Chapter 114: Sea Adventure
After having the idea of sea exploration, Long Dan sued Old Mason, but what he didn't expect was that Old Mason actually agreed and decided to follow Long Dan on the expedition together. Long Dan didn't expect that Old Mason's great age would be ambitious. However, Long Dan has the idea of Long Dan. Long Dan means that according to the diary records of the Mason family, he went to the British Channel to find the old site of the Mason ancestor on the sea, and then found out the clues about the crystal ball. See if the crystal ball is just these two, or if there's something else. If you can find more crystal balls, and Long Dan can draw more energy from them, won't your kung fu be even better?
So, Long Dan asked Lao Mason to arrange the deployment and transform his cruise ship into an expedition ship suitable for sea voyage exploration and salvage. Then, the old Mason was given another task, which was to renovate Morton Castle. Let Old Mason find the world's top designers, renovate Morton Castle, turn him into a modern castle, turn him into a real Dragon Castle, and arrange a foothold for himself in Europe.
Old Mason happily accepted Long Dan's task, and did not want Long Dan to contribute a penny, all by himself, and when he renovated Morton Castle into a brand new castle, he also did his best to be an apprentice, so that Long Dan looked down on himself. However, Old Mason also made a request, after Long Dan finished exploring the ruins of Mason's ancestors on the sea, he would go to other places to explore, but he had to take himself with him. Long Dan saw that Old Mason was doing his best for him, so he agreed to Old Mason's request. He took the cruise ship and sailed towards the remnants of the Mason ancestors who dominated the sea in the British Channel.
The place where the ancestors of the Mason family were pirates is on the Monte Cristo archipelago on the border between Britain and France, and the island of Monte Cristo is the mountain in the French novelist Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte Cristo", which was a popular place for pirates in ancient times. Due to the mountains and reefs, large ships cannot enter, making it ideal for hiding people. In ancient Britain, many pirates lived on Monte Cristo.
Long Dan ordered the captain of the Dragon No. 1 to moor the ship at a deep-water pier where it could dock, and Long Dan led a group of people to Monte Cristo Island immediately. After a few days of exploration, Long Dan found nothing. Even if Long Dan opened the Eye of Heaven, he still didn't find a trace of the pirates in the past. Perhaps it is because for hundreds of years, countless sea explorers have turned over the entire island of Monte Cristo several times, and even if there were countless treasures, countless expeditions have searched for them.
Long Dan found nothing on the island, but pinned his hopes on the sea. Because of the complexity of the situation in the nautical mile, it may be possible to gain something. So, Long Dan let the entourage drive a small boat, entered the sea and came to the sea, Long Dan put on diving equipment, in order not to let everyone know his ability, if let everyone know that he can stay at the bottom of the sea for hours with his bare hands, without being shocked.
As soon as Long Dan dived to the bottom of the sea, he took off his diving equipment, and it was a burden to carry it himself. However, Long Dan did not throw it away, and still carried it on his body in case of emergency.
This is the first time that Long Dan has really dived into the deep sea, but it has opened his eyes. At the bottom of the sea, Long Dan opened the eye of the sky, and at a glance, the boundless seabed was full of shipwrecks and garbage, and I don't know how many people's ships have been buried in the vast sea for hundreds of years. In fact, these ships are not natural shipwrecks, they were all artificially sunk by pirate firefights. There are huge wooden ships from ancient times to iron ships of modern times, and the offshore seabed of Monte Cristo is full of dilapidated ships.
Long Dan probed the past one by one, and really found a lot of things. There are many shipwrecks with precious things on them, including gold coins and silverware, as well as jewelry, and it is worth mentioning that many of them seem to be from China. It's just that Long Dan is not very interested in these, and the purpose of Long Dan is to search for the magical crystal ball and see if there is anything like a crystal ball at the bottom of the sea. Besides, this place is French territory, and maybe one day a French maritime surveillance ship will come to question it. Long Dan came to this place at the maritime junction of the British Kingdom and France, and did not go through the immigration procedures, so he might get into trouble. Therefore, what Long Dan needs is a quick search, as long as there is no sign of a crystal ball, immediately ignore the past.
Long Dan drove a small boat, wandering around the Monte Cristo archipelago, searching for the bottom of the sea all day long, and the casual personnel on the cruise ship were also puzzled, not knowing what Long Dan was doing. But everyone is also happy to be leisurely, basking in the sun on the cruise ship, catching some sea fish and enjoying it on the boat, but also at ease.
In this way, Long Dan stayed on the Monte Cristo archipelago for more than 1 month, and there was still no sign of a crystal ball, so he had the idea of retreating. Although the ancestor of Old Mason was the most pirate of this generation, hundreds of years have passed, and it is difficult to find some clues as time passes. Long Dan thought about it, and felt that he had indeed been a little reckless when he came here to explore and investigate. A sacred object like a crystal ball is an unattainable thing, and it is difficult to find it again with one's own passionate search. When Long Dan thought of this, he stopped searching under the sea, so as not to attract the attention of the British Kingdom and France again, and cause some diplomatic trouble, which would outweigh the losses.
When he returned to the town of Effie in the British Kingdom, he saw old Mason, and talked about his situation in the Monte Cristo Islands, and old Mason was also embarrassed for a while, and said: "Although my ancestors were pirates in that area, how many years have passed. However, judging from the things that our ancestors were pirates and looted, many of them are from China, maybe these things are from China, you might as well return to China to see, maybe in China, or in the waters of Huaxia, you can find something."
Wake up the person in the dream with a word, and Long Dan wakes up like a dream. I also found on the bottom of the sea near Monte Cristo, and there are many items that are Chinese things. So, Long Dan discussed with Old Mason and decided to return to China. At this time, Lao Mason was happy, and immediately brought up the old matter, and followed Long Dan back to China. At this time, Long Dan was embarrassed to refuse anymore, so he agreed to Old Mason's request and promised to take him to Huaxia.
Long Dan said to Old Mason: "How is the castle I bought, how is it being renovated?" Mason Sr. said: "Everything is going according to plan, and it will take several months to fix it all." You can rest assured that I have already arranged for someone to supervise the work, even if the renovation is completed, you don't have to worry about it, I have also thought about the management for you, and you will come to live when the time comes." Long Dan bought this castle, which was nothing more than a temporary expedient measure, but he did not mean to move his family to live in Britain. It's just that since it's his own property right, he has to run him well, and he can't be wasted like Morton's old drunkard.
Long Dan took Lao Mason back to the capital of Huaxia, found Wang Jun, and told him his idea of exploring and hunting for treasures on the sea. Wang Jun disagreed, and said: "Brother, you have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend, what kind of sea adventure are you engaged in, besides, the things in the country's territorial waters belong to the state, and individuals are not allowed to salvage them at will, unless you are in the open seas." Long Dan said: "In terms of making money, I can be regarded as okay, but life is like this, only by constantly accepting new challenges can life be worthwhile." Since the seabed objects within the territorial waters of the country belong to the state, can you communicate with me, and I will cooperate with the government, as long as the things salvaged within the territorial waters, we will divide them, this should not be difficult, right? Wang Jun said: "Since you are keen on exploration, then I will ask you."
A few days later, Wang Jun informed Long Dan to go over, and when he saw Long Dan, he said: "Brother, I really let you say, the National Salvage Bureau has spent a lot of money over the years, and there are few decent results, which is also the reason for no money and no equipment. As soon as I heard that you were willing to fund the equipment, it was too late for the people of the Salvage Bureau to be happy. Immediately agreed to your request, and decided that as long as it is salvaged from the bottom of the territorial sea, it can be divided in half, what do you think of the result? ”。
When Long Dan heard this, he was naturally happy, knowing that this was also Wang Jun's deep background and the interests he was seeking for himself. In fact, what Long Dan wants is not half of the benefits, what Long Dan really cares about is the crystal ball. I'm afraid that if I touch something like a crystal ball, I want it, and I have a rhetoric, so it doesn't matter if I want half of the share.
Long Dan waited for Wang Jun to complete the formalities, and the Salvage Bureau also sent three people to follow Long Dan on the "Long's No. 1" cruise ship. These three people are all officials of the Salvage Bureau, and the reason why they followed Long Dan to explore the sea can be regarded as a witness.
The three officials came to Long's No. 1, which can be regarded as Grandma Liu's entry into the Grand View Garden, and they all marveled at Long Dan's generosity. It's a bit of a luxury to use such a huge cruise ship as an expedition ship. Originally, the three of them thought that it was a chore at sea, but when they came to Longdan's cruise ship, they saw that there was everything on the cruise ship, and they all felt that Qingxin himself had been chosen, and the more such errands in the future, the better. In order to prevent these three officials from making trouble, Long Dan ordered the service staff on the cruise ship to entertain them wholeheartedly, and the three officials enjoyed a rich and worry-free life on the cruise ship, which was really a bit of a joy.
Of course, the three officials also had something unsatisfactory, that is, there were some places on the cruise ship that they were forbidden to go to. Because Long Dan also placed military facilities on the cruise ship, they were all hidden in the rear cabin. These things are too imaginative, and naturally they can't be known to outsiders. If you let the officials of the three salvage bureaus know, Long Dan also installed naval guns on the ship or something. Even if Longdan's flag is Tajikistan, South Africa, it would be a big trouble for the three of them to publicize it. Not to mention anything else, even if the three of them promote it on some forum blog, it is enough for Long Dan to bear.