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Chapter 442 The Emperor's Golden Armor

Among all the gold products in this treasure, Yang Jing estimated that this pair of golden armor was the most precious.

This pair of armor did not look like this just now, but was scattered among these gold products. George Bruce was very delicate. He found a helmet and an arm guard, so he placed these two things aside and continued to clean up other gold products. As a result, he found breastplate, leg guard, shoulder guard, and belly armor one after another. After finally picking up, he actually formed a complete pair of golden armor.

This is the real golden armor, not comparable to those so-called golden armor in Europe, but the armor made of all gold!

Armor was very popular in ancient times when cold weapons were used, both in Europe and Asia. However, the armor that has been passed down to this day is far less than Europe.

In Europe, there are several so-called "golden armors" that are particularly famous and of high value.

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth in England, Sir James Scadmore, as a famous courtier and general in the Elizabethan Dynasty, created a set of "golden armor" from Greenwich in 1585. Although this set of armor was called "gold", it was actually gold-plated with etched steel, and partly gold-plated.

Another set of armor comes from the German region in the 16th century, with the name being the Duke of Saxony Weimar and John William of the Duke of the Duke of Saxony Weimar. From the name, it can be seen that this set of armor that has been preserved to this day was used by two people. In fact, the owner of this set of armor is the Duke of Saxony Weimar, but the user is John William of the Duke.

This set of armor was cast in Augsburg in 1565. The main materials are etched steel, gold, copper, textiles and leather. The main body of the armor is steel and partly gold-plated. However, until now, this set of armor is also called "gold armor".

There is also a set of golden armor that also came from England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth. At that time, George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland III, was a general who could fight. This armor was his equipment for combat. In 1586, under the guidance of the English armor master Jacob Holder, it was made by the Royal Workshop of Greenwich. The main materials were etched steel and gold. The fine patterns and ornate decorations represented the highest level of the Royal English armor making armor, which was very precious.

This armor is hidden in the Metropolitan Museum of America and is named after the armor of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland III. This armor is also etched steel partly gilded.

Of course, in addition to these three sets of famous golden armor, there is also a more famous set of golden armor, which is an imperial armor, which comes from the famous Ferdinand I. Ferdinand I was the Grand Duke of the Habsburg Dynasty and the Holy Roman Emperor. He was the emperor of the Habsburg Dynasty and the King of Bohemia in Hungary and Bohemia. Ferdinand I was a military emperor, and his armor was made in 1549.

Unfortunately, this famous set of imperial armor is also gold-plated with etched steel parts.

But even if it is etched steel, or partially gold-plated, these sets of golden armor that have been preserved since the 16th century are priceless treasures.

What about the set of golden armor in front of you? This is a genuinely made of gold, and it is not comparable to those partially gold-plated armors.

Moreover, this set of armor has a very obvious style of Spanish armor in the 17th century. When Yang Jing was studying in the UK, he had seen Spanish armor in many British museums, so he was quite familiar with Spanish-style armor.

Moreover, the gorgeous style of this set of armor is not comparable to that of ordinary warriors. This is obviously a set of ritual armor, not worn during war, but when performing major rituals.

Therefore, this set of golden armor should also be an imperial armor!

Princess stood beside Yang Jing, looking at the assembled golden armor, and said with a surprised expression on her face: "This armor is so beautiful. Is it made of gold?"

Yang Jing nodded with a smile, "That's right, this is a set of armor made of pure gold."

"Isn't that the golden saint cloak? The golden saint cloak worn by the golden warriors of the Zodiac in "Saint Seiya"?" Princess was excited and said "ah" like a child, "Eat me a lightning speed punch!"

Yang Jing smiled and caught the princess' small fist, and hugged her waist, "Do you still like watching "Saint Seiya"?"

"Well, I liked watching it when I was a child. I liked the Leo Golden Saint Eoria the most. Unfortunately, although this set of golden armor is very beautiful, it is still not as beautiful as the golden saint."

"Haha, what are you thinking about in your mind? This is the golden armor in reality, not the clothes in cartoons. But in terms of value, this set of golden armor is not necessarily worse than the golden holy clothes."

"Ah? So powerful?" The princess looked shocked, obviously not believing Yang Jing's words. "Although this kind of armor is also made of gold, how can it be compared with the golden holy garment?"

Yang Jing smiled and touched the princess's hair and said, "If I hadn't made a mistake, this set of golden armor should have been specially created by Spanish colonists in Central and South America and given to the Spanish king Philip V who had just ascended the throne at that time. This should be a set of imperial golden armor."

"Imperial Golden Armor? So powerful?" The princess's face was thoughtful, "If it was an imperial armor, then the value of this set of golden armor was really hard to measure. But how did you know that this was an imperial armor?"

"How did I know? Haha, it's very simple. I judged it based on the origin and time of this pair of golden armor."

After pausing, Yang Jing pointed to the set of golden armor and said, "First of all, from the source, this set of golden armor was found from the treasure of Basalomouse pirates hidden by Bodeman. According to the data, this batch of treasures is most likely something that Basalomouse seized when he robbed the port of Terrei in 1720. Therefore, this set of armor can basically be judged as something that was robbed from the port of Terrei."

"Secondly, this set of golden armor has a distinct style of Spanish armor at the end of the 17th century, but this set of armor is obviously a set of ritual armor, and it was made of gold. At that time, only the most powerful Spanish king had the right and qualification to wear this set of golden armor. Although Spain had gradually declined by the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, the Spanish state was still the most powerful in Europe at this time."

Princess nodded, "I know this, it seems that Spain completely declined during that period because of the death of Carlos II. And because of the death of Carlos II, the powerful Habsburg dynasty of Spain completely fell apart, and the successor Philip V completely broke up the powerful Spain. From then on, Britain began the glory of the empire of the Sun-Down Empire."

"Well, that's right, that's it." Yang Jing nodded to confirm, "In 1700, Carlos II died, which triggered the fourteen-year war of succession to the Spanish throne. Carlos II was the emperor of the most powerful Spanish Habsburg dynasty in Europe at that time. He had no heirs. As a result, once he died, the Spanish throne became a hot commodity in the minds of emperors from all European countries."

"At that time, Britain had already begun to rise strongly. At the same time, under the leadership of Louis XIV, France occupied Pondicherry and other places in India, occupied Madagascar in Africa, and in North America, in addition to continuing to strengthen its colonial rule in Canada, it also established a large Louisiana colony in the Mississippi River Basin. With so many colonies, King Louis XIV became arrogant and built a large number of constructions in China, including the construction of the magnificent Palace of Versailles and the opening of huge gardens.

, with a great desire to show his unlimited authority; the French cannot have faith outside of Catholicism to realize his dream of fantasy, that is, there can only be 'one king, one law, one God' in France. Foreign, Louis XIV is ambitious and strives to expand his territory, with the goal of: to develop outward in the northeast of France in order to obtain natural boundaries that are easy to attack and defend; to place a prince of the Bourbon royal family on the throne of Spain, to expand France's power and control the colonies overseas in Spain."

"So, the ambitious, or ambitious Louis XIV began to covet the position of the Spanish king. Of course, he was not qualified to be the Spanish king, but one of his dukes had this qualification."

Princess smiled and said, "The relationship between major European royal families at that time was very chaotic. Even now, it is the case."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "That's right, it is precisely because of this that this led to the fourteen-year war of succession to the Spanish throne. After Carlos II's death in 1700, because he had no son, he made a will before his death, passing the throne to Philip, the grandson of Louis XIV of France, but stipulated that the West could not merge. In 1701, the King of France declared Philip the king of Spain, calling Philip V, and at the same time invading the Netherlands.

But the Austrian emperor Leopold I at that time attempted to let his second son, Grand Duke Charles, inherit the throne of Spain. At the same time, Britain could not tolerate France dominance of Europe, so it formed an anti-French alliance with the Netherlands to support Grand Duke Charles in Austria to inherit the throne of Spain. They also joined Prussia, German vassal states, Portugal and Savoy. Spain, Bavaria, Cologne and other elected states allied with France. In 1701

The war broke out in March, with the main battlefields in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain.”

"Anyway, after fourteen years of war, the human brain became a dog brain, and in the end no one took advantage of it, and a large number of soldiers died. But in the end, Philip V became the king of Spain."

"Then does this have anything to do with this set of golden armor?" Princess still didn't understand.
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