Bulgarian Empire

When Morka opened a secret room, everyone was shocked by the wealth in front of them. Although they knew in advance that they were here to hunt for treasure, they never expected that there would be so much gold.

A 1.2-meter-high elephant statue cast in gold, a pair of gold ornaments weighing one ton, a pile of gold coins minted during the East India Company period, 18 coins from the Napoleonic period in the early 19th century, and several studded gold coins. A crown of diamonds and countless jewels.

For Morka, finding the treasure is only the first step. The task must be completed after the treasure is successfully taken out and safely transported back to Bulgaria!

Right now for Morka, the most important issue is how to transport the treasure out smoothly. The repair of the temple can only be delayed for a while. After a long time, it will definitely attract the attention of everyone. Nights are long and dreams are many!

In the 19th century, it was not the excavation organized by the Indian government in later generations. There were all kinds of machinery that could be used. Now they can only rely on manpower to move this huge wealth!

In order to keep it secret, Morka and others are not able to increase the number of manpower, and can only carry it at night!

Morka looked at the statue, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Cut all the big guys inside into small pieces and transport them away in batches!"

Although he knew that the value of these accessories could be preserved at the highest level if they were shipped back intact, but now he doesn't care about that much anymore!

Anyway, it's all made of gold, even if it's damaged, it won't affect Ferdinand's printing of banknotes!

Fortunately, none of them are religious fanatics, and they have no psychological pressure on destroying statues.

Oh, even if they are believers, they also believe in God. They don't even know the third brother's God!

Time flies by, and the sky is about to dawn. Regardless of the fact that the statue has not been divided, Moerka said coldly: "Stop! It's almost dawn, there is too much movement here, and it is easy to be discovered. First, seal the secret room." Get up, we'll pick it up tonight!"

Now the pressure on Morka is much greater, and now is the most critical moment. If the news leaked out right now, it would be a big loss, and they might even be evaporated!

In the face of huge wealth, who knows whether the officials in the colony will take the risk and kill them directly?

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Time passed day by day, and on the evening of the third day, the first secret room was finally emptied. Now Morka and others turned their attention to another secret room. They are not Indians, so they don't care whether they will destroy cultural relics, let alone leave it to future generations.

It was still the old way, breaking open violently, and being unlucky at night, it lasted for more than a week, and Morka and others successfully emptied the treasure!

At this time, they also attracted the attention of local colonial officials, but the tiger skin of the United Mining Company was big enough to make the local officials wary and dare not act rashly!

Morka knew that what he was paying attention to now was only small officials in the Kerala region. He didn't have the guts to offend the backstage of the United Mining Company.

After carefully looking at the temple, Morka found that there were not a few valuable things inside, so he thought of a way.

"Now that the treasure has been taken out, we will divide into two paths, one dark and one bright!

The wealth that has been exposed in the Padmanabaswamy Temple is not a small sum. These statues and ornaments are worth at least tens of thousands of pounds!

Let's choose a few accessories from the treasure and put them in there to make up the number. In this way, they probably won't doubt it!

Goods worth more than 100,000 pounds are worth our careful handling!

The group on the bright side looted all the goods, put them directly in the account of the United Mining Company, and transported them back openly to attract the attention of all parties.

A group in the dark, who will act secretly to transport the treasure later, and then mix with the fleet heading to India for trade! "

Of course, looting the temple would certainly cause local hatred, but Morka didn't care. Colonial officials also want to benefit from it, and they will naturally do things after taking the benefits!

Presumably for a fortune of more than 100,000 pounds,

It's enough for Edward to stand on stage once, anyway, it's just a telegram for him!

By the way, you can also let the Royal Navy escort all the way. The sea is not peaceful these days, there are so many pirates, and the safety from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean is also a problem!

The secret treasure transportation went smoothly. Indians dare not mess with whites these days. After the boxing was completed, considering the lack of manpower, Morka even hired local people as coolies. With the hard work of Ah San and others, Morka and others finally transported the treasure to the port smoothly.

But the road on the bright side was very bad. The local Indians knew that he had robbed the Padmanabaswamy Temple. There were constant troubles along the way, and the guards also started killing and killing all the way out. !

Oh, it's an exaggeration. Facing the Indians in the cold weapon era, the guards even set up machine guns, and they were simply killing.

It didn't take long to arrive at the port smoothly, and then loaded the ship and set sail. Naturally, the colonial officials are responsible for the aftermath. Anyway, those who die are the lowest level untouchables, which are worthless in India!

From finding the treasure, to packing it away. All of this was completed in just ten days.

Except for the guards who were attracting attention on the surface, and someone was attacked and injured, everything else was under Morka's control!

Then, a very strange thing happened. Both the real treasure and the fake treasure were in the same fleet, and under the protection of the British Royal Navy, they set off for the Mediterranean Sea.

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Ferdinand has always been adhering to the whole set of acting, so although the treasure has been successfully transported away, the prospecting team continues to search for gold mines in India.

India has always been one of the main gold producing areas, and even if it asks for later generations of gold reserves, it still ranks among the top ten in the world. With so many prospecting experts, why can't they just lie down for nothing?

...

After the ship was successfully loaded, Ferdinand received the first telegram from Morka.

"all the best!"

No way, for the sake of safety, according to the practice of this era, it is very economical for everyone to send telegrams, especially overseas telegrams!

You can use telegrams to chat about family affairs, which is only affordable for big nobles and big capitalists, and ordinary businessmen dare not do this!

At this moment, Morka's identity changed again. This time he played the role of a Bulgarian businessman who went to India for trade. He happened to catch up with the fleet and was taken by the way.

After receiving the telegram, Ferdinand did not let go of his heart. After all, the value of the temple's treasures is too great!

He clearly remembered that the value of the secret room treasure opened by the media in later generations was 11 billion US dollars. If another secret room is added, this number will become even larger!

As long as this batch of gold is obtained, in the next 20 years, Bulgaria will have gold reserves for issuing currency!

The dividends from the issuance of currency alone are enough for the Bulgarian government to pay off its current debts!

However, this dividend is long-term, and Lev is not the British pound. If so much is put into the market at one time, just wait for inflation!

...

Time passed by every minute and every second, and Ferdinand was tired of waiting.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Morka called, saying that the fleet has just arrived at the port of Parga." A maid came in and said

"Really?" Ferdinand asked habitually.

Without waiting for the maid to answer, he grabbed the manuscript and read it. After repeated confirmations, Ferdinand was relieved.

"Give me an order to order the garrison in the Epirus region to send a regiment of troops to the port of Parga to pick up the goods, and then ship them directly to Sofia!" Ferdinand directly ordered

Now that he has entered Bulgaria, Ferdinand will not care about the impact, if he does not directly send troops to pick up the goods. The people at the customs will find out next, and it will be bad if the treasure is exposed by then!

Interested people can easily judge the origin of this batch of gold. When the British Empire comes to the door, it will be enough for Ferdinand!

Now, Ferdinand has decided that it is better not to expose these treasures in the past few years, so as not to cause disputes. Even if you want to take it out, you have to wait until he has cleared his way in the future!

Of course, gold doesn't matter, as long as it is smelted into gold bars, who knows where these things come from? Could it be that with Ferdinand's status, can anyone still question the source of his property?

As for other antique cultural relics, they should be kept in his warehouse as collectibles, and they will be sold to Ah San in the future for his descendants!

Ferdinand thought to himself: This can be regarded as the return of the property to its original owner!

However, given Indians' love for gold, it is possible that these gold products will change from gold bars to jewelry again in the future and return to their original place!

After Ferdinand gave an order, under the escort of the army, the treasures arrived in Sofia in less than five days.

At this time, Ferdinand, who was in a good mood, went out to meet these heroes in person.

Of course, Ferdinand would not admit that he was curious, mainly to see the treasure. Meeting these heroes is just his practice of buying people's hearts!

Looking at a pile of hills made of gold, the shock is huge! At this moment, a sense of pride welled up. At this moment, Ferdinand seemed to feel that he was the protagonist, and he was favored by the power of the world!

However, he soon realized that all this was too illusory. If he is really the son of the plane, maybe he is not Ferdinand, but Edward VII, or Nicholas II, or William II!

In contrast, the three above have a better chance of beating the whole world every day! Forget about Bulgaria, the great proposition of world hegemony really has little to do with them!

Palace Minister Karl walked over with a smile, and said cheerfully, "Your Majesty, the value of the treasure has been roughly estimated. Here is the list!"

Ferdinand smiled slightly, took the list, and looked at it carefully. This batch of treasures was even bigger than he estimated!

The gold alone is as high as more than 500 tons, and there are also a large number of other treasures, including several crowns. As for which Indian dynasty left it, Ferdinand is not sure.

The total value of all the goods is nearly 100 million pounds! For the British Empire, this figure may not be enough for their expenses in the Boer War, but for Ferdinand, excluding real estate, it has already doubled his personal assets!

Thinking about it, the later generations took out only the treasures in the outer secret room, but the innermost one was not opened. Under normal circumstances, everyone puts the most valuable things in the safest place!

It's a pity that the large statues inside have been dismembered, otherwise the value would be even higher. Of course, Ferdinand didn't mean to blame at all, but admired Morka's approach, only what he got was his own!

If you can't get it, even if it is priceless, what's the use? Ferdinand is not an Indian, why should he preserve cultural relics for them?

Ferdinand thought for a while, and said in a good mood: "Collect the antiques first and put them in my warehouse. As for the gold? Put the intact ornaments into the warehouse too. Let's smelt all the damaged ones into gold bars. Store it in the vault first!"

"Yes!" Karl Palace replied seriously

After dealing with the treasure, Ferdinand was thinking about rewarding the meritorious ministers again.

Is it better to give cash rewards directly? Or give them land rewards? Or add officials and promote them?

The first thing to rule out is being promoted to a noble rank. After all, this matter is Ferdinand's private matter, so it cannot be brought to the public.

Moreover, in order to ensure the gold content of the title, Ferdinand controlled the title very strictly. Without enough credit, it is impossible to obtain the title!

The credit of Moerka and others is enough, but it is a pity that they cannot be said in the open. Of course, there are titles, but they are not hereditary titles, but virtual titles. Ferdinand can still confer such titles at will!

But this kind of lordship is not worthy of their credit. After thinking about it, Ferdinand finally decided to promote ten people who contributed the most to be lords, and then the land banknotes can be freely chosen!

Of course, these rewards were all taken from Ferdinand's personal assets, so they had nothing to do with the Bulgarian government. You just need to inform the government and tell them that the noble class in Bulgaria is growing again.

Of course, this kind of lord is not recognized in mainstream society, but it doesn't matter, this is Bulgaria, everyone is nouveau riche, so we can only make do with each other!

A total of more than two hundred people participated in the operation, and they can be said to be Ferdinand's most loyal subordinates! Of course, their wealth and lives are also held in Ferdinand's hands!

According to the size of the credit, everyone who participated in the operation received a reward of at least 10,000 levs and a maximum of 200,000 levs, or exchanged for an equivalent amount of land!

From the beginning of the action to the final end of the meritorious rewards. Ferdinand invested a total of nearly 10 million levs (about 400,000 pounds) before and after. It has to be said that wanting to dig treasures is also a large investment project!

After thinking about it again, Ferdinand could only sigh, "Third brother is really a good man!"

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