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March 5th.

Monday.

Sunny.

Spanish National Oil Company Gibraltar Refinery Terminal.

Hundreds of people made the normally quiet dock particularly noisy.

There are staff from the Spanish government, staff from Andalusia, and staff from the hotel service company in Gràcia.

More journalists from all over the world.

They all watched as the Ranger let out three long whistles before slowly sailing away from the docks and heading for the Atlantic Ocean.

The Ranger had arrived at the docks the afternoon before yesterday, and had loaded all the supplies onto the ship that day, and the ship's fuel tanks were refilled.

Zhou You moved out of his rented house on the same day, moved into his cabin, and gave the seafarers on board a day off. Let them go to Marbella, a famous resort in Spain, for a day of fun, and today they are full of energy to embark on the journey.

In addition to its own crew, there were nine more Spanish government officials on board.

They have the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Safety, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Heritage. Over the next two months, they will join all the crew in an ocean of more than 10,000 square kilometers in the Atlantic Ocean to search for the Mercedes frigate, which was sunk by British battleships more than 100 years ago.

The Mercedes was a Spanish frigate that returned to Spain from South America in 1804 loaded with forty tons of gold and silver treasures, only to be attacked by the British fleet on the Spanish mainland.

Seeing that her home port was attacked by the British, the Mercedes immediately fled in a hurry and sailed from the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic.

But the British fleet noticed them and, after four days of pursuit, sank the Mercedes.

It wasn't until the British battleship returned that they realized that they had sunk not only a frigate, but also a treasure ship full of gold, silver and jewels.

It is a pity that even the British fleet itself does not remember the exact location, only that when they returned, it was about two hundred nautical miles south of Portugal, the nearest point.

The depth of the sea was less than two thousand meters, not to mention that at that time, even now, it was not easy to get him out of the water.

What's more, no one knows the exact location yet.

The mission of the tour is to find the wreck in the vast sea and salvage it as completely as possible.

No one believed that Zhou You could really find this ship, not even Chuckel and Liang Hao didn't think they were lucky enough to find this ship.

Only Zhou You knows that this is not a problem for him at all, because he clearly remembers the local latitude and longitude points in his mind. Even, the treasures in his memory are not only here, there are more.

It's just that he can't just see all the treasures right now, because he can't explain why he knows the exact location of these wrecks.

Therefore, he is still ready to use stupid methods, little by little, to search. Then over a month or two, gradually guide the search site there, and then salvage the Mercedes.

The Ranger's search at sea cost about $30,000 a day, and nearly $2 million for two months.

Almost everyone thinks that Zhou You'll only pay two million dollars this time, and wait to see his jokes.

Only he understands that by exchanging two million for four hundred million dollars, he has made a lot of money this time.

Even if people all over the world don't have faith in him, he has full confidence in himself.

The Ranger sailed away from the docks, and Zhou You didn't have any close contact with the Spanish government workers, who were there to oversee him. In addition to the conference room, he even has a clear limit on the scope of activities of those staff members.

The cockpit, instrument compartment, and even the power cabin are forbidden places for these staff, and even the garbage disposal bin they care about needs to be led by the crew to enter.

In the command cabin, the large conference table in the middle was already covered with various versions of the map, and in the era when there was no Google Maps, everything still needed to be drawn by hand.

The ship's leadership was almost all gathered around the conference table, listening to Chuckle's work.

"Based on the speed of the warship at the time, and the direction of the wind at that time, the speed of the Mercedes should have been around 7 knots per hour. From Cadiz, it was sunk on the fourth day, and according to three days, 72 hours multiplied by 7 nautical miles, that is, a distance of 500 nautical miles, 800 kilometers. But at the same time, the British warships said that they were only about two hundred nautical miles from the Portuguese coastline, so we delineated a rough range, which was between Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Madeira. I need all of us to focus and pay close attention to any bit of anything that comes with the sonar feedback, because it's in the interest of all of us. ”

Zhou You looked at such a large area, and immediately shook his head and said, "Chuckle, let me say a few words." ”

Everyone's eyes turned, and Zhou You said: "The entire area is more than 10,000 square kilometers, and it is impossible for us to search it out bit by bit. And the situation at the bottom of the sea here is complicated, full of submarine mountains and hills, and even sonar is unlikely to help us much. To find this treasure, we first have to figure out what the Mercedes was trying to do at that time! ”

Zhou You did not want to get a direct answer, and then said: "The Mercedes returned to Spain from Colombia and returned to Cadiz, only to find that war had broken out, and the British fleet had taken the port and defeated the Spanish fleet. At first, their first instinct must have been to flee back to South America. But let's not forget that the Mercedes is just a frigate, they have just crossed the Atlantic Ocean and returned to Europe, will there be enough supplies on board for them to return to South America? Definitely not! Therefore, their final destination will certainly not be South America, but Portugal's Madeira Islands or Spain's Canary Islands in Africa. ”

Zhou You's argument is not new, because this matter has been thoroughly studied in the history of research for more than a hundred years. At that time, the Mercedes lacked food and fresh water, and if it wanted to escape, it would only flee to two islands. Only, still did not escape the artillery of the British fleet.

Zhou You circled a range on the map with a pen, which was four-fifths smaller than Chakell's line of sight, and only 2,000 square kilometers at most.

Chakel said negatively: "Yes, it does save a lot of energy in this search, but who can guarantee that there will be no Mercedes in the range we draw?" ”

Zhou You nodded and said, "It's not that those ranges are not searched, it's just that we can waste a little less energy." I need you to delineate the scope of our search to different levels of importance, and we will search in different ways in different areas, so as to allocate the limited funds more reasonably. ”

"I will. Actually, I've built a scale for the target range, but it's just not perfect. ”

"Very well, I will look forward to your results."

Back in his cabin, he was surprised not to see Gracia.

This little money fan has been going crazy for the past two days, and when she sees all kinds of antiques in the safe house, she is not afraid that they are taken from dead people, and she can't wait to sleep with these treasures.

However, Westerners are inherently different from Orientals.

Since ancient times, Orientals, especially Chinese, have never believed much in God. The development of Taoism in the local area was lackluster, and Buddhism spread to China, and because of the ideas of the Chinese, it became Buddhism in line with China.

As for those who fish and believe in Mazu, those who hunt believe in the god of mountains, and those who believe in the god of wolves who graze. It's not so much about believing as it is about asking for psychological comfort.

The Chinese are very realistic, only if they are useful to themselves, I will believe you, it is useless to me, no matter how good you blow, I will ignore you.

However, the history of the development of the West can be said to be the history of the development of religion, and they have been baptized since birth.

Whether it is Catholicism at the beginning of Christianity, or Islam, Lanism, Orthodox Christianity, and Protestantism that split later, they all wrap you up from the moment a person is born to the time you die, so that you can't hide if you want to.

Westerners have religious beliefs, while Easterners believe more in themselves.

But it cannot be said that the Oriental people do not have faith, because the Oriental people believe in their ancestors.

Oriental people have a belief in their ancestors, whether they are poor or rich, whether they are high-ranking officials or commoners, everyone has a sense of mission that cannot be blasphemed about their birth and their ancestors.

Therefore, Oriental people respect death, fear death, and also believe that death is the greatest punishment. At the same time, it is also believed that death is filthy and taboo.

Westerners, because they are bound by religion, believe that divine obedience is the most important thing. Although they respect every life, more often than not, they will choose to exchange benefits. But there is no respect for death, and it is not taboo.

For example, the prey hunted by the Oriental people likes to eat, and at most they leave useful things such as fur, which belong to realists. However, when Westerners hit their prey, they prefer to keep their bloody heads as a souvenir, or even put them in their living room for others to appreciate. If it were Chinese, absolutely no one would do that.

Therefore, the history of conquest in the East is killing regardless of 3721, while Westerners can buy their lives back with money.

Because of the difference in education, the difference in faith, the difference in respect.

The Chinese are more taboo about dead people's things and consider them unlucky. But Westerners are different, they have no fear of the dead, and even think that the things of the dead have a richer history, and they prefer to pursue them.

Gracia was not shy about these antique jewellery salvaged from the shipwreck, and even stripped off in the middle of the night, wearing all kinds of jewellery and making love with him, and he was even more excited.

Since she got on the boat the day before, she has been fascinated by these jewelry, and wants to clean them all, hiding in her room for more than a day.

Looking out of the window, Zhou You found that she was chatting with two female staff members of the Spanish government on the bow deck of the ship. I don't know what we talked about, but she smiled very happily. (To be continued.) )