Chapter 1178: Expert Hong
Hong Tao was not afraid of breaking the sailor knife of more than 200 US dollars, so he started directly, and cut off two gold coins along the edge of the two gold coins in three times and five by two, and looked at them in his hand...... Hey, I don't know, just because I don't know, if there is a double-headed eagle printed on it, then Nima is a dollar steel hammer, and you have to dig out more than 200,000 pieces to buy that snorkel.
"Could it be that I have really found the golden fleet! Dude, you are so interesting, if you give me a few more times, I will immediately join the church! I will build you the largest church in the world, and the floor will be covered with gold coins!!" At this time, Hong Tao already felt that the two golden and heavy things in his hand were what Jim was looking for. Although the pattern is unknown, the size and appearance are about the same as the gold coin hanging on Jim's chest, and the workmanship is quite rough.
"Put the gun away, even if this thing is really a gold coin, it's not worth as much as the 2% stake I gave you, look at your little interest, I've never seen gold! Honestly, do you also pick one off?" Hong Tao put the two gold coins in his pocket, opened the hatch and came out, Singh was still standing guard outside the door, and the hand holding the gun trembled.
"There was only one, it wasn't me who picked it, it fell on its own......" Singh spread his left hand, and there was a gold coin lying in his palm, and he was sweating.
"It's up to you, take it and play with it, I'll ask Jim, if it's really the gold coins of the Golden Fleet, then we'll be rich! When the time comes, I'll make you a ten-pound gold necklace, and then tie you to my waist, hehehe......" Hong Tao patted Singh's face and took the gun over. Even Nima's insurance has not been opened, is gold so powerful? Singh, who has passed billions of dollars. Actually frightened by such a pile of gold coins, no wonder everyone is anxious when it comes to gold.
"Why talk to him. The boat is ours, the equipment is ours, can't we fish it ourselves?" Singh grabbed Hong Tao's wrist, and the force was very great.
"Mrs. Shi, you look like you! Catch it yourself? If you have this kung fu, I will do something else to earn more than gold coins! Besides, will you apply for an excavation permit? If you don't apply, you will steal! If you dig up these things, you can only hide them under the bed and look at them secretly, and you can't sell them if you want to. Even if we don't sell it, will we be guilty of perfidy for such a small amount of money? If we don't do it, we will have to cause a lawsuit. I said Singh, money is a good thing, but you can't be a money obsesser. Follow me, when have you been short of money?If you want, I'll buy you a lot of gold jewelry, so that you can't even lift your waist, is it useful?Come, take a deep breath...... Don't think it's gold, just when you have a check for $5 million in your hand, can that bunch of broken things be worth 5 million?" But a million dollars worth of gold is worth more than a hundred million dollars, and he really didn't think about it. But this kind of thing actually happened right in front of his eyes, and Singh, who was originally very docile, actually had the idea of dominating for this pile of gold. Even if you are loyal in order to dominate yourself, this is a huge psychological change.
Returning to the restaurant with a lost soul, Hong Tao didn't say anything. just urged to hurry up and start eating, and then smiled at Levin on the other side. Levine laughed so uncomfortably that his hand holding the knife trembled a little.
"Aite. I'll call Amundsen in a moment, please let me eat well? I really can't do anything about leaving early, Jim won't listen to me, he's very energetic now, it's all caused by you, and I shouldn't bear it!" Before the main dish was finished, Levin couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply put down his knife and fork to negotiate with Hong Tao, and took a step back first.
"Hey, hey, hey...... No one wants to run away at Christmas, stay on the boat obediently, Amundsen's phone doesn't have to be called, I'm not in a hurry to use it, half a month is half a month, he...... "Hong Tao enjoyed the feeling of torturing Levin, but he didn't tell him why, he died in a hurry!
"For the sake of my health, I'd better change the table. Levin was even more simply, since it looked awkward, then don't look at it, and the people left with the plates.
"Radha, come here, now we're going to make up a story! Listen to me, this is how it goes......" Seeing that there were only Radha and Singh left on the table, Hong Tao asked both of them to sit closer, and then began to arrange the official account of the gold coin incident. For a person who likes to brag, it would be a pity not to use such high-quality materials, and it only took less than ten minutes for an accidental event to become inevitable under Hong Tao's description. The main character is Hong Tao himself, and the main supporting characters are Radha and Singh, and the whole thing is his own wisdom, and fully embodies the active thinking, clear mind and excellent judgment.
"Everyone, don't leave after eating, I have something important to announce, please come to the conference room. After making up nonsense with the two dogs, Hong Tao was still not at ease, and dealt with Rada Singh again, then stood up with confidence, announced a decision loudly, and then took the two women and left first with their heads held high.
"Aite is a little abnormal today, what are you doing in the conference room?" Jim and a few people were dizzy by Hong Tao's words, what kind of meeting should you have? Even if you have a working meeting, it will not be his turn to preside over it!
"He's abnormal every day, if you see him normal one day, it's abnormal!" Levin made Hong Tao so tossed that his appetite for eating was gone, so he simply pushed the plate and stopped eating!
"You're all here!Lada, close the door!" Hong Tao waited in the conference room for more than ten minutes, Jim's team and Levin dragged on, Hong Tao pretended not to see this attitude, anyway, they had to bow to themselves for a while, conquering people's minds is not by what they say, but by what you do, speaking with facts is more effective than anything else.
"Jim, come and see this thing, according to my judgment, this is also produced by the South American Mint, the specific date is about the end of the 17th century, what do you say?" Glancing at the materials in the conference room, Hong Tao reached out and took out something from his pocket, and put it on the conference table with a snap.
āā¦ā¦ Oh my God, this is ...... Is this a figure-of-eight escudo? "Whoosh, just a second after the gold coin on the table was placed, the elder brother of the Puyol brothers grabbed it in his hand, it was hard to imagine that an old man in his 60s could have such agility. After he got the gold coin, his eyes were almost round, and he looked at it several times before handing it to his younger brother, who was also staring at him.
"That's right! This is a gold coin specially minted for King Carlos II of Spain, with the coat of arms of the Habsburgs and his own emblem on it! Where did you get it? As far as I know, there are less than ten of these gold coins, most of them are in the National Museum, and only two are in private hands!" The younger brother of the Puyol brothers, who seemed to be more professional about coins, took out a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully, confirming his brother's judgment, and even stating the specific type of gold coin.
"Hey, hey, hey, it's time to change it, there are more than ten pieces found so far, at least dozens of them, most of them will become private collections, look at this one!" Hong Tao heard the identification results of Puyol's younger brother, and the heart that was still hanging was completely down-to-earth, the time of Carlos II's reign coincided with the time when the gold fleet disappeared, which means that these gold coins are likely to belong to the gold fleet, and he found their traces.
āā¦ā¦ This...... This is for Queen Mary, IāI've never seen this kind of gold coin, where did you find it!" When he saw the second gold coin, Puyol's brother's eyes were already bloodshot, and his hand holding the magnifying glass trembled, and he looked at it for half a minute before he respectfully put the two gold coins back on the table, and looked at Hong Tao with a pleading look in his eyes, hoping to get an answer.
"Don't worry, are there any differences between my two gold coins and the one hanging around Mr. Jim's neck?" Hong Tao felt that his two gold coins were similar to the gold coins hanging around Jim's neck, how could these two old men see the difference at a glance.
"This is an ordinary Spanish gold coin of mine for 2 escudero, which is the currency, smaller and thinner than yours. These two coins were minted exclusively for the king and later generations, belonged to their private property, and did not go into the treasury. After the Puyol brothers finished reading, it was Jim's turn to pick up the gold coin, and at the same time he also took the gold coin off his neck, and after putting it together, Hong Tao finally saw the difference, it was indeed a circle and a layer of thin, and the emblem printed on it was just a cross.
"Don't make fun of us old men, Aite, let's say, where did you buy this from? You sent someone to the Spanish Museum?" Levin didn't study gold coins or anything, he had more research on Hong Tao, so he thought that Hong Tao bought two gold coins with intention to disgust people to play, this kind of thing can't be done by others, Hong Tao is likely to be able to do it.
"No, no, no, these two gold coins are not from the museum, nor are they from a personal collection, they have not been treated in any way, and there is a layer of oxidation on the surface, very much like they have just been salvag......ed! Are you!" Jim stretched out his hand to interrupt Levin's slander, he was a professional treasure hunter, and immediately saw that something was wrong with the fineness of the gold coins. These gold coins have not been soaked in a weak acid solution, and although gold is not easily oxidized, if it is too long, it will have a foggy color on it.
"Alright, let's get down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, these two gold coins were not bought, but I fished them from the bottom of the sea, let's take a look at this!" Hong Tao had enough of everyone's appetite and beckoned to Rada at the door, who came over and put a heavy cloth bag on the conference table. (To be continued......)