Chapter 217: Medieval Helmet
After chatting with the people from Yushu Technology, Chen Yiyang was preparing to go to Russia to discuss orders.
However, a sudden scoop of intelligence made him change his plans temporarily.
Today's intel, damaged helmet: Someone in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany is selling a helmet damaged in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410. Buy it for under a thousand euros, and you can successfully snatch a bargain.
Related item pictures and location as well as contact information are attached on the second page.
A helmet from 1410?
After seeing this scoop, Chen Yiyang felt intrigued.
He's played quite a few foreign games, and a few days ago he played the masterpiece Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, which recreates medieval Europe.
So, he's somewhat interested in collecting an antique from the European medieval period.
A helmet once used by a medieval soldier seems like a nice collectible.
Chen Yiyang searched about Tannenberg.
Two famous battles took place there, one being the Battle of Tannenberg during World War I.
The other was the Battle of Tannenberg in 1410.
This battle was a major decisive battle in the famous Teutonic Wars.
The battle's backdrop was 1396, when Bayezid I, the Turkish king famously known as the Quake, heavily defeated the Crusaders, causing them to lose face.
Unable to defeat the Turks, the Crusaders turned their focus on Lithuania, which had not converted to Christianity at the time.
At that time, Lithuania was one of the rare pagan homes in Europe and was also quite prosperous.
So, the Teutonic Order gathered about 27,000 troops to launch an attack on Lithuania.
However, Lithuania later allied with Poland and some other allied forces, delivering a major defeat to the Teutonic Order near Tannenberg and Grunwald, with the grand master of the order dying in battle, causing the Order to never recover.
This was one of Poland's rare victories over Germany, once considered a national disgrace by the Germans for being humiliated by Poland.
The helmet left behind from such a famous battle genuinely tempted Chen Yiyang.
Better fly to Germany first, then.
Regarding Russia, Chen Yiyang planned to call Gena, to inform him of the situation, and let Gena first probe the stance of the Russian military.
Speaking of which, Chen Yiyang doesn't know anyone in Germany, but he does know a German in Shan City.
That's the German girl Luobu, whom he played games with before.
Chen Yiyang gave her a call.
"You're going to Frankfurt? I'm from Frankfurt. I've been wanting to go back recently, but I haven't saved enough annual leave."
Luobu complained while speaking.
Chuanyin Company was preparing to go public again and expand business recently.
This caused her work to become busier.
As a German, working for a company in Shan City naturally grants her protection under labor laws.
But when it comes to annual leave, there's no choice but to slowly accumulate it.
"How about I talk to your boss, and have you take a leave to accompany me to Germany?"
"Isn't that using influence inappropriately?" Luobu was a bit intrigued.
"How is that using influence?" Chen Yiyang seriously corrected Luobu.
"As a major shareholder of Chuanyin, I am going to Europe to explore the market for Chuanyin, and you're accompanying me as support staff. We are on a business trip and will get expenses and overtime pay."
"That's not a problem then, when are we leaving? I can hardly wait." Luobu exclaimed when she heard about such a good deal.
Who wouldn't be happy to take a leave and get paid for it?
Even foreigners wouldn't mind using power to gain some benefits for themselves.
Look at the recent news from the United States exposing the legendary overtime king from New York City.
Over 2,344 hours of overtime in a year, earning a yearly salary of $400,000 as a small prison guard, which was almost twice the apparent salary of $250,000 for the New York City mayor.
Luobu indeed hadn't returned home for a long time.
She and Chen Yiyang discussed it, then immediately flew from Shan City to Shanghai.
And Chen Yiyang also arrived in Shanghai.
The two then flew directly to Frankfurt by plane.
A whole 12-hour flight.
Even lying in first class, Chen Yiyang felt exhausted after the flight.
But Luobu seemed unfazed, full of energy.
"After all, she's German, what a sturdy physique." Chen Yiyang couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
"Are you suggesting I'm a Germanic brute?" Luobu rolled her eyes at Chen Yiyang.
"You're too sensitive, I genuinely meant it as praise."
"Forget it, I'm going home!" Luobu exclaimed excitedly, "Once I'm home, I'm having black beer and pork knuckle!"
"Doesn't sound very tasty, let's part here; I'm heading to my hotel." Chen Yiyang waved, intending to part ways with Luobu.
But Luobu suddenly said, "Aren't you planning to visit my home?"
"Uh, maybe not." Chen Yiyang was a bit hesitant.
Even though they were friends.
They often teamed up and played games when free.
But visiting a foreign girl's house felt a bit awkward.
What if it got misunderstood?
"Come on." Luobu took Chen Yiyang's hand, "In line with Huaxia's customs, I have to be a good host anyway."
"Okay, but can we wait a bit? I want to drop my luggage off at the hotel first and take care of my business. I'll visit your place in the evening. Just send me your address."
"Sure." Luobu promptly sent the address to Chen Yiyang's phone.
After Luobu left, Chen Yiyang made a call.
A while later, a car stopped in front of him.
This was the professional team Chen Yiyang hired to handle his accommodation and transportation in Germany.
A butler, bodyguard, and translator were all provided.
With enough money, Chen Yiyang could enjoy himself in the capitalist world without obstacles.
Besides, they were really good at what they did.
No wonder the Thai King preferred staying in Germany, reluctant to return home.
Chen Yiyang sat in the car.
His hired butler introduced himself to Chen Yiyang.
This person was also from Huaxia but had immigrated to Germany over a decade ago.
"By the way, make a call for me." Chen Yiyang took out the contact info from the intel and asked the butler to call the number.
"Tell them I'm very interested in what they have, and ask if we can meet to discuss?"
"No problem." The butler showed his professionalism by making the call without asking further questions.
A few minutes later.
The butler looked at Chen Yiyang with a puzzled expression.
"This person isn't speaking German. I can't understand what he's saying."
What?
Chen Yiyang initially thought the scoop indicated a bargain at Frankfurt, so the person must be German.
Unexpectedly, the language wasn't German.
But then, the bodyguard spoke up.
"It sounds like Arabic to me."
"Uh, does anyone here speak Arabic?"
The bodyguard could understand a few words of Arabic but lacked translation skills.
Chen Yiyang finally had to find an Arabic translator.
He had the translator call the person, translate it to German, and then have the butler translate from German back to Arabic.
After all the back and forth, Chen Yiyang finally got in contact with the person attempting to sell the item.
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