Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 95 Indian Hunting Firearms
After spending more than an hour, Liang En and the others searched all the containers in the attic.But apart from the two probably Victorian wooden boxes worth some money, the rest of the things are hard to make them want to buy.

"I can only give you 80 pounds at most for these two boxes, because even if I sell them for 150 pounds, it's the best." Liang En explained to Miss Black after going down from the attic with the two boxes.

"Reasonable price." As a student majoring in archeology, Miss Black also understood this kind of thing, so she nodded and said. "Besides this, what else do you like?"

"Other things are just rubbish." Liang En said bluntly, "If you pack them up and sell them to a waste collection station, you may be able to sell them for fifty or sixty pounds, but they are not worth buying at all for us."

"Okay!" Miss Black sighed, then looked up at Liang En, "Have you guys finished searching the attic?"

"No, not at all." Liang En shook his head, and then told Miss Black in detail about the abnormality he discovered on the roof just now.

"I understand." As a smart person, Miss Black understood what Liang En wanted to express, so she said, "You can go and remove those wooden boards in the attic, but I hope I can act with you."

Soon, the three returned to the attic together, took out the metal detector and searched.When they searched the inner wall of the roof without windows, the metal detectors quickly responded obviously.

"Pry this open—" Liang En turned his head and said to Fan Meng. Fan Meng nodded immediately, and then used his hand saw and crowbar to work on the wooden wall. Five minutes later, a cabinet door appeared Before everyone's eyes.

After removing the locked hinge of the cabinet door with the woodworking screwdriver that he carried with him, several canvas bags of different lengths placed on the grill of the cabinet immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.

"This is definitely a good thing." Seeing the outlines of these packages, Fan Meng became excited all of a sudden, and then carefully stretched out his hand to move the canvas bags out.

And Liang En and Miss Black next to him nodded in agreement with his statement, because the outlines of these packages were so obvious that they could be seen as some guns at a glance.

"Congratulations, I think your property tax is settled now." Liang En smiled and said to Miss Black next to him, and then he hung the bags down from the attic entrance with the rope he carried with him.

After emptying out the firearms hidden in the secret cabinet, Liang En habitually checked the secret cabinet itself to see if there was anything like a sandwich.

Sure enough, as he had guessed, after an overall inspection, he found a movable partition at the back of the cabinet, and then took out a small box from behind the partition.

After spending another half an hour thoroughly inspecting the attic, Liang En and the others brought the large pile of things they had just found to the living room on the first floor, and then looked at the trophies they had just found by the sunlight coming in from the window.

The first ones to be opened were the completely whitish canvas bags, and after the rope on the first canvas bag was untied, a single-barreled smoothbore sporting rifle with a traditional shape and a hexagonal barrel fired by a flash cap was revealed inside.

The gun was an old fashioned muzzle-loading gun that used black powder as the propellant.It also has a huge caliber of 0.67 inches.

There is an inscription engraved on the metal below the gun, indicating that the gun came from Kulimola Company, the royal manufacturer of the monarch of Rampoe in India, and was used as a gift to a British Army major surnamed Porter.

"Now we can match up." Miss Black clapped her hands together and said. "That fits right in with the message my grandfather told me earlier that the whole house used to belong to an Indian Army officer and his descendants."

This gun has not been cheap due to production issues, and even a market price with this level of preservation can be sold for about 3500 pounds.

They also found an 1870 Wilkinson center-fire sporting rifle and an 1872 Richards center-fire rifle.

These two guns are priced at around £1500 because of their larger production.Compared with these canvas bags containing long guns, the three small canvas bags brought them a bigger surprise.

Two of the canvas bags contained a double-barreled breech-loading pistol with precious metal wire inlays and bas-reliefs on the bolt cover and grip. Just from the appearance and decoration, these pistols will not be too cheap. .

"This should not be a pistol for beating people. Even though the caliber of firearms in the black powder era was generally too large, this kind of gun is obviously beyond the standard." After confirming that the firearm was not loaded, Fan Meng turned the muzzle of the gun and looked carefully.

"And the whole gun is too big. I think it is difficult for normal human beings to carry such a large gun with them like an ordinary pistol."

"But if it is used as a shotgun, this thing is obviously not qualified. Because its barrel is too short and its range is too short. If you really want to encounter a wild beast, shooting with it is no different from gambling your life."

"Could it be a self-defense pistol?" Miss Blake asked. "My grandfather and father were very fond of hunting in Canada. They often carried a large-caliber pistol to avoid encountering certain large guns at close range. Carnivore."

"What you said sounds more reasonable, but it's actually not the case." Liang En smiled and pointed to the exquisite relief on the pistol and said, "The people who use this kind of gun are all people with status, so they often There are enough guards to deal with the situation."

"Okay, don't be fooled." Fan Meng carefully inspected the pistol's beautifully carved wooden grip and said, "Tell me what this double-barreled pistol is for?"

"This is an elephant pistol, and users often ride on the back of an elephant to use them." Liang En picked up another pistol and said. "When the British hunted in India, the hunter would often sit in a box on the back of an elephant. This box was called an elephant sedan chair."

"This is actually a traditional hunting habit of Indian nobles, and the British have carried forward this habit since then. Especially hunting some large and ferocious animals."

"The hunters tended to be British officers and administrators serving in India who possessed high-quality military-grade weapons and were skilled in their use."

"The reason for hunting on the back of an elephant is because trained elephants can drive prey from hiding places to open areas, giving hunting a huge advantage. And when standing on the back of an elephant, these hunters also be safe.”

"Those hunters can make themselves safe enough to shoot those beasts at close range when tigers attack elephants, and in this case, this double-barreled large-caliber pistol is naturally enough to use. "

"If that's the case, this kind of firearm is indeed suitable for that occasion." After listening to Liang En's explanation, Fan Meng showed a clear expression.

"Although a large-caliber pistol is difficult for people to aim, I think it should be no problem to shoot a target as big as a tiger that is barely moving one or two meters away with this kind of gun."

(End of this chapter)