Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 303 - 247: Want to be a Fisherman? No Way!

Chapter 303: Chapter 247: Want to be a Fisherman? No Way!

Eckram was not a fool.

Having kept this object in his house for so long, it was impossible to simply throw it away.

He called in the experts but had no intention of letting them off for free.

Of course, if it were just these experts here, it would be hard to say what conditions he could impose. Even if he did, it might be difficult for all the experts to agree.

But now with Sean and his friends joining, Eckram’s mind became sharper.

As long as he could provoke a dispute between the experts and Sean’s group over the objects his tribe guarded, whoever won in the end, his side would still benefit!

The highest bidder wins, right?

But to become the fisherman who benefited from the dispute between the sandpiper and the clam, he had to provoke the fight between them. It would be unacceptable for Sean’s group to leave now.

At this moment, the experts also rushed over.

In the end, it was Ellie who came riding a horse.

Sean and his friends couldn’t leave even if they wanted to.

However, the five of them remained calm, staring composedly at the people around them.

When Ellie arrived, the others in the tribe stopped talking and waited for him to speak.

But the experts didn’t care. They had previously feared that Ellie would not allow them to "investigate" the relic site, so they claimed that Sean and his friends were here to find the relics.

Now, if they waited for Ellie to ask questions first, they might expose themselves. So they immediately asked:

"Are you here to illegally excavate relics? Let me tell you, we are from the Cultural Relics Protection Unit. If we find any evidence of unauthorized excavation, you will end up in prison!"

Sean and his friends didn’t understand, so Alistair Murray quickly translated.

Seeing Alistair translate, the expert immediately realized that these were tourists from China.

Now he was even more delighted!

With these people having a translator, their words would be clumsy, and wouldn’t it be up to him to manipulate the situation?

However, the expert didn’t expect that before he could speak, Ellie suddenly asked:

"Are you from China?"

It was obviously a question for Sean’s group.

Alistair had just finished translating for Sean, who was unable to reply when Ellie asked again.

Since he was in a hurry, Alistair didn’t notice Ellie’s expression. He thought Ellie was as accusing as the expert, so he was a little nervous and immediately translated for Sean.

Sean had been observing the situation coldly. Moreover, he wasn’t particularly worried. So he carefully observed the expressions of the expert and Old Master Ellie and found that they were different!

The expert seemed to be overbearing and full of bravado, but the people in the tribe didn’t seem to support him.

Old Master Ellie’s words seemed like accusations, but Sean could hear a hint of anticipation!

What was going on?

"We are from China." Sean thought that since they had been discovered, there was no need for pretense. This trip had already yielded a lot, and even if they were exposed now, there wouldn’t be any loss.

So he said:

"We have come here to find an object, following our ancestor’s instructions."

After all, there were two kinds of words on that copper seal. Sean couldn’t recognize one kind, but the other was small seal script. He surmised that the copper seal was granted to Lie Jiaomi by the Han Dynasty back then. In that case, referring to ancestors wasn’t an exaggeration.

He didn’t expect that after saying this and getting Alistair’s translation, Old Master Ellie would become excited and ask:

"Really?"

As they exchanged words, the expert grew unhappy and shouted at Sean:

"What ancestor? How could your ancestor’s things be in our country? Are you talking nonsense? Let me repeat, this is Kazakhstan! All underground cultural relics here belong to our country! ..."

Alistair had calmed down by now, and Sean’s composure had rubbed off on him, so his translation became fast and efficient.

Hearing what the expert had to say, Sean sneered:

"It’s true that this place belongs to Kazakhstan now, but a few thousand years ago, it was under the jurisdiction of the Western Protectorate of the Han Empire! Isn’t it normal for us to come looking for something?"

Sean spoke quickly, Alistair translated quickly, and the expert’s face turned red with anger!

However, as a historian, he naturally knew that Sean had a point.

After all, they hadn’t dug up anything yet. Although his accusation may have been righteous, it was also baseless.

History was right before them, after all. If the other party was really trying to trace their roots and they connected with Old Master Ellie’s tribe, the expert would have no business there.

Old Master Ellie gave the expert an unhappy glare for interrupting his conversation, then turned to ask Sean:

"Did you bring anything with you? Do you have any evidence?"

The anticipation in his eyes became even more apparent.

His question annoyed Eckram.

How come the old man started favoring Sean even though Eckram had instigated the dispute between them?

In fact, Eckram was more inclined to support Sean.

After all, even if their domestic Department of Culture secured the ruin site, there wouldn’t be much profit in it.

But if Sean acted privately, it would be a different story.

The site was insignificant to Eckram’s tribe, so they naturally hoped to gain as much as possible.

So when Old Master Ellie’s thoughts seemed written on his face, Eckram suddenly dismounted, pulled the old man aside, and whispered a few words to him.

Old Master Ellie and Eckram exchanged a few words, and then the two of them walked over again.