Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

Liang En originally thought that the matter would be over as soon as the two parties handed over the things, but what he didn't expect was that this team of soldiers and archaeologists came hoping that they could stay for a few more hours.

The reason for this situation is that the other party did not know the value of this stone tablet and the importance of the entire mine before coming, so now after seeing it, he immediately requested reinforcements from his superiors.

The same reason for keeping Liang En and the others was, on the one hand, to achieve the purpose of mutual supervision, and on the other hand, to temporarily lend their manpower to temporarily guard this precious place.

"Those guns of the security personnel shouldn't cause any problems, right?" While everyone was starting to set up defenses, Liang En walked up to Scood and asked in a low voice.

Because all the weapons carried by these security personnel are illegally imported. Therefore, once the official forces from Egypt come over, it is likely to cause some trouble.

"No problem. Now we have discussed it and said that these guns are the weapons of the Coptic militia and we are only temporarily borrowing them for safety reasons." Skold smiled.

"Now our discovery is probably the top archaeological discovery in Egypt in the past half century, second only to the Rashid Stone that you dug out last time. So for small issues like holding a gun, you only need to find a passable excuse. That’s fine, no one will delve into this aspect.”

"It makes sense." Liang En nodded. Obviously, things related to human relationships are very similar all over the world. For example, this is the way of ignoring small things when encountering big things.

Obviously, the Egyptian side valued this stone tablet much more highly than Liang En had previously imagined. Just two hours later, two Mi-17 helicopters and two Ka-25 helicopters appeared in the sky.

When these helicopters arrived in the valley, two armed helicopters immediately began patrolling, while two other transport helicopters quickly landed on a nearby flat land and delivered an elite team and a team of archaeologists.

As soon as it hit the ground, these people took action: they took the gold-plated stone tablet out of the cabin and transported it to a helicopter. Then two helicopters took off into the sky and flew in formation with the armed helicopters in the direction they came from.

However, the arrival of this group of people did not mean the end of all matters. It was not until a team of six trucks arrived the next day that Liang En and the others completely completed the handover and returned to the Coptic village.

When their car drove into the village, almost everyone in the village came out to greet them, because these Copts believed that this mine would light up the future path of the Copts in this region.

What was even more unexpected was that when they walked into the courtyard of Daniel's house as the village chief, Liang En found that standing side by side with Daniel's father was the housekeeper Robuchon who had come from France.

Soon, everyone sat in a circle in the living room of Daniel's house, and then began to discuss the turquoise mine.

"I have engineers who have been engaged in the mining industry among my team members." The first person to speak was Scood. He showed everyone the photos he had taken previously on a tablet computer and talked about the content of the mining area exploration. .

"According to this engineer's judgment, although the ancient Egyptians mined there for two thousand years, the actual number of gemstones mined was not particularly large."

"Now, there is still a large amount of turquoise in that mining area, which is extremely shallow and has high commercial mining value. According to his estimate, the entire mining area can be mined for 7 to 8 years."

It has to be said that Mr. Scold's prospectors are elite enough, because in Liang En's previous life, this mine was discovered by the British in 1845, and was subsequently mined on a large scale from 1854 to 1866.

After that, the French mined intermittently for a period of time, until the British obtained a concession in 1903 and carried out large-scale mining again, but this time the minerals were completely exhausted after only one or two years of mining.

Since then, all mining of local turquoise has failed. In other words, the British have carried out industrial mining for fifteen or sixteen years and the French have scattered all the turquoise in the entire mining area.

If modern technological progress is taken into account, the inference that the ore left in this mine can be mined for 7-8 years can be said to be very accurate.

"Seven to eight years?" After hearing this, Daniel's father became a little frustrated, because such a short mining time would not be particularly strong in stimulating the local economy.

"I think that mining area may not be able to carry out modern mining." Liang En said suddenly at this time. "Don't forget, the entire mining area is now an ancient relic, and large-scale mechanized and blasting mining should not be allowed."

"More importantly, the value of this stone does not lie in the stone itself." Liang En picked up a turquoise sample on the table and told everyone.

"This is the world's first turquoise mine and a witness to ancient Egyptian civilization. Its added value is much higher than the value of the gem itself."

"Yes, apart from their texture, the value of gems mainly comes from their cultural background." Steward Robuchon nodded.

"For example, the Chinese are after a kind of gem called Hetian jade, but this thing is not very popular in Europe. This situation occurs because of cultural differences."

"This kind of stone, which can be said to come from the same source as the turquoise carried by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, contains great cultural value. If it is properly promoted, it can generate several times the value."

"You are right, so I think the second plan proposed by my subordinates is more suitable." After listening to what Liang En and the others said, Mr. Scood changed the topic and came up with the second plan.

"The overall mining time of the second set of plans will be as long as half a century, and a large number of manpower will be mobilized." Mr. Scold quickly sent a document to Liang En's mobile phones.

"Compared to the first option, this option consumes more time and costs more. But the overall benefits that can be obtained are also much higher than the first option -"

After everyone read the contents of the document, Mr. Scord immediately talked about his plan. According to the plan, the mining area will be mined manually with a small amount of machinery, eliminating the impact of most mining areas on the ruins.

In addition, considering that if the roads are slightly improved, the mining area will only take more than an hour by car from the Sinai Peninsula Korean Peninsula Highway, so the tourism value of the mining area can be fully developed.

To achieve this goal, they need to build publicity for this turquoise from the Sinai Peninsula from now on and find a partner that can ensure the security of the entire region.

"Don't worry, we can provide the safety and manpower of this place." Daniel's father thought about it solemnly at this time, and then seriously assured everyone present.

"Due to the harsh local environment, many of our young people have no choice but to go to surrounding cities to work, and then they are discriminated against because of their identity as Copts."

"So as long as this place is developed, I can guarantee that we will recruit 3,000 young people to serve the entire construction within a week."