Chapter 3063： Go to the holy city

In the middle of the night, the Israeli military's military transport plane successfully arrived at its destination and landed on the runway of Tel Aviv International Airport.

Several brave men who had been waiting at the airport fearlessly explored company employees and security personnel, and immediately started the handover on the airport runway, which was quickly completed.

They received Ye Tian’s top antique artifacts from the Israelis, and then sent the portable safe containing those antique artifacts to a private jet.

Soon, Ye Tian's private plane roared up and flew east in the dark, heading straight for Beijing.

The military transport plane flying to New York was still flying over the Atlantic Ocean.

On that military transport plane, there was nothing belonging to Ye Tian, ​​and he didn't bother to care.

About eleven hours later, Ye Tian's private jet had arrived in Beijing and landed at the Capital International Airport.

This handover was still completed on the airport runway.

Sister-in-law led the team to receive those top antique artifacts.

After receiving a phone call from my sister-in-law, he was sure that the top antique cultural relics were safe, and Ye Tian was relieved.

The next day, they stayed in Gondar to rest to restore their spirit and physical strength and prepare for the next move of the tripartite joint exploration team.

The other two parties of the tripartite joint exploration team are not so leisurely.

The Israelis are busy negotiating and communicating with the Ethiopian government and Tigray State, so that the tripartite joint exploratory team can go to the holy city of Axum for exploratory operations.

The Bishop of Kent and others are also busy, communicating with the religious circles in Ethiopia and Tigray State to appease the emotions of the Ethiopian religious circles.

At the same time, the cleanup and salvage of the sunken treasure on Lake Tana is also continuing.

At noon.

Ye Tian, ​​who was resting in the hotel, was viewing the real-time salvage screen of the WWII shipwreck treasure on his computer, and was talking to Matisse and others on the front line.

On the real-time video screen, two divers from the Brave Fearless Exploration Company are working at the bottom of the lake, moving crates from the shipwreck of World War II.

An area near the sunken ship at the bottom of the lake has been cleared of a large vacant lot, and a base at the bottom of the lake has been established to transfer the crates moved out of the shipwreck to the surface of the lake.

As before, it was still the unusually strong iron cage that transported the shipwreck treasure to the lake, not the rope net tied with a large number of buoyancy bags.

In this way, there is basically no need to worry about being attacked by those Nile crocodiles in the lake.

And in that base deep in the bottom of the lake, a large number of materials and equipment are stored, such as compressed oxygen tanks, diving suits, spare batteries, and so on.

With this base, divers can stay at the bottom of the lake to work for a longer period of time, without frequent surfacing and diving, improving the efficiency of salvage, and reducing some dangers.

While several divers were transferring the shipwreck treasure, the small private submarine of Aurora of the Brave Intrepid Exploration Company was hovering on the side of the sunken ship at the bottom of the lake.

The reporter and photojournalist of the National Geographic Channel broadcast team were sitting in the small private submarine, shooting at the closest distance.

While talking, another crate was removed by the diver from the sunken ship.

Then, two divers used small rope nets and buoyancy bags to hoist the crate and drag the rope net to swim to the iron cage near the sunken ship.

The small Aurora private submarine immediately followed and filmed the entire process.

The picture presented on the video is very shocking.

At the bottom of the lake completely covered in darkness, two divers wearing full-face diving suits dragged a rope net suspended in the lake water, swing their legs, and swam towards the base not far from the sunken ship.

On the side of the two divers, there is a small private submarine with a very sci-fi color, which is diving with them.

The powerful lights projected from the two divers and the small private submarine, like a lightsaber, split the darkness in the depths of Lake Tana.

The base on the bottom of the lake not far from the shipwreck was like a small mountain of lights standing on the bottom of the lake, radiating a dazzling light, very eye-catching.

Around this base on the bottom of the lake, around two divers and a small private submarine, there are many strange creatures cruising.

They have long been accustomed to these strange intruders, and one by one is no one else.

In a short while, the two divers dragged the rope to swim to the base of the lake.

Next, they released the air in the buoyancy bag first, then took the crates that had fallen on the seabed out of the rope net and moved them into the iron cage.

Afterwards, they packed the crate into a sturdy canvas bag, sealed the mouth of the bag, and covered it with a rope net.

At this time, there are already ten crates of the same specifications in this iron cage, all of which are packed in the same canvas bag and covered with rope nets.

Immediately afterwards, the two divers locked the iron cage from inside.

The next moment, they each picked up a compressed air bottle placed in the cage, and began to inject air into the several large buoyancy bags above the iron cage.

After a while, those orange-red buoyancy bags swelled up, pulling up the heavy and abnormal iron cage from the bottom of the lake little by little, and slowly floating up to the surface of the lake.

At the same time, the crane on the lake began to exert force, pulling the iron cage onto the lake little by little.

Thanks to the aid of the buoyancy bag, the weight of the crane is much smaller and it is also very safe.

In a short time, the iron cage containing ten crates and two divers left the bottom of the lake and gradually disappeared into the dark lake above.

After watching the iron cage disappear, Ye Tian picked up the satellite phone and started talking to Matisse.

"Matis, how is the situation on the lake? Is there anything unusual? Are there any special actions by the Ethiopian exploratory team and military and police personnel?"

The next moment, Matisse's voice came over.

"At present, the lake is still relatively calm. The waters for cleaning and salvaging this sunken treasure have been blocked by the Ethiopian military and no other ships are allowed to enter.

However, some unidentified ships still appeared in the distance, peeping here, but they did not dare to stay for a long time, they always stopped for a while and left, and the Ethiopian military had nothing to do."

Hearing this, Ye Tian couldn't help but sneered and said:

"Obviously, some people have already doubted the purpose of the exploratory fleet stopping in the waters. This is to send people over to investigate the situation. There will definitely be more ships appearing in the future."

"Understand, Steven, we will pay attention to those guys and don't give them a chance. Treasure cleaning and salvage operations are always under our control, and the Ethiopians only supervise them from the side.

Our groups of divers take turns down to the bottom of the lake to salvage the treasure. Because it is a deep diving operation, everyone needs sufficient time to rest and recover, which will inevitably affect the speed of salvaging.

At the current speed, we will still have at least four or five days before we can clean up the treasure in the sunken ship at the bottom of the lake and salvage all the water. This is still without interference."

"This matter can't be anxious, everyone's safety is the first thing. You can't let everyone venture into deep diving just because you are pursuing the speed of salvaging the treasure. That will cause great harm to divers."

"I understand, Steven, I will arrange the order and time of the deep dive so that every diver can fully recover and salvage the sunken treasure while ensuring safety.

As for the Ethiopian exploratory team and military personnel, there is no change for the time being. Because this water area strictly implements radio silence, it is difficult for them to divulge the situation here.

The Ethiopian military, police and government staff who are distributed in various towns and piers along the coast are difficult to control. Fortunately, those guys don’t know the coordinates here.”

"The situation of leaking secrets will inevitably occur. It is not realistic to expect the Ethiopian government and military to keep secrets and block the news completely. We can only hope that the secrets will be leaked later.

There are not many medium and large boats around Lake Tana. Quite a few have been rented by us or requisitioned by Ethiopians. It is not easy for the others to get the boats."

Next, Ye Tian learned about some other things, and then ended the call.

Soon, the time has come to around five o'clock in the afternoon.

Joshua and the Bishop of Kent came together and brought good news.

After some communication and coordination, and paying a considerable price and a large amount of money, the Israeli government finally reached an agreement with the Tigray State and the Tiren Front.

The three-party joint exploration team can go to the holy city of Axum to start the next step of exploration.

The Ethiopian government representatives and religious representatives who accompanied the team were strictly limited in number.

After entering Tigray State, the external security of the tripartite joint exploratory team will be taken over by the Tigray State Police and the Timan Front. The Ethiopian government's military and police personnel are not allowed to enter the Tigray State.

If the tripartite joint exploration team finds the remaining part of Solomon’s treasure in Axum, the treasure will still be allocated according to the previous plan, but the Israeli government must make appropriate compensation to Tigray State.

For this result, Ye Tian naturally welcomes it.

If Solomon’s treasure and the Ark of the Covenant were discovered and compensated to Tigray State, it would not be the Brave Exploration Company.

Because of the complicated situation in Tigray Prefecture, Ye Tian didn't plan to bring too many men to Axum this time.

This is also the main reason why he kept a large number of company employees, and Matisse, in Lake Tana.

If there are too many people entering Tigray State, it will be difficult to evacuate in time if there is an accident, such as being besieged by the rapture or angry Orthodox believers.

If the number of people is small and precise, there is no such problem, and everyone can respond quickly.

In order to ensure that in case and for everyone's safety, Ye Tian also made a lot of preparations and arranged a lot of back-ups.

He arranged for some armed security personnel to sneak into Tigray State secretly, prepare for various emergencies, and arranged a safe evacuation route.

He arranged three routes just for safe evacuation.

Moreover, the security personnel on the three evacuation routes did not know each other, came from different security companies, and had no knowledge of the existence of security personnel on the other two lines.

After reporting the news, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent discussed with Ye Tian for a while to explore the next steps, and then left the luxurious suite.

As soon as they left, Ye Tian received news from his subordinates.

As he expected, in order to allow the tripartite joint exploratory team to enter Tigray State smoothly and launch an exploratory operation, Israel promised to provide a large amount of munitions to the Tiren Front.

These arms and materials were eliminated by the Israel Defense Forces, collected over the years, and have not had time to destroy them, and they happened to be used here.

It is conceivable that when this batch of munitions is transported to Tigray State and delivered, the strength of the People's Front will surely increase, and it will be more capable of confronting the Ethiopian government forces.

There is no doubt that this will bring disaster to the poor country of Ethiopia.

Hearing this news, Ye Tian felt a little heavy.

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It's about seven o'clock in the evening.

Several more guests came to visit, including the Minister of Culture and the President's Special Envoy of Ethiopia.

After meeting everyone, a few simple greetings came to the topic.

"Steven, you will leave Gondar tomorrow for the holy city of Axum in Tigray State. I hope that your trip will go well and you will find something in Axum.

Regarding the situation in Tigray State, I believe you also know something about it. Due to various reasons, the influence of the Ethiopian government in Tigray State is not as good as before.

If you really find Solomon’s treasure in the holy city of Aksum, and even the most holy thing, the Ark of the Covenant, how to deal with it, I hope you can communicate with us..."

The Minister of Culture of Ethiopia said that his expression was very solemn.

As soon as he said this, he was interrupted by Ye Tian.

"Mr. Minister, I want to declare here that the tripartite joint exploration team is going to Axum this time. If it really finds Solomon's treasure and the Ark of the Covenant, it would be better.

Due to the particularity of Axum and the particularity of the ark, our company will definitely avoid suspicion and will handle the treasure and the ark of the covenant and leave it to Israel and the Vatican.

In other words, we are only responsible for exploring the treasure, as long as we can ensure the interests of our company. In view of this, you should talk to Israel and the Vatican about these matters."

Hearing this, these high-ranking officials of the Ethiopian government couldn't help being stunned.

They looked at each other, all a little helpless.

Next, a religious leader tried to discuss this topic, but was stopped by Ye Tian.

In desperation, they can only change the subject.

"Steven, the antique cultural relics and works of art from Solomon's Treasures we photographed yesterday. I am afraid that we cannot transfer the auction money to your company in a short time. Our foreign exchange reserves are too tight!"

The Ethiopian President’s special envoy said.

Hearing this, Ye Tian laughed.

"This problem is actually very easy to solve. I am not going to hand over a large amount of tax to the Ethiopian government. The auction money you pay can be directly deducted from the tax that I should pay.

In this way, you will save trouble. You can still receive the remaining tax payable in the shortest time. That is a huge wealth, and it should be of no small use to you! "

"what--!"

Several high-ranking Ethiopian officials exclaimed in unison, staring at each other.

Without exception, their faces are a bit ugly.

These Ethiopians understand that no one should take advantage of this **** in front of them!

...

It's another new day, and the sky is clear.

Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian and his party descended from the upper floor, preparing to leave Gondar and head to the northern religious holy city of Aksum.

When entering the hotel lobby, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent were already waiting here.

In addition to them, there were several representatives of the Ethiopian government and religious circles who were preparing to go to Aksum with the joint exploration team.

And outside the hotel, the tripartite joint exploration team is ready and can set off at any time.

When he came to the lobby, Ye Tian glanced at the crowd, then smiled and said:

"Good morning, gentlemen, I'm glad to see you all here, I have kept everyone waiting"

"Good morning, Steven, your condition looks very good, this is a good sign"

Joshua nodded and said hello.

All the Israelis, including him, as well as everyone in the Vatican, are very excited and full of expectations at this time.

Contrary to them, those Ethiopians were full of worries and their expressions were extremely solemn.

After greeting everyone, Ye Tian pointed to the hotel entrance.

"Gentlemen, we can set off and embark on a new journey of exploration. I hope that this trip to Axum will have a surprisingly significant discovery!"

After speaking, he took David and his staff to the door.

Joshua and the Bishop of Kent looked at each other and followed with their men.

While they were talking, they had already walked out of the hotel door.

Seeing them coming out, the media reporters guarding the door of the hotel immediately scrambled to start asking questions loudly.

"Good morning, Steven, I am a reporter from Ethiopian National Television. According to reliable sources, you will go to the holy city of Axum to explore the treasures. What are your expectations for this trip?

As we all know, the relationship between the Ethiopian government and Tigray State and the Timan Front is very tense. What do you think of this situation? How do you plan to respond? "

"Good morning, Steven, I am a reporter from the National Television of Israel. Ethiopians have always believed that the Ark of the Covenant is enshrined in the Church of St. Mary in Axum. What do you think of this?"

Hearing the questions from these media reporters, Ye Tian immediately stopped.

He glanced at these guys, then said aloud:

"Ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media and journalists, I am very glad to meet you here, and thank you very much for your attention to this tripartite joint exploration operation.

Our joint exploration operation in Gondar has ended and the harvest is satisfactory. Next, we will head to the holy city of Axum, hoping to find something in this trip.

As for what I can find on this trip, I don’t know for the time being, so I can’t give any answers. Okay, that’s all I have to say, and I wish you all a good day! "

After speaking, he boarded the armored armored car parked beside him.

The other members of the tripartite joint exploration team also got on the train one after another.

After a while, this huge convoy took off suddenly, drove out of this hotel and headed for the holy city of Aksum in Tigray State!

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