Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 293 San Francisco

"I remember that aborigines like us should have federal subsidies and state subsidies. Can you think of a way from this direction?" Looking at everyone, you have 10 yuan and I have 8 yuan. With a look of embarrassment on his face, Liang En asked in a low voice about the old Mrs. Nell next to her.

"Federation? State?" After hearing what Liang En said, Mrs. Nell showed a disdainful smile. "These guys are only active when it comes to collecting taxes, and getting them to pay is harder than putting a camel through the eye of a needle."

"Then what should we do?" As an honorary elder who would receive a subsidy every month, Liang En felt that it would be better for him to make a little contribution in this regard.

"This is also what everyone is discussing. Some people think that if the money is not available, we can only do some infrastructure construction for the time being, while others think that we can sell some properties to raise money." Mrs. Nell explained in a low voice.

"However, according to my judgment, in the end, everyone will still tend to sell some properties that are not in the territory. After all, for us, building this home is our most important thing."

Sure enough, as old Mrs. Nell judged, it was finally decided to sell several houses in San Francisco to raise money for the project.

"In recent years, the rent that this Saddle Ridge community can get has been getting lower and lower, because we don't have much money for repairs, so the rent of those old houses is getting lower and lower now—"

At this time, Mrs. Nell began to explain the general situation of this community to Liang En, but Liang En was attracted by the names of San Francisco and Saddle Ridge.

Translated into Chinese, San Francisco also has another name, that is San Francisco. It was first discovered by the Spaniards in 1769 and joined the United States in 1848.

The reason why the Chinese name is called San Francisco is because the city developed rapidly during the gold rush in the middle of the 19th century. Overseas Chinese called it "Jinshan", and later changed its name to "San Francisco" to distinguish it from Melbourne in Australia.

The reason why Liang En was so excited was because connecting the two place names of San Francisco and Saddle Ridge corresponded to a treasure in his mind.

"Ma'am, may I ask if this Ma'an Ridge used to be the residence of a gold miner, and at the same time it got this name because of the special rocks around it." After checking with his mobile phone, Liang En immediately asked the old lady Nell next to him. road.

"Yes, this is indeed a miners' residential area in the past, and there are many problems in the whole area. And this is why the properties in this area are not selling well. As for the surrounding terrain, I have never been there, so it is indeed not very good. clear."

"If that's the case, I think I can go and look for it to see if there is anything of value." Liang En said in a low voice.

"You know I'm a treasure hunter myself, and this kind of place where gold miners have been in the past is likely to hide some of the more valuable things."

Soon, at the suggestion of Mrs. Nell, Liang En and the others obtained permission to excavate on that piece of land. Now they have a week to freely explore the various buildings on that piece of land and possible hidden treasures underground.

Of course, according to the traditional tribal rules, everything Liang En finds must be distributed to the tribe in half, and this rule coincides with the local law on buried objects.

"In fact, this law comes from a very simple truth. Since you are looking for items or hunting or fishing on other people's land, then based on the principle of fairness, you should indeed share these discoveries with the land owner."

After arriving in San Francisco by plane, Pierce discussed with Liang En on the reason why the ancient customs of the aborigines fit so well with modern laws.

"You are right, and this also brings out the hypocrisy of the Americans. They always think that the aborigines are barbaric, and they are the ones who bring civilization to the aborigines, but in fact they are just predators." Liang Enyou Inspired.

Soon, they arrived at their destination. As Mrs. Nell said, the land was just some old-looking wooden houses, and the streets were potholed. It was indeed a somewhat decaying community.

After standing on the street and looking into the distance, Liang En found a strange-shaped rock on a nearby hill, which looks like a saddle from a certain angle, and this is probably why the place got its name.

"You're right, there may indeed be good things here." Fan Meng, who also saw the piece of rubble, said, "Because people who hide things subconsciously choose things with obvious landmarks, so as not to miss everything." hidden items."

Because it was working hours, there was almost no one on the street, which just made it easier for Liang En and the others to move around. Soon, the four of them carried a metal detector to detect in this community.

In addition to exploring those public streets, Liang En and the others will also use the key given by Mrs. Nell to enter the backyard of those rooms for detection.

For this kind of community, the construction of wooden houses does not require digging too deep foundations, so the treasures buried by people in the past are likely to stay in the original place.

"Let's go to those empty houses first." Looking at the dozen or so wooden houses with small yards, Liang En pointed to an empty courtyard and said.

"Everyone choose a courtyard to start, so that everyone can move faster." "This is the biggest harvest we found this morning." After searching for more than two hours and waiting for everyone to call it a day, Pierce took out a silver coin and said. "But it's worth $30 at most."

In addition to this silver coin, they also found seven or eight copper coins, two bullets, and five or six rusted and ancient tools, which may be worth more than 100 US dollars, not even enough for the air ticket this time.

Because the harvest was too little, especially Liang En did not find the treasure that should probably exist here, they continued to dig in the afternoon. At this time, Liang En heard the metal detection again in an empty backyard. device response.

"Hey, what is this?" Digging down along the spot marked by the detector just now, Liang En quickly cleaned off the layer of dead branches and rotten leaves on the surface and dug down a layer of soil more than ten centimeters thick, and then exposed an artifact.

After a simple cleaning around with the small shovel in his hand.He soon discovered that it was a metal canister buried in the ground, covered with rust.

"It seems that I really found it." After cleaning up the soil around the pot, Liang En tried to grab the thing out by grabbing the top of the pot with his hands, but unexpectedly found that the weight on his hands was far more than he imagined.

Even the can slipped from his hand the first time he grasped it, so that he had to hold the can tightly a second time to lift it up from the small pit.

"Hurry up, everyone, I really found something valuable here." After pulling up the jar, Liang En immediately used the walkie-talkie to call over three other people who were scattered in other places.

Because in his impression, these treasures should all be in this backyard, and if you find one, you can find the others, so now he needs reinforcements from others while ensuring safety.

(End of this chapter)