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"Boss, is our target this time the golden fleet?"

After explaining to Peng Fei the origin of the Golden Fleet, Captain Clyde's swarthy face suddenly showed a red glow, and it was obvious that he was full of hope for this salvage. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The reason why Clyde is so excited is also based on Zhuang Rui's reasons, whether it is salvaging the Song Dynasty shipwreck or resalvaging the "Awa Maru" after decades, the final result is exciting.

Therefore, although Clyde does not know Zhuang Rui's other miracles very well, but with those two shots alone, he is full of confidence in Zhuang Rui.

Zhuang Rui nodded when he heard this, and said, "That's right, a total of seventeen galleons full of treasures sank to the bottom of the sea back then, and there were at least hundreds of cabins filled with gold alone.

However, according to records, only two shipwrecks have been salvaged in the past few centuries, which means that there are more than a dozen shipwrecks full of gold, silver and jewels on the bottom of the sea.

If we can successfully salvage a few shipwrecks, then I think this salvage can become one of the major events that will shock the 21st century......"

"That's right, boss, our name will definitely be recorded in the history of navigation, and it will be a great salvage operation......

Zhuang Rui's words made Captain Clyde clench his fists, as if the wreck had been found and the gold had been salvaged, and he didn't look like an old captain who had lived at sea for decades.

"Ahem, Clyde, it will be, I'm confident ......"

Zhuang Rui coughed several times when the bearded captain said, this foreigner is too easy to be brainwashed, right? It is Zhuang Rui himself, and now he is not very clear about the specific situation of the shipwreck.

This shipwreck treasure was noticed by Zhuang Rui when he traveled to "Xuanrui Island" from Africa, but because the route was still far away from Vigo Bay at that time, Zhuang Rui only vaguely noticed that there was a strong aura in that sea area.

Zhuang Rui, who was in a hurry to return to "Xuanrui Island", didn't care much, and he didn't know that it was the treasure left over from the naval battle in the 17th century.

But from the moment he had that conversation with Huang Fuyun, when he knew that he was already poor and almost ran out of rice to cook, Zhuang Rui searched for it, did he want to claim wealth from the sea?

Thinking back to the treasures of several shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean that he remembered, Zhuang Rui found that there was little gold in those shipwrecks, and most of them were cargo ships, and even if the goods in them did not decay over the past few hundred years, it was estimated that they would not be sold for any price.

After thinking about it again and again, Zhuang Rui remembered the coordinates in the Atlantic Ocean that he had written down this time, so he found the map, inquired about the coordinate point in detail, and found that the sea area was only more than 100 nautical miles away from the place where the golden fleet sank in the seventeenth century.

Compared with the several shipwrecks treasures that Zhuang Rui recorded in the Pacific Ocean, it is obvious that the rumors of the golden fleet are more attractive, and it is Zhuang Rui who made the "nautical chart" overnight, which makes Clyde as excited as a gorilla in heat.

Peng Fei, who was sitting on the side, saw that Zhuang Rui and Clyde were discussing hotly, and couldn't help but point to the map and ask, "Brother Zhuang, which country do the coordinates on this map belong to?"

"In the Age of Discovery, the Gulf of Vigo belonged to Spain, but now it should belong to Portugal, because not far from here is the Azores, which is Portuguese territory......"

To be honest, Zhuang Rui couldn't tell which country's territorial waters belonged to, and immediately looked at Clyde.

"That's right, after the defeat of Spain, the sea power was greatly reduced, and many colonies were divided between Britain and the Netherlands and Portugal......" Clyde nodded, as a European, he knew more about these histories than Zhuang Rui.

"Ahem, I said Brother Zhuang, since it is Portugal's territorial waters, can others let you salvage the sunken ship with great fanfare? I think, don't send warships to drive us away at that time, then it will be a big trouble......

After hearing Clyde's words, Peng Fei showed a puzzled expression, these European countries are not like small countries like Congo, and it is definitely not so easy to blatantly go to other people's territory to hunt for treasure.

"Peng Fei, you don't understand this, firstly, this coordinate point may not be within the territorial waters of Portugal, but also on the high seas, and secondly, even in the territorial waters of Portugal, they will not interfere with our treasure hunt operation......"

After hearing Peng Fei's question, Zhuang Rui laughed, and when he saw Peng Fei, he still had a mushy expression, and then said: "The laws of foreign countries are not the same as those in our country, they advocate private exploration and treasure hunting, and the government will give some help......

Zhuang Rui is telling the truth, it may be that many countries in Europe made their fortunes by sea raiding in the Middle Ages, and even in modern times, they still have the spirit of adventure in their bones.

Therefore, many countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, have enacted laws that allow private exploration and archaeological excavations.

As long as you report to the local authorities, you can carry a shovel to excavate on land that is not privately owned, and all the things excavated are privately owned, and you do not have to pay a penny of tax.

Of course, this kind of excavation also has many restrictions, and it is not allowed to damage public facilities and the surrounding environment.

In England, there is a retired old man, who walks around with a shovel all day long, and after more than ten years, he actually digs up antique art worth millions of pounds, which is a millionaire in China.

"If China allows this to happen, I'm afraid there won't be a single tile left in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang......"

Peng Fei was surprised to hear it, but it is obvious that this situation is definitely not suitable for China, otherwise with China's population base and the ** who are eager to get rich, one person and one shovel will go down, and it is estimated that there will be no complete land except for the city.

Zhuang Rui pursed his lips when he heard this, and said: "The national conditions of various countries are different, many countries in Europe have a very short history, and there are not many civilization sites or tombs underground, so this law can be passed, such as Egypt and Greece, you go and dig it, and directly arrest you and throw you in prison......

You must know that China is not the only ancient civilization country on this planet, and the civilization history of many Western countries is not much later than China, and the term tomb robber is also applicable to those countries.

"By the way, Captain Clyde, please inform the relevant countries that we are going to search and salvage the sea area where the gold fleet in Vigo Bay sank, and ask them to cooperate......"

After Zhuang Rui explained to Peng Fei, he turned his face to look at Clyde, he was not sure whether the place where the shipwreck was found on the seabed was the high seas, if not, he still had to coordinate with the countries in the sea area to which he belonged, after all, territorial waters, like national land, are sacrosanct.

"Okay, boss, don't worry, just leave these things to me......"

After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde nodded again and again, in some European countries, making an expedition declaration is just like a ship docking at a port, and it is not a very complicated matter.

After nearly five days at sea, the "Xuanrui" finally arrived in the waters near the Azores.

Zhuang Rui did not let the Xuanrui go directly to the coordinate points on the navigation chart, but circled around the waters of Vigo Bay for nearly 800 nautical miles, which took another two days.

Others don't know what Zhuang Rui means, but in the past two days, Zhuang Rui has been able to find out this sea area of nearly 1,000 nautical miles clearly, and the specific locations of those sunken ships have also been found by Zhuang Rui.

It's just that Zhuang Rui is a little strange that these shipwrecks are not in Vigo Bay, but almost three hundred nautical miles away from Vigo Bay, and they are all piled up around a bulge that looks like an undersea volcano.

What makes Zhuang Rui even more puzzling is that unlike some other submarine volcanoes that live around a large number of creatures, there are very few marine creatures in this sea area, and even plankton are rarely seen.

However, Zhuang Rui didn't care about this, the ocean is far more mysterious and complex than the land, maybe the water quality in this sea area is not suitable for the survival of marine life.

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"Clyde, has the nature of the sea at this coordinate point been determined?"

Sitting in Clyde's large captain's cabin, he could clearly see the sea in front of him through the glass window in front of him, and Zhuang Rui was staring at a nautical chart spread out on the table, marked with a red mark on a coordinate point on it.

Clyde didn't know why Zhuang Rui marked a mark on the map, and that mark seemed to have a lot of deviations from the nautical chart that Zhuang Rui took out, but he still answered honestly: "Boss, it is the high seas, and it does not belong to any country, but one hundred and twenty nautical miles to the north is the territorial waters of Portugal......"

"What was written centuries ago may not be true......

Zhuang Rui looked at the bearded captain with a confused face and said, "According to the Spanish admiral's dictation, all the ships were sunk in Vigo Bay, but I think this may be his deliberate attempt to induce those Anglo-Dutch troops, right?"

Otherwise, how could it be that only two wrecks were found in the Bay of Vigo? So I judged that most of the wrecks of the Golden Fleet at that time had washed out, only to sink somewhere else because of the severe damage to their hulls......

To be honest, Zhuang Rui is also puzzled by the location of those sunken ships, why did they appear three hundred nautical miles away when they were sunk in Vigo Bay?

It's just that for this salvage operation, Zhuang Rui can only talk nonsense, and he doesn't expect Clyde to believe it.