Chapter 664: A Bag of Rubys

Don't talk nonsense, as long as Zhang Nan says "Who has a pile of tears on his head", Guan Xingquan and Xiang Weirong will not be interested in this beautiful looking crown anymore, and it would be better to stay away from this evil thing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The cost of making this crown is not small, and as for who the original owner of this crown is, it is probably necessary to find someone who has studied the history of European royal crowns in depth to know, and it may never be found.

There were many women's crowns of this kind in old Europe, and the regulations were not as strict as the imperial crowns, and there were many royal families in Europe, so God knows how many crowns there were in Europe.

Don't talk about a large number of queens, queens or anything, let's talk about a princess: no matter how poor and small the country is, a princess will generally have two crowns in her life.

One for the parents when they reach adulthood, and another for the marriage - and one for the husband's family, as is customary.

Besides, this kind of crown does not have to be worn by royal personnel, even when the feudal social system in Europe is strict, many aristocratic women can customize their own crowns, and it is a big deal to change the name to the head crown, not to mention that many nobles also have crowns handed down from their ancestors.

By the 19th century, the social environment was more relaxed, and wealthy people were able to make beautiful tiaras as gifts for their families.

Because this crown is a rare "pearl tears" style, it is possible to figure out the source: if you don't know the inheritance of the ordinary lady's crown, it is estimated that you will never know who the original owner was.

Put the "Pearl Tears" crown back in the wooden box, and then look at the other two boxes in the box, they are still crowns, but they are much older, at least in the medieval period eight to nine hundred years ago, and they are still "King Charles-style" crowns.

According to this vision, the workmanship of this crown is obviously not good, the cut and polish of the gems such as emeralds and red spinels are a mess, and the pearls on the top are even duller.

It's a very ugly crown, but Zhang Nan likes it very much: the craftsmanship is not good, it is because of the old age and low productivity.

In the Middle Ages, Europe did not have a strong political power to rule, the long period of European feudal division brought frequent wars, and the imprisonment of the mind by the bishop also caused the development of science and technology and productive forces to stagnate, and for 1000 years, the ordinary people of Europa lived in hopeless misery.

Therefore, the Middle Ages in Europe and the United States are generally called the "Dark Ages", which is traditionally considered to be a relatively slow period in the history of European civilization.

At that time, even the craftsmanship of handicrafts was not as good as that of ancient Rome, let alone architecture and art, and it felt like a step backwards.

Zhang Nan doesn't know much about European antiques, how can he know that this crown is a product of the Middle Ages?

"Charlemagne's style", craftsmanship and almost scrapped pearls - pearls are organic, they will turn yellow in a hundred years, and if they take a long time, they will fall off layer by layer, and these seven or eight hundred years is probably the limit.

Some people say that pearls become powder for more than 100 years is wrong, at least Zhang Nan once collected old pearl jewelry in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the pearls on the phoenix crowns dug up in Dingling are well preserved.

The lights were on in the mine, and Zhang Nan tried the crown on his head, which was a little tight.

"This man's head is really big. ”

After saying that, he put the crown back in the box and threw it into the box. Alyosha and Lin Man hung camouflage nets at the entrance of the mine, and sent double posts at the commanding heights outside.

You don't have to be as nervous as a sniper, just pretend to be a tourist, the rain will stop today, but tomorrow it will be cloudy and light rain.

Everything can be removed by tomorrow night at the latest, and this time it is estimated that it will weigh more than ten tons, compared to more than a hundred tons last time.

After a good night's sleep, I woke up naturally and then went to work, and the time was only 11 o'clock at noon.

The bodyguards are already packing those amber siding, and Zhang Nan, as the boss, is to open the box and check to see if there can be any unexpected surprises.

Then, in a small tin box, I found the things I liked: not antiques, the antiques here are all Western goods, Zhang Nan subconsciously classified them more into the category of rare artworks, and the understanding of the East and the West is different.

The small tin box was about forty centimeters square, and there were cloth bags stuffed inside, and there were five large and small in total.

The rope was tied to the mouth and one of the smallest ones was opened, and as a result, the people in the mine heard Zhang Nan let out an "oh"!

A pocket of rubies, large and small!

It is dazzlingly red, and there are all kinds of cut shapes, the largest ones are hundreds of carats, and the small ones may be only twenty or thirty points.

It's too much, too much to be true all at once!

At least two kilograms of cut rubies are stuffed in a pocket without thinking about whether they will rub against each other and cause scratches.

"How can there be so many!"

Bags of diamonds, Xiang Weirong, who can ask questions, has already seen it, but he has really never seen such a ruby, which is too exaggerated.

"Maybe it's all the stock in a vault. Zhang Nan glanced at the amber siding that was being packed, "It may be all the inventory of the gem storage department in East Prussia, who knows." ”

Small rubies account for the vast majority, and large ones are much rarer, but the value here is already immeasurable.

The origin of this is even more unclear, the concentration camps looted countless jewelry companies?

Who knows.

I dug into my pocket, took out the largest thirty or so pieces, divided them into small sealed bags, and stuffed them into the bag of my clothes. The pockets are re-tightened and placed to the side.

"I don't know if it's all rubies, or if there's red spinel in it. Hopefully these pockets are still. ”

Zhang Nan couldn't tell the difference between a ruby and a gem-quality red spinel, and even many people who specialize in gemstones couldn't tell the difference between these two gemstones.

Zhang Nan likes rubies, even more than diamonds, and likes this dazzling red.

Xiang Weirong shook his head in his heart when he heard this: The brother-in-law is a glutton, and he will never be satisfied.

The hopes are great, but the disappointments are not small: there are four pockets left, and the largest bag is a miscellany of gemstones, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple...... There is everything, one bag of green, Zhang Nan thinks it should be emerald, and two bags are blue, presumably sapphires.

However, one of the bags of sapphires is not completely certain, because the blue of this bag is much lighter than the other, and it is likely to be aquamarine, or blue emeralds to put it bluntly.

Xiang Weirong held a drop-shaped yellow gemstone in his hand, about 100 carats of yellow gemstones, shone a flashlight for a while, and asked, "What kind of gem is this?" It's a bit like Nicole's two yellow diamonds. ”

Zhang Nan directly took out a handful of gems in this pocket from his pocket, and grabbed his hair with his other hand, "It's unlikely to be a yellow diamond, there are too many colors here, this may be topaz, we call it topaz, or it can be a mess of semi-precious stones mixed together." ”

If there is a single variety of gemstones with such a rich color, it is only topaz.

And here's the good news: if these are topazes, they're definitely not products that have changed color after being radiated today, like those rubies, not "burned" things.

If it wasn't topaz, it would be even more interesting, and I'll have to go back and let Brown get them to check it out.

Pack all the gems, and a tin box weighs dozens of pounds.

"When I go back, it's best to keep these gems for myself and make some jewelry for my sister and them, which can be used in ordinary polished jewelry companies. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Nan took out a small sealed bag with rubies in his pocket, and said to himself: "If Nicole has a girl in her belly, I will make her the most gorgeous set of jewelry, which is even more beautiful than diamonds!"

......

Three days later, the entrance to the cave was closed, and Zhang Nan and his group left the mine by helicopter and returned to the villa.

The items have been loaded into trucks and are about to be shipped to Hamburg.