According to Li Du's inquiries from many aspects, the estimated value of this set of silver armor is about half a million dollars. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Half a million dollars is a lot, and he is not a rich man, but it is of little use to him.

Because he didn't buy a house or land in the United States, he bought a few cars, raised two employees, and didn't have much money to spend, and he had money on him.

Relatively speaking, if you donate this armor, you will get a lot more.

After donating to the local museum, he can gain fame first, and the museum will recognize him. In this way, if he wants to immigrate or do something in the future, the museum can help him prove the official favorability.

Second, it can be deducted from taxes, it has always been the Fu boss who helps pay taxes, in terms of their income, the amount of taxes paid is really terrifying, it is really distressing!

Li Du mainly focused on these two harvests, as long as they are in hand, then this plan can be said to be completed.

As soon as Sophie heard that he was going to donate something to the museum, she immediately became interested and asked, "What do you want to donate?" ”

Li Du said: "A set of armor should have some value, and I have the opportunity to look at your father." ”

Sophie asked curiously, but Li Du didn't hide much from her and told part of the truth. He didn't say anything about the grudge with Polyock and others, nor did he say where the crooks got the armor, but only said that they killed a wave of crooks and got the armor.

After listening, the female doctor admired: "You are so powerful, you recognized the liars and punished them, this is so cool." ”

Li Du smiled and said: "They are self-inflicted, and this time they are also lucky, otherwise I may be fooled." ”

Sophie nodded approvingly: "I have met scammers, they are so hateful, they cheated us out of a batch of equipment donated to the community hospital, and we lost tens of thousands of yuan!" ”

Talking about the liars they have met in life, they talked about this armor.

Sophie said: "You made the right choice to donate to the museum, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to call on people to donate their things to the museum, but it's dangerous for this armor to keep in your hands." ”

Li Du thinks the same as her, obviously, everyone is not stupid.

On the way, Sophie called her parents and learned that Li Du was going to donate a piece of silver armor with cultural relics value, and the Martins became interested and took the initiative to drive to Sophie's residence.

Li Du took out the armor and put it in the living room, and Sophie was wiping it with a dry rag to clean up all the dust stains in the gaps between the armor joints.

Pushing open the door and seeing this set of armor, the little old man walked over quickly and looked at it.

After a quick look, he judged the identity of the armor: "Very good, this is the hussar armor of the Grand Duchy of Poland, its exterior is plated with a layer of silver, and it has the family coat of arms branded on it, obviously this is a noble hussar armor." ”

Li Du asked, "How old is it?" What is Hussar? Cavalry with wings? ”

"I'll answer your second question first, and if you understand the second question, you understand the first question." ”

After a pause, he licked his lips, Li Du put on a posture of listening carefully, and as a result, he spoke: "Sophie, my dear girl, everyone is going to have a history seminar, and there is no coffee?" ”

The female doctor, who was teasing Ah Yan, raised her head and grimaced at him, and went into the kitchen, where she brought out steaming coffee and snacks.

"What a good girl." Mr. Martin grinned, took a sip of his coffee, and began to explain.

"As I said, this armor belongs to the Principality of Poland, which is in Eastern Europe, and cavalry has always played an extremely important role in the armies of Eastern European countries."

"However, Poland's cavalry equipment was somewhat different from other countries, because they needed to participate in European Catholic affairs, so as an Eastern European country, their equipment absorbed the technology brought about by the military development of some Western European countries."

"Next, I'm going to talk about Lithuania's military power, and get ready, this hussar armor has a long history."

Li Du asked: "Is it still related to Lithuania?" ”

"Yes, Poland and Lithuania have been united many times in history, and this armor is a product of the federation. At that time, as the Ottoman Empire and the Grand Duchy of Moscow became a growing threat to Poland, Poland and Lithuania entered into a union. ”

"Then Stephen Bathory, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, was faced with the great problem of how to combine the important cavalry units that existed in Poland and Lithuania into a single cavalry force that could be adapted to the battlefields of western Europe and Eastern Europe," said Mr. Martin. ”

"Stephen Bathory's solution was to bring the hussar style from Hungary and some cavalry combat systems from the Ottoman Empire into the federation to form a hussar corps."

"In the past, the military aristocracy of Poland and Lithuania was integrated into a new cavalry regiment, during which plate armor, lobster armor, and plate chain mail style cuirasses appeared, which is what you see now."

As he spoke, he patted the silver glimmering armor on the ground.

Hearing this, Sophie, who was holding Ah Yan, turned back curiously and said, "This is the cuirass?" Isn't this a piece of chain mail? ”

Mr. Martin laughed, "No, it doesn't belong exactly to the cuirass, and it doesn't exactly belong to the chain mail, it's a new armor formed by the combination of the two sides." ”

"In addition to the armor, there were weapons to be redesigned, and in order to be able to improve the mobility of the cavalry, so the heavy but powerful Western European mounted rifle of the past disappeared from the Polish-Lithuanian hussars and was replaced by a long hollow mounted rifle."

Li Du picked up the silver spear on the ground that was divided into several sections and said, "This is it?" ”

"Yes, it is this kind of cavalry rifle, which is a weapon that the Poles are accustomed to, they are longer than the heavy cavalry guns of Western Europe, and at the same time they are much thinner than the heavy cavalry rifles, which are both deterrent and lethal."

"At this point, our theme is out, the combined cavalry army has become a new effective force in the European theater, and the new Polish-Lithuanian hussars have soon become an invincible sword for the Confederation on the battlefield."

"Although the new armor and weapons were effective in combat, the nobles were not satisfied with their drab appearance, and some hussars gradually began to wear ornaments assembled from feathers."

Mr. Martin picked up the armor and flipped it over, exposing the part of his back.

There is a strip on the back of this set of armor, Li Du didn't pay attention to it before, but now when he saw it, he suddenly said: "The feather ornament is inserted here?" ”

"Yes and no," said Mr. Martin, "here is a stick of wood, and the wing ornament is inserted into the stick, and does not come into direct contact with the armor. ”

"When the feathers were inserted into the sticks, they spread out to the sides like two wings, so the hussars came to be called hussars, and this armor was also called hussar armor."