Returning to the life of Nanshan Island is undoubtedly the most comfortable 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 stopped. When there are many 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 for living such an idle life like a wild crane. The most speechless thing is that it is clear that he fishes for three days and dries his nets for two days, but Zhuang Haiyang's income is higher than that of them.

When you are a salted fish, you are not short of money, who to reason with!

As usual, Zhuang Haiyang, who was staying at home to dry the goods, suddenly saw the members of the expert group and hurried to the direction of the dock. Curious, he asked, "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing! The things on the second ship have been salvaged out of the water, and the experts will go to identify them!"

"Ahh

For Zhuang Haiyang, when the cargo on the No. 1 wreck was salvaged out of the water, it was missed because he was in the capital. Now that the No. 2 wreck has finally begun to salvage items, he is naturally very curious and wants to know what is on it.

When chatting with Sun Xingyuan a few days ago, Zhuang Haiyang already knew that as the discoverer of the shipwreck salvage, the state would also give corresponding rewards. Although it is not as profitable as your own salvage, this bonus should not be less.

Just when the staff who was asked didn't know how to answer, Wang Mingcheng, who was walking in front, suddenly said: "You kid, if you're interested, just follow and have a look." But remember, there is no official announcement, and you are not allowed to say anything. ”

"Listen to you, I'm still very tight-mouthed. Even if you have been discharged from the army for many years, you still understand the discipline of secrecy!"

After getting permission, Zhuang Haiyang also followed the team to the dock. Looking at the salvaged items that had been removed from the ship one after another and had been all boxed, Zhuang Haiyang was naturally curious about what was in the box.

Different from the Nanfang No. 1 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 wreck into boxes, and then classify and preserve.

Again, most of the things that can really be preserved on the shipwreck are precious metals and porcelain. Silk and other goods similar to those found in the No. 1 shipwreck have long since been buried for hundreds of years, and they cannot be preserved until now.

Wang Mingcheng, who arrived at the dock, quickly said: "Xiao Sun, have all the goods on the ship been cleared out?"

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

"This is the item that was cleared out of the first half?"

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

As the person in charge of logistics support, Sun Xingyuan is also responsible for on-site supervision. Although there is a lot of work, for Sun Xingyuan, when the salvage work of the wreck is over, he will be able to improve his position a lot.

Thankfully, the two shipwrecks that have been salvaged so far have a lot of things on board. In the first half of the first cleaning of the No. 2 wreck, more than ten boxes of cargo were cleared, which is already a very good harvest.

When Wang Mingcheng ordered someone to open a box, he looked at the square holes that had been violently adhered together in the box, and said with regret: "It's a pity! These should be copper coins, but they are too corroded." ”

Hearing what Wang Mingcheng said, one of the experts also nodded: "Indeed! On many copper coins, I can't even read the handwriting clearly." Move back first, and then clean up one by one. The outside is basically useless, and the inside should be able to clean up some useful ones. ”

"Well, I'll leave the cleaning of the coins to you. If it's not easy to clean up here, then bring it back to the island and clean it up again. First carry out registration and classification, and then we will divide labor and carry out the corresponding cleaning and registration work. ”

"Okay!"

As the second box was opened, looking at the pile of black bumps piled up inside, Wang Mingcheng and a group of experts were very happy and said: "Yes! It seems that the owner of the ship is still a rich man, these precious metals, clean up well!"

"Understood!"

Black bumps like this have also been seen by Zhuang Haiyang on the wrecked ships that he salvaged before. Not surprisingly, the black bumps in this box should be all gold and silver. These precious metals are worth more than the rusty copper coins that were previously made.

The other chests were porcelain covered with corrosive marine life. Judging from the shape, it is similar to the previous analysis by experts. The age of the No. 2 shipwreck should belong to the late Zhu Dynasty.

The expert in charge of cleaning up the porcelain, looking at the porcelain in the box, said very distressedly: "It's all good things! It's a pity that the abrasion is a bit serious." Even if it is cleaned up, the value will be greatly reduced. ”

"Lao Li, it's okay! This is Hailao porcelain, how good can it be? However, some of the devices are very novel, and cleaning them up is also conducive to tracing the history of porcelain in that era. As for the value, are you willing to sell it?"

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

For these experts, their presence on the island is more of a command and supervisory role. All salvaged items from the wreck are first registered and sorted before being transported inland for further cleanup.

Staying next to watch the lively Zhuang Haiyang, he also felt that the things that could really be salvaged from the sunken ship did not seem to be as valuable as he imagined. Just imagine, in that ancient era, porcelain and gold and silver could only be preserved to this era.

As for things like spices or silk, they naturally come to naught after being buried in the sea for hundreds of years. In the opinion of those experts, these porcelains are worth a lot. But in Zhuang Haiyang's opinion, it is still those gold and silver that are more eye-catching.

Fortunately, Zhuang Haiyang understands that just look at these things. In the entire sea area near the ghost stream, he found a total of four shipwrecks, one of which was fished up by him. The remaining three ships will also be salvaged out of the water one after another.

If he really wants to salvage alone, Zhuang Haiyang believes that not only will he not make money, but he may also trap himself. It's actually better now. At least the salvage team did not find a single wreck, and it was salvaged before them.

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

With the No. 2 wreck, it was all cleaned up in one day. Looking at Li Tie and the others who finally returned to the island after nightfall, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said, "Tie Niu, you're tired today, right?"

"It's okay! Compared to the clean-up work, the salvage work is really tedious. Some things are in the boat, so it's hard to salvage!"

Regarding what was salvaged, Zhuang Haiyang would not ask. Even if he asked, Li Tie might not be able to say. There are some things that are clear to each other, so why bother with it? If it really wants to be spread, Li Tie will also eat it!

Making tea for Li Tie and the others who came into the house to chat, Zhuang Haiyang said again: "The salvage work of the No. 2 shipwreck is over, then the No. 3 shipwreck remains." I've heard that the dredging work has been completed, so when will the salvage begin?"

The silt has been cleaned up, but the No. 3 ship is a bit dilapidated, and it will take a lot of time to salvage the things on board. But years ago, it should be over. ”

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

"Yes, although it is easy to stay here, but after staying for a long time, I still miss the troops. ”

For Li Tie, a non-commissioned officer and diver, most of them have been in the army for a long time and have become accustomed to the life of the army. Although Nanshan Island is relatively free, the operation intensity is not small, and sometimes the operation is carried out for several days in a row.

After a long time, the burden on the body is not small. Fortunately, the salvage team also knows that occasionally taking advantage of the bad weather to give the diving team a holiday to rest and adjust. With Zhuang Haiyang, an old comrade-in-arms, Li Tie and others often come over 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 is also very fragrant. Occasionally, on holidays, you can also have a dinner, eat barbecue and drink beer. It's still very comfortable on days like this.

After a day of registration and cleaning, the boxes were salvaged the next day and re-sent to the shipyard for transportation. Unlike the professional institutions in the mainland, a lot of things are placed on this side of Nanshan Island, which is actually still difficult to clean.

Three days later, the first items of the No. 3 wreck were recovered. To the surprise and surprise of the expert group, many ivory products were found on this sunken cargo ship of the Qing Dynasty. The value of these ivory is naturally much higher than that of porcelain.

In addition, the diving and salvage team also salvaged more than a dozen heavy hard stones on the wreck. After the expert group identified it, this should be a jadeite rough. Although I don't know if there is jadeite in it, its value is also not low.

At present, the jadeite market is extremely hot, this kind of jadeite rough stone mined by the old pit at a glance, once the jadeite is opened, I believe that the water is very good. Correspondingly, the value will naturally be greatly increased.

Even Wang Mingcheng smiled after reading it: "Originally, I was worried that the No. 3 ship was very likely to be an empty ship. Unexpectedly, there were not a few pieces of porcelain on the ship, but there was such an unexpected gain. ”

"Judging from the items salvaged from the ship, the No. 1 ship and the No. 2 ship should be ships departing from China. Ship No. 3 should be the ship that sank on the return trip. It seems that there were a lot of merchant ships coming and going on this line in the past!"

"It's normal! A few years ago, when we salvaged Nanfang No. 1, didn't those countries also look red? I was unable to do so, so we joined forces with those foreign salvage companies to salvage the shipwreck that belonged to us. It's really disgusting!"

Those who know history know that in ancient times there was a Silk Road by land and a Silk Road by sea. Ancient ships are different from modern ones, and many merchant ships go to sea with unpredictable life and death.

If it weren't for the fact that the profits of sea trade were too high, enough to make those merchants take risks, I believe that there were really not many businessmen who dared to go to sea. In the past, merchant ships frequently traveled to and from the sea, and from time to time it was found that shipwrecks hit the reef or were shipwrecked.

At present, there are undoubtedly very few shipwrecks that have really been salvaged out of the water. In the deep sea of merchant ships, there are still countless priceless shipwrecks waiting to be discovered. Unfortunately, some of the shipwrecks were completely buried, so how difficult is it to find them?