Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 617: Battle of the Three Kings

"This one's a thousand euros."

A Moroccan antique vendor attempted to sell Chen Yiyang a somewhat aged Arabic antique cup for a high price in broken English.

"A thousand euros, isn't that a bit expensive?" Chen Yiyang hesitated.

But Zhang Yuling, standing beside, immediately chimed in, "Ten euros, if you don't sell, we'll leave."

Holy crap.

Chen Yiyang turned to look at Zhang Yuling.

Most people negotiate a discount by half. You start negotiating from the ankles!

What Chen Yiyang didn't expect was that seeing Zhang Yuling really about to drag him away,

the vendor quickly stopped them, "Ten euros it is!"

Zhang Yuling took out her wallet, paid ten euros, and took the antique cup.

"So this is how you bargain in Morocco?" Chen Yiyang was dumbfounded.

"In Rabat, with vendors like these, usually, tourists slash the price to about a third of the asking price.

I bargained quite hard just now, and I didn't expect he'd agree; it seems this thing is probably fake."

"Didn't expect that you haven't been in Morocco for long, and you're already so familiar with it."

"You forget what I do for a living, of course, I gather all sorts of information the first chance I get wherever I go. And Morocco is quite unique."

Zhang Yuling continued to explain to Chen Yiyang, "Morocco was one of the first countries to recognize North America's independence.

But at the same time, its relations with Huaxia have remained very good, offering Huaxia citizens a visa-free stay for up to ninety days."

"By the way," Zhang Yuling added, "the domestic film 'Operation Red Sea' was shot in Morocco."

As he listened to Zhang Yuling's information, Chen Yiyang smoothly arrived at the stall hinted at in the antique intelligence.

It was a stall selling medieval weapons and armor.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man who didn't look too old, and upon seeing Chen Yiyang and Zhang Yuling coming, he greeted them warmly in English.

Chen Yiyang tried communicating with the stall owner in English, and it went very smoothly.

"I'm a cold weapons enthusiast; Morocco has a lot of weapons and armor passed down from medieval Europe. I collect them to sell to tourists in Morocco.

If you like anything, just ask me the price directly. All my certificates are complete, so you don't have to worry about not being able to take them back home."

A cold weapons enthusiast, could he really overlook something and give me a chance to snatch a good deal?

Hearing the stall owner's words, Chen Yiyang thought that if he asked about other items first to disguise his intention, it might actually give him away.

So he directly sought out the longsword mentioned in the antique intelligence.

At first glance, it seemed like an ordinary longsword, similar to many accessories used by European medieval nobles.

But Chen Yiyang soon noticed something was off.

"This sword hilt, it was replaced later, right?" Chen Yiyang asked.

"The hilt indeed isn't original," the stall owner explained, "but it wasn't me who changed it. It was like this when I acquired it.

I bought this sword from a landlord in the countryside. His ancestors obtained this sword a long time ago.

But later, the original hilt decayed and broke, so they made a new one and attached it.

Even this replaced hilt is quite old now, considered a relic as well, so I didn't touch it."

"I see," Chen Yiyang nodded.

Then he inquired, "How much are you planning to sell this sword for?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Fifteen thousand euros," the stall owner replied.

"Fifteen hundred euros," Chen Yiyang adopted Zhang Yuling's bargaining style.

Start slicing from the ankles.

"I paid more than that to acquire it," the stall owner exclaimed, overwhelmed.

After some bargaining, Chen Yiyang eventually bought the longsword for four thousand five hundred euros.

Back at the hotel with the sword, Chen Yiyang carefully examined the blade.

This longsword appears to have been used by nobles, a legitimate weapon for combat on the battlefield, hence its very simple and unadorned appearance.

However, European nobles liked engraving family patterns or marks on all their equipment.

Yet this sword's blade bore no such family patterns.

That's why this medieval antique longsword could be bought for a few thousand euros by Chen Yiyang.

But as Chen Yiyang studied this sword more closely, he soon noticed something unusual.

The sword's blade was covered by the hilt more than it should have been.

If not for the hint in the antique intelligence, Chen Yiyang might have thought the extra-long hilt was just a personal preference.

But now it seemed there might be something special about it.

So Chen Yiyang got a translator to buy some tools and carefully removed the sword hilt.

Chen Yiyang indeed found some patterns on the very end of the blade.

He took photos of these patterns and sent them to Schaefer.

Then he called Schaefer.

"Hey buddy, did you see the photos I sent? Could you help me find some experts on European noble heraldry to look at these patterns and tell me which country's nobility they belong to?"

"No problem," Schaefer agreed immediately.

Schaefer's efficiency was impressive.

Within a few hours, he called Chen Yiyang back.

"I asked around. Those patterns are specific to the Portuguese royal family. The experts saw the photos and noticed these patterns are carved on the blade. Did you find a Portuguese royal artifact?"

"Indeed, on a longsword,"

Chen Yiyang sent Schaefer photos of the entire sword.

"I found this longsword in Morocco."

After sending the photos, it took more than a day for Schaefer to get back to Chen Yiyang.

"Buddy, you scored big this time. The experts, after comparison, speculate that the longsword you have could have been used by the Portuguese King during the Battle of the Three Kings."

"Battle of the Three Kings?"

"Yes," Schaefer said, "this was a battle that directly disrupted Portugal's fate, causing Portugal to collapse and subsequently be under Spain's rule for several decades."

Chen Yiyang knew that during the Age of Exploration, Portugal was ahead of other European countries, leading the age.

But he had no idea that Portugal's later decline was related to a battle called the Battle of the Three Kings.

Schaefer knew Chen Yiyang wasn't familiar with these European affairs, so he sent some information over.

Chen Yiyang took a glance.

He discovered that this so-called Battle of the Three Kings was connected to Morocco.

The three kings in the battle were the 24-year-old Portuguese King Sebastian I, former Moroccan King Al-Mutawakkil, and current Moroccan King Abd al-Malik.