Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 732 Gold Badge
As they walked, Liang En and the others saw a tall clock tower by the side of the road. They walked out of the main road and entered an alley. It turned out that this was the Cathedral of Bern.

But what's more interesting is that there is a market at the entrance, selling all kinds of handicrafts, and it seems that most of them are made by the residents themselves.Switzerland is a country with many skilled craftsmen and is world-famous, which is also reflected in these gadgets.

But to be honest, it always feels weird to have a bustling market at the door of a solemn and solemn place like a church, but it seems to be a similar situation all over the world.

For example, there are traditional temple fairs in China in the East.Because they were all small things made by themselves, the prices were not too expensive. Liang En and Joan of Arc also took the opportunity to buy some things like small silver ornaments or music boxes.

"What is this?" After coming to an old things stall, Joan raised a box curiously and asked Liang En. It was a tin box that looked old, and it was full of various coins.

Most of these coins are rusty and look like they have been stored in a very bad environment for more than 20 years, but there are a few shiny coins inside, probably gold or silver coins.

"This should be someone's piggy bank." Looking at the messy currency types inside the box and the crude box itself, Liang En thought for a while and said to Jeanne, then looked at a white man sitting behind the booth. The old lady asked. "How much does this cost?"

"880 Swiss francs." The old lady lifted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, then looked at Liang En and said, "Because there are three gold coins and seven silver coins inside, and these things are not sold alone."

As a shop in a tourist area, these things must have a high premium.At least from Liang En's point of view, most of the currencies in it are just high-end goods and not very valuable.

As for the coins made of precious metals, they are basically all the kind of high-end goods or even just coin-shaped medals, and some of the precious metals are also suspicious.

So after a simple valuation, Liang En felt that it would be more appropriate to sell these things for five or six hundred Swiss francs, and the price of 880 was really too expensive.

Moreover, Liang En suspected that the reason why the other party quoted the price of 880 was purely because he was a man of yellow race, so he planned to use the auspicious number 880 to arouse his desire to buy.

Fortunately, unlike those big shopping malls, this kind of market can be bargained, and Liang En's French is enough to discuss with the old lady about the price of this item.

A few minutes after you came and I went, Liang En successfully cut the price to 67, and then found that it would take a lot of energy to cut down dozens of Swiss francs, and he would never waste that time.

"Why did you buy this box?" After they walked out of the booth with this not-so-light box, Joan asked curiously. "Didn't you just say that this thing should be about 100 cheaper?"

"Because I found something interesting." Liang En took out one of the three gold coins and put it in front of Joan of Arc. "This is not a gold coin, but a medal with a story."

This medal looks about the size of a gold coin, and it is also made of gold.It's just that it's different from ordinary gold coins. This badge made of pure gold has a very weird pattern on it:
The core of the whole pattern is a reclining person with a sickle and an hourglass. At the same time, the head of this human figure is not an ordinary human head, but a sun with a human face in the center.

"What does this pattern mean?" After seeing the pattern on the badge, Joan frowned, because these patterns looked full of a weird feeling, and people couldn't help but wonder if this had anything to do with the devil and the devil. relation.

"The above meaning has something to do with alchemy." Liang En pointed to the badge. "The sickle and hourglass represent the ancient Roman god Saturn, while here it represents the transmuted lead, and the sun represents gold."

"And from this image, representing the minter of this gold coin, showing us the process of converting the base metal lead into gold through alchemy."

"As for the Latin inscription on the medal, it also shows us this point. If this sentence is translated, it means the golden offspring born of lead. That is to say, the gold I used for this gold coin was converted from lead."

"You mean this badge is converted from lead to gold?" After hearing what Liang En said, Joan's eyes widened. "But haven't we already established that there are no supernatural forces in this world other than us?"

"It does not exist, I can be sure of this." Liang En smiled and nodded.

"But this does not prevent people from doing various research in this area, such as the Golden Dawn. As for the above text, it may be used for bragging."

In fact, Liang En was able to recognize things this time purely because he had seen similar things from his Golden Dawn companion.

It's just that the coin was made in 1716, so the traces stamped by a screw press can be clearly seen on it, which also means that this thing was mass-produced, and its historical value is not high.

The badge in Liang En's hand was obviously a high-end product made of cold sections and mechanical cutting. It had a smooth surface, and it was probably the original prototype of this series of badges.

"That is to say, this thing is a badge template?" Joan of Arc's eyes widened after hearing what Liang En said. "If this is the case, it is very likely that this badge belongs to a secret alchemy organization."

"Yes, you're right." Liang En nodded earnestly, and then led Joan to the booth just now, because he wanted to find out where the box and the contents inside came from.

But after going back to the booth and discussing with the old lady for a long time, Liang En only knew that the box came from an antique shop in Basel.

And this old lady and the owner of the antique shop are a mother and son, so they brought some antiques here to sell things, and by the way, they made a name for their shop.

Of course, the most important point is that for this old lady, he has achieved economic freedom, so now selling things in various scenic spots in Switzerland is purely to find a little fun for his retirement life.

"If you go shopping, you can take this." At the end, the grandmother gave two business cards of his antique store, and then said to them. "If you take this thing to the store, he will tell you the story behind these things."

"It seems that I will stay here for a while." After communicating with the old lady, Liang En waved the business card in his hand at Joan, and then said.

"Because my intuition tells me that there should be something meaningless behind this golden badge. If I can find these things, it may be of great help to me."

"Then go and look for it." After hearing what Liang En said, Joan took his arm and leaned on him and said. "After all, for us, isn't having so much money just to be able to find what we want at will?"

(End of this chapter)