Reborn As a Pirate

Chapter 64: Focas Gold Coin

   "While you were exploring the ruins, I found a small road, right here..."

   As he said, Yacharin took Lorraine forward, around a screen-like mountain wall, and turned into a sea cliff canyon that was only ten meters wide but three or four hundred meters long, facing the island.

   There is a steep plank road winding and sticking to the cliff on the edge of the cliff. It rises and falls from time to time, and there is no obvious trace of artificial excavation, but the width is exceptionally consistent, and people dare not rule out the possibility of artificial.

   It descends first. It is wet and slippery for more than 100 meters. Obviously it will only appear when the tide is low. It climbs up the trough, jumps out of the water again, and becomes dry and straight.

   Lorraine climbed up with Yacharin, climbed to the highest point in the middle section of the Gorge, bypassing the half arc, and then saw the end of the Gorge.

   A sea cave.

   The deep sea cave stands at the end of the gorge, and the undulating plank road goes deep into the cave.

   Lorraine squinted his eyes and looked inside, only to see the darkness, and asked Acharin softly, "Have you been in?"

   "No, but the sailor found this at the entrance of the cave."

  Acharin handed Lorraine a gold coin.

  The fineness of the gold coin is very old, round and flake. On the front is a bust of a man wearing a crown and long beard, with crosses on both sides and an inscription [FOCAS] on the left edge.

On the back of    is the winged Victory Statue. The goddess holds a long-handled hook in her right hand and a sphere with a standing cross in her left hand, with an inscription [CTQPIA] on the left edge.

   "This is the tyrant... the gold coin minted in the centurion Focas era?"

   Centurion Focas was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire at the beginning of the 7th century. He reigned between the Justinian and Heraklion dynasties in just a short period of 8 years.

   He was originally an aristocratic general in the Byzantine Empire. He took the throne through mutiny by the army, but was replaced by the Heraklion family in the same way, failing to establish a real dynasty.

   This is a remote history.

   If it weren't for the European aristocratic lineages mostly originated in Rome, the heraldry compulsory for the children of the aristocracy also has a large space to interpret the inheritance of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire, Lorraine would never understand this.

Now, he is not only familiar with these, but also knows that the gold coins minted during the Focas period have always been popular among collectors and Roman enthusiasts because of their exquisiteness and color. Each coin can be called a treasure. .

  Such a thing...Why does it appear outside the sea cave in Hebassi?

   "The wizard who gave gold coins...the treasure of the wolf of kings..."

  ……

   Lorraine led the people back to the ruins and returned to Xiangfeng camp by boat.

   There may be treasures of Inge Arnason in the sea cave, which makes exploring the sea cave a dangerous thing, and the danger is not limited to the exploration.

   He didn't dare to do it rashly, so he urgently picked up Karen and Noya, and gathered the seamen to discuss major issues.

  As the night was approaching, Karen and Yacharin announced to the sailors on behalf of Lorraine at the two camps that they would recruit volunteers.

  The expedition team found a treasure trove of pirates. It may be life-threatening, or it may hide huge profits.

   Generous President Drake decided to share this joy with every sailor, and the rewards of exploration will benefit everyone.

   In order to ensure the fairness of the benefits, they formed the Contract Council overnight.

   Lorraine was the representative of the Chamber of Commerce, and Karen was the representative of the seafarers. The two of them discussed the distribution plan of the expedition together with five representatives of the sailors. After several bargaining, they announced the specific distribution principles.

   There are four principles:

  一. The Chamber of Commerce has the ownership of all treasures found.

  2. The General Chamber of Commerce proposes an expedition guarantee of 1,000 pounds, and will convert the actual weight into gold pounds according to the final weighing of the harvest, without a cap.

3. After the conversion, the gold pound will be divided into four parts, 50% belong to the General Chamber of Commerce, 20% belong to all the personnel affiliated to the Chamber of Commerce on Hebasil Island, 20% belong to the twenty brave people who participated in the adventure, and 10% belong to the exclusive The wounded and the dead during the expedition are allocated in three to seven.

  4. The one should be settled on the second day after returning to Southampton, and shall not be in arrears.

   In order to prove sincerity, everyone will sign a sacred contract for the distribution of stolen goods in accordance with the above principles. The two shareholders of the General Chamber of Commerce, Lorraine and Pierce, will be Party A, except for them, all those who have the right to distribute the stolen goods will become Party B.

   This is a fair contract for everyone.

  The profits of the priority gainers are stable, but there is no room for upside; the bottom-up trader takes the corresponding risks when the project starts, but in exchange for the opportunity to obtain high profits and enjoy the dividends alone.

  The sailors who have no culture and have difficult livelihoods cannot understand and have no channels to discover the artistic premium of the high-end collection market. They cannot discover the true value of antique gold wares.

   is different from the previous Pistor.

  According to the social circle of sailors, once any gold ware has a history of more than three hundred years, they only have the value of gold itself.

   Having this contract is different.

  The expedition has not yet begun. The 125 people on the ship have jointly owned a guaranteed income of £200 and enjoy the benefits.

   The 20 people who participated in the adventure, whether they live or die, will receive at least an additional £10 each, which is equivalent to a huge reward of four months' salary.

  The wounded can even split at least 30 pounds in the condolence money, everyone has some expectations; although the deceased can split at least 70 pounds equally, no one wants it.

   They even have a reasonable and uncapped appreciation space.

   What about Lorraine?

If there is really Inge Arnason’s treasure in the sea cave~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Thousands of years of history will make these gold wares upgraded to high-end collections, and they will extend an unparalleled amount in the field of art. Premium.

   The weight of a standard Focas gold coin is 4.5 grams, which is only equivalent to 0.6 pounds, but its market value has stabilized at 60 to 80 pounds throughout the year.

  Lorraine does not know the details, but he knows that the gold wares of this period generally have a premium of more than fifty times its own, and those with high artistic value or special history can easily reach a hundred times.

   From this premium, he only needs to harvest 20 pounds of gold in the adventure without losing money, and the more he finds, the greater the profit. The General Chamber of Commerce is almost destined to enjoy all the bonuses discovered by this accident.

   This is what Lorraine wants, to enjoy huge profits, without leaving his team with hidden dangers due to financial gaps.

he made it.

  Fair negotiation process, excellent contract content, huge hidden profit...

   Everyone was satisfied with the content of the contract and rushed to sign a name on the sacred contract, and then Karen, who had the qualifications of a Catholic priest, publicly announced the establishment of the contract, which gave this golden contract divinity.

   The next selection of the adventure team is also very smooth, Lorraine, Hina, Noah, Acharin, a six-pound short gun, and sixteen capable and strong excellent sailors.

   They were given the privilege of being off-duty tonight, enjoying full food and drinking. After daybreak, they will take two assault boats into the sea cave and explore the treasures hidden in Hebasil Island together.

   Blind optimism and anticipation permeated the camp. Adventurers listened to the waves and fell into dreams... There is only heaven, no danger.

   Then, the night faded...

  

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