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It was a good plan, the Romans could never enjoy the riches again, and the Carthaginians' last plan clearly succeeded.

At this point, the sky began to lose its brightness, not because the weather had changed, but because it was almost dusk.

So far today, Liu Wendong went down to the treasure cave again, brought up six or seven kilograms of coins, put them into a cloth bag and prepared to take them back to the super five-star camp, and Zhang Nan had to find something to do for himself in the evening: it was originally an ultra-luxurious loose resort.

The silver coins that have been sorted at the front are also sorted into different pockets, so that you don't have to spend any more time sorting them out.

Pulling off the ladder, I saw that Cuenca got on the excavator and directly moved a stone weighing one or two tons to cover the exposed rock crevice.

None of them reacted in surprise, and this was the best way to dispel their suspicions: this was a private island, and everything on it seemed to the bodyguards and crew to be the boss.

Underground artifacts?

Spain does not even have administrative jurisdiction over the island, and the Spanish police are not allowed to go to the island unless the owner of the island invites or requests the Spanish side.

When will the police be needed?

Zhang Nan doesn't need it, the previous owner may need it, he is playing a top resort island: if there is a murder on the island, it will have to be dealt with by the Spanish police.

No car, just two steps away.

I didn't have the time to look at my island carefully, so I walked and looked at it, and then said something interesting to the person on the side: "How do I feel like this place is a bit like a scene from a movie?"

"Which one?"

The interface is Captain Philip, and the boss has to have someone to cheer him on.

""Crime in the Sun", the great detective Polo, the scenery is really good, but there are a few beautiful girls. ”

The crowd was speechless!

It's a bit like a resort island in the Mediterranean, but the storyline doesn't match the atmosphere of the meeting.

......

The huge freshwater swimming pool is now empty, and at the top of the pool is a single-storey exclusive villa.

The sea view is invincible, and the boss has two bedrooms in a house, and he lives here for a few days.

As soon as he put down his luggage, Zhang Nan went to the underground treasure house connected to the villa where he lived, accompanied by Thomas and several people.

There are two blast doors that are not particularly thick, and they can be cut open with a cutter: this was originally the island's underground wine cellar, but it was only slightly modified.

The place is big enough, and I don't know why the former owner wants to make such a big wine cellar, and it's no problem to stuff thousands of tons of treasures.

The treasure vault was now empty, and the heavy iron shelves were prepared for gold and platinum, precious metals such as gold and platinum.

"We plan to store it according to the principle of partitioning to avoid mistakes, and finally compare it with the ledger after it is put into storage.

The security here depends mainly on the peculiarities of the island itself, as well as the guards on the island.

It will also be a training camp for the combined forces, at least on the surface, with guards on a rotational basis.

The area close to the Treasure Vault will be an exclusive area for you and your family, and the rotating guards will only know that they are guarding your private island and training along the way. ”

Those blast doors and exterior cover are designed to block general vandalism and theft, and the safety of the babies is not dead objects.

Burglary, to a defense contractor's training camp is probably more difficult than robbing a police station in downtown New York.

However, Zhang Nan was a little curious and asked, "What can I train here?"

Thomas smiled awkwardly, "Climbing, rappelling, and swimming." ”

It's a big place, and that's all it takes to think about it, and it's just an excuse for the nearby Spaniards and yachts passing by on the sea a few hundred yards away.

Although there is no concept of "territorial waters" on private islands, outside ships generally do not come within three to five hundred meters of private islands, even if the scenery is good.

Some owners of private islands have a bad temper, and it is possible to get too close and shoot you with a machine gun!

It was already dark when they came out of the storeroom, and the group went to eat at the camp restaurant, which was originally the island's dining center.

Luxury, extravagance.

Some time ago, during the rectification, this place was not reorganized into a troop-style barracks, and since it has been renovated, the guards here can enjoy the best facilities in peacetime, but they just lack the best service.

There are no waiters, so you have to do everything yourself, and the most luxurious service is that there are two cooks who can cook.

Dinner was fresh, and every three days someone drove the fishing boat's converted procurement boat to Ibiza. No outsiders were allowed to come to the island, and at most during the time that needed to be carried out, the Spaniards were notified of the necessary bulk supplies when they could.

After eating, drink some beer and canned drinks at the camp salon where the party can be held.

Zhang Nan was a little bored, the official warehousing of goods should start tomorrow morning, so he simply asked Liu Wendong to fetch the bag of coins that he dug out at the end, and poured them on the coffee table to start choosing.

The Carthaginians can be regarded as a true seafaring trading people, with a bunch of currencies all over Asia, Africa and Europe, plus speculation that it is the last treasure of the empire, as long as it is a precious metal, all of them will be poured into a piece.

Chaos, many of them really don't know each other, and they can't be called by any country.

As soon as the guys saw that the boss was choosing antiques again, a few people naturally gathered around to watch the excitement.

Gold coins, silver coins, big and small, delicate, rough ......

Captain Philip seemed to have found something interesting and picked it out from the large pile of coins on the coffee table.

"It's in the treasure from 120 B.C., it's rare. ”

Hearing Mr. Captain's words, he was identifying an Alexander gold coin to see if it was made in another city Zhang Nan looked up at the shabby-looking coin.

In Philip's hands, I didn't see it clearly.

Before he could ask, Randy said what everyone on the side thought, "What's so special?"

"This is a Lydian Lion Platinum coin, the world's first metal currency. ”

Zhang Nan still didn't speak, and the others looked curious, and Mr. Captain continued......

Most people don't even know where this Lydia is!

"Lydia was founded in 1300 B.C. or earlier, and did not die until 546 B.C., located in the northwestern part of present-day Turkey on the edge of the Aegean Sea in the west-central part of present-day Asia Minor.

It began to mint coinage around 660 BC and was probably the first country to use coinage. ”

When Lin Man heard this, he said casually: "That's more than 2,600 years, it's amazing!"

"Well, at the beginning of Lydia there was a rich silver-gold mine, a mineral mixed with gold and silver, and the Lydians used this white gold to make the world's first metal currency.

It is clear that the Lydians were the first to mint and use gold and silver money, and archaeology confirms this, and the earliest known coinage is found in Lydia. ”

Speaking of this, Philip handed the coin in his hand to Lin Man next to him and said, "Because the currency of Lydia often has a lion's head, it is also called a lion coin.

This is the earliest form of the Lydian coin, and it looks like a solidified droplet. One side has a simple mark, and the other side has some scratches, and if you look closely, it is a lion's head.

This coin is said to have been made by Greek immigrants in this region or by order of the king of Lydia, and later came to the last king of Lydia, Crusius, that is, from about 561 BC to 546 BC, and metal coins of pure gold and silver appeared in Lydia.

By that time, the Lydian currency had a lion and bull's head motif, which was more elaborate than this early currency. It was during this period that the technology of making coins in Lydia was introduced to Greece, and ancient Greece began to have its own money-making technology. ”

The people on the side were amazed at the magical status of this small coin, and Zhang Nan asked Mr. Captain: "Philip, do you know that?"

Philip smiled and said, "I've had a lot of contact with you, and I've read books." I have a lot of free time, whether at home or on the boat, I like to read books to pass the time. ”

It's good to read books, but you can't read all books as good books, right?

"Your book was written by a Western history or numismatic expert?"

Philip nodded.

There is a problem.

After seeing him nod, Zhang Nan took the silver coin from Boss Guan's hand after turning around, looked at it carefully, and said, "It should be a silver-gold alloy, and this coin is a precious metal." It is possible, but definitely not the earliest, the earliest minted metal currency in the world.

The one who wrote the book has no vision and is misleading.

In our Huaxia, about 1600 BC to 1046 BC, there was a dynasty called Shang, which was also the second dynasty in Chinese history.

In the Shang Dynasty, large transactions were measured with a certain standard of copper bars, and small amounts were generally used as a kind of shell coin, which is also the earliest currency found in China so far.

The most common natural sea shells that serve as currency are tooth shells, with grooved teeth on the abdomen and a bulge on the back, also known as cargo shells and treasures.

However, due to the shortage of natural seashells, there were no written copper imitation shells in the late Shang Dynasty. In 1971, a batch of bronze imitation shells were unearthed in a Shang Dynasty tomb in Baode-County, Jin Province, China, with a total of 109 pieces.

The shape of this batch of copper shellfish is very similar to that of natural shellfish, with tooth grooves on the surface, flat back, and relatively balanced weight, with an average weight of about 8 grams each.

Purposefully casting bronze shells in the form of seashells to use as currency, it should be said that it is a big step forward from using the seashells grown in nature as the original currency, and these bronze shells have also been recognized as the origin of the current Chinese metal coinage.

The Shang Dynasty was destroyed by the Zhou Dynasty of China, which can be divided into two parts, the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, with the Western Zhou Dynasty in front and the existence time from 1046 BC to 771 BC.

At present, after archaeological discoveries, bronze coins with round holes have been unearthed in the tombs of some nobles in the Western Zhou Dynasty......"

Well, everyone has gained insight again: this lion coin is definitely not the world's earliest minted metal currency, because not to mention the Shang Dynasty, even the Western Zhou Dynasty fell more than a hundred years earlier than it!

The time when Huaxia's minted metal currency appeared was the first in the world!

However, Zhang Nan didn't finish speaking, and said: "It's a pity that the silver production in China was very low more than 2,000 years ago, so BC generally only used copper and gold as metal currency materials, and the earliest gold currency was the Yingzhan of Chu during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which had a history of at least 2,500 years."

It was a very interesting and beautiful kind of currency: a rectangular gold plate weighing about 250 grams, which was a pound at the beginning.

The average stamped on the top is 50 stamps, and each small piece is cut along the stamps when trading, and each small piece is an average of 5 grams.

However, it is difficult to say exactly how many years this currency existed, because the countries that minted and used this gold currency existed for a very long time, from 1015 BC to 223 BC, almost 800 years.

And because of its special structure, you can count it as minting currency, and it's a bit of a shame to say that it's a weighing currency. ”

Zhang Nan felt a little pity, because if the time was clear, the world's earliest precious metal minted currency and gold minted currency might not be able to turn the Lydian lion coin in his hand. ”

After hearing this, Philip was not embarrassed, reading the book and seeing what it seems, Westerners don't know enough about China, let alone the history of China.

Besides, Lydia is a country in Asia Minor that has disappeared for more than 2,500 years, and for Philip, it is not the first thing in the world that matters to him!

The bodyguards have gained a little more knowledge, especially the guys from Huaxia, and they feel very cool about another world No. 1 Huaxia!

Several people had this idea in their minds: "The historical heritage of the four ancient civilizations in the world is very similar, and those chaotic small countries cannot be compared." ”

And then......

It was Alyosha who played the role of a curious baby, who made him "upright".

"Boss, what currency did ancient Babylon and ancient Egypt use at that time?"

When Zhang Nan heard this, he said: "The Babylonians did not have metal currency, they mainly used barter trade methods, but bulk goods were generally traded with some metal blocks such as gold, silver, copper, etc., but it could not be regarded as minting currency.

As for ancient Egypt, it refers to the period of ancient Egypt before the Persian conquest before 525 BC, when ancient Egypt did not form a real monetary system, and it also relied on barter.

However, the ancient Egyptians at that time still had a set of rules, the medium was gold, silver, and copper, and the basic unit of weight was called deben.

One Deben is equivalent to about 90 grams now, and below Deben is Kate, and one Deben is equal to 10 Kate, and the ratio of gold, silver, and copper is 1:2:100.

For example, if a cow costs 30 copper deben, I can pay for it with 30 copper deben, or other items equivalent to 30 copper deben, such as barley and cloth. ”

The unfortunate ancient India has been ignored again, who let its history not only be broken, but the existence of ancient India has not been discovered for many years!