Then the Great Guardian led the group out of Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb, and then burrowed through the soil of the passage to the outside...

After the Great Guardian and the others burrowed out, the people from the Xiang Province military district saw them and quickly raised their guns, intending to interrogate why those people emerged from underground.

However, the speed of the Great Guardian and his group was too fast, disappearing within just three seconds.

"This..." The Major General of the Xiang Province military district felt quite at a loss watching this scene.

Helplessly, he quickly found Li Zhong from the Fierce Tiger Group and briefed him on the situation.

Li Zhong, upon hearing this, brought hundreds of men to where the Great Guardian and his group had emerged.

Seeing this, Flying Fish said, "Could it be... there's a tomb buried underneath here?"

Flying Fish said this mainly to remind Li Zhong not to waste too much time here; he was planning to rush back to Peng City with Ye Hao to the next battlefield.

Li Zhong said uncertainly, "I don't know if there's a tomb down here, but we'll find out if we go down to check."

Flying Fish nodded and said, "Alright, Director Li, shall I go down with you?"

"No need to trouble you, Brother Flying Fish; leave these matters to us. You can rest up here for a while," Li Zhong said awkwardly, unwilling to have Flying Fish do everything personally since Flying Fish was just helping them, and they were the main force.

"Then Director Li, you all take care," Flying Fish nodded, not insisting, since he'd already been down there and there was nothing worth seeing.

So next, Li Zhong led his men into Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb, and when they discovered a large heap of silver inside, they were collectively shocked.

There were already dozens of boxes of silver outside, and there was still so much here. If they took it all, wouldn't it be a massive fortune? Thinking of this, he quickly had the tomb guarded to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from embezzling state property.

Having done this, he looked at a depression on the right side.

He wondered silently about what had happened here. Such a large depression? Was something heavy stored here before?

Thinking of this, he quickly returned to the surface to report the situation to Qiao Zongheng.

But when Qiao Zongheng heard this, he immediately sent geological experts and several masters over.

These masters were borrowed from national security by him, though the large military district also had experts, but those experts had their own responsibilities. Also, Qiao Zongheng did not want to share his credit, so he preferred to owe Fang Zhongtian a favor, borrowing people without asking the commander for help.

This was because he feared the military district commander would take all the credit, hence the borrowing.

Once Qiao Zongheng's people arrived, Flying Fish also left.

Next, the geological experts researched the indentation, assessing what might have been placed there in the past.

After reaching a conclusion, the geological experts were excited for quite a while. According to their initial estimate, at least a hundred tons of something had long been pressed here to create such a deep mark.

And at a hundred tons, with only about six cubic meters of indentation, they estimated this to be the weight of gold.

Upon learning that approximately a hundred tons of gold had gone missing, Qiao Zongheng became enraged and said, "You must find that hundred tons of gold; it cannot fall into traitorous hands. No matter how you interrogate, you must discover the gold's whereabouts."

"Understood, General." Li Zhong responded.

Following this, Li Zhong began interrogating the Eight Guardians, hoping to quickly learn the whereabouts of the hundred tons of gold.

...

Their progress was unknown to Ye Hao, who upon returning to Peng City immediately met with Qin Xiweng, planning to get Qin Xiweng to enter the Gold Stock Market, to see if he could drive up the market price before selling off large quantities of gold.

With successful operations, Ye Hao believed Qin Xiweng could rake in at least several hundred billion.

Ye Hao arrived at Qin Xiweng's villa at the Celestial Paradise Coast.

Qin Xiweng rushed back upon receiving Ye Hao's call.

As soon as he entered the villa, he greeted Ye Hao.

"Director, what's so urgent?"

"Xiwen, take a seat." Ye Hao gestured for Qin Xiweng to sit down.

Once Qin Xiweng sat down, Ye Hao said, "Xiwen, how's the market for gold recently?"

"I haven't really delved into it yet. Of course! If we have a massive amount of gold, controlling the Gold Stock Market would be doable. But if it's just a few hundred kilograms, that's nothing," Qin Xiweng laughed.

"How much is considered a lot?" Ye Hao asked with a smile.

"Director, let me tell you this: if one ton of gold can make a small ripple in the Gold Stock Market, then ten tons could make a small wave, twenty tons would stir considerable speculation, and thirty tons could halt activity with people observing cautiously, as no one would be sure when gold might devalue."

"Would people continue speculating if there's even more gold?" Ye Hao asked, not very familiar with these matters — he just wanted to sell hundreds of tons of gold at a worthwhile price.

"Yes, if there's a hundred tons of gold, I could fully shake up the Gold Stock Market, and we'd name our price," Qin Xiweng said confidently.

"Why?" Ye Hao asked.

"First, drop the Gold Stock Market index value, then buy up large amounts of gold, monopolizing all transactions, after which the stock prices will soar with bulk gold sales. We set the prices, and others can choose only our gold, having no alternatives. Because other stock actors couldn't stir up much with just hundreds of kilograms of gold; the market will be ours," Qin Xiweng smiled.

"Any risk?" Ye Hao asked.

"There is. If someone has more gold than us, then we'd just be paving the road for others. Even if we sell all our gold, most of the profits will end up in others' pockets because we devalued gold and bought a lot, essentially monopolizing the entire market. Regardless of selling strategy, there's always some loss, as others could slightly maneuver and make our gold hard to sell," Qin Xiweng explained.

"You should research who holds the most gold in the market and see if we can cooperate to monopolize the entire stock market," Ye Hao said with a smile.

Ye Hao aimed to minimize risks since no business completely controls the market; if a powerful house goes too far, those who dislike such excess might willingly incur losses just to impede their golden fortune.

"Director, shall I conduct a survey and report back once I have results?" Qin Xiweng asked.

"No need to report to me. Just go to the basement; I have something to show you," Ye Hao said.

"Show me what?" Qin Xiweng glanced at Ye Hao confusedly.

Ye Hao simply smiled and led the way, saying nothing more.

But when Ye Hao descended to the basement and revealed hundreds of tons of gold, Qin Xiweng was stupefied beyond belief...(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)

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