Already in Yang Gong’s treasure.
Although there were a group of Zhang Er's people in Chang'an City, Zhang Xuanning had no intention of contacting him at all. Zhang Er was Qiuranke's man, not his own. Unless Qiuranke swore allegiance and transferred his family roots to his territory, there would be no trust at all.
Now Zhang Xuanning's army has expanded to 22,000, and the guards have also expanded to 800. However, Zhang Yi and Zhang San, the two highest-ranking people following him, have only been granted the rank of ninth-rank county lieutenant, in charge of 250 soldiers, while those with less talent and experience than them are already around sixth-rank.
Zhang Xuanning didn't want to hide this point at all. If you doubt someone, don't employ him; if you employ someone, don't doubt him. He employed these two people before because he had no other choice, and they are not qualified to be reused now. After all, the Bearded Guest has thousands of private soldiers, many properties, and high martial arts skills. If he reuses Zhang Yi, Zhang San, no one can say what the Bearded Guest will do with such capital.
In other words, this is also a variable, and it has been eliminated now. As long as these two people do not hold power, the Bearded Guest is nothing more than an outsider, and no matter how high his martial arts skills are, he cannot cause any big waves.
Entering the secret passage, the two interlocking movable walls separating the southwest axis and the northeast axis were opened at the same time again, revealing the secret passage leading to the treasure house in the east area.
He walked through the long corridor and came to the round stone chamber. He took out the flint, firewood and coals that were still prepared under the table to light the eight wall lamps evenly distributed on the walls around the room.
After the lights came on, I looked around the rooms again and sighed in my heart.
There are four stone chambers, each one is a hundred steps wide, three of which are used to store weapons, and one is used to store treasures, mainly gold. All weapons and treasures are wrapped in special anti-corrosion oilcloth and placed in thousands of sturdy wooden boxes.
Three thousand specially made strong bows, one hundred thousand arrows, one thousand crossbows, and ten thousand crossbow arrows can be immediately replenished to the army. At least in the organization of 30,000 people, the military bows are more than enough to meet the needs of the army.
You should know that bows are made of six materials: trunk, horn, tendon, glue, silk and lacquer.
Simply put, the stem, including various wood and bamboo materials, is used to make the main body of the bow arm, which is stacked in multiple layers. The performance of the stem material plays a decisive role in the performance of the bow.
The horns are made into thin sheets and applied to the inner side (belly) of the bow arms. The price of a good horn is equivalent to that of a cow.
Sinews, or animal tendons, are attached to the outside (back) of the bow arm. The functions of sinews and horns are to increase the elasticity of the bow arm, making the arrow shoot faster and deeper into the target.
Glue, also known as animal glue, is used to bond dry wood and tendons.
Silk, that is, silk thread, is used to tightly wrap the bow arms of Fujiao Beaded Tendon to make them more secure.
Paint the finished bow arms to prevent erosion by frost, dew and moisture.
The above-mentioned complicated process takes two to three years. Don’t think the ancients are stupid. In bow-making workshops, various tasks can be carried out alternately, which is an assembly line operation. Therefore, there are batches of finished products every year. However, the working time for a bow cannot be shortened.
Therefore, although bow and arrow workshops were immediately built after Kuaiji and Yongjia counties were captured, it was impossible to produce even one bow to supplement military use in the two counties within three years unless other people's bows were seized, not to mention the price of the bows.
Military bows are divided into several grades. The price of an ordinary bow is 1 tael of silver, and one arrow is 50 wen. The current batch of strong bows are the best bows in the entire court, and the price is at least around 10 taels of silver. In general, including this batch of crossbows, the price of this batch of goods is more than 100,000 taels of silver. If the funds are taken into account as a whole, it is not a big deal, but the time gained is unimaginable. With this batch of strong bows, the archers in his army can be established.
Not to mention, the qualitative change that can be brought about by adding crossbows to one's own army, especially the guards - with five hundred crossbows firing continuously, ten masters will only be defeated and killed.
With a weapon in mind, he harbored murderous intent, and immediately, a hideous smile appeared on his face.
He immediately decided in his mind to ship out the first batch of crossbows and immediately arm his own army. In this way, even if the evil king came in a blink of an eye, the oriole would only find that the mantis stalking the cicada in front of it had suddenly transformed into an eagle.
The second room contains five thousand sets of armor, which is an even more astonishing wealth. Of course, it does not take three years to make the armor, but due to the limited technological conditions in ancient times, especially the limited technology of mining and iron smelting, a set of high-quality armor is worth 50 taels of silver. What does five thousand sets mean? That's 250,000 taels of silver!
I have already decided in my mind that I will use these 5,000 sets of armor slowly. The soldiers certainly don't need this kind of armor. Firstly, they don't have this value. Secondly, they can't move even if they wear armor weighing dozens of kilograms.
Only the rank of garrison commander and above can be given out as a reward, or special personal soldiers and armored troops can be used. In this way, it will not be enough to unify the whole country, but to unify the south, at least the generals will not have to pay for armor, nor will they have to rack their brains to open mines or buy iron to make armor.
Don’t underestimate this. In fact, under the conditions in ancient times, this could at least save a few years and a lot of manpower and material resources.
There are tens of thousands of knives, spears, swords, halberds and other weapons, enough to equip 20,000 people. This is just right for him to strengthen his 30,000 troops when he returns. Not to mention the spears, swords and halberds, even a saber costs three taels of silver to make, which is equivalent to more than 100,000 silver.
With all the above three batches of weapons fully armed, at least in terms of weapons, his army was already the best army in the world. Even the Li clan did not have such a fully armed army before they took over Guanzhong.
Unfortunately, there is still a shortage of horses. However, the fourth warehouse is the real warehouse. Yang Su has fought for many years and suppressed millions of troops, and all the benefits he has gained are here. The exact amount of this batch of gold has not been counted yet, but one thing is certain. If used properly, it will be enough to support his three-year all-out war to unify the south.
Three years is enough!
Although it was not the first time he had seen it, he was still shocked. However, he smiled bitterly in the blink of an eye. He had to do hard labor. There were about 15,000 large boxes in these four basements. Although there were four tunnels in Yang Gong's treasure, the entrances were in the four basements, and one of them led directly to a hill outside the city. The secret passage in the corridor was equipped with tracks and iron carts for transporting goods. By simply turning the rope, the weapons could be quickly transported out of the city.
However, we still had to move the materials from the warehouse to the underground railway car ourselves. Fortunately, the distance was not far, only twenty meters, but it was still a huge project!
He started by moving the boxes of crossbows. Even though there were only 300 boxes, and even though he had martial arts skills and the distance was very short, it still took him two hours. Zhang Xuanning was so tired that he didn't even have any strength left.
The rope was pulled and the mechanism started. Under the light of the fire, two rails extended. A ten-wheeled iron cart carried three hundred boxes of things. With a "clang", the iron cart slid automatically and transported them to the deep distance. Looking at this, Zhang Xuanning was completely impressed by Lu Miaozi. Such a talent must not die. He must find a way to save him.
The method is already there, namely the Relic Essence and the Day-Changing Method.
Watching the iron carriage go away, Zhang Xuanning ate some dry food and water, then closed his eyes to cultivate. He was not afraid of anyone hearing any sound or discovering anything. The most amazing thing about the entire Yanggong Treasury was that before the main hub was activated, all the secret passages were closed, which was equivalent to making the treasury invisible. Unless the underground of the entire Chang'an city was dug up, and of course no one would do that.
The underground was damp, water droplets seeped onto the walls, and the sound of water in the underground sewers grew louder; it was obvious that the rain outside was turning from sparse to dense and was turning into a downpour.
Half an hour later, he heard two "ding-dong" sounds and suddenly woke up. He felt that his physical strength and internal energy had completely recovered, even a little bit better. Looking around, he saw that the iron carriage had returned.
Looking at the more than 10,000 boxes, Zhang Xuanning smiled bitterly. Although he could work without sleep and keep moving the boxes, it would still take him ten days to finish. This was really scary, because with such a long time, there would be too many variables.
The only option was to call in people to transport the treasure. Although this would mean the secret of the underground treasure would no longer be kept secret, there was no intention to keep it secret in the first place - it would be impossible to conceal so many weapons and treasures when they arrived at the territory.
However, the people he brought in didn't know about the mechanism. As long as he cut off the corridor leading in, the other channels to Yang Gong's treasure would still be relatively safe. But in the future everyone would know that there was a tunnel underneath.
But it doesn't matter. After the transportation is completed, all the ventilation pipes can be closed and the steel door leading to the cave filled with biogas can be opened. Therefore, the entire underground city is filled with biogas. Even a master cannot hold his breath for more than two hours. Therefore, if you don't know how to close the biogas door and how to open the ventilation pipe, it will be useless even if everyone knows that there is a tunnel underground.
There is only one way to get out of the city, and we will definitely be discovered. There is nothing we can do about it.
He returned to the round stone table in the center, and carefully memorized the treasure map with pictures and texts on it. After repeated memorization, he took out his weapon without hesitation and slowly destroyed the map. Once destroyed, no one would know the real layout of the basement. He wanted to explore it by himself. Okay, you keep working hard like this for ten or eight years, and there will definitely be a day when you will find it out clearly.
He grabbed the edge of the table with both hands again and pulled it up. The table rose two inches, made a slight sound, and turned to the left. There was a sound of axles rubbing under the round table, and it turned to the left. The floor beside the table sank, revealing a narrow space inside.
The relics of the Evil Emperor are right here, and the small copper jar appears before his eyes again.
Zhang Xuanning touched the handle of the copper jar. Although there was still a little bit of evil reaction, it was almost gone. Looking at the evil emperor's relic and the faint yellow light it produced, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.
The Evil Emperor's relic was obtained by the first generation Evil Emperor Xie Bo, and was injected with the essence of more than a dozen Evil Emperors. The impurities in the relic were open, and only the essence was closed. Now the dead air and evil air are gone, and most of the impurities are also removed. What is inside is the essence - this is a supreme treasure that surpasses the limits of the human body.
Yuan Jing is actually a mysterious existence and the essence of life. It is not like Zhen Qi, which must be contained in the meridians, but directly combines with the Yuan Jing itself.
To be practical, if he had to choose between the world and this essence, Zhang Xuanning really didn't know what to choose.
One is the throne of the emperor, the other is the way to truly transcend mortals. Which one is more important?
After being stunned for a few minutes, he suddenly laughed out loud. Why was he thinking about this? He had already grasped the vital points of Yuan Jing and the world at the same time. At that moment, he used the Day-Changing Technique and without hesitation generated two streams of true qi, one yin and one yang, and led them directly into the relic. Sure enough, the two streams of true qi actually gathered into a stream inside the relic, forming a vortex of yin and yang, and began to trigger the Yuan Jing dormant in it.
This is actually the method used by Er Xiaoqiang to obtain Yuan Jing. Although the nature of Zhang Xuanning's true Qi is far inferior to the Changsheng Jue, as long as the method is right, it will be fine. The leaking of Yuan Jing is slow and can be controlled.
I just felt a loud "boom" and a huge amount of Yuan Jing went up along the True Qi. Although it was not like a mountain torrent, it was like water breaking through a dam and rushed straight to the brain - the Niwan Palace located between the eyebrows in the brain, which was where the Yuan Jing was stored.
Zhang Xuanning absorbed it greedily, carefully keeping his mind clear, clenching his gums to control the speed of the essence flowing in. It didn't take long before he started sweating all over, until his whole body was soaked, and he was unaware of the time flying by.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but he could already feel that the Niwan Palace between his eyebrows had become substantial. After waiting for a while, he felt an explosion again, and countless hallucinations appeared in his mind.
The Niwan Palace between the eyebrows stores the Yuan Jing, which is an innate substance without form or substance. However, it also has a sense of substance and explosion, which means that the Yuan Jing obtained is too much, so much that even the Niwan Palace cannot store it.
Seeing that the circulation of his Yuan Jing was becoming slower and slower, and suddenly it stopped completely, as quiet as the deathly silence before a big storm, he knew something was wrong and immediately cut off the channel of his True Qi.
With a "boom", the entire Niwan Palace trembled and the Yuan Jing moved violently, but at this moment, the channel was cut off. Therefore, although the Yuan Jing was agitated, it did not flow back out. Zhang Xuanning slowly opened his eyes, and the moment his eyes opened, he saw a flash of golden light. This is the state of white appearing in the void, and at the same time, his mind returned to clarity.
Suddenly, he felt a difference in himself. Although he did not feel a sudden increase in his power, he felt as if he had been reborn and was different from before. At the same time, he also knew that he had cut off just right. If he had been a little slower, the essence in his body would have reached its limit and would have been rolled back into the relic, taking his essence with it.
If this happens, you will be dead.
Close your eyes, adjust your body, and allow the essence to adapt and stabilize. After adjusting your breathing, try to feel the relics. Since your body is already full of essence, you can feel the amount of essence and find that more than half of the relics are gone.
He estimated in his mind that he had originally absorbed half of the essence, and with what he absorbed now, he had probably absorbed 60% of the essence. He had reached his limit, and he could not absorb even a single point more. The relationship between essence and vital energy is extremely close. As long as he is still a human being, it is impossible for him to absorb any more.
It is like a person is a reservoir , the water in it has reached its limit.
Although he was still a little unsatisfied, he thought about the fact that the two little strong men, when combined, had only absorbed 70%, with each of them only 35%, and he thought that he was already extremely blessed.
This relic is of no use to himself from now on, but it is still useful to others, especially Lu Miaozi.
With a sigh, he put the relic back into the small copper jar, put it on his back, opened a special channel, closed the other channels, and stepped out directly.
When we came out, we were at a small hill outside the city. Not far away was a river with boats moored in the river.
At this time, the rain was still falling, thick and heavy, but after roughly estimating the time, he found that it was already noon. He immediately floated out and went straight to the boat, immediately alarming the guards nearby.
Several figures rushed out from the darkness, but when they saw clearly, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They stepped forward and knelt down: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Lord!"
"How long have you been waiting?"
"My lord, it has been a day and a night. If our ship stays here for a long time, it will attract attention. Please make a quick decision!" Chen Changlin was also nearby, kneeling down to report.
Indeed, this is not a shipyard. It doesn't matter if a few ships are docked here, and it doesn't matter if they are docked in the middle of the night. But if more than a dozen ships are docked here for a few days, it will arouse suspicion.
"It doesn't matter. The big thing has been accomplished. You follow me in. We will arm ourselves with crossbows, one for each of us. Then, this afternoon, we will take out Yang Gong's treasure. Then, we will leave overnight and see who can stop us."
What? It was the first time that the people present knew that their target was Yang Gong's treasure. Everyone was stunned. Chen Changlin also looked up in shock, but caught a sneer on Zhang Xuanning's lips. For some reason, he suddenly felt cold all over - the lord in front of him seemed to have completely changed. Every move made people feel that his majesty was unpredictable.
He had also seen countless heroes, each of them had their own awe-inspiring qualities, but no matter who they were, none of them could compare to the feeling Zhang Xuanning gave him at this moment. This was a feeling of being truly unfathomable and awe-inspiring, as if he was born to dominate everything.
Seeing his men constantly carrying out crossbows and arming themselves through the opened passage, Zhang Xuanning stood with his hands behind his back. Since stepping into Yang Gong's treasury and obtaining 60% of his essence, Zhang Xuanning has truly embarked on the path of conquering the world both in terms of materials and personally.
With each passing day, his foundation becomes more solid, making him more difficult to stop.
With all the luck and fortunes gathered, the path to becoming the true dragon emperor has already taken the first solid step!