From the Island Owner to the King

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

"it is good."

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

Chen Rui, Earl Hill and others followed behind.

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

"It's a great treasure."

Many people screamed in surprise.

Through the passage, there is a large cellar in front of everyone, with an area of ​​about 50 or 60 square meters, which is equivalent to a room with two bedrooms and one living room in the city.

In the corner of the cellar, there are more than a dozen large wooden boxes piled up, some of which are scattered due to decay, and some gold and silver jewels are scattered beside them.

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

This is a plain silver plate with no pattern.

These silver plates, Chen Rui, have been seen a lot on the wreck of the "Lucky Star", and they are the plates for the senior crew of the ship to eat.

Earl Hill opened a few more wooden boxes, most of which contained Spanish gold and silver coins, as well as fused gold, silver, and ingots, as well as some silverware and some jewelry, gold, silver, and pearl necklaces and inlays. Cup with gems.

"These items were owned by the Spanish during the Spanish colonization of America in the early 17th century." Count Hill said, "This should be a pirate treasure."

Chen Rui nodded and agreed with Earl Hill's statement.

Due to its superior natural conditions and strategic location, Tortuga Island is located in the hinterland of the Caribbean Sea. Under the armed pressure of the Spanish, exiles and distressed sailors were gradually organized. In the early 17th century, it evolved into a pirate gang "Coast Brothers," , these "brothers of the coast" were famous for their illegal invaders and pirates.

And Tortuga Island became a famous pirate island during the Great Voyage Period.

And it's not surprising that pirate treasures were found on the island.

Chen Rui picked up a turquoise ring with a phalanx from a box full of gems and looked at it. Then, he touched the cross section of the phalanx and said, "This finger was cut off. It is conceivable that, Pirates based on Tortuga Island robbed a Spanish ship and killed everyone on board. The crew with the turquoise ring had their fingers cut off and the ring was stolen. The looted treasure is buried here."

Chen Rui checked it.

Suddenly, a diary and a badge were found in a small box.

The diary is bound with Chinese paper.

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

The text above was in Spanish, which Chen Rui could not understand.

The badge is a wolf head. It is said that in the Middle Ages, some regions in Spain and Italy liked to use the wolf as the badge pattern, implying heroism and tenacity.

Obviously, these were the belongings of a Spaniard on a Spanish ship looted by pirates, and the Spaniard had a high status on the ship, in the country of the Spaniards, from a noble family.

Chen Rui put away the logs and badges,

Take it back and study it carefully.

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

It was a page of parchment, with only a dozen or so sheets.

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

For example, when writing important legal documents.

The text on the parchment is written in English.

Chen Rui picked it up, flipped through the pages, and read the English: Free Flying Fish Code, one, everyone has an equal right to vote in all daily affairs. Two, those who steal the belongings of their accomplices are to be abandoned on a desert island. 3. Gambling on board is strictly prohibited.

..., Nine, people who are disabled in battle can stay on board without work, 600 pesos for losing their right hand in battle, 500 pesos for losing their left hand, and so on.

10. When dividing the spoils of war, the captain and the helmsman shall be divided into two parts, the gunner, cook, doctor, and bosun shall be divided into one and a half parts; share.

The Free Flying Fish 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 rule of the 'Coast Brothers'.

Because of this pirate law established under strict discipline and equality, the 'Coast Brothers' developed into a powerful gang that controlled the entire Antilles in the mid-17th century.

The later compiled by Morgan and Bartholomew containing all the laws of the pirate guild, the Morgan Code, bound by more than a thousand pages of parchment, is likely to be based on these unwritten pirate laws of the 'brothers of the coast' compiled. Having said that, the white old man paused, and then said, "Although this code of freedom for the Flying Fish, which is made up of a dozen pieces of parchment, is very primitive and simple, it is an earlier book than the Code of Morgan." Documents about the rules of conduct among pirates regarding the distribution of goods, restraints, regulations, etc., established in written form, are 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 interjected.

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

Spanish gold and silver coins have 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.

And gold, silver, pearl jewelry also has a very high collection value.

The most valuable is this very original pirate code.

The total estimated value of the treasure should be between $40 million and $50 million. "A knowledgeable connoisseur estimated the approximate price of these treasures.

"The island purchase fee is only 77.81 million US dollars. This batch of treasures alone is worth 40-50 million US dollars. It's more than half of the return. It's really worth it."

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The discovery of pirate treasures on Tortuga Island, the treasures worth as high as 40-50 million US dollars, has once again attracted the attention of people all over the world.

However, the owner of the treasure, Chen Rui, once again became the focus of the world's attention.

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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 was found, and everything that comes out this time is the exhibits of the exhibition hall.

The cellar will expand dozens of times and become a huge underground space of more than 1,000 square meters. It will be reinforced and various protection measures will be established, so that the cellar can effectively prevent fire, moisture, insects and ants, and maintain a constant temperature. Safely hide a 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% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the upper right to "Add a friend", Search the public account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!)