Blue and White Society

Chapter 48 – Divide The Treasure

Chapter 48 Divide the treasure

Mo Poor looked at the ecstatic Zhang He, and smiled in agreement.

This guy is really a second grader. After finding the treasure, he doesn’t care about the value, but seems to value fame more.

But it’s okay, Mo Qiong doesn’t care about fame, and he is even willing to give up the right of discovery to Zhang He alone.

When he heard the last sentence, Mo Poor was taken aback.

How many days do you go to sea every time you go to sea? Good guy, is this fatal?

This time Mo Qiong was there, so there were so many surprises in the so-called fate.

But if you really think that there will be surprises every time, you can find treasures by floating randomly in the sea and digging down, isn’t that like waiting for a rabbit?

The sea is very dangerous, always drifting like this, sooner or later something will happen.

But now Zhang He didn’t listen to the persuasion, he excitedly pulled Mo Poor back to the yacht.

The yacht is not far away, and the others are already tired, waiting for them there.

Seeing them coming back, Xiao Kun said, “Why did you run so far? Hurry up! We’re waiting for you to eat a piece of grilled fish.”

Zhang He laughed loudly and said, “What kind of fish is grilling? Come down and dig for treasure!”

Everyone was taken aback, Xiao Kun said in surprise: “You found the pearl again?”

“There are pearls, but they are put in a box.” Zhang He laughed.

“In the box?” Everyone still didn’t understand.

Zhang He roared: “Treasure, silly, come and dig!”

Everyone was shocked, and finally realized that they all jumped into the water to follow.

But Mo Poor said: “Well, it’s too heavy, let’s drive the boat directly.”

Zhang He nodded and said, “Yes, yes, yes.”

When they sailed the boat above the treasure to anchor, and dived down to check.

Everyone was stunned. The boxes that Zhang Hemoqiong dug up were all locked, and they couldn’t see what was inside.

But the original box was broken, and when I reached out, it was a handful of jewelry.

Xiao Kun can tell at a glance that these are all simple jewelry artworks, they must be ancient objects, and the workmanship is very different from modern ones.

What made him even more mad was that there was a crown in the broken box!

“Fuck!” Xiao Kun frantically took out the crown and surfaced.

When everyone followed, they heard him roar.

“Quick! Quick! I’ll rescue this first, and you guys quickly take the broken box onto the boat!”

He directly climbed onto the boat with the crown in his hand, looking for a hair dryer everywhere.

Everyone saw him drying the crown very carefully, and realized that it was a cultural relic. The box was broken and soaked in sea water, so it must not work.

The weight of the box varies, but it is easier for several people to do it together. Several men carry the boxes onto the boat one by one, and the women continue to dredge the mud under the water.

Afterwards, the man went to help again. Several people worked hard and found more and more boxes.

In the end, it took more than two hours to go up and down, and finally determined that there were no boxes.

Counting carefully, they brought up twenty-one boxes in total.

“worn out…”

Everyone climbed onto the boat to rest, seeing Xiao Kun still nursing the crown, they couldn’t help saying: “Why don’t you just take care of this, don’t help.”

Xiao Kun said without raising his head: “Even if those jewels are antiques, they are not as important as this one. Do you know how valuable this ancient crown is?”

A woman said: “One hundred million? Or two hundred million?”

“You know what a fart! Priceless! The crown is priceless!” Xiao Kun said excitedly: “Have you ever heard of an auction where the crown was sold for a sky-high price?”

The woman thought for a while and said, “Didn’t Princess Diana’s crown be auctioned? I remember it was only a few million.”

“That’s not a real crown, it’s a modern handicraft like a crown. It has no political significance to the country, nor does it symbolize any power. If it wasn’t owned by Princess Diana, I wouldn’t even make a hundred of that kind of thing for you. Question!” Xiao Kun said.

Zhang He heard this and said, “Then how do you know this has political significance? Do you know which crown it is?”

Xiao Kun shook his head and said: “I don’t know which crown it is, there are too many small countries in Southeast Asia.”

“But this is at least a craftsmanship hundreds of years ago, and it is a typical Chinese art style. Hundreds of years ago, do you think you can make a crown casually like now? This crown must have been worn by a certain king. It is a real crown. crown.”

“The real crown has never been put up for auction. The ancient crown must be in the national collection. Even if it is destroyed, it will be collected by the conqueror or bought by other countries, but it will never be auctioned. Hundreds of years ago, the French royal family I once wanted to buy a Byzantine crown, but I couldn’t afford it, so I finally spent 100,000 gold coins to buy a scepter.”

“Up to now, such things as crowns are either in museums or in the hands of the royal families of various countries. Even if there are ancient crowns unearthed from private land, there must be relevant countries to find and buy them. It is impossible to bid for sky-high prices. .”

“This thing is a priceless treasure.”

Mo Qiong listened, secretly knowing the goods.

Xiao Kun didn’t know it was the Ryukyu crown, but he knew it was a priceless treasure.

The priceless here means that it must not be allowed to be auctioned publicly, unless the crown of a country is completely unknown, it may be bought by a private person.

So it is impossible to sell this thing at a high price.

Zhang He asked: “Then how to deal with this?”

Xiao Kun thought for a while and asked, “Where is this? Is it the open sea?”

Zhang He hurriedly turned on the navigation, checked it for a long time, then shook his head and said: “No, it is within the exclusive economic zone of New Guinea… Alas, there is a small island of theirs nearby. Without that small island, this place would be on the high seas.”

“It doesn’t matter, where did it get it from? Isn’t it up to us to decide?” Xiao Kun said confidently.

Everyone also looked calm, and didn’t care whether it was the high seas or not.

Seeing this, Mo Qiong couldn’t help but think to himself: Sure enough, it’s rascally enough, but I like it.

Next, everyone counted the harvest.

A total of twenty-one boxes, in the broken jewelry box.

Twelve strings of pearls, more than two hundred. Thirty pieces of jade bracelets, ring pendants, and pendants, more than forty pieces of various finger rings and rings, as well as various works of art such as white jade paperweights, jade Buddhas, and jade fish.

Some of them also have the words Maharaja written on them, which are Chinese characters.

Xiao Kun asked strangely: “Which royal family can use Chinese characters? Is it still called Maharaja? North Korea? No, the North Korean crown is not of this style, nor is it so luxurious.”

Zhang He said: “Don’t shake your half bottle of water, just go back and find someone to appraise it.”

After everyone found that the other boxes were sealed, they immediately opened them all.

As a result, there was only that one box of jewelry, and among the remaining twenty boxes, one box was gold, eighteen boxes were silver, and the other box only had a wooden carving.

“There are no ritual vessels…” Xiao Kun was a little disappointed, not to mention ritual vessels, not even porcelain.

Mo Poor said: “Aren’t gold and silver considered cultural relics?”

Xiao Kun said: “Forget it, but these gold and silver have been recast into gold bricks, so there is almost no added value. Basically, it is only based on the current price of gold and silver.”

“Well, if this box of jewelry is auctioned separately, it can be worth about 200 million, not counting the crown.”

“As for the remaining gold and silver, when weighed, they are worth twenty million together.”

The box is very small, a box of gold is less than one hundred catties, and silver is even lighter.

Nineteen boxes combined are worth less than one-tenth of the jewelry box.

However, this is already a lot, Xiao Kun was only slightly disappointed, and immediately became excited.

Things worth more than 200 million yuan are right in front of them. Even if they are not short of money, it is impossible for them to underestimate this property.

“More than two billion, how to divide it?” Someone asked.

When it comes to penny, everyone gets excited.

This was fished out of the sea by everyone. As for whether this is the high seas, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, they have a lot of ways to turn these things into the high seas.

Only the crown is more troublesome. Unless this thing is hidden, it must have a clear origin.

Because there must be an archaeological team to verify the origin of the crown. If it is also said to be the high seas, where is the high seas?

Xiao Kun has already thought about this.

“Zhang He, I don’t care how you divide it. I want this crown, but you must remember that the crown has nothing to do with this batch of jewels. The crown was dug out from his home by a farmer in New Guinea, and someone from my auction house got it later. know, and buy it back to China, understand?” Xiao Kun said.

In New Guinea, land is privately owned. Whoever owns the land will own all the interests related to it. Even the state has no right to touch it.

So according to Xiao Kun, the crown transformed into something in someone’s private land and sold to their auction house.

As for who dug it, when it was dug, and whether there are other things in the ground at home, his family naturally has a team that can arrange it properly.

Zhang He smiled and said: “All right, no one will **** it from you, but this thing cannot be sold publicly. Did you take it and hand it over to the country secretly?”

Xiao Kun stared and said, “Why do you still secretly hand it over to the country? Directly publicize the identification, publicize it, and organize a big auction. At that time, no matter which country comes to recognize it, you have to talk to us. If it is from our country , that would be even better, when the time comes, my family will directly photograph it in-house, fetch an unprecedented sky-high price, and then send it to the country.”

The item belongs to their auction house. No matter how rich other people are, once they decide to auction it off, they won’t be able to take it away with any amount of money. Instead, they will raise the price even higher.

If the price is too high, paying taxes is a bit scary, but the country must have subsidies, and coupled with the fame and fortune in this operation, Xiaokun and his family still have a lot of benefits.

Zhang He clicked his tongue, looked at everyone and asked, “Does anyone want this thing?”

Everyone laughed and shook their heads: “No, no.”

Zhang He nodded and said: “Well, let’s just divide the gold and silver equally. As for these jewels, before they are appraised, everyone will look at the selection and estimate that they are almost equal. It’s worth money, and that’s life.”

“It’s fate that the nine of us got these things. If we choose well this time, whoever earns more and who earns less can no longer talk about it.”

Everyone laughed and said: “Wow, this is exciting, I have to pick and choose.”

Mo Poor didn’t speak at the side, but when he heard Zhang He say ‘there are nine of us’, he knew it was safe.

He has already integrated into this group.

Seeing this, Zhang He said, “You can choose too.”

“That’s not counted.” Mo Poor pointed to the wooden carving.

“Same, pick whoever wants it.” Zhang He said.

Mo Poor immediately took the wood carving in his hands.

However, Xiao Kun watched from the side, and said with a smile: “You really know how to pick, and you picked the cheapest one.”

Mo Poor said: “However, it is a cultural relic, or a work of art. Things from hundreds of years ago are not so cheap, right?”

“No, no, no, there are at most tens of thousands of pieces of this thing, and it won’t even be able to enter an auction of a medium size or above.” Xiao Kun said.

Mo Qiong said in a daze: “Ten thousand yuan? So cheap? How can something that is hundreds of years old be so cheap?”

“It’s not that the older it is, the more expensive it is. Antiques also depend on their original value. This wood carving is too poor. It’s just a small folk object, a bit like a pirate’s amulet or something. I guess the royal family was killed when they fled. The pirates ransacked, and when the pirates buried their treasures, they buried their amulets too,” Xiao Kun said.

Mo Poor grinned, he didn’t expect that when he picked, he picked the least valuable one.

He thought this thing was put in a box alone, it must be a valuable antique, you must know that pirates don’t even respect the crown, and stuff it directly with a pile of treasures.

But now that Xiaokun explained it this way, Mo Poor realized that even if this thing is precious to the person who buried it, it doesn’t mean that it will still be precious after hundreds of years.

“I’m afraid this thing is only important to the Pirate King himself.”

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p.s: Sorry.

(end of this chapter)