Since ancient times, many Western countries have specially sent envoys to see the prosperous scene of our country. Gold and silver circulated as currency in ancient China, and many were also made into exquisite handicrafts, the value is very high, many people who come to China are attracted by the prosperous scene at that time.
Among these foreigners who came to our country by chance, one of them had a great influence on future generations, that is, Marco Polo, a traveler and merchant from Italy, whose friend Rusty Qian wrote the famous "Travels of Marco Polo" after his dictation. The book's depiction of China's "gold everywhere" at that time is obviously very exaggerated, but many Westerners are convinced and rush to come to our country. At that time, ocean-going technology was not yet mature, many people were shipwrecked during the round trip, and many ships carrying a lot of wealth were left in the deep sea.
Of course, there are two major reasons why Western countries have the ability to build long-distance ships and come to our country from thousands of miles away. First, the Western powers took the lead in completing the Industrial Revolution, followed the pace of Britain, and stepped onto the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Second, during the Qing Dynasty, China implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, which could not keep up with the trend of the times at all, and was gradually surpassed by Western countries. For these reasons, when China confronted the Western powers, there was no room for counter-attack, when the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of temporary peace, paid indemnities to the Western powers, and a large amount of gold and silver was taken away by different countries and shipped to the Western countries.
Previously, a South Korean salvage company had announced that a 100-year-old warship had been found in Japanese waters, which was investigated to be the armored cruiser Dmitry Donskoy from Tsarist Russia. The cruiser contains up to 200 tons of gold, or $132 billion at current market values. Such a huge amount of wealth, Japan and South Korea are very concerned, after all, the location of the discovery is the Sea of Japan, but it is South Korea that finds the treasure, and the two sides are in dispute.
In this regard, some Russian experts told the truth, this armored cruiser "Dmitry Donskoy" from Tsarist Russia, the treasure transported was looted from Lushun, China at that time, and it should be returned to its original owner and returned to our country. According to relevant records, this cruiser once stayed in China's Lushun port, when the weather was cold and many ports could not be used, and Lushun port was a rare warm water non-freezing port, and Tsarist Russia saw this and then occupied it. Later, the Tsarist Russia ran amok here for a while, and they looted a large amount of gold and silver in the Lushun area of our country, and most of this wealth was eventually transported back to Tsarist Russia by the cruiser "Dmitry Donskoy".