The Age of Discovery, to put it bluntly, was a bloody history of colonization everywhere, and the Dutch "sea coachman" was no different: in 1596, a Dutch fleet led by the Dutchman Hotmann arrived in Banten, Java, and by 1603, the Dutch established a trading post in Java.

In 1605, the Dutch conquered Ambon Island and Dilly Island in the spice-rich Maluku Islands, and in 1619, they captured Jakarta on the island of Java and named it Batavia as the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company in the East.

In 1624, the Dutch invaded Wanwan of the Ming Dynasty again, and it was not until 1661 that Zheng Chenggong defeated him!

Soon after the Dutch arrived in Indonesia, the British also landed in Indonesia to establish a colony, but the Dutch were still clever: the latter used Batavia as a base and adopted a strategy of division and disintegration, taking the north and south Molucas and blockading the Moluccas.

Later, in 1641, they seized Malacca, a choke point under Portuguese rule for 130 years, and the Dutch completely controlled the East Indies, becoming the country that occupied the most territory in the East Indies among European countries.

It is normal for there to be a Dutch shipwreck three or four hundred years ago in this sea, and the workmanship of this silver coin cleaned by Zhang Nan is relatively rough, the date on it is 1596, and it does not look like a mechanized product, but it should have used a mold and a primitive punch with water or wind power to provide a power source, which is much more exquisite than the currency before the Middle Ages.

The other one was cleaned out as well: in 1602, the coat of arms under the mounted knight on the obverse of the silver coin was different from the previous one.

Zhang Nan has an in-depth study of Huaxia silver coins, and basically recognizes all kinds of large and small varieties, but I don't know much about the varieties of Western silver coins: there are too many varieties, if you know them all, it is the ability of the gods!

"When the Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gedland, Oberissel, West Frisland and Groningen were minted, the seven provinces of the Netherlands could issue their own currencies separately, and they could not recognize any of them. ”

Until these seven provinces, which were the last time they obtained a large number of "Dutch horse swords", they were idle in the Long Island Manor to read through the relevant materials and select some fine collections, otherwise they would not have been until the establishment of the Netherlands.

The 7 provinces of the Netherlands, it's about our business!

I can't recognize it, but I can know that it's from the Netherlands, and the kiln silver coin is thrown aside, and Zhang Nan plans to go to the sea to take a look.

Too lazy to wear a wetsuit, the biggest function of this thing is to keep warm, but also to protect divers from reefs, harmful animals and plants.

Under normal circumstances, if the water temperature is below 20 degrees Celsius, you need to wear a wet suit, and if the water temperature is below 10 degrees, you need to wear a dry suit, otherwise the temperature loss will be too fast.

And this is in the southern part of the South China Sea, close to the equator, and now it is summer in the northern hemisphere, this is still a shallow sea, the water temperature is at least 267 degrees or more, as long as you are not soaking in the water all day and night, you will not lose temperature without wearing a diving suit.

Dixhit was honest and wore a three-millimeter-thick wetsuit, she was a little afraid of the aquatic creatures in the water, and it was said that she was stung by a damn jellyfish while learning to dive in Los Angeles......

After getting used to the underwater vision and the pressure on his chest, Zhang Nan began to dive accompanied by the bodyguards of several guest divers nearby.

More than 8 meters deep, the wreck is under the vertical projection position of your own yacht, if you are afraid of running crooked, it is no problem to hold on to the anchor chain and dive down.

The pressure was almost one atmosphere higher, and it was a little awkward at first, but it quickly got used to it, and this was the most rudimentary depth after all.

The seabed is a sea floor with a lot of sea sand, a small amount of coral, and some small fish around.

A few black-brown pieces of wood were exposed on the seabed, and several divers who had previously launched were busy on the wreck to remove the top few rotten planks.

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

Seeing that the boss came down, the divers who prying the planks stopped what they were doing to see what instructions the boss had: it was okay to see the appearance clearly at once, and you could tell by looking at the body shape, not to mention that these two men and one woman were in the middle, and the other personnel were scattered outwards with spearguns on alert, not the boss and his girlfriend, plus who else could there be?

I can't talk underwater, no problem, look at the boss's actions.

Swimming to the middle of the wreck, I first looked at the seabed that had been hastily cleaned of sea sand, and motioned left and right: pry this piece of wood off!

Specifically, it's not prying, it's prying plus underwater cutting.

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 not used, and the planks covered on it were easily removed: Zhang Nan signaled to clear this place first, because the ship's cargo hold was usually in the middle of the ship.

What is 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's relics, don't expect the original crew to have anything.

When a small amount of raised sea sand and silt disappears, the sight is blue and white!

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

Blue and white porcelain, the superstructure of the wreck has basically disappeared, and the decayed ship plate that was removed just now is actually the cargo hold cover, which is a neatly arranged piece 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 here that it can make the scalp tingle, and the number is staggering, and dense phobias will be committed.

Zhang Nan grabbed two of them casually, and he could judge the approximate production era of these blue and white soup spoons under water, but it was difficult to say at the mouth of the kiln.

He put it in the small mesh bag around his waist and motioned to Dixhit, who was beside him: he was going up.

The Indian girl gestured to the wreck's hold, meaning that she would have to play more down there and watch the divers catch the treasures.

At will, Zhang Nan floated first.

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

Once back on the sun deck, remove your scuba gear and take out a few spoons.

Holding one in his hand, he said to Guan Lao Avenue on the side: "It doesn't seem to be from Jingdezhen, it should be the blue and white porcelain kiln in Fujian Province, and the level of firing technology is average, not particularly high." ”

There are a small number of defects on the soup spoon, and the blue and white ornaments are also relatively casual, which is typical of the color of the folk kiln for export.

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

"The handle is short, the mouth is wide, the proportion is relatively different from the current soup spoon, and nine times out of ten it is the color of the goods in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

This sea ban was strict at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, at the end of the Ming Dynasty. ”

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