Collection of Gods

Chapter 903 Palace Secrets
There is a gold ingot with a longevity pattern in the front, and fifty taels of official silver from the official money bureau in the back.

These gold and silver coins with very Chinese characteristics inexplicably appeared on a deserted island in the Philippines, and the quantity was so huge. How could this not make Tang Yuan fantasize?

At present, after counting and inspection by experts from the National Museum, it has been determined that each wooden box contains 1000 standard 12000-liang official silver coins, and the twelve boxes contain a total of -liang official silver coins.

In just two hiding places, that's 48000 taels of gold and 60 taels of silver. With such a huge fortune, even if the top nobles of the Qing Dynasty who had been passed down for hundreds of years were emptied, their entire fortune might only be this much.

"Master Gu, are these official silvers valuable?"

"If it is placed in the collector's market, what is its normal value?"

Tang Yuan played with the fifty taels of official silver for a while, then put it back into the wooden box and asked the other party.

"Mr. Tang, these official silver ingots are of standard shape, with neat stamps, smooth silver color, and wide gemstones. They are all rare and fine products. If they were brought to the collection market, their value would be between 20 and 25."

At this point, the appraisal expert Master Gu looked back at the twelve neatly arranged wooden boxes, and then said: "But what Director Dong just said is right. The collection market has always emphasized that things are valuable because they are rare. If you, Director Tang, sell a large number of these fifty taels of official silver in the collection market, I think the price of these fifty taels of official silver will soon usher in a big dive. By then, each official silver can be sold for 15, which may be a big hurdle."

After listening to what Gu Changjun said, Tang Yuan silently calculated the total value of this batch of fifty taels of official silver. He originally thought that the total value should not be higher than the previous batch of gold ingots, but he never thought that the total value of the two was basically the same.

The value of a single fifty-liang silver ingot is certainly not as high as that of a single gold ingot with a longevity pattern, but this batch of fifty-liang official silver has the advantage of quantity, with the total quantity being four times that of the batch of gold ingots.

However, in terms of collection value, the gold ingot with longevity pattern is more valuable. Not to mention that the international gold price has continued to rise in recent years, based on the likes and dislikes of the Chinese people, if they can choose, the gold ingot with longevity pattern is definitely the first choice for collection for most people. After all, putting this thing at home will bring good luck and fortune just by looking at it, and people will naturally feel much better.

"Xiong Kai, this batch of official silver is the same as the previous batch of gold ingots. Seal it all up and bring it back to the cruise ship with me later."

Tang Yuan turned his head slightly and gave instructions to Xiong Kai behind him.

"Ok."

Xiong Kai answered.

"Director Dong, let's go to the next hiding place."

In order to save time, make rational use of human resources and speed up the excavation progress, when Tang Yuan and others unpacked the official silver, other members of the National Museum's archaeological team had already begun excavating the third hiding place.

Now, the third hiding place has been excavated, and relevant experts are testing the underground wooden boxes to see if there are bait boxes similar to the first two hiding places.

However, what was somewhat unexpected was that the third hiding spot was unexpectedly clean. Among the 13 wooden boxes, there was not even a bait box.

At first, the experts from the National Museum thought that the other party had come up with some new tricks. However, after a careful inspection for a long time, they finally found that they were completely worrying too much. The other party's hiding place was indeed completely unguarded.

After ensuring that it was absolutely safe, the on-site staff quickly used a crane to lift out all 13 wooden boxes from the bottom of the deep pit, and then arranged them neatly together as before.

Tang Yuan stood there with his arms around his shoulders, turned to look at Dong Wenhui, and asked with interest: "Director Dong, it was gold and silver currency just now. What do you think might be hidden in this hiding place?"

"This one……"

"The possibilities are too great, and I really don't know where to start." Dong Wenhui shook his head and replied with a wry smile.

"I'm the same as you, I don't have the slightest clue." Tang Yuan smiled: "In that case, let's not guess, just go over and take a look and we'll know what it is."

"Let's go."

Dong Wenhui and Tang Yuan walked forward side by side and soon came to the wooden boxes. When they took a closer look, they saw that the boxes were filled with books and jade scrolls.

Compared with the white gold and silver treasures just now, the visual impact brought to people by these books and jade scrolls is undoubtedly much smaller. But for Dong Wenhui and other experts from the National Museum, the emotions they express when they see these books and jade scrolls at this moment are far stronger than when they saw the gold and silver treasures just now.

All the experts from the National Museum put on gloves and masks at the first moment, and then took out the relevant tools. Everyone moved so carefully that in such an atmosphere, even rough guys like Xiong Kai didn't dare to breathe, causing the scene to fall into an eerie silence.

However, this eerie quiet atmosphere did not last long and was soon broken by the continuous exclamations of these National Museum experts.

“This is the Qing Dynasty’s ‘History of the Sacred Mountains’!”

"My side is full of authentic calligraphy works of the saints!"

"Oh my god, these are all images of emperors and concubines of the Qing Dynasty!"

"What I have here is incredible. There are 410 poems written and copied by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang himself!"

"They even have the daily records of Emperor Guangxu. Did these people ransack the Qing Palace?!"

"What a waste! Such precious royal books are piled up like garbage. Some of the books are so rotten that they are unrecognizable!"

……

From quiet to noisy, and then from noisy to boiling.

Some experts from the National Museum were extremely surprised, some were beating their chests and stamping their feet, and some were silent. This group of experts, who had always looked very mature and steady from the beginning until now, showed such vivid and enthusiastic emotions at this moment.

Dong Wenhui, who had been following Tang Yuan, also couldn't help but rush over after seeing so many books and jade scrolls. When he walked towards Tang Yuan again, his face was flushed. From his appearance, one would have thought that he had just drunk a whole bottle of Yuehua wine and his body was too weak to be replenished.

"Mr. Tang, the treasure hidden in this hiding place is incredible!"

"I just took a quick look around. The books and jade scrolls in these 13 wooden boxes are all secret books from the Qing Palace. The contents of these books and jade scrolls can only be read by members of the royal family or even emperors of all dynasties. Everyone thought these things were lost or damaged. I never expected to see them here!"

Dong Wenhui came in front of Tang Yuan and became a little incoherent due to excitement. It can be seen how valuable these books and jade scrolls are.

Perhaps, they themselves are not precious, but because they carry history, they become more profound and precious...

(End of this chapter)