Chapter 301: Unusual Stones
The comrades-in-arms, who had already had experience in salvage of a shipwreck, looked at the shipwreck that had been cleaned up, and were also curious about what was waiting for them inside the wreck. Salvage the wreck, the most exciting and most anticipated moment is this moment.
All the hard work before is for the moment when you enter the cabin to pick up treasures, and if the cabin is empty, it means that all the hard work is in vain. Since it is a salvage shipwreck, who doesn't want the hard-to-find shipwreck to be full of all kinds of valuable treasures?
Although he knew better than other comrades-in-arms what the wreck was, it was Zhuang Haiyang who entered the ship first. The other comrades-in-arms in charge of the search, after seeing Zhuang Haiyang waving, entered the cabin one by one and began to search for the relics in the cabin.
Under the illumination of the diving lamp, some comrades soon saw a pile of stones scattered in the cabin. Seeing these stones, many comrades-in-arms were full of joy. But when they lifted it, they found that the stone was really a stone, not a precious metal as they had imagined.
This discovery made the comrades-in-arms instantly feel cold in their hearts: "This ship won't just transport a bunch of stones, right?"
It is known that in ancient times, when some empty ships returned, they would place some ballast stones in the cabin. This kind of stone is no different from ordinary stones, and naturally has no value at all. But these comrades-in-arms all saw Zhuang Haiyang's gestures.
"Could it be that these stones are anything special?"
Seeing Zhuang Haiyang's gesture of 'move the stones away', although many comrades-in-arms didn't quite understand, they still stepped forward one after another and left the cabin with these stones that had been soaked in seawater for many years and most of them were full of algae organisms.
After placing it in the passenger basket, it is returned to the cabin for transportation. When the first basket of stones was full, Zhuang Haiyang commanded another comrade-in-arms and began to float to notify the upper lift. And these comrades-in-arms are still curious about what this stone is.
If it's really a ballast stone, Zhuang Haiyang should know it!
In fact, the comrades-in-arms who were waiting on the ship saw that the first basket of treasures was lifted, which turned out to be a pile of stone lumps, and they were also puzzled: "It's not a precious metal, it seems to be a stone." It's a real stone, what do you do with salvaging stones?"
Wang Yanming, who was resting, quickly said when he heard the discussion of other people: "Okay! Since the ocean has salvaged it, there must be a reason." The stones were carried into the hold first, and then the empty baskets were ready to be put down. ”
Under Wang Yanming's urging, these comrades-in-arms could only watch with curiosity as baskets of stones were salvaged out of the water. When the third group took turns to enter the water, they finally saw the really valuable good things, a lot of gold, silver and treasures.
"These are good things! With these good things, this time it shouldn't be empty!"
What the stone is, the comrades-in-arms are not clear for the time being. But these precious metals and treasures in front of them, they can still recognize them at a glance, these things are valuable. Picking up these things, the comrades-in-arms are full of joy.
It took nearly two hours to finally scavenge the valuable things of the wreck and confirm that nothing was missing, Zhuang Haiyang instructed his comrades to backfill the sediment and rebury the sunken ship that had been dug out with great difficulty and re-bury it at the bottom of the sea.
Before boarding the ship, Zhuang Haiyang asked his comrades-in-arms who had worked hard for a long time to get on the ship first and go on the last cruise again. After confirming that there was no problem, he returned to the salvage ship, while the other comrades had already changed their clothes and began to rest.
"Ocean, it's back!!"
"Nothing unusual! However, the brother who is in charge of guarding at night still needs to cheer up. At this point, you can rest for a while after eating supper. Tomorrow's work will be the same, you all have no problems, right?"
"No problem! Compared to the first salvaged shipwreck, the tonnage of this ship does not seem to be large!"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the ship has been sinking until now, it should be about two or three hundred years. This is a cargo ship of the Qing Dynasty, and the porcelain salvaged from it can actually see some clues. ”
"The shipwreck of the Qing Dynasty, it seems that the age is not long ago! By the way, is that pile of stones also a treasure?"
As some comrades-in-arms asked about their previous curiosity, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said: "I thought it was a ballast stone, right? In fact, when I first saw those stones, I thought the same as you." It's just that I'm looking more closely than you do, so wait a minute!"
After a little sale, Zhuang Haiyang returned to the captain's room and changed into the tights he was wearing. From the pile of stones placed in the utility room, Zhuang Haiyang seemed to pick one at random and carried it to the deck.
Facing the comrades-in-arms who followed him, Zhuang Haiyang immediately said: "Bring the high-pressure water gun! Later, you will know that the value of these stones may be the most valuable on this ship." Of course, it's worth it or not, I'm afraid I have to gamble on luck!"
"Wait, Ocean, I think I know what this stone is? Am I right?"
When one of the comrades-in-arms seemed to suddenly realize what this stone was, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and nodded: "That's right! It seems that you know! Forget it, let's wash off the dirt on it first, and you will know." ”
Opening the high-pressure water cannon that usually washes the deck, Zhuang Haiyang began to wash away the stones that were polluted by the seawater and could not be seen what they were. When the stone was thoroughly cleaned, one of the comrades-in-arms soon rejoiced: "Ah! I know what this is!"
"You also sell it, hurry up and say, what is this thing?"
"What are you doing with your eyes? Look closely, this stone has one side, is it glowing green?"
Glowing green stones!
With Zhuang Haiyang, the washed stone presented the green side to the comrades-in-arms to see. These comrades-in-arms also said excitedly: "Ocean, this should be jade, right? Then this is the jadeite rough?"
"Well, if I'm not mistaken, the stones on this ship must be rough jadeite purchased by merchants. Although these stones, there is no jade no one knows. But I believe that once there is jadeite, the quality should be good.
At present, the jadeite market is hot, and the best jadeite rough can also be said to be hard to find. Let's take these stones, after they are shipped back, find a professional stone solving master, untie them all, and sell the jadeite directly, which should not worry about selling. ”
As Zhuang Haiyang said this, the other comrades-in-arms suddenly felt that the pile of stones that had been transported to the ship before seemed to be the real treasure. Fortunately, some of them know the goods, otherwise it is really possible to enter the treasure mountain and return empty-handed!
Wu Xingcheng, who was in charge of making supper, was naturally happy when he heard that the stones that had been salvaged before were all very valuable old pit jade rough stones. When the jade is solved, I believe that the wealth brought by this batch of stones will also exceed the imagination of all comrades-in-arms.
But for Zhuang Haiyang, there are a few rough stones in it, and he doesn't plan to sell them after the jadeite is solved. The reason is that the jadeite contained in those rough stones is the best and rare jadeite, and he plans to make jewelry.
In that case, it can also be used as an ornament to marry Concubine Li in the future. Secondly, create some unified trinkets, and in the future, these comrades-in-arms can also be given as gifts when they get married, and I believe that the comrades-in-arms and their husbands will be very happy.
Although there don't seem to be as many items as the previous time, in terms of value, Zhuang Haiyang feels that it shouldn't be lower than the previous time. When I return this time, I believe that Zhao Penglin and others will also feel very surprised!
In addition to these jadeite roughs, many gold bricks and silver ingots were recovered from the shipwreck, as well as a box of high-quality pearls. In Zhuang Haiyang's view, once these pearls appear at auction, they are bound to become sought after by noblewomen.
Every time something is salvaged, Zhuang Haiyang will also choose some for his own collection. The shipwreck items that were really handed over to the company for sale were all things that Zhuang Haiyang felt that the value of the collection was not high. Keeping some at a time is also considered a souvenir.
After eating, except for the comrades-in-arms who were on duty at night, most of them did not drink alcohol. Other comrades-in-arms who didn't need to be on duty, some originally wanted to drink, but they were all persuaded by Wang Yanming, saying that they had to maintain a high degree of concentration these days.
There was a batch of such valuable things hidden on the ship, and if someone else had it, he would definitely return to the ship immediately. Only Zhuang Haiyang still seems to stay at sea for fishing. If you don't raise your vigilance, you may be able to take advantage of it.
After staying at sea for three days, watching the last trawl and being successfully hoisted onto the boat, Zhuang Haiyang immediately said: "Squad leader, set off and return home!" With this net of fishing, our water tank can basically be filled, so let's go back!"
"Good!"
"Others, hurry up and pick up the seafood, the valuable ones are still alive, and they are all thrown into the water tank to raise. If it is dead, if it is valuable, it will be sent to the fresh-keeping cabin. Ordinary seafood, put it in the freezer, let's start!"
"Okay, brothers, come on, you can go home and rest when you're done!"
As the salvage ship began to return and enter the scope of economic territorial waters, many comrades-in-arms breathed a sigh of relief. In their opinion, they will be relatively safe when they enter this sea. Foreign ships generally do not dare to sail into such waters.
On the other hand, Zhuang Haiyang, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, had been paying attention to the ships cruising nearby. The other comrades-in-arms didn't say anything about him not helping to clean up the fish. They all know that Zhuang Haiyang is not idle, and he is also guarding for them!
All the work was completed, and the remaining voyage to Nanshan Island was not far, and seeing that the meal was ready, Zhuang Haiyang also ordered everyone to start eating. As for the salvage boat, it slowed down until it was getting dark, and finally arrived at the pier of Nanshan Island.
Looking at these comrades-in-arms around him, Zhuang Haiyang also asked Lin Xin to take Avayi home. The rest of the comrades-in-arms began to transfer all the things salvaged from the sunken ship to the yacht parked in the dock according to the division of labor.
After completing the transfer of items, Zhuang Haiyang immediately said: "Pengzi, you stay and watch the house, send someone to keep an eye on the dock, and I will accompany Lao Wang and them to the town." Let Hongjie make a few good dishes, and let's have a drink in the evening. ”
"Okay! At home, you can rest assured!"
Although the things transferred to the yacht were of higher value, Qian Yunpeng and the others knew that the salvage ship was docked at the dock as usual, and others would not have any suspicions. I only think that this trip to sea they only fished and did not salvage the sunken ship.
It was not until this moment that many comrades-in-arms understood why Zhuang Haiyang wanted to customize such a dual-purpose ship. Only in this way can they salvage the wreck in a low-key manner, without attracting too many people's attention and not causing too much trouble to themselves!