Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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"Yes, yes, gentlemen, we must listen to you, we must listen to you." The old bustard hurriedly said a few words to the attendant, and then led the girl behind him as if avoiding a wolf, tiger and leopard, and headed inside. go.

At this moment, a middle-pitched voice rang out, "Why are you so panicked?"

An old man in his fifties with white hair but full of energy came down from the second floor.

He looked at the scene just happened, and stopped the old bustard with some doubts.

"Is someone looking for trouble? Don't be afraid, with me here, no one in the entire Jinling City will try to bully you." The old man's cloudy eyes flashed with light, and he went outside.

But when he saw Cao Huachun, he froze in place for an instant.

"Eunuch Cao? Why are you here?"

It turned out that this person was Wan Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry that Zhao Wen was looking for.

Cao Huachun looked at Wan Yu and sneered, "My Minister of Industry, you are really easy for me to find.

how?Do you want to stand up for these fireworks girls? "

"Don't dare, I'm just curious, come and have a look, since it's nothing for me, then I'll go first."

Wan Yu sneered, and hurried out.

Cao Huachun is in the palm of the supervisor of ceremonies, the admiral of Dongchang, and also the eunuch of His Majesty's confidant.

Now that Cao Huachun suddenly appeared here, it proved that something big was about to happen.

If it doesn't work out, whoever committed something, His Majesty asked Cao Huachun to arrest him.Otherwise, how could Cao Huachun come to Jinling wearing a uniform?

And the officials in Jinling like myself didn't hear the news at all.

The last time Cao Huachun raided the officials of the Shanxi merchant faction, he frightened the entire government and opposition officials.

Now when Wan Yu saw Cao Huachun, he was a little frightened, afraid that he was here to deal with him.

"Wan Shangshu, what are you in a hurry for? The miscellaneous family is not here to arrest you, what are you afraid of? The miscellaneous family came to see you today because they have something to do with you." Cao Huachun stopped Wan Yu and said with a smile.

But Cao Huachun's smile was scarier than a ghost in Wan Yu's eyes.

"What do you want me to do?" Wan Yu involuntarily took two steps back, looking at Cao Huachun warily.

At this time, Zhao Wen said: "It is true that I have something to do with you, and I am not here to arrest you. Now follow us back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry."

Zhao Wen looked at the frightened Wan Yu with helplessness.

"This is an official from the Ming Dynasty? He is full of energy when he walks around the brothel, but when he sees Cao Huachun, he is like an eggplant beaten by Shuang. Just by looking at him, he can tell that he is a corrupt official." Zhao Wen looked at Wan Yu, Can't help shaking his head.

Zhao Wen looked at Wan Yu, and without waiting for Wan Yu's consent, he asked Zhao Daniu and a few guards to set Wan Yu up and headed towards the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

When we came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the rain had stopped.Cao Huachun dragged Wan Yu into the backyard of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.

There is a large independent house in the backyard. This big house has only two windows and is very tall.The door is made of thick locust wood, and the big lock on it is covered with dust, it seems that it has not been visited for many years.

Next to this big house, there are almost four houses that are exactly the same as this house.

These houses are places where files and documents are stored.

Cao Huachun pointed to the rooms where the archives were stored, and said to Wan Yu, "I came to Jinling on the orders of the emperor to check the archives of the Ministry of Industry. Please open the door for me."

Wan Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "Are you here to check the files of the Ministry of Industry? Tell me earlier, I thought you were here to do other things?"

Zhao Wendao: "Do you still think that we are here to deal with you? Alright, stop talking, and quickly open all the rooms where the files are stored."

Wan Yu wiped off the cold sweat from his head, and said, "I don't have the key to the room where the archives are stored, you wait, I'll find it for you."

As soon as the words fell, Wan Yu walked towards the place where he was sitting.

Zhao Wen stood at the door of a room where files were stored, looking at the dusty door.

"General Zhao, don't look at it. It is estimated that no one has entered this door for decades, and you can't see anything." Cao Huachun pointed at the door and said to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen turned his head, looked at Cao Huachun, frowned and said, "Is there really a blueprint for the treasure ship?"

"Treasure ship? What treasure ship?" At this moment, Wan Yu appeared in front of Zhao Wen with a bunch of keys.

"It's nothing, you open the door quickly, and then tell the miscellaneous family to stay away, otherwise the miscellaneous family will be unhappy, so just go around this Jinling City. If you encounter something illegal and disciplined, don't blame the miscellaneous family for being cruel." Cao Huachun looked at Wan Yu and threatened coldly.

Upon hearing this, Wan Yu hurriedly threw the key to Zhao Wen, and then ran out quickly.

After getting the key, Zhao Wen couldn't wait to open the door of this room.

"Crench!"

Zhao Wen slowly pushed open the door, and there was a teeth-piercing sound from the hinge.

Immediately afterwards, a thick cloud of dust rushed over.

Zhao Wen coughed twice, covered his nose and walked in slowly.

The room was opened very high, and it was raining again today. Although the rain has stopped now, it is still very dark.

The whole house was extremely dark, Zhao Wen pointed to the two tightly closed windows, and said to Zhao Daniu: "Open those two windows."

Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then walked towards the window.

When the window was opened, light came in from the window, although the light was not very bright.But it also brightened up the dark room a lot.

There are many shelves in the room filled with various books, paperwork and account books. The shelves are full of these things.Some are packed in boxes, while others are placed directly on the shelf.There are still a lot of paperwork and account books scattered on the ground, which are full of dust.

These shelves and the books and documents on the shelves are covered with a thick layer of dust, and the air is also filled with a dusty smell.

Zhao Wen stopped by a bookshelf, picked up a book, and blew the dust on it.

"In the 12th year of Wanli's reign, various matters related to repairing the city wall of Jinling." Zhao Wen looked at the handwriting on the document and read it out slowly.

"This is from the 12th year of Wanli, and it has been kept until now." Zhao Wen muttered, flipped through a few pages casually, and then put it back on the shelf.

Zhao Wen turned his head and said to the people behind him: "Look for it quickly, remember what I told you, as long as there are pictures, show them to me."

As soon as Zhao Wen finished speaking, everyone behind him, including Cao Huachun, started to move.

The room for storing archives is very large, and there are five rooms in total. I dare not say that there are millions or hundreds of thousands of documents in each room, but there are still 10,000+ documents.

This is an account book that has been accumulated for more than 200 years.

If you just look for it aimlessly like this, don't even think about finding it if you don't have it for ten days and half a month.

Zhao Wen looked at the bookshelves in the room slowly, and sighed, "There are a lot of them. If we just look for them like this, don't even try to read all these documents within ten days and half a month."

Zhao Wen and others have searched inside for several hours, but there are still more than half of them that have not been searched.

Looking at the documents in the room, Zhao Wen felt a little embarrassed for a while.

Finding so many documents with the help of Zhao Wen and Cao Huachun is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is impossible to find them without enough time.

Zhao Wen looked at the bookshelves in the room that hadn't started to search, and suddenly became depressed.

There are so many bookshelves, and the bookshelves are full of various documents and account books.

At this moment, Zhao Daniu suddenly ran over excitedly with a booklet that had turned yellow and was much larger than ordinary books.

"My lord, what is this?" Zhao Daniu handed the booklet directly to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen took the booklet with an excited smile on his face.

I saw in the booklet that there were several large characters on Zheng He's Voyages to the West.

"Is this the record of Zheng He's voyages to the West?" Zhao Wen blew the dust on it, and opened the booklet excitedly.

The first page of the brochure first explained the reasons for Zheng He's voyages, as well as the things and scales that Zheng He brought with him.

On the second page, there is also a rough picture of Zheng He's voyage to the West and the scene when he set off.

Zhao Wen looked at the picture above and flipped through it quickly.

Unfortunately, there is no manufacturing map of the treasure ship.

There are only descriptions of the size of the treasure ships, and the countries Zheng He visited during his voyages, what happened to him, what happened to him, and a few portraits of overseas animals and plants.

Since this book is all there, it proves that Zheng He's nautical charts and design drawings of his treasure ships are likely to still exist.

If Liu Daxia wanted to burn it, it would be impossible to just burn the charts and treasure ship designs and leave this record.

Cao Huachun leaned over, looked at the booklet in Zhao Wen's hand, and murmured, "This book is still there, I thought it was lost."

Zhao Wen looked at Cao Huachun with excitement in his eyes, "It seems that we may be able to find the blueprints for the treasure ships, maybe even the charts drawn by Zheng He during his voyages."

"Where did you find this booklet?" Zhao Wen closed the booklet and looked at Zhao Daniu.

Zhao Daniu pointed to the depth of the room and said, "My lord, I found it in a corner at the deepest part of the room."

"Let's go and have a look!"

Zhao Daniu stuffed the booklet into his arms, followed Zhao Daniu with an excited face, and walked towards the corner.

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Chapter 226 Treasure Ship Blueprint Appears

Under the leadership of Zhao Daniu, Zhao Wen quickly rushed to that corner.

Zhao Daniu pointed to that corner, looked at Zhao Wen, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, I found it here."

Zhao Wen crouched in the corner, observing the corner carefully.I saw that this corner is different from other places.

The other places are neatly paved with blue square bricks, but the square bricks in this corner are not only not neatly arranged, there are actually many cracks.

Under careful observation, the square bricks in the corner are much taller than the square bricks next to them.

Obviously, these square bricks were laid by people later.

Looking at these square bricks, Zhao Wen frowned tightly.

"General Zhao, these square bricks are a bit strange." Cao Huachun squatted beside Zhao Wen, with a solemn expression on his face.

"Yes, the square bricks in this corner seem to have been laid later, and this place is obviously much higher than other places." Zhao Wen bent down and tapped these square bricks lightly with his hands stand up.

"The bottom here is not solid, it's floating soil." Zhao Wen's eyes lit up when he heard the voice, and then he said to Zhao Daniu: "Come here, dig this place for me."

"Yes, my lord." Zhao Daniu cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and then led a few guards outside to look for tools.

After a while, Zhao Daniu came in with a shovel.The guards behind him were also holding various tools.

Zhao Daniu walked to the corner, pushed aside the square bricks, then spit on his hands, and then dug up.

Not long after, a large pit appeared in the corner.

Zhao Wen looked at the big hole, and looked at Cao Huachun with some doubts, "It's been dug so deep, the house won't collapse, right?"

Cao Huachun waved his hands and said indifferently: "No, don't look at the dilapidated place, but it was supervised by the great grandfather himself back then. The foundation was deep. Where have we dug it now? It's still too early to collapse."

Zhao Wen nodded, then looked like Zhao Daniu.

At this moment, a crisp sound sounded from the pit.

"My lord, there seems to be something down there." Zhao Daniu stood in the pit and looked at Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wendao: "Dig it out, I want to see what it is."

At Zhao Wen's order, Zhao Daniu replaced the shovel with a small pickaxe, squatted in the pit, and started digging carefully.

Zhao Wen squatted beside the pit, looking nervously at the pit.

It is absolutely no accident that the booklet of Zheng He's voyages to the West appeared here.Maybe, the charts and treasure ships of Zheng He's voyages are all here.

Zhao Daniu's movements became smaller and smaller. After a few quarters of an hour, Zhao Daniu dug out an iron box with a width of more than one foot.

Maybe it's been too long, the iron box has begun to rust, and in places where there is no rust, the raw lacquer painted on it can be vaguely seen.

If it wasn't for the raw varnish on it, the iron box would have been completely corroded long ago.

Zhao Daniu carefully held the iron box, took it out, and handed it to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen put the iron box on the ground, his heart pounding non-stop.He was short of breath and looked at the iron box on the ground with extreme nervousness.

"General Zhao, the shape of this iron box seems to be from the Chenghua period. Could it be the nautical chart drawn by Zheng He when he sailed to the West, or the manufacturing map of the treasure ship?" Cao Huachun pointed to the iron box on the ground with a look on his face. dignified way.

"I don't know, let's open this iron box first." Zhao Wen replied casually, then drew a short knife from his waist, and walked towards the rusted iron lock.

After a while, Zhao Wen pried open the rusty iron lock.

Zhao Wen directly opened the lid of the iron box and looked inside with excitement.

I saw that there was a thick layer of oil paper in the iron box, and the oil paper was smeared with some kind of animal fat, which felt extremely sticky.