Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"I decided to call you Lucky Boy from now on." After hearing Liang En tell the owner of this land, Dr. Caldwell was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile.

"Otherwise, there is really no way to explain how you obtained such a precious relic in such a short period of time after obtaining those golden collars."

After learning that this ruins now belonged to Liang En's private property, Dr. Caldwell immediately discussed with him the issue of the ownership of the Sun Cave.

The reason for this is that compared to movable treasures, although this kind of immovable relic is completely private, the private owner does not have complete right to dispose of this relic.

In other words, the owner of the ruins not only needs to spend a lot of time, money, and energy to maintain the ruins using methods prescribed by the state, but also has very few means to benefit from the ruins.

For example, this is the case with many ancient castles, so that the owners of those castles have to spend a lot of wealth on maintenance.

This is why you can see ancient castles being sold very cheaply in the news from time to time, and why Dr. Caldwell will discuss with Liang En about acquiring this ruins on behalf of the country.

Because for most people in this world, they simply cannot afford to support such relics.

Of course, Liang En still declined the doctor's acquisition request. Because he believes that this place is different from those castles or certain ruins, and it also has sufficient investment value.

After all, this is a ruins very close to the Antonine Great Wall. At the same time, because of the ancient Roman town, there is also a simple road built directly to a place not far from the Sun Cave, and the transportation is also convenient.

In addition, all movable cultural relics found in this ruins, such as gold foil and statues that can be moved themselves, will also be regarded as part of this ruins at this time and will not be separated from the ruins themselves.

More importantly, compared with those castles with huge spaces and complicated interiors, these sun caves are not only small in size, but also relatively simple in structure, so even the most expensive maintenance costs are not too high.

On the other hand, most of these relics have extremely high maintenance costs and extremely low yields. Therefore, the state's purchase price must have been severely suppressed.

To take the simplest example, a statue similar to the British Empire Museum's 100 cultural relics can be called a national treasure, but Dr. Caldwell is only willing to pay 1.7 million pounds for the entire site including the statue. purchase price.

To be honest, £1.7 million cannot be said to be a small amount of money no matter where it is placed, but compared to the value of this ruins, at least a zero must be added to the end of the number.

It is a pity that compared with movable cultural relics, the prices given for the acquisition of such immovable cultural relics are often very low. Even now, the 1.7 million pounds is still due to Liang En's reputation in archaeology. There may only be 1.5 million outsiders.

"To be honest, I also think it would be more appropriate for you to retain this relic." After completing the negotiations on behalf of the Scottish local government, Dr. Caldwell said to Liang En in a private capacity.

"After all, the content and location of your ruins are more suitable for future development, and the funds required for maintenance are not high. Keeping it in hand will obviously create greater value."

Of course, Dr. Caldwell's current job makes it not suitable for him to say such words. He just reminded him of this acquaintance because of his friendship with Liang En.

Liang En naturally appreciated Dr. Caldwell's reminder, so he also showed a friendly attitude during the subsequent archaeological work on the Sun Cave.

For example, it is different from the practice of many private landowners who charge a high price to those who conduct archaeological excavations and research on their own land, or otherwise prohibit research.

Liang En said that as long as they were willing to pay a series of taxes and fees on the land, he could hand over the ruins to professionals from Scotland for free research.

Because of Liang En's concession, everyone quickly reached a final agreement on the research work on this ruins: the museum announced that it would complete the research within one year, and at the same time pay the taxes and fees for the entire property on Liang En's behalf.

In addition, the museum also promised to complete the maintenance and upkeep of all cultural relics in the two sun caves at cost prices and hand them over to Liang En after the research is completed.

"So we should be very busy in the next year." On the way back to London after signing the agreement, Fan Meng drove the car and told Liang En, "Because we have to prepare for commercial investment after the development of this ruins. Money.”

"You are right. Fortunately, Count Bossit's commission to find Vinland was good. Judging from the previous cooperation, if we can complete the commission, the other party's reward will definitely not be small."

"Yes, the earl's money is indeed generous enough, but the prerequisite is to find the Viking American colony that now only exists in lost legends."

Fan Meng shook his head. He is not very optimistic about this matter, after all, this thing is just a legend. The only recognition was because Liang En took over this task.

At least during this period of contact, he realized that Liang En had unprecedented abilities when searching for various lost relics or treasures. He might be able to make the impossible possible.

"By the way, can you swim?" Speaking of the next task, Fan Meng suddenly asked something. "After all, the steward once said he would prepare a boat for us, which means we may need a sea voyage."

"I can swim, but my level is average. So I really need to improve on sea adventures." When Fan Meng mentioned this, Liang En shrugged and said. "I remember you were supposed to be good at this."

"I learned this when I was in the service, but to be honest, for modern sailors, you just need to learn to wear a life jacket and jump from the side of the ship. You don't necessarily have to learn to swim."

The reason why the military needs to practice swimming is because for military operations, some operations such as landing battles require soldiers to master this skill.

But for sailors on modern seagoing ships, swimming skills are not that important for surviving on the vast sea. The real core is the rescue of others. After all, you can't reach shore by swimming in the open sea.

"This is very interesting, because I remember that medieval sailors not only couldn't swim, but even avoided learning this skill." Liang En said with a smile.

"Why?" Fan Meng's curiosity was aroused. "It's understandable if they don't know how to swim. After all, not everyone can learn this skill. But why do they actively avoid learning this skill?"

"Because the superstitious legends in the past believed that once a person learns to swim, the sea will be thirsty for him after tasting his taste, and he will naturally be prone to shipwrecks when he goes to sea."

"A completely unscientific superstition." Fan Meng sneered at this statement. "It's just as unreasonable as banning women on ships in those days."

"You're right, but it's a pity that people were still in an ignorant era. They didn't have science to explain everything they encountered." Liang En smiled and shook his head. "So they have to fill the space with superstition."