American Warehouse Taobao King
Chapter 501: [Knowing a foreign language is very important]
Wandering around the black market, Yang Yong suddenly stopped in front of a stall. Almost knocked down Smith, who was following behind, and looked at this stall selling some African antiques in surprise.
How to say it is an African antique because the stalls are selling some weird-looking things. It has also been some years, and there are many masks and statues, and some metal products are very wild and have African characteristics.
But the odd thing is not these things, but a copper cylinder that resembles the closed brass barrel used for maps hundreds of years ago. Twenty centimeters are five centimeters in diameter, with something a bit like Catholicism carved on it. Including angels! Musical instrument! Some auspicious clouds or crosses.
This cylinder looks a few years old, with some speckled rust on it, which looks very weird. This thing shouldn't be on the black market in Africa, it should be in a museum in Europe. When he saw this cylinder, Yang Yong became interested. He squatted on the ground and picked up the copper cylinder. He weighed the weight in his hand. Not too light, at least one kilogram or more.
When Yang Yong was looking obsessed, he did not expect the black stall owner to speak fluent American English and introduce to Yang Yong with a smile. "Sir, you have good eyesight. This copper map barrel is already some years old. It is conservatively estimated to be around three hundred years. It is very rare. If you are interested, we can discuss it."
300 years should be conservatively estimated, because Yang Yong has passed through too many antiques. The more you see it, the more knowledge you will have. Yang Yong estimates that the antique age is nine out of ten, and this map bucket will definitely be more than three hundred years old. It is a rare good thing. The carving on it has a little religious color. It seems that it is either from Spain or a Catholic country like Portugal.
But there is nothing to praise just looking at the appearance of the map bucket. The important thing is whether there is a complete map in it. This is the most important point. It was very laborious to open the opening of the map bucket. Inside was a nautical chart made of sheepskin.
The distribution map of the islands on the front is relatively close today, with a difference of almost 30%. It was more than 300 years when I thought of this map at least. The maps at that time were not as detailed and accurate as they are now, so the maps were only 70% similar.
The islands and oceans drawn on the map are very accurate, but there is a series of map introductions written in European characters in the upper right corner of the sheepskin map. The script is very weird, a bit like Spanish but some of the letters are different.
Yang Yong did not know and asked the butler Scott, who had learned from behind him. Also did not get an accurate answer, do not know what is written above? I don't know what kind of script it was written in.
Now it’s hard to do what is this map for? Just as Yang Yong was squatting on the ground holding this sheepskin map and was at a loss, a very careful question suddenly came from behind him.
"Sir, I know, this is the text on the map, it's written in Portuguese. But because of the time, the ink on the map is a little fuzzy and it can be translated 80%. It takes science to figure out what's written on it. The equipment is checked and a complete answer can be obtained.”
Ouch! Yang Yong looked back in surprise and saw that it was a newly hired bodyguard of a retired Navy SEAL officer. The name is Sebastian, Gertus, and he said something that made him feel very incredible. If I remember correctly, Sebastian should be a Spaniard, how could he know the Portuguese on the map.
But Yang Yong didn't come up with a reason for Sebastian to deceive him, but he asked incredulously. "Mr. Sebastian, if I remember correctly, he should be of Hispanic descent. Immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was ten years old before joining the SEALs and retiring a year and a half ago. You came to us three months ago. The Yang family acts as bodyguards, I don't know if what I said is correct."
Sebastian thought again that Yang Yong had memorized all his information in his mind in detail, and came when he saw Yang Yong open his mouth. Sebastian is not only not nervous, but also feels very honored that Yang Yong, a billionaire with a lot of opportunities, can remember the details of a very ordinary bodyguard in his family. How rare this is, Sebastian found a sense of identity in Yang Yong, and said very moved.
"I didn't expect you to remember my details, sir, and it moved me. You are right. I am Spanish, my father is Spanish, but my mother is Portuguese. So I was bilingual since I was a child, After all, there is only an imaginary border between Spain and Portugal. I am a primitive inhabitant of the Belgian Peninsula, and there are many places where the cultures of the two countries blend with each other.”
Ouch, talent! Although the father is Spanish, the mother is Portuguese. But whether it is Spanish or Portuguese, the grammar and the literal meaning are very different. The one who can mix Spanish and Portuguese, only the natives of Iberia can do it. In particular, there are a lot of Portuguese jiliguala, which also express the meaning of ten Chinese characters. You can imagine how difficult Portuguese is to understand.
Since Sebastian is so confident, Yang Yong didn't care that a language expert appeared among his bodyguards, he handed the map to him and asked with a smile. "Then, Mr. Sebastian, what does it mean that it is written in Portuguese on the map. What is this nautical chart for? What is the exact time of the year?"
It is a great respect for Yang Yong, a billionaire, to be called Mr. The bodyguards around are very likely to be able to solve the problem raised by Yang Yong. How can Sebastian, an ordinary bodyguard like them, be able to reach the sky in one step. You can step up to the sky, you can get the boss's attention, and if you perform well, you can enter the core circle of the Yang family, then it is really smoke from the ancestral grave.
Because the sheepskin map is too long, coupled with the erosion of water vapor in these years. Many of the ink marks on it will be blurred and difficult to identify, but Sebastia took a closer look and slowly said the introduction on this sheepskin. What people did not expect is that this sheepskin map has such a big background. .
Like the Spencer treasure map that Yang Yong found the golden cannon, this sheepskin map actually depicts a treasure map. Some information about the treasure location is marked on it in Portuguese, because the introduction on the map is too mysterious, and there are many owners who have obtained this map for hundreds of years. No one will be foolish enough to believe any information drawn on this exaggerated treasure map, because it is too exaggerated and unbelievable, and no one believes it.
Yang Yong, who got the correct answer, rewarded Mr. Sebastian on the spot regardless of whether he believed what was said on the map. Becoming a new bodyguard can be said to make Sebastian ascend to the sky in one step. When several of the bodyguards came forward to congratulate, Sebastian actually said this.
"Learning a foreign language is very important, the boss needs to remember it firmly", several bodyguards were almost not intimidated.
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