Big Islander 2

Chapter 19 Treasure
When Tang Jide and the others traveled thousands of miles on the African continent, Brother Squidward led a hundred octopus soldiers, and they were active on the east coast of Africa, especially in the waters between Somalia and Madagascar.All the salvaged items were gathered in a trench here, and the harvest was considerable in a few months.

Following Xiao Xiami's order, the arms and legs of octopuses popped up one after another in the sea, and put the items wrapped on them into the boat.

He Tiantian and others each have a small boat and are responsible for receiving them.Tang Jide was also greedy, and hurried to help on Miss Tiantian's boat.Maybe it's because their partnership has a relatively high charm value, so most octopus soldiers like to hand things over to this small boat.If they couldn't get in, they went to Shagu and Xu Feifei.

"Would you like to see people order dishes?" Xu Feifei muttered dissatisfiedly, and then took a tattered clay pot from the arm of an octopus, and became even more dissatisfied: "Why are they so tattered? I want gold and silver." !"

There was gold and silver, but they were all piled up on He Tiantian's boat. Unexpectedly, this sea area was really rich. The gold was all gold bricks, and there were also a small amount of gold coins.He Tiantian happily explained to Tang Jide while receiving the goods: "This is the main throat connecting Africa to the Red Sea, and it is also the oldest port on the African continent. Countless pirates used to loot merchant ships here, so it is also one of the areas with more shipwrecks. One, of course, is still worse than the Caribbean.”

In the past, European colonists plundered a lot of wealth from the Americas, and many ships full of treasures were sunk by the famous Pirates of the Caribbean, so it was a paradise for ocean salvagers.

After listening to Miss Tiantian's explanation, Tang Jide nodded his head: "In the future, we will also go for a walk in the Caribbean, and be a pirate of the Caribbean—"

"Pirates, pirates, we are pirates—" The pheasant was very excited when he heard the pirates, and began to hum the skull flag in the sky again. It would be even more beautiful if he had a glass of rum.

The items salvaged by the octopus soldiers are extremely rich. Although there are some worthless garbage produced by modern industrialization, most of them are gold and silver treasures and antiques.This is all due to the good teaching of Xiao Xiami, who taught a group of guys who took skulls as treasures at the beginning to become half treasure hunters.Of course, the brains of these giant Pacific octopuses themselves are also a crucial factor.

"Wow, there are even diamonds!" Tang Jide took off a large piece of rough diamond from the sucker of an octopus, and was overjoyed.

Xu Feifei on the other boat hugged a wooden box with iron sheets at the four corners from the octopus's arms and legs depressedly. There would be no good things inside, because the lid of the box had a big hole and it was filled with mud. Sha, there is also a little crab poking its head.

"Why does this plate look familiar?" Tang Jide was playing with a porcelain plate in his hand, rubbing the inscription on the bottom of the plate with his hand, and there were indeed Chinese characters printed on it, "It's porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, why did it come here? ?”

He Tiantian took the porcelain plate with a smile: "Brother Big Tou, when the eunuch Sanbao went to the West, there was also a fleet of ships that sailed across the ocean and came to the east coast of Africa. Now there are many ancient Chinese porcelain exhibitions in museums in Somalia." out."

Tang Jide scratched the back of his head a little bit embarrassedly: "It's our ancestors who are powerful, and they all ran here from a long distance. You said that we came here from Peach Blossom Island, is it considered a voyage to the West?"

"Of course forget it. In the past, the three-treasure eunuch went to the West, and now the big-headed eunuch traveled to Africa. It's a good story!" Even if the pheasant went to Africa, a place rich in ivory, he couldn't spit it out of his mouth.

Tang Jide jumped up in anger: "Pheasant, believe it or not, I will find a veterinarian to eunuch you when I get back!"

He picked a stone from the suction cup of an octopus and hit the pheasant.This guy is far away, and Tang Jide is beyond his reach.

The castration of the stone was over, and the pheasant also wanted to show off, seeing where the stone was coming from, directly held it in its mouth, and then deliberately flew back and forth in the sky to demonstrate to Tang Jide.Under the shining of the sun, there are occasional flashes of red glow coming from its mouth.

"Could it be rubies?" He Tiantian expressed serious doubts, because most of the gold and silver coins salvaged just now came from the Mughal Dynasty in India, and India and Sri Lanka are famous for their rich rubies .

"Ruby, pheasant, come here quickly, give me the ruby—" Xu Feifei was depressed for a long time, but when he heard about the gem, he immediately became excited.

Unexpectedly, the pheasant was also startled by the ruby's name, and the stone the size of a pigeon egg actually grunted and swallowed it down its thick throat.

The pheasant was so choked that it stretched its neck, and flew crookedly to Xiao Xiami's shoulder, seeking help.Although ruby ​​is very expensive, it feels uncomfortable to eat.

Now it's Tang Jide's turn to gloat: "Hahaha, ruby ​​is so passionate, pheasant, you have become a phoenix this time. How about pulling a small hole in your belly and squeezing the gem out?"

This method is obviously unacceptable to pheasants, and the more I think about it, the more I feel my stomach hurts.Tang Jide was terrified when he saw it, so he patted its head and comforted him: "It doesn't matter, when I was playing with glass balls when I was a child, Gu Lu came to a duck and was swallowed by it. My heart aches, follow me After walking around behind the duck's butt for a long time, it finally pulled it out. You are bigger than a duck, so you must be fine."

The pheasant rolled its eyes, and it really didn't feel the pain in its stomach anymore, so it quacked twice: "I will name this ruby, and call it the collection of pheasants, okay?"

Tang Jide nodded: "Just call it the stock of pheasants - you just slip on the boat and stay there, don't drag it into the sea again."

After the small episode, I continued to receive the collection of octopus, and found a few more rubies one after another. Although they were not big, they were all the most precious pigeon blood red, and their value should not be low.

In addition, there are some jewelry with strange shape and obvious exotic style. According to He Tiantian's preliminary research, they should be treasures from the Mughal Dynasty in India. Obviously, the pirates robbed the East India Company to transport the Mughals. The fleet of children's dynasty treasures.

But He Tiantian's expression became more and more solemn. As far as she knew, there seemed to be only one pirate who dared to attack the idea of ​​the East India Company of the British Empire, and had been active in this sea area, and that was the famous pirate Captain Kidd. .

Captain Kidd's treasure map and the treasures left by him have always attracted future generations to search for them one after another, but in the end they are as mysterious as the sea and have not been discovered so far.Before being hanged, Captain Kidd also left such words: "Find my treasure, it's at the end of the sea—"

It is said that Captain Kidd's pirate ship "Adventure" sailed back from the Caribbean to the east coast of Africa, and was finally sunk in the waters near the Gulf of Aden.

Could it be that these Mughal treasures came from the shipwreck of the Adventurer?
Thinking of this possibility, He Tiantian couldn't help being extremely excited, and quickly told Big Brother about his speculation, and Tang Jide was also very excited: "I didn't expect there to be a big pirate with the same name as me, Xiao Xia, hurry up and ask Brother Octopus about this." The source of the treasure. Maybe it will make a fortune again!"

After transporting the salvage from three small boats to the big boat, He Tiantian was in charge of sorting and cleaning.The transport ship also temporarily changed its course, and under the leadership of Brother Octopus, it began a treasure hunt in the vast Indian Ocean.Although it takes a long way to go around, the general direction is correct, and it does not have much impact on the itinerary.

Nothing to do, Tang Jide and others sat on the deck and counted the harvest.I have to say that the octopus soldier is diligent and hardworking, he is really a good comrade.There are more than ten diamonds and five rubies salvaged, the largest of which is still in the belly of the pheasant; there are also 100 kilograms of gold and more than [-] gold coins, not counting the gold ornaments.Finally, there are some porcelain and pottery. According to He Tiantian, these pottery came from the hands of African ancestors and have a long history. Although the value of money is not high, they are of great significance in archaeology.

This also made Xu Feifei, who was hit hard, finally find some comfort, but when Tang Jide cleaned out the broken box, he immediately began to complain about her: "Is sand considered a treasure?"

Xu Feifei puffed out his cheeks in disbelief, and saw that there was still a faint line of mottled writing on the sailor box, so he simply cleaned up the seaweed and sand on it, and then read in a low voice: "William Kidd, who is William Kidd?" what?"

"Captain Kidd!" He Tiantian exclaimed, quickly put down the things in his hand and ran over, took the wooden box and carefully looked at the letters on it, yes, it was indeed William Kidd, and the legendary Captain Kidd The same name and surname.

"It's a pity that it's empty." Tang Jide scratched the back of his head, feeling somewhat regretful. If it was really Captain Kidd's sailor box, there might be some clues inside.And just from the name, it cannot be concluded that this thing must belong to Captain Kidd, after all, there are a lot of people named William Kidd.

The empty sailor box is somewhat empty, and He Tiantian didn't give up, so he knocked the sailor box carefully, but unfortunately, no interlayer was found.

"Let me give it a try—" Tang Jide took the wooden box in his hand. The iron corners were already falling apart, and they hadn't rotted after being soaked in the sea for hundreds of years. They were probably buried in the sand to cut off the air.

Covering the wooden board with both hands, a trace of plant essence permeated in, even if a piece of paper was sandwiched in the wooden board, he couldn't escape his feeling.

No way, is there really something?Tang Jide grumbled, and then something like turpentine splashed down on a wooden board, and then, a bag interlayer appeared in the wooden board.Tang Datou took out a wooden splinter, picked it carefully a few times, and then pulled out a piece of yellowed parchment from it.

"Treasure map!" The pheasant screamed strangely, probably because of a little bit of strength, so with a puff, it sprayed something from its buttocks, and it fell on the deck with a bang, bright red and dazzling.

What a beautiful ruby, but thinking about its provenance, everyone retracted their outstretched hands.

"All treasures are actually full of filth and sin in the world." The pheasant turned into a philosopher again, stretched out its claws, and grabbed the ruby.

It's a pity that there is someone who is faster than its hands. I saw Daxing's little black claws grabbed the ruby ​​in the claws, and then rinsed it with a golden bowl of water. Stuffed it into his own pocket, and smiled at everyone with bared teeth——

　Hehe, I just came back from drinking, so the update is a bit late, everyone forgive me.Got down from the list, book friends who give a reward, hahaha——

　　
　
(End of this chapter)