Chapter 1189: A Bloody Lesson from the Past!
More than 20 years later, the old lai who swept China is a ball, and what Philip IV, a big debtor, will do next, will definitely make the old lai all over the world stunned and throw himself to the ground!
If you don't obey the wall, I'll obey you!
What should I do if I don't want to pay it back?
Simple, His Majesty the King will not only not repay the money, but will also kill all the creditors, and even all the property owned by the creditors will be mine when the time comes!
Simple, direct, brutal, and shameless! As long as the balance of power is right, everything is right.
How did the superstitious tradition of "Black Friday" in the West come about?
A large part of this comes from Philip IV, who not only failed to repay his debts, but also killed all his creditors.
On Friday, 13 October 1307, almost all members of the Knights Templar in France, without warning, were arrested and restricted from using any property to prevent their finances from being transferred out of France.
At the same time, it was not only the French unilateral action, but also the compromise of the Holy See, which was probably a kind of bargain: with the cooperation of the Pope, the entire Christian world began to hunt down the members of the Templar Order, most of whom were captured and died in brutal torture, and the rest were burned at the stake.
In the end, it is said that Philip IV of France monopolized all the Templar property in France, not only getting rid of his debts, but also becoming a super tycoon.
However, it is also believed that he did not receive much benefit - the Knights Templar had a premonition before the catastrophe struck, and moved most of their possessions in France ahead of schedule.
Therefore, in addition to recovering thousands of castles and territories, as well as the right to collect taxes in those places, the shameless and ruthless King Philip IV of France finally lost money in kind.
Zhang Nan was not interested in any Knights, but he was very interested in the rise and fall of the Knights Templar!
If you are not interested, you can't do it, otherwise let alone establish a thousand-year-old family, your future outcome will not be much better than those knights who died unjustly tortured or burned alive!
The Knights Templar were rich enough to become a big creditor of the king, and they also participated in politics, and when the knights had a strong combat force of 20,000 or 30,000 people, the debtor King of France did not dare to say a word of nonsense!
The whole of France had more troops than the Knights Templar, but what about combat effectiveness?
They are professional armies armed with money and religious ideology, and the only ones who can cut them are the Mongol army.
But when your army is greatly damaged, they will slaughter you as a fat sheep immediately!
You can still slaughter as much as you want!
Zhang Nanren is in the United States, not only has huge wealth in North America, but also has industries all over the world, which will still participate in the U.S. election, this situation...
It seems like a lot.
It can't be regarded as a duck on the shelf, it is a natural result to come to this point, and the bloody experience of the past can be seen clearly: as long as you are not strong enough, the Western world can stuff you into hell with a turn of face!
What kind of power is worthy of what kind of wealth, if this point is unbalanced, the end is not far off.
The 13th century was a time when the Knights Templar's usury spread throughout Europe, and it was fair to say that there was no wealth they could not get, and it was not particularly surprising that such a magical item as the Rykergos Cup appeared in their cellars.
Zhang Nan thought of a movie "The Da Vinci Code" more than ten years later, which was not impressive, and seemed to be a bit brain-consuming, and remembered that it seemed to be related to the destruction of the Knights Templar's treasures.
The huge cross was held in his hand, and he looked closely at the secret marks.
This is in Jerry Gooden's room, Guan Xingquan and Lin Mingben live in the same room, plus Andre, who is also a little curious, and it is indispensable to watch the lively oil bottle Charlie.
"In poor storage conditions, the pearls were lost in less than a hundred years, but no one would pry the pearls off when the cross could still see people.
There are at least 110 gems on the obverse, and if you say that if there is a secret mark or text under these gems, will you find some secret?
And you see, the pattern lines around Brother Su on the back are quite interesting to me, and we didn't notice them before - they are all asymmetrical.
If the obverse spell corresponds to the line on the back, or the obverse is a piece of text that can be connected together. ”
Glancing at everyone, "It's kind of interesting!"
Xiao Nizi's eyes lit up, "Treasure map?"
"Chances are, the secret should be hidden beneath these gems. ”
Zhang Nan laughed after saying this, because he looked at Charitz Theron very interestingly, and seemed to be eager to immediately take a change cone and knock off all the gems on the cross to see what was going on.
"Don't worry, get Joshua when you get home, he must have a way to get these gems down without damage.
If my guess is true, then we'll find out if the Templars are dead or if the King of France is left busy. ”
The treasure may be related, and only Zhang Nan and Guan Xingquan know about this here, and if they hadn't obtained Adolf Eichmann's notebook from Munich, they would not have found the Nazi treasure.
How much wealth did the Knights Templar have?
It is definitely not comparable to the amount looted by the Nazis, but if their treasure exists, it will not be less - Hitler looted it for 6 years, and the Knights Templar accumulated it for almost 200 years!
The range of wealth and treasures that the Order could obtain was still very large, at least in addition to the possessions of the European part, as well as the goods of the original Arab world.
Zhang Nan raised the heavy cross in his hand and said, "It's up to you, it's really boring to have a day without treasure hunting!"
Everyone laughed.
This will even Andre know that for cultural relics, his own boss is a Pixiu treasure hunter, almost only in and out, but he is generous to his subordinates, and he must have obtained the treasure of the Nazis.
Not only that, before coming out this time, Guan Xingquan also took a few red devils to the shooting range on Long Island to shoot targets: first go to a gun depot in the big house on the north side of the manor to choose a gun.
As a result, Andrei and others saw a very interesting scene - it was full of German ordnance from the same little devils during World War II, and even the ammunition was well-preserved World War II originals!
Looking at this amount, Andrei understands another thing: the boss not only got Nazi treasures, but also gained something in the Philippines, but I don't know if it was a treasure or an arsenal back then.
Zhang Nan put the cross on the desk, "Let's go, let's eat, I don't know what the chef has prepared for us today." ”
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There is Chongren stewed duck in the hometown flavor that Zhang Nan likes, that is, the duck is not Shao-Xing Ma duck, but a huge Muscovy duck, but it finally has some hometown flavor.
The chef also added dried bamboo shoots from his hometown to the duck stew, which was a good idea!
The TV in the cafeteria is on, and the Austrian local channel is broadcasting the 49th Golden Globe Awards.