At night on the third day after separating from the frigate, the "Searcher" approached the Barbec saltwater lake in Virginia, slowed down and prepared to anchor.

The lake runs north-south, with a length of more than 20 kilometers and a maximum width of about 10 kilometers, and the entire area belongs to a national park, separated from the Atlantic Ocean by a natural impact dam more than 20 kilometers long and a few hundred meters to two or three kilometers wide.

There are a small number of residential developments in the northern part of the Atlantic side of the lake area, which is desolate the further south you go, and the rest of the area is almost no-man's land at night, except for the occasional camper.

Quiet, barren, silent except for the faint sound of the waves.

The sea would have been largely calm, but the Searcher's cockpit was busy, and Captain Jamie Bostwick listened to the reports from the various departments, steered the ship himself, and most importantly kept an eye on the distance between the ship and the natural coastal embankment.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the large ship that almost drifted with the tide dropped anchor, and as the heavy anchor chain entered the sea and tightened, the 167-meter-long ship was firmly anchored in the offshore water, and the coast was 500 meters away from the port side.

The radio on the ship sounded the sound of Mingyu talking, and at the same time, the light signal of communication was lit on the shore, and the person who answered arrived.

There is a trestle bridge on this section of the uninhabited coast, and two barges and several high-speed assault boats are ready, all of whom are "joint forces".

The Joint Forces has always had a training center in Virginia, not far from the area.

When the identity of the answering personnel was determined from a distance of dozens of nautical miles, Captain Jamie looked at the approaching boats and said to Andre on the side: "Actually, if we send the 'Big Shark', we will be directly transferred to the sea, this speed will be a little faster." ”

In this regard, Andre said with a smile: "If the cargo ship still needs to be unloaded once, now some people in the upper echelons of Washington are keeping an eye on it, so it is better to transport it directly to their own land." ”

Saying that, he looked at Miles, the retired colonel should be very familiar with this area.

Sure enough, the latter said: "After unloading from here, those barges and assault boats can send the goods directly through the waterway to the company's sea training base, and then the boss can transport things wherever he pleases..."

The three of them chatted casually, and the crew on the deck, who had already been ready, went into action, and the pile of cranes was operating in an orderly manner.

When they left Panama, the people on board the "Searcher" had already received instructions that Washington should turn a blind eye to them, in fact, in order to reduce the pressure.

How many treasures are on board the San Jose?

This question is known only to the people on the "Searcher", and to outsiders it may be a ton, or 100 tons, and the type of item is even more difficult to guess, in the end, the source is from a legend.

But these actually don't care about Washington's affairs at all, and it's a flying trouble for Lao Bu and others!

Even if there are 100 tons of gold to Washington, the underground treasures found on the territory of the United States can belong to individuals, not to mention the treasures on the high seas thousands of kilometers away from the mainland, which really have nothing to do with Washington.

Washington will also be annoyed, and the way the accompanying frigate is arranged is to tell you: "You hurry up and do something, don't make me a big trouble - come back!"

But the trouble is already coming, it can only be big - the trouble is better to be smaller, so what to do?

Halfway through the unloading, except for the "Seeker", the ghost knows what was on board the San Jose.

100 tons of gold is a big problem, and if it becomes 1 ton, the trouble will naturally become smaller.

Washington is also annoyed, and even the Spaniards jumped out and swore to claim ownership of the shipwreck treasure found this time, which made the Colombian who had suffered a lot of losses and lost face half to death.

And not only the Spaniards, but also Peru and Ecuador, where the legendary San Jose treasure comes from, also said that they want a piece of the pie.

This side is separated by the Atlantic Ocean, the Spaniards really jumped out, this old empire, colonialist country robbed half of the world hundreds of years ago, this has been hundreds of years has passed, and it is still remembering the wealth that was plundered.

Don't blame it for being shameless or logical, it just jumped out of it as a matter of course and justifiably!

Not for the first time, and it won't be the last.

Those troubles belong to Washington and the boss, and they have nothing to do with these people on the "Searcher", and now their task is to quickly transfer supplies.

Seven large and small cranes arranged in the front and rear of the ship and on both sides of the ship started work together, and two large containers were the first to be hoisted onto the two barges divided into left and right side gangs.

There are a total of 4 such containers, each of which contains more than 30 tons of treasures, and after separating from the American frigate, the crew on board is busy transporting linen bags one by one.

The rest of the packaging is varied, with canvas bags in hoisting nets, and the contents are either gold or silver, or emeralds.

Forget about those salvaged cannons, if they stay on the ship and do not move, they may be used as bargaining chips for Washington to fight with other countries, and it depends on whether Zhang Nangao is unhappy and whether it is in his long-term interests.

Give something to calm things down?

Sometimes it's the right strategy, sometimes it's absolutely unworkable, and you'll be seen as a softie!

The business of "Sunshine Star" is all over the world, and where you can compromise in business, you need to compromise, and when you can't compromise, you have to be tough to the end!

This world is not a friendly society, is it a cannibalistic society, or is it a jungle rule, cannibalism does not spit out bones!

The speed of unloading was very fast, and in less than two hours, all the materials to be transported in advance on the ship were connected, and the barge and the assault boat left here.

The boats were staffed with heavily armed security personnel, who escorted the valuable treasures to the company's training base.

Once the things are transported to the base, they will not be stored for a long time, they will be loaded and dispersed, some will be transported to Montana, and some will be transported to Botswana by air.

Others, such as the rough emeralds that are transited, are sent to New York and Los Angeles, where people from the Star Jewelry Group are waiting to receive and grade the stones.

Some of this large number of emeralds will slowly be put into the market, as for the best part of the outsiders, don't think about it, it will be the private collection of the proprietress ladies.

Now the "Seeker" is lightly armed, and now there are only a few dozen cannons left on board, as well as about 500 kilograms of gold coins, two tons of silver coins, and dozens of kilograms of emerald rough.

There are still a lot of treasures, but compared to the actual situation, there is not one in a hundred.