Chapter 120: The Age of Discovery
Qin Long and Pork Rong wandered around the top of the Neck Corner Mountain for almost an hour, nominally wandering, but in fact, as soon as they went up the mountain, Xiaoxue, Xiaomink and the little monster had already run to investigate the treasure of Zhang Baozai buried underground.
The treasure has long been determined here, and after Qin Long and the others officially take over the ship repair station, the sentry tower on the top of the Neck Horn Mountain will definitely be removed.
Qin Long and Pork Rong are just having a headache now, how to unknowingly bring out the treasure below, this is not a small treasure, and it is definitely not a matter of a day or two.
Investigate the specific situation of the treasure first, and then you can do it in a targeted manner.
"Dalong, no, let's go back and find a name to build a few houses on this mountain, and the construction of the house will not be eye-catching. ”
Qin Long nodded: "I also plan to do so, the neck corner is the highest point of the entire ship repair station, and the scenery is also the best, let's build a house here without making people suspect anything." I'm just a little worried about the transportation of this batch of treasures after they are unearthed, and last time I pulled more than a dozen trucks of treasure in Silverframe Mountain, and this time the number is not much different from Silverframe Mountain. Kawashima is an island, and we still need to take a ferry to the mainland, and if we use the ant moving method, I am afraid it will take several months. For such a long time, there are many people, and there are many inconveniences on the ferry, and if you don't do it well, you will be discovered. If someone really finds out, I'm afraid we won't be able to justify ourselves at that time. ”
Pork Rong rubbed his head with a headache and said, "Then what do you say? Otherwise, we won't move it either, anyway, this will be our territory in the future, and we can come here to get it when we need it." ”
Qin Long smiled: "What you said is that there is no way, but I think it is better to transport these things back to our Nanao Island to be more practical." ”
"That must be ah, Nanao Island is our base camp, but do you have any safe way?"
Qin Long looked at Pork Rong and asked with a smile, "Have you forgotten what our three friends do underwater?"
"Submarine...... Hold the grass, you mean to use a submarine to transport these treasures back?"
Qin Long smiled and nodded: "I have already told Dafeng, let her see that there is a suitable submarine to order one abroad, and it will not be a waste for us to buy it back, we can refer to learn those advanced things on other people's submarines, and it is convenient for us to use it ourselves." ”
Pork Rong slapped Qin Long hard: "I wanted to say that we should buy a submarine for a long time, I haven't been on a submarine for so long, I want to die." ”
As he spoke, Pork Rong swept around, looked at Qin Long and asked mysteriously: "Do you know how many shipwrecks there are on the bottom of the world at the bottom of the sea?" I read an archaeological report on the Internet, which said that there are more than 2,000 shipwrecks on the bottom of our South China Sea alone, and I don't know how many treasures are hidden on these 2,000 shipwrecks. If we had our own submarines, wouldn't all of these treasures be ours, even if it was the Titanic, we could go and loot it. ”
Qin Long patted the pork Rong and said with a smile: "You old money fan, let me tell you, the value of Haidilao cultural relics is not high, and the treasures from Haidilao are not as valuable as you think." ”
Pork Rong snorted: "Then what do you say about that two-masted schooner cruiser, and the value is not high?"
Qin Long was dumbfounded by Pork Rong's question, and quibbled: "That's different, the cultural relics in the two-masted schooner light cruiser are all packed in boxes, and they are buried under the sea sand, which are relatively intact, and those cultural relics were plundered by British devils from the Old Summer Palace, which has high cultural relics value and historical significance......"
Pork Rong smiled and asked, "Then you dare to guarantee that there is no second two-masted schooner on the bottom of the sea that we found? Do you know the President Harrison? Do you know about the San Jose? Have you heard of the Golden Fleet?"
Qin Long was stunned by Pork Rong's question, he really hadn't heard of this number and that number that Pork Rong said.
Qin Long stared at Pork Rong for a long time before he said in disbelief: "You can do it, old pig, your knowledge is rising." ”
Pork Rong cocked his chin: "That's it, buddy doesn't eat white food, buddy has studied these all this time, let me tell you, the ocean is the world's greatest treasure, counting from the Age of Discovery, you know the Age of Discovery, right?"
Qin Long nodded and shook his head again: "I've heard of it, but I don't know very well." ”
Pork Rong raised a middle finger at Qin Long: "Despise you first." ”
Qin Long laughed and punched Pork Rong: "Give you a chance to show off, let's talk about it." ”
"Hold the grass, you light, you don't know that you are a non-human now?!" Pork Rong grinned and rubbed his ribs vigorously, the punch Qin Long gave him just now was a little carried away, and almost broke his ribs.
Qin Long smiled and helped Pork Rong rub it, slapped it again, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's continue with the vernacular." ”
Qin Long's slap was quite loud, but the strange thing was that Pork Rong didn't feel the pain, but was quite comfortable by Qin Long's slap.
Pork Rong looked at Qin Long and shook his head slightly, and sighed: "I really can't treat you kid as a human being now." ”
"Your sister. Qin Long raised his foot and kicked it.
The Age of Discovery was caused by the development of the commodity-money economy, and the demand for money increased greatly.
At the end of the twelfth century, Marco Polo, a Venetian, came to China with his father and was welcomed by Kublai Khan, who lived in China for 17 years and published "The Travels of Marco Polo", in which the walls, walls, and ceilings of the Chinese imperial palace were painted with gold and silver, and the claims were credible.
At that time, the book was widely circulated in Europe, causing Europeans to salivate over the Far East.
By the end of the fifteenth century, European countries had transitioned from the silver standard to the gold standard, and the kings, nobles, and merchants of Western Europe were frantically searching for gold and silver, forming an unstoppable precious metal craze.
At this time, some people remembered the description of China in Marco Polo's travels, and countless European countries began to build large ships and began to sail to the rich East, among which Portugal was the most powerful in its navigational development.
The vigorous Age of Discovery also kicked off, so the Age of Discovery is also known as the Golden Age of Discovery, the Europeans drove sturdy ships across the sea to search for gold, and the Spaniards crossed the Atlantic to discover the American continent, also in search of gold.
The world-famous Silk Road was also formed in that special historical period.
Of course, Pork Rong didn't want to popularize the historical knowledge of the Age of Discovery to Qin Long, what he wanted to tell Qin Long was that since the Age of Discovery, there have been countless merchant ships loaded with gold and silver sunk in the stormy waves of the vast sea, and if you want to dig these treasures out of the seabed, you need to equip the most suitable equipment for undersea treasure exploration, and submarines are naturally one of the indispensable undersea treasure exploration equipment.
Pork Rong put his arm around Qin Long's shoulders and said with a smile: "What I'm talking about is just the natural shipwrecks of the Age of Discovery, do you know that the Age of Discovery is also one of the most popular periods of piracy in the world, and the wealth amassed by these pirates must be much more than a sunken ship, as long as we can find one, it will be enough to enjoy it for a lifetime." There is also the Golden Fleet, the most famous maritime transport fleet in Spain, which was sunk by the British fleet in the Atlantic Ocean at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and the sinking site of the Golden Fleet has not yet been discovered. Do you know how much gold the golden fleet was loaded with when it was sunk?"
"How much?" Qin Long asked subconsciously.
Pork Rong triumphantly stretched out five fingers at Qin Long: "A full five thousand carriages of gold." ”
"Hold the grass. Qin Long blurted out.
Pork Rong was very satisfied with Qin Long's reaction, he laughed and said, "The gold of five thousand carriages is a hair, if we can find Atlantis, then we will be truly rich." ”
Qin Long sincerely gave Pork Rong a thumbs up: "It seems that you have worked treasure hunting." ”
"That must be dropped, buddy is now a professional treasure hunter, how can he be worthy of this profession without a little effort. ”
"Professional treasure hunter?" Qin Long laughed: "Yes, we are professional treasure hunters, let's go." ”
"Where are you going?"
"Nonsense, go to Hong Kong Island to pick up your wife, you don't want to see Xiaojie anymore?"
Pork Rong jumped up, stretched out his hand and dragged Qin Long down the mountain: "Hold the grass, I've been talking to you for so long, go quickly, go quickly, it's too late to be scolded......"