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The most famous information related to puppet Manchu cultural relics is what was fished out from 1977 to 1980 when the Awa Maru, which sank here during World War II, was salvaged from the waters east of Uishan Island, Pingtan County, Fujian Province, my country. .
During the preliminary salvage of "Awa Maru", they discovered the small official seal of Zheng Yu, the puppet "Manchukuo" politician, which was a jade seal, and the round inkstone that Zheng Xiaoxu gave to his descendants when he was buried. The inkstone had the words "Zheng Gong Xiaoxu"
"Burial Memorial" words.
Historical records indicate that all the crew members of the "Awa Maru" were Japanese. This shows that the Japanese collected and carried cultural relics and treasures from northern China and put them on the "Awa Maru". Legend has it that the "Beijing Man" skull fossil is the most important cultural relic in the world.
, and it is very likely that it is among them.
It is because of this that the Awa Maru is very famous, but there is one thing here that shows that Jiang Lin and his friends' things were not salvaged from this sunken ship.
Not to mention that those ancient calligraphy and painting books cannot be preserved in the water, but even the travel notes alone cannot enter the Awa Maru.
Also, if Jiang Lin and the others really salvaged these authentic items from the Awa Maru, there is absolutely no way the country would let them keep them in their hands and build their own private museum, no matter how deep the background of the people behind Jiang Lin is.
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Presumably, Kobayashi Taro also thought of this before he raised the question.
However, he was aware of current affairs and did not continue to dwell on this point. After all, China is not the same as before. Even if these treasures were brought back from Japan, it is impossible for today's little Japan to go back.
There were many smart people at the scene. Of course, Taro Kobayashi and Kong Kong were not the only ones who knew this period of history very well. Almost all of them who were able to work in the antique business knew it very well. After all, it was news about a treasure. If you like collecting
If you don't care about this, then you are definitely not a big collector.
Now everyone who knows something about the inside story is beginning to care about how many treasures Jiang Lin and the others have obtained. You must know that the salvage of the Awa Maru was a sensation.
But at that time, domestic salvage crews did not salvage many good things, and many legendary treasures disappeared without a trace along with the Awa Maru.
If the treasures uncovered by Jiang Lin and the others can be proven to be from the Awa Maru, then the countless wealth on the Awa Maru will be traced.
"Mr. Jiang, can you tell me how many treasures you have dug out and what specific treasures they are?" Taro Kobayashi hesitated for a while and then asked.
"I can only tell you a lot. The rest will have to wait until our museum opens before we can officially meet you." Jiang Lin replied with a smile.
Taro Kobayashi said reluctantly: "Can I ask if there are any gold bars among your discoveries?"
"Yes." Jiang Lin answered happily.
"Ah?" Taro Kobayashi didn't expect Jiang Lin to answer his question so happily, so he couldn't react.
"Yes? Is it 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, 40 boxes of jewelry and cultural relics? Those are the treasures of the Empire of Japan. I am protesting now against your private theft of the wealth of the Empire of Japan. Later, our ambassador to China
The meeting is submitting an official letter to protest against your robbery behavior."
Jiang Lin's words confirmed Taro Kobayashi's guess. Taro Kobayashi's face, which had been calm just now, suddenly became flushed with excitement.
"Who told you that there are 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, 40 boxes of jewelry and cultural relics? Did I? Furthermore, even if you have these things, how come they have become the wealth of your Empire of Japan? You know these things
Origin?" Jiang Lin sneered.
If he didn't need this little Japanese to build momentum for him and make the news that they had recovered a large amount of treasure even more sensational, Jiang Lin would have no interest in talking nonsense to this little dwarf here.
Taro Kobayashi said excitedly: "You just said that among your discoveries were gold bars, crown beads and emerald watermelons. If it wasn't the treasure on the Awa Maru, where else could it be? And the Awa Maru"
But it’s the cargo ship of our Empire of Japan.”
"Awa Maru? Is it the largest transport ship in Japan during World War II?"
"Yes, that's the ship. In the late World War II, the 10,000-ton giant ship "Awa Maru" sank after being attacked by a U.S. submarine in the Uishan waters of the Taiwan Strait in my country. I heard that there were 40 tons that sank to the bottom of the sea together with the "Awa Maru" Gold, 12 tons of platinum and a large number of industrial diamonds, including the priceless Pekingese skull."
"Ah! This is really a treasure ship!"
Taro Kobayashi's words directly triggered the whole audience. There are many legends about the Awa Maru, and almost everyone in the antique business knows this history.
"Awa Maru" is a sunken ship that fascinates all salvagers around the world. According to legend, it is a "golden mountain" weighing 40 tons.
This is a Japanese ocean liner built in the early 1940s, with a length of 154.9 meters and a width of 20.2 meters.
On March 28, 1945, the "Awa Maru" that had been requisitioned by the Japanese army was in Singapore, carrying a large number of Japanese retreating from Southeast Asia and sailing to Japan.
At midnight on April 1, the "Awa Maru" sailed to the waters east of Uishan Island in Fujian Province, my country, and was discovered by the US submarine "Queenfish" cruising in the waters. It was attacked by several torpedoes. Three minutes later Sunk quickly.
Of the 2,009 passengers and crew members on the ship, only third-class cook Kantaro Shimoda survived.
And when people heard about the astonishing wealth wrapped in the hull of the Awa Maru, the shock was even more indescribable.
According to a special report in the November-December 1976 issue of the U.S. Republican newspaper, the "Awa Maru" contained: 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, 150,000 carats of industrial diamonds, a large bundle of banknotes of unknown value, artifacts, handicrafts, and gemstones.
40 boxes, value unknown.
According to Taiwan's "China Times" report on November 21, 1976: When the "Awa Maru" was sunk, it carried 40 tons of gold ingots, 12 tons of platinum, 150,000 carats of unprocessed gemstones, and several bundles of American, British, and Hong Kong currencies.
, 40 boxes of handicrafts, 3,000 tons of tin, 2,000 tons of tungsten, 2,000 tons of aluminum, 800 tons of titanium, and 2,000 tons of rubber.
On May 2, 1979, Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported that the then army commander Morikawa Iemitsu said that the 26 trucks loaded on the "Awa Maru" were all gold bars.
Figures provided to China by the Japanese Gulf delegation: 3,000 tons of tin, 3,000 tons of raw rubber, plus antimony, tungsten, and mercury, totaling 9,812 tons.
In addition to these gold and silver treasures, the sunken ship "Awa Maru" may also contain a priceless treasure - the skull fossil of "Beijing Man".
When U.S. President Richard Nixon visited China in 1972, he brought the satellite-inferred location of the Awa Maru shipwreck and the information held by the United States to Beijing as a national gift.
According to American data, the Awa Maru contained 40 tons of gold, 12 tons of platinum, and 150,000 carats of industrial diamonds. The most exciting thing is that it is speculated that the skull fossil of "Peking Man" may be on the sunken ship "Awa Maru".
Since the 1970s, long salvage work began, and to this day, the mystery of the "Awa Maru" that sank to the bottom of the sea remains.
Taro Kobayashi's words made Jiang Lin a little excited. After calming down, Jiang Lin sneered: "Your ship? Your ship is on the coast of Fujian. Why don't you salvage it?"
That is our country’s waters, and everything in it is our country’s wealth. Your government also recognizes this, so what qualifications do you have to protest here? You have not salvaged the Awa Maru in these years. I’m afraid you also know that the Awa Maru is
There’s nothing good left, right?”
Taro Kobayashi opened his mouth, but said nothing more, and the place fell silent instantly.
Han Kongque's heart moved. Is there anything on the Awa Maru?
Also, the place where the Awa Maru sank has long been known in China. If there were any good things, they would have been salvaged long ago and they would never be retained until now.
Jiang Lin saw that Taro Kobayashi stopped talking, and he seemed to be unwilling to pay attention to him, but said calmly: "The reason why we brought out so many treasures today is to let all antique lovers appreciate them together and exchange experiences.
, listening to the opinions of experts, it seems now that the treasures we discovered should be precious cultural relics that flowed out of our country during World War II."
Jiang Lin finally concluded his speech.
"Xiao Jiang, I wonder how many cultural relics you have discovered? What are they? Of course, you don't have to answer if it's not convenient to disclose." Gao Dashan said at this time.
Jiang Lin spoke again: "The number of treasures we discovered is not large, among which the number of calligraphy and painting is the largest. It involves copybooks, calligraphy and painting, and some ancient Buddhist scriptures. In addition to calligraphy and painting, there are also a small amount of jewelry, as shown previously.
Out of pearls and emerald watermelons.”
At this time, Taro Kobayashi couldn't help but said again: "You said you found gold bars just now, why are they gone now?"
Jiang Lin sneered and said, "I haven't finished speaking yet. Why are you anxious? The gold bar was found, but only one piece was found. Apart from this piece, nothing else was found."
"It's impossible. Your government didn't fish up the gold back then. This batch of gold must have fallen into your hands. Even if the cultural relics on the Awa Maru belong to you, the gold on the ship belongs to the Empire of Japan." Taro Kobayashi was a little hysterical.
The way.
Jiang Lin sneered: "If I say I didn't find it, I didn't find it. Are we lying to you? Even if we find it, it is still our country's wealth, because the Awa Maru sank in our waters. According to the international law of the sea, the Awa Maru also belongs to our country.
The wealth of our country, let’s not talk about the above things. Okay, I’m done. Thank you everyone for listening to my nonsense here.”
At the end of the exchange meeting, Jiang Lin detonated a bomb, and it was also a depth charge. The Awa Maru itself was a legend, and now that it was detonated by Jiang Lin, everyone in the room was even more excited.
No one was interested in listening to Gao Dashan's closing speech. This large-scale exchange meeting ended in a commotion of discussion.
Just as Han Kongque was about to leave, he was stopped by Jiang Lin: "Brother Han, we still have a few things we haven't concluded yet. I wonder if you can come over and help us?"