Chapter 525 [Wrestling in the Mud]
The Florida Everglades, which is almost half the size of Florida. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoBecause the average altitude of Florida does not exceed 200 meters, plus the three sides of the sea are very rich in annual rainfall. Due to the low altitude and heavy rainfall and poor drainage, the Florida Everglades were formed.
The wildlife in the swamp is very abundant, and the most classic is the alligator. Eighty percent of reptiles in the United States live in the Florida Everglades, which also contain many venomous snakes. For example, rattlesnakes, coral snakes are the most venomous ones, and if you are bitten by this snake, you should be blessed.
The Florida Everglades are very muddy, and swamps are often inconvenient everywhere, so people show extraordinary intelligence. A combination of an airplane and a ship was created, and with the addition of high-power propellers, it could also be said that a large hair dryer was placed at the back of the ship.
In front of a ship and then the propeller rotated to drive the ship to move, the speed is not slow, but the noise is relatively loud. You can fly close to the ground in swamps and reeds, and that's what makes it fast.
It's just that the carrying weight of this kind of boat is limited, and if the weight is too large, the boat will be stuck in the water and will not be able to form at all. So the load is very small, this kind of ship is very convenient, it is a bus in the Florida Everglades, even if the load is small, it is much more convenient than air transportation, so all the equipment is carried by this kind of ship that can fly.
Of course, the area covered by trees in the swamp can only be passed by pedestrians, and it is very muddy and very damp for mosquito breeding. This environment is similar to that of the primeval rainforest, except that the primeval rainforest is more humid and receives more rainfall.
However, it is possible to walk normally on the ground, but it is not possible in the swamp, and there are waist-deep mud puddles everywhere. If you can't get it, there will be no trace of the person who goes down, and it will be swallowed up by the swamp and cleaned, and even the body will not be found.
Therefore, it is very slow to act, and coupled with the relentless and endless harassment of mosquitoes in the humid environment, it feels very uncomfortable. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is hell, but fortunately, the waterproof clothes and pants will not make your feet fester, and you will have to be crippled if you don't die.
Fortunately, Yang Yong's treasure hunting team has rich experience and has basically dealt with any harsh environment. Walking and transporting materials in the swamp is a strong point, and Yang Yong will be brave under the reward, so everyone works together to search and advance at a speed of 20 kilometers a day.
Since these buried war treasures were obtained by looting the people's fat and people's ointment, they were all stained with the hard work of the original owner. It was to be shipped to England, and the hiding place would certainly not be in the inland part of the swamp, and it would certainly be close to the coast for easy loading and transportation. In addition, the language description of the treasure map in Yang Yong's hand was very accurate, and two days later, he found a metasequoia that was more than 30 meters high.
This tall metasequoia is the center point of the treasure map, and the treasure is hidden under this tree, buried under the silt that will follow. Originally, Yang Yong thought that this batch of treasures would definitely be dug up by General Michel's family, and then run away to the British Empire to enjoy life. But I didn't expect to use the perspective eye to observe the one-meter-thick silt, and the treasure buried under it was actually untouched.
What's going on? Because he was in a hurry, he didn't figure out some of the historical records of the Michelle family, and he didn't know how many people were left in the Michelle family. Why wasn't this treasure dug up, and what happened on the way? Now that we've found the exact point of the treasure, what else is there to say about excavation?
As for why these treasures still exist for more than 100 years, let's look up the historical information later! The most important thing now is to bring this treasure back to light. Then, after restoration, it will be auctioned, and the most important task is to earn a large amount of cash by the Yang family.
Although there was water everywhere and mud everywhere, Yang Yong was well prepared. At a great cost, a light but very strong aluminum alloy was used to create a new iron plate that was combined into a square. According to the clamping groove, the tail ditch is 50 square meters and becomes an aluminum alloy protection area, no matter how much you dig, there will be no danger of collapse, and there will be no muddy water backflow.
After finding the exact burial location, Yang Yong gave the order to camp on the spot. Because there is nothing but water on the ground and mud is half a meter deep, there is no way for humans to live at all, so the materials prepared by Yang Yong. There are not only protective rings made of aluminum alloy for excavation, but also springboards made of aluminum alloy plates.
Then it is spliced one by one, and it is very dry to walk on it and stay on it, so that you can stay away from the invasion of muddy water. Then a large field tent was set up on it, and then everyone slept in hammocks, and if they found an accurate burial spot, they would not be in such a hurry to dig.
Instead, prepare all the supplies, have a good meal tonight to recuperate, and the important thing is to let all the team members take a good bath. Then wash the body or else skin disease in such a humid environment? Because of the help of mosquito repellent in a large tent, I was not exposed to rain overnight. There was no mosquito harassment, everyone slept very peacefully, and that morning after breakfast, they became lively, ten people as a group, and all dug within a radius of dozens of square meters.
Because the treasure under the silt has been buried for more than 180 years, many trees have just grown over the years. There are even some trees that are hundreds of years old, as thick as two people hugging together, but under the roots of the trees are the exact points where the treasure is buried.
The only way to do this is to cut down all these trees and dig out their roots, so that you can find all the valuable things that General Michel has buried. It's just that digging up the mud is not a good job, and wrestling in muddy water is the same type. Coupled with years of corruption, the stench inside the sludge is so bad that you have to dig it up even if it smells bad! The first day was half a meter deep, but everyone was exhausted.
Fortunately, Yang Yong was well prepared, one person was tired and the other person immediately went up, and then changed to the person who came down to rest, and took a shower and wore clean clothes at night. I started to prepare dinner, and I dug it for three days, and early in the morning of the fourth day, it seemed that a mud pit more than a meter deep finally appeared on the top of some large and small boxes.
Seeing the chests is equivalent to digging up treasures, and these chests are all kinds of large and small, and they are neatly stacked together. Then use some metal slats to form an iron cage, which is protected from years of muddy water soaking. Make these chests rotten and fragile, and without this metal cage, these gold and silver treasures could not have been washed away by the flood. Plays a fixed role.
Unfortunately, the iron railing on the top of the cage was completely rotten, revealing the wooden box inside, and the smell of black was particularly unpleasant. If it weren't for the gas masks that everyone was wearing, they would definitely be dizzy by these swamp gases, and everyone's efforts to find something were not in vain, which is the most important thing.
People live by their spirits, and when they see the existence of the treasure of war, everyone begins to cheer. Everyone was covered in muddy water, rotting branches and leaves, but no one cared about each other's filth, cheering and hugging each other. The scene was just a bit of fun, and more than 20 people were all turned into mud monkeys, covered in dirt, and laughing like a group of children.