The pirate king's treasure also reminded Yang Jing of the silly white ox. He wondered if the big guy had found a wife in Siberia and if he was going to be a father...
Shaking his head, Yang Jing tried hard to expel Dabai from his mind and continued to look at the treasure below.
The next treasure, which occupied a large area, was the biggest treasure Yang Jing had obtained during his trip to the Arctic last year, the treasure of the last Tsar Nicholas II.
On March 8, 1917, February in the Russian calendar, the Bolshevik Party led the February Revolution in Petrograd, and finally ended the Romanov dynasty's more than 300 years of rule in Russia.
Before the February Revolution, Nicholas II had already felt that something was wrong, so he began to secretly transport some of the precious antiques and artworks stored in the Winter Palace and up to 1,600 tons of gold in the treasury to other places. The wealth accumulated by the Romanov dynasty for more than 300 years may have eventually fallen into the hands of General Kolchak, a loyalist of Nicholas II.
However, even Kolchak could not resist the powerful offensive of the Red Army and could only brave the severe cold to advance into Eastern Siberia. In Krasnoyarsk, Kolchak realized that he might not be able to escape, so he arranged for his top confidant Kuvaevich Antonov to carry the precious antique artworks transported from the Winter Palace all the way north, and finally buried these precious antique artworks in a cave on the Taimyr Peninsula.
Among the treasures of the last Tsar, there are a large number of rare treasures, any one of which would cause a huge sensation in the Western world.
The bronze sculpture "David" was made by Michelangelo, one of the three great masters of the European Renaissance!
The original bronze sculpture of "Discus Thrower" made by the ancient Greek sculptor Myron!
The bronze sculpture of "Child Holding a Goose" was created by Boedos, a famous sculptor from Chalcedon in ancient Greece in the third century BC!
Any one of these three bronze sculptures would cause an eight-magnitude earthquake in the Western art world! And in Nicholas II's treasure, there are far more good things than just these three bronze sculptures.
The original painting of "Rita and the Swan", Leonardo da Vinci's favorite! This is a masterpiece comparable to "Mona Lisa's Smile"!
There is another oil painting which is also an authentic work of Leonardo da Vinci. It is called "Portrait of the Sculptor"!
The original works of Raphael Sanzio, "Madonna under the Tree" and "Smile of the Madonna"!
Two original paintings by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres!
Two authentic paintings by Paul Cézanne!
There are also authentic works by famous European painters such as Rubens, Monet, Repin, Alexei Savrasov, Ivan Shishkin, Mikhail Vrubel, Ivan Aivazovsky, etc.!
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In addition to oil paintings, there are also many precious manuscripts.
The original manuscripts of Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and "The Powers of Darkness"!
The manuscript of Shakespeare's play "Hamlet"!
A manuscript of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" written by Victor Hugo himself, with about 80,000 words, and there are two other manuscripts written by Master Hugo!
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In addition, there are a large number of black-and-white photos and hand-painted portraits in this treasure, such as the photos of Alexander III and Nicholas II's accession to the throne and their wedding, as well as many photos of the Tsar talking with members of the royal families of other European countries at that time. As for the hand-painted portraits, they include all the Tsars and Empresses of the Romanov Dynasty...
There are also some precious jewelry, including the jewelry worn by Catherine the Great when she ascended the throne, and the jewelry worn by several tsars and queens at their weddings. Among them, the scepter held by Catherine II when she ascended the throne is particularly precious!
As for the top-quality diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and even jadeite, there were too many of them to count, and any one of them was top-quality. After all, these gems were carefully selected by the Romanov dynasty, and how could the gems that were favored by the Tsar and the Queen be ordinary?
There is only one word to describe these top-quality gemstones - they are hard to come by!
In modern times, even if you have money you may not be able to buy such top-quality gems!
Of course, in addition to the treasures mentioned above, Yang Jing also found as many as sixteen Fabergé eggs in this treasure, including a set of twelve zodiac eggs that have never been announced to the outside world!
There are 61 Fabergé eggs recognized by the world, and 9 of them are lost. Among the 16 Fabergé eggs found by Yang Jing, in addition to the four of the nine lost Fabergé eggs, the most precious one is the set of twelve zodiac eggs that have never been known to the outside world. This is also the only complete set of Fabergé eggs, and its value is difficult to measure!
This treasure trove contains three unique bronze sculptures in the world, paintings by a large number of famous European painters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, manuscripts by Shakespeare, Hugo and Tolstoy, and a complete set of twelve zodiac eggs that are rare in the world...
If you add in the jewelry and the top-quality gems, even Yang Jing can't judge the value of this treasure! You said this treasure is worth 10 billion US dollars, but if someone offers 10 billion US dollars, Yang Jing will definitely not sell it...
This treasure was one that Yang Jing was very satisfied with, but at the same time, this treasure also reminded Yang Jing of a person who made him very sad and disappointed - Lin Dan...
Last year's trip to the Arctic made Yang Jing, Dabai and Lin Dan strangers. Yang Jing felt a little sad when he thought about it.
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