, two are a must-have.

Gu Yanwu's doubts made Zhu Youlang's heart illuminate, and the more he thought about it, the more he made sense.

Could it be that there is something wrong with this?

Three hundred and seventy years later, gold and silver were discovered at the bottom of the river. So, did these gold and silver must be at the bottom of the river three hundred and seventy years ago? I wonder how many changes have occurred in these three hundred and seventy years.

You must know that the world is moving and changing constantly.

Is there another possibility? For example, the treasure is not actually at the bottom of the river?

Although this possibility is extremely small, it is extremely likely to exist.

As long as this possibility exists, Zhu Youlang plans to give it a try.

After all, that’s 150 million gold and silver. If you can get it, what Qing soldiers and business plans will be? Aren’t all problems solved?

Therefore, Zhu Youlang made up his mind to find this possibility.

Then start with nursery rhymes and check the matters of Shilong and Shihu first.

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Zhu Youlang released the news that he was coming to Meizhou, but there was no Meizhou, but instead parked the boat on the river surface of Jiangkou Town.

The matter of visiting Shi Long and Shi Hu was handed over to Gu Yanwu, Jiao Lian, Zhang Tongchang, and he and Chen Zhenhui and Yang Ai reviewed the memorials on the boat, waiting for the news.

"Your Majesty, there is good news, there is good news."

On this day, Zhu Youlang finished the memorial and Yang Ai was drinking kung fu tea. Gu Yanwu came in with mud and said excitedly.

"What good news?" Zhu Youlang asked in surprise: "Have you found the treasure?"

"No. However, I found the stone dragon and the stone tiger!"

"Ah? I found Shilong and Shihu, wouldn't I say that this nursery rhyme is true?" Zhu Youlang asked excitedly.

"Not necessarily. According to my investigation, the stone dragon and stone tiger were carved outside the mountain gate of Fuhu Temple in the Song Dynasty, and the poem "Stone dragon faces the stone tiger, gold and silver gather in the mountains, the treasures of China are flourishing, and the nation is forever clear. Unfortunately, this temple was destroyed by war and was no longer there, but the stone dragon and stone tiger are still there." Gu Yanwu replied.

"Oh? Gold and silver crawl into the mountains? So, during the Song Dynasty, some people had predicted that there was gold and silver hidden here? Or, during the Song Dynasty, some people hid the treasure here?" When Zhu Youlang heard the poem written by Fuhu Temple, he felt that it was so amazing.

"Yes, I can't explain what's going on. If there is really a treasure, it means that the sages have made a prediction. Of course, it's too early to make such a judgment now. You have to find the treasure first. As long as you find a treasure, all questions will be revealed."

"It makes sense. Are stone dragons and stone tigers facing each other across the river?"

"No, the stone dragon is carved on the mountain wall opposite Jiangkou Village, and the stone tiger is only more than ten feet apart, and is also on the mountain. However, the stone dragon is a bit strange."

“What’s weird?”

"It is said that the dragon sees its head but cannot see its tail, but this dragon sees its tail but cannot see its head."

"Oh? There is such a strange thing? Let's go and see."

After Zhu Youlang said that, Gu Yanwu led the way to hurriedly walk to the shore.

Zhu Youlang came to the mountain wall with a stone dragon engraved and saw that there was indeed a giant dragon's tail engraved on the mountain wall.

"Your Majesty, this dragon tail is covered by vines, and it is difficult to be discovered. According to what Your Majesty said, I judged that if there is really a stone dragon, I should have the soldiers removed the weed vines on the mountain opposite Jiangkou Village before I found this dragon tail." Zhang Tongchang saw Zhu Youlang and hurriedly reported.

"Yes." Zhu Youlang replied lightly and looked around.

Sure enough, more than ten feet away, there was a concave ground, with a stone tiger about the same size as a real tiger.

The stone tiger is carved very delicately, showing the tiger's power to life.

Zhu Youlang pondered for a while, and said to Gu Yanwu, Jiao Lian and Zhang Tongchang: "The carving of the stone tiger and the dragon tail are so delicate, which shows that the host's creator was very thoughtful at that time. Such a person could not only carve the dragon tail but not the dragon head. I think that as long as you find the dragon head, you can probably unravel the secret of the treasure."

The three of them nodded together, which recognized Zhu Youlang's judgment.

Zhu Youlang looked at the position of the dragon's tail and found that the dragon's body was broken at the foot of their standing foot. The foot of their standing foot was about one meter wide. Further out of the foot, there were weeds and rocks, and below was the surging Minjiang River.

Where did the dragon body go? It cannot be chiseled into the river, right?

"Your Majesty, I seem to have some insight." Yang Ai suddenly said when everyone was at a loss.

"Oh? Say it quickly."

"Your Majesty, I like painting. If I ask me to draw this dragon, I will let the dragon wind down from where we stand, and the dragon mouth extends into the river. The dragon is the god of water, and the dragon mouth extends into the river, wouldn't it just fit the meaning of the Minjiang River being the water that is spread by the giant dragon?"
Chapter completed!