Chapter 168: The Glory of Spain

The people at Christie's know the Spanish mentality, and if this set of gold cutlery is proven to be genuine, the whole country will be boiling.

This set of gold tableware is as important to the country of Spain as it is to China. However, the former represents glory, and the latter represents shame.

But if this set of gold tableware were to be auctioned at Christie's, the glory would be disgraced relative to the Spanish state. They will stop the auction of gold tableware at any cost, and they are willing to pay even a high price that is much higher than the value of the gold tableware itself.

For no other reason, after the Spanish Armada was sunk by Britain hundreds of years ago, the mighty Golden Empire began to sink, until now it has completely become a second-rate country in Europe. Golden cutlery can be said to be the most glorious embodiment of the Spanish Empire in the golden age, and it is the tableware that can only be used by the Spanish royal family. It is said that there are only two sets of gold tableware left in the world, one of which is in the United Kingdom and one in the United States. Spain has repeatedly tried to get back one of the sets of golden cutlery, but both countries have refused.

If this set of cutlery is real, one can imagine how crazy Spain would be. Don't look at the European debt crisis in the past two years, which has caused the European economy to be sluggish, it is only the government, it is the common people. The aristocratic bosses of Europe are still very rich.

At this time, the old appraiser Carl said: "Mr. Smith, can you tell me about the background identity of this set of tableware?" As far as I know, each set of the Spanish royal family's golden tableware has its own special meaning. For example, the set of the British Museum. From the seized gold, a set of pure gold tableware was created. It was then transported home by the Spanish fleet. It was presented to the then King of Spain. The set of the rice country. It was a solid gold tableware made by the Viceroy of New Spain and presented to King Philip II of Spain. ”

When Steven heard this, he said to Karl, "Can't you tell from the picture which governor made the golden tableware?" ”

Carl shook his head and said: "Judging from the ornamentation, this package looks like a product of the 'Divine Favor Spain' period at the height of the Spanish colonial empire, but its specific historical background is not clear. And because these gold cutlery were all shipped from Latin America, it can be said that each set of cutlery represents a major victory for the Spanish colonial empire. And because of the frequent accidents of the golden treasure ship, there may be gold tableware that is silent with the treasure ship. The Spanish colonial empire itself did not know. ”

Steven nodded, didn't speak, but took a few steps back, and then called Zhang Lie. He didn't know where Zhang Lie was, but he knew that in order to maximize the value of this set of utensils, he had to figure out the background of its production.

On the west coast of Peru, armed mining ships have collected treasures from several sunken ships, but nothing has been reappeared, and a lot of gold and silver have been made. But Zhang Lie is not very rare at this time. He wanted to find those molded gold jewelry objects, and only such things could he find. It's a real treasure.

Received a call from Steven and learned what Steven meant. Zhang Lie thought about it, there are really some things, maybe he can explain his origin.

instructed a cyborg to take out the things he needed alone, and Zhang Lie carefully checked this thing. Cui Shirley also looked at these things, some of which were metal ornaments, such as some family crests or noble badges. There is also a diary made of cooked cowhide zuò, which has been immersed in the sea for hundreds of years and is still well preserved.

Zhang Lie knew that these things were antiques, and he didn't think about destroying them, but he just thought these things were useful. Maybe you can do favors, if no one really wants it, you can build a big museum in Yuntai to display these things. Not to make money, but also to disgust foreigners, and if you want to study the history of your own country or check your own cultural relics in the future, you have to come to China.

"Master, this is ancient Spanish, which is quite different from the current Spain, but the general meaning can still be understood." Sherry Cui reads a short paragraph to Zhang Lie to the effect that the new Governor of Granada has completely wiped out an indigenous country and gained all the wealth of the country. At this point, all around New Granada are the land of the Spanish Empire, and the colony will no longer be threatened by anything, the Governor of New Granada entrusted the Marquis of Bourbon, Phoebe Bourbon, to send the highest tribute to New Granada, long live the great Spanish Empire, God favor Spain!

Bourbon? It seems to be a famous family name!

"Master, Bourbon was a later Kingdom of Spain surname and has continued to this day. It can be said that this Phoebe Bourbon is the ancestor of the current king of Spain! Cui Xueli accompanied Zhang Lie to hunt for treasures during this time, and she could learn a little about the history of Spain.

"Good fellow, here's another good thing!" Zhang Lie immediately took out a high-definition camera and photographed some of the contents of the diary, as well as the badge and saber engraved with the Bourbon family logo on it.

After doing this, Zhang Lie sent the photo to Steven again, and informed him to let him expand his interests as much as possible. took the things of the ancestors of the Spanish royal family, if they didn't give a good price, then don't think that Zhang Lie would be polite.

At this time, Zhang Lie began to face up to these dead things, because there were not only the relics of the Spanish nobles, but also the relics of the British nobles. After all, at that time, Spain and Britain fought for sea supremacy, and fought naval battles for hundreds of years, and before destroying the Invincible Armada, Britain had always lost more than won too little. In this, there may be things from the ancestors of the British royal family, I heard that the British royal family is the richest royal family.

Zhang Lie began to sort these things through and categorize them, trying to figure out their provenance and whether they had historical value.

And at Christie's in London, Steven received the message again, which completely shocked everyone.

Karl was shocked and asked, "You guys, do you have a Spanish treasure ship?" ”

Steven didn't speak, and he was now wondering if Boss had really gone to salvage the treasure ship.

"I don't know exactly how it came about, it's just a picture that Boss gave me, Mr. Karl, can I now determine the specifics of this set of gold cutlery?" Steven had already decided that after the talks with Christie's, he would have to negotiate with Sotheby's, and even finally Spain. Of these three parties, which one gives good conditions, this thing will be handed over to whichever side.

But now he admires Bo Ss Zhang Lie too much. Gold cutlery aside, but the sword and family coat of arms of the Marquis de Bourbon, the Spanish royal family, and all over Europe will go crazy. Gold cutlery is only a symbol of Spain's past glory, but the swords and family crest of important family members are about family glory. In these aristocratic families, the family glory has long been higher than a qiē.

After Steven left Christie's, he went straight to Sotheby's, and what he brought with him also shocked Sotheby's. They also want these things to be auctioned at their Sotheby's auction house. The price given was about the same as Christie's, but Steven felt that it was better to go to Spain and negotiate directly with the king of Spain. If the King of Spain could not give a satisfactory price, then the goods were handed over to auction houses to be auctioned all over the world.

News of Steven's possession of Spanish treasures soon spread throughout Europe, and these treasures were said to be a complete set of gold tableware from the Golden Empire, as well as the coat of arms and swords of the most influential members of the Bourbon family in Europe.

When the news reached Spain, all the Spanish people were boiling, this was the last glory of the Spanish Empire, and as the proud people of the Golden Empire, they always wanted to restore the glory of the day.

For this set of gold tableware, the Spanish people support the government, no matter what the conditions, this set of gold tableware must belong to Spain. There were even radical Spaniards who took to the streets to proclaim that they were willing to contribute a month's salary as long as the government could buy the gold cutlery. And they called on more pure Spaniards to join them, and as long as every Spaniard donates a month's salary, we will eliminate a competitor. The glory of Spain will return to Spain!

The current Prime Minister of Spain hastened to convene a government meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter. At the same time, they need to actively communicate with the Spanish royal family. Although the Spanish royal family has no real power now, this kind of matter related to the glory of Spain must be intervened by the royal family, and it also involves some things of the Bourbon family, and the royal family's intervention is even more logical.

Indeed, as the government thought, after the Bourbon family received the news, the Spanish royal family urgently summoned the Bourbon family branches scattered around the world and asked them to go to Spain to jointly study how to recover the family members' tokens.

As for what gold tableware, although it has something to do with it, the Spanish government will help. As for the Bourbon family, the Spanish government has no obligation to help the family.

Before Steven arrived in Spain, the government had already contacted three meetings to discuss how to get back the gold cutlery that belonged to Spain.

"The golden tableware must be returned to Spain, and Zhang Lie is a thief, a robber. If he voluntarily gave the golden cutlery to Spain, he would have gained the friendship of Spain. But if he refuses, then he will offend all of Spain. At the same time, we want to take Zhang Lie to the international court! ”

"That's right, historical research shows that every set of gold tableware is escorted by a Spanish warship, and the salvage law stipulates that the warship belongs to the government, and the things on the warship also belong to the government, and the gold tableware belongs to Spain, which is beyond doubt."

"I think we can be prepared to buy gold tableware at a high price, because there is no information to prove that Zhang Lie is engaged in salvage operations, and he can have all kinds of reasons to shirk his salvage crimes."

For a while, the Spanish media, and even the European media, began to discuss this matter. And Steven still didn't care, he set foot on Spanish soil! (To be continued!)

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