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"Earl Hill, let's go down and have a look."

"Okay."

Several members of the escort walked in front of the passage with flashlights.

Chen Rui, Earl Hill, and a few others followed.

Soon, the group came to the mouth of the cellar.

"It's a big treasure."

A lot of people screamed in alarm.

Through the guò passage, there is a large cellar with an area of about 50 to 60 square meters, which is equivalent to the size of a two-bedroom room in the city.

In the corner of the cellar, there were more than a dozen large wooden boxes, some of which were scattered due to decay, and some gold, silver and jewelry were scattered next to them.

Count Hill picked up an item from the pile of treasure scattered around, took out a white glove and rubbed it vigorously a few times, revealing a shining silver light.

It is an ordinary silver plate with no patterns.

Chen Rui has seen a lot of these silver plates on the shipwreck of the "Lucky Star", and they are the plates for the ship's senior crew to eat.

The Earl of Hill opened a few more wooden chests, most of which contained Spanish gold and silver coins, as well as melted gold and silver and ingots, as well as some silverware and some jewelry, necklaces of gold, silver, and pearls, and cups encrusted with precious stones.

"These items belonged to the Spanish people in the early 17th century, during the Spanish colonization of the Americas." Earl Hill spoke, "This must be a pirate treasure. ”

Chen Rui nodded, agreeing with Count Hill's statement.

In the heart of the Caribbean Sea, under the armed pressure of the Spaniards, exiles and shipwrecked sailors gradually organized the island of Tortuga, which evolved into the pirate gang "Brothers of the Coast," which became famous for their illegal invaders and pirates.

As a result, the island of Tortuga became a famous pirate island during the Age of Discovery.

And it is not at all surprising that the treasure of pirates was found on the island.

Chen Rui picked up a turquoise ring with a phalanx attached to a phalanx in a box full of gems and looked at it, and then, touching the section of the phalange, said, "This finger was cut off." It is conceivable that the pirates entrenched on the island of Tortuga robbed a Spanish ship and killed everyone on board, and the crew with the turquoise ring was robbed of the ring by cutting off their fingers, and then the pirates buried the looted treasure here. ”

Chen Rui counted it.

Suddenly, a diary was found in a small box, along with a badge.

The diary is bound on Chinese paper.

From the 3rd to the 13th centuries AD, parchment and papyrus were commonly used in European countries, and from the 14th century onwards they were gradually replaced by Chinese paper.

The text on it is in Spanish, which Chen Rui can't read.

The coat of arms is a wolf's head, and it is said that in the Middle Ages, some parts of Spain and Italy liked to use the wolf as a coat of arms pattern, implying bravery and tenacity.

It is clear that these were the belongings of a Spanish man on a Spanish ship that had been plundered by pirates, and that this Spanish man was of high status on the ship, and that he was born into a noble family in the Spanish country.

Chen Rui put away the log and badge, and took it back to study it carefully.

"Rui, come and see, see what I find." Earl Hill said excitedly.

It is a parchment book with only a dozen or so sheets of paper.

Although after the 14th century, Chinese paper was commonly used in European countries to write writing, parchment paper was still sometimes used to show solemnity.

For example, when writing important legal texts.

The text on the parchment is written in English.

Chen Rui picked it up, turned the page of the book, and read it in English: The Code of Conduct of the Free Flying Fish, one, everyone has equal voting rights in daily affairs. Second, those who steal the property of their accomplices will be abandoned on a desert island. 3. Gambling on board is strictly prohibited

, nine, a person who is crippled in battle can stay on the ship without work, he can get 600 pesos for losing his right hand in battle, 500 pesos for losing his left hand, and so on.

10. When the spoils of war are divided, the captain and helmsman shall be divided into two parts, the gunner, the cook, the doctor, and the boatswain shall be divided into one and a half parts, and the other employed personnel shall be divided into one and a quarter of a part, and the ordinary sailors shall each be given a share.

The Freedesces is not well-known in the history of pirates in the Caribbean.

When Chen Rui finished reading the rules of the Free Flying Fish, an old white man next to him said in surprise, "This is the pirate law of the 'Coastal Brothers'.

Thanks to this law of piracy, based on strict discipline and equality, the 'Brothers of the Coast' developed into a powerful gang in the mid-17th century, controlling the entire Antilles.

It is likely that the later code of Morgan, which included all the laws of the pirate guild, and was bound in more than a thousand pages of parchment, was probably based on these unwritten pirate laws of the Brothers of the Coast. At this point, the old white man paused, and then said, "Although this code of the Free Flying Fish, which is made up of more than a dozen pieces of parchment, is very primitive and simple, it is a written text on the rules of conduct among pirates on the distribution, restraint, and regulations of goods before the Morgan Code, and it is very valuable. ”

"Speaking of value, these dozen boxes of treasure, including the 'Free Flying Fish Code', can be worth at least tens of millions of dollars." Someone next to him interjected.

"The gold and silver nuggets and precious stones that are cast shall be calculated according to the international prices of gold, silver and precious stones.

Spanish gold and silver coins have a very high collection value, the most expensive Spanish gold coins can be worth tens of thousands of dollars, and the cheapest can be worth hundreds of dollars.

Gold, silver and pearl jewelry also have a very high collection value.

The most valuable thing is this very original pirate code.

The total estimated value of this treasure should be between $40 million ~ $50 million. A knowledgeable connoisseur gave an approximate price to the treasures.

"The island purchase fee is only 77.81 million US dollars, and this batch of treasures alone is worth 4000~50 million US dollars, which is more than half of the original cost, which is simply worth it." ――

The discovery of pirate treasures on the island of Tortuga, with a value of up to 4000~50 million US dollars, has once again attracted the attention of people all over the world.

And, Chen Rui, the owner of the treasure, has once again become the focus of the world's attention.

Chen Rui instructed the guards to transport the treasures to a safe place for safekeeping.

Chen Rui plans to build an exhibition hall on the surface of the place where the pirate treasure is found, and everything that comes out this time is an exhibition hall.

The cellar will expand dozens of times to become a huge underground space of more than 1,000 square meters, reinforced, and establish a variety of protection measures, so that the cellar can effectively prevent fire, moisture, insects and ants, maintain a constant temperature, etc., and become a safe and hidden treasure room. (The novel "From the Island Lord to the King" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )