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For the scholars who appraised Liang's donated books in the consulate, what they saw today made them feel like they were enjoying a cultural feast like never before.

No one could have imagined that today in distant England, the "Yongle Canon", which had been lost for hundreds of years, would reappear in everyone's sight.

In addition, the thousands of books that have been lost today are also eye-opening for these scholars, especially some plays, musical scores, and private history books that they have never even heard of.

One of the most precious for everyone is an ancient Song edition book, which records the scores of dozens of songs popular in Tokyo during the Xuanhe period, including a large number of music scores of Song words that are familiar today, including works from Su Shi, Liu Yong, Qin Guan, Yan Shu and others.

This is the first time that modern people have discovered the music score of Song Ci, judging from the font of the text on the top of the music sheet and the material of the music score, this should be something left by a literate musician back then.

Books like this abound to fill in the gaps, and it is no exaggeration to say that these books are enough to have a landslide and tsunami-like effect on Chinese archaeology and history.

"Mr. Liang, thank you so much this time." When a young staff member walked into the consul's office and whispered a few words in the consul's ear, the consul looked excited and then stood up and spoke.

"On behalf of the country, I would like to thank you for your contribution to donating such an important and valuable book to the country."

After learning what the books donated by Liang En were, the consul was also quite moved, because even if they are not academically valuable, these books have extremely high economic value.

To take the simplest example, in 2022, two copies of the Yongle Dictionary were sold in France, and the final auction price was as high as 8.128 million euros, or about 65 million yuan at the exchange rate at the time.

Even if you don't count other books, Liang En donated a complete set of "Yongle Canon" this time, with a total of more than 10,000 copies, even if it is sold at 1/10 of the auction price, it is a huge amount of money.

It is obviously impossible for Liang En's academic background not to know this, but he can simply and neatly donate all these books back to China for free, no matter who knows about this practice, he must give Liang En's character a thumbs up.

"This is what I should do, after all, the Yongle Canon and the other books should belong to the treasures of Huaxia, not a certain person." Liang En said with a righteous face.

To tell the truth, ancient books are indeed not cheap, especially this complete set of masterpieces is even more expensive, in order to buy those books, Liang En spent a full 2,300 taels of silver.

You must know that at that time, an ordinary family of five only needed 20 taels of silver a year, and Liang En's money to buy books was enough for more than 100 families to spend a whole year, which can be seen from here the high cost of books.

What's more, these books are not something that can be bought if you want to, and there are many wealthy merchants who have money, but until they have not contributed enough to the country, the imperial court will not sell such important books to them at all.

But in this modern world, books are even more precious, because they are unique in this world and can revive some ancient knowledge that has been lost.

Liang En actually used the difference between the two worlds to use the things he could get in the other world to brush up on goodwill in his hometown, but what he didn't expect was that this time the goodwill was obviously more than he imagined.

After chatting for half an hour, the consulate finally completed all the inventory work, and then cooperated with the consulate to take more than a dozen photos before leaving.

After learning that Liang En still had some cultural relics that needed to be donated to the Mexican Embassy, Mr. Consul also made a special phone call to the Mexican Ambassador before he left, and also endorsed Liang En.

So when he flew to London that afternoon and arrived at the Mexican Embassy in Great Britain, he met with Mr. Ambassador and several other officials very smoothly.

They were shocked by the Mayan books donated by Liang En, because only one of the four Mayan books known to the world is still in his native Mexico, and one is only 11 pages

Fragments.

"Thanks, thanks!" When several scholars preliminarily determined the authenticity of the book, the ambassador's emotions seemed to be more agitated than the previous Chinese consul, and he could not even speak a complete sentence.

Unlike China, which still retains its ancient culture, Mexico has forgotten its ancient culture, and even most of the best of the cultural relics left by our ancestors have been destroyed or lost abroad.

The writings and books left behind by the ancient Mayans were largely burned by the Spaniards, and the priestly class was almost wiped out, and the remnants apparently no longer possessed the ancient wisdom.

Therefore, for modern Mexicans, they can no longer find the traces of their ancestors except for some of their ancestry and language, which is also a sad thing.

That's why these people are so excited after the books donated by Liang En, because it means that they have rediscovered a part of the wisdom that belongs to their ancestors and find the pride of their own people.

Unlike before, Liang En's return of this group of Mexican cultural relics is not just for prestige, but also for the purpose of brushing up his academic level again.

In addition to the old books, Liang also sent his own translations and research on the Mayan script, which he believed Mexicans would take seriously.

After completing the donation work, Liang En left the embassy, then took out his mobile phone and began to search for his accommodation tonight, and soon he chose the Wembley Hilton.

The hotel is a bit far from the city center, but there is a direct subway connection, so it was not very difficult to get there, but I didn't expect to receive a contact request from Isabella just after taking a shower and getting ready to rest for a while.

"What happened to contact me at this time?" After condensing his spiritual power and opening the soul connection, Liang En asked with some doubts.

Because Isabella is not the kind of person who likes to disturb others, and people are generally more accustomed to using mobile phones to communicate, being able to use her soul to contact herself at this time can only mean one thing, that is, something important is indeed going to happen.

"Lord, I'm sorry to bother you at this time, but there are some things that you need to decide now." Isabella's voice came to mind.

"Ten minutes ago, I noticed someone watching our vineyard, two people on the other side, both with fresh faces and using some very professional equipment."

"I haven't alarmed them right now, but I need to ask what to do next."

"Now let's observe the other party's specific situation." Liang En frowned and continued. "Find out who's behind the other person first, and then talk about the next move."

The guy who can use professional equipment will definitely not be an ordinary person, and there is a high probability that there are more things hidden behind, so in order to avoid startling the snake, Liang En asked Isabella to stare at the other party first to see if she could fish out the enemy.

"Is this the operation that was not dealt with at all and was approached?" After releasing a few alchemy mechanical beetles to scout around, Liang En, who was lying on the bed, thought about it, and then yawned.

"I don't want to, when the time comes, I'll just run over it with one force."