Imperial Treasure-Chapter 919 - 557: Visitor

After that, he couldn’t be stopped, running wild all over the world: the Bermuda Triangle, the Egyptian Pyramids, the largest and fiercest cannibal tribe in the Amazon.

He visited them all, "Been there, done that!"

Thirty years have passed; he is now sixty, owning four private museums, with assets difficult to estimate. It’s said that a bigwig on a certain wealth list hinted that even without relying on the family fortune he inherited, the treasures hidden in his home could rank him among the world’s top 100.

--If he was willing to disclose these treasures.

But he wasn’t willing, feeling that such precious items shouldn’t be insulted with dirty objects like the US Dollar, Pound, or RMB.

A major recent event involving this super-tycoon concerns his adventure three months ago.

"International top collector Mr. Frank obtained a rather mysterious treasure in a secret location in Cambodia, including..."

Mo Ke handed the newspaper in his hand to Sui Yi.

There was a rather extensive report, including more than a dozen images.

"These are the treasures he obtained during this adventure. Some have already been authenticated by relevant international departments, with considerable value. Look at this Bronze ware, from the Great Shang period in China, and this..."

Mo Ke’s finger fell on the paper spread in Sui Yi’s hand, and as they looked, he smiled: "Did you notice anything?"

"Three-fifths belong to China’s ancient artifacts, and all of them are from the Shang Dynasty."

"Right."

Mo Ke sat on a fabric sofa on the dormitory balcony, squinting slightly in the sunlight, looking rather content.

"According to Frank himself, more than half of the treasures he acquired in this adventure belong to China. It might be because it was indeed a very powerful period for China at the time, but there’s an interesting doubt."

"The treasure’s quantity is enormous. For example, this Bronze ware: the Qiu Cow Horn, already huge in size and weight. With the transportation abilities of the time, crossing a province was difficult enough, let alone reaching Cambodia, which was beyond the Great Shang’s territory."

Then, there was only one mode of transportation.

"Maritime transport," Sui Yi said calmly.

"Exactly," Mo Ke nodded.

"’Records of the Grand Historian.’ Wu Qi’s biography records the Shang Dynasty’s territory: ’to the left is Meng Gate, to the right is the Taihang Mountains, Chang Mountain to its north, and the great river flows to its south.’ In pre-Shang times, the Shang clan served as vassals to the Xiahou clan, with a feudal land of seventy to one hundred li. In ancient times, the Huaxia people of the Central Plains and foreign tribes formed a jumbled situation. The northern border of late Shang was in the Yishui basin, reaching the Taihang foothills in the west, extending to the Qinshui basin southwest, with the southern border south of Shangqiu and the eastern border west of Qufu. Even if it was a vast territory, it did not reach Cambodia. If maritime transport was needed, how big would the ships have to be, and how much carrying capacity would they need? There must have been a fleet, and this fleet must have been powerful enough to fearlessly encounter pirates common in maritime transport, eventually reaching Cambodia."

"Interestingly, Cambodia was not particularly powerful in history. Even during the Khmer Empire’s peak, it did not have the economic power to entice merchants from the Great Shang to travel so far for maritime trade."

"Unless they had special trade needs, or this maritime transport was solely for the purpose of a one-way transaction."

So the question arises.

Who transported such a massive amount of treasures from the Great Shang to Cambodia, and what kind of person had the courage to accept such a large-scale, high-value treasure?

It must be noted that most of these Bronze wares and treasures were not within an ordinary person’s reach.

Royal artifacts, whether jade or bronze, were reserved exclusively for the Royal family.

"This discovery has caused a massive stir among international historians, whether due to maritime transport over such distances not aligning with the sociopolitical power of the Great Shang period, or due to the historical value of these treasures... our Chinese cultural circles are truly shaken."

"Of course, among these treasures, it’s not solely Chinese treasures that take the lead; other items can drive countries wild as well."

Sui Yi had already seen these images.

Whether Egyptian, Roman, or from some ancient civilizations, these treasures were all concentrated in a secret location in Cambodia.

This is a treasure of international significance.

"It’s like digging up the tomb of an ancient super collector," Xia Yan commented with significant interest.