The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Charlie added steaming tea soup to Zhang Nan’s small cup again, but only half of it stopped: He usually drinks green tea, but after night on the plateau, the cold is very cold, and the wind blows through the bones. Drink some black tea from Fujian province to warm your stomach.

　　Drinking Kung Fu black tea can’t be used to “serve the people” teacup, this time Zhang Nan’s hand is a famille rose porcelain, which is still a Tongzhi official kiln.

　　 A set of eight of the same style, with neither a lamp holder nor a lid, and without those two accessories, he used them to drink Kung Fu tea. Those two were inconvenient.

Drinking tea is also a delicate matter. It's not that there are no more rare objects. Even the white porcelain tea cups of the Yongle official kiln of the Ming Dynasty have a variety of patterns such as dark-flowered rhombus and dark-flowered double dragon patterns. Thin tires and thick tires are available, but Who can guarantee that they must flow out of the palace?

　　Tongzhi official kiln, time distance is close, 100% handed down, Zhang Nan will never use any utensils that may have accompanied the ancients underground as his daily necessities.

　　 picked it up and habitually shook it to let the tea soup cool down. Then I tried the water temperature, and it felt almost the same, and I drank it in one mouthful.

　　 Hot but not hot, cool!

　　 It feels good, a little bit of red sleeves when reading a book, but Charlie in front of me is a little out of tune.

　　The action of making tea is very standard. It looks like an Orchid from left to right, and he still speaks Mandarin Chinese with a bit of steak and hamburger.

　　 This is even more awkward.

　　Well, she is a Westerner, so she can sit and make tea for herself with peace of mind. Let's be content!

Charlize Theron saw the brother who put down the tea cup and signaled that he did not need to refill the tea set, so he slightly packed the tea set, but did not rush away, but said: "That Pizarro blackmailed a house of gold from the Incas, saying There are 400,000 kilograms.

　　Brother, do you think the Incas would really have hidden gold?

　　 I always feel that this will be nothing in the end, and I am very busy. "

　　 Zhang Nan smiled, not worried at all, and said: "The result is actually not important, what is important is the process.

　　 Our family still cares about that little gold? As for the collection of gold cultural relics and British art, there is not much more Inca Empire, and there is not much less of it.

　　 Even if they still hid 400,000 kilograms, or 400 tons, you know, the gold at home is far more than that. "

　　 Speaking of this, Zhang Nan thought for a while, and then said: "In fact, the amount of gold that the Spaniards successfully extorted at one time should not be 400 tons, which is too much.

　　 If there is this number, Pizarro should immediately start to do everything possible to transport the gold back to Spain, it would take many armed cargo ships to transport it, and the land section would be a nightmare!

　　According to some information I have learned, that time it was about 6 tons of gold plus a dozen tons of silver products.

　　 The number of 400 tons may be the estimated sum of all the gold owned by the Inca Empire. If so much gold had been plundered at once, the economic order of Europe would have collapsed more thoroughly! "

　　 The price revolution, I don’t know how many landlords and wealthy old European roads have been killed, and even the Ming Dynasty has been killed!

　　 "The total amount is 400 tons, brother, that's not a big deal, can the Incas store so many?"

　　 She has seen a lot of gold, really a lot of gold, and knows what 400 tons is!

　　 Zhang Nan smiled and said: "They have almost ruled the entire Andes and the land to the west that are suitable for human scale survival. To the east is the green **** of the Amazon, so just point primitive people.

　　 At least 2500 years ago, there was civilization using gold. The two thousand years of accumulation in the entire mountain range belonged to the Inca Empire. It is estimated that most of it still exists in the capital city of Cusco.

　　 And in the Inca Empire, there should be more gold than copper..."

　　 There is more gold than copper, so it's weird how to think!

　　 The copper mine reserves in the Inca Empire's territory exceed one-third of the world's total copper mine reserves. It is important to know that there are 9 of the 24 largest copper mines in the world in the Inca Empire!

　　 However, this Incas is really sitting on Baoshan, but still uses copper and stone together. In fact, not to mention pure copper smelting technology, even bronze smelting they can, but the output is very small.

　　 There is a reason for this!

　　 Zhang Nan talked about the reason at this meeting, "...I feel a little bit, for the Incas at that time, the harder copper, especially bronze, was more precious than gold.

　　 For them, gold products are just sacrificial offerings to the sun god. They have a single purpose, but they are indispensable.

　　 Moreover, Charlie, the Incas have no concept of money. They are strictly centralized and rule one by one. The Inca king at the top is their god.

　　 The degree of deification of the Inca king may be more serious than that of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, because according to the records of the Spanish, the people who carried the sedan chair for the Inca king were neither slaves nor civilians, but 80 Inca nobles.

　　Gold has a single function, but it is also a sacrifice to the gods. The nearby ethnic groups are a little bit behind the Incas, and many of them are wild people in the Amazon jungle. This gold does not exist as a value exchange.

　　 They will collect gold frantically, because of the gods, they neglect the research and development of other metals.

　　 Gold processing technology is very good, casting, forging, stamping, molding, inlay, riveting, welding, these Incas are all, but the production tools will use copper to make axes, chisels, knives, mirrors, tweezers and needles.

　　Weapons are simpler. The practical items with metal are axes and warhammers. They are only enough for middle and advanced fighters. When they encounter the Spanish iron turtle, they are as stupid as a flock of sheep! "

The Inca Empire definitely had more than a few tons or dozens of tons of gold. In the Andes at that time, there was really nothing lacking gold. Gold was even on this continent, and many civilizations earlier than the Inca Empire were the only ones able to use and master the use of technology. Metal.

　　 Speaking of this, Zhang Nan glanced at the watch on his hand, "Go back to sleep, get up early and finish work tomorrow. If you are fine lately, you will go to Argentina with me tomorrow night.

　　Wait for Andre and the others to solve the first trouble, we will go to Peru. "

　　 Charlize Theron is a big smiling face when he hears this, which means that the next treasure hunt will have her share, which is very good.

　　 is not reluctant to leave after playing a rogue like before, it will go very simply.

　　......

　　 Nice, France, the weather is nice today, the sun is shining, and the streets are full of tourists.

　　A tourist city, these people will never be missing. Many of them are Yankees, who like the warm climate of the Mediterranean.

The "United Forces" office in Nice was on an old street in the downtown area. Not long after 9 a.m., many shops in the neighborhood hadn't opened yet. The office came in with a medium-sized man who looked at most in his 30s. Asian man with a backpack.

I just found it according to the address, and there was a sign of the International Oil Trade Import and Export Company hanging on the front of the gate. This person was sure he had not found the wrong place: the famous international military contractor company United Forces actually used it in the office of Niceju. Make this a signboard.

　　 As soon as I walked in, I saw a beautiful female receptionist.

　　 "Hello, my name is Wu Wei, I am looking for Mr. Edward-Philip, I have an appointment." A slightly rusty French.

　　 The front desk didn't even read the notepad, and he smiled directly: "Hello, Mr. Wu, Manager Philip is waiting for you. On the second floor, turn left in the second office."

　　 I have seen the photos at the front desk. It is this Chinese man. I can’t go wrong. The morning shift was all for this guy!

　　 Soon, Wu Wei saw Philip, a middle-aged man with a chubby figure and a typical Mediterranean hairstyle.

　　 I haven't introduced myself yet, the Mediterranean man hurriedly said when they met, "Why are you here now!"

　　 The head office comes to order ~www.readwn.com~ to rush to Peru! "

　　 said, throwing him a big envelope on the desk: "Don't buy a mobile phone!

　　 Here is your new passport, five thousand US dollars, ten thousand francs, and two air tickets. Go to the airport right away! "

　　 complained, and looked at the clock on the wall, "The plane arrives in Madrid at 11:30 noon and transfers there. When you arrive in Lima, someone will pick you up.

　　 God bless you, there are few people who speak French and Italian, and it is your compatriot who hopes to pick you up. "

　　 The continual remarks made Wu Wei's mind a bit unable to turn his head. The conditioned reflex usually looked at the following table: What anxious man!

　　 too late, the airport is only seven or eight kilometers away, not to mention 15 minutes by car, this will be enough to complete the formalities and board the plane.

　　Also, it has only been half a month since I trained here, and the future mission area should be in southern Europe or Africa. Why are you suddenly going to South America?

　　 "Mr. Philip, who asked me to go?" Thinking about going for two seconds, he couldn't help but ask.

　　 The Mediterranean man stared, and said out of breath: "How do I know!

　　 Kindly give you this rookie a piece of advice, the orders of the company headquarters, don't ask too much, just follow them.

　　According to past experience, nine out of ten are good things. Ask too much, be careful not to find yourself happy! "

　　 Forget it, don't ask, I opened the file bag and looked at it. The passport is still my name, but I am a Frenchman.

　　 Since I can’t ask, let’s go and take the bus. It’s cheaper than renting.