Alchemy Greater China

The visit that Long Hao refers to is naturally not just a quick tour, and the 'library' is not an ordinary building open to the public... On the second day after coming out of the queen's secret study, Long Hao changed into a court aristocratic costume , out of Buckingham Palace, and appeared in the library of the British Museum. .. High-speed update

The British Museum Library, also known as the British Library, is located in Great Russell Square and opened to the public in 1759.

But today, what Long Hao wants to 'visit' is the part of the library of the British Museum that is not open to the public...

A librarian with a mustache and the charm of a classic gentleman received Long Hao. After examining the queen's token, the librarian showed a little surprise on his face, perhaps because no yellow-skinned person could into that area.

Walking into the large atrium with sparsely populated spaces and covered by 1656 pieces of strange glass above the head, the administrator and Long Hao stepped up the arc-shaped steps and entered the central reading room.

It was still early, and the reading room was very quiet. The marble floor was clean, smooth and shiny. Rows of bookshelves exuding a pleasant smell stood up neatly. On the bookshelf, it seems that the thickness is used to attract people's interest in reading.

The reading room is very large, and the space between the bookshelves is spacious, like a road extending in all directions, with a bottomless view.

The administrator said: "Mr. Long, please follow me, and walk lightly, so as not to affect other people's reading."

Long Hao smiled and said: "I will pay attention to this, but those who are really immersed in books will never be disturbed by the slightest footsteps."

Today Long Hao was wearing crappy aristocratic boots. When the heels tapped on the marble, there would inevitably be a 'thumb' sound. In the spacious reading room, this would cause a relatively large echo.

But after the administrator said.Surprisingly, there was no sound under Long Hao's feet, and he seemed to be walking on cotton without making a sound.

Weird Chinese...

Seeing this, the administrator's eyes were also full of surprise, but he was well-trained, so he resisted his curiosity and didn't ask any questions.

Turn around a row of empty bookshelves.A crescent-shaped black wooden door was inconspicuously at the end of the road. The administrator said: "This is where the confidential documents are stored. Mr. Long, please allow me to get the key." Then he lifted the lapel of his clothes. Swing, take out a metal key ring.

There were no less than thirty keys hanging on the key ring. After searching for a while, the administrator found a golden key with a lion's head in his palm.Insert the key into the keyhole, turn it lightly, and the black wooden door made an unpleasant 'cracking' sound," "then it slowly opened.

"Going in from now on, turn left to the category of culture and politics, and turn right to the category of technology and military affairs, Mr. Long, according to Her Majesty's wishes. You have the right to stay inside for three days. After three days, I will wait for you at the door! "

The administrator stood beside the black wooden door, leaned forward slightly, stretched out his arms, and respectfully invited Long Hao to enter.

"Oh, won't you go in with me?"

"I'm not qualified to enter here yet!" The administrator smiled formulaically.

"It's a pity. I think you are quite easy to get along with... By the way, can I come out halfway?"

"You can't come out. According to the rules, after you come out, you can't go in again... unless Her Majesty the Queen approves again!"

"It can't be interrupted for three days..."

Long Hao was not in a hurry to go in.Instead, he held his chin and said in embarrassment: "Then, how can we solve the problem of eating, drinking and lassing?"

"... There are special lounges, dining rooms, and bedrooms inside. Let alone three days, even if you go in for a month and don't come out, you won't have any problems!" But there was a flash of contempt: yellow-skinned country bumpkin, so ignorant, I really can't figure out how Her Majesty the Queen would allow him to enter the "Royal Secret Hall"...

"So that's the case, then I'm relieved!" With a smirk of "hehe", Long Hao raised his head and opened the door to enter the Royal Secret Hall.

Passing through the black wooden door, the first thing that catches the eye is a giant black eagle sculpture. Long Hao glanced at it, and saw that the carving was exquisite and lifelike. His eagle eyes were like living things. People who came in through the wooden door looked like From the bottom of my heart, if someone has a ghost in their heart, I'm afraid they will be shocked.

Under the giant eagle sculpture is a cluster of artificial clear springs, and the sound of ding-dong water droplets seems to make people feel peaceful.

"There's not much time, which side should we go first?"

Long Hao muttered to himself, and finally chose the left side: "...it's important to do business first. The coordinates of shipwrecks in the past few hundred years should be counted as historical records, and history...should belong to the cultural and political category?"

That's right, the purpose of Long Hao asking the Queen to enter the 'Royal Secrets Pavilion' is to collect the coordinates of the shipwreck ruins from the age of great voyages for hundreds of years!

..""The era of great navigation generally refers to the 15th to 17th centuries. During this period, many famous navigators emerged in Europe, such as Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan... They opened up new waterways and pioneered colonialism. , Later, a bloody storm swept America, Africa, and Asia!In the age of great voyages, countless ships were filled with soldiers. They departed from Europe, circled the earth, and returned with gold, silver, spices, pearls and other valuables. , Laid the solid foundation of European capitalism!

That is to say, with the accumulation of this period of time, Europe finally surpassed Asia and became the center of the world economy.

In the age of great voyages, merchant ships spread across the five oceans. Correspondingly, the activities of pirates also reached their peak... The gold transport ships of many countries were stopped by pirates, and some of them were taken as trophies by pirates and hidden in some unknown small... The island, and part of it, sank directly into the sea and could not be salvaged.

In addition to the rampant pirates, most of the ships of that era were made of wood, and they could easily become shipwrecked and the whole ship would sink when encountering strong winds and waves.

During these 300 years, the wealth loaded on the ships that sank into the sea.The quantity is so large that it is simply immeasurable!

Take the Santa Margherita, a Spanish galleon that was salvaged in the 20s. It was just one of a 80-ship marauding fleet in the 17th century, but the researchers Dive to the bottom, and the gold that's easily plucked from its rim alone is worth millions of dollars!

It can be deduced accordingly.How amazing is the value of any ship that sank in the age of great voyages!

If one can be salvaged, it will be as meaningful as finding a medium-sized gold mine!

Long Hao has been thinking about these ancient shipwrecks for a long time. If others can't salvage them, it doesn't mean that Long Hao can't either!Don't forget, Long Hao is a unique alchemist in the world, and the goals that cannot be achieved by scientific means may be achieved very simply by using alchemy means.

Especially after breeding oily fish and steel fish... stop.Hey, the heavenly secret must not be leaked for the time being!

With the means of salvage available, what Long Hao lacks is the coordinates of these sunken ships for hundreds of years. He once wanted to obtain this information from Melissa, but although Melissa is expensive as a royal princess, at most she has more than ordinary people. Knowing some famous shipwreck sites, it is absolutely impossible to get accurate coordinates that can be salvaged.

therefore.When the queen offered to grant Long Hao a wish, he chose to enter the most secret 'library' in England.Stay here for three days, looking for useful shipwreck coordinates!

That's a huge amount of wealth. Instead of sinking in the bottom of the sea "Alchemy Great China Great Britain Museum Library" with fish and shrimps, it's better for Long Hao to take it out and contribute to the rise of the Chinese nation.

Entering the left channel, the light gradually dimmed.Long Hao walked about 100 meters before a faint yellow light stood at the end of his sight.

It was a small arched door, and a table was placed beside it, like a gate post for later generations.

An old man wearing reading glasses sat behind the desk.His long white beard was dragging on the table, and he was lowering his head, carefully reading a book spread on the table by the light.

"Excuse me..." Long Hao asked.

"Hey... someone is here?"

The old man had good ears, and immediately raised his head. When he saw Long Hao, he couldn't help being surprised behind his glasses: "Who are you? You are not a member of the royal family, how can you get in here?"

Long Hao explained the reason, and the old man said 'oh': "So it's what the queen meant, so it's no problem! You enter through this small door, and all the books are inside. You can read and memorize, but it's just Can't copy it and bring it out!"

Long Hao knew that there was such a regulation, so he was not surprised, and said with a smile: "I understand the rules, old man, are you the only guard here?"

The old man curled his lips and said: "There is another old man. If you go to the right when you come in, you can see him... There is a dining room and a bedroom inside. You can solve it when you are hungry or tired. If you have any doubts, Come out and find me yourself! There are so many documents stored here, what can you do in three days, I’m afraid you can’t even read the index on the bookshelf..."

"Thank you old man, I have my own concerns."

"I have a name, Bell."

The old man Bell muttered, then lowered his head and continued to read, without even glancing at Long Hao.

After crossing the arch, the terrain gradually lowered, and it turned out to lead to the ground again. It seemed that all the confidential documents were stored underground.

Long Hao walked out from the end of the passage, and couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the environment he was in!

Here, there is actually a huge space that is as vast as a temple!

The large pillars with a diameter of four meters stand tall and are 30 meters high. It's like coming to the kingdom of giants.

The pillars had an aged bronze color, Long Hao approached one, knocked it, and it was made of metal. Listening carefully, he could still hear the faint rushing sound of water flowing inside.

Long Hao instantly understood what kind of "Alchemy Greater China" this place is, what kind of "ancient temple" is this, it is clearly the drainage system under the city of London, and those big pillars are the sewer pipes!

Unexpectedly, the place where Britain's most confidential documents are stored is actually underground, integrated with the drainage system.

Long Hao sighed, and found that there were small doors one after another beside the huge erected pipes, but compared with the pipes, the small doors were too small, so they were easy to ignore at a glance.

Long Hao pushed a door at random. The door was unlocked. When he walked in, there were no less than twenty rows of bookshelves.There is only room for one person between the bookshelves.

The bookshelves are full of documents, many book covers, and thick dust.

Long Hao glanced at the sign on the bookshelf: 'World Art'... It turns out that there are literary and artistic works, music scores, and masters' experience collected by Britain for hundreds of years around the world. Of course, they are all copies.The real thing will not be placed here.

Not interested, time is precious, Long Hao turned around and walked out.

Checking small doors one by one, there are 'world literature', 'classical physics', and 'pedigree politics'... Long Hao skipped one by one. Finally, after pushing open the 12th door, the sign on the bookshelf attracted caught his gaze: 'Oceans and resources'!

That's it!

If there is a book that records the coordinates of the sunken ship, this small house of 'Ocean and Resources' is the most likely place!

Long Hao suppressed his excitement.Browse the shelves now...

The day passed quickly, and Bell felt the light of the setting sun coming in through the carved wall beside him. He closed the book, stretched his waist, and suddenly remembered: Hey, it seems that the oriental boy has been down for more than seven hours, and he can bear it. Can't stay and come find me.Well, don't be sabotaging.To be on the safe side, I have to go down and have a look.

Bell put away his reading glasses, took out an antique pistol from a drawer, put it on his waist, and stood up.

Bell is old, but his pace is still vigorous.Some thin back, faintly revealed a sturdy murderous look.

Going down the passage, to the reading room next to the drainage system, Bell narrowed his eyes and saw the figure of the oriental man next to the long row of desks.I lowered my head to read the book very seriously, and my heart couldn't help but relax: Oh, I guessed wrong?Really a young man who loves to read?

"What are you looking at? After searching for so long, have you found the information you want?"

Bell couldn't bear the loneliness, walked to Long Hao's side, and asked with concern.

"Old man Bell, I like young people who can sit still and love to learn the most!"

"what!"

Long Hao raised his head, as if frightened, with lingering fear remaining on his delicate face: "...It's old Mr. Bell, why did you run down?"

"You are sent by the queen, of course I will take care of you..."

Bell answered while looking at the books spread out on the desk.

The desk is five meters long and 1.5 meters wide. At this time, there are at least sixty to seventy books on it. A small part is closed, but most of them are opened.

"It's messy, it's too messy...there's everything, what are you looking for? This is just nonsense..."

Bell picked up the books scattered on the table, and at the same time looked at the titles, he saw that these books were classified into various categories, including "Noble Coat of Arms", "Newton's Experience in Classical Mechanics"... and "Inspiration for Beethoven's Composition" , and "How to Catch Whales Properly"... This, this is clearly a mistake, this Oriental, what exactly is he looking for, is there any logic?

"What's wrong? Did I damage the books?"

Seeing the irritable Bell, Long Hao secretly smiled, but his face showed puzzlement, uneasiness and dissatisfaction: "I have read through it very carefully, if there is any damage, it must be because these books have been stored for too long, and it has nothing to do with me. !"

What left too long?Each of the books here has been specially treated so that it can be stored for thousands of years!The cunning orientals know how to shirk responsibility with just one mouth!

Bell's eyes widened, and his impression of Long Hao suddenly dropped to freezing point: Wait, I'm not saying you broke the book...

"It's not bad..."

Bell took a deep breath, pulled back his wandering thoughts, and said, "It's just that these books belong to dozens of categories, and there is no connection between them at all...Are you sure you are on the right path of searching?"

"Oh, as long as the book is not broken!"

Long Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a haughty smile: "As for how I search, I don't think I need to report to Mr. Bell? Could it be that the Queen allowed me to come in and look up information, and also restricted me from choosing books from multiple categories?"

"This……"

Bell was dumbfounded for a moment: That's right, as long as he comes in, it's his own business how this oriental man likes to mess around, I just need to make sure he doesn't sneak out... Hey, nainai, I'm nosy! !

Bell was kind enough to help Long Hao quickly find the 'information' he needed, but who would want to be contradicted by Long Hao, it would be hard to say, and he was so depressed that he couldn't be more depressed.

"Hmph, good intentions are like a donkey's liver and lungs! Boy, keep looking for it like this. If you can find all of these, count yourself lucky!"

Bell's face blushed and turned blue, turned blue and turned white, and finally left a word and walked away angrily.

After Bell left for a long time, Long Hao let out a long breath, with a wicked smile on his face, and whispered to himself: "Phew, it's a good thing my young master was prepared, otherwise, I would really be killed by you, an enthusiastic old man." It messed up the plan!"

Long Hao rummaged through the pile of books that Bell had just sorted out on the desk, and pulled out a copy of "Conquer the Pirates of the Cape of Good Hope", and opened it: "Hey, according to this book, there are at least 6 ships at the Cape of Good Hope. The shipwreck! Quack, I have to record it quickly... Adding this, I have collected the coordinates of 14 shipwrecks... Huh, don't move some other books as a cover, what is the intention of this young master to find the shipwreck? Wouldn't it be easy for you to find out?"

It turned out that the reason why Long Hao made a mess on his desk and picked out one or two books of all kinds was to cover up what he was looking for. Think about it, if that stingy Victoria knew that he was sinking a ship Treasure's idea, with her thick face and dark heart, will definitely come to ask for dividends!