Five hundred and six. King Minoan Treasure

"No, no, there is absolutely no such thing," Prince Karami looked a little flustered, and denied the existence of such a situation: "As far as I know, all the gold treasures were transported back to Germany by Mr. Schliemann, for which the Ottoman Empire was very angry, but in view of the traditional friendship with Germany, the last thing was not done. ”

"Your attitude really disappoints me." Wang Weiyi shook his head with some regret: "You also said that there is some traditional friendship between Germany and the Ottomans, we are friends, and I am also your friend, not those rioters who overthrew the Sultan family." Friends should be honest with each other. For example, you can share the secrets of the treasure with me, and then we will discuss how the treasure should be distributed after the rebels have been defeated and you are back in the position of Sultan. Prince Kalami, would you like to accept my suggestion? ”

Despite the fact that Prince Karami seems to be a cowardly man, he stubbornly and firmly denies it when it comes to the treasure

He couldn't forget his father's explanation to him, this treasure was too important to the Abdul family, and it must not be leaked unless it was absolutely necessary.

When he was imprisoned by the rebels, in order to escape, he confessed to the Captain of the Ravk that the treasure existed, but still did not tell him where the treasure was buried.

Now, how can such a secret be shared with the Germans?

Wang Weiyi's face gradually became gloomy: "Prince Karami, I am very reluctant to say the following words. But I can get you out of here. Then let the Abdul family return to its former glory, but your attitude really disappointed me. Do you know the truth? It is said that Hamid II's brother still has relatives alive, ah. That is, your brother. I think we can find him and raise a new Sultan."

Prince Karami's complexion changed suddenly

Wang Weiyi faintly watched the change in his facial expression: "As for you? I think I might be able to hand you back to Inonu."

Prince Kalami's complexion changed completely, and he turned pale.

"It's a threat, right?" Wang Weiyi shrugged: "At least I see it as a threat." I like to make friends, but I also abandon people who don't want to treat me as friends. Prince Karami, do you know what rights are? That's the great right. Treasure won't save your life. But I can save your life. See, my patience is limited, I think you have five minutes to think about it"

After speaking. He began to carefully taste the wine in his glass

Time passed by second, and the sweat on the tip of Prince Kalami's nose was seeping out little by little, his hands were twisted together, rubbing them together, and his feet were also crossed together, constantly changing his posture

Treasure. Or is it life?

The answer is actually not difficult to give

"It's time." Wang Weiyi finished speaking. He put down the glass in his hand, then stood up and left.

"Wait, wait." Prince Karami, who was completely mentally broken, cried out: "I am willing to tell you everything I know about the Dao"

"Look, we've become friends again," Wang Weiyi sat down again, and then said with a relaxed expression: "Now, let's learn some secrets of the treasure." ”

Prince Karami perked up: "Here's the thing"

Heinrich. Schlieman continued his efforts after discovering the treasure of Priam, and soon discovered the burial circles of a total of six shaft tombs, which contained countless exquisite artifacts: bronze daggers inlaid with gold and intaglied with images of lion hunting. There are two handlebars, each with a pigeon opposite the tall gold cup, etc. In particular, the face of the male corpse was covered with a gold mask, and the chest was covered with gold sheets. The female corpse wears a gold crown and other gold jewelry, and the child corpse is wrapped in gold leaves. Jewels, gold everywhere. Ah, isn't the epic exactly what calls Mycenae "Mycenae rich in gold"? Faced with the well-preserved corpse of a man under a golden mask, Schliemann telegraphed to the Greek king: "I gaze at Agamemnon's face"

But all this is nothing, and his truly gigantic discovery was the treasure of King Priam of Troy, found in the Hischarik hills on Turkish territory near the Dardanelles!

The enormity of the treasure is exhilarating.

Gold accounted for an overwhelming share of the total, and Schliemann had to pack twenty large chests to barely fill the gold.

If you add those gold ornaments he found earlier, Schlieman has a huge fortune of thirty chests

He managed to transport 10 of the boxes, and due to the sheer size, he temporarily hid the remaining 20 boxes in a secret location in Turkey.

In his plan, Schlieman was going to transport these boxes out one after another, but so many years of arduous archaeological work caused Schlieman's body to suffer great trauma, and Schlieman, who was ill, announced in advance that he had discovered the "treasure of Priam".

The whole world was shaken

The Turkish government angrily condemned Schliemann and demanded that the treasures that should belong to Turkey be returned, but Schliemann refused.

But Schliemann completely ignores one problem: he is fighting against a country!

Turkey secretly sent someone to kidnap his wife Sophia and use it as a blackmail for Schlieman. But the treasure of the ten chests had been handed over to Germany by Schliemann, and in order to save his wife's life, he was forced to tell the Turks the whereabouts of the twenty chests he had hidden in Turkey

It's a secret, both for Turkey and for Schlieman.

As a result, the "treasures of Priam" were presented to the world only in Germany, and in Turkey there was no other action after the protests

The Ottoman Sultan obtained this great treasure and kept it a secret

"Not only that, but my father then made a new excavation in the place where Schliemann found the treasure," Prince Karami's words surprised Wang Weiyi.

"There is a place called Crete, in the middle of the grape-purple water, with 90 towns. The largest of the cities was Knossos, and a King of Minoan ruled the place from the age of nine." This is the scene of Crete as described by Homer in The Odyssey. Both Herodotus and Thucydides also reported on the hegemony of the Minoan kings in the Aegean Sea; Legend has it that King Minoan built a large and complex labyrinth in Knossos. The kings of Knossos and the wealth of his life were hidden.

In his later years, Schlieman wrote in a letter: "I would like to end my life's work with a great work, namely, to find out the prehistoric palaces of the kings of Knossos in Crete".

However, he died before he could fulfill this wish.

In 1900, the British scholar Evans conducted archaeological excavations in Knossos and soon discovered a palace built around a central courtyard on an area of about 6 acres, with many rooms, corridors, several floors, winding staircases, elaborate wall frescoes, and columns. The west palace is mainly used for administration, sacrifice and storage, while the east palace is the residence of the king and queen, and there is still a theater in the north. There are not only countless valuable cultural relics in the palace, but also thousands of clay tablets with different characters written on them. There are three types of text: graphic type, linear text A, and linear text B. In addition to Knossos, the ruins of royal palaces have been found in Crete in Faeste, Maria and Zacros. A culture that had developed independently for 2,000 years, which was very different from classical Greek culture, has rediscovered after about 3,000 years of burial. Evans called the Cretan culture the Minoan civilization after King Mino.

"Don't you think it's strange, Your Excellency." Karami's voice was very low: "Professor Evans discovered the Minoan civilization, but apart from a few bits and pieces, he did not find any of the riches of the kings of Knossos and the Mino. Could it be that there was really nothing in the prehistoric palaces of the Minoan civilization? Are the so-called great riches of the kings of Knossos and Minoan just legends? Now that the Trojan gold treasure has been discovered by Schlieman, where is the Minoan treasure? ”

Wang Weiyi understood.

Since there is the legendary Trojan Golden Treasure, so is the Minoan Treasure. And these treasures all fell to Karami's father: Abdul. In the hands of Hamid II!

Otherwise, this simply does not explain the mystery that Professor Evans discovered the Minoan civilization but only found a few artifacts

The mystery has been revealed!

"These treasures are hidden in a large hidden cave near the hills of Hisharik, and the cave has been sealed off by my father." Karami said with some sarcasm, "It's fun, isn't it?" Mr. Schlieman found the Trojan gold treasure in the Hisharik hills, and my father still hid all the treasures there. ”

Hamid II did this beautifully, and no one thought that in a cave on the Hisharik hills, where no one knew where the road was, a great and terrible wealth was hidden:

Trojan Golden Treasure and King Minoan Treasure!

"Mr. Baron, I know the approximate location of the treasure of the Dao, but I can't point you to the location of the cave right now." Prince Karami said with some regret.

"Edifier, that's enough." Xiao Ling said in Wang Weiyi's ear at this time: "As long as there is a general direction, I can detect the specific location of the treasure within two days." ”

Wang Weiyi smiled and stood up: "Prince Karami, you will soon ascend to the position of Sultan of Turkey." (To be continued......)