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    Morgan¡¯s mood really improved a lot.

    After being stunned for a moment, Morgan took a long breath and said: "Although I still can't accept such a stupid behavior as engraving words on a piece of art, you are right, I am very lucky to get this gun."

    Gao Yang laughed and said: "It seems like this is another very good collection."

    "Clemens Wittgenstein's works are extremely popular in the antique gun collecting community. They are not as valuable as Alessandro's works, and the number of Clemens's works in existence is also too small.  , and most of the preservation conditions are not very ideal, so judging from the performance on the auction market, the transaction price of a perfect Clemens work is not lower than that of Alessandro's work, but it has been on the market for many years.  No more works by Clemens have appeared, so I can't make an accurate estimate."

    Compared with other works of art, the market price of antique shotguns is very cheap. An oil painting by a famous artist can fetch tens of millions of dollars, but a top-notch antique shotgun can only be sold for two to three hundred thousand dollars. Even if  It is a rare antique gun, and its transaction price has not exceeded one million US dollars.

    The price of antique guns is not high, and Gao Yang wants to give the gun to Morgan, so Gao Yang is neither interested nor able to ask Morgan how much the gift he gave is worth.

    Gao Yang shrugged and said, "As long as you like it, it doesn't matter how much it's worth."

    Morgan sighed and said: "Like it? More than just like it, you know, it is my long-cherished wish to find a Clemens work, and it is also my father's wish. Unfortunately, my father could not find a Clemens until his death."  Clemens's work, and I spent many years to find only one handmade Clemens gun that could not fire. The gun you found is not only perfectly preserved, not only can it fire, but it is also engraved with  A proverb, you know, only the work that Clemens is most satisfied with will have the proverb engraved on it, so this gun is also the most precious among Clemens' works."

    Gao Yang smiled and said: "It turns out that your collection of antique shotguns is related to father and son. Congratulations, I believe your father will also be happy for you."

    With another long sigh, Morgan said with a very emotional expression: "You know, getting a weapon that Clemens can fire is far from a matter of whether I am happy or not. It is an ideal, and it is something that I and I share."  My father¡¯s shared wish, so, Gao, thank you, you fulfilled my father¡¯s long-cherished wish, I don¡¯t even know how to thank you.¡±

    Gao Yang smiled and waved his hand, and said: "With our relationship, there is no need to say thank you. Please, if you hadn't found a military plane to send Disdin and the others to rescue me, then it is possible that I would have been there by now."  It's a corpse, you don't know, the situation was really dangerous at that time, if it weren't for your help, Distin and the others wouldn't have been able to arrive in time to save me. In fact, I am very grateful to you."

    Morgan got a coveted treasure, but he didn¡¯t seem particularly happy, but more emotional.

    Morgan said solemnly: "It's not too difficult for me to find a plane to send people there, but I've been looking for a piece of Clemens's work for decades. Don't you think it's too difficult for me?"  What does it mean to me to know a piece of Clemens¡¯ work?¡±

    After finishing speaking, Morgan sighed again and said: "It's a long story. My mother is Jewish. She lives in Austria and her family is very well off. When she was a child, my grandfather took her hunting with a gun.  Clemens's shotgun was my mother's most precious memory. But later, everything changed. My grandfather was sent to a concentration camp, and everyone in the family died except my mother. All of them died.

    Later, my mother immigrated to the United States, met my father and married him. Everything about my mother was gone. All she could retain were memories. For my mother, the memory of hunting with her father was very beautiful, so I  My father wanted to find a Clemens gun, a gun similar to the one my mother remembered, to give to my mother, but Clemens guns were so rare that my father never found one throughout his life.

    My father became a collector of antique guns because of his desire to find Clemens's work, and his desire and interest were passed on to me.  "

    After finishing speaking, Morgan said with a sad face: "Gao, thank you very much, you brought me more than just a gun."

    Gao Yang nodded and said solemnly: "I'm very happy that you like my gift."

    Morgan smiled slightly and said: "You always bring me luck and surprises. A Clemens work engraved with proverbs is really so rare. I couldn't believe it until I got the gun in my hand.  it is true."

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? He asked curiously: "Who is that Clemens?"

    "Clemens Wittgenstein, an Austrian of Italian origin, his gunmaking and engraving techniques blended Italian and Austrian styles. The peak period was in the thirty years from 1840 to 1870. Clemens's  One characteristic of his work is that he would engrave a proverb on the work that he was going to give to someone and was extremely satisfied with it.¡±

    After finishing speaking, Morgan shrugged and said: "The path of glory is engraved on this gun is not paved with flowers, but I don't know when this gun was the work of Clemens, and I don't know when it was created.  Who was it given to? I checked a lot of information, but I couldn¡¯t find any information about this gun. You know, antique guns are just an unpopular collection object, and the information is far from as rich as mainstream works of art.¡±

    Gao Yang smiled and said: "It doesn't matter who he gave it to, as long as the gun is in your hand."

    Morgan touched the line of gold characters on the butt of the gun and said with a depressed look: "I know an expert who is very knowledgeable about Clemens's works. He should be able to tell the origin of this gun, and he can also repair it.  This gun, because there are some issues with the origin of this gun, I originally didn¡¯t plan to ask him for advice, but looking at it now, I have to ask him to help me repair this gun and remove this line of gold characters.¡±

    Gao Yang laughed and said: "I gave you the gun, and the trouble is yours. If you really can't stand that line of writing, just repair it so that you can't see it."

    Morgan nodded and said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of trouble. Compared with the possible trouble, this line of writing is more unacceptable to me, so I must get rid of this line of writing immediately."

    After finishing speaking, Morgan took out the phone. He was not willing to wait any longer.

    After the call was connected, Morgan said solemnly into the phone: "Hello, Mr. Lewis, I'm Morgan, I have a Clemens work now, can you help me repair it under the premise of absolute confidentiality?  "

    After waiting for a while, after Morgan got the answer he wanted, Morgan chuckled and said: "Thank you very much, I will go to see you as soon as possible. In addition, I would like to ask for advice. There is a Latin proverb engraved on my gun.  , the road to glory is not paved with flowers, do you know the origin of this gun?"

    After finishing speaking, and listening to the voice from the other end of the phone, Morgan's face immediately became extremely exciting, shocked, incredible, ecstatic, and a little sad. Morgan's face changed many expressions continuously, but in the final analysis, it was just one sentence  Words, surprise, extreme surprise.

    After putting down the phone in a daze, Morgan looked at Gao Yang blankly.

    Gao Yang didn't know what happened. Just when he was about to ask Morgan what happened, he saw Morgan suddenly raised the shotgun in his hand and yelled: "Ah! Ah! I am the luckiest man in the world.  God, thank God, Gao, I love you, I love you to death, I love you to death!"

    Gao Yang was startled again, and the three bodyguards brought by Morgan were also startled. They were standing about ten meters away from Morgan and Gao Yang. At this time, they all turned their heads and looked at them in surprise.  Morgan, until he heard what Morgan was shouting, gave Gao Yang a strange look, and then turned his head to the side.

    Gao Yang has known Morgan for a long time, and he has never seen Morgan lose his temper, whether it was a dangerous moment when his life was threatened, or when he saw his only son Bob being rescued, or when he got a  A beloved gift. Whenever Gao Yang meets Morgan, he can only see Morgan with a calm and calm face. But now, Morgan, who is shouting and excited to the extreme, is like a completely different person.

    After yelling, Morgan said urgently to Gao Yang: "Fa Ke, Gao, tell me, what do you want, what do you want! If I don't repay you, God will punish me!"

    Morgan, who was frothing at the mouth, sprayed spit on Gao Yang's face. After Gao Yang wiped his face, he said carefully: "Morgan, are you okay? What happened?"

    Morgan was as happy as a child. He wiped away the tears from his eyes with a smile and said loudly: "This gun was ordered by Franz Joseph I, the founder of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from Clemens in 1856.  Franz Joseph I ordered two guns at that time for hunting with his queen. The proverb on this gun is that the road to glory is not paved with flowers. It was used by Franz Joseph I himself, and the other one was used by Franz Joseph I himself.  A gun is engraved with love is the essence of life. It was a gift from Franz Joseph I to his wife Elisabeth Am¨¦lie Eugenie. You may not be familiar with the name Elisabeth Am¨¦lie Eugenie, but  Another name you must know is Princess Sissi, who became Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary."

    Gao Yang was startled and said: "Is this Princess Sissi from the movie Princess Sissi?"

    Gao Yang¡¯s words were a little awkward, but Morgan still understood. After nodding, he said, ¡°Yes, that¡¯s Princess Sissi.¡±

    After finishing speaking, Morgan said with tears in his eyes: "Gao, the wheel of fate has turned. What makes me excited is not who has used this gun, but what this gun represents. You know, my grandfather and mother  The proverb engraved on the gun that was used read: Love is the essence of life." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)p; Gao Yang's words were a bit lingo-stricken, but Morgan still understood. After nodding, he said: "That's right, that's Princess Sissi."

    After finishing speaking, Morgan said with tears in his eyes: "Gao, the wheel of fate has turned. What makes me excited is not who has used this gun, but what this gun represents. You know, my grandfather and mother  The proverb engraved on the gun used is: Love is the essence of life." (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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