Although the incident of Zhang Baokou's sinking of silver was widely circulated, not many people really believed it. More people just think this is unofficial history, and regard it as gossip after dinner. But because of archaeological discoveries in recent years, the truth of this matter has gradually surfaced. The archaeological team excavated a large number of cultural relics at the Baiyin site in Jiangkou. It turns out that the silver incident in Jiangkou really happened in history.

Let's first understand who Zhang Zhongxian really is, why he has so much treasure and why he sank into the estuary. Zhang was one of the leaders of the peasant uprising army in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was as famous as the then King Li Zicheng. Zhang Yu was defeated by Zuo Liangyu in Shaanxi in 1640, so he led the army into Sichuan. According to historical records, Chengdu was captured in 1644? On the ninth day, the loyalty army was trapped in Chengdu; He Hong, king of Shu, was killed. ? King Shu is the tenth grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, who has accumulated countless treasures in past dynasties. After the death of Shu Wang, all the treasures of Shu Wang belonged to Zhang, which is the origin of Zhang Bao.

From 65438 to 0645, Zhang, who had been entrenched in Sichuan, was finally targeted by the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty sent King Su Hou, Haug and Wu Sangui to pull out the hard nail stuck in the southwest of the Qing Dynasty. The peasant uprising army led by Zhang quickly collapsed and fled to Chengdu after encountering a well-trained elite Qing army. In the end, even Chengdu was hopeless and fled all the way. On the way to escape, he transferred all his treasures to the ship, but he met the famous Yang Zhan, and the treasure ship sank, completely sinking at the bottom of the Minjiang River. The legend about Zhang entering the estuary has been handed down gradually. In Sichuan, there is a folk song: Shi Niu versus Shigu, gold and silver are absolutely 50,000 yuan. Whoever knows how to break it will buy it all. It's Zhang's silver treasure.

On 20 17, some people began to sell silver ingots, copper coins and even seals with the words Daxi in the market, which attracted the attention of the police. After some investigation, the police confirmed that these cultural relics are Zhang's treasures. So in the same year, National Cultural Heritage Administration organized a large-scale underwater archaeology, emptied the river in the dry season, and finally got more than 30,000 cultural relics, so the sinking of Zhanghekou silver mine was completely confirmed.