Chapter 76: Ancient Battlefield of Germany

"That's not what I meant, big brother." Wu Lao Er explained confidently, "If it wasn't me just now, would I not charge you for that thing?"

"What doesn't cost money?"

Zhou Xuelin looked at Lao Luo in confusion, and the latter explained to him the whole story in detail.

After listening, Zhou Xuelin suddenly laughed.

There is a free lunch in this world, how wonderful!
"Lao Luo, look at those free jade pieces, how much funding can you apply for?"

"Let me think about it..."

"At least, two or three hundred thousand."

"Then why are you still hesitating?" Zhou Xuelin said with a pout.

"Since everything was purchased for free, why not give this old man 20 yuan? We'll both be safe, isn't that better than anything else?"

"Old man, 20 yuan, can you keep it a secret? If you can, transfer the money now."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wu Laoer nodded his head like a woodpecker.

"Okay, we believe in you, and we hope you can live up to our trust. If we can buy you to shut up for 20, we can also spend 20 to buy a fully insured semi-trailer to take you away. Do you understand?"

"Understood, bosses, don't worry, I'm a very tight-lipped person."

Wu Laoer happily gave his bank card number to the two people in front of him.

After the three of them completed the transaction, they left the yard together tacitly without waiting for Zhang Yang to come out.

Zhang Yang saw several people leaving through the surveillance camera in the room.

I waited a few more minutes, making sure no one had come back, before I walked out of the room to get my phone.

His phone is still recording!

I just don't know, can the video and audio be used as evidence separately?
Never mind. As a caring citizen, I have done everything I can and let the police take care of the rest.

Zhang Yang only wants a peaceful life.

He just received over 700 million from the auction yesterday and hasn't had time to spend it yet!
……

A week later, Zhang Yang was packing the bronze sword that Anna had ordered in his room.

Xiao Shen suddenly ran in in a hurry.

"Big news, big news!"

"Brother, guess what happened?"

"Okay, let me guess. The Jiangnan Leather Factory went bankrupt, and the boss Huang He ran away with his sister-in-law?" Zhang Yang said without raising his head.

"Eh? I seem to have heard this news somewhere before."

Xiao Shen blinked and tried hard to recall, but unfortunately she was born in the 00s and couldn't remember it. She shook her head in frustration.

"Forget it, let me tell you my news first."

"My last master was arrested. He was taken away by the uncle in the hat when he came into the office while he was at work!"

"Oh." Zhang Yang responded perfunctorily.

"Brother, are you okay? My last master was the expert Zhou who wronged you. You should have an impression of him.

He was caught, don't you feel any relief at all?

Aren't you curious about why the police arrested him?"

"What's so curious about this..."

Zhang Yang had just finished packing and looked up and said:

"The museum staff violated the law by looking for tomb robbers to buy newly unearthed cultural relics at low prices, and then declared them at market prices to defraud subsidies.

They helped tomb robbers deal with stolen goods, so of course people were willing to sell them at low prices. Some cheap ones were even given away for free, such as pottery figurines.

The special funds allocated from above for cultural relics protection are being consumed by these termites.”

Zhang Yang was the most critical witness in the case, and Officer Tu had already shared the information he had obtained from the investigation with him for fear of missing any details.

Including the day when Wu Laoer was arrested, it was Zhang Yang who went to the next door to help knock on the door.

Who doesn’t know how to lead the way?

Zhang Yang leads the way quickly and well!

After hearing what he said, Shen Yiyi swallowed hard and thought:
Oh no, why does it sound like the information my senior brother has is more accurate than what I have?

Is it that the melon he eats is not fresh, or is he too well-informed?

"Brother, is there something you don't know but I do?"

"Of course."

"For example? Can you give me an example to increase my sense of superiority, please." Xiao Shen said with his hands clasped together.

"For example... I don't know who your last master was. Who was he? Could you tell me?"

"My last master was Mr. Huang, a classmate of my grandfather, who taught traditional Chinese painting. Why are you asking this, brother?"

“Nothing, just look, your current master is in jail, right?
The previous master was also arrested, right?
If you become the previous master and something goes wrong...

If our sect has a grudge against someone in the future, wouldn’t it be better for us to just send you to become their disciple?”

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he chuckled, pulled the goods on the trailer, and walked out of the house.

Xiao Shen was left with a frown, as if thinking about the feasibility of this method.

……

Outside the house, Anna was already waiting anxiously.

Seeing Zhang Yang coming out, she hurried over to him with a black translation machine in her hand.

The German girl learned her lesson and figured out a way to communicate directly with Zhang Yang.

The translator emitted a gentle female voice:

"Hello, Senior Brother Zhang. It's great to see you again on this sunny afternoon. How have you been recently? I've been missing you a lot."

"???"

Three big question marks appeared above Zhang Yang’s head.

Are you thinking about me? I am too embarrassed to tell you.

Unfortunately, even if this kind of joke is translated, Anna probably won't understand it. Zhang Yang thought about it and said to Anna:

"Thank you. I missed you too."

He is a customer, so it is reasonable to respond politely, right?

Hearing this, Anna walked up directly and excitedly hugged Zhang Yang's arms in front of her.

However, this posture is somewhat indecent. When Xiao Shen comes out and sees it, he will criticize me again.

Zhang Yang pulled his arm out without leaving any trace.

"Anna, let's check the goods first!"

"OK."

"Then you should look at the goods, don't just look at me."

Zhang Yang pointed to the blue box he had taken out, and inside it lay a bronze sword covered with rough green embroidery.

A standard Celtic bronze sword.

At first glance, it looks a bit like an item from The Elder Scrolls.

The biggest difference between it and the bronze sword of China is that the sword body and the hilt are connected with rivets.

According to Western archaeology, any bronze sword with this type of connection can be dated to between the 16th and 12th centuries BC.

It perfectly meets the requirements of Anna's family and can touch upon the era of Sanxingdui.

As for the green embroidery above, Zhang Yang also imitated it according to the actual situation of bronze ware unearthed in Germany.

Anna followed the direction of Zhang Yang's finger and carefully examined the bronze sword in the box.

Finally he nodded and said:
"Perfect!"

“It’s exactly like what I’ve seen in the British Museum.

My grandfather once bought one, spending about 1 Euros. If I had known earlier, I should have come to China to have it custom-made by you and then sold it to him.

You are professionals.”

"Hahaha, thank you for the compliment. There may be opportunities for us to cooperate in the future." Zhang Yang replied modestly.

If nothing unexpected happens this time, Zhang Yang believes that the archaeological team at Anna's family will realize how right it is to customize bronze ware in China.

However, if nothing unexpected happens, it will probably be difficult.

Her archaeological team usually excavates ancient sites along the Mediterranean coast, and they know very little about bronze ware.

The pit is a big problem.

Zhang Yang was on the other side of the world and couldn't help much.

So before delivery, he took out a newly drafted agreement.

"Anna, you know that there are huge differences between China and the West in archaeology, especially on the origin of bronze smelting technology. So far, no consensus has been reached."

"I took a big risk in making these bronze swords for you. If people in our country knew about it, then... you know what would happen."

Zhang Yang said with difficulty.

Anna listened, pursed her lips and nodded, expressing her understanding:
"I know you'll be mistaken for an agent."

"Agents? Do you mean the Gestapo?"

"This translation software must have made a mistake. We usually call this kind of people rare," Zhang Yang corrected.

But this is obviously useless. It’s good enough that the translation software can translate it into agent.

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the agent. Don't worry, Senior Brother Zhang, I will keep it a secret." Anna said very seriously.

"It's no use if you keep it secret by yourself. Your whole family has to keep it secret too."

Zhang Yang handed over the new confidentiality agreement and asked her to sign it.

Aren’t they said that Germans have a strong sense of contract?

The agreement clearly states that no matter what the Germans do with the bronze sword, no matter what the consequences are, even if it causes World War III, they must not disclose any information about Zhang Yang.

Otherwise he can claim up to 100 million euros.

As for whether he could get so much money in compensation, who cares? Anyway, Zhang Yang wanted to show his attitude to the Germans behind Anna:

"If you or your family get into trouble in the future, just don't tell my senior brother about it."

After explaining the confidentiality agreement, Zhang Yang helped load all fifteen bronze swords into the car.

According to the German girl, these things will be shipped to Europe as soon as possible.

His family is already digging a hole.

I heard that there are fifteen bronze swords this time, and they have prepared a lot of matching things.

First of all, the bones must be real. Since the money for bronze ware has been spent, can't we afford a few bones?
The second thing was the ancillary items. They prepared a lot of arrows and stones to create an ancient battlefield.

Fifteen bronze swords may seem like a small number now, but more than 3000 years ago, it was definitely considered a small battle.

Since there were basically no copper mines in Western Europe, a tribe that could produce fifteen bronze swords was definitely considered a powerful force at the time.

If used to fight against primitive people holding stone axes, wouldn't it be just like chopping melons and vegetables?
In addition to corpses and weapons, the most important thing is the choice of location.

After careful investigation and research, it was finally decided to dig a pit in Bavaria, not far from where the bronze sword was unearthed last year.

This way it is no longer an isolated piece of evidence. In archaeology, this is of great significance.

But these things have nothing to do with Zhang Yang.

He planned to go to bed early and get up early, learn how to drive, and then buy a Mercedes-Benz G to drive.

People who like collecting know that the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is a special car and is a standard in the antique industry.

Two months later, Zhang Yang couldn't sleep the whole night when he got his driver's license.

It's not exciting, but the system keeps popping up prompts:
[This time, 10000 points of recognition have been successfully collected]

[This time, 20000 points of recognition have been successfully collected]

……

[This time, 500000 points of recognition have been successfully collected]

(End of this chapter)