fisherman legend

Chapter 124

Returning to life on Nanshan Island is undoubtedly the most pleasant for Zhuang Haiyang.As the seafood supplier of the salvage team, he only needs to ensure that the seafood of the salvage team is not in stock.When there is a lot of goods, he stays at home and becomes an otaku.

Li Tie and others, who have been on the island for more than a month, are also very envious of Zhuang Haiyang's life like a wild crane.The most speechless thing is that Zhuang Haiyang's income is higher than all of them after three days of fishing and two days of drying the net.

If you're a salted fish, you're not short of money, so why not talk to someone!

As usual, Zhuang Haiyang, who was staying at home to dry his dry goods, suddenly saw the members of the expert team and hurried towards the pier.Out of curiosity, he asked, "What's the matter? You left in such a hurry?"

"Nothing! The things on the No. [-] ship have been salvaged, and the experts are going to appraise them!"

"Ah! So fast? Can I go and see?"

For Zhuang Haiyang, when the cargo on the sunken ship No. [-] was salvaged out of the water, he missed it because he was in the capital.Now that the shipwreck No. [-] has finally started to salvage items, he is naturally curious and wants to know what is on it.

When chatting with Sun Xingyuan before, Zhuang Haiyang already knew that, as the discoverer of the salvage of the sunken ship, the country will also give corresponding rewards.Although it is not as profitable as salvage by yourself, the bonus should not be small.

When the questioned staff didn't know how to answer, Wang Mingcheng who was walking in front suddenly said: "You boy, if you are interested, follow up and take a look. But remember, you are not allowed to say anything outside the official announcement."

"Listen to you old man! I'm still very tight-lipped. Even if I've been out of the army for a long time, I still understand the discipline of secrecy!"

After getting the permission, Zhuang Haiyang also followed the team to the pier.Looking at the salvaged items that were being unloaded from the ship one after another, Zhuang Haiyang was naturally curious about what was in the boxes.

Different from Nanfang No. [-], which was salvaged as a whole a few years ago, the salvage of the wreck this time is to abandon the salvage of the hull together, but directly pack all the remnants of the sunken ship into boxes, and then store them in categories.

Again, most of the things that can really be preserved on the sunken ship are precious metals and porcelain.Similar to the silk and other goods found in the No. [-] shipwreck, they have been buried for hundreds of years and turned into ashes, and they cannot be preserved until now.

Wang Mingcheng who arrived at the pier quickly said, "Xiao Sun, have all the goods on board been cleared?"

"Not yet! This is the first batch. Half of the section has been cleaned up, and the remaining half section is still being cleaned up."

"Is this the item that was cleaned up in the first half?"

"Yes! In addition to the items, we also found five skeletons during the salvage process, all of which have been disposed of according to regulations."

As the person in charge of logistics support, Sun Xingyuan is also in charge of on-site supervision.Although there is a lot of work, for Sun Xingyuan, when the salvage work of the sunken ship is over, his position can be improved a lot.

Fortunately, the two wrecks salvaged so far have a lot of things on board.In the first half of the No. [-] shipwreck clearing, more than ten boxes of goods were cleared out, which is already a very good harvest.

When Wang Mingcheng ordered someone to open a box, he looked at the square holes piled up in the box and said with regret: "It's a pity! These should be copper coins, but the corrosion is too serious."

Hearing what Wang Mingcheng said, one of the experts also nodded and said: "Indeed! There are many copper coins on which the handwriting cannot be read clearly. Move them back first, and then clean them one by one. The outside is basically useless, and some useful ones can be cleaned out inside." of."

"Well! I will leave it to you to clean up the coins. If it is not easy to clean up here, then transport them back to the island for cleaning. First register and classify, and then we will divide the work and carry out the corresponding cleaning and registration work. "

"Row!"

As the second box was opened, looking at the pile of black bumps inside, Wang Mingcheng and all the experts were very happy and said, "That's right! It seems that the owner of the ship is still a rich man. Clean up these precious metals!"

"understand!"

Zhuang Haiyang has also seen black bumps like this on the sunken ship salvaged before.Not surprisingly, the black bumps in this box should be all gold and silver.These precious metals are worth more than the rusted copper coins of earlier times.

The other boxes are all porcelain corroded by marine organisms.From the shape point of view, it is similar to what the experts analyzed before.The age of the No. [-] shipwreck should belong to the late Zhu dynasty.

The expert in charge of porcelain cleaning looked at the porcelain in the box and said distressedly, "They are all good things! It's a pity that the abrasion is a bit serious. Even if they are cleaned out, the value will be greatly reduced."

"Lao Li, that's enough! This is salvaged porcelain, how good can it be? However, some of the parts are very novel, and cleaning them out will also help trace the history of porcelain in that era. As for the value, are you willing to sell this thing? ?”

The expert who was ridiculed also smiled and said: "That's right! Move back first, then classify and register, and finally clean up!"

For these experts, they stayed on the island more and played the role of command and supervision.All the things salvaged from the sunken ship are first registered and classified, and then transported inland for further cleaning.

Zhuang Haiyang, who was watching the excitement by the side, also felt that the things that could be salvaged from the sunken ship were not as valuable as he imagined.Just imagine, in ancient times, porcelain, gold and silver could only be preserved to this era.

As for things like spices or silk, buried in the sea for hundreds of years, they naturally come to naught.In the eyes of those experts, these porcelains are of great value.But in Zhuang Haiyang's view, the gold and silver are more eye-catching.

Fortunately, Zhuang Haiyang understands, just look at these things.In the entire sea area near Guijianchou, he found a total of four sunken ships, one of which was picked up by him.The remaining three ships will also be salvaged one after another.

If he really wanted to salvage alone, Zhuang Haiyang believed that not only would he not be able to make any money, but he might also get himself trapped.This is actually better now.At least the salvage team did not find a sunken ship, which was salvaged before them.

Zhuang Haiyang, who had seen the excitement but did not participate in the moving work, returned to the old house honestly and low-key.Hearing the occasional cheers from the expert group, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "It seems that they are still very satisfied with this harvest."

With the No. [-] wreck, it was all cleaned up in one day.Watching the night fall and Li Tie and others finally returning to the island, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said, "Tie Niu, are you tired today?"

"It's okay! Compared with the clean-up work, the salvage work is really cumbersome. Some things are in the boat, so it's not easy to salvage!"

Zhuang Haiyang would not ask about what was salvaged.Even if asked, Li Tie might not know the answer.Some things are clear to each other, so why bother?If it is really spread, Li Tie will also suffer!

Making tea for Li Tie and the others who entered the room to chat, Zhuang Haiyang said again: "The salvage work of the No. [-] sunken ship is over, so the No. [-] sunken ship is left. I heard that the dredging work is over, when will the salvage start?"

"Specifically, let's read the meaning above! The silt has been cleaned up, but the No. [-] ship is a bit dilapidated. It will take a lot of time to salvage the things on the ship. But it should be over a year ago."

"So, you all have to go back to the army for the Spring Festival?"

"Yes! It's easy to stay here, but after a long stay, I still miss the army."

For non-commissioned officer divers like Li Tie, most of them have been in the army for a long time and are used to life in the army.Although Nanshan Island is relatively free, the work is not small, and sometimes it is launched into the water for several consecutive days.

Over time, the burden on the body is not small.Fortunately, the salvage team also knows that occasionally, taking advantage of the bad weather, they give the diving team a holiday to rest and adjust.With Zhuang Haiyang as an old comrade in arms, Li Tie and others often come to brag and chat.

The most important thing is that Li Tie and others found that Zhuang Haiyang's fruits and vegetables are delicious, and the tea he brews is also very fragrant.Occasionally on vacation, you can also have a dinner party, eat barbecue and drink beer.Such a day is still very comfortable.

After a day of registration and cleaning, the boxes that were salvaged the next day were re-sent to Maritime Ships for transport.Unlike the professional institutions in the inland, many things are placed on Nanshan Island, which is actually not easy to clean up.

Three days later, the first items from the No. [-] wreck were salvaged.To the surprise and surprise of the expert group, many ivory products were found on this cargo ship sunk by the Qing dynasty.The value of these ivory is naturally much higher than that of porcelain.

In addition, the diving salvage team also salvaged more than a dozen heavy and hard rocks on the sunken ship.After identification by the expert group, this should be the original jadeite.Although I don't know if there is any emerald in it, its value is not low.

Right now, the jadeite market is extremely hot. This kind of rough jadeite that can be seen at a glance is mined from the old pit.Correspondingly, the value will naturally be greatly improved.

Even after seeing it, Wang Mingcheng smiled and said: "I was worried before that the No. [-] ship might be an empty ship. Unexpectedly, there were not many pieces of porcelain found on the ship, but there was such an unexpected harvest."

"Judging from the items salvaged from the ship, the No. [-] and No. [-] ships should have departed from China. The No. [-] ship should have sunk on the return trip. It seems that there were many merchant ships on this line in the past. ah!"

"It's normal! When we salvaged Nanfang No. [-] a few years ago, those countries were also jealous? They didn't have the ability, so they joined forces with those foreign salvage companies to salvage our sunken ship. It's really disgusting!"

Anyone who knows history knows that in ancient times, there was a Silk Road on land and a Silk Road on the sea.However, ancient ships are different from modern ships. Many merchant ships are unpredictable when they go to sea.

If it wasn't for the fact that the profits from sea trade were too high to make those merchants take risks, I believe that there are not many merchants who dare to go to sea.In the past, in sea areas where merchant ships frequently traveled, shipwrecks and shipwrecks were found from time to time.

At present, there are undoubtedly very few sunken ships that have been salvaged out of the water.In the deep sea where merchant ships come and go, there are still countless priceless shipwrecks waiting for people to discover.It's a pity that some sunken ships are completely buried, so how difficult is it to find them?

(End of this chapter)