After leaving Zhongsha, Lu Zheng's journey to the South China Sea began to gradually approach the central basin of the South China Sea and enter the deep waters. The South China Sea is wider than the East China Sea, and the water depth is far greater than that of the East China Sea. In particular, the central basin is elliptical in shape, with a maximum water depth of about 5,000-6,000 meters, and its area is several times larger than that of the East China Sea Trough.

So in a sense, the South China Sea is the real respect of the four seas.

Along the way, Lu Zheng really felt the richness of the South China Sea, with patches of coral reefs that are breathtakingly beautiful, and all kinds of rare fish emerge in endlessly.

Grouper, ruby jade, sardines, tuna, hairtail, saury, etc., are all excellent seafood. Of course, Lu Zheng, as the Dragon King, is unwilling and disdainful to use these fish and shrimp for profit.

The South China Sea is too big, and it will take a long time for Lu Zheng to go through all the places alone, even if he is a dragon.

Therefore, Lu Zheng adopted the most simple and direct method - igniting the aquarium.

There are too many fish in the South China Sea, and if they are lit at will, the Dragon Palace troops can be expanded by thousands. But as the saying goes, a soldier is more expensive than a soldier. With Lu Zheng's current vision, what he needs is elite soldiers and strong generals, and not all fish can drill out to fill the number.

The tuna in the South China Sea is the most famous, with a gun in its name, which sounds bluffing, but in fact the tuna is not very attackable, and it is only famous for its deliciousness.

Among the pelagic fish, another fish that feeds on tuna makes Lu Zheng very fond of it.

Swordfish!

When he was in the East China Sea, Lu Zheng's shrimp soldiers and crab generals once collected more than a dozen swordfish and formed a ranger guard with swordfish sturgeon, which was very small.

However, as a predatory fish, the swordfish has extremely keen eyesight, exceptional speed, and a sharp, sword-like snout. The body size can reach up to 5 meters. The powerful tail shank can produce extremely strong propulsion, reaching a top speed of 130 kilometers per hour, and its impact force and sharp snout can even pierce a half-meter-thick wooden plank.

The speed and strength of the point-and-point swordfish have been greatly enhanced, especially the sharp long snout, which is no less sharp than that of titanium alloy. In Lu Zheng's view, this is a very perfect Dragon Palace rapid reaction assault force.

Most of the subordinates left in the East China Sea were ignited by Lu Zheng in the early stage of his cultivation, such as crayfish, mantis shrimp, trout, sturgeon, rays, electric eels, and even carp. The variety is relatively varied, and the quality is also uneven.

In his plan, the South China Sea is his foundation. Now that the strength has increased greatly, there is no time and energy to build an elite army in a systematic and orderly manner.

Swordfish troops, is the first step.

After the disappearance of the Philippine warship, they took advantage of their mouth cannon skills. Lu Zheng not only collected a large number of precious coral resources, but also carefully selected a group of high-quality swordfish.

There is only one species of swordfish in the marine swordfish family. At the forefront of marine predators, it is an economic fish with abundant production.

Therefore, Lu Zheng almost effortlessly collected three hundred giant swordfish with an average length of 4 meters. After a few days of ignition. It has initially formed a scale, and it has been reorganized into the South China Sea Ranger Guard, which surrounds Lu Zheng's side in a divergent manner to conduct reconnaissance of the surrounding sea areas.

And this reconnaissance is the first step in understanding the South China Sea. It is of great significance, so it is named Operation Swordfish.

Thanks to the Swordfish's high speed, the reconnaissance went very smoothly. Lu Zheng has just reached the edge of the central basin of the South China Sea. I received messages from the swordfish one after another.

At least seven ancient shipwrecks have been discovered.

Of the seven ancient shipwrecks, two of them were ordinary fishing boats, and there was no catch. And in the remaining five shipwrecks, the harvest is really not small.

One of them was a rusty ironclad merchant ship, with vague English handwriting on the hull, and pocket watches, European-style flasks and other items were found on the remains of the crew in the cabin. The silver coins in the warehouses were several tons, and at least three hundred kilograms of gold, which were worth a fortune.

It is initially speculated that it was a European merchant ship during the colonial period, and according to its route, it is speculated that it may have been an early seafaring overlord such as Portugal.

For these silver coins and gold, Lu Zheng's treatment method was the same as that of the East China Sea, and he did not take them directly. Instead, mark them, and after the South China Sea has been thoroughly surveyed, find a suitable location for hiding the treasure and store it all.

The remaining four are also cargo ships, but they are all small merchant ships, and there are many types of goods, except for gold, silver, jade and porcelain, which are not easy to corrode, the others are basically unrecognizable, and Lu Zheng is not even interested in touching them.

That is, in the last shipwreck, Lu Zheng saw the so-called blue and white porcelain, bowls, plates, saucers, small jars, etc., there are hundreds of pieces, most of which are relatively well preserved, and there are marks with the words Daming at the bottom of the bowl, which should be blue and white porcelain in the early Ming Dynasty.

For these blue and white porcelain, Lu Zheng is indeed a little worried, in the eyes of others, taking a bowl here is equivalent to winning the lottery jackpot. But for him, the most direct gold and silver are calculated by tons, and there is no need to resell blue and white porcelain at all.

However, it is a pity to see these precious porcelains lost here. Lu Zheng pondered for a while, and then selected a few samples of good porcelain to put into the Dragon Palace, in case of a dinner in the Dragon Palace in the future, a party or something, the blue and white porcelain power and as a shrimp soldier crab general tableware use.

On the way out of the shipwreck, Lu Zheng stumbled upon something really good in his eyes.

Tridacnes.

Before coming to the South China Sea, Lu Zheng knew that there was the rarest and largest clams in the ocean, the C. ku's clum.

The clams in front of him are grayish-white, and the shell is very thick, triangular in shape, and the two shells are symmetrical to the touch. The surface of the shell is rough, consisting of five thick shingle-like radial ribs, which form curved and overlapping folds on the surface of the shell.

However, the inner surface of the shell is as smooth and shiny as a pearl, and when it opens in the sea, the inside of the shell is a vivid peacock blue color, which is very beautiful.

Tridacnus is a type of gemstone, but it does not refer to the pearl it produces, but the essence of the tail of the clams, which can be cut and polished, and is the best raw material for making Buddhist beads and gemstones.

Coral, clams, and agate are the three most common treasures in the Dragon Palace, and Lu Zheng has collected dozens of kinds of coral along the way, which is enough to build a coral seabed.

The color of the clams is not only peacock blue, but also pink, emerald green, brown red, indigo, indigo and other colors, and often with regular pattern decoration.

Just imagine, in the lush and magnificent coral seabed, scattered dotted with all kinds of open clams, when the patrolling shrimp soldiers and crabs will be tired, find a clams to lie in and sleep comfortably, how beautiful?

Round clams, saffron clams, long clams, Roche clams, devil clams, Lu Zheng has collected more than 30 in the shallow reef areas of Dongsha and Xisha.

The rarest of the clams, the clumli, is a national first-class protected animal and is very precious.

However, the reason why Lu Zheng's heart was moved in front of him was because it was too big, more than two meters long at the wide, and the degree to which the two scallops opened was comparable to the scallop treasure bed in his bedroom.

The shell is rough, not as good as the scallop bed inlaid with gems, but the magnificent and charming peacock blue in the inner shell is like a pool, which is much more eye-catching than the scallop bed.

Moreover, the clam itself is a medicinal herb that can promote metabolism, anti-aging and other effects. It can be made into a clams treasure bed and given to the injured auspicious use.

If parents and friends live in the Dragon Palace in the future, they can also use clams to make a bed.

In the distant sea, a giant swordfish nearly seven meters long and blue swam over, and the sword kiss alone accounted for one-third of the body length, like a sharp spear.

"Tell Your Majesty, the junior courtier's ranger captain has something to do. ”

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, the dolphin you want your minister to look for has eyebrows. Eight hundred miles to the north, Xiao Chen found dozens of dolphins, which have been surrounded by small ones. In addition, not far from the dolphin group, a large shark that seemed to be trying to attack the dolphins was spotted. ”

"Well done. ”

In Lu Zheng's South China Sea strategy, dolphins, killer whales, and sharks are the most important members. Dolphins are the smartest, while killer whales and sharks are the most attacking. (To be continued......)