Chapter 506: Treasure Cemetery
Su Jing casually threw a sack of pearls into the storage bag. Then, take out another sack and go to hold those snails, blood corals, turtle shells and the like, although there are many of them, not very valuable, but anyway, the blue-eyed fish are all picked up, just pick them up and sell them yourself, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, and it is shameful to waste it.
"Hey, there are actually a few porcelain!" After Su Jing picked up a few snails, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw three porcelains lying on the ground, a bowl, an oval bottle, and a plate, all of which were obviously seriously eroded by the sea. However, it seems that the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. Su Jing picked it up and observed it for a while, his eyes became brighter and brighter, these three porcelains seemed to be antiques from the Qing Dynasty. Last time, because of luck, Su Jing found a shipwreck full of porcelain at the bottom of the sea, so he made hundreds of millions, and he still remembers this sweetness very clearly.
Su Jing stretched out his hand into the sea and beat the reef at a certain rhythm, and after a while, several blue-eyed fish appeared and jumped happily. Su Jing smiled and asked, "You ask each other, who found these porcelains, and ask them to come over, and by the way, call Xiaohu over." ”
A few blue-eyed fishes burrowed back into the sea and swam to communicate with the blue-eyed fish, and after a while, the killer whales came up and cried out with joy, and a few more blue-eyed fish, three of them exclaimed, "We found it, we found it." ”
"Take me to the place where the porcelain is found. Little tiger, keep up with them. Su Jing said, threw the porcelain, snails, blood coral, etc. into the storage bag, and then jumped onto the back of the killer whale, which is now nearly seven meters long, and the back is also very wide, Su Jing can lie on it and sleep on it.
A few blue-eyed fish were ordered to swim quickly in one direction, and the killer whales hurried to catch up. It is worth mentioning that if the blue-eyed fish swims at full strength now, it is difficult for even the little tiger to catch up, and the ordinary killer whale is even more out of reach.
After swimming for one or two hundred kilometers, the blue-eyed fish slowed down, and then drilled to the bottom of the sea, and the killer whale also took Su Jing to drill down, and when it was nearly four hundred meters deep, it saw the bottom of the sea, and also saw a dilapidated ancient wooden ship about ten meters long on the bottom of the sea.
The killer whale took Su Jing into it and searched inside, but found that it was empty, there was nothing, it was possible that the goods that were loaded at the beginning had completely rotted, or it was not a cargo ship at all. After a walk, I only found a few broken porcelain, which is of little value, it seems that the blue-eyed fish has been swept very comprehensively, and those porcelains may be people's daily necessities, not goods.
Although he didn't find any more treasures, Su Jing's mind became active, and he thought: "It's so easy, I found a shipwreck again, it seems that there are a lot of shipwrecks on the bottom of the sea, it is worth continuing to explore, there should be some sea areas, and the probability of shipwrecks is higher, check it out." ”
Su Jing took out his mobile phone and checked it on the Internet, but he didn't know if he didn't check, and he was shocked when he checked it, there were more shipwrecks on the bottom of the sea than he imagined. In ancient times, seafaring technology was far less advanced than it is today, and for a time in history, a ship was killed at sea every 29 hours. In the 16th century, 45 out of every 100 gold and silver ships shipped from the American colonies to Spain were sunk to the bottom by pirates and storms. Until the beginning of the 19th century, the number of cargo ships sunk by pirates and storms still reached 3o%~4o%, and almost every sunken ship carried a treasure to some extent.
At the bottom of the sea, there are several other places known as the Cemetery of the Five Great Treasures. For one, there is a certain seabed near the Sargasso Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, where it is said that 1/1o of the earth's gold sinks. The second is southeast of Belmudez, Cuba. Third, the 25o nautical mile off the coast of Cape Corleonte, Argentina. Fourth, near the island of Chiloe in Chile. Fifth, the bottom of Cape Verde (Green Point) in Senegal.
Why do few people succeed in salvaging the seabed knowing that there are many shipwrecks and treasures on the seabed in these places, because it is too difficult to salvage the seabed, especially in these dangerous sea areas. For example, the Sargassum Sea of the First Cemetery has the reputation of "the green field of the sea", but it also has the title of "the sea of magic algae".
Since ancient times, almost none of the ships that strayed into this "green ocean" can "return to Zhao", in the era of sailing ships, I don't know how many ships, because they strayed into this strange sea area, they were entangled by sargassum, and the people on board were exhausted because of fresh water and food, so people called this sea area "the graveyard of the ocean." ”
In the eyes of navigators, the Sargasso Sea is a desert at sea and a ship's graveyard. In this empty, dead sea, there are hardly any edible fish fish, sea turtles and the occasional whale seem to be the only living beings, in addition to the single-celled algae. The Sargasso Sea has been described as a giant trap where passing ships are caught by magical seaweed, trapped in a colony of seaweed, leaving only the bones of sailors and the wreckage of ships. The Bermuda Triangle, the most famous and mysterious area in this sea, pushes these legends to the extreme.
"There are so many treasures under the sea, and it's hard for others to salvage, but I can. However, the five major cemeteries are too far away, and it is not practical to let the mackerel explore and salvage now. I don't need to go there for the time being, because there are many shipwrecks along the coast of my country, such as the Maritime Silk Road. ”
Su Jing's eyes lit up, the Maritime Silk Road, before the middle of the Tang Dynasty, China's main channel to the outside world was the land Silk Road, and then due to the war and the shift of economic center of gravity, the Maritime Silk Road replaced the land route to become the main channel of Sino-foreign trade exchanges, and in the Song and Yuan dynasties, it was an important carrier of human historical activities covering most of the world and cultural and economic exchanges between the East and the West.
The main bulk goods transported by the sea passage in the Sui and Tang dynasties were still silk, so later generations called this sea route connecting the East and the West the Maritime Silk Road. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, porcelain exports gradually became the main commodity, so it was also called the "Maritime Ceramics Road".
On these routes, there are countless shipwrecks, many of which are filled with porcelain. Because it is too difficult to salvage from the ocean, a large part of it is still lying quietly on the bottom of the sea.
"It's decided, let's start the search from the Maritime Silk Road, the nearest point is not far from here. Su Jing smiled and asked all the blue-eyed fish and king squid to come and gather, and then give an order to divide labor and cooperate.
The blue-eyed fish, naturally, are responsible for searching, transporting the scattered treasures to one place, searching on the Maritime Silk Road, naturally it is impossible to find one and move it back to the backyard and seaside, that would be too wasteful of time, just choose a position nearby. The king squid is responsible for staying behind to protect the treasures collected by the blue-eyed fish. The killer whales are responsible for carrying the collected treasures back to the beach in the backyard one by one. If you find a lot of porcelain shipwrecks, come back immediately and inform Su Jing, who will go there himself. (To be continued.) )