Prince William did not get any real benefits from the meeting with Xiao Ran, but it was not nothing.
At least he understood that Xiao Ran was willing to sell Shakespeare's important manuscripts, as well as the Plantagenet family's historical documents and antiques.
Of course, if you want to successfully acquire those treasures, you must also deal with Yale University and the Boston City Government.
Prince William is full of confidence in this regard.
As for the mysterious sheepskin map and several land deeds, he was always curious, but he didn't even have a chance to take a look.
After the meeting, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.
Prince William, accompanied by many lawmakers, visited the Massachusetts State House and will later hold talks with the Boston city government.
Xiao Ran and the others left the state capitol building, preparing to launch today's joint exploration operation.
As for the upcoming joint press conference, he arranged for one of his employees to come forward to explain the situation, but did not accept interviews from media reporters.
Yale University and the Boston city government will also send people to explain the situation and accept interviews from media reporters.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran and the others had walked out of the state capitol building and arrived at the square in front of the building.
At this time, many members of the joint exploration team had assembled and were waiting for them to come out.
Around the State House, more and more people and media reporters came to watch the excitement, and the scene became very lively.
As Xiao Ran said before, today's joint exploration operation is destined to be carried out under the spotlight.
Among the surrounding crowd, there are some people with ulterior motives and informants from various forces.
Among these guys, there are agents and intelligence officers from the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as gangsters and art thieves, as well as students from universities such as Harvard and MIT, etc.
These guys stood scattered among the crowd, secretly watching every move of the joint exploration team.
But how did they know that their every move was being watched closely by others!
In addition, there were many Boston police officers at the scene to maintain order. They set up a cordon early and blocked all irrelevant people outside the cordon!
The security level at the scene is very high, and all police officers are fully armed and on high alert.
After all, this is the Massachusetts State House, and Prince William is in the building, coupled with the presence of the joint exploration team, it is in this state.
After joining the joint exploration team, Xiao Ran immediately said to these guys:
"Guys, get ready for exploration!"
"Still the same group as yesterday, everyone used various exploration equipment to thoroughly scan the ground around the State Capitol Building."
"The focus of exploration is a few historical sites, a few lawns and other places. There is no need to explore the State Capitol Building!"
"The terrain here is relatively complex, with many alleys and buildings around. Security personnel will follow everyone to protect everyone's safety."
"During the exploration process, if you discover anything, be sure to notify me as soon as possible and I will go check on the situation."
After the words fell, everyone immediately responded in unison:
"Understood, look at us!"
Immediately afterwards, everyone started to act separately to get various exploration equipment.
At this moment, Jack suddenly asked curiously:
"Sean, why did you just say you weren't going to explore the State Capitol anymore?"
"The State House is the most important building on Beacon Hill. It occupies the best location and has a long history. It is one of the symbols of Boston!"
"Such a famous historical building, but you chose to bypass it"
Xiao Ran looked at him, then smiled and explained:
"The reason is actually very simple, Jack. The state capitol was built in 1798, after the Revolutionary War."
"The foundation of such a building must be dug very deep, and the state capitol building has a basement."
"Beacon Mountain is another stone mountain, and the soil layer is not very thick."
"If that colonial treasure was hidden beneath the State House, it would have been discovered as early as 1798."
Hearing his explanation, Jack suddenly understood.
The other guys who didn't know much about the situation also nodded.
While talking, Marvin suddenly came over and whispered:
"Sean, Harvard University's exploration team is also on the Road to Freedom. It's not far from here and has launched an exploration operation."
"Those guys at Harvard have upgraded their exploration equipment. They got two ground-penetrating radars from somewhere and are scanning the streets."
"And those guys from MIT, and the Tufts exploration team, all exploring near Park Street Church."
"In addition to these guys, there are also some treasure hunting enthusiasts with metal detectors who are scanning the streets."
"Hahaha"
Xiao Ran paused for a while, then laughed.
Obviously, he did not take these emergencies seriously, but found them very funny!
However, others don't think so.
Everyone, including Professor Baker, looked at the Freedom Road at the foot of the mountain, somewhat worried!
"I didn't expect those guys from Harvard and MIT to be so shameless. They are obviously following us!"
"Seeing the joint exploration team exploring on the Freedom Road, they also came here to explore. How shameless!"
Adrian said angrily.
"There are so many of them, what if they really find that colonial treasure? This possibility exists,"
"Should we complain to the Boston city government and stop those guys? They should not have an exploration permit."
Another Yale professor continued.
Xiao Ran shook his head and said disdainfully:
"Gentlemen, don't worry. If that colonial treasure had been discovered easily, it wouldn't have been preserved until now."
"Among those exploration teams and treasure hunting enthusiasts, only the exploration teams from Harvard and MIT have received limited licenses!"
"Except for them, the other guys don't have archaeological exploration permits and can only explore in some public areas."
"The places we are going to next are mostly private properties owned by several major families in Boston."
"The agreements we signed with the major families in Boston are exclusive, which means that other exploration teams cannot enter those private lands to explore."
"Even the exploration teams of Harvard and MIT are the same. With this alone, we can be in an invincible position."
Before he finished speaking, Jack affirmed.
"Sean is right. The other exploration teams and treasure hunting enthusiasts have not obtained permission to explore."
"On public land owned by the Boston city government, even if they find something, they can't just dig it up."
"What's more, it's the Freedom Trail. Anyone digging on the Freedom Trail must obtain permission from the city government and must take protective measures."
After hearing their words, everyone felt relieved.
After chatting for a while, Xiao Ran and Professor Baker also took action and began to check the surrounding situation.
Jack and Professor Adrian returned to the Parliament Building to attend the joint press conference that was about to begin.
The rest of the joint exploration team members have quickly completed their grouping, spread out with various exploration equipment, and started exploring.
While talking, Xiao Ran and the others came to a piece of grass on the right side of the building to check the situation here.
It was once part of the British military barracks. When the State House was built, it was turned into a leisure British-style lawn, which continues to this day.
And this is the reason why Xiao Ran came here to explore.
But the real reason is that the confidential room of the Massachusetts State Assembly is in this direction, separated from this lawn by only one wall!
How could Xiao Ran let such an important place go?
While they were talking, several of them had arrived on the grass.
They had just arrived here and before they started taking action, the many onlookers and media reporters gathered here immediately began to ask questions loudly at every opportunity.
"Good morning, Sean, you are here to explore the State Capitol today. Is that unknown colonial treasure hidden here?"
"Hello, Sean, what exactly is in the colonial treasure you are looking for?"
"I heard that Harvard and MIT are also looking for this treasure. Is this treasure even more amazing than the one discovered yesterday?"
"Good morning, Sean, will the Shakespeare manuscript you discovered yesterday be on public display in Boston?"
Hearing the questions one after another, Xiao Ran immediately stopped and looked at the crowd gathered outside the cordon.
He quickly scanned these guys and looked through everyone thoroughly, including the vehicles on the street and several buildings opposite.
In the crowd, he saw many guys carrying guns, including several British agents, as well as his own security personnel.
However, he saw no immediate threat.
This is normal. Before the colonial treasure was discovered, no one would do anything to themselves!
Even if those guys take action, they have little chance.
The security personnel hidden in the crowd will take action as soon as possible to kill the gunmen with ulterior motives.
Although there were some British and American agents and intelligence personnel among the vehicles on the street and in several buildings opposite, those guys were just looking here.
Needless to say, the main task of those guys is to protect Prince William and keep an eye on his own movements.
In an instant, Xiao Ran had grasped the situation at the scene.
Then, he smiled and nodded and said:
"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media, nice to see you all here."
“The State Capitol is one of our exploration targets, but we don’t know whether the colonial treasure is hidden here!”
"As for what exactly is in that colonial treasure, and whether it is more amazing than yesterday's treasure, we don't know!"
"We hope to make surprising discoveries, but it depends on God's will. The greater possibility is that we will find nothing!"
“I am also aware of the actions of Harvard and MIT, but I think they are wasting their efforts!”
"Let's talk about Shakespeare's manuscripts. I know a lot of people are very concerned about it, but I'm sorry, but those manuscripts can't be put on public display in the short term!"
Listening to his answer, everyone at the scene and the media reporters were not satisfied.
Obviously, this is not the answer they want to hear.
Especially the informants from Harvard and MIT, their eyes were full of dissatisfaction, and they were gnashing their teeth in annoyance!
After answering a few more questions, Xiao Ran turned around and walked towards the parliament building.
"Professor Baker, let's start exploring from the grass outside the wall of the Parliament Building and see what we can find."
As he spoke, he turned on the perspective again and looked at the Parliament Building not far ahead.
In an instant, his sight had penetrated the wall and saw the situation inside the parliament building.
As he expected, what appeared in his eyes were several rooms in the confidential room of the Massachusetts State Assembly.
But surprisingly, right next to the confidential room is the office of the chairman of the Massachusetts Homeland Security Committee!
In addition to being a congressman, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee is also a professor at MIT and holds a senior position!
At this time, several staff members in the confidential room were very busy, and there were documents everywhere in the offices.
Quite a few of the documents are marked confidential, and there are even top-secret documents.
Most of these documents are related to the imminent general election, either analysis of the election situation, prediction of the election results, or surveys of the number of supporters of the two parties, etc.!
For Americans, this quadrennial presidential election is undoubtedly a top priority.
The relevant documents are naturally confidential, even top secret!
But for Xiao Ran, he didn't really care about these things.
It doesn’t matter who is elected as the next President of the United States, they are all the same!
He quickly glanced at the situation in the confidential room, and then his eyes penetrated the wall and entered the office of the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee!
There was no one in this office and it was very quiet.
The chairman of the Homeland Security Committee is probably accompanying Prince William around.
How could he have imagined that someone was secretly snooping into his office!
Xiao Ran first glanced at the situation in the office, and then looked at the small safe inside the desk.
Without any obstruction, his sight easily penetrated the small safe.
Several top-secret documents stored on the top floor of the safe first appeared in his eyes.
The next moment, Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly lit up, full of surprise.
What surprised him was a document placed on the top floor of the safe, with the words clearly written on it.
""How to build a new generation of North American strategic anti-missile system", Lincoln Laboratory,..."
Such a shocking discovery immediately made Xiao Ran ecstatic!
