Chapter 1717: The Secret Passage to the Renaissance

At the same time as seeing Jason and them, Ye Tian also nodded lightly at these three guys, the range of movements was very small and very hidden, and no one noticed it at all!

Immediately after, Jason's familiar voice came through the headphones.

"Steven, we've walked Vincenzomont Avenue from start to finish, and we have a general idea of what the street is like, so I'm going to give you a look at it now.

Built in the mid-14th century, the street was originally just over 200 metres long and relatively modest in width, and was inhabited by no prominent figures.

In the mid-15th century, the Sforza family became the rulers of Milan and began to build the Sforza Castle, which was also included in it and became an annex street to the castle.

Until 1499, when the rule of the Sforza family in Milan was ended by King Louis XII of France, the ancient street remained in the possession of the Sforza family.

During this period, many Renaissance-style buildings were built on this street, some of which may have been built by Leonardo da Vinci, who presided over the construction.

But this is only a conjecture, and there is no real evidence to support it, and we have cursolarly examined the literature related to this street, and we have found no shadow of Leonardo da Vinci."

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately smiled and whispered:

This conjecture is not unreasonable, and after Leonardo da Vinci left Florence and came to Milan, he quickly became acquainted with Ludvico Sforza, Duke of Milan, and became close friends.

Soon after, he became the official painter of the Duke of Milan, and he also had the title of military engineer of the Duke of Milan, presiding over the construction of military works.

During his tenure as a military engineer, his main responsibility was to strengthen the defense of Sforza Castle and to make it the new political center of Milan.

He made a plan to expand a rectangular square in front of the castle and build an avenue that stretched out to Piazza Duomo in Milan as the main axis of the city, which is now Rue Dante.

Via Vincenzomont is an annex to the Sforza Castle and is adjacent to the castle, so it is quite possible that Leonardo da Vinci presided over the construction of some of the buildings here.

As for why no relevant written materials have been preserved, perhaps it is for the sake of confidentiality, so no written materials have been left, or perhaps the relevant documents have been lost.

It doesn't matter, these don't matter anymore, since you guys are here today, I believe that they won't run in vain, maybe there will be a surprising discovery, it will be great!"

As soon as his voice fell, Jason immediately said excitedly:

"Following your instructions, we have carefully examined the Renaissance buildings on this street, and found the dragon snake coat of arms of the Sforza family on many of them.

It can be determined that these Renaissance-style buildings, with dragon snake coats of arms carved on the facades, once belonged to the Sforza family and were part of the Sforza Castle.

In 1499, after the rule of the Sforza family in Milan was ended by King Louis XII of France, the street fell silent with the fall of the Sforza Castle.

After hundreds of years of development, the street slowly regained its vitality, and there were more and more buildings of various styles, and gradually developed into a bustling commercial street.

Now on Vincenzomont Street, there are all kinds of restaurants, cafes, antique shops, fashion stores, jewelry stores, etc., all kinds of shops are gathered, and they have grown a lot"

"It doesn't matter, we're targeting Renaissance buildings, to be precise, old buildings built between 1482 and 1499, and nothing else at all.

It was the eighteen years of Leonardo da Vinci's stay in Milan, the pinnacle of his artistic career, and if he did preside over the construction of a number of buildings here, it would not have been able to hide from my eyes.

Once I've figured out which buildings are from Leonardo da Vinci and what secrets might be hidden, I'm ready to buy, even if I buy all the Renaissance buildings here.

Next, you have to keep a low profile and act in the dark, and I will ask David to hurry up and register a new company in New York to acquire the buildings on this street to cover people's eyes!"

Ye Tian smiled and whispered, showing his ambition a little.

Next, the two of them chatted a few more times before ending the call.

Immediately afterward, Ye Tian and Betty turned right and walked into Vincenzomont Street, strolling along this street, admiring the ancient buildings and various scenery on both sides of the street.

Anderson and Cole followed them into the ancient street, and of course, the high-security Milanese police and heritage gendarmes!

As with many places they had passed before, the appearance of their group immediately caused a commotion in this ancient and beautiful street.

Pedestrians walking this street, tourists, merchants and clerks doing business here, and people sitting in cafes drinking coffee, almost all of them looked at them curiously.

"I'm going! Why did this guy Steven come to Vincenzomont Street, it's not a good thing! Especially for the few antique shops on the street, I'm afraid it's a catastrophe!"

"I'm going to leave this street after my coffee, lest I have nowhere to run if I want to, and Steven, the bastard, will not be at peace wherever he goes!"

For these discussions, as well as curious, even jealous eyes, Ye Tian didn't hear it, didn't take it seriously at all, and still walked leisurely on the street, admiring the scenery here.

Not far along the street, Ye Tian suddenly stopped, looked at a building on the east side of the street, and then pretended to be excited and said:

"There's an old Renaissance building here, it looks like it was built during the High Renaissance, which coincides with Leonardo da Vinci's time in Milan, let's go and have a look."

With that, he took Betty across the road and walked towards the three-story building more than ten meters in front of him.

Anderson and the others followed, also walking across the street to the historic building.

As for the Milan policemen who were more than ten meters behind, as well as several cultural relics gendarmes, they looked at Ye Tian and them in confusion, not knowing what was going on!

Coming to this historical building and standing still, Ye Tian saw the dragon-shaped snake badge carved on the marble on the exterior wall of the building at a glance, which was very conspicuous and a little ancient.

The next moment, he pointed to the dragon-shaped snake badge and said:

"Look there, it's a dragon-shaped snake coat of arms, the family coat of arms of the Sforza family, the ruler of Milan during the Renaissance, who ruled Milan for a very short time, just over fifty years.

However, this family has left a strong mark on the history of Italy and even the history of Western art, mainly because of the friendship between Ludvico, Duke of Milan, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Thanks to the support of the Sforza family, Leonardo da Vinci was able to establish himself in Milan and then reached the peak of his artistic career, creating many monumental works, including The Last Supper.

Since there is the family emblem of the Sforza family on this ancient building in front of you, it means that this was once an annex building of the Sforza Castle, which belonged to the Sforza family at that time and has a good background......"

While explaining and introducing, Ye Tian had also turned on the perspective and began to secretly explore the interior of this ancient building, as well as the situation deep underground.

The historic building is now an Italian restaurant, and since it's not yet lunchtime, there are no customers in the restaurant, only a few restaurant staff members are busy.

In this restaurant, Ye Tian found two hidden compartments on the wall, but they were both empty and there was nothing.

As for the depths underground, there are only black dirt and hard rocks, and there are no secret rooms or tunnels or anything, and naturally there are no surprises to find!

After admiring the historic building for a while, everyone continued on to another building not far ahead, also in the Renaissance style.

As before, in this ancient Renaissance-style building, as well as deep underground, Ye Tian still found nothing, nothing!

The next third building and the fourth building turned out to be the same, he didn't see any valuable antique artworks, let alone secret rooms and secret passages!

Until he came to the fifth Renaissance-style building on the east side of the street, when Ye Tian's vision penetrated deep underground, a deep and dim secret passage suddenly broke into his eyes.

Although Ye Tian didn't find anything of great value as far as he could see, a look of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, fleeting!

A bronze candlestick inserted into the wall of the secret passage, although rusty and dusty, radiates a light that reveals exactly the age from which it came!

The bronze candlestick came from the late fifteenth century, when Leonardo da Vinci unleashed his genius!