Chapter 1501: Two Boxes of Colonial Gold Coins
After a while, Matisse and Raymond swam back with underwater demolition tools, and Miller drove the five-seat Aurora submarine a little closer.
"Matisse, Raymond, just demolish it from here, include the porthole of the captain's room, and open an entrance with a length and width of one meter and a half, so that it is convenient for us to enter and exit, and it is also convenient for transporting things!"
Ye Tian stretched out his hand and pointed to the board outside the captain's room and said, it was the most ideal location he had chosen for demolition.
"Okay, Steven, leave it to us"
Matisse nodded in response, and then swam up with Raymond to begin preparations for the demolition.
They first used steel nails, safety locks and safety ropes to secure their bodies, and then their feet fell and stepped on the hull of the boat to determine the point of borrowing.
Immediately afterwards, the two of them each held an underwater electric cutting machine, put it close to the ship's board, and started cutting from both sides according to the area designated by Ye Tian.
As the underwater electric cutter began to rotate at high speed, the cracked planks outside the captain's exterior that had been soaked in seawater for hundreds of years were easily sliced open, like a hot knife cutting through butter.
In just three to five minutes, Matisse and Raymond teamed up to cut out a large hole of one meter and five squares, which was enough for Ye Tian and them to enter and exit freely in diving suits and carrying oxygen cylinders on their backs.
Even technicians wearing heavy wetsuits who go to sea later to carry out salvage operations can freely enter and exit the wreck from this large hole without worrying about bumps and bumps.
After the demolition was completed, Matisse and Raymond lifted the cut board to the side and slipped down the inclined hull to the sand at the bottom of the sea.
At this time, the shipwreck has been opened, just waiting for Ye Tian and them to go in and grab the treasure!
When Ye Tian did not enter the captain's room immediately, he swam to the side, gave way to the position, and then said with a smile:
"Chandler, come over and take a picture of the inside of the captain's quarters, keep it for video, and when you're done filming, we'll go into the captain's quarters to explore the treasure.
The secret treasure room next to it, we are going to enter through the captain's room, if the hatch to enter the treasure room really can't be opened, then we can only continue to break it.
At that time, the high-water underwater camera that several of us carry with us will record the whole process of demolition, and also record the situation inside the hidden treasure room."
"Okay, Steven, you've thought it so well that the British don't even want to find the slightest flaw!"
Chandler replied and said a few words of emotion. ,
Immediately afterward, the seven Aurora submarines came to the top of the big hole that had just been opened and began to photograph the situation inside the captain's room.
Once the filming was complete, the mini-submarine flashed to the side, making way into the captain's quarters.
"Guys, let's go into the captain's room and see what treasures are in those two boxes, I have a very strong premonition that there will definitely be a surprising discovery inside!"
As he spoke, Ye Tian swung his legs lightly, and through the big hole of one meter and five squares, he took the lead in swimming into the captain's room.
Immediately after, Matisse and Raymond swam in.
After entering the captain's room, Ye Tian and the three of them did not immediately start exploring, but untied their respective diving thrusters and found a place to hang up.
Then they swam to the two well-preserved chests covered with large patches of coral, ready to open them to see what they contained.
When the underwater robot explored the wreck before, it had already taken pictures of the situation in the captain's room, and everyone knew it very well, so there was no need to repeat the exploration!
Therefore, Ye Tian's mission on their trip is very clear, that is, to sweep away all the treasures in this sunken ship and take them all.
After quickly scanning the situation of the two boxes in front of him, Ye Tian immediately issued an order.
"Matisse, Raymond, shovel the coral on the top of the box, then open the box to see what treasures are inside, be careful when you act, don't break these two boxes apart!"
"Don't worry, Steven, we can control the matter, you just wait to witness the miracle!"
Matisse nodded in response, then pulled out his diving knife, stepped forward with Raymond, chose a box each, and began to peel the coral from the box.
As they kept waving the sharp diving knives in their hands, the various corals that had taken hundreds of years to grow were peeled off little by little and scattered in the seawater.
Soon, the various colors of corals attached to the two teak boxes were almost cleared, revealing the boxes underneath.
Although the two boxes were still spotted and dull, Ye Tian still recognized the origin of the two boxes at a glance.
"These are two teak boxes, teak, which is mainly found in Central America and the Caribbean, and is a fine wood that is resistant to water and fire, termites and sea insects in different seas.
It's no wonder that these two chests have survived to this day, and the manufacturing process of these two chests has a very obvious Latin American colonial style, which is supposed to have come from the Spanish colonies in Latin America.
It is conceivable from this that it is very likely that the British sacked the Spanish treasure ship at sea, and were about to return to England with the gold and silver treasures they had looted, but they were sunk at home, which is really unlucky."
This is a statement that Ye Tian has already thought of, which is enough to stop the British people from being speechless, and it is just right to say it at this time.
Hearing this, Matisse and Raymond both nodded slightly, very much agreeing with Ye Tian's judgment.
Chandler and the other live broadcast crew members in the cockpit of the submarine also heard Ye Tian's words and recorded them.
As he spoke, the corals on the two teak boxes had been largely cleaned up.
"Matisse, Raymond, it's time to cut these two locks, open the chest, and witness the miracle!"
Ye Tian pointed to the two boxes and said, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
In the blink of an eye, two rusty padlocks were cut by Matisse and landed on the ship's board.
Immediately afterwards, Matisse and the others opened the two teak boxes, and the treasures contained in the boxes were immediately presented to everyone.
At the moment when the two teak boxes were opened, a dazzling golden light suddenly flashed out, and Ye Tian was a little dizzy.
"Oh my God! This chest is full of gold coins, and the amount is amazing!"
"It's the same on my side, a whole box of gold coins, there are escudos, there are rials, and a big gold coin I don't know, with Spanish written on it!"
Matisse and Raymond exclaimed one after another, almost in no particular order, and the two guys were already dancing with excitement.
Ye Tian's face also showed a color of ecstasy at the right time, with both true feelings and performances.
Miller, and Chandler, who were in the two mini-submarines outside, also cheered at this time, and everyone was very excited.
When the cheers fell and everyone's mood stabilized slightly, Ye Tian reached out and picked up a small gold coin from the box in front of him, pretended to appreciate it, and commented.
"It is a Spanish gold coin, worth half an escudo, struck at the Spanish mint in Mexico City, around 1638.
The 'M' on both sides of the coat of arms on the obverse of the coin is the emblem of the Mexican Mint, and the capital 'R' in the center on the reverse side is the signature of the gold inspector who supervised the coin.
In Central America and the Caribbean, this figure of eight gold coins was once widely circulated, and today this colonial gold coin has become an antique and has a certain collector's value.
In addition to this figure-of-eight gold coin, this box also contains gold Escudo, Pistol, rial and so on, all from the Spanish Latin American colonies.
Seeing these gold coins, I am even more sure of the previous inference, this British battleship must have sacked the Spanish treasure ship, which is why there are so many Spanish colonial gold coins here!
The Galen may have been a British warship, a British armed privateer, or the car of a famous pirate in the British Isles, so it's not hard to figure out who it is!
At sea in the seventeenth century, these armed Galen ships, either from the English army or from the civilian population, were the greatest threat to the Spanish treasure fleet, far more dangerous than the famous pirates!"
"Wow! This is great! With these Spanish colonial gold coins as evidence, I believe that the British can be dumbfounded, they are the real robbers, are they embarrassed to shout to catch the thief!"
Matisse said jokingly, in an excited tone.
As soon as his words fell, Raymond next to him continued:
"Steven, what is this big gold coin called? I've never seen such a large Spanish colonial gold coin before, one is enough to top six or seven gold escudos!"
As he spoke, this guy took out a big gold coin from the box and shook it at Ye Tian!