Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 781 Site Investigation
Sometimes the way to unlock a secret is very simple, but it is almost impossible without finding the right idea.According to the current information, Liang En and the others successfully found the key.

According to public information, this man named Hans had been working as a warehouse clerk in a machinery processing factory in Dresden until he retired. On the whole, his life seemed to be the same as that of countless workers at that time.

According to records, he is not married and has no relatives.Considering the proportion of German casualties in the previous World War II and the situation of Hans himself, this is not such a strange thing.

But in the eyes of Liang En and Joan of Arc, the other possibility is that the other party wants to avoid their secrets being discovered. After all, one more person means one more risk of exposure.

"Look at this, he doesn't only have one property in the urban area." After gathering all the clues together, Liang En quickly discovered something interesting, that is, he had a property somewhere in the Ore Mountains. holiday cottage.

This is actually a habit in the Soviet era. Residents of those cities often have a holiday cottage of their own in the countryside, where they can rest and relax, and grow some vegetables by the way.

Therefore, during the Cold War, East Germany also imitated the Soviet Union and adopted this recuperation system. However, considering security issues, East Germany did not open the mountainous area between it and West Germany, but only opened the border with Czechoslovakia. mountains.

The Ore Mountains are located at the border between the northwest of the Czech Republic and Germany, extending from northeast to southwest, with a length of about 150 kilometers and a width of about 40 kilometers. It is regarded as the natural dividing line between the two countries.

The German name of the mountains is Erzgebirge, the Czech name is Krunéhory, and the English name is OreMountains, which literally translates to mines.The German side of the mountain range is gentler, but the Czech side is quite steep.

The name of the Ore Mountains is very consistent with its historical status. As early as the Bronze Age BC, it was the mining and smelting center of "tin", an important auxiliary material for bronze casting.

When the area was incorporated into the territory of the Roman Empire, it became one of the important mining centers of the Roman Empire.In the third century A.D., the Roman Empire began to decline, the transportation network extending in all directions on the European continent gradually became barren, and the mining center of the Ore Mountains gradually declined.

When Europe entered the Middle Ages when the vassals ruled, the new mining center had moved to the southwest corner of Great Britain in the northwestern part of Europe, the relatively stable Devonshire and Cornwall, and the mining industry in the Erz Mountains temporarily fell silent.

In 1168, abundant silver deposits were discovered in the northern part of the Ore Mountains, and the area was once again prosperous. Shortly thereafter, the newly established Kingdom of Bohemia also discovered tin deposits in the southern foothills of the Ore Mountains.

In the 15th century, more abundant mineral deposits were discovered in the Ore Mountains, and a series of new towns were established, bounded by the Ore Mountains.

The Electorate of Saxony and the Kingdom of Bohemia, which were ruled across the mountain, relied on mining and mints, and gradually became extremely wealthy states in the Holy Roman Empire.

It is a pity that the peaceful days were not long. In 1618, a large-scale civil war broke out in the Holy Roman Empire and involved many European powers in the surrounding area. The 30 Years War broke out.

The tragic war caused a large-scale economic decline in the Holy Roman Empire. By the end of the war, the mining activities in the Ore Mountains were almost completely destroyed. This mining center in Central Europe was once again abandoned and has never recovered.

Especially after the reunification of Germany, the economy quickly shifted from the original copy position to the gold standard, which led to the large-scale bankruptcy of the silver mines in the Erzberg region.

In addition, the long excavation made the mine deeper and deeper, and the drainage and excavation costs naturally became higher and higher.So much so that in 1913, this ancient silver mining area in Europe closed the last silver mine.

But at that time, the minerals mined in this area became two kinds of cobalt and uranium, and even in the late 20s, the uranium mine in Yakimov in the Ore Mountains became the only mining capacity in the world at this time. mining area.

Fortunately, for various reasons, the Germans in World War II did not invent the method of making and using weapons and weapons, so the world was saved from a catastrophe.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union launched a search for the heritage of the "nuclear research project" in Germany, and the uranium mines in the Ore Mountains became the largest supplier of uranium mines in the Soviet Union's sphere of influence until the end of the Cold War.

"That is to say, the topography of that place makes it easy to hide all kinds of things." After listening to Liang En's introduction, Joan showed a distressed expression.

Think about it, the entire mountain has been dug for 2000 years. It is an exaggeration to say that the entire mountain has been hollowed out, so it is very reasonable to find some abandoned mines to hide things.

"Well. That's right, and because we don't know exactly what was hidden back then, there is so little content to analyze that it is difficult to determine the location of the treasure."

For Liang En, there is a way to find out where the treasure is, and that is to analyze the possible means of transportation and routes of the treasure through a series of clues such as the size and weight of the lost items, and then conduct investigation and analysis.

But the problem is that the current clues have no specific clues about the missing things at all, and World War II, especially in the chaos after the war, a large number of things were missing throughout Europe, so it is basically impossible to determine the target through the method of exclusion.

"It seems that there is such a method as on-site survey. Fortunately, we know the exact location of Hans's holiday cottage in that area, so the next observation will be easier." Liang En shrugged helplessly.

"It took me a while to go home, but I didn't expect such a problem to occur now, so we have to go out again after taking such a short rest."

"It's okay, I can understand, and I'm looking forward to the next job." Jeanne showed a relieved expression on her face, "I'm actually quite interested in this unexpected adventure."

She is actually a very curious girl, and she naturally hopes to solve this mystery as soon as possible.

For Liang En and the others, the search work was public, so Liang En, Joan of Arc, and Fan Meng simply flew to Saxony in Germany, and then rented a car to head to the Ore Mountains in the south. .

Since the beginning of the 20th century, due to the gradual decline of the mining industry, these ancient mining cities have also begun to undergo brutal transformations. Some of these cities have completely declined, while others have successfully transformed.

Relying on the resources of the surrounding places, some cities have turned the original sideline business into the main business. For example, some towns have developed the toy industry and wood processing industry, and others have chosen tourism.

It is also because of these well-developed tertiary industries that the whole region has escaped the doom of complete decline, and even the whole region has gained new development after entering the middle of the 20th century.

Although it was bombed during the Second World War because of the uranium mines, fortunately, most places except the mining area were not attacked, so the whole place is developing very well now.

(End of this chapter)