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Chapter 197 Yongle Ceremony? It turns out to be a thief

"Should we try it slowly? This thing has been soaked in the water for so many years. I'm afraid the mechanism will no longer be usable."

Yang Shan said with a speechless expression.

Meng Fan didn't answer him, and his eyes fell on Ye Haoran.

In this situation, he had no good solution. If he really couldn't think of an idea, he could only wait for the people from the cultural relics department to come over.

Others also followed Ye Haoran's gaze, waiting for Ye Haoran to make a decision.

Ye Haoran is the boss. As long as it is not a matter of principle, Ye Haoran's decision will naturally prevail. However, if something happens, it is none of their business.

After all, the order was given by Ye Haoran.

"I'll try again."

Under everyone's gaze, Ye Haoran walked to the iron box, squatted down, and began to try to turn the combination lock.

There should be some special materials added to the material of the combination lock. The oxidation resistance is quite good. Even after being soaked in the sea for more than two hundred years, it can still rotate smoothly without getting stuck.

pat!

Because there was no information about the original password, the crew watching around did not have much hope in Ye Haoran's operation. However, Ye Haoran's identity was there, so they should not stop him.

Unexpectedly, Ye Haoran flipped it a few times and the iron box actually opened.

Is this open?
For a moment, the crew members around were stunned, completely confused as to how Ye Haoran did this.

"Is there a password on this box?"

Yang Shan was stunned for a while, and then looked at the box carefully, trying to find the place where the password was hidden from above.

That is a five-digit password. If you don't know the password at all, the probability of opening it directly is very slim.

Coupled with the calmness Ye Haoran showed just now, it is difficult not to doubt whether Ye Haoran knew what the password was in advance.

Many other people also have this idea.

However, their search was in vain. There was no so-called password at all. Ye Haoran used identification skills to see that this thing was from the 18th century after all, and it was not like today where the password could be changed.

The correct password is the factory password.

"Just luck."

Ye Haoran smiled slightly and opened the box directly. There were quite a lot of things inside.

However, most of them are related to Christianity.

"Looking at the situation, this box should belong to a missionary."

Xu Mei looked at the contents of the box and analyzed it.

Even devout believers are unlikely to carry a whole iron box of religious items around the world, unless they are missionaries with special tasks. They themselves are responsible for promoting religious beliefs in other countries, and related items are naturally It cannot be less.

Others have no objection to this. A large number of Western missionaries arrived in China back then, especially during the Qing Dynasty. They participated in many major historical events and were even recorded in some film and television works.

However, Western missionaries were not a good role back then.

They can be regarded as the outposts of Western countries' invasion and colonization. Many of them have special missions, and they are accompanied by Western artillery and opium.

The missionaries who arrived in the country were even more outstanding, and many of them were experts in writing. After returning to the country, they could always come up with some advanced technologies. As for why the missionaries who went to other areas during the same period did not produce a large number of works, maybe There is no soil for inspiration.

Anyway, the image of missionaries in China is not very good.

"It looks like a good thing, but it was all in vain." "Hey, I thought there would be some treasure, but this is what happened?"

"Let's break up! There's nothing to see, so we should hurry up and see if we can catch anything else."

"MD, what does a missionary do with his whole machine box? Is there anything shameful about it?"

……

Seeing that the box was full of religious-related instruments, all the crew members immediately lost interest. What good things could a missionary have? Even if there were legendary holy instruments, they were not interested. It was unlikely that such things would be used. Being led around the world by an ordinary missionary.

At the same time, they were also somewhat curious about the existence of the mechanism box.

If there is any treasure hidden, the entire mechanism box would make sense. After all, there must be a lot of people on the ship. If someone has dirty hands and feet, they don't know how to lose things.

But logically speaking, a missionary does not need to prepare such things. Not to mention his status as a missionary, most people would not dare to touch their things. As a missionary, he is not expected to bring anything valuable.

"This is……"

Ye Haoran dug out a tightly wrapped thing from the box. The outside was covered with oil paper, and it looked like it might be a book wrapped inside.

The problem is that there are other books in the box, and they are all placed directly without any special treatment. Suddenly, several books wrapped so tightly appear, and it is hard not to be curious.

Meng Fan stared at the book in Ye Haoran's hand, lost in thought.

Others also became curious about the books wrapped in oil paper.

"Could this be a Bible manuscript? It's so mysterious."

"I don't think so. They're not packaged like this. There's no reason to specifically package one or two of them."

"Perhaps they are the relics of those saints. In the West, holy relics should be sold for a lot of money, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can a holy relic be measured in money? It depends on fate. Do you know how much it costs?"

……

This special-looking thing instantly aroused the interest of the surrounding crew members, and they began to discuss it.

As Ye Haoran opened the oil paper outside and saw what was inside, the sound of discussion disappeared.

They were three beautifully bound ancient books, with four very eye-catching words on the cover: "Yongle Dadian".

The Yongle Dadian is a set of encyclopedias compiled by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, who convened a large number of bachelors. It collects seven or eight thousand ancient and modern books, which covers a large amount of professional knowledge from all walks of life, and almost collects thousands of years of domestic knowledge. Cultural heritage information.

It has a very high status in history and has extremely high research value for studying various aspects of ancient times.

However, this thing originally disappeared long ago. Due to wars and improper management of the Qing Dynasty, many transcripts were lost, and not many of them have been handed down.

In terms of value, Yongle Dadian is definitely a national treasure during the Ming Dynasty, and even among the first-level national treasures, it is still the top one.

For such a treasure to actually appear in a foreign missionary's box, no one present really expected it.

I thought it was a missionary.

It turned out to be a thief.

All the crew members immediately understood why the missionary had prepared a machine box. If anyone was found to be taking this thing out of the country, he would definitely be killed.

This thing was preserved by the Qing Dynasty palace, but later it was lost among the people because it was not taken seriously.

(End of this chapter)