Chapter 322: Treasure Map
Although the Muramasa sword was once a mass-produced weapon, it is still very rare to be able to survive to the present day, the first generation of the Muramasa sword in the Kamakura period. If Xiao Ri knew that there was such a Muramasa knife, it was estimated that it would also cause a big sensation, and this was already a national treasure.
Li Xiaofeng estimated that if the knife was put up for auction, it should be enough to sell for a high price of millions of dollars.
However, when he confirmed that the knife was the first sight of the Muramasa knife, he had already decided to keep it as his collection, and he would not sell it no matter how high the price was. Thinking that he actually collected a national treasure for a small day, I couldn't help but feel a little dark in my heart.
After playing for a long time, he reluctantly put down the knife in his hand, and then took out a brand new sheet from the cabinet and wrapped the knife tightly.
Unfortunately, they didn't find the scabbard next to the white bone at the time, and it was very likely that the scabbard had been corroded by the sea, so they had to wait until he returned to find someone to make it.
After putting away the Muramasa knife, Li Xiaofeng felt that his spirit was better, so he simply opened the safe again and took out the small mahogany box that was locked by a small gold box, wanting to see if this box would bring him a bigger surprise.
With a hammer and a screwdriver, he knocked open the small gold lock on the mahogany chest in a few clicks, took a deep breath, and then carefully opened the lid on it.
At this moment, Li Xiaofeng felt that his eyes were not enough, and what caught his eyes were all kinds of gems that exuded colorful brilliance under the light!
Brilliant diamonds, sapphires as blue as the sea, dazzling and rich rubies, delicate jadeite with delicate emerald green, and Malaysian black gemstones, known as "sami gall", are as deep and mysterious as the night......
These gems almost fill this little mahogany chest, and it looks like the gems are all of very high quality as well, and they should obviously have been carefully selected!
If gold was a huge fortune before, then this small chest of gems is a great treasure!
Li Xiaofeng felt that he might not need to struggle in the future, and he could go home and lie down directly.
Li Xiaofeng pulled the gems inside the box with his hand, while thinking about whether to change his itinerary later.
This time he found so much wealth on the shipwreck, which was worth more than the fish on his ship, even if he caught a boatload of fish, it is estimated that the sale price is a fraction of this treasure.
According to Li Xiaofeng's estimate, the value of these things must be over 100 million, and if something happens along the way, it will really be a big loss!
What he is most afraid of now is that if he encounters the unreasonable coast guards of some countries, if they force them to board the ship and investigate, it will be a big trouble.
However, not every country's coast guard abides by any international law.
And logically speaking, these treasures are likely to be part of the treasures that Xiao Ri looted in Southeast Asia during World War II, and there is nothing wrong with people really taking them back.
It's just that now that the thing is in his hands, and he is not a saint, how can he give it up easily?
Thinking of this, the more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and he even wanted to turn around and go back now, but fortunately, his sanity was still there, so he dispelled this idea.
Because the fuel on the ship is no longer enough to support their return trip, and now it is less than a five-day voyage from Singapore, even if they want to go back, they will definitely have to go back to Singapore after refueling and replenishing supplies.
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Xiaofeng suddenly felt that his fingers seemed to touch something a little greasy, which was obviously different from other hard gems around his fingers.
He quickly looked up into the box and pinched out the slightly greasy thing with two fingers.
It was a pale yellow, candle-like object, and it appeared a little abruptly in the box of hard gemstones.
Could it be that this is an amber, Li Xiaofeng couldn't help but be a little skeptical.
Amber is one of the three great organic gemstones, along with pearls and coral, and it is also one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism.
In fact, the so-called amber is the resin of plants such as the coniferous family, which has been buried in the ground for tens of millions of years, and is a fossil formed under the action of pressure and heat, and it is also a relatively common organic gemstone.
Amber comes in a variety of shapes, often retaining the lines on the surface and inside that were created by the flow of resin, and often seeing bubbles and ancient insect, animal or plant debris inside.
The hardness of amber is generally low, the texture is light, and Mo is warmer in his hand, which is a bit similar to the touch of things in Li Xiao's hand.
Common types of amber are: golden amber, blood amber, flower amber, insect amber, root amber, blue amber, beeswax and so on.
The main sources of amber in the world are concentrated in the Baltic countries (such as Russia, Poland, etc.), Myanmar, Dominica, Mexico and China.
China's amber is mainly produced in Fushun, Liaoning, Hunchun, Jilin and Chun'an Qiandao Lake.
In ancient China, amber was also called the tiger spirit, which was called "the spirit of the tiger died and turned into stone", so people believe that it has the effect of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and calming the nerves.
It is also because of the qualitative effect of amber on the nerves, so in ancient China, it was used in life very early, according to the Tang Dynasty "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" records, Zhao Feiyan after Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty was made of amber pillows.
In Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica", there is also a record of amber, which believes that amber has the effect of calming the mind, calming the five organs, clarifying the mind, and fixing the soul.
In Buddhism, it is also believed that wearing amber for a long time can greatly increase one's concentration.
Li Xiaofeng took this thing in his hand and carefully identified it, and it took him a while to confirm that the thing in his hand was not amber.
First of all, it does not have the most common bubbles in amber, and secondly, it has no internal lines that occur when the resin flows, and its shape is too regular, so that it looks like a real candle.
It's just that the hardness of its surface is much greater than that of a candle, but this may also be due to the fact that it has been placed in the sea for a long time under high pressure.
In this pile of gems, it seems strange to put such a common candle in itself, could it be that there is something hidden in this candle?
You must know that in ancient times in our country, some confidential things were often kept in wax seals, and this can also be waterproof.
Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng took out the suspected candle and used a hammer and screwdriver to peel off the wax of the candle little by little.
After a while, when the wax on the surface was almost peeled off, Li Xiaofeng actually sent a piece of paper folded together in the middle of the candle.
Is this a classified document or a treasure map?
He carefully spread out the folded paper, but he didn't expect it to be a map, but this map didn't seem to be complete, it should only be a small part of a complete map.
(End of chapter)