The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

To put it plainly, the Westerners’ great nautical era is a **** history of colonization that occupies everywhere, and the same is true for the Dutch "sea coachman": In 1596, a Dutch fleet led by the Dutchman Hortmann arrived in Banten on the island of Java. , By 1603, the Netherlands established a trading station in Java.

In 1605, the Netherlands conquered Ambon and Dili islands in the Maluku Islands, which are rich in spices. By 1619, they captured Jakarta on Java and named Batavia as the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in the east.

In 1624, the Dutch again invaded the Bay of the Ming Dynasty. It was not until 1661 that they were defeated by Zheng Chenggong and got out!

Soon after the Dutch arrived in Indonesia, the British also landed in Indonesia to establish a colony, but the Dutch were clever: the latter took Batavia as a base and adopted a strategy of differentiation and disintegration. Luka Strait.

Afterwards, in 1641, it seized Malacca, the throat area of ​​Portugal, which had ruled for 130 years. The Netherlands completely controlled the East Indies and became the country that occupied the most territories in the East Indies among European countries.

In this sea area, it is normal for a Dutch shipwreck three to four hundred years ago to be found. This silver coin cleaned by Zhang Nan has a relatively rough workmanship. The date on it is 1596. It seems that it is not a mechanized product, but it should have been used. The original punching press provided by the mold and the hydraulic or wind power is much more refined than the money made before the Middle Ages.

Simply clean out the other one: In 1602, the shield-shaped emblem under the horseback rider on the front of the silver coin was different from the previous one.

Zhang Nan has in-depth research on China Silver Coins, and basically recognizes all kinds of large and small versions, but not much is known about the versions of Western silver coins: there are too many varieties, if you know all of them, it is the ability of the gods!

"Netherlands, Zeeland, Utrecht, Getland, Overijssel, West Friesland, plus Groningen, when making these two silver coins, the seven provinces of the Netherlands can issue their own currencies separately. , I don’t know which province it is from."

Until these seven provinces, after obtaining a large number of "Dutch Horse Swords" last time, I was idle in the Long Island Manor while reading relevant materials and selecting some fine collections, otherwise it would not be until the time when the Netherlands was first established. Those things.

The 7 provinces of the Netherlands are at fault for us!

I didn't recognize it, but I knew it was from the Netherlands. I threw the kiln silver coin aside, and Zhang Nan planned to go to the sea to have a look.

Too lazy to wear a diving suit, the biggest role of this thing is to keep warm and protect divers from reefs, harmful animals and plants.

Under normal circumstances, the water temperature is lower than 20 degrees Celsius to wear wet diving suits, the water temperature is below 10 degrees, you need to wear dry diving suits, otherwise the temperature will lose too quickly.

And here is in the southern waters of the South China Sea, close to the equator, and now it’s summer in the northern hemisphere. It’s still a shallow sea, with a water temperature of at least 26 to seven degrees Celsius. As long as it’s not soaking in the water all day long, and you don’t wear a diving suit. Will lose temperature.

Dixit was very honest. She wore a three-millimeter diving suit. She was a little afraid of the aquatic life in the water. It is said that she was stung by a **** jellyfish while learning to dive in Los Angeles. It was so sour...

Entering the water with a good line of sight, after adapting to the pressure of the underwater vision and the pressure on his chest, Zhang Nan began to dive with the bodyguards of several guest divers nearby.

More than 8 meters deep, the sunken ship is entirely below the vertical projection position of your own yacht. If you are afraid of running sideways, you can dive down with the anchor chain.

It was almost an atmosphere of pressure, and it was a bit awkward at first, but I quickly adapted to it. After all, this is the most basic diving depth.

The seabed is seabed silt with a large amount of sea sand, a small number of small pieces of coral survive, and some small fishes around it.

Several pieces of dark-brown wood were exposed on the seabed. Several divers who had been in the water were busy on the sunken ship and wanted to remove the top decayed planks.

Zhang Nan stood by the shipwreck, feeling that there was a little current pushing, but it was not enough to push people away.

Seeing that the boss came down, the divers who pried the plank stopped their work first, and looked at the boss’s instructions: It’s okay to see clearly at a glance, and you can tell the difference by looking at the body shape, let alone the two men and the woman. In the middle, the other personnel are scattered and facing outwards with spearguns on alert. It is not the boss and his girlfriend, plus the boss, who else can there be?

I can't speak under the water, no problem, just look at the boss's actions.

Swim to the middle of the shipwreck, first glanced at the seabed where the sea sand had been hastily cleared away, and gestured to the left and right: pry off this piece of wood!

Specifically, it is not prying, but prying and underwater cutting.

It is not thermal cutting, but mechanical cutting, which is much more convenient than prying wood with a pry bar.

As a result, the cutting machine was useless, and the wooden planks covering the upper part were easily removed: Zhang Nan indicated to clear this place first, because the cargo hold of the ship is usually in the middle of the ship.

What's inside the ancient wooden shipwreck? First look at the cargo hold. The cargo in the cargo hold is the most valuable part of the shipwreck.

Wait for a small amount of raised sea sand and silt to disappear, and the sight is blue and white!

If it wasn't for the bottom of the sea, Zhang Nan would have to shout "Oh!"

The blue and white porcelain and the superstructure of the sunken ship have basically disappeared. The decayed ship board that was removed just now is actually the cargo hold cover. Below is a neat row of porcelain.

Not a bowl, not a plate, not a vase, but a dense soup spoon!

Everyone has a soup spoon at home, but there are so many soup spoons that you can see the scalp numb, the number is amazing, and intensive phobia can be caused.

Zhang Nan grabbed two of them casually, and the approximate production age of these blue and white soup spoons can be judged underwater, but it is hard to say at the mouth of the kiln.

Putting it in the small mesh bag around his waist, he signaled to Dixit beside him: I'm going to go up by myself.

The Indian girl pointed to the cargo hold of the sunken ship, meaning that she would have to play more below to watch the divers catch these treasures.

At will, Zhang Nan floats up first.

The speed is not fast. I am not a professional diver. Even if the depth of the water is less than ten meters, it is better to slow down a little bit, otherwise it will be a little uncomfortable.

Once back on the sun deck, take off the diving gear and take out a few spoons.

Holding one in his hand, facing Guanlao Avenue on one side: "It doesn't seem to be in Jingdezhen. It should be the blue and white porcelain kiln in Fujian Province. The level of firing technology is average, not particularly high."

There are a few flaws on the soup spoon, and the blue pattern decorations are also relatively random, which is a typical foreign kiln product.

Guan Xingquan took one and looked at it, "When did it?"

"The handle is short, the mouth is wide, and the ratio is quite different from that of today's soup spoons. In all likelihood, it is the product of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

This sea ban was strictly enforced in the early Qing Dynasty, right at the end of the Ming Dynasty. "

The Ming Dynasty also banned the sea, but it was a dead letter.

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