"Hi, Chen, have you eaten?"
Chen Zhao felt that Pierce had purposely gone to learn how Chinese people greeted each other, but it was too awkward coming from a foreigner.
"Mr. Pierce, if you have anything to say, just say it. My time is very precious."
"Chen, don't be so distant. We've gone through adventures and hardships together. I thought we were friends now."
"Friend, please say what you want," Chen Zhao replied impatiently.
Friend? Chen Zhao really didn't dare to be friends with an old fox like Pierce.
"I want to buy a few things from you."
"What things?"
"The China ink painting, the nautical diary, and the copper smoker."
Chen Zhao was surprised. The copper smoker had been sold long ago, and it wasn't cheap either.
The ink painting and the nautical diary were still lying in the space ring. Could it be that there was something special about the ink painting and diary?
The painting had been planned to hang in the bedroom of his new home, while the diary had been appraised by Mr. Doman. The conclusion was that it was worthless.
It had neither artistic nor historical value.
Suddenly, Chen Zhao thought of something. Pierce Nance hadn't seen the painting before.
Chen Zhao was Chinese, so he naturally chose the painting.
So, Pierce didn't know the contents of the painting, so he didn't need it at all.
The copper smoker had been auctioned through Mr. Doman's company. It wasn't a secret.
So, Pierce South didn't want the ink painting or the copper incense burner. Instead, he wanted the diary that Mr. Doman had said was worthless.
He'd mentioned these three things to confuse Chen Zhao and prevent him from raising the price.
The owner of the diary was a 17th century Spanish sailor called Vela Cambris. It was a nautical diary.
"Sorry," Chen Zhao said. "I've already sold these three things."
It seemed that he had to find someone to appraise the diary again and translate the contents.
"Chen, I'm willing to pay a high price."
"Oh, what price?" Chen Zhao asked.
"How about $400,000?"
Chen Zhao kept rolling his eyes on the other end of the phone. Was he playing dumb or was he really dumb?
When Mr. Doman bought the smoker, the price was three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
He offered four hundred thousand dollars, which meant that he only offered fifty thousand dollars for the diary that he really needed.
Of course, this could confuse the other party, but once the other party saw through his true intentions, they would only resist him.
To put it bluntly, this old fox wanted to get what he wanted, but he didn't forget to take advantage of it.
"Sorry, goodbye."
"Wait … Chen, let's talk."
"Alright, old fox, if your next sentence can't move me, then I'll put your phone number into the blacklist."
"Don't be like this. Didn't we have a good time working together last time?"
"Goodbye."
"Do you want the royal treasure?"
"In the movies?"
"Come on, it's a real royal treasure. Do you know the War of Succession in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries?"
"I don't know."
"To put it simply, England, France, Holland and Austria are all involved in the war."
"Isn't it a fight for the throne of Spain? What does it have to do with the other countries? "
"Anyway, it's an impotent king called Carlos II who has no descendants. He plans to give the throne to the grandson of the French king's sister, Maria Teresa. However, in his will, France and Spain can never be united. Then, England feels that France wants to dominate Europe, so they don't want it and cause trouble.
"There's also Leopold the First, who's also the Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary. He wants his second son, Archduke Charles, to inherit the throne of Spain. He thinks that when Spanish princess Maria Teresa married King Louis XIV of France, she promised that she and her descendants would give up the throne of Spain forever."
"Get to the point."
Chen Zhao's head was in a mess. Anyway, European royals loved marriage alliances and all sorts of problems after that.
"In the end, the Spanish and French alliance lost to the anti-French alliance. The Philip family was worried that they would be wiped out, so they let one of their sons escape from Spain and start a life on the sea. The son changed his name to Bela Cambris."
"And then?"
"Bela Cambris looks like an ordinary sailor, but he's actually the leader of a pirate fleet. Between 1714 and 1740, he attacked more than 100 merchant ships in Spanish waters."
"So, this diary doesn't record the royal treasure, but the pirate treasure?" Chen Zhao asked.
Pierce was silent for a moment and then answered, "Yes."
Chen Zhao could feel that Pierce was hiding something from him. He asked, "Then, did this Bela Cambris bring any keepsake when he was escaping? Something that could prove his identity? "
If a member of the Royal Family was on the run, they would at least bring some items of the Royal Family with them to prove their identity when necessary. This was in line with the normal plot.
Besides, Pierce South kept saying that it was a royal treasure.
Chen Zhao would never believe that the treasure had nothing to do with the royal family.
Pierce finally said, "Philip is the grandson of Louis XIV of the Bourbon Dynasty. He arranged for his son to escape and also gave the King of the Sun's Golden Chalice that Louis XIV gave him to his son."
Chen Zhao knew that there was a French King Louis XIV who called himself the King of the Sun. Anyway, he'd been really arrogant when he was on the throne.
"King of the Sun's Golden Chalice?" Chen Zhao touched his chin. "So, the most valuable thing is this King of the Sun's Golden Chalice?"
"No, it's precious, but it can't be sold for money."
"Why?"
"Because it's a magic tool. It's made with the blood of 100 of the most powerful witches. Anyone who drinks the wine in the King of the Sun's Golden Chalice can obtain all the magic of a witch. The King of the Sun's Golden Chalice can create 100 powerful magic warriors. Of course, if the magic warriors die, the magic will return to the King of the Sun's Golden Chalice."
"You want the King of the Sun's Golden Chalice?"
"That's right. Of course, we can share it."
"But this diary was burned. Because I appraised it once, the appraiser said that it was useless, so I didn't keep it carefully. Last time, my house was set on fire. You should have heard about it. The diary was placed in my house, but it was destroyed in the explosion."
"What? How could you be so careless with such a precious diary? "
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