Chapter 162: Byzantine Jewels

Xiao Peng thought about it, and still told Yang Meng: "Three hundred meters below the sea near here, there is a shipwreck, and there may be good things in it." I want to find out. ”

"Three hundred meters? Are you serious?" Yang Meng said in surprise: "Do you know what the concept of water depth is at 300 meters? The water pressure there reaches 29 atmospheres, which is equivalent to a fat man of 540 pounds on every inch of your skin dancing ballet on tiptoe! Can you do it? This is really no joke. We don't have an Exosuit on board. ”

Exosuit, a deep-water diving suit researched and produced by Canada, can reach a depth of 330 meters after wearing, and can stay at that depth for 50 minutes, which is a high-tech product, and the price is also scary, a set costs more than one million euros. And it can only be ordered in limited quantities, which is something that only those who have money or top scientific research institutions can afford.

Xiao Peng thought for a while, and said to Yang Meng: "Mengzi, do you think you are still like an ordinary person now?"

Yang Meng smiled and shook his head: "I feel like Superman now." ”

"Then why are you the way you are?"

"You. Yang Meng replied neatly.

"Then why don't you ask me how I made you so tough now, why don't you ask me if I can go to the deep sea?"

Yang scratched his head fiercely: "If you want me to know, just tell me directly, what else do I ask?"

Xiao Peng was speechless, he really didn't know whether to say that Yang Meng was smart or stupid.

It may really be as the idiom says, wise as foolish.

Xiao Peng sighed: "Mengzi, don't say anything else, you just know that I can do it." ”

After hearing Xiao Peng say this, Yang Meng did not object: "Okay, you go down." I am here to answer you. ”

Xiao Peng took off his clothes directly and jumped directly into the sea: "Mengzi, wait for me to come back." After saying that, he dived directly to the bottom of the sea.

As soon as Xiao Peng entered the bottom of the sea, a layer of light composed of magic power covered Xiao Peng's whole body, Xiao Peng adapted to the light, dived directly to the bottom of the sea, and followed the guidance of the mind clone to arrive at the wreck found yesterday.

Xiao Peng had already explored the shipwreck yesterday, went directly to the captain's room, found the two boxes found yesterday, and quickly returned to the ship, Yang Meng was already impatient to wait, and when he saw Xiao Peng coming up, he quickly hoisted Xiao Peng onto the ship with a winch, and handed Xiao Peng a towel: "How is it?"

Xiao Peng handed Yang Meng the two small boxes he found: "Just find these two things." ”

Yang Meng took the two boxes, both of which were small wooden and silver-edged boxes, which had not yet rotted thanks to the unique low-oxygen seawater of the Black Sea.

Yang Meng measured: "It's quite heavy." You go take a hot shower, and let's open the box together to see what's inside. ”

After Xiao Peng went to rinse, he changed his clothes: "Come on, let's see if this trip is in vain." ”

Yang Meng had already wiped the two small boxes clean: "One for each person, see who has good luck." Xiao Peng took one casually, these two boxes have small locks on them, and they have long been decayed, for Xiao Peng and the others, this is not a problem, just make a effort, and they called.

"Hahahaha, it seems that my side can be more valuable. Yang Meng was so happy that he pushed the box to Xiao Peng.

Xiao Peng looked at it, and it was really a good thing, a box full of small gold coins. The size of a five-pointed Chinese coin, although it is old, but the pattern is very vivid, the obverse depicts a man wearing armor, and the back is a full-length portrait of a goddess, as well as some strange text, which looks like Latin. In this small box, there were at least three or four hundred of these gold coins.

Xiao Peng took a photo of the gold coin and posted it on the Internet to see if anyone knew about it.

Yang Meng was also curious at this time: "Xiao Peng, what is in your box?"

Xiao Peng showed an excited expression: "Mengzi, it's better to be like this, just two boxes, one for each of us, I won't let you suffer, the things in my box are always valuable, you choose my box, how about I take your box?"

Yang Meng held the box holding the gold coins and looked at Xiao Peng with a suspicious expression: "You can be so good? Why don't I believe you? You show me the contents of your box." ”

Xiao Peng hugged the box in his hand tightly: "If you want to see it, you have to change it with me, you can say it if you don't change it." I'll tell you first, I've got a lot of good stuff in this box anyway. ”

Yang Meng stared at Xiao Peng, looked left and right, and suddenly shook his head like a rattle: "I don't want it, we have known each other for so many years, and you have never suffered a loss." You're absolutely weird, I'm not going to trade it with you. ”

Xiao Peng looked disappointed: "When will I still let you suffer, let's exchange you for absolutely advantage." ”

When Yang Meng heard this, the box hugged tighter: "Manly man, if you don't change it, you won't change it." ”

Xiao Peng sighed: "This is what you said, I really didn't expect that the two of us have known each other for so many years, and you still don't know me." ”

Yang Meng grinned: "It's because I know you too well that I won't change it with you." You are a man who will not pay for your life. ”

Xiao Peng was speechless: "You don't change this." After speaking, he opened the box and let Yang Meng take a look at the contents of it.

Yang Meng looked at it and froze in place: "Nima, you are playing too deep with the routine now!"

Xiao Peng spread his hands: "I said that my things here are more valuable than yours, you don't believe me, and now you regret it, right?"

Yang Meng had a loveless expression on his face: "I really can't be friends with you, otherwise sooner or later, one day, I will be angry with you." ”

In Xiao Peng's box, there was nothing else, a box full of Byzantine jewelry.

The so-called Byzantine Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire. It is an absolute monarchy of Orthodox Christianity. It was the oldest monarchy in ancient and medieval times, existed for thousands of years, and is generally referred to as the Roman Empire.

The gold mines of Armenia and the rich silver mines of the Balkans provided Byzantium with a source of precious metals, so the Byzantine period was extremely rich in luxury items such as gold and silver currency, jewelry, ivory jewelry, etc.

The most famous of these is certainly Byzantine jewelry.

The exaggerated, ornate gold inlays of luxuriously prized colored gemstones are popular elements of Byzantine jewelry. In Western countries, people worship Jamting-style jewelry. Because the Byzantine style was able to convey strong religious metaphors through huge gemstones, large amounts of gold, and infinite beauty.

Xiao Peng casually took out a gold bracelet, which was engraved with the double-headed eagle mark of the Roman Empire, and praised it in his mouth, and took out a ruby men's ring and put it on his finger: "See, such a big pigeon blood red! This ring can be sold for eighteen million." Kindness. I'm talking about Mikin. ”

When Yang Meng heard this, he couldn't believe it: "You went to the grave to burn newspapers, what about deceiving ghosts? Ruby is not a diamond, can it be so expensive?"

Xiao Peng laughed and said: "Only idiots think that diamonds are precious! That thing is the product of the hype of serious businessmen! What is the composition and structure of diamonds? Carbon! One of the most common elements on the whole earth! Let me put it mildly, give you a big piece of charcoal, and if you suppress it to the limit, that is diamond! There is no shortage of diamonds on the earth! In order to raise the price of diamonds, diamond merchants have deliberately created the illusion of diamond scarcity. ”

Yang Meng pouted: "That doesn't mean that the ruby is valuable, I've seen it in the jewelry store, that is, something that costs 1,800 yuan, which is far worse than a diamond." ”

Xiao Peng looked at Yang Meng with disdain: "Can synthetic rubies be the same as natural rubies?" Let me tell you this, diamonds, almost 10,000 meters of gold and one carat, rubies are almost 100,000 meters of gold and one carat, pigeon's blood ruby can reach 500,000 meters of gold and one carat, and even millions of meters of gold and one carat, do you think these two things are on the same level? This big ring is at least thirty carats, although the handiwork is a little rough, after all, the technology was backward at that time, but from another angle, this is also an antique more than a thousand years ago, isn't it, you say, this price can be low?"

Yang Meng wailed in pain: "Is it too late to talk to you now?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "What do you say?"

Yang Meng screamed and lay down on the bench, his face painful.

Xiao Peng comforted: "Don't be so sad, you are a box of gold coins." That's also an antique, and one can't be sold for tens of thousands of dollars?"

Yang Meng looked at Xiao Peng with a sad expression: "The gold coins in my box are not worth as much as your small ring, tell me how much the contents of your box can be worth?

Xiao Peng stretched out his hand: "I asked you just now if you wanted to exchange, but you refused yourself." ”

Yang Meng looked innocent, looked at Xiao Peng, and blinked his eyes: "Otherwise, you can ask me again and see how I answer?"

"NO! WHAT ABOUT YOUR DISCIPLINE?" Xiao Peng refused without surprise.

Yang Meng replied as a matter of course: "My festival has already committed suicide by jumping into the sea after I knew the price of rubies." ”

Xiao Peng was finally entangled by Yang Meng, so he had no choice but to find a men's ring from the box and give it to him.

Well, the reason why Yang Meng was given this ring is because this ring is the most simple one of all jewelry, just a gold square ring, the middle pattern is a carved cross, and the ring is embossed with some words that the two can't understand.

Although this ring looks very atmospheric and solemn, it should be the cheapest in the jewelry box, after all, the production process is not as fine as it is now, and it looks slightly rough, but Yang Meng didn't dislike it, and directly took it and put it on his finger, this rough ring is also matched with Yang Meng, a rugged person------ it has a very nouveau riche feeling!

After all, it's an antique from thousands of years ago, isn't it?

This is the reason why Yang Meng wears this ring.