Chapter 322 Curiosity Kills the Cat
"Boss, where are you going? I'll follow you!" Walter said.
Xiao Peng sat on the boat and said, "No one should follow me! Everyone should go to sleep. I will definitely be back before dawn!"
After saying that, he started the boat and headed towards the depths of the ocean.
Walter and the others looked at each other, and after a while Hua Chong asked, "What should we do?"
"Go to sleep! The boss knows what he's doing!" said Walter.
"But that's just a rubber boat!" Kasim suddenly said, "Isn't he going to sneak ashore to Istanbul?"
"No way..." Everyone was shocked after hearing this. What Kasim said might really be true. Xiao Peng could really do such a bold thing.
Khedira, who was standing aside, thought for a moment and said, "How about we secretly follow the boss and see?"
Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that they were all attracted by this proposal.
But at this moment, Moreau turned and left.
Bruch asked curiously, "Moro, where are you going?"
Without even turning his head, Moro said, "Sleep!"
"Sleeping?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this: "The boss has gone somewhere, and you're still sleeping?"
Moro nodded. "Of course. The boss doesn't like subordinates who act on their own. If you want to go, go ahead. I'll go back to sleep!"
"Aren't you worried about the boss?" Kasim asked.
Moro shook his head. "I'm worried about the boss. After all, I don't want to lose such a good job and such a good boss, but I don't want to be curious about the boss's secrets! When you know the boss's secrets, it's time for you to go home. Remember the last time the boss went to the Strait of Gibraltar by himself? Wasn't he hiding from you?"
Kasin said: "We bodyguards will definitely keep it a secret for the boss."
"Haha. Do you think the boss is stupid?" Moro sneered and turned around and left back to the cabin.
Ka Xin curled his lips and said, "What kind of person is this! He's obviously not worried about what the boss said, but he acts as if we are all wrong. Hua, Yang, where are you going?"
"Let's go to bed!" Hua Chong and Yang Zhibin also left.
Chen Cheng yawned directly: "I'm going to sleep too."
Cabaye patted Dio and Varane on the shoulder and said, "We are not the boss's bodyguards, so we will not get involved in this matter."
In an instant, everyone chose to leave.
Kassin, Bruch and Khedira all turned to look at Walter.
The four of them were Xiao Peng's bodyguards in the official sense, although they didn't usually do bodyguard work. Walter was their leader.
Seeing the three people looking at him, Walter spread his hands: “The boss said, let us wait for him here, then let’s wait. I haven’t finished reading my book yet, so I’m going back to read!”
"I'm going to call Deborah and tell her I'm safe!" said Bruch.
"I'm going to see Bruch and call Deborah to let her know I'm safe!" Khedira turned around and followed Bruch away.
Only Kasim was left standing there looking around: "Damn, I'm going to sleep too!"
What Moreau said is actually correct.
Everyone on the ship was curious about how Xiao Peng had found the shipwreck! Including Moreau himself. Xiao Peng's trip to the Strait of Gibraltar to pinpoint the location of the golden ship had everyone tantalized. They all wanted to understand Xiao Peng's secret.
Especially Chen Cheng and Hua Chong, who came from China, were more curious about this.
But Moreau was right. No matter how much they wanted to know their boss's secret, they couldn't be so obvious. No one liked others to know their secrets.
Xiao Peng wasn't a fool. If they really went back, no matter how nicely they said it, Xiao Peng wouldn't believe they were really just doing it for their own safety. If that happened, they wouldn't be far from losing their jobs and going home.
Well, let's wait for the opportunity.
As for where Xiao Peng went mysteriously?
Of course, we went to look for shipwrecks!
If the Mediterranean Sea has been the trade hub of Europe, Asia and Africa since ancient times, then the Sea of Marmara has been an ancient battlefield since ancient times. According to Homer's epic, the city of Troy was located here in 1200 BC. The Trojans controlled the trade of the Black Sea by controlling this place. Then, in order to compete for the right to trade in the Black Sea, ancient Greece fought a war with the Trojans for more than ten years, which is the story of the "Trojan Horse". In the end, the Trojans were defeated.
There's no definitive answer to the question of where the Trojans went after their defeat. One theory is that the Trojans were the ancestors of the Romans. However, the ancient Greeks didn't hold onto the region for long, as they were defeated by the Dorians from the north, bringing an end to the Mycenaean civilization.
Before the Roman Empire was divided, Constantine's son Crispus defeated the fleet of Licinius's general Abantus here, destroying Licinius's control of the sea. Later, the Byzantines and the Avars fought a fierce offensive and defensive battle here, defeating the Avars. As for the nine subsequent "Crusades", four of them passed through here. Later, the British and French forces were beaten badly by the Turks in World War I here. Churchill also resigned as Lord of the Admiralty because of this disastrous defeat. . . . .
In short, there are many shipwrecks here!
But Xiao Peng was not looking for warships or the like. The ship he was looking for was a ship from the Ottoman Empire period, which was related to King Mahmud II!
After Mukhamed II occupied Istanbul, he moved the capital of the Ottoman Empire from Bursa to Istanbul. In addition to building mosques of various sizes here, he also built a very large building here, namely the Topkapi Palace in Turkey.
This palace was the largest palace in the Ottoman Empire and witnessed the succession of 36 Ottoman emperors. It is now the Istanbul National Museum open to tourists.
The museum was run simply by opening the palace's treasury and moving the treasures into display cases. Topkapi Palace still looks like the palace it once was.
After the Topkapi Palace was built, the Sultan's treasures had to be transported from the original capital, Bursa, to Istanbul. Because there was too much wealth and many large items were inconvenient to transport by land, they chose to transport them to Istanbul by sea.
Although Istanbul is located at a similar latitude to Toronto, winter temperatures remain around 5°C (11°F) above zero. While the Black Sea is known for its stormy winters, the Sea of Marmara is mild and rainy. This makes it a relatively safe sea route—even calmer than the Mediterranean.
The result was quite unlucky. When the Ottoman Empire was transporting treasures to Topkapi Palace, an earthquake occurred, which triggered a small tsunami and caused the two transport ships to collide and sink to the bottom of the sea.
The wealth carried by these two ships was nothing compared to the huge Ottoman treasury at that time.
but!
The symbolic 'Thor's Hammer' was lost.
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