Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"What did you say? Constantinople!" Pierce stood up excitedly next to him.

As a European who deals with antiques and ancient history all day long, it is normal for Pierce to have some special feelings for the only country in history that unified the Mediterranean coast and had a huge impact on the entire modern Europe.

It turns out that Jingluo is by my side!

Seeing Pierce's excited reaction, Liang En showed an embarrassed expression. Then in a slow tone, he told Pierce some bad news from a certain perspective.

"Yes, this word does mean Constantinople. But the problem is that this word is written in Ottoman Turkish." Liang En said as he tapped the text on the bottom of the pot.

The so-called Ottoman Turkish is actually Turkish spelled with Arabic letters and is a member of the Turkic language family.

During Kemal's reforms at the beginning of the 20th century, this writing was considered an obsolete symbol and was abolished. Instead, modern Turkish was created based on the Latin alphabet.

"And don't forget, Constantinople is what outsiders call that city, and they often call that city New Rome." Liang En said, raising his head and looking at Pierce. "This is what we teach in college classes."

"Then could this thing be a relic left by Turkic traders during the Eastern Roman Empire?" Pierce thought for a moment, then put forward his guess.

As an admirer of Rome, finding an artifact related to both the Ottoman Empire and Constantinople is not a happy thing. So he quickly suggested another possibility.

"This is possible, because in ancient times, merchants throughout the Old World had the habit of writing or engraving the place name of that place on something they carried with them."

Regarding Pierce's conjecture, Liang En felt that there was a certain possibility. But the specific situation cannot be determined until the entire bottom of the pot is cleaned out.

In order to avoid damaging possible traces, the two people cleaned the bottom of the pot very slowly.

Finally, after more than an hour, they successfully cleared away all the ash that had accumulated for centuries on the bottom of the pot, and revealed more than a dozen Ottoman Turkish words engraved on the bottom of the pot.

"What does this say?" Pierce looked confused as he looked at the ancient words that were written in a very similar way to Arabic. "I only recognize the Arabic numeral 62 inside."

"The top line is written with place names. It can be seen from the handwriting that these place names were written by different people at different times." Liang En pointed to the top line of text and translated them one by one.

"Constantinople, Belgorod, Aleppo, Ridania, Cairo, Rhodes, Mohacha, WYN."

"What about the following line of text?" For Pierce, who studied archeology in college, these place names were enough to remind him of many things, but his Jingluo soul hoped to make a final struggle. "It's the line with the Arabic numeral 62."

"Kmat, Sorak, 62nd Regiment." Liang En translated this line of text that could prove the identity of the pot. "This is the pot that belongs to the new Ottoman Turkish Army, and it is probably the important symbol of the army, Kazan."

The so-called Kazan is a huge copper cooking pot, which is regarded as a treasure by every New Army soldier. In addition to serving as a cooking utensil, this pot also functions as an eagle flag similar to the ancient Roman Empire.

The early Turkish New Army had 196 regiments in its complete state, and each regiment had such a pot for cooking porridge for the entire regiment's military rations.

Of course, this regiment is not the same as a regiment in a modern army. In the earliest days, a regiment of the New Army only had about 30 people. It was not until the late Ottoman Empire that the number of a regiment expanded to hundreds of people.

According to records, this pot is considered to be the epitome of the comradeship of the new Turkish Army soldiers, a social center, and an irreplaceable mascot.

During the march, the cook would carefully transport the pot, and every soldier and officer passing by would stand solemnly to show respect. When they triumph, they will also parade with this pot.

If the war is tense, this pot can boost everyone's morale like a trumpet. On the same chaotic battlefield, soldiers will use Kazan as a gathering point to seek shelter from their comrades.

Even if the new army launches a mutiny, they will rush into the kitchen while cooking and overturn the pot as a symbol, similar to the Eastern Chinese custom of throwing cups.

If this pot is lost in the battle, it will be regarded as a great shame for the team. The unit will also be deprived of the right to participate in various triumphal ceremonies.

"Then, this thing may be a treasure." Pierce suddenly became excited after hearing Liang En say that this pot was a symbol of the new army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

After all, Jingluo belongs to Jingluo, but business still needs to be done.

"Yes, this thing is definitely a treasure." Liang En nodded, because after he recognized the pot just now, a new silver card and three black cards immediately appeared in his mind.

According to the characteristics that black cards are N cards and bronze cards are R cards, this card should be an SR card that I have never seen before.

According to the rules Liang En discovered several times before, the higher the historical value of the things he finds and the more cherished they are, the higher the level of the cards he produces will naturally be.

Of course, the practice of identifying value through gold fingers is not a suitable reason to inform Pierce. Fortunately, the text on the bottom of the pot clearly states how precious this pot is.

"You see, the word "Kmat" here originally refers to the crowd. Well, here it refers to the ordinary new army. Among the 101 regiments of the ordinary new army, the 60th to 63rd regiments are elite units. , known as the Thorak Regiment, are usually elite marksmen.”

Liang En said, moving away from the lower line of text, and then pointed to the upper line of text. "As for the information contained in the above line of text, it is even more important. If I guess correctly, these place names represent the large battlefields they passed through."

"You mean a large battlefield?" Pierce suddenly became excited when Liang En mentioned it.

"In other words, the first battle of this pot with the new Turkish army was to capture Constantinople. Then they went through the Wallachian offensive, annihilated the Mamluks in Egypt, and captured Rhodes Island. , annexed Hungary, until it finally collapsed at the gates of WYN."

“The capture of Constantinople can be seen as the true rise of an empire, and the failure of WYN City was an important turning point for the Ottoman Empire from expansion to defense. The most precious thing about this pot is that it has experienced the entire era of great expansion. "

As a professional, after being mentioned in this aspect, Pierce quickly read enough information from the words that had just been translated.

The reason why this pot appears here is also very simple, because after the Ottoman Turkish Empire's army was defeated at WYN City, they discarded most of their weapons and baggage, and a pot naturally didn't count among them.

Maybe this pot was picked up by some people near the battlefield and used as their own pot. Then it passed through several hands and became a cooking utensil for cooking food for the servants in the manor. Finally, it was discovered by Liang En.