Chapter 167

Along the way, I saw a lot of shipwrecks, but there were no treasure ships that were actually used to pull gold.

Zhang Lie decided not to waste time in the Pacific Ocean, and the ships that were silent on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, after his research, most of them are now warships from the Dwarf and the United States during World War II.

Across the Pacific Ocean, armed mining ships appeared directly off the coast of South America, which was truly the golden road of the original Spanish Empire.

Zhang Lie didn't know how many treasure ships had sunk on this so-called golden road. But to be sure, there are a lot of them. Moreover, many salvage companies are active on this golden road, engaged in salvage activities related to treasure ships.

For the South Atlantic, Zhang Lie is the first time to come here, in the vast seabed, with the help of the strong light of the mining ship, Zhang Lie can see the field of vision within a few tens of meters of the seabed.

Considering that the Spanish treasure ship is sailing along the big 6, it is impossible to be too far away, after all, the treasure ship is not fast, and the personnel on board often need to be replenished, the most important thing is to sail along the big 6, and the safety factor is high.

Just after nearly 300 nautical miles along the coast of Peru, the mining ship raised the alarm, and two hundred nautical miles to the right of the mining ship, there was a strong display of gold and silver material.

And the information obtained by the probe is that the purity of these gold and silver is very good, but the reserves are not too large.

Of course, the reserves are not large, this is a treasure ship, and the amount of gold and silver that can be loaded in it is limited after all.

Sail the mining ship to the vicinity of the wreck, and through the underwater probe, you can clearly see the whole picture of the wreck. Although it has been hundreds of years. The wooden hull has decayed. And messy debris is scattered around. However, there are still a few relatively intact pieces of the hull. In the bow of the ship, the sharp spear responsible for the impact is still intact, but it is covered with rust.

At this time, Zhang Lie noticed that under the strong light, there was some strange light in the place where the seabed mud was buried. He was immediately interested, and if he guessed correctly, it was the glow of metal. It should be gold.

"Shirley, let the mining ship start salvage, and salvage all the valuable things for me!"

Zhang Lie said excitedly to Cui Xueli that as the mining ship approached, he basically saw the gold coins scattered on the ground with his naked eye. That's right, gold coins were piled up all over the ground, and he even saw vessels made of pure gold.

At this time, the bottom of the sea begins to cloud, through the lens. I can't see the cute gold coins anymore. Zhang Lie knew that this was the mining ship that had already started its operation. His robotic arm has already begun to collect the gold coins scattered at the bottom of the sea.

In the storage area, gold and silver coins are constantly being collected. Zhang Lie even couldn't wait to see these treasures buried deep in the seabed for hundreds of years.

Cui Xueli came to Zhang Lie at this time and whispered: "Master, just now I entered the database of the Odyssey Company, and learned that on this golden road, there were at least 600 treasure ships silent at the bottom of the sea, and there were an astonishing number of Spanish warships. And Odyssey has highlighted the status of some possible shipwrecks. ”

"Odyssey Corporation?"

Zhang Lie was a little strange, what kind of company is this, is it a company specializing in this kind of salvage treasure ship trading.

"Master, this is a company in the United States that specializes in the salvage of shipwrecks as its main business. Moreover, in the past two years, the Odyssey has salvaged several treasure ships, among which the Mercedes battleship and the Goddess of Liberation merchant ship are the most famous. And the Goddess of Liberation, because it carried billions of dollars worth of gold, silver and jewelry, was salvaged again, and even led to the competition between the three countries. Cui Xueli gave the intelligence report she got to Zhang Lie.

Zhang Lie suddenly became interested in the shipwreck map drawn by the Odyssey Company, with their efficiency, they can make such achievements in a few years, you can imagine their high efficiency. You can imagine how accurate this treasure map is.

Looking at this treasure map, Zhang Liexian's Odyssey Company is almost full of golden road markings, of course, some places are also highlighted. It shows that there is a greater possibility of storing zài treasure ships in this place, and some places are simply marked.

For example, the place that Zhang Lie is salvaging now is just a simple mark in the mark of the Odyssey company. It is recorded that there was once a silent Spanish treasure ship in the waters near here, and there were an unknown number of treasures on the treasure ship.

The number is unknown! After reading his map, Zhang Lie also understood why there were places where he could estimate the value of treasures. Some shipwrecks are impossible to estimate, like this warship here, and the reason why it is impossible to estimate its value. Because in history, Spanish warships appeared in these waters, in addition to escorting treasure ships, another role was to transport very valuable treasures. And even the money and belongings of the members of the Spanish Navy themselves.

At that time, almost every sailor of the Spanish Navy would carry a lot of supplies when they went to Central and South America, and they would exchange a lot of money for Central and South America. Therefore, every member of the navy who went to sea could be said to be rich at that time.

Therefore, in the wreckage of these warships, there may be a large amount of money traded by the seafarers themselves at that time, such as the gold and silver coins that Zhang Lie just saw. There is also the treasure that was transported back to the country and paid tribute directly to the king of Spain.

If there are only gold and silver coins, the value is generally not too large, at most hundreds of millions of dollars. But if there is a treasure that the Spanish colony wants to give to the Spanish crown, it will make a lot of money, not only because of its own value, but also because it has a certain historical value.

Through the information found by Cui Xueli, Zhang Lie can be regarded as understanding the possible gains of this treasure hunting trip.

There is no doubt that the current wreck is more likely to be a warship. After all, there is no large amount of gold nuggets, but mainly gold and silver coins in circulation in the market.

"Be sure to look carefully, don't leave any possible treasures behind!"

Zhang Lie admonished again, because it was more likely to know the warship. Then he may have a treasure for the royal family.

About five hours later, Zhang Lie got the news that the collection had been completed, and all the valuables salvaged had been stored in the storage area.

He couldn't wait to run to the storage area, and as soon as he entered, he asked about a fishy smell belonging to the ocean, and even the entire storage area seemed a little cold.

Zhang Lie didn't care about these at all, looking at the gold and silver coins piled up like a hill in front of him, he screamed excitedly.

I picked up a few gold coins casually, and looked at the rough workmanship on them, which didn't feel good, and it didn't look like pure gold. As for who the avatar on the gold coin is, Zhang Lie is not clear.

After reading these gold coins, the interest has faded. However, a set of pure gold tableware next to him made him very interested, although the workmanship is still rough, but this is made of real pure gold, and there are even some rough ornaments on it, but the meaning it represents, Zhang Lie is not clear.

Out of the storage area, Zhang Lie was very helpless, there was no such thing as the various kinds of jewelry and gold in film and television works, just a large number of inferior gold and silver coins.

That set of gold was left behind, and it should be worth a few dollars. Leaving some gold coins to play with, Zhang Lie directly ordered all the gold and silver coins collected to be smelted to purify gold and silver.

It doesn't have any ornamental value, and it's not easy to shoot. Zhang Lie decisively smelted these things.

"Let's go, move on to the next goal!"

Following the Odyssey company's drawings, Zhang Lie headed for the nearest shipwreck, and of course, along the way, he still turned on the detector to find treasures that might have been missed.

This set of pure gold tableware Zhang Lie has taken out, although the workmanship is not too good, but in the end it is also pure gold. If he is allowed to take this set to eat, then he will not be killed, this is buried at the bottom of the sea, and he has been with the dead for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to follow the ghost.

It's not beautiful, it's not practical, and it's a pity to dissolve. Zhang Lie directly took hundreds of photos of this set of utensils in all directions, and then passed them to Steven. Let him find a professional person to see, if someone needs it, the price is not too low, and he can sell it.

Steven, as Zhang Lie's assistant, basically has no specific work. Always waiting for Zhang Lie's instructions, after receiving the order from Zhang Lie. Steven naturally didn't dare to slack off, and directly took these photos to find appraisers from Sotheby's and Christie's.

Located at the headquarters of Christie's auction house in London, England, Steven took the nearest regular international flight directly to London as soon as he received the photo. Then he came to the headquarters of Christie's auction house non-stop, because there were appointments at the beginning, and Steven was very famous in Europe some time ago.

When Steven arrived, Christie's specially arranged for a vice president to accompany him.

"Husband Smith, I'm here this time to ask your appraiser to help me identify the value of the things in the photo."

Steven took the photo out of the lockbox and handed it to Smith's husband. Smith glanced at it and said to the old white man next to him, "Carl, look at it!" ”

Because there are a lot of photos, and they are taken with a high-definition camera, almost every texture can be clearly captured on it. The appraiser, named Carl, took a magnifying glass and examined the photographs.

"A complete set of golden cutlery!"

Carl said as he watched. "Typical Spanish style, in line with the qiē characteristics of the Golden Age."

"Huh? There is the emblem of the Spanish royal family, which is the emblem of the Philip family, which is supposed to be the utensils of the Spanish royal family. Worth a lot of money! If it were to be auctioned at Christie's, it would be around £200 million. You have to see the real thing to be sure, but the real possibility is higher! Carl finished his final description and looked at Steven, waiting for his decision.

"Husband Steven, if this is left to Christie's, I can guarantee that it will be worth more than £200 million. Among them, Spain will go to great lengths to buy this set of tableware, which is the last glory of the Spanish colonial empire and the last glory of the royal family. Smith was desperate for Steven to get the set to Christie's, which was another sensational news for Christie's. (To be continued......)

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