According to Li Du's inquiries, this set of silver armor was estimated to be worth about 500,000 US dollars.
500,000 US dollars was not a small amount. He was not a millionaire yet, but it was not very useful to him.
This was because he did not buy a house or land in the United States. He had only bought a few cars and two employees. He did not spend much on anything and had plenty of money on him.
Relatively speaking, if he donated this armor, he would gain more.
After donating it to the local museum, he could gain fame and the museum would give him a commendation. In this way, if he wanted to emigrate or do something else in the future, the museum could help him get in touch with the officials.
Secondly, it could be tax-deductible. All along, Big Fox had been paying taxes on their behalf. With their income, the amount of taxes they had to pay was terrifying.
Li Du's main focus was on these two items. As long as they were in his hands, his plan could be considered a success.
When Sophie heard that he was going to donate something to the museum, she immediately became interested and asked, "What are you going to donate?"
Li Du said, "A set of armor. It should have some value. If there's a chance, let your dad take a look."
Sophie asked curiously. Li Du did not hide anything from her and told her part of the truth. He did not talk about his feud with Frank York and the others, nor did he mention where the swindlers got the armor. He only said that he killed a group of swindlers and got the armor.
After hearing this, the lady doctor said in admiration, "You're amazing. You identified the swindlers and even punished them. That's so cool."
Li Du smiled and said, "They reaped what they sowed. I was lucky this time. Otherwise, I might have been fooled."
Sophie nodded in agreement. "I've met swindlers before. They're so evil. They cheated us of a batch of equipment that we donated to the community hospital and made us lose tens of thousands of dollars!"
After chatting about the swindlers they had met in their lives, they talked about the armor.
Sophie said, "Donating to the museum was the right choice. Don't get me wrong. I'm not asking people to donate their things to the museum. It's just that it's dangerous to keep this armor in your hands."
Li Du had the same thought as her. Obviously, they were not stupid.
On the way, Sophie called her parents and learned that Li Du was going to donate a piece of valuable silver armor. The Martins were interested and took the initiative to drive to Sophie's house.
Li Du took out the armor and placed it in the living room. Sophie used a dry rag to wipe the dust and stains off the joints of the armor.
Pushing open the door and seeing the armor, the little old man quickly walked over and flipped through it.
After a brief look, he determined the identity of the armor. "Very good, this is the winged cavalry armor of the Grand Duchy of Poland. Its exterior is plated with a silver layer, and there is a family emblem on it. Clearly, this is the armor of a noble winged cavalry."
Li Du asked, "How old is it? What was the Winged Cavalry? Cavalry with wings? "
Mr. Martin said, "Let me answer your second question first. If you understand the second question, then you will understand the first question."
After a pause, he licked his lips. Li Du pretended to be listening attentively. In the end, he opened his mouth and said, "Sophie, my dear girl, everyone is going to have a history seminar. There's not even coffee?"
The female doctor, who was playing with Ah Ow, raised her head and made a face at him. She walked into the kitchen and soon came out with piping hot coffee and snacks.
"What a good girl," Mr. Martin said with a smile. He took a sip of coffee and began to explain.
"As I said, this armor belongs to the Duchy of Poland. The Duchy of Poland is in Eastern Europe, and cavalry has always played an important role in the armies of the Eastern European countries.
"However, the equipment of the Polish cavalry is somewhat different from that of other countries. Because they needed to participate in European Catholic affairs, as an Eastern European country, their equipment also absorbed some of the technology brought by the military development of Western European countries.
"Next, I will introduce the military forces of Lithuania. Be prepared, this winged cavalry armor is related to a long period of history."
Li Du asked, "It is also related to Lithuania?"
"Yes, Poland and Lithuania have joined the Union many times in history. This armor is a product of the Union. At that time, with the increasing threat of the Ottoman Empire and the Grand Duchy of Moscow to Poland, Poland and Lithuania carried out a union.
Mr. Martin said, "After that, as the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Stephen Báthory had to face a huge problem, which was how to combine the existing important cavalry forces of Poland and Lithuania into a cavalry force that could adapt to the battlefield in western Europe and Eastern Europe."
"The solution that Stephen Báthory came up with was to bring the style of hussars from Hungary and some of the cavalry combat system from the Ottoman Empire into the Union to form an army of hussars.
"In the past, the military nobles of Poland and Lithuania were integrated into the new cavalry army. During this period, plate armor, lobster armor, plate chainmail armor, and this is what you see now."
As he spoke, he patted the shining silver armor on the ground.
Hearing this, Sophie, who was carrying Ah Ow, turned around and asked curiously, "This is a breastplate? Isn't this a chainmail? "
Mr. Martin smiled and said, "No, it is not completely a breastplate, nor is it completely a chainmail. It is considered a new armor that is a combination of both.
"In addition to the armor, there was a need to redesign the weapons. In order to improve the mobility of the cavalry, the heavy but powerful Western European lance disappeared from the Polish-Lithuanian hussars and was replaced by a long hollow lance."
Li Du picked up the silver lance that had been broken into a few pieces and said, "This is it?"
"Yes, it's this type of lance. It's a weapon commonly used by the Poles. It's longer than the heavy lances of Western Europe, but at the same time, it's much slimmer than the heavy lances. It's intimidating and lethal."
"At this point, our theme has been revealed. The combined cavalry army became a new and effective killing force on the European battlefield. The brand new Polish-Lithuanian hussars quickly became an invincible sword of the Federation on the battlefield."
"Although the new armor and weapons were effective in combat, the nobles were not satisfied with their monotonous appearance. Some of the hussars gradually began to wear ornaments made of feathers."
Mr. Martin picked up the armor and flipped it over to reveal the back.
There was a clip on the back of the armor. Li Du had not noticed it before. Now that he saw it, he suddenly understood and said, "The feather ornaments are inserted here?"
"Yes and no," Mr. Martin said. "This is used to insert wooden strips. The feather ornaments are inserted on the wooden strips and are not in direct contact with the armor.
"After the feathers are inserted on the wooden strips, they spread out to the sides and look like two wings. Hence, the hussars were later called winged cavalry, and this armor was also called winged cavalry armor.
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