"The work is endless. There will be babies that need your eyes in the future. What if I don't take a break?"
Zuo Zuo smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really afraid. I'm really afraid that these good things will be snatched away by the foreign devils once I turn around in my hands. I'm really afraid..."
"The nights are long and the dreams are many, I dare not neglect, I will feel at ease if I send away the ship as soon as possible... I don't understand these European things. They are all the masters and eyes you hired from Prussia. I can't let the foreign devils compete!" "
Xiao Letian understands this feeling very well. It must be uncomfortable to feel bullied when the country is weak. When the British and French forces burned down the Old Summer Palace, everyone in Liulichang had experienced it personally.
Humiliation, pain, unwillingness... But there is nothing you can do. Watching the treasures left by your ancestors for thousands of years being kidnapped by ignorant foreign devils, it feels like stabbing a knife in the heart.
Even young people in the 21st century feel extremely sad and angry whenever they see this scene in history books, let alone those who have experienced it personally.
"Hey... there are so many cultural relics lost overseas!" Xiao Letian handed a cigarette to the left. "According to the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the capital, there are all kinds of displays, ornaments, pendants, gold, jewelry, and jade in the Old Summer Palace." As much as 1.5 million..."
"However, these accounts do not include the sculptures of some buildings, statues in the gardens, Taihu stones and other large-scale treasures. If these accounts are all counted together, the treasures in the Old Summer Palace would be at least over two million. !”
"We can no longer calculate how much has been lost. Until now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not made statistics on the last treasures left in the Old Summer Palace..."
Bah... the one on the left spit on the ground. "They can't figure it out. They don't want to do it at all!"
"In the first year of Tongzhi, the Empress Dowager and Prince Gong of the two palaces ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to conduct statistics on the remains of the Old Summer Palace, just to find out how much of the family's wealth was left..."
"But the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been counting for three consecutive years, but they have always said that the project is so huge that it is difficult to count, and the account has never been built!"
"Why?" Zuo Zuo said angrily, "Because those turtle bastards want to fish in troubled waters, and they want to take advantage of it!"
"The two capital commanders who guarded the Old Summer Palace and their soldiers were just guarding and stealing. They followed the elders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the left-behind eunuchs in the palace to join forces to steal!"
"It's so easy for you to be robbed of everything in the Old Summer Palace? What a joke. Many treasures are hidden in unknown corners. Did you know that there are shrines on the pillars of many halls..."
"There are all of them in the Forbidden City. Many of the treasures have important Feng Shui uses and are used to control the house!"
"How do the foreign devils know the secrets here? Do they know what kind of treasures are buried under hundreds of kilograms of large bricks? How do they know which palace has a double wall?"
"The Old Summer Palace was built by the three dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong. It contains countless secrets!"
"What the foreign devils stole was superficial wealth, and the real good stuff was not revealed in front of them! All these things were sold secretly by those turtle bastards!"
"I won't hide it from you. Many of the buyers are the princes and ministers of the Manchus themselves, and even high-ranking officials of the Han people and frontier officials are also involved!"
"Just from my small business, I have handled hundreds of treasures from the Old Summer Palace over the years!"
Angry youth, what an angry youth! As soon as the left person mentioned the baby, his whole aura changed. His face became angry and he spat and cursed on the ground.
After venting for a while, Zuo Dachaofeng also felt a little embarrassed, "I'm really sorry for you...I've been nagging endlessly, making the head of state laugh and laugh!"
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter! But I have learned your true temperament... Yes, who doesn't love the charming eyes of treasures from ancient times? I am actually the same greedy ghost!"
"But I at least understand one truth. We mortals can only possess the world's rare treasures for a while but not for a lifetime...I built this private museum. On the one hand, I want to satisfy my own desire for collecting. On the other hand, I hope that I can protect it." Live these babies!”
"You know, in Asia now, there really is no one except me who can protect the safety of these treasures! Do you expect the Manchus?"
"Haha, as you just said, those corrupt officials don't even listen to the orders of the emperor, queen mother, and prince. They can even throw away their lives when they see the white money in their eyes!"
"Don't expect the Forbidden City to be able to protect these treasures, that's impossible!"
"Putting it in my hands can at least keep these treasures safe for a hundred years! As for what happens a hundred years from now, that's beyond our control... Let's look at the fate of these treasures!"
The two of them stared blankly at these thousand-year-old treasures that were about to go home, speechless for a long time!
"The head of state... what should we do with the cultural relics in the UK?" asked the left side after a long time.
Xiao Letian sighed, "Hey... this is really difficult to handle. The UK is too powerful at this time, and there is no gap at all that we can draw on... We can only think about it in the long term!"
"But don't worry, just because there are no opportunities now, doesn't mean there won't be opportunities in the future... The situation in Europe is not peaceful. There are many internal conflicts in these countries..."
"One day they will kill each other, and one day they will urgently need our help... At that time, we will have the opportunity to ask for a lot of money!"
Having said this, a sudden thought flashed across Xiao Letian's mind, "Shopkeeper Zuo... I have a huge deal that I want to hand over to you. Let's see if you have the guts?"
"Oh? What kind of big deal?"
"It's a bigger deal than this one, but it's very dangerous and hard work. Do you dare to take it?"
The left person blinked, "What are you afraid of? People live a lifetime and die sooner, later, later... Just tell me directly!"
"Okay, I won't hide it anymore... After returning to the country this time, I will summon King Shang Tai to return home with me. I will give you two a team of special forces members. After you disguise yourself, you will go all the way west!"
"Deep in the desert, at the heart of the ancient Silk Road... there is a place called Dunhuang... where is a treasure house that has been sealed in dust for thousands of years!"
"Oh? Where did you get the information?" The left eye lit up.
Xiao Letian waved his hand in a mysterious manner, "Keep it secret!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
Zuo Zuo was stunned and said that the head of state only spoke half of what he said, but Wang Junlan, the person in charge of secret files, walked up to him and whispered.
"You are stupid! Among the Chinese, who would dare to ask the head of state about the source of his intelligence? Just be responsible and believe it without any doubt!"
"We can't spy on the secrets of heaven!"
Yes, yes... the left man suddenly remembered the legends about the head of state, and suddenly his back was broken down in cold sweat!
