Chapter 996: Steel Ship
Zhang Nan had no desire to go into the water for the time being, so he simply cleaned the ten taels of silver ingots with an extremely thick oxide layer, and finally saw the mark of the word "Wang Ji" on it.
It's not official silver, it's a gadget. This is also normal, how can there be so much official silver, and this is not an official sea vessel.
Dixit was having a lot of fun under the sea: under the awning there was a blackout monitor for an underwater camera, and Zhang Nan, sitting on a deck chair, could see that she was helping the divers with their work, putting a surprising number of soup spoons into a large basket.
"Mr. Allen, you're not in the water?"
It was Yasuko Sawaguchi who spoke, she didn't dare to dive, but she was still quite envious of Martha, who was having a lot of fun underwater, and seeing that Zhang Nan didn't move, she couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Nan didn't answer directly, but asked, "What about Brother Guan?"
Only then did the girl realize that Mr. Guan was missing on the deck. I used to patronize to see how the boss washed the ancient silver ingots, and I didn't pay attention to the other situations around me.
Seeing that she couldn't answer, Zhang Nancai smiled again and said: "In addition to porcelain, there will be no more discoveries below, I see him go back to prepare Chinese food, and there is a dish that he specially prepared." ”
"Huh?"
Yasuko Sawaguchi was a little puzzled: didn't it mean that a cabin was just opened, how could it be said that there would be no more discoveries?
Until she asked, "I have salvaged more than once, and I have experience." This is a merchant ship that left China, and the most goods on board will only be porcelain, which should be the most profitable at the beginning, and the goods will not deteriorate, and at most some tea will be carried as an anti-collision filling. ”
Only porcelain shipped from China will not be transported upside down.
As he spoke, he checked the silver ingot in his hand, "There won't be many precious metals on a ship like this, at most it's just to leave some money on the road." Once you cross the Strait of Malacca, the porcelain on this ship is hard currency, as long as you guard against pirates, and the further west you go, the more expensive it becomes.
There was no need for the captain of this ship to bring more gold and silver when he returned home, but it was said that there would be a lot of precious metal in the shipwreck on the voyage from the Western world to China..."
A boatload of Wanli, Tianqi, and Chongzhen years of the folk kiln blue and white, even if it is a fine product in the Zhangzhou kiln system and the Jingdezhen kiln system, it is not of much interest to Zhang Nan.
As for the official kiln...
Unless Zheng He's fleet has those high-end goods that are strictly controlled, it is estimated that even the official kiln porcelain in Zheng He's fleet is either a precious instrument used by high-ranking officials for their own use, or a limited amount of goods to reward the kings of small countries.
Goods, there is no official kiln, and there is no one in the millions of official kilns in Hailao porcelain!
As for Guan Xingquan, he naturally has the same view as Zhang Nan - he saw too much last time, and if it was a shipwreck before the Song and Yuan Dynasties, he would still be a little interested. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the interest is average, so it's better to go and see what to eat at noon.
People are at sea, and it is important to eat well.
came out to play fishing for the wreck, but he could guess the ending just after he started, it was very boring, Zhang Nan would expect some breakthroughs on the side of the "Big Shark".
As for this, it doesn't matter if the spoon in the cabin is on the yacht, it's not particularly heavy anyway. But if there are more discoveries, the place will have to be ceded to the two salvage boats carried by the "Big Shark".
Zhang Nan himself, even if he goes fishing, it is more fun than fishing for the same porcelain from the folk kiln.
He came to play, and as for the business of fishing and selling porcelain, he still had to hand it over to the professionals on the cargo ship.
Let the girl digest this twist and turn in the sea porcelain, Zhang Nan took a telescope from the side and observed the "Big Shark" two nautical miles away for a while: the big ship has already anchored over there and will soon start diving operations.
Putting down the binoculars, he said to Yasuko Sawaguchi: "I guess it's still a little interesting over there, the underwater imaging sonar shows that there is a modern steel cargo ship under the bottom of the sea over there, but the water is too deep, otherwise I really want to go down and have a look." ”
Nowadays, cargo ships do not simply mean "sank in the last ten or twenty years", as long as they are large steel ships sailing on the oceans, they can be summed up in the category of "modern".
Steel and wood, that's the difference.
"By the way, it's probably a World War II shipwreck. Our water is shallow, less than half a nautical mile to the north is an undersea slope.
There were many naval battles in this area during World War II, and there were more battles of this kind of submarine sneak attack, all of which were shallow waters of forty or fifty to one or two hundred meters, which were said to be more suitable for submarine combat.
It is also close to several major shipping lanes, and submarines on both sides are often active in this area, and there are many fish. ”
Speaking of war, looking at Zhang Nan looking at himself with a slightly strange look, Yasuko Sawaguchi shrugged her shoulders, "I'm just half a Japanese person, this is the high seas, you are still my boss, um... Very nice owner.
I thought I could get a little bit of treasure out there, and I had to have a boatload of gold there!"
I didn't think this girl was quite single!
But this feeling is good, fishing for treasure on the high seas, everything is just for money, don't think too much about doing this work. Zhang Nan, who violated any international maritime law, didn't care, let alone that what he was doing now was completely in line with a lot of miscellaneous laws.
We're not interested in the Confederate warships, there is nothing but rusty shells, and they will cause a lot of trouble.
Little devil's...
It doesn't matter what ship or ship you have, I can catch it if I want!
......
The Indian beauty is still busy underwater, and there is almost no time limit for diving up to 10 metres, as long as you have enough compressed air in your compressed air bottle, and 200 minutes for 12 metres, compared to 100 minutes for 15 metres.
But except for professional divers with snorkels, who will have nothing to do and spend half a day in the bottom.
Dixit was in good spirits and returned to the ship after playing with the cylinder pressure alarm.
Looking at the watery hair, Zhang Nan urged her to take a bath, so as not to turn into curry in the sun, and after lunch, this place will be given to the salvage boat: the second warehouse was found just now, and as expected, it was still porcelain, all neat rows of plates.
There is a fish market on Matak Island, and yesterday both ships were replenished with enough frozen and refrigerated seafood.
There are so many groupers of three or four catties here that they are dying, which is liked by guys on both sides of the East and West, and there are many other fish, especially a few spotted mackerel more than half a meter long.
Boss Guan was just going to instruct him on how to make this fish, or how he brought it from his hometown - this fish is very common and cheap, but it tastes great if it is done well.
After cutting it into large pieces, it is salted for a day and a half and then steamed, and the taste is superb, and all the guys like it.
Lobsters are indispensable on this table, and this thing is produced a lot in the nearby waters, but Zhang Nan thinks that the meat of lobsters is too thick, and the purchasing staff specially prepared a lot of South China Sea prawns, which are the largest ones in the market.
The boss likes to eat ingredients with shells, and there are even more people below.