Chapter 64

"When you were exploring the ruins, I found a path, which is here..."

As he spoke, acharin led Lorraine forward, bypassed a screen like mountain wall, and turned into a cliff canyon with a width of only more than ten meters and a length of three or four hundred meters, facing the curved depression of the island.

At the edge of the cliff, there is a steep plank road winding close to the cliff. It rises and falls from time to time. There is no obvious trace of manual excavation, but the width is particularly consistent, which makes people dare not rule out the possibility of manual excavation.

It first went down, more than 100 meters wet and greasy. Obviously, it would appear only when the tide fell. It climbed up the valley and jumped out of the water again, becoming dry and straight.

Lorraine climbed up with yachalin, climbed to the highest in the middle of the gorge, bypassed the half arc, and then saw the end of the gorge.

A sea cave.

The deep sea cave stands at the end of the gorge, and the undulating plank road goes deep into the cave, which can't be seen at a glance.

Lorraine squinted and looked inside. He saw only darkness. He whispered to acharin, "have you been in?"

"No, but the sailor found this at the hole."

Acharin handed Lorraine a gold coin.

The quality of gold coins is very old, round and flaky. On the obverse is a bust of a man with a crown and a long beard, with crosses on both sides and an inscription [FOCAS] on the left edge.

On the back is the winged statue of victory. The goddess holds a long handled hook in her right hand and a sphere with a cross in her left hand, with an inscription [ctqpia] on the left edge.

"This is the gold coin forged by the tyrant... Centurion phocas?"

Centurion phocas was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in the early 7th century. He reigned between the Justinian Dynasty and the heraclian Dynasty for only 8 years.

He was originally an aristocratic General of the Byzantine Empire. He usurped the throne through military mutiny and was replaced by the Heraclius family in the same way. He failed to establish a real Dynasty.

This is a lonely history.

If it were not for the fact that most European aristocratic lineages originated from Rome, and the compulsory heraldry of aristocratic children also had a lot of space to interpret the inheritance of the eastern and Western Roman Empire, Lorraine would not understand this at all.

Now, he is not only familiar with these, but also knows that the gold coins forged in the period of phocas have always been a hot competition for collectors and Roman enthusiasts because of their beauty and color. Each can be called a treasure.

Why did such a thing... Appear outside the sea cave of hebrazil?

"The wizard who sent gold coins... The treasure of the wolf of the king..."

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Lorraine took people back to the ruins and returned to the windward camp by boat.

There may be inger ananson's treasure in the sea cave, which makes exploring the sea cave a dangerous thing, and the danger is not limited to exploration.

He didn't dare to do it rashly. He urgently picked up Karen and Noah and gathered the sailors to discuss major issues.

At nightfall, Karen and acharin announced to the sailors that they would recruit volunteers on behalf of Lorraine at the two camps.

The expedition found a pirate's treasure, which may be life-threatening or hide huge interests.

The generous president Drake decided to share this joy with every sailor, and the reward for exploration will benefit everyone.

In order to ensure the justice of the beneficiaries, they formed a contract parliament overnight.

Lorraine, as a representative of the chamber of Commerce and Karen, as a representative of sailors, discussed the allocation plan of exploration with five sailors' representatives, and announced the specific allocation principles after several bargaining.

There are four principles:

1、 The General Chamber of Commerce has ownership of all discovered treasures.

2、 The General Chamber of Commerce proposes a minimum of 1000 pounds for exploration, and will convert the actual weight into gold pounds according to the final weight of the harvest without capping.

3、 The converted gold pounds will be divided into four parts, 50% of which will belong to the General Chamber of Commerce, 20% to all the personnel belonging to the chamber of Commerce on Heba Island, 20% to the 20 brave people involved in the adventure, and 10% to the wounded and dead in the process of exploration.

4、 I. the settlement shall be settled on the second day after returning to Southampton and shall not be in arrears.

In order to prove sincerity, everyone will sign a sacred stolen goods sharing contract in accordance with the above principles. Lorin and pierce, the two shareholders of the General Chamber of Commerce, will be Party A. except them, all persons with the right to share the stolen goods will become Party B.

This is a fair contract for everyone.

The profit of the priority earner is stable, but there is no room for rise; Bottom traders bear the corresponding risks at the start of the project, but they have the opportunity to obtain high profits and enjoy dividends alone.

Sailors with little culture and difficult livelihood can't understand and have no channel to explore the art premium in the high-end collection market. They can't explore the real value of ancient gold.

Different from the previous pistol.

According to the sailors' social circle, once any gold ware is more than 300 years old, they only have the value of gold itself.

It's different with this contract.

The expedition has not yet begun. The 125 people on board have shared a guaranteed income of ￡ 200 and enjoyed the success.

The 20 people involved in the adventure, dead or alive, will receive at least another 10 pounds per person, equivalent to a huge reward of four months' salary.

The injured can also share at least 30 pounds of consolation money, and everyone has some expectations; Although the dead can share at least 70 pounds equally, no one wants it.

They even have reasonable and uncapped room for appreciation.

What about Lorraine?

If there are really inger arnerson's treasures in the sea cave, thousands of years of history will upgrade these gold artifacts to high-end collections and extend an incomparably high premium in the field of art.

The weight of a standard phocas gold coin is 4.5 grams, which is only equivalent to 0.6 pounds, but its market value is stable at 60 to 80 pounds all year round.

Although Lorraine doesn't know the details, he knows that the premium of gold ware in this period is generally more than 50 times that of himself. Those with high artistic value or special history can easily reach 100 times.

From this premium, he only needs to harvest 20 pounds of gold in the exploration, and the more he finds, the greater the profit. The General Chamber of commerce is almost destined to enjoy all the dividends of this unexpected discovery.

This is what Lorraine wants to enjoy huge profits without leaving the hidden danger of financial gap for his team.

He did it.

Fair negotiation process, excellent contract content, implied huge profits

Everyone was satisfied with the content of the contract and scrambled to sign the Sacred Contract. Karen, who was qualified as a Catholic priest, publicly announced the establishment of the contract, giving divinity to the glittering contract.

Next, the selection of the adventure team was also very smooth. Lorraine, Haina, Noah, acharin, a six pound short gun and 16 capable and strong excellent sailors.

They are given the privilege of not on duty tonight, enjoying full food and drink. After dawn, they will take two assault boats to enter the sea cave and explore the treasures hidden in hebrazil Island together.

Blind optimism and expectation filled the camp. Adventurers listened to the waves and fell into a dream... There is only heaven and no danger.

Then the night dispersed