As the searchlight entered, everyone quickly saw the situation in this room clearly.
This room is not big, only twelve or thirteen square meters, with two granite columns in the middle supporting the roof above.
The roof seems to be made of granite strips, and the surrounding walls are made of rocks and red bricks, which looks very solid.
In this room, there are more than a dozen boxes of different sizes.
Close to the left wall are seven or eight crates nearly two meters long, but in front of the right wall are five or six square boxes, which look a bit like treasure chests.
Apart from these, there are no other items in the room.
Xiao Ran quickly checked the situation in the room, and then said through the intercom:
"Guys, fly the drone close to those boxes and take pictures, pay attention to safety."
"Okay, boss"
The two pilots responded in unison.
The next moment, two small drones flew towards the boxes that had been sealed in the dark for a long time, and the picture on the big-screen TV suddenly became clearer.
"Yufei, I want a close-up of those boxes."
Xiao Ran said through the intercom again.
Before he finished speaking, the picture on the large-screen TV was quickly enlarged.
As the screen zoomed in, more detailed features of those boxes were immediately revealed.
In just a moment, Xiao Ran and Henry discovered something.
"If I read correctly, the nearly two-meter-long crates on the left are boxes used to hold flintlock rifles."
"To be precise, they are boxes used to hold the Charvet 1777 flintlock rifle. These boxes are of a fixed format and are easy to identify."
Cornell said excitedly.
Before he finished speaking, Henry continued:
"The items in the boxes on the right should be some gold and silver treasures."
"In the late 18th century, such boxes were basically used to contain gold and silver treasures."
"I just don't know how many gold and silver treasures are in these boxes and how much they are worth?"
Listening to their words, Xiao Ran nodded slightly.
"Judging from what has been discovered so far, this secret passage deep underground seems to be a small arsenal."
"If this is the case, the contents of those treasure boxes may be military expenditures."
"Combined with the fact that this was one of the most important locations of the Public Security Commission, it is not difficult to understand."
"This underground tunnel seems to be not only a secret escape route, but also one of the trump cards for members of the Public Security Committee to launch counterattacks at any time. Its role should be very important."
Following his words, Henry and Connell's eyes suddenly lit up.
They quite agreed with Xiao Ran's inference.
Next, two small drones flew around the room, but found no other new discoveries.
Then exit this room and continue exploring.
The situation in the corridor ahead was no different from that at the entrance. No traps were found.
In another room on the left side of the corridor, the drone found six more crates containing flintlock rifles and four half-person-high sealed oak barrels.
Those oak barrels contained not the famous French red wine, but a large amount of gunpowder.
Obviously, that was the gunpowder for the Charvet 1777 flintlock rifle, and it must have expired long ago.
Apart from that, there is nothing else in this room.
Two small drones exited that room and continued exploring forward.
The conditions in the next few rooms are basically the same as the first two rooms.
The things hidden in those rooms are either crates containing Charvet 1777 flintlock rifles or treasure chests.
As for whether those treasure chests really contain a large amount of gold and silver treasures, it is currently unknown.
In addition, in a room on the right side of the corridor, there are actually two disassembled six-pound cannons and seven or eight boxes of matching shells hidden.
The boxes placed in the corridor, without exception, are all crates containing Charvet 1777 muskets.
Unlike the other crates, the signs of opening on those crates were quite obvious.
It is unknown whether the musket is still in the box!
Seeing this situation, everyone is more certain.
This secret underground passage is most likely an underground arsenal of the Public Security Commission during the French Revolution.
In the event of danger, members of the public security committee living in this apartment building can use this secret passage to escape quickly.
If necessary, they can fight their way back through this secret underground passage and retake the apartment building.
You can also hide some soldiers in this underground secret passage and rush to the ground to participate in the battle at any time, thereby controlling this important neighborhood.
This series of discoveries made Henry and Cornell very excited.
For them, everything in this underground secret passage obviously has high historical and cultural research value, and there may be surprising and important discoveries.
Compared to them, Xiao Ran's mood was not very high.
He already knew the value of the things hidden in this underground tunnel.
Although those things were worth a little money, they were not in his eyes.
After a while, the two small drones flew directly below the apartment building and reached the end of this end.
As previously detected, the entrance and exit in the apartment building has been completely blocked.
The difficulty of digging this entrance is far greater than digging in the garden, so there is no need to dig it out again!
In almost every room in this direction, there is something more or less hidden, basically crates and treasure chests.
After exploring this direction, Xiao Ran immediately ordered the two pilots.
Control two small drones to turn around and continue exploring along the secret passage to the other side.
The situation in another section of the secret passage is similar, and there are not many surprises.
The number of boxes stored in the other secret passage is even smaller, totaling only about ten.
The end of that secret passage was also completely blocked, making it impossible to get to the ground.
In addition, no fatal traps were found in the other secret passage.
In fact, the rooms in the secret passage play a partial role as traps.
When the members of the Public Security Committee use this underground secret passage to evacuate, only a few people can be left in the secret passage. They can use those rooms to hide and break out, which can play a role in blocking the enemy.
Even more ruthlessly, just use the explosives in the room to blow up this underground secret passage, and everyone who chases into the secret passage can be completely buried.
It took about an hour, and the batteries were changed twice in the middle, to fly the entire secret passage thoroughly with two small drones, basically ascertaining the situation inside the secret passage.
Afterwards, Xiao Ran asked two pilots to take the drone back.
Then they studied for a while, and then asked Matthew and the others to expand the entrance to the secret passage they had just cut out, and prepare to send people into it to explore.
In a short time, the entrance to the secret passage was expanded to one meter square.
The corridor is still safe and sound, showing no signs of collapse.
After ensuring that it was safe, Xiao Ran asked Matthew to lead two exploration team members into it to start a preliminary exploration.
It's said to be exploring, but it's actually just transporting a few boxes up and checking out what's in those boxes.
Soon, a crate and a treasure box were hoisted to the ground and placed in front of Xiao Ran and the others.
For safety reasons, Matthew and the others also exited the secret passage and returned to the bottom of the pit.
Next, Xiao Ran stepped forward to check the conditions of the two boxes.
After confirming that there were no traps, he immediately wiped off the dust on the surface of the box.
Then he picked up the prepared hydraulic pliers and cut off the rusty lock on the treasure box.
Then he took off the lock that was broken into two parts and slowly opened the treasure chest.
As the treasure chest was opened, a golden light flashed in front of everyone's eyes, but it was not that dazzling.
The next moment, Henry and Cornell suddenly cheered in surprise.
"Oh my God! This is a box of gold francs from the Revolution. No, it should be said to be the earliest batch of gold francs issued by the Jacobins. It has high research and collection value!"
"At that time, the franc had been banned from circulation for more than 300 years. It was the Jacobins who restored the circulation of the franc, and then Napoleon came to power, truly establishing the status of the franc as a national currency."
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, then continued:
"I know the story of these gold francs. This is a milestone event in the economic history of France, and even the entire Western economic history!"
French currency of the 18th century
