Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 849 Marseille
Compared with working alone, the biggest advantage of having an organization is that you can get some special support when doing a lot of work and greatly improve various work efficiency.

For example, during the search for the wealth of Marie Antoinette, Liang En would assign a series of tasks to his subordinates. They would search more than a dozen locations and confirm whether the guarantee existed.

Of course, this does not mean that he will entrust all the work, because he is also very interested in this search work, so he naturally hopes to join this treasure hunt.

According to Liang En's thinking, if there is no accident, the hidden treasure near Marseille, France should be the most valuable part of the whole batch of hidden treasures, so he decided to go and see for himself.
As for the reason why Mary chose Marseille as the treasure location, it was also very simple. After all, there was a British intervention fleet around Marseille at that time, so it would naturally become a candidate escape target for Mary at that time.

Also because there were enough ships to use in this place, Mary at that time had people hide wealth equivalent to two carriages.

And when she was re-imprisoned because she failed to escape, the person she sent approached her by some means and told her that she had completed all the tasks.

Therefore, in the eyes of Liang En and the others, the possibility of this hidden treasure still existing is the most likely among these treasures, which is why they chose to dispatch it in person.

"This time, would you like to start the search with me, or stay at home and rest?" After making up his mind, Liang En asked Joan who was sitting quietly reading a book.

"Of course I went with you. At least I feel that my current situation is very good and I can fully support a new round of long-distance travel." Jeanne nodded and said.

"However, I have always heard that Marseille is a bustling city in the south of France, and it is also a very suitable place for travel, so I hope to take this opportunity to travel there this time."

"Of course, it's no problem." Liang En nodded to Joan of Arc, "We can travel first this time, and start the search after we have had enough fun. Anyway, our time is not very tight."

Compared with other jobs, Liang En's job naturally requires a lot of time and energy to explore the work. According to him, it's not too late to sit in the office all day when he is too old to run.

So on the second day, the two of them got on the plane again and set off, and this time the target was located in the south of France, which is also the largest port in France.

Marseille is a port city with a very long history. According to archaeological data, humans have lived in the Marseille area nearly 30000 years ago:
The submerged Paleolithic Casco cave paintings near Mogio Bay date back to 27000-19000 BC; excavations at the railway station also unearthed a Neolithic brick building from about 6000 BC.

The ruins near the train station were excavated recently. Liang En was invited to the excavation before, but unfortunately he was busy digging the ruins on Crete at that time, so he could only politely decline.

Ever since Liang En became famous, he has been able to receive this type of invitation almost every month, but most of the time he has his own things to do, so he basically declined all of them politely.

Interestingly, the oldest city in France is not Paris, the capital, nor Normandy, the hometown of the British royal family, but Marseille, a city founded by the Phocians of Greece in 600 BC as a trading port.

Like most ancient cities, the exact date and background of Marseille's establishment are still unclear, but according to legend, Proteus, who was looking for a new trade and immigration port for Phucia in ancient Greece, first came here.

For the city-states of ancient Greece, outward expansion and colonization were essential, because the barren land and rugged terrain of the Greek region resulted in limited local environmental carrying capacity.

That is to say, once a famine breaks out, if they can't find another way out, they can only wait to die in their hometown. In this case, all Greek city-states will organize immigrants to make a living overseas.

According to records, once the immigration begins, everyone in the city-state will participate in the lottery, and all those who win the lottery will board the boat, bring food, seeds, tools, and leave the city-state with the statue of the city-state patron saint after the last sacrifice .

According to the regulations, all those who participated in the colonization were not allowed to return once they left. Anyone who returned would be deprived of citizenship at the least, and would be executed directly at the worst.

These colonies scattered like dandelion seeds eventually built an entire system called the Greek world by later generations in the Mediterranean area, especially the northern coast of the Mediterranean.

However, unlike a unified country, this system called Great Greece or the Greek world is very loose. The new city-states established by the colonists are equal to the original city-states, and at most they have the same mainstream culture and gods. That's all.

This is why these city-states were gradually annexed with the rise of Rome and Carthage, because compared to that centralized state, such city-states are still too weak

Of course, not every colonial team can successfully become a new colony, because the establishment of a new city needs to meet many conditions.

Take, for example, the port of Marseille.According to legend, this Phocian named Proteus discovered the Rasidon Cave in the Mediterranean Sea, where there were freshwater springs and were protected by two rocky promontories, which were very convenient for ships to moor.

And Proteus himself was recruited by the local Ligurian tribal chief, and successfully defeated other candidates to marry the chief's daughter Giptis.

After the banquet, Gyptis presented a glass of wine to Proteus, clearly expressing her wishes.After their marriage they moved to the hills north of Rasidon; this settlement developed into Marseilles.

This city can be regarded as the first Hellenistic port in the western region, and also the first city in France (the Gauls at that time had only tribes and no cities.), but it was replaced by the Etruscans and Carthages as soon as it was established. The combined opposition of the Christians and the Celts.

Because the western Mediterranean itself is the trade circle of these nations, and the entry of the Greeks is likely to affect the original monopoly position of these nations and countries in this area.

For a small city-state with only more than 1000 people and relying on trade to survive, these three populations could not cope by themselves, so they chose the rising Roman Republic as an ally.

The Roman Republic promised to assist Marseille if it was attacked, and it also incorporated Marseille into the complex Roman market. After an alliance with Rome, the city prospered through its links with the Gaul interior.

It profited by selling Roman goods and wine to the Gaul hinterland, and then sold Gaul specialty goods and slaves to the Romans, and maintained its independence for hundreds of years until it was annexed by Rome on the wrong side of the Roman Civil War.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, the city became the most important port of the Frankish Kingdom, and then the most important port of the French Mediterranean region. Until today, it is one of the most prosperous cities in France.

(End of this chapter)