For the first time in thousands of years, the Golden City was revealed to the world. The veil of vines covering the castle was removed, and the entire castle looked spectacular.
The building in the middle of the castle is more than twenty meters high, and the huge stone pillars are carved with various exquisite and mysterious patterns. Rather than saying this is a castle, it is more like a temple used by ancient foreign countries to worship gods.
Judging from the arch-shaped building, it looks very much like a European religious building. However, why this kind of building appears in the primeval forests of Central Africa remains to be verified by Zhuang Rui in the future.
Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, the Golden City shines with bright golden light, as mysterious as a mirage. No one knows why it was built, and all of this has been lost in the long river of history.
"I...I said, Brother Zhuang, this...is this the archaeological site you mentioned?"
Zhou Liang, who was standing next to Zhuang Rui, was so shocked by this magnificent building that he couldn't even speak. Not to mention the golden walls on the outside of the castle, even if they were all plated with a layer of copper, they were still worth a lot of money.
"Ahem, Brother Zhou, I just discovered it. I haven't had time to explore it yet. Wasn't it blocked by vines before?"
There is a big difference between observing the castle with spiritual energy and observing it intuitively with eyes. The visual shock goes straight to the soul and is difficult to describe in words.
So Zhuang Rui didn't lie. This was indeed the first time he had seen the entire golden city. Like everyone else, he had just been intoxicated by this great architectural miracle created by the ancients.
"Brother Zhuang, if this... this were all gold, then... how much would it be worth?"
Zhou Liang is still a bit discerning. When clearing the vines, he also carefully observed some objects in the castle, including the city walls. He could see that this magnificent building contained a large amount of gold.
After hearing Zhou Liang's words, Zhuang Rui laughed and said: "Brother Zhou, vulgar... you are so vulgar. Art is priceless. How can such a precious work of art be measured by money?"
Although it was half-joking, the other half Zhuang Rui was very serious. The gold reserves in this castle were astonishing, even richer than the gold room in Genghis Khan's mausoleum.
However, if compared with the patterns engraved on the walls and gold and silver vessels, the value of gold becomes insignificant. Those precious documents and patterns left by the predecessors are even more worthy of attention and study.
"Yes, brother, I am just a common man. I act according to orders. No matter how valuable it is, I will pretend that I didn't see it. Brother, tell me... how to arrange it?"
It stands to reason that Zhou Liang should report to his superiors after discovering such a large gold fortune, but Zhou Liang and Zhuang Rui have been getting along in China and Africa for more than a month, and their relationship is very good.
Secondly, he also knew that Li Shaohua sent helicopters and personnel with the intention of compensating Zhuang Rui for handing over the chief criminal of the American robbery. What's more, this was discovered by Zhuang Rui's private expedition. If the country reaches out again, it will be a bit ugly for him to be popular.
"Let's put up the lights first, let's work overnight, move all the items inside into the helicopter, and then wait until tomorrow to remove the murals on the wall..."
The afterglow of the setting sun slowly fell. Looking at the castle that still exuded endless golden light, Zhuang Rui felt extremely excited. He felt very strange now, as if he had traveled back to Dunhuang more than a hundred years ago.
Those foreign adventurers who madly plundered Dunhuang cultural relics.
Now Zhuang Rui doesn't seem to have much hatred for those people. Everyone has a different stance and perspective on judging things on different occasions. What Zhuang Rui is doing now is essentially no different from those people.
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However, it is impossible for Zhuang Rui to give up this golden city. He will only try to keep the integrity of these cultural relics as much as possible during the dismantling and transportation, and restore them and assemble them in the future.
As long as the origin of this golden city can be unearthed, it can be said that Zhuang Rui's Dingguang Museum can definitely join the ranks of world-class museums. You must know that such ancient architectural wonders are only collected by the British Museum.
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"Okay, let's get started..."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Zhou Liang directed his men to get busy. Fortunately, the scaffolding had already been set up when clearing the vines. Now all that was needed was to install lights on the scaffolding.
Such a project is really a piece of cake for the logistics support personnel who maintain the fleet all year round. Before the Central African sun has completely sunk into the forest, it is already shining brightly around the entire castle.
Zhuang Rui did not go to help, he called Peng Fei, Li Zhen and others, each took a camera and took pictures of everything inside and outside the castle. These are important information and basis for Zhuang Rui to rebuild the castle in the future.
Although the entire castle looks spectacular, there are actually only three large buildings. The first one is the front hall, which is not very large and is mainly where the servants live. The items inside are relatively rough.
The second one is the temple in the middle. This is also the former residence of the giant python. The entire temple is just one large room, more than twenty meters high, with the widest space. On the walls and top of the temple, there are inscriptions engraved on it.
Various mysterious and exquisite patterns.
Except for some few items left in the temple itself, there are animal bones all over the ground. The smell is disgusting, and it is also the most difficult place to clean.
As for the third building, it is the apse, which is the most gorgeously decorated and contains the most gold and silver items.
According to Zhuang Rui's guess, this should be where the people who built the city lived. There are more than fifty rooms, and there are also special bathrooms. Although it has been sealed in dust for who knows how many years, through those thick
From the dust, one can still see the opulence and luxury of that time.
After thousands of years, although many things have been lost, the items in the castle are still far beyond everyone's imagination. More than 20,000 gold and silver wine vessels and daily necessities alone were cleared out.
But it is a pity that many of the textiles inside have been damaged, and the head of a statue standing in the middle temple has also disappeared. I wonder if it was used as a ball by the gorillas when they were playing.
The kick is gone.
Throughout the night, the four helicopters almost never stopped. They basically returned after filling up. They shuttled between the "Xuan Rui" and the Golden City all night long.
Although after the castle was completely cleared, there were only three buildings in total, but more than a hundred people worked hard all night, and only a small number of objects were cleared out. Fortunately, the people involved in the cleanup work were all young men, but there were no
People complain about being tired.
The lights outside the castle have been extinguished, and the morning sun in Africa is rising high. If surveillance satellites from various countries observe this scene, they will find that deep in the forest, a good show of ants moving is taking place.
"Damn it, no wonder there have been so many explorers in the world over the past few centuries. This thing is the fastest way to make money..."
Seeing each piece of utensil being unearthed, Zhuang Rui can now understand the behavior of those "explorers" in the past.
Zhuang Rui estimates that the cultural relics that have been cleared out now alone are worth at least one billion US dollars, and this is only one-third of the items that have been cleared out. It can be imagined how much the entire castle contains.
A big fortune?
"Brother Zhou, haven't you found any written records?"
Zhuang Rui has been busy these days. Although he is so excited that he is not sleepy, his eyes are full of bloodshot eyes. However, the issue he is most concerned about now is whether he has found any relevant information about written records.
cultural relics.
Zhuang Rui is not very proficient in foreign history. If there are no relevant written materials, he may have to invite some foreign scientific researchers to participate in the dating of these cultural relics.
However, in this case, the secret of the Golden City will be leaked in advance, which will be somewhat different from Zhuang Rui's previous plan.
He wanted to build a new one in China according to the specifications of this golden city, and then put the cultural relics obtained from it back intact, just like the ancient Roman and Greek pavilions collected in the British Museum.
According to Zhuang Rui's intention, only after all this is done, he will announce the results of this expedition to the world. It is conceivable that the emergence of a golden city out of thin air will have a huge impact on the world of exploration and scientific research!
But after hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Zhou Liang shook his head and said: "They are all ghost-like things. How can I recognize my soldiers? Brother, you can clean them up after you return home...
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There are some strange patterns engraved on some objects, but they are definitely not in English. Even Zhuang Rui is not sure they are words, let alone many of these soldiers who don't even know English.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, comrades. I'll treat you all to a big dinner later..."
"Reporting to the chief, a secret room was discovered..."
While Zhuang Rui and Zhou Liang were chatting, a soldier suddenly interrupted their conversation.
"Secret room?"
Zhuang Rui was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He had used spiritual energy to survey all three buildings very carefully before, but he didn't expect to go underground to survey.
"Let's go take a look quickly and tell the soldiers not to damage the things inside..."
By the time Zhuang Rui and Zhou Liang arrived at the back hall, several soldiers had already taken out all the things in the secret room. There were not many things, only three items in total.
"This, this is what was taken from the secret room?"
Although there were only three objects, it still made Zhuang Rui look straight in his eyes. For no other reason than the combined value of these three objects alone would exceed the entire Golden City.
