Not to mention that literati are inferior to each other, in fact, people who play antiques are even more inferior to each other! These people are not very greedy for money, but once they are involved in their professional field, they are all greedy ghosts and all are dark-hearted guys.

Why do you say that? Because everyone in this circle knows that although money and power are good, they are all renewable resources. If money is spent, you can still make money again. If power is lost, then continue to operate.

There is no problem with this, but antiques, ruins and the glory brought by adventure and archaeology are unique and non-renewable!

Which of those priceless antiquities is not an isolated treasure? The honor of exploring relics will always belong to one person and will not be shared.

Samuel Baker is recognized as the first person in the Western exploration community to discover the source of the Nile, but has no one explored the source of the Nile before and after him?

There must be, but their influence is not as high as Samuel, so he took this honor alone.

It’s like some antiques from the First Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian dynasty found by King Shangtai in the Valley of Egypt’s Kings, as well as those tombs. Because he was the first to discover it, his name was tied to this archaeology and left its name in history!

The same is true today. When the left heard that Samuel was going to Dunhuang, he knew that this guy wanted this honor. He wanted to be the first European to explore the treasure house of Dunhuang, and this guy must start to explore the treasure.

In this era, there was no explicit legal protection for unearthed cultural relics. Basically, whoever discovers them will belong to them. For example, Venus, the Broken Arm, was dug out by two Greek farmers.

As a result, a French officer found out that he bought it from the farmers with a small amount of money, so the treasure became French.

Mona Lisa's Smile This world-famous painting was actually bought by the French to Italians, and it turned out to be a national treasure of France.

This is the wilderness era when humans explore the earth. Explorers, like the captain of the Age of Discovery, found an island that belongs to their own country, and it is completely a horse-drawn land.

If Samuel appeared in Dunhuang, then some antiques would have been brought back to Europe by him. This was almost a convention of that era.

So the left side asks him to share resources. Samuel, don’t think you can only take advantage of it and not pay. You form an expedition team in India and cross the entire Pamir Plateau... All of this things must be shared!

Photos, pictures, excavations along the way..., including all the notes you recorded, must be shared!

Samuel heard the blackmail condition on his left, and the flesh on his face was trembling with distress, but he weighed the pros and cons for a long time and finally couldn't help but temptation to agree to the condition.

At this point, the two expedition teams were officially merged and planned to recuperate in Guazhou, and by the way, Samuel and others were allowed to take care of themselves!

Zuo Zongtang was unable to play with them every day, so he provided them with a series of approval documents so that the expedition team could freely enter and exit fortresses in various places, and local garrisons also had to provide protection, and local government agencies also threatened to take care of them.

Finally, he was given a military doctor and a team of 50 cavalry veterans along the way. Even if Master Zuo was willing, he would not bother to care about future affairs.

Samuel did not break his promise. When Gordon set out for Lanzhou, he brought a letter to the British Minister in Beijing, which explained the reason why he was staying in Guazhou and clearly explained his condition. No one forced him.

I have shirked everyone's responsibilities, and everyone is happy that you are less burdened. In fact, Gordon is not very familiar with you, Samuel, in fact, in my heart!

The merged expedition teams were familiar with each other, repairing equipment and recuperating their bodies. It was not until December 1871 that Samuel's typhoid fever was recovered by six points, and he was finally able to walk down the ground.

While waiting for his health recovery, the left side almost suffocated him to death. The Grand Chamber of the Capital ran to the warehouse of the British expedition team every few days.

He had to take a look at all the antiques collected from Central Asia. Although Samuel lost most of the cultural relics to escape the pursuit of Tsarist Russian soldiers in Ili, there were also many small items left, more than a dozen large packages, and more than 300 unearthed cultural relics were scattered.

Not only that, Samuel also has a large number of photos, which record the customs and folk along the way and the surrounding scenes of the historical sites.

If these things are combined, they will be a golden key to open the Central Asian archaeological treasure house!

On the left, I always remember what Xiao Letian said in the UK, "At present, the craze for archaeology of all mankind has not yet been popularized, and human beings are still in a period of striving to fill their stomachs and develop productivity!"

"The subject of archaeology is only available in a few universities in Britain, France and other countries. This is impossible. After all, most governments in various countries are still focused on how to compete for hard national strength. There are not many people who care about soft power..."

"The small number of archaeological activities in the European and American intellectual circles are mostly privately funded, and there are very few government actions..."

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! There are treasures in this world that are easily accessible, hidden in those remote corners of the countryside!"

"As long as you are willing to pick up, those things will be given in vain... So we need to collect more clues and plunder more points before the European archaeological wave emerges!"

"Why did I, Xiao Letian, set up a private museum? It's not because once there is archaeological funding in the Chinese national budget, once the official starts to intervene in archaeology, it will arouse the vigilance of Westerners!"

"It is easy to explain how private people do it, but they are afraid of official behavior in everything... If the Chinese government starts to support such activities, it will definitely stimulate the UK to increase its bargaining chips!"

"We are not the opponents of the British now. They are richer than us, territory, and navy... If the Sun-Don't Setting Empire wants to compete with us, we are really not the opponent!"

"So you have to do something secretly, don't shoot... quietly trick you into more and more good things!"

Since the Head of State supports his cheating, then take action quickly. The left side now regards Samuel Baker as an irresistible cow, milking desperately, and searching for the secrets of Central Asia!

Not to mention, there are really gains. Among the archaeological materials shared by Samuel Beck, there are even a few ancient city ruins recorded in the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty by Monk Xuanzang.

The left has made some reservations. As long as the war here eases a little, King Shangtai will be encouraged to launch archaeological operations on the Pamir Plateau in Central Asia.

The huge and thick 16-open cowhide notebook from Samuel Baker gradually became one of the targets on the left.

But unexpectedly, when the left side wanted to borrow the adventure notes, Samuel Baker refused him in a pleasant manner.
Chapter completed!