C2984 Stealthed (1/2)
The thief of the nation, the thief of the hook! Thousands of years ago, the ancestors of the Chinese people had already understood this principle, but Eugene and Andrew, who had lived for more than half their lives, had only managed to get a glimpse of it.
Colluding with the enemy to sell out the country! This would be the crime of beheading anyone in the world. It could be said that no other people could tolerate this!
However, in a situation where the evidence was conclusive, both of them had been released without a single injury. The only loss was that they would receive a tax of 60% on their earnings in the future!
Tax isn't scary, what's scary is that no one wants your tax!
Because as long as you pay the tax, it means that your business is protected by stealth. At least, that group will admit to this kind of underworld business of yours.
Eugene and Andrew couldn't figure out what was going on, but they could guess that the two of them must have been in a very delicate relationship.
This relationship is dangerous but also very balanced, with multiple powers hostile to each other but maintaining a certain harmony that does not infringe on each other.
Eugene and Andrew travelled back and forth the system, engaging in business interests trading, thus allowing many parties to gain benefits. Although this benefit could not be made known to the public, benefits were benefits, and no one could leave.
Understanding this point, the duo's courage instantly enveloped the skies. Not only did they start to buy the pawnshops that were about to go bankrupt, they even started to hire local ruffians.
On the night of September 23rd, a group of unknown robbers suddenly entered Tuileries' Palace. They seemed to be very familiar with the palace and went straight to the important treasury, where a total of 160 precious cultural relics were stolen from three wooden boxes.
When the guards of the Tuileries' Palace discovered the destroyed warehouse, those robbers had long ran off to who knows where.
During times of war and chaos, all of Paris had been focused on the war outside the city. The original one thousand five hundred people who guarded the palace now numbered only three hundred.
The Tuileries' Palace and the Louvre were huge in area, three hundred people was not enough. This burglary shocked Trochu, so the old general quickly dispatched a thousand regular soldiers to strengthen the guards of the palace.
But it was only 24 hours later that the Oriental Museum in Paris was stolen and the collection of more than 230 Chinese artifacts was lost, at a time when there were only six elderly gatekeepers at the museum.
If the entertainment purchased in the pawnshop were of third-rate quality, then those directly stolen from the palace and the museum would be top-notch cultural relics.
Eugene and Andrew were overjoyed to see these treasures, thinking that they would make a huge profit no matter what. However, they never thought that after these treasures were delivered to the Chinese people, they would encounter an accident.
Sima Yun only gave him a deposit of 500,000 francs after deducting these treasures, but at that time, Eugene and Andrew had asked for a full 1.5 million francs!
”Mister... You can't... You can't rob me... These are all good stuff from the Tuileries' Palace and the Eastern Museum … ”
”1.5 million is already the lowest price. You don't have enough money, you really don't!”
Sima Yun was holding onto a jade seal in his hands, his hands trembling. He had just used the dirt to test the seal, and the four characters that were printed were actually 'Yuan Ming Yuan Treasures'.
In other words, this seal represented the highest level of defense in the Yuan Ming Yuan, which was also the highest level of seal rate … They all knew that the Yuan Ming Yuan was burned down by the English and French, but no one could remember exactly how many cultural relics were lost.
If this Jade Seal was real, then it was a supreme national treasure! It was something money could not measure!