I returned to the original coordinate sea area, and this time I reached the bottom of the sea smoothly. Under the light, I saw the outline of the wreck, which had turned on its side.

"It's incredible that an ancient wooden sailing ship was so large. ”

"Our ancestors' craftsmanship is still very good. Chen Jianliang said with a smile.

Seeing the wreck, his mood became particularly good. With such a big shipwreck, it is impossible to have nothing. Don't say anything about a boatload full of treasures, being able to fill one percent is a very terrifying wealth.

"This guy is going to be developed again. ”

"Congratulations!" Muzi arched.

They have already discussed with Wei Hang and Chen Jianliang, and the next step is for everyone to join and make a fortune together, so they will not be blushing for the time being. Anyway, in the future, everyone will be on the same boat.

"Haha! It's hard to say, besides, even if there is a treasure, it will have to be split with the government. "Moreover, it is up to the state to pick out some important ones first. This made him quite painful.

"Yes, it's so deep, it's not easy to salvage. "Even if you wear that kind of mechanical diving suit, Wei Hang may be the only one who can go down.

It is foreseeable that it will be very hard for Weihang at that time.

"After you join, you must buy some underwater robots. Otherwise, the water is too deep, and we can only stare dryly if we have a baby. Chen Jianliang suggested.

"That's not a problem. Qian Wenji said

Only with money, this world can still do a lot of things. Especially abroad, almost anything. What kind of robot, how high-standard do you want? As long as you have enough money, even if you don't have it, it can help you develop it.

Weihang took a manned submersible to photograph the sunken ship in all directions, so that everyone can have a general understanding.

"It's really big, if there could be a warehouse full of treasures. We are developed. Chen Jianliang sighed.

He selected a few pictures and sent them to the owner of the Deng Pavilion. This shipwreck is mainly in cooperation with the Guangdong Provincial Museum, and the information is provided by others.

When they saw the picture, they were all shocked. It's a pity, it's too far. Or at the seaside in the country. They did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to salvage the whole thing. The value of such a main ship to their underwater archaeology is immeasurable.

"That's right! It's Zheng He's treasure ship. Pavilion Master Deng affirmed.

He checked a record that during Zheng He's voyage to the West, he encountered a strong wind, which caused the sinking of several treasure ships. At that time, he sent forces to explore, but the scope was too large, and this exploration was five years. For five years, the scope has been narrowed down indefinitely. Finally, they are concentrated in a sea area full of coral reefs.

"It doesn't seem to be the same ship as the one we found! The person next to him spoke.

"It is not surprising that, judging from the records, there are several treasure ships that sank. We've only detected one of them. Well, don't tell Weihang about this. "The owner of the Deng Pavilion is also an old man.

This one is clearly not the one they provided clues to, but judging from the current results, it is more powerful to them, so don't explain this at all. In this way, such a large treasure ship. The state will also divide half of the treasures that have been salvaged.

"And what about the one we found?" asked the director next to him.

"I'll talk to them personally when the time comes. Pavilion Master Deng remained silent.

At that time. As long as they revealed to Wei Hang, there must be other shipwrecks in the nearby waters, according to some wild historical records of Zheng He's voyage to the Western Ocean, several ships were sunk at that time.

When they heard the news, they were only happy and continued to investigate. Instead of thinking about why not say it earlier, etc.

"This should be the largest ship at that time, what a miracle!"

According to the data sent back by Weihang, the wreck is 148 meters long and almost 60 meters wide, with three or four layers of cabins.

That's a good fit for the data in the record. It was the largest main ship in Zheng He's fleet at that time.

It is said that this kind of ship has nine masts, can hang twelve sails, and the anchor weighs several thousand catties, and it takes two or three hundred people to set sail.

The deck area is about the size of a football field. It can be said that Zheng He's fleet was the undisputed giant of the sea at that time. Such a large fleet shows the astonishing shipbuilding level of China in the Ming Dynasty.

"There was too much technological leadership at the time. The researcher on the side spoke.

It was only a hundred years before the West appeared in the Atlantic, and the Columbus fleet consisted of only three sailing ships, the largest of which was only 100 tons, and the tonnage was only 100 percent of that of Zheng He's treasure ship.

In addition, according to historical records, the firing of artillery from Qing Dynasty warships caused the hull to break. The warships of the Ming Dynasty were equipped with more advanced and more advanced artillery than the Qing Dynasty, and it was never heard of the hull cracking due to the firing of artillery, and even defeated the Dutch fleet known as the coachman of the sea in the Battle of Taidao.

It has to be said that the Qing Dynasty was a very failed dynasty, and under the rule of the Manchus, the whole dynasty did not want to forge ahead. In a short period of three to four hundred years, various Western science and technology quickly occupied the world.

"It's a pity that it's all lost. ”

The wisdom of the ancient ancestors was like the stars, creating many miracles that even people today could not imagine. Pavilion Master Deng smiled bitterly.

In addition to the factors of war, there are also many problems of the craftsmen themselves, what to pass on the male but not the female, the church apprentice starved to death of the master, and so on, so that many superb crafts are extinguished in the long river of history.

"Look at the relief of this ship, it's art!" said one of the archaeologists with a pleasing eye.

He regretted very much in his heart, the hull of the ship was also extremely precious, but it was a pity that he couldn't pull it back.

I saw that there is a mighty tiger head relief on the front of the bow, a solemn dragon relief or color painting on the front part of the two sides, a phoenix color painting on the rear part, and a Dapeng bird with wings ready to fly above the stern plate.

Although it is a little blurry by the corrosion of the sea, you can still feel the mastery of the carving art.

"Let Weihang clean up the silt first, and after the treasure is salvaged, the sunken ship will not be damaged as much as possible. Maybe one day in the future, when the cost of salvage can be reduced, we can pull it back. Pavilion Master Deng spoke.

The pictures kept transmitting, and when they saw the open-hole rudder and giant anchor in the picture, Pavilion Master Deng and others were shocked again.

"It's the balancing rudder. ”

Pavilion Master Deng nodded slightly: "It is an inheritance of the invention of the Song Dynasty, and the control is relatively light, and the Ming Dynasty further invented the open-hole rudder, which can not only maintain the rudder effect, but also make the rudder more light." ”

Moreover, they also found that the rudder of Zheng Hebao's ship can be lifted and lowered, and the depth of the rudder blades can be adjusted according to needs.

This design allows the boat to sail in deep water, and when encountering strong winds or turbulence, the lower edge of the rudder blade can be lowered below the bottom of the ship, so that the rudder can not be affected, and when sailing or anchoring in shallow water, the rudder can be raised to a high position, so that the rudder blade will not be grounded and damaged.

"Clever!" (to be continued......)