Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 644 - 418: A Prototype of a Business Empire?

Chapter 644: Chapter 418: A Prototype of a Business Empire?

Sean Knight emerged from the sea surface and hesitated when he spotted the yacht.

He discovered that a small boat was parked next to the yacht, and the people on the small boat were planning to climb onto the yacht.

Meanwhile, a large cargo ship was anchored two hundred meters away from the yacht.

Sean was only a dozen meters from the yacht at that moment, so he shouted immediately:

"What are you doing?"

The people on the small boat had observed that there were no people on the yacht after getting closer. They had not gone aboard yet because they were discussing something.

Being startled by Sean’s sudden shout, they jumped in surprise.

Sean swam over quickly, climbed onto the deck, and coldly asked the people on the small boat:

"Who are you? Why are you getting close to my yacht?"

Not only were there people with yellow skin on the small boat, but there were also black people and a white person.

The crew hired by the cargo ship was quite diverse as well.

A black man was the leader on the small boat, and he never expected Sean to appear so suddenly, ruining their plans.

So, when Sean asked so abruptly, the black man was dumbfounded and didn’t know what to say.

An Asian man with somewhat short stature, possibly from Southeast Peninsula, said as his eyes rolled around:

"We saw that no one was on the yacht and thought there might be some danger, so our boss sent us over to have a look..."

He pointed to the cargo ship as he spoke.

Looking up, Sean could see people on the deck of the cargo ship watching their direction as well.

With Sean’s current eyesight, he could clearly see that the people on the deck were also a bit taken aback.

Sean didn’t know how long they had been observing the place before realizing the yacht seemed to have no people on it, and they came over to check.

However, Sean genuinely didn’t believe that these people were here to rescue anyone.

After all, the small boat had no canopy, and it didn’t seem to have a medical kit or anything like that.

"This is my yacht. I’m fine. You can go," Since Sean was in a good mood at the moment, he didn’t intend to cause any trouble for them and waved magnanimously.

Knowing that there was no point in lingering, they rowed the boat away.

After "watching" these people leave, Sean also left the sea area while driving the yacht.

Only when he sailed to a place less than a hundred sea miles away from Big Island in the South did Sean feel safe enough to stop.

Sean prepared himself something simple to eat, found a chair to sit on the deck, and took out a small table. Then he took out the box containing the jade decrees.

The box was still damp with seawater, so Sean wiped it clean with a cloth, revealing the purple-red color and antique patterns.

The box was not too big but very heavy.

The box was made of very valuable wood, with gold edges on the four corners. A piece of exquisite jade was attached to the lock area.

A jade piece was also on the front side of the box, but this piece was slightly larger and of better quality.

There was a copper lock on the box, but after so many years, the lock had become rusted out of shape.

Sean simply twisted the lock, and it came off.

He lifted the box lid, revealing the contents inside.

Originally, the jade decrees were wrapped in silk, which had completely rotted away by now.

The jade decrees of the Qing Dynasty were made of paper and named as such only to express their preciousness.

However, the jade decrees in this box were made of genuine jade, engraved with names and brief introductions, such as someone’s son or someone else’s second son.

There were sixteen such jade pieces in total, along with four golden books.

These were the so-called golden jade decree books!

The red ink on the jade decrees had mostly been eroded by seawater, but some of it was still visible.

They had been carved before being written on, so at least the content was still decipherable.

The contents on the gold books were visible as well. The writing on them was entirely carved or engraved.

Sean casually sipped afternoon tea while reading the contents on the golden jade decree books on the deck.

He figured it out.

These belonged to a branch of the Zhao Song family, which could be traced back to Emperor Taizu of Song.

Emperor Taizu’s "succession" was convoluted after the River Car Divine, but at least the lineage on these jade decrees was relatively complete.

This branch had never been very prominent but had managed to stay out of trouble until the fall of the Song Dynasty, making an escape by sea.

Of course, this was Sean’s conjecture.

After all, these people had brought so many valuable gold and silver items, the number of which, although not as much as the renowned and ancient super-rich Haihun Marquis, was still far from insignificant.

After reading the contents, Sean cleaned the box again—a high-quality wooden box that had been soaked in the sea for so many years not only remained intact but seemed to gain a gloomy wood-like texture, making it even heavier.

Sean didn’t throw away the box. He took a towel out of the spatial realm, wrapped the jade pieces and golden books one by one, placed them back in the box, and sent the box back in the spatial realm.

Then he took out another box.

Inside the box, exquisite gold ingots were packed to the brim —

It had to be said that the royal family was different. When they fled, the items they took with them were much more refined than those of ordinary wealthy people.

When the box lid was opened, the lid immediately decayed and fell apart.

This wooden quality simply couldn’t compare to the box that held the jade decrees.

However, Sean wasn’t necessarily trying to count the contents. He just wanted to see the spoils of war.

There were eighty gold ingots in one box, weighing several tens of kilograms.

Sean casually grabbed a few ingots in his hand to play with, then put the box of gold ingots away.