America’s Treasure King

Li Xiaoshuai, under the attention of the public, carefully opened the string tied to the mouth of the bag, slowly opened a seam, and looked inside, "It looks like a golden box inside."

Then the golden box slowly revealed its true face.

Gardner was most familiar with these, and he blurted out: "It's pure gold, it's an antique box, and it's worth a lot."

With the introduction of the old gentleman, everyone looked more and more carefully. I saw that the box looked like a miniature biscuit box, about fifteen centimeters long, ten centimeters wide, and five centimeters thick. It is also a cover-down cover mode.

The cover is carved with dense roses, and the stems, leaves, branches and vines are vividly carved and swaying. The most attractive is the flower in the center of the lid, which is inlaid with ruby ​​flakes.

Gardner and Teacher Zhao both took out the magnifying glass and stared at the golden box.

Teacher Zhao said that this golden box is indeed an antique, estimated to be hundreds of years old.

Gardner also agrees, that's it, at least 400 years, and it must be a royal product. "It is estimated that this empty box can be sold for three to five million yuan. If the source can be found, the price will be even more expensive."

Lisa asked Li Xiaoshuai to quickly open the box to see if it was gold or jewelry.

When Li Xiaoshuai put his hands on the gold box, Gardner should be careful. If he can't take it out lightly, don't force it. If it breaks, the value will be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the lid of the box was easily removed by Li Xiaoshuai, and everyone's eyes focused on the inside of the box. Inside was not the jeweled brick Lisa had expected, but an envelope.

Without hands, Li Xiaoshuai can write to my grandson, Prince William of Germany.

Frank on the side also asked, who is Prince William of Germany?

The fat man Ron laughed and scolded, you idiot, Prince William of Germany, only the last emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II. Also, the person who wrote this letter, calling him a grandson, must be Queen Victoria of England.

"Wow, it's a letter from Queen Victoria to the then German Crown Prince. Is that an antique?"

Gardner: "Yes, everything related to the royal family is a treasure!"

"And this letter is also related to the two emperors, which is even more precious," Teacher Zhao added.

Since the two old masters said that this thin letter was very valuable, Xia Huifang could only say it was good, and the little girl Elaine was also very happy, and her tender white face turned red with excitement.

Li Xiaoshuai was still thinking, paper antiques are not easy to preserve, they can be sold to Morgan for a lot of money.

He carefully opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and read it aloud. . . . . .

After reading the letter from Queen Victoria, Li Xiaoshuai carefully placed it on the table, and he took out another letter from the box.

This letter looks much older, the color of the paper is all yellow, and the writing ink and text are completely different from now.

This letter has been seen by everyone, but only Mr. Henry knows it. He said it was in Latin. He learned it when he was studying at the university, because many professional terms in biology are named in Latin.

Well, even though Li Xiaoshuai knew everything, in order to make the matter process and everyone to understand, he handed over the white glove on his hand to him and asked him to translate it for everyone.

"Leonardo-da Vinci to Mr. Verrocchio." Mr. Henry said with a look of surprise, "God, these are all letters written by Leonardo himself to his teacher. It's amazing."

Then he narrated the content of the letter again, to the effect that Leonardo da Vinci greeted his teacher and asked about the content of painting. At the end of the letter there is an inscription, time, 1489.

Gardner rubbed his palm and laughed. This is another rare treasure, worth more than the last one from Queen Victoria. He also said the letter was not absolutely worth $3 million.

When Xia Huifang heard this, she was so happy that she almost fainted. Just two letters could be exchanged for millions of dollars, and her family could be much richer. She saw that the bottom of the box was still engraved with text, and asked Li Xiaoshuai what was written on it?

Li Xiaoshuai told his mother, your eyes are blurry, it is a golden leaf, not the bottom of the box.

Xia Huifang: "Quickly take it out and let the two old mages appraise it, maybe it's the thing of that famous person again."

Li Xiaoshuai took out this golden leaf, which was slightly smaller than the bottom of the box, and let everyone look at the text on it. As a result, Mr. Henry only glanced at it and said that it was ancient English hundreds of years ago. of specialized research.

After looking at it for a while, he also asked Li Xiaoshuai to get a pen and paper, and compared the words on the golden leaf to write and draw. He also used his mobile phone to look up something from time to time.

He said that this was an appointment edict issued by the king, to be precise, the edict issued in 1623 by King James I of England and Scotland, who canonized George Villiers, who was already an earl at the time, as the Duke of Buckingham.

In other words, this golden leaf is actually a golden edict.

Frank, the illiterate, has asked, does the Duke of Buckingham have any connection with Buckingham Palace in England?

Henry shook his head and said he didn't know that either.

In the end, it was Li Xiaoshuai who told him that the Duke had nothing to do with Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Buckingham died when George Villiers' son was born, and the title was naturally taken back by the King of England.

Buckingham Palace, on the other hand, will have to wait several decades before construction begins.

Dumas mentioned him in "The Three Musketeers", saying that he was the mistress of the Queen of France at that time, and others said that he became a good friend of James I because of his good looks.

His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, was the one who was beheaded by Elizabeth I. James I was also the first to unite England and Scotland.

Having said that, everyone understands that Mary Queen of Scots, who was beheaded, is still a bit of an impression.

Frank also understood now, "Oh, so this duke sold his **** in exchange."

"Che" Many people gave Frank a stern look, thinking that he was straightforward when he spoke.

After speaking, Mr. Henry translated a line of words at the bottom of the gold box, and it was written on the top. This exquisitely crafted pure gold box was James I, who put the golden edict in the box and presented it to George-- -Villiers.

Gardner said, great, here the golden box and the golden edict are a pair of antiques that can be verified against each other, so their value is even greater, Li's luck is incredible, he has never seen such a thing in his life. good luck man.

The old man also said to Xia Huifang: "This golden box and this edict have been collected. There is no point in selling it. It's better to collect it yourself."

This is exactly what Xia Huifang wants. She also likes this golden box very much. It looks very festive. If you have nothing to take out and enjoy it, it will definitely be enjoyable!

Li Xiaoshuai: "Okay, let's open the last treasure box and see what's inside."