Chapter 804: Gold Coast

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In the sixteenth century, Spain, a highly skilled navigator, was one of the first beneficiaries of the discovery of the New World, conquering Mexico, Central America, and South America, and collecting large quantities of gold and silver treasures from these countries, which had to be transported to Spain by sea.

In a short period of time, Spain became the richest country in the world at the time.

Every year, large Spanish ships carrying treasures traveled between the Americas and Spain, often suffering hurricanes on the way, causing tragic shipwrecks and deaths, and the priceless gold, silver and jewels sank to the bottom of the sea.

According to historians, at least more than 250 Spanish ships sank at sea for almost 100 years, starting in the mid-sixteenth century. And the coast of Florida was the place where shipwrecks were common at that time.

At that time, the Spanish fleet frequently traveled between the Americas and Spain, and they sailed along the coast of Havana, along the coast of Florida, and then east. Many treasure carriers sank in the waters off Florida before they could make it to the end.

Although many shipwrecks have been discovered, dozens more are said to be discovered.

Researchers say there may be more treasure on the seabed off the coast of Florida than anywhere else in the world, and they tentatively estimate that billions of dollars worth of treasure are buried deep under the sea. Although many treasures have been discovered, there are still a lot of treasures that lie dormant at the bottom of the sea.

And Liu Dong came to this large amount of treasure, and his purpose was very clear, in order to sink the large Spanish warship "Santa Maria Mary" off the coast of Florida in the United States in the 18th century. Unravel-release number".

October 30, 1755. "Our Lady Maria. The "Release-Release Number" is loaded with gold and silver treasures mined from mines in Mexico, Peru and Colombia. Depart Havana and drive to Spain.

After a day of sailing. Near the Florida Reef, "Our Lady Mary. The "Release" sank in a strong hurricane, and most of the more than 500 crew members on board were killed in the shipwreck, and only a few survived.

According to the information found by Liu Dong, "Our Lady Mary. The "Release" is one of the most valuable shipwrecks in the world!

According to the manifest provided by Seabed Research, the wreck contained at least 17 boxes of gold bricks weighing 437 kilograms, 15,399 Spanish gold coins, 153 gold cigarette cases, a gold-handled sword, a gold watch, six pairs of diamond earrings, a diamond ring, seven boxes of agate jadeite, and countless sterling silver nuggets, silver ore, various silver items and several large boxes of precious stones of various colors. And all this treasure is worth more than 2 billion pounds, which is roughly equivalent to 3.2 billion dollars!

It is precisely because of this huge amount of money that Liu Dong, who now has a net worth of nearly 10 billion, traveled thousands of miles to drive from New York to Florida in person!

However, in the last 250 years. "Our Lady Maria. The "Solution-Release Number" has never been discovered, so Liu Dong does not know where it sank, so he can only conduct a carpet search after arriving in the Florida Strait, combined with the information he found.

However, carpet search also has the advantage of carpet search, at least the entire Florida Strait of internal wrecks with a depth of no more than 1,200 meters cannot escape his eyes.

But not all the wrecks Liu Dong can get his hands on, and now the maximum seawater pressure he can withstand should be able to exceed 350 meters, which is his second breakthrough in the ancient city of Aztlan. The results that only come after entering the pinnacle of the transformation realm.

But 350 meters is still too shallow for the deep ocean! And most of the waters of the Florida Strait are below 600 meters deep.

So Liu Dong could only look at the sunken ships, and even many of them were full of gold, silver and jewelry. And the treasure ship of the artwork sank to the bottom of the sea without any way!

"It seems that if time permits, I must register a sea salvage company, which can not only explain the origin of the sunken ship in my hand, but also salvage all these treasure ships in the water!" Liu Dong said in his heart.

As for the breakthrough of internal strength again, Liu Dong didn't think about it for the time being, because in the next step, it was not the progress of the transformation realm, but the direct step to a big level, the realm of Baodan!

The martial artists of the Baodan realm are known as 'land immortals' in the martial arts world!

Although it can't be compared with the immortals in the novel, its various abilities have greatly surpassed ordinary people, the most obvious is the increase in lifespan, and you can't enter the Baodan realm, even if your fighting ability is strong, you can't live to be 120 years old!

But as long as you are alive, even if you are seventy or eighty, once you reach the Baodan realm, your lifespan will be more than doubled immediately, and the lifespan of 300 is just the lowest! 500 years old is the lifespan of Liu Dong's cheap master, if you want to reach the realm of 'Peng Zushou 800', you must try to break through the Baodan realm before the body has declined!

It's a pity that for more than 2,000 years, there has only been one Peng Zu!

Therefore, after understanding the subtlety and difficulty of the Baodan realm, Liu Dong never thought that he would be able to break through this layer in a short period of time, and the advanced martial arts realm that could make people essentially produce the primordial evolution of life!

For Liu Dong, he is still very young now, and his vitality can still maintain his peak for 20 years, under the premise that his martial arts are enough to cope with all kinds of difficulties, as long as he can enter the Baodan realm within 20 years!

Therefore, in the process of searching for the wreck in the future, the wreck of more than 350 meters, unless the conventional salvage is carried out, Liu Dong himself has no choice!

"Made, after a day of wandering around the Florida Straits, I finally got some gains!"

Looking at the shipwreck that appeared in the relics Yuanguang, Liu Dong, who had not gained anything for a day, immediately burst into a foul mouth.

Of course, the reason why he has this kind of resentment is mostly because he found a few valuable shipwrecks before, but he just couldn't eat it in his mouth, and he held it out!

"Melissa, stop Nord!"

"Yes, sir!"

After agreeing, the blonde beauty who had been standing beside Liu Dong immediately took out the radio pinned behind her waist and conveyed it to the captain of the 'Gonggong' hired by Liu Dong, Nord. Lyons!

Both Nord and Melissa were temporary crew members hired by Liu Dong from New York, and they were also one of the 10 people he temporarily found when he salvaged the wreck of the "Republic" last time.

Nord and Melissa, plus the male pilot of the other two cockpits and the two maids who took care of Liu Dong's diet and daily life, a total of six people finally became all the staff on Liu Dong's private yacht!

"Sir, are you diving again?" Melissa wondered.

Because she has been with Liu Dong for a week, she understands the temper of this young boss, so she has a lot less scruples when she speaks.

It's just that Melissa is a little puzzled, why does her boss like diving so much? From New York to Florida, there were three stops in between, and each time, Liu Dong's reason was the same.

"No, I'm going on a treasure hunt this time?"

"Treasure hunting? Shipwreck! Melissa was surprised.

Shipwreck treasure is definitely a louder word in the United States, a country where 'money is God', than US President George W. Bush. After Fisher salvaged the Spanish shipwreck "Lady Acato" in Southern California and obtained 8 tons of gold, 500 kilograms of precious stones, and a total value of more than 400 million US dollars, salvaging shipwrecks has always been a very hot industry in the United States.

And the famous 'Gold Coast' Florida's rich shipwreck resources have also attracted the greedy eyes of hoarders in the United States and even around the world, so even Melissa, a person who has nothing to do with it, has heard a lot about the reputation here, but she didn't expect her boss to be interested in this.

"Alright, you wait on the boat, and I'll be back in a while!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Dong didn't care about Melissa, who was still surprised, grabbed the diving equipment that had been placed next to him a long time ago, and after skillfully dressing it neatly, he came to the stern, and then a fish jumped and disappeared into the blue water!

This time, the wreck is relatively deep, about 300 meters at the bottom of the sea, and Liu Dong, who entered such a deep sea for the first time, did not dare to dive too fast at once, at a depth of 40 meters, after putting the oxygen cylinder into the mustard seed space, Liu Dong continued to dive slowly, and when he reached 250 meters, he had already felt the huge pressure on his body!

Even the bones in the whole body were crushed by the huge water pressure, and it was only after Liu Dong hurriedly ran the Huanxi Zen Gong that he felt a lot better.

The body slowly fell to the bottom of the sea, stepping on the fine mud and sand, Liu Dong, who came for the first time, woke up all kinds of marine creatures hiding in this sea area, colorful, strange, all kinds of sea fish that Liu Dong couldn't name quickly hid in the surrounding cold-water corals, but Liu Dong had no intention of appreciating this magnificent underwater beauty.

His attention was all on the ancient shipwreck, which was about 30 meters long and 8 meters wide, with three decks and a carrying capacity of about 250 tons.

Like most ships that sailed through the Caribbean in the 16th century, in order to avoid the many pirates in the Caribbean, this brig also had a gun in store, but after being overturned by a storm at sea, the 14 deck guns, except for 1 bow gun and 5 broadside guns, were basically missing!

When Liu Dong walked onto the wreck, which was still half-exposed to the bottom of the sea, but the side of the ship and the captain's cabin behind it were surrounded by corals and many underwater creatures, a group of groupers suddenly burst out of the open captain's room. Then he quickly walked away from Liu Dong.

For these groupers, Liu Dong had already seen them through Guò Relic Yuanguang, so he was not surprised by their sudden appearance!

Walking to the old sturdy wooden frame next to the captain's cabin, Liu Dong saw the still well-preserved sailing clock, and after cleaning the stubborn dust on it, the five Spanish characters "Madelena" emerged from it.

"Sure enough, it's it!" Liu Dong said in his heart. (To be continued......)