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Volume Two: My Country Five Hundred and Two. The Treasure of Priam

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    Mr. Kahn would never have imagined that Baron Alexon would appear here!

    How can this be?  This is really incredible!

    Mr. Kahn, who seemed to be in a dream, put on the clothes prepared for him by the baron, and then left the room in a swaggering manner, escorted by Wang Weiyi and Guo Yunfeng.

    In the lobby on the first floor, Klingenberg and his team members, who had already eliminated the four Turkish agents, watched in stunned silence as the Baron appeared in front of them while protecting Mr. Kahn.

    Oh my God, what did the baron do?

    Many people call Klingenberg a "magician", but Klingenberg swears that the Baron is the real magician!

    No, this is not magic, this is the most amazing magic!

    Three cars had already parked outside. When the team members got on the car, Turkish soldiers kept passing by. Wang Weiyi didn't pay attention at all. He even took off his hat and greeted them politely  

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    "This is impossible!" Second Lieutenant Oney stared at the big hole in the shower room, dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

    "YoungSecond Lieutenantwe swear we never heard any sound, this"

    "Where did this hole come from!" Second Lieutenant Oune was furious, pointing at the hole that seemed to be laughing at him and yelling.

    The two agents looked at each other. This was really weird. They swore they didn¡¯t hear any sound

    But how did this damn hole appear?  Where the hell did Kahn go?

    "Blockade, blockade!" Second Lieutenant Oune's spirit was about to collapse.

    The only thing he hopes now is that Kahn and the rescuers have not had time to escape from Ankara

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    Kahn has indeed not run out of Ankara, and Wang Weiyi has no intention of leaving Ankara yet.

    After arriving at the safe place provided by Major Herbert, Kahn was relieved and said with great gratitude: "Baron. II really don't know what to say  .For me, you actually took such a big risk to save meI"

    "Okay, Mr. Kahn, I'm not here to listen to your words of gratitude. What's more, you have done so much for Germany, I will not abandon you." Wang Weiyi interrupted him: "Now. Let's do this  Let¡¯s talk about Abdul Karami.¡±

    Kahn immediately guessed what the baron wanted to do, and he actually wanted to rescue Abdul Karami!

    "Karami is now being held in the west of Ankara. To be honest, the defense is not strict." Kahn said quickly: "Those loyal to the Sultan in the Capital Legion have been trying to find ways to rescue him, but they treat although the defense is not strict.  There is still no good solution.¡±

    Wang Weiyi smiled: "It seems that those in the Capital Legion are still loyal to Sultan Abdul Hamid II."

    "Baron, loyalty to the Sultan is another aspect. But there is another thing, which is the most important reason why they must rescue Karami" Kahn unexpectedly said slowly: "Have you heard about Pu  The treasure of Amos?"

    "Priam's treasure?" Before Wang Weiyi could speak, Herbert had already said, "Mr. Ambassador, are you talking about the treasures that are already in Germany?"

    "Yes." Kahn nodded: "The treasures in Germany."

    Wang Weiyi was confused when he heard this: "What is the treasure of Priam?"

    "It's like this. The Treasure of Priam was originally just a legend, but then it became a fact." Herbert is obviously very clear about this history:

    "Among Homer's epic poems, the most famous one is probably the Trojan War. The Trojan War ended, but the controversy about its historical authenticity continued for three thousand years. When the great and legendary German archaeologist Heinrich.  After Schliemann was born, the authenticity of the Trojan War was about to be proven"

    Schliemann knew the verses from the Iliad and the Odyssey by heart and was convinced of their authenticity.  He believed that Homer was telling true history, and that the ruins of cities and the tombs of heroes in Homer's epic could be found through archaeological excavations.

    By the 1860s, Schliemann was already wealthy.  The desire to discover the cities recorded in Homer's epic poems has also become more urgent.  In 1868, he came to Greece and Asia Minor, setting foot on the land in Homer's epic for the first time.  In 1869, Schliemann divorced his Russian wife.  At the age of 47, he was so fascinated by the culture and history of ancient Greece that he believed that only Greek women were suitable to be his wives.  He asked his friends to introduce him to?, emphasizing that "she must be passionate about Homer."  Soon Schliemann got his wish and married the 17-year-old Greek girl Sophia as his partner.  Although there is a big age difference between the two, they have similar interests and have a happy marriage.

    Soon after his marriage, Schliemann and his wife set off for Turkey to find the legendary ancient city of Troy.  Fulfill your childhood dreams.  He believed that Homer's Troy lay beneath Hisarrek.  Schliemann's practice of "following pictures" and superstitiously believing in Homer was considered a laughing stock at the time.

    After going through all possible means to obtain an excavation permit from the Turkish government, Schliemann officially started excavation in Hisarrek Mountain in 1871.  This archeology enthusiast, who had a passionate and romantic imagination about Homer's epics, was a bit reckless in his excavation methods at the time.  Instead of carefully excavating the site like professional archaeologists, he hired more than 100 migrant workers.  They were ordered to dig as wide and deep as possible, from one end of the hill to the other, and a 130-foot-long tunnel was dug. Someone sarcastically said: "He is simply digging the Suez Canal. It doesn't look like he is digging at an archaeological site."  But Schliemann ignored this and only wanted to find Troy in Homer's epic as soon as possible.

    But after countless disappointments, Schliemann found nothing, which made him gradually begin to doubt his faith.

    However, a miracle happened at this time

    To Schliemann¡¯s great surprise, he discovered a large city buried under the hills.  There are layers of ruins one above the other, each layer representing a city, and there are multiple layers of soil between each layer.  Several layers contain ash, indicating that the city was burned by fire.  But Schliemann was not interested in the upper layers. He believed that the real Troy, the Troy in Homer's epic, should be the bottom or near the bottom layer.  Luck did not abandon Schliemann.  Just the day before he decided to return home, that is, June 14, 1873, Schliemann accidentally saw the long-awaited flash of metal under a wall of the "Priam Palace".  He suppressed his inner ecstasy and calmly asked Sophia to dismiss the migrant workers.  He did not want the migrant workers to report the discovery of gold to the Turkish government, because according to the requirements of the license, the excavators should hand over half of the cultural relics found to the Turkish government.  Schliemann was determined to hand over the found cultural relics to the Greek government. He had regarded Greece as his home.

    As soon as the migrant workers left, Schliemann began desperately digging for gold under the wall that was about to collapse at any time, and one treasure after another was passed from his hands to Sophia's.  Schliemann later recalled: "It required a lot of strength and involved great danger, because the walls of this fortress, under which I had to dig, could collapse on me at any time. But seeing so many  Each of the artifacts is a priceless treasure to archaeologists, which makes me unable to care about the danger, and I can¡¯t even think about the danger.¡±

    It is said that Sophia used her red shawl to smuggle the treasures here to the cabin where the two of them lived.  The treasures unearthed are quite rich, including various gold and silver vessels, gold ornaments and bronze daggers, arrows and axes. The most eye-catching ones are two gorgeous gold crowns.  There are one large and one small gold crown. The big one is made up of more than 16,000 pieces of gold foil. There are 74 short chains and 16 long chains hanging on the crown. The top of the crown is composed of small overlapping rings and blade-shaped gold pieces.  .  The smaller one is shaped like a large gold crown, but the chain is hung on a narrow gold leaf belt. The chain on the side is shorter and can only cover the temples.  Schliemann put the small golden crown on his wife's head, and seemed to see Helen back then.  The Schliemann family managed to get the treasure out of Turkey, where it was hidden in gardens and sheds by Sofia's relatives in Greece.

    In 1874, Schliemann announced the discovery of the "Treasure of Priam" to the world.  Only then did people believe that the city of Troy in Homer's epic was not an illusory legend.

    The discovery of the treasure also caused trouble for Schliemann. The Turkish government was extremely angry and asked Schliemann to return the treasure, and the Greek government also refused to accept the treasure under pressure from the Turks.

    Finally, Schliemann sent them to Germany, where they were stored in a national museum in Berlin.  During World War II, Germany's art treasures, including the Trojan Gold Treasure, were packed and hidden in underground bunkers to prevent accidents.

    Wang Weiyi was completely fascinated by what he heard.

    The treasure of Priam - the golden treasure of Troy!

    This not only unearthed a large number of treasures, but also confirmed the real existence of the Trojan War.  But how much effort did the great and legendary German archaeologist Schliemann put into this, and how much doubt did he endure?

    The hardships involved are by no means something others can imagine.

    Behind successful people, there are always countless blood and tears, and Schliemann is the most outstanding representative among them.

    And Kahn¡¯s story is not over yet: ¡°Actually, the gold treasure that Schliemann secretly transported back to Germany was only a very small part of the Priam treasure  "

    "A very small part?"

    "Yes, more than 90% of the treasures Schliemann had no chance of transporting back to Germany!"
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