The Spanish galleon, with a tonnage of around 500 tons, was a common size in the colonial era and lasted until the end of the galleon era in the mid-17th century.

It is certain that this is a Spanish galleon.

Arguably one of the most legendary sailing ships in history, they are often associated with treasures, pirates, conquerors and armadas as the epitome of Spanish maritime supremacy in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Such a ship has a large hull and deadweight capacity. The famous fleet of Spanish treasures is made up of these ships.

Finding such a Spanish galleon at the bottom of the sea, and not being boarded by other treasure hunters, as long as it is not too unlucky, it will have a great harvest, how not to make Chen Rui excited.

Chen Rui turned on the underwater infrared video recorder and started recording.

Chen Rui took some time to clean up the mud and sand from the boat.

Soon, the full picture of the Spanish galleon was revealed, because the hull was hidden under the mud and sand, and it had been preserved in an airless environment for a long time, and the ship was well preserved.

Oak treated with special methods has been soaked in seawater and corroded for hundreds of years without the slightest sign of fluffiness or decay.

Chen Rui swam into the cabin with an underwater infrared video recorder and began to record the scene in the cabin.

It's dark in the cabin.

Under the strong light of the miner's lamp, the scene in the cabin was unobstructed.

Chen Rui found a lot of bones, which looked gloomy, and couldn't help but think of the image of the ghost of the shipwreck in Chen Rui's mind.

The ghost of the shipwreck reverberates day and night in the empty and cold shipwreck, the sound of footsteps, sighs, wails.

From the presence of the bones in the ship's cabin rather than on the deck, it can be inferred that the ship was not attacked by pirates, but sank by a storm in the sea.

Chen Rui put all the valuable items that could be seen on the upper deck of the shipyard into the pregnant sea pearl.

These include gold and silver coins on the crew, ornaments on the ship, silver cutlery in the dining room, and bronze cannons on the ship.

The main event is yet to come.

A place to store supplies at the bottom of the cabin.

Chen Rui swam over cautiously.

The door to the warehouse was closed and locked, but after a long period of corrosion in seawater, the lock was rusty.

Chen Rui twisted his hand lightly, and the lock was twisted open.

Pushing open the door, in an instant, blinded Chen Rui's eyes.

It was a treasure ship that transported gold, silver and jewels looted from the South American colonies to the Spanish mainland, with great certainty.

Hundreds of large boxes are placed in the warehouse.

Some chests have been soaked in seawater for a long time and have been corroded, revealing gold and silver coins and precious stones.

Of course, this scene was also captured by an underwater infrared video camera.

Chen Rui put the box into the pregnant sea pearl space.

Next, I searched again to make sure that nothing was missed.

Finally, the ship will also be included in the pregnant sea pearl, and a shipwreck museum may be built in the future.

Such a very well-preserved, very representative, symbolic Spanish galleon, seeing this Spanish galleon, will be reminiscent of the 16th ~ 17th century Age of Sail, Armada, Golden Treasure Ship, Pirates.

The Spanish galleon also symbolized Spain's maritime supremacy.

And with a huge treasure.

I believe that many people are interested in this Spanish galleon.

Three days later, Chen Rui counted the harvest.

There are 300,000 Spanish gold and silver coins, 300 catties of precious stones, 6 artillery pieces, silver tableware and ornaments, and the preliminary estimate is more than 200 million US dollars.

How to deal with this treasure became Chen Rui's next thing.

There are two ways to do this.

First, gold and silver coins, as well as silver tableware and ornaments, were melted into gold and silver ingots and sold at the current price of gold and silver, and gems were sold in batches to jewelry stores.

This is the safest way to do this, so as not to expose your secrets, and you don't have to worry about the Spanish government and government chasing this huge shipwreck treasure from Chen Rui.

However, by melting gold and silver coins into gold and silver ingots and selling them at the current price of gold and silver, the final wealth is greatly reduced, and the final income may only be more than $100 million.

The shipwreck treasure is valued at $200 million, and that's worth the artifact value of the Spanish gold and silver coins.

Second, to entrust the auction company to auction, so that greater benefits can be obtained.

However, Chen Rui is likely to be sued by the Spanish government and government to recover this shipwreck treasure from Chen Rui.

In the end, Chen Rui chose to entrust the auction company to auction for two reasons.

First, the wreck site is located on the high seas, and Chen Rui can keep at least 90% of the treasure.

Second, this is a merchant ship, and the transportation of coins is a commercial act, not a state act, in which case the International Salvage Convention protects the interests of the salvage, that is, the commercial wreck belongs to the salvage.

There are many precedents for this.

For example, the British professional treasure digger Michael. Hatcher salvaged the Qing Dynasty shipwreck Goldmarsen in the South Central Sea and quietly pulled them to the open sea, and a year later he entrusted the cargo to Christie's in the Netherlands with the title of 'Unclaimed Shipwreck Allowed to Auction'.

In September 1998, the owner of a cement plant in Germany, Tillmann. In the name of the "Exploration Company", Waters organized a professional team to salvage a Tang Dynasty shipwreck "Blackstone", and in the end, Singapore's "Sentosa" organization raised $30 million in 2005 to buy it in bulk after buying the rights to exhibit the salvaged cultural relics for several years.

Based on the provisions of these two "International Salvage Laws" alone, Chen Rui believes that if the Spanish government and government fight a lawsuit with him, the Spanish government and government have a more than 90% chance of losing.

Therefore, in order to maximize profits, Chen Rui decided to entrust the auction company to auction, Chen Rui has enough confidence to fight a lawsuit with the Spanish government and government, and is willing to litigate for Chen Rui, a future billionaire.

Half a month later.

The news of the salvage of the 'Lucky Star' immediately shocked the world.

'Lucky Star' is the name that Chen Rui gave to the Spanish galleon.

This Spanish galleon can indeed be regarded as Chen Rui's 'lucky star'.

Piles of Spanish gold and silver coins, precious stones, and high-definition images of very well-preserved Spanish galleons appear in the world's major media newspapers, television news, and the Internet.

All those who saw this news were shocked, and the shock was envy and jealousy.

Immediately, experts in the field will value the shipwreck treasure.

In the end, the estimated value was more than $250 million, which was $50 million more than Chen Rui's valuation of $200 million.

And the owner of the treasure, Chen Rui, who was standing next to the Spanish galleon, also became the focus of the world for a while.