Chapter 536: It's All My Wealth (Asking for a Monthly Pass, Asking for a Recommendation)
The perspective was over quickly, and the process was very short,
In order to be on the safe side and not leave any flaws, Ye Tian did not touch any firearm or box, so as not to be discovered by the old guy Thompson.
Not every crate here was full of firearms, and he also found a dozen empty boxes with nothing in them.
The rifles in the box have all disappeared, including the Kentucky long rifle and the French Charleville infantry gun, adding up to dozens of them!
Judging by the traces left behind, these rifles did not disappear in the eighteenth century, but have only been lost here in recent decades!
Clearly, the guns must have been taken out of here by Thompson and into the antique market.
Even thirty years ago, these new 18th-century guns were worth a lot of money! Perhaps that's where Thompson and Andrew's art crimes got started.
After finishing the perspective, Ye Tian immediately took out his mobile phone and took pictures of these crates and the text messages on the boxes for video evidence!
Then he turned and walked away!
He was very cautious when he left, and he covered up the footprints he had left in front of the crates, leaving nothing suspicious.
Mattis: They had been watching his movements on the surveillance screen, but they didn't make a noise.
It wasn't until he left the crates that Matisse couldn't wait to ask:
"Steven, tell me what you saw, what's in those crates, is it an antique firearm, and how much is it worth?"
"That's right, it's full of antique guns, and it's brand new antique rifles, including Kentucky long rifles and improved French Charleville infantry guns, adding up to hundreds or thousands!
The original owners of these guns were the 'Society of the Children of Liberty', who ordered them in Pennsylvania in 1783, but that was before, and now these guns are supposed to be ownerless antique firearms.
In the future, when negotiating with the FBI, this batch of antique guns is also our goal, don't look at the unit price of these antique guns, but the total number adds up to a considerable number.
If they are sold separately, there should be no problem in selling these antique guns for 20 to 30 million US dollars, but if they appear on the market in large quantities, I am afraid they will not be able to sell so much! After all, scarcity is expensive!
As long as the source is legitimate, these antique firearms should be handled very well and are very popular, and antique firearms collectors, major Hollywood studios, museums, etc., are ideal for sale."
Ye Tian quickly explained a few words and did not hide anything.
"Wow! Antique guns are worth so much, that's a windfall! I don't really understand why Thompson didn't sell these antique guns?"
Mattis asked curiously, as did the rest of the guys.
It's not hard to understand that Thompson is a pastor, and if he suddenly has a large number of brand-new, valuable antique firearms, it will be a cause for concern!
He has too many secrets, and I am afraid that he is the last person in the world who wants to attract the attention of the outside world! That's why he doesn't dare to fight the idea of these antique firearms, or sell them in large quantities.
For him, selling these antique firearms in one or two or three or five pieces piecemeal is not only high, but also cannot satisfy his already crazy appetite, which is not as fast as selling top art to make money!"
Ye Tian said with a smile, the truth should not be far from his conjecture.
"That's right, with the handwriting of that Thompson guy, I guess I don't care about these antique firearms at all!"
Matisse's voice came again, somewhat sour.
Next, Ye Tian began to check the four black-lit rooms again.
The doors to these rooms were locked, with modern padlocks, apparently Thompson's doing.
And these rooms haven't been opened for a long time, and the padlocks are covered with dust.
Ye Tian didn't try to open these padlocks, and went into the room to check the situation, which would inevitably leave obvious traces and be noticed by the old guy from Thompson.
He steered the beetle drone to take off again, flew through the crack in the door into the first room on the west side, and began to investigate the situation inside.
Under the night vision camera, the situation in the room is immediately reflected on the monitoring screen, and the picture is very clear!
There are a lot of 50*40*30 boxes in this room, roughly estimated to be hundreds of them, almost filling all the space!
What's more, these are ammo boxes, and a discerning person will know by looking at the appearance of the box!
The moment he saw these boxes clearly, Ye Tian's heart immediately tightened, and a chill broke out in his back spine.
If it was, it would be too dangerous!
With so many boxes of black powder piled together, if you accidentally encounter a little spark, the Old North Church will not be allowed to fly into the sky? Half of Old Boston's town will probably collapse!
Thinking of this, Ye Tian immediately turned on the perspective and looked at this dark room that seemed to be pregnant with death.
The line of sight instantly penetrated the door panels, as well as the black ammunition box shells, and saw the situation in these boxes clearly, without missing anything!
What appeared in his eyes was not the terrifying black powder, but a small round buckshot.
All the boxes were filled with buckshot, and the amount was so large that it was impossible to count at all!
Lucky!
Ye Tian secretly let out a sigh of relief, and his heart suddenly relaxed a lot.
It seems that the guys who stored the ammunition in the first place are not stupid, and they know that they can't put black powder here, it is tantamount to putting themselves on the crater, and they are purely tired and crooked!
While perceiving these ammunition boxes, Ye Tian also quickly probed the entire room, mainly the floor and walls.
It's a storeroom, with no surprises, no valuable antiques, no secret rooms, and no secret passages to other places.
The investigation ended quickly, and Ye Tian immediately turned to the second room on the west side.
Nothing!
Except for a few tattered bags thrown on the ground, there was nothing else in this room of two or three hundred square meters.
But it was the few broken bags that revealed the purpose of the room.
This is a grain warehouse, which is supposed to be used to store military rations, but the military rations have been removed, and this place is completely empty, and the empty ones can starve to death rats!
Ye Tian also looked through the floor and walls in this room, but still didn't find it!
Next up is the third room on the west side!
This is a military uniform warehouse, which contains a large number of eighteenth-century military uniforms, both British and American military uniforms, most of which are rotten and unpresent, and there are few good ones left.
However, it is not all tattered here, the metal fittings on the two military uniforms have been preserved intact, and some of the accessories of the officer uniforms are still relatively rare, and they are worth a little money.
In addition, some military caps are in good condition and can be sold on the antique market.
Apart from these, nothing else has been discovered.
Like the previous rooms, there are no secret passages or secret rooms here!
After exploring the three rooms on the west side of the hall, Ye Tian took back the beetle drone, ended the perspective, and turned around and walked to the east side of the hall.
When he came here, the first thing he explored was still the room with the black light and the door locked.
This is a warehouse of miscellaneous items, such as saddles, bridles, and military flags, most of which have been almost destroyed and have long been unusable!
But in this room, Ye Tian made a surprising discovery.
On the inside, he found a batch of standard cavalry sabers in the room.
There were more than 60 cavalry knives in total, all from 18th-century France, and they were of excellent quality!
During the Revolutionary War, the American cavalry did not have cavalry knives in the true sense of the word, and it was not until the Civil War that they were equipped with the first real cavalry knives, the Type 1833 cavalry knives.
Because of this, the French cavalry knives in front of you are particularly precious, and their appearance may rewrite some historical details of the War of Independence!
In addition to the cavalry swords, there are more than two dozen officers' swords, all of which are also from the 18th century, and are available in the swords of officers of the American, British, and French armies.
The quality of these officers' sabers is very good, and several of them are even considered fine, which are rare to see on the market.
The sabers and sabers in the room were all new, unused, and all had been treated with anti-rust, wrapped in oilcloth and encased in a box, in perfect condition, almost as good as new.
All of these swords are quite good antique weapons, and they are expensive, and if you compare them separately, these cold weapons are more expensive than those rifles that came before!
Of course, it can't be compared to top antique artwork at all!
Like the preceding rifles, there are plenty of empty boxes here.
As soon as he saw these empty boxes, Ye Tian immediately understood what was going on.
Thompson must have swept away a lot of cavalry swords and officers' swords from here, and took those antique cold weapons to the antique market and quietly sold them.
As for the proceeds from the sale, naturally all of them went into his pocket, or used to build his international art crime syndicate!
As soon as he thought of this, Ye Tian suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart!
This is all the wealth that belongs to the buddies! It was actually looted by Thompson's old gang first! It's just unbearable!
Wait, old fellow! The day of settling accounts is coming soon!
In addition, Ye Tian also found two ventilation holes in this room, as well as an underground secret passage.
This secret passage is hidden behind the wall directly facing the doorway, and the control mechanism is under a floor tile in the corner of the wall, just lift the floor tile and pull the chain hidden underneath to open this secret passage!
However, since he couldn't enter the room, the entrance to the secret passage was blocked by a pile of boxes, and the drone couldn't fly in to investigate the situation inside.
Therefore, Ye Tian had no way of knowing where this secret passage led for the time being, so he could only watch dryly!
Even so, he was delighted with the discovery!
There should be more than two passages to enter and exit the underground palace, and it is likely that there will be a third, or even a fourth, secret passage.
If you find these secret passages, you may be able to enter the underground palace through other secret passages without having to go through Thompson's personal studio.
It's safer and more convenient!
If Thompson didn't know about the existence of the rest of the secret passages, it would be even more perfect! Then he would be free to enter and leave this underground palace as he wanted, and come and go as he wanted!
After scanning the room again and confirming that nothing was missing, Ye Tian withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
The beetle drone then flew out of the room and ended the task of shooting the video.
Then, Ye Tian turned around and walked to the second room on the east side.
It's Thompson's old man's remodeled room, it's lit up, and it's probably either a studio or a warehouse for top-notch antique art.
Just as Ye Tian walked towards this room, Matisse's voice came from the headphones again, and he sounded very excited.
"Steven, what did you find in those four rooms? Tell me about it! We all want to know."
"The drone did shoot a lot of things, but they were all boxes, some for military uniforms, lead bullets, sabers and swords, and a lot of other miscellaneous items.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know if there is anything in the box for the time being, if there is, it is also a lot of wealth, if not, it can only be empty rejoicing!
But it doesn't matter, those rooms don't matter, the important thing is the last two rooms, that's the main goal of the buddy, the answer is about to be revealed, everyone is looking forward to a miracle!"
Ye Tian smiled and said quickly, his eyes were full of anticipation and extremely bright!
"We've been waiting for a long time, let's find out soon, I'm sure there must be a huge surprise in these two rooms!"
Matisse said excitedly, his voice trembling a little!
The rest of the guys were the same, all of them clenched their fists, staring nervously and excitedly at the surveillance screen, staring at Ye Tian's actions, and their eyelids were reluctant to blink!
While speaking, Ye Tian had already walked to the door of the second room on the east side of the hall.
The door to the room is not locked, but it is hung with a lock, and the door can be opened by removing the lock.
He didn't immediately reach out and open the treasure door, but secretly opened the perspective and quickly saw through the doorway.
There is no danger, no automatic alarm device, only a pinhole camera that can be opened with confidence, and the treasure is behind this gate.
"Whew!"
Ye Tian let out a long breath and calmed down his emotions a little.
Then, he stepped forward firmly, ready to open the door to this treasure!