For such an application, as long as the legal formalities are provided and no individual or organization raises objections, the International Maritime Salvage Organization will approve it. If someone or an organization raises an objection, then the two parties have to negotiate, and if the negotiation fails, they will go to court, anyway, the IMO is only responsible for the final certification, and does not act as a referee, and does not care about the lawsuit. Regardless of whether anyone raises an objection, it is a matter after the application, and before the application, all the salvage items must be cleaned up. It's not a job that can be done in a day or two, just look at a few hills of mud and sand in the cabin on the ground floor, and have to find valuable items from them, which is a headache.

In comparison, disposing of the gold coins in the hangar should be regarded as the easiest job, as long as you carefully knock off the gray matter shell, cut out the gold coins and throw them into a weak acid solution to soak for a few minutes, and then put them in clean water to clean. Since there were too many gold coins, it was impossible to soak them all in a weak acid solution, so the Pujol brothers were not so particular about it, otherwise the money for the solution alone would have bankrupted the salvage company.

Moreover, by this time the brothers had already taken care of other things, and they found a sealed clay pot, which they thought was fresh water or wine, but the weight was too light. After carefully removing the sealant, the two brothers were dumbfounded, the clay pot was full of beeswax, and the beeswax was fixed with a sheepskin book, or possibly a book.

For scholars like them, words are obviously more precious than gold, so the brothers held the jar and didn't let go, and found a hot air fan to dissolve the beeswax little by little, and cleaned up the sheepskin books inside one by one. Like the ancestral tablet, it is placed in the constant temperature and humidity sealed cabinet of the ship's hospital, and no one is allowed to touch it. Every day, the brothers used a viewing mirror through the cabinet. Through the sealing gloves, turn the pages one by one and take pictures first. Then I went to the photo and studied what was written in the Old Latin on it.

This work was obviously a bit difficult for the Pujol brothers, who had a lot of ancient Latin scripts, different handwriting, and a lack of tools and books to compare, so the two brothers could only guess word by word from memory, and the progress was very slow.

The others were not interested in the ancient texts, and those who should be sorting the sediment should be sorted, and those who should be cleaning the gold coins should be cleaned up the gold coins. Hong Tao didn't make do with the gold coins this time, and a few of these things are enough to play with. There was no point in taking too much, and now he wanted to find out if there was anything fresher to take, so he took Radha and Singh to the hangar, and picked among the objects that had been hoisted up by the iron basket.

There must be two cannons, but this one is not in a hurry, the gray matter shell on it needs to be put in the electrolytic cell for about a week to clean up, I can't wait. The rest of the objects that can't be seen from the appearance are the focus of Hong Tao, because they can't see what they are, so there are surprises. But how do you deal with the gray shell on the outside? You can't smash it. I don't know what's inside, but if it's broken, it's a pity.

Hong Tao's mind is still very flexible, although the amount of weak acid solution is not enough to clean up a large pile of garbage. However, a few drops on each one can neutralize a small hole or a small window, and it is still okay to see the approximate material inside. So Hong Tao went to the ship's hospital to find a glass syringe. Fill a tube with a tube of acid, drop by drop, onto objects that are covered in gray shells like rotten stones.

Hard work pays off. After only two hours, he picked out more than a dozen real stones. I got rid of a bunch of broken iron bars, iron pieces, pots and spoons, muskets, and rotten knives, and finally found a bunch of good things, yes, a bunch! The gray shell the size of a human head was not wrapped in one thing, but a dozen pieces, all gold necklaces, the longest one was one meter nine, the thickness of a finger, made of pure gold. It seems that in the 18th century, the Spaniards had planned to use pure gold as a dog chain, and since they were like-minded, Hong Tao laughed at it. The remaining more than a dozen gold necklaces are also good, mainly because there are all kinds of cross-shaped pendants inlaid with gemstones, which are very beautiful, and Hong Tao plans to keep them all for himself, and give them all to his women, one for each person, impartially.

Of course, Hong Tao will not take it secretly, he still has to register it, just list them all as items that he can distribute, this is his right, not only because of the large number of shares in the company, but also because he is the discoverer of this wealth.

On January 14, the Mouse Superman returned to Pyramid Island, and the ship's cleanup was not yet complete, and the Puyol brothers would return to Miami with the seven or eight parchment books to search for information or to visit scholars in the field and try to translate the entire text. Jim returned to the U.S. with the list and a selection of samples, and while applying for certification, he approached museums and private collectors to make an approximate price estimate for the treasure.

Hong Tao was in charge of guarding these treasures, and there was no one else better suited to do this work than him, and no one dared to take such a large amount of gold coins home, and Pyramid Island was heavily defended, just suitable for storing these things.

The treasure found this time can no longer be described as rich, with more than 3,000 gold coins of various types, weighing more than 100 kilograms, and gold bars bearing the emblem of the cross

There are more than 6,000 guns, with a total weight of more than 2 tons, more than 300 kilograms of red, green, and blue gemstones; 21 bronze cannons and revolving cannons are intact, 17 are slightly damaged, and 3 are seriously damaged; dozens of knife handles, gun handles, jewelry boxes, mirrors, and navigation clocks inlaid with precious stones; more than 50 gold rings, gemstone rings, gold necklaces, and pendants; there are more than 3,000 Spanish silver coins, a large pile of mahogany sculptures, furniture, and other things, which are scattered all over the hangar.

The value of those gold bars alone exceeded 50 million US dollars, and the remaining gold and silver coins, gems, and sundries could not be calculated according to their own weight, they were all antiques, and the specific price would have to wait for Jim to come back to know, according to Hong Tao's estimates, the harvest this time had exceeded 100 million, maybe higher. If you're lucky enough, it's not bad to be a treasure hunter, even if it's not every year, it's every five or ten years, it's done, the main thing is that doing this thing is no different from playing, and people who like to explore can adapt to it.

According to the analysis of the Pujol brothers and Jim, it was not a Spanish galleon, but two, because two different sculptures of the bow of the Poseidon ship were found, as well as two ramming horns. It is likely that the two ships crashed into the reef to the east, sank to the bottom of the sea, and then slid down the hillside, eventually lying together. It is not known where the other sailing ships have gone, and to find out their whereabouts, we will have to search south in that water.

Regardless of whether there are other shipwrecks or not, Hong Tao doesn't want to drive a submarine all over the bottom of the sea to pick up the junk anyway, this time he has had enough, and when he sleeps, he often dreams that he is driving a submarine, grabbing the woman next to him as a joystick and scratching around. This thing is about to develop a conditioned reflex, and the game will be boring to this extent, as long as you understand the general process, Hong Tao will inevitably lose interest.

But this salvage company Hong Tao decided to keep it, let Jim and the others go around to explore, once the treasure was found, Hong Tao did not mind going for a few more hours, no need to go into the water, just wait on the boat to count the salvage. Of course, the Mouse Superman must not be used as a salvage ship for them, it is too extravagant and too unprofessional, Hong Tao has called Amundsen and asked him to help buy a 1, 2000-ton cargo ship, and then modify it according to the standards of a professional salvage ship, and then transfer these professional salvage tools and exploration equipment on the Mouse Superman to the new ship, with two speedboats, which is a gift from Hong Tao to the salvage company, thanks to Jim They brought a new experience to themselves.

Where they go to explore in the future do not need to discuss with themselves, they can make their own decisions, the company's annual budget and income will be checked by special accounting personnel, not only require them to be responsible for their own profits and losses, the income of the treasure Hong Tao will take out a part, set up a salvage fund, as the follow-up investment of the salvage company. The only requirement is that every time they are sure that they have found a treasure, they must notify themselves first, even if they don't have time to go, the list of treasures and photos salvaged must be sent to themselves first, to put it bluntly, good things have to be picked by Hong Tao first.

The clean-up of the remaining items and the follow-up work of the salvage company were all thrown to Lada for disposal, and all the cleaned items were slowly transferred to the plastic track on the first floor of the pyramid. And these ancient riches are very useful for improving the style, Roman and Sergei both suggested that Hong Tao get some display cases, put these gold coins, gems, cannons, wood carvings and other things into the display, and with detailed text descriptions, whoever comes has to involuntarily have a little more respect in their hearts.

Hong Tao agrees with their statement, if the display cabinet is made more exquisite, the lighting is cleverly arranged, and the first floor of the pyramid is changed into a showroom, and the guests who come here can visit it, which is also a kind of social activity. However, he did not arrange this plan immediately, because the final ownership of these things is still uncertain, and even if they have been smuggled back, they will have to fight a lawsuit, and once the lawsuit is lost, these things will have to be returned to the Spanish government. So don't be in a hurry, wait a while, otherwise the exhibition hall will be decorated, all the exhibits will be gone, and a lot of display cabinets will be left empty. (To be continued......)