Chapter 1249: The Treasure of Nicholas II

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Although Liu Dong didn't think about choosing a large yacht here that could be compared with his 'Gonggong', it should be the kind of yacht that is more than double-decker and can live people.

"That's it!"

When he was about to turn to the end, Liu Dong finally found a yacht he liked.

It's not too big, but judging by the technical parameters under the picture, as well as a brief introduction, it barely meets his requirements.

"Mr. Liu, this 'Sea Starfish' yacht is one of the best yachts we have here, with a length of 18 meters, a width of 4.2 meters, American Mercury 220hp subwoofer purple oil inboard and outdoor engines, marine air conditioning, a full set of TV and sound system, luxury interiors, a double bed in the master bedroom, a secondary bedroom, two bathrooms, one of which has a shower room, a kitchen room, a living room, the sofa and coffee table in the living room are all available, the upper and lower double controls, and the whole teak decorative deck ......!"

"Stop, you don't need to introduce, just tell me how much it costs to lease this yacht for three days!" Liu Dong hurriedly interrupted the other party's gushing words.

"The deposit is 15 million rubles, 300,000 rubles per day of rental!" Ryzhkov smiled.

"That's it, let's sign the contract!"

It's just tens of thousands of Huaxia coins a day, and now Liu Dong, who is more worried about the huge wealth he is looking for, doesn't care about these at all!

"You bring it a little, I'll go get you the contract immediately!"

Liu Dong's cheerfulness immediately made Ryzhkov smile.

Before coming to Russia, Liu Dong, who had already asked the company to prepare a large amount of rubles for himself, smoothly swiped the card and signed a yacht charter contract by the way.

"Mr. Liu, our company also provides drivers and waiters, if you need ......!" After signing the contract, Ryzhkov, who received the commission, once again promoted the company's other businesses.

"No need. I can sail the yacht myself!"

This time he didn't charter a yacht for fun. And what he was going to do next was too sensitive for outsiders to know.

So before Ryzhkov could finish speaking, he was already interrupted by Liu Dong.

"Okay, please come with me, the yacht is parked on the dock!"

After speaking, Ryzhkov walked out of the company with Liu Dong and the others. Because the company is still some distance from the dock, the three of them use a car to travel.

After a short time, they came to the dock area near the river in Irkutsk, of course, this is only a part, and Liu Dong, who got off the car, also saw many yachts parked on the shore.

But most of them are single-decker steamboats that fly four, six, or eight people!

Under the leadership of Ryzhkov, Liu Dong and the others successfully found the yacht he rented.

"This pier is all owned by our company, if Mr. Liu comes back from a trip. It is perfectly possible to put the yacht here, it is guarded by our company's full-time security guard, which is very safe!"

"I see, if nothing else, I can't wait to drive it out and about!"

Understanding the meaning of Liu Dong's words, Ryzhkov took his leave with interest.

And after the other party left, Liu Dong, who had long been familiar with yacht driving, quickly drove Liu Shan away from the dock. Then drive along the course of the Irkutsk River towards the unexpected Baikal for several tens of kilometers.

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Baikal. The name is derived from the ancient Sushen language "Beihaier Lake", known as "Beihai" in the Han Dynasty, located in the southern part of Eastern Siberia, Russia, in the shape of a crescent, is the oldest lake in the world, and the seventh largest lake in the world.

Over the past few thousand years. Lake Baikal has always been the main activity area of the nomadic peoples in the northern part of ancient China, the land of Suwu sheep grazing in the Han Dynasty, and has long been the inherent territory of China.

The lake is rich in animal and plant resources, with good water quality and a depth of 40.5 meters. It is known as the "Bright Eyes of Siberia".

With a total volume of 23.6 trillion cubic meters and a maximum depth of 1,637 meters, Lake Baikal contains about 20% of the earth's total freshwater volume, which is equivalent to the total water volume of the five major lakes in North America and exceeds the water volume of the entire Baltic Sea, making it the largest freshwater lake in the world. With more than 300 hot springs on the sunny shores of the lake, it is the largest health resort in eastern Russia.

However, Liu Dong didn't come here to recuperate, in fact, he came for a huge treasure.

"Nicholas II Treasure" is the name of the treasure that Liu Dong pursued.

Of course, this treasure has another name 'Kolchak Treasure'!

Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov, the last tsar of the Russian Empire, reigned from 1894 to 1917. He was the last tsar of the Russian Romanov dynasty.

By the time he ascended the throne, the tsarist system in Russia was already teetering on the brink of collapse. His external expansion and internal reform were not satisfactory. The news of the loss of the Russian army on the front lines of World War I completely destroyed the emperor's image as a "little father" in the hearts of the people. The magnificent February Revolution and the October Revolution broke out successively, the former not only overthrew the rule of the emperor ****, but also finally ended his life.

However, although Nicholas II, the last tsar, although dead. But he left behind a whopping 1,600 tons of gold, hundreds of thousands of carats of diamond jewelry, and tens of thousands of precious works of art that the emperors of the Romanov dynasty collected for more than 300 years!

And the vast majority of these things, with the exception of a small part that went to the successor of the Russian Empire, the Su*, were transported to Siberia by Kolchak.

After the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, Kolchak, the former commander of the Tsarist Russian fleet, gathered the remnants of the Tsarist Russian army to organize anti-Soviet forces, and established an independent government in Omsk, which fought fiercely with the Soviet Red Army. In November 1919, Omsk was captured by the Red Army. In order to preserve his strength, Kolchak led 1.2 million men across more than 6,000 kilometers of Siberia, preparing to flee to the Pacific coast to seek Japanese support in order to make a comeback.

In the midst of the vast fleeing procession, there is also a shocking secret - a batch of gold treasures weighing up to 1,600 tons, a staggering number of Russian diamond vaults, and various precious royal artworks.

They were packed in 28 cars of armed escort trains and transported thousands of kilometres to the Far East. But no one expected that shortly after the team set off, the temperature dropped sharply from minus 30 °C to minus 60 °C.

In the bitter cold of a century, the train ran out of fuel, and Kolchak was forced to switch to sleds to pull the wagons loaded with gold and jewels, and make their way through the snow and ice of Siberia. The escorts died in the bitter cold and were eventually wiped out as they marched to Lake Baikal.

This huge treasure became an "ownerless" abandoned on the frozen surface of the lake, and with the thaw of the lake, it finally sank to the bottom of Lake Baikal along with the carriage!

Lake Baikal is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world, with an area of 31,500 square kilometers and an average depth of about 730 meters. The thickness of the sediment at the bottom of the lake is more than 8 km. This depth is comparable to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world's oceans.

Unfathomable, huge reservoirs, undercurrents, tides, strong storms, large waves, ever-expanding rifts, geomagnetic anomalies, and more all hinder treasure hunters!

To this day, nearly eighty years have passed, and the whereabouts of this huge treasure have still not been found.

However, Liu Dong, who has strong self-payment strength and is incomparably sharp in relics yuanguang, has set his sights on this huge treasure left over from history!

At the current price of $400 an ounce, 1,600 tons of gold could bring him a huge fortune of more than $20 billion.

If you add diamonds, jewelry, and art, the number is even bigger!

This is undoubtedly full of strong temptation that is difficult to refuse for Liu Dong, who is now in dire need of funds.

The treasure of Nicholas II in Lake Baikal is also the ultimate goal of Liu's trip to the northeast, and as for the treasure of Genghis Khan, it is just a luxury hope of Liu Dong before this purpose is realized.

It's better to find it, and even if you can't find it, it's nothing. Because it is certain that the more precious treasure of Nicholas II is Liu Dong's ultimate goal.

However, even if you know that the treasure is on Lake Baikal, it is not so easy to find it, after all, this is an ocean with an area of more than 30,000 square kilometers, almost the same as the island of Taiwan, and it is still growing!

Therefore, until it was dark, Liu Dong did not find even a gold bar!

Although he knew that it would not be easy, Liu Dong couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart!

I wanted to continue looking, but looking at Liu Shan, who was seasick and dizzy, Liu Dong drove the yacht back to the special dock of the yacht company in Irkutsk with some helplessness when the sky was about to get dark.

After handing over the yacht to the other party's care, Liu Dong helped Liu Shan and took a taxi back to the hotel.

"The five elements are mutually reinforcing, and the earth is clear and watery, but I don't know why you are seasick and dizzy like this?"

Looking at Liu Shan, who had long lost his warrior spirit and had changed from a land tiger to a soft-footed shrimp, Liu Dong couldn't help but shake his head.

"Chairman!"

Just when Liu Dong returned to the presidential suite of the hotel, he accidentally ran into Guo Kai, the president of Pacific Petroleum Industries.

"You're here early?"

"I've only been here for half an hour!"

After speaking, Guo Kai hurriedly went over to help Liu Shan.

"No, this guy is dead, you can't carry him, I'll just come by myself! You sit down first, I'll help this guy back to the room, and then I'll see you!"

"It's okay, I'll just help you, sit anyway!"

Different from Feng Jianhui's casualness in front of Liu Dong, Guo Kai, who has less contact with him, although he is more than ten years older than Liu Dong, he still remains respectful and cautious when facing this young chairman with legendary experience.

Seeing Guo Kai's insistence, Liu Dong nodded with a smile and didn't say anything more.

……………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued.) )