Xiao Peng shook his head, he had never heard of this ship at all----- it was not a Huaxia ship when he heard the name.

"It was a merchant ship in the fleet of King Philip V of Spain, which was sunk by the British in the Caribbean Sea in 1708, and when it was sunk, it was loaded with gold, silver and jewels looted by the Spanish Empire from their colonies. You know, almost all of Latin America was their colony at that time, so you can imagine how much wealth there was. ”

Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Old Sun, then I don't understand, since this ship has so much wealth, it should have been targeted by people a long time ago, right?"

Sun Lao nodded: "Actually, as early as 1981, the Sea Search Fleet Company of the Stars and Stripes Country found the sunken sea area of this ship. However, for some reason, the ship has not been salvaged so far. ”

Xiao Peng found a problem: "Wait a minute, Grandpa Sun, where did you say this ship is in the Caribbean?"

Sun Lao replied: "In the sea north of the port of Cartagena, Colombia. ”

Xiao Peng pondered for a long time: "Grandpa Sun, the Caribbean Sea is a continental sea, and the sea water in the north of Colombia is similar to ours here, it is a continental sea, the sea water is not deep, and the salvage is not difficult, so this ship has been discovered for about forty years, why has no one fished it up to this day?"

Mr. Sun explained: "The fact that the ship was not salvaged is not a technical problem, but something else. As I said earlier, the first to discover the wreck was the Stars and Stripes' company, and they found the wreck and wanted to salvage it, but Colombia did not agree. It is for the question of the ownership of this ship. ”

Xiao Peng was puzzled: "Is there any problem with the ownership of this shipwreck?"

At that time, UNESCO once took the lead in formulating a 'Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage', saying that it was to sort out the ownership and management of countless seabed assets, but only 20 countries signed this convention------ and almost all of them were signed by landlocked countries without territorial waters, and none of the coastal countries signed this treaty.

This is the wealth of their own sea!

'We agree with and support the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, and are actively preparing to become a party to the Convention at an early date.' And then more than ten years passed, and there was no mention of it。。。。。。

Therefore, the ownership of shipwrecks in various countries in the world is now called a mess.

Legally, a country has 'full sovereignty' over what is in its own waters. However, the country of origin of the wreck can also declare 'sovereign immunity', and both warships and non-commercial ships can rely on this clause to obtain domination, and if it is on the high seas, it depends on the nationality of the discoverer and the law of the country to which the discoverer belongs, and in any case, they will always find their own reasons for a piece of the pie.

Even if it was a shipwreck hundreds of years ago, the current government of the 'country of origin' would jump out and demand dominance. No country will easily give up the good things in its own waters. Every time a shipwreck is discovered, international friction ensues, and no one is polite in front of wealth.

Just like the famous shipwreck salvage company Odyssey Marine Exploration Company in the Stars and Stripes Country, once excavated a Spanish shipwreck off the coast of Gibraltar, and a total of 17 tons of gold and silver ancient coins were all transported back to the Stars and Stripes. People also have a reason, this wreck was pulled out by us in the open sea, and it must be ours!

But Spain jumped out, not saying that the ship was their national heritage, and took the Odyssey company to court, and Chile also jumped out by the way, saying that the gold and silver were excavated in Chile and were an indispensable part of their national culture.

The end result was that half of the treasure was to be returned to the Spanish government on the grounds of the so-called 'sovereign immunity' regulations.

Mr. Sun said: "The ship has not been salvaged, and a large part of the reason is because it has been in litigation all these years. The Colombian side wants the fortune of the shipwreck. The company told them that they didn't want to do half of the family, and after so many years of lawsuits, the ownership of the ship is now completely owned by Colombia. ”

Xiao Peng's eyes widened when he heard this: "How did they do it?"

Sun Lao said with a smile: "Didn't this Stars and Stripes withdraw from UNESCO? Back then, they took the lead in developing the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Culture, but they took the lead in developing this Convention but did not join it themselves, for the sake of these seabed heritages. Now that they have all withdrawn from the group, how can they win this lawsuit without back-up?"

"What about Spain? This is their ship, right? Why don't they come here to get a piece of the pie like they did with the Odyssey?" Xiao Peng asked curiously.

Sun Lao shrugged: "This time is different from the Odyssey Company." Odyssey is a company, Colombia is a country, they have no choice but to play tricks on Spain, and now Colombia is also afraid that people will worry about their shipwreck, so they send warships to patrol once in a while。。。。。。 ”

Xiao Peng frowned after hearing this: "Grandpa Sun, let me interrupt you, according to what you said, it seems that I am going to steal the shipwreck again this time?

Sun Lao looked cunning and cunning: "I'll tell you." According to reliable information, the gold transported on it alone is more than 40 tons, and if this gold is brought out, it will be more than 2 billion US dollars, as well as a huge amount of silver, jewelry, etc., etc., don't you want to be impressed?"

Xiao Peng looked at Elder Sun speechlessly: "Grandpa Sun, you tell me the truth, are you from the original Captain Jin? Otherwise, you are a horse? Why is it so natural to say this?"

Sun Lao raised his hand and pretended to beat Xiao Peng: "What are you talking about, kid, isn't this to give you a chance to get rich?"

Xiao Peng looked embarrassed: "You also said, there are warships over there, how can I get the ship out? What kind of gift do you count as giving me? Isn't this a blank check for me? I can't do it, I can't do it." Speaking of this, Xiao Peng's hand shook desperately.

Sun Lao glanced at Yu Tianfang beside him, and said with a smile: "Xiao Peng, don't hide it, you kid, last time such a big 'goldfish' can be fished out quietly, the difficulty of salvaging this boat is much smaller than that of 'goldfish'." It's a no-brainer for you, isn't it?"

Xiao Peng coughed dryly: "How can it be so simple! If you follow what you say, then the Colombian side must have taken all kinds of measures to prevent smuggling." I want to fish it out silently。。。。。。 Besides, I'm going to go into someone's territorial waters, and if the Colombian side finds out that the treasure of the sunken ship is missing, then you must first suspect me as an outsider, right? You went to the Colombian waters to fish with a Chinese fishing boat? Isn't there no silver in this place?"

Sun Lao said with a smile: "If you really want to go over, you must be a famous teacher! Isn't it good that Huaxia and Cuba have good relations? You are going to Cuba on behalf of Huaxia to carry out fishery science and technology exchanges. This will allow you to cross the Pacific Ocean, cross the Panama Canal, and pass off the coast of Colombia to Cuba. And when you get to Cuba, someone will help you enough to bring these treasures back. ”

Xiao Peng was completely dumbfounded: "Grandpa Sun, what are you doing here? Do you want to help me transport the treasure back? Let's open the skylight and say something, what are you trying to do again?"

Sun Lao smiled and said: "You kid, don't know if it's good or not? You really salvaged the shipwreck, how can the treasure on the sunken ship be sold? Who will collect a large amount of heavy metals such as gold and silver? If it flows to the market, the origin of your treasure and how the shipwreck is salvaged will cause controversy, and when the time comes, the country to which the shipwreck belongs like Spain comes to ask you for money, what will you do? At that time, you can only sleep with a lot of treasures, right? And now, if you sell the heavy metals such as gold and silver to the state, you can still get money, and the country can get benefits. ”

"The benefits? Just a few dozen tons of gold, the country won't look at it, right? I'd rather ask for dozens of tons of dollars, which is worth more than gold. Xiao Peng blinked, now that the country is so rich and powerful, dozens of tons of gold sound like a lot, but in fact, it is just more than two cubic meters in size. The value of a ton of gold is about $47 million, and a ton of 100 dollar bills is about $95 million. It must be that the dollar bill is worth more.

Who knew that after listening to Xiao Peng's words, Sun Lao's eyes widened: "Boy, you really don't have a backache when you stand and talk! Just a few dozen tons of gold? Now the gold reserves of the entire country in China are only more than 1,800 tons! Huaxia is the country with the largest gold production in the world, and it produces more than 400 tons of gold every year, and most of this gold will be used for jewelry processing, high-tech instruments, etc., our country is so big and the economy is so good, the annual gold reserves are only 40 tons! If gold is not so scarce, it will be called' Precious metals'?"

"Uh, calm and calm, how can I know about such a major event of people's livelihood and civil aircraft?" Xiao Peng hurriedly said.

"I don't care about the salvaged jewelry and antiques and the like, the precious metals are purchased by the state, and I will ask you, do you want to do this job?"

"Well, I'm going to try this? In the end, I still have to contribute to the country. Xiao Peng shrugged and said.

Sun Lao glanced at Xiao Peng: "Is this called mutual benefit, okay? You can still make money, and the country can increase its gold reserves, which kills two birds with one stone." Of course, the ugly thing is said before, this matter is top secret, and I don't recognize what I said in this room when I go out. ”

Xiao Peng pouted: "Okay, I know, it's the same as last time, right?"

Sun Lao made a color at Yu Tianfang, and Yu Tianfang pushed a wheelchair over: "Brother Xiao, please?"