164 Yongle blue and white porcelain
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was the most glorious period in the history of Chinese navigation, Zheng He's fleet sailed to the Western Ocean seven times, and the scale of navigation was unparalleled, far ahead of the world. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
During the twenty-eight years from the third year of Yongle [1405] to the eighth year of Xuande [1433] during Zhu Di's reign, Zheng He led his people to the Western Ocean seven times, with hundreds of ships each time.
It has visited more than 30 countries, including Java, Sulu, Chenla, Sumatra, Guli, Siam, Adan, Tianfang, Kurumus, Mugudushu, etc.
This is a great feat in the history of world navigation!
However, there is a huge conceptual error in the basic meaning of this voyage, and it is destined to be useless to visit and give gifts everywhere, but not to open trade and colonization.
The Ming Dynasty finally died in the sea, represented by Confucianism, on the "scholar" class, because of the closed mind, which led to internal and external troubles in the country, and was wiped out by the barbarians.
Mukudushu, that is, Mogadishu, where Zheng He's fleet has been and has made friendly visits, received a large number of congratulatory gifts, and sent more things.
Zheng He's trip to the West is a money-losing business!
According to the [History of the Ming Dynasty], Zheng He's treasure ships totaled 63, the largest of which was 150 meters long and 60 meters wide, and one ship could accommodate thousands of people, although there were also smaller ones.
There is also a kind of [horse boat] that is 37 zhang long and 15 zhang wide, and the volume is not small! In addition, [grain ships] [ships] [war ships] and so on are very large, and it is difficult to verify whether they are true or false...
What is the concept of a length of 150 meters? It's a little longer than the length of the destroyer, and it's catching up with the cruiser, and whether the wooden hull structure can carry it, it feels very questionable!
On the salvage boat, Ling Yao/Ling Zhengjun/Aunt Xiao and Jena Little Black Boy stared at the high-definition photos transmitted back by the camera on the big screen, and their eyes widened.
I can't see it clearly, there is a lot of moss and seaweed, and I can barely make out it, it is an ancient shipwreck, which has been severely broken and broken, and only about 45m is left!
"Shipwreck! It's a shipwreck! It's so good~"
"No, it's not going to be good, it's broken..."
"Hmm~ a bit serious, but it's normal!"
Li Wei replied indifferently, as long as it is a sunken ship, it will definitely be damaged, and you can't expect it to be undamaged, the undercurrent on the bottom of the sea here is relatively violent, and the impact is very serious.
"Tail twist, put the grabber down, keep the camera transmitting, prepare to drop the submersible, prepare to operate the mechanical salvage, call Yu Hao over!"
After receiving the order, the little black boy divided the labor and cooperated, the tail winch buzzed and started, the grabbing head was lowered, and the steel cable hung a grabber of 200 kilograms, and went deep into the seabed.
The grabber, after the optimization of the system, can accurately use video positioning + claw grabbing head, high-precision salvage of various large and small items, and semi-automatic operation.
The submersible is even more powerful, with four robotic arms, as flexible as human hands, and the salvage is invincible, and it can last for up to two days, and the efficiency is very awesome!
However, unmanned submersibles and grabbers are not omnipotent, corners, indoors, and complex environments still seem to be overwhelmed and need to be fished manually, so Li Wei asked them to contact Yu Hao, a professional diving frogman.
There is an anti-pressure diving suit on the salvage ship, which can support a depth of 200 meters, which is only 100 meters small, and Yu Hao's diving professional skills are proficient, so there must be no problem.
"Bang~Bang~" The submersible was dropped, and everyone began to get busy, controlling grabbers, cameras, unmanned submersibles, sonar, and winches to salvage the wreck.
The youngest Li Wen Heizai helped everyone serve tea and water and watch the wind, observe other fishing boats, and avoid a boat coming to cause trouble, for fear that someone would not be long-sighted.
Soon, the grabber wiped off a piece of moss, revealing the rotten wooden planks and porcelain tiles on the ground, which Li Wei personally manipulated and salvaged to make thermoluminescence/carbon-14.
There is no doubt about the results - Yongle porcelain!
"A.D. 1400---1420, yes, it must be Yongle blue and white porcelain, you see this blue and white, completely in line with the characteristics of Ming Dynasty porcelain, it is official kiln porcelain!"
After thermoluminescence and carbon 14 dating, it can be determined that there is no problem; The unmanned submersible also quickly entered the salvage operation area to clean up the porcelain pieces.
Blue and white figure jars, flower-patterned bowls, blue-and-white lotus-patterned twig-twig plates, flower-and-fruit pattern flat pots, plum bottles, cups and saucers, and other porcelain fragments, large and small.
There are also complete, the number is relatively small, and many bronzes, gold and silver, jade, swords and weapons have been found, some of which are rotten and worthless, and some are worth a lot of money!
Grabbers, submersibles, constantly up and down, fishing out a large number of antiques, Li Wei took the black girl, cleaned up and pieced together these treasures, and carried out vacuum dehumidification.
Then, wrap it in paper and store it in a protective cabinet.
The system automatically repairs, only repairs, and obviously leaves traces of repair, but it is more exquisite, and the value is equivalent to 1/5-1/8 of the intact porcelain, which is greatly reduced.
Looking at the babies out of the water, everyone was quite excited and excited, and they worked more seriously, cooperating with the operation of salvage and search equipment to find peripheral items.
The main body of the sunken ship needs to be manually involved in the salvage, and Yu Hao is already on the way here; Borrowed the student's car, ran to the Talmud town as fast as possible, and called Li Wei.
In addition to himself, he also sent weapons and ammunition to the dock along the way; Three 1.45mm XY machine guns, three heavy sniper rifles, two 120 rocket launchers.
On the foredeck, on the port side and on the port side of the right side, a heavy machine gun turret is installed, and the screw holes have been reserved, and the fixing nut can be successfully fixed by directly bolting it.
The weapons and ammunition were sent to the salvage ship, and there was no time to install the heavy machine gun, so they began to dive and salvage, and Yu Hao and Li Wei went to the sea together to search for the main body of the wreck.
The decaying Zheng He treasure ship has stopped talking, so it can only be fished from top to bottom, dismantled layer by layer after salvage, and mechanically stripped the wooden planks of the sunken ship; The gripper is very powerful, and it quickly dismantles the hull of the ship, revealing cabins one by one.
Inside the cabin, chests, cabinets, sediments, a lot of antiques! The first layer of porcelain/jade/bronze, ironware, gold and silver jewelry, etc., is relatively valuable.
Subsequently, more porcelain, weapons, stone carving ornaments, inkstones, jade gems, gold ingots, copper coins and silver ingots and other antiques were also excavated, with a total of thousands of pieces!
2,070 pieces of porcelain, 308 pieces of complete porcelain, 680 pieces of restored porcelain, 1,082 pieces of completely damaged; 2,150 pieces of iron, bronze, tin, gold and silver, 950 complete pieces; There are 110 other pieces of jade and jewelry, which is a huge amount.
Of these, porcelain must be the most valuable, and there are two hundred kilograms of gold nuggets and two tons of silver, which are also very expensive; The jade jewelry is in excellent condition, and it is still an antique!
The auction package is estimated to be about 800 million, and if it is sold in bulk to private collectors, it is the cheapest on the black market; Li Wei didn't have that much time, so he could only sort and dispose of it.
The expensive ones are sold privately, the cheap ones are on the black market, a few excellent items are sent to the auction house, the buyers have been contacted, and the system has been publicized some time ago, attracting a large number of customers.
It took three days to finally complete the salvage!
988 pieces of porcelain, 1,050 pieces of metalware, 630 pieces of jewelry and jade carving antiques, 90 pieces of other antiques, and an additional 2.2t of gold and silver, all of which were transferred to the warehouse.
The salvage ship returned, and the tired group went home to rest and recover, but there was not much time! The system urged Li Wei to return to China to perform the task, and the time was almost up.
[Random Mission 02] is still waiting for them~