CHAPTER XXVI
A cave hall that is not many meters underground, and it still retains the strange appearance of millions of years ago. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's dark and silent.
Only the drops of water seeping from the top of the cave hall, ticking and ticking down into the pool below, like a bell, ringing death.
In such an empty underground cave hall, only the flickering torches emitted a faint light, and the dust was forgotten in the corner, silently watching Ye Yan and the others.
The sound of breathing spread through the air, and everything seemed to become weird.
Ye Yan looked at the second box, which was still a pile of rotten items, including paper, some kind of coins, and some porcelain, but most of them were already tattered and damaged, and when the box was transported here, it had withstood the impact. There are also certain pieces of precious jewelry, but dampness has always been their mortal enemy.
But fortunately, even a small number of them have survived, even if time has overshadowed them.
Ye Yan's hand rubbed on his clothes, asking Mo Qing to get closer, so that the torch could shine on the whole situation, and after a careful look, Ye Yan carefully took out several dim metal coins from a pile of rotten paper and damaged ceramics, which reflected the golden light in the firelight, which was gold.
And there are not a lot of them, there are more than 20 pieces, except for some yellowing, dyed with some strange colors are good, this is also due to the stability of gold is very good, even if gold encounters sulfuric acid, nitric acid, amino acid and other substances, there will be no chemical reaction. Gold itself has good stability and rarity, which is why gold is regarded as a hard currency.
There are also broken ceramics, a pile of rotten paper, and two or three pieces of relatively ordinary gold jewelry, inlaid with some jewelry, the workmanship is relatively rough, because of improper preservation, and the appearance is not good-looking, all in all, the value of these things is not too high, and the historical reference value is also very little.
It's a bunch of tasteless things that are discarded.
Mo Qing's eyes widened, and he carefully groped for a gold coin, the pattern on it was still clearly visible, engraved with English letters, and there was a head that I didn't know who it was.
She looked at Ye Yan: "Why did these gold coins appear on this island?"
"Hmm...... There are many hypotheses. ”
Ye Yan rubbed his index finger and rummaged through the memories in his mind: "The Solomon Islands are located in the South Pacific Ocean, with a total of more than 900 islands. Predominantly Melanesian, Solomon Islanders. Most of the inhabitants are Christians and Catholics. There are 87 dialects spoken throughout the country, Pidging is spoken, the official language is English, and the capital is Honiara. ”
Mo Qing is a little clear: "You mean ......"
"That's right. ”
Ye Yan snapped his fingers: "As early as 1568, a Spanish navigator sailed to the Solomon Islands and found that this seems to be the Solomon Kingdom in the rich world contained in the Old Testament. So Spain began to send troops and regarded it as a colony. ”
Then, Ye Yan paused and said: "After 1830, ships from Europe sometimes sailed to the Solomon Islands. In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, the number of people coming to the Solomon Islands to do business gradually increased. By the end of the 19th century, the beginning of the 20th century, Britain and Germany had already entrenched itself here, and almost the entire Solomon Islands was divided in two. The British Liver's Pacific Plantation Co., Ltd. and others came to the Solomon Islands to do business, occupied a large area of land, and operated all over the islands, which brought a certain development to the Solomon Islands. ”
Mo Qingliu frowned slightly: "So the boxes here are coming and going from the fleet?"
Ye Yan was holding a gold coin in his hand, he stood up, his gaze swept over Mo Qing, and his eyes flickered a little: "I want to...... Probably so, that's one of the assumptions. Well, now there's another problem, the torches are running out and we have to leave as soon as possible. ”
"Okay, would you like to take a souvenir back, and let the rest of the jewels stay here, or take them all if you want." Ye Yan played with the gold coin in his hand, he was more interested in these things than valuable, and just took away a relatively well-preserved gold coin and kept it as a souvenir.
These things have long been ownerless, I don't know what year and month, who brought this island, it stands to reason, Mo Qing is not to blame for them to take it out. However, in the 19th century, the workmanship of these foreign objects was really poor, the purity of the gold was insufficient, and even silver or copper were mixed in it, which could be described as profiteers compared to the contemporaneous Chinese people. The workmanship is not elaborate, it has no historical value, and although there are gemstones, those jewels are just like that, and on the contrary, gold coins may attract the attention of some collectors.
But Ye Yan didn't look at it in his eyes, it was not good to eat too ugly.
Mo Qing is not a greedy person for money, she just picked a well-preserved gold coin engraved with a certain pattern, and the same is true for Luo An.
So Ye Yan put the rest of the treasure into the box again, Ye Yan was about to close the box and leave, the torch was about to be extinguished, and he had to leave here quickly.
Ye Yan took the torch in Mo Qing's hand, "Let's go." ”
Ye Yan took the lead, Mo Qing followed behind, and Luo An hung at the back of the team. Everyone walked out of the cave quickly, and when Luo An left, he turned around and photographed the entrance of the cave, drawing an end to this expedition.
"It feels like a pity, why didn't City Lord Ye take it all?"
"It's so uncomfortable, my collecting habit is again, if I were I'd take it all. ”
"The 2333 film crew is amazing, all kinds of props. ”
"Actually, I don't feel the need to take it all, I still have to keep one of this thing when I take it away. ”
"There's enough upstairs brushing, although I think it's weird, but existence is reasonable, isn't it?"
……
On the way out, the torch had been extinguished, and the world was plunged into darkness, but fortunately, Ye Yan carried the flint and steel.
He fumbled for his knife and flint and said, "Now the torch is extinguished, but I have brought flint and steel." Now, we can only rely on the short second when the flint and steel burst out to light the spark. ”
It's very difficult, it's almost impossible to remember an image in just a second, and only a few people with special brains can do it, otherwise it will disappear in just a few seconds after you close your eyes. However, it doesn't matter if you can't remember the details, Ye Yan just needs to know where the road is.
"Boom!"
Rubbing the knife the magnesium bar, sparks flew everywhere, and these sporadic sparks had a high temperature comparable to the surface of the sun, but it was too short, only for a moment.
But this was enough for Ye Yan, he knew where he needed to look, he just needed to find the location of the mark.
"Keep up!"
Ye Yan shouted, taking the lead, Eagle Eye continued to open, in such an environment, Eagle Eye had no way, it was too dark, and there was only pitch black in his sight.
In this way, Ye Yan and the others got closer and closer to the exit.
The bat droppings that had stepped on that place again, the stench in the air, and the beads of sweat hanging from his forehead, could be keenly perceived even by a breeze.
"Treading ......"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the cave, and finally, after turning a corner, Ye Yan saw the entrance of the cave not far away, full of the long-lost sun's rays, and the person who stabbed couldn't open his eyes, but fortunately Ye Yan squinted his eyes, so as not to be blinded.
This is because in the dark, the pupils will involuntarily dilate to collect more light, but when the pupils suddenly move from the darkness to the light, the pupils will not have time to react, and they will absorb too much light, and the human eye will not be able to bear it - it will be blinded, and it will be really blinded.
"Huhu...... It's finally out. ”
Mo Qing squinted and looked around, feeling like a world away, but more excited.
Ye Yan looked at the blue sky above his head: "Maybe you really should take a vacation." ”
"yes...... I haven't had a holiday for a year, hum, Lao Cui knows every day that he calls me to work, and he also says that the sky will descend to the people......"
Ye Yan: "......"
Looking at the screen from afar, Cui Xing, who was drinking a drink, suddenly sprayed, embarrassed......
……
Ye Yan took out the gold coin from his trouser pocket, it was slightly yellowed, not the golden yellow of bulingbuling in the gold store, but a little old.
One side is engraved with a blooming rose, and the other side is engraved with a budding rose, and the outer circle is surrounded by English letters, which should have come from the hands of the British. But Ye Yan didn't have any research on currency, but he could see that this gold coin was not used for circulation.
Because no matter which country's currency, I always like to engrave important people or representative things in my own country on it, and it is definitely not two roses of unknown meaning.
After rubbing it for a while, Ye Yan put the gold coin in his trouser pocket, how did these boxes appear on this island?