After the two of them returned to the compound, Dai Qingtian was dragged to Secretary Liu's office while Dai Xuan was served by others.
In Secretary Liu's office, he frowned and said to Dai Qingtian,""Old Dai, if this brother of yours donated 10 million yuan, I'm afraid we'll have to move our positions. Right now, there are 12 communities in An County, and not many have more than 100 thousand yuan in their accounts. Besides, in the whole county, only the secretary, the county head and a few other people have jeeps to sit in. The deputy county heads all ride bicycles to work. What would others say if we, the people at the level of the Commune, have a car to sit in?”
Dai Qingtian also frowned when he heard this. It was not a good idea to give the huge sum of money he had pulled to others. He asked Secretary Liu,"Old Liu, what do you think we should do?"
Secretary Liu took a sip of tea and said,"Just now, a leader called me to ask about this. In my opinion, the person who tied the bell has to untie the bell. Let's drag Dai Xuan to the secretary and the county head and ask them to explain that this money is used to invest in our hometown, White Horse Commune. At the very least, most of the money will be used here. Once the rules are set, others probably won't come to snatch it. Otherwise, if this department borrows a little and that department takes a little, it won't be good to offend everyone. In the end, not only will we not be able to do our job well, but we might also be in a bad position.”
Dai Qingtian felt that what Secretary Liu said made sense. He had to plan ahead. The two of them discussed the use of the money. The main one was to repair the road. It would start from Dai Village, pass through White Horse Commune, and go all the way to the county town. The road would be built into a cement road, which was about 40 kilometers long. This road would cost nearly half of the money. Then, they would rebuild a few broken schools, re-plan and build a new Commune. The vegetable market, the health center, the Commune office building, and so on would start at the same time. The money would probably be spent.
After the discussion, they dragged Dai Xuan out of the county and arranged for him to stay in the county guest house. They had dinner with Dai Xuan and drank a lot of wine. They knew that Dai Xuan came from Lingnan and were very curious about the development there. Dai Xuan also told them that An County was a remote place with no industry. There were only a few small wineries, agricultural factories, and other small factories. The entire county was dominated by agriculture.
The next day, the two of them reported to the county secretary and the county head respectively. The county secretary invited Dai Xuan to a banquet at the guesthouse and expressed his wish that Dai Xuan could Lai 'an County invest.
On the third day, Dai Xuan signed an agreement with the county to donate money to build a road and a few middle schools. Then, he signed an agreement with the White Horse Commune to donate money to build the White Horse River reservoir, the White Horse Commune streets, and other public facilities. In the end, he donated 15 million yuan.
After he was done with all this, Dai Xuan returned to Dai Village to stay for a few days. He exchanged opinions with Dai Changshan and a few other elders and village officials about rebuilding the ancestral hall and Dai Village. They were prepared to make a big deal out of it. They hired someone to design and rebuild Dai Village. They would build it all according to the ancient style of architecture. They would also rent the entire mountain within a ten-mile radius behind Mount Gongbo. The villagers all knew that he was a wealthy person and donated money to the county to build roads, so they did not doubt his strength. However, for a brother who suddenly appeared, He was puzzled even though he had spent a large sum of money to build an ancestral hall and a village. Was there such a good thing in the world? The village was abuzz with discussion. Of course, everyone was very happy.
Dai Xuan did not have much time to stay here. He had things to do. On this day, he called a few elders and village officials, as well as Dai Qingtian, together for a meeting in the courtyard of the clan leader Dai Changshan's house.
When Dai Xuan saw that everyone was here, he took out a passbook and said,"There's 20 million in here. We've discussed how to use it a few days ago. We'll do as we've said. I'll leave the passbook with Changshan, and he'll be in charge of how to use the money. There's also one more thing, it's a big secret of our Dai Village, so you can't leak it. Go!"
Everyone looked at each other, waiting for him to continue. In the end, he didn't say anything and brought everyone to Gomber Mountain behind Dai Family Village.
Gomber Mountain was about 800 meters high. The trees on the mountain were tall and lush. Dai Xuan brought them to the mountainside. There was a big rock here, half of which was embedded in the mountain. The rock was about five to six meters high and four to five meters wide. It seemed to weigh dozens of tons. However, there was a crack in the middle of the rock, and some weeds grew out of the crack. Dai Xuan pulled out the weeds and cleaned them with his hands. Then, he stuffed a yellow rock into the crack. Then, Dai Xuan took a few steps back and stood there.
Everyone was watching him fiddle around for a while, not knowing what he was going to do. Dai Qingtian wanted to ask him, but at this moment, there was a sudden rumble from the stone. Then, the stone slowly opened like two doors, revealing the entrance of a cave.
Everyone was dumbfounded. They had been through a lot of stimulation these past few days, but none of them were as shocking as this time.
After a few minutes, Dai Xuan walked into the cave with a dozen people following behind him. It was pitch-black in the tunnel, and no one expected to bring a flashlight. Suddenly, a few flames lit up on the stone walls on both sides of the passage, illuminating the passage. Everyone looked and saw that there were a few bronze lamps on the stone walls that were burning.
A dozen clansmen with the surname Dai followed Dai Xuan and continued to walk inside. The stone wall passage wasn't very long. After about thirty meters, they entered a huge cave space. The space was shaped like a round dome. It was more than twenty meters high and had an area of nearly three thousand square meters. Dozens of bronze oil lamps had been lit up around it, illuminating the space.
Although it had been thousands of years, the cave was very clean and refreshing. There was no dust at all. The ground was filled with bronze ware of different sizes and shapes, which glowed with a faint green light under the illumination of the oil lamp. There were also many places on the surrounding stone walls where things were placed. Those with good eyesight could see that there were some jade ware inside, such as jade plates, bowls, cups, etc. The big ones were as big as a millstone, and the small ones were as small as fists. There seemed to be more than a thousand pieces.
Dai Xuan led them into the cave and introduced them as they walked."This is a place that Dai Gongbo built 3,000 years ago to store treasures after he was conferred the title of 'Earl' by the Zhou King. The bronze wares on the ground were all used by the nobles in the past. This one-meter-tall three-legged bronze cauldron was carved with flower and bird inscriptions. It was used to cook cattle and sheep. This one-and-a-half-meter-tall bronze cauldron was a four-sheep square tripod. The two-meter-tall bronze square tripod over there was one of the nine cauldrons refined by King Yu in ancient times. It was a unique national treasure.”
Dai Xuan walked as he introduced them. He walked to a place where dozens of large terrines were placed. He pointed at the terrines and said,"These are all bronze coins from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. There are tens of thousands of them here.”，Dai Xuan continued to walk forward until he reached a place where there was a pile of golden round pancakes on the ground. They were about the size of a palm and one centimeter thick. Dai Xuan said,"This is a pile of gold cakes. It weighs about ten tons and is now worth more than a billion yuan.”
Everyone was excited when they heard this. Their breathing became heavy. This amount of wealth was too shocking.
Dai Xuan led them to a stone platform. There was a bronze box on the stone platform. It was 50 centimeters long, 40 centimeters wide, and 40 centimeters high. Dai Xuan opened the box and took out a roll of animal skin and a jade seal. He said,"This is the title document and seal that Prince Zhou gave to Dai Gongbo.”
Then, he walked to a rectangular piece of jade. The jade was as warm as suet fat. It was about two meters long, 1.5 meters high, and about 30 centimeters thick. There were mountains, rivers, people, birds, and animals carved on it. Dai Xuan pointed at the jade and said,"This is a painting of the Yellow River with nine bends. It shows the beautiful scenery along the banks of the Yellow River and the scenes of humans hunting and planting. It was carved by the famous sculptor Han Yezi of the Shang Dynasty for more than ten years. According to modern words, it has extremely high cultural and historical archaeological value. It is a priceless treasure. In order to obtain it, King You of Zhou sent troops to besiege Mount Gongbo for half a year.”
Dai Xuan led them to a place where dozens of bronze boxes were piled up. He opened one of the bronze boxes and said,"There are some green bamboo slips in here. They are some classics of Taoism, militarists, and other miscellaneous schools. There are military books written by Jiang Ziya, some Taoist scriptures written by the founders of Taoism, and other schools of thought. There are also books about astronomy and astrology, refining weapons, and some records of ancient historical events. I wonder if the bamboo slips have been damaged after so long?”
After a round, Dai Xuan led them out of the cave. After leaving the cave, Dai Xuan took out the yellow stone on the stone door. The two stone doors closed on their own with a rumble.
Everyone looked at Dai Xuan and didn't know what to say. Dai Zhangshan spoke first,""Young Dai, how did you know about this place? And he knows how to open it."
Dai Xuan took out a pack of cigarettes and scattered them around to ease everyone's shock. Then he said,""I'm from Dai Gongbo's branch. This is a secret passed down from the ancient times of Dai Wanggong's clan. It belongs to the wealth of all Dai Wanggong's descendants. Many of the things inside may have to be handed over to the country, but those gold cakes have to be kept. There are also some small bronze ware and jade ware. As for the other large and valuable bronze ware, jade ware, and those written books, they will be handed over to the country. In the future, the village will be reconstructed and a museum will be built to store these things. You guys decide for yourselves. Let's start with Changshan and discuss it.”
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