Chapter 534: The Great Pearl
He Xiaoya opened a yacht and went to the depths of the ocean. Under the bright sunshine, the sea water is blue and blue, and the sea water here must be relatively deep, with the innate conditions of a good port. However, it is located in the middle of nowhere, and the throughput is not particularly large.
After walking for about 10 minutes, Wuyang stopped the boat, ran to the top of the yacht, and waved to the shore. Jingjing called, "I saw my hands shaking, and I couldn't see my facial expressions clearly." ”
Wuyang said, "That's pretty much it." I got into the water. ”
Immediately go down to the cabin, take off your clothes, shoes and socks and put on your wetsuit. "Wuyang, Tan Xiaomao is saying, we are too close, the previous people are more than 800 meters ahead, let's walk again." Xiaoya shouted at the top.
"If you don't listen to her, haven't you found anything before? Xiaoya, this boat has two cables, and if you don't have a cable, don't leave the boat too far. You wait for me on the boat for the signal, and when I pull the cable, you turn on the motor and pull me and the cargo up. ”
"Okay. How long will it take you to get down? Xiaoya said.
"That's not possible, give me your nets and bags, Xiaoya, give me your nets too, if you're lucky, I'll fill them all up. You don't have to worry about my safety, I don't bring an oxygen tank, and it's okay to dive for an hour. ”
Xiaoya said: "I don't believe it, are you a god or an alien?" ”
"Neither, but I can hold my breath to slow down blood circulation and reduce oxygen consumption," Wuyang said. ”
"Let's bring an oxygen cylinder, and when you see a treasure, you will have strength. These six large net pockets are full, and the machine on the ship can't be pulled. ”
"It doesn't matter, there's buoyancy in the water. I can push it too. ”
Go down into the water. About 40 meters of diving. It's to the bottom of the sea. The bottom of the sea is a layer of white fine sand, and all kinds of fish swim on it, and some people see people coming, and quickly burrow into the sand.
Wuyang's mind is not here with these fish, the place where he was launched just now is the middle of the main channel, obviously in such a flat seabed, there are cabins that have already been discovered.
The length of the cable is 500 meters. Wuyang decided to take this as the center, and walked so much in the south, south, and west, and pulled it down without finding it. Hold your breath and let the true qi circulate in your body, walk south first, walk a few hundred meters calmly, and then go east.
After walking a few dozen meters, the fine sand turned into a coral reef, with some uplifts, and soon it went down. The initial slope is relatively gentle, less than 10 meters. It becomes a cliff. If it's on land, the afternoon sun may be daunting. I'm afraid I won't be able to get up. At the bottom of the sea, there are no such scruples.
Sinking along the rock wall for dozens of meters, looking at the depth gauge on the diving suit, it is already 110 meters, which should be more than the limit of the diving human body. I continued to dive, and when I reached 120 meters, I reached the bottom of the sea.
The difference here is that the water temperature has increased significantly, the water temperature is about 15 degrees when you enter the water, and now it has reached about 25 degrees; The second is that the fine sand on the bottom of the sea has turned into mud, and there are large and small shellfish.
Wuyang did not rush to clean up the shells, but first surveyed the entire terrain, of course, mainly to see if the wreck could be found.
It's deeper, but the visibility is good. The opposite side of the rock wall is just 20 meters away, which is also a cliff, so you don't need to look at it, and after walking a little south, the cable has reached its limit, but you can barely see the bottom of the sea rising a lot. Wuyang thought, this should be a trench, the width is about 20 meters, the depth is 70 meters, the length is not known for the time being.
Walking north along the trench, the small platform at the bottom of the ditch and on the wall of the ditch is full of shells, the large ones are more than 1 meter in diameter, and the small ones are only the size of a palm. Wuyang can't take care of these now, let's look for the wreck first.
After walking about 150 meters, two shells lying flat at the bottom of the ditch came into view. The shell is grayish-white, and the direction of length should be more than 2 meters. The shells had fallen apart, and there were no pearls on one side of it, and two in the mud in the recess on one side.
Wuyang knew that this old mussel had big beads, first found 4 in the bulging bone crevices at the junction of the two shells, moved the shells, made a comb with his fingers, combed in the mud, and found more than a dozen, and forget it.
Moving on, there was a spring at the bottom of the trench, and the sea water became very turbid, the visibility was less than two meters, and the heat was noticeable. Wuyang was a little hesitant, whether he could find the wreck or not didn't mean much to him, besides, he had already harvested pearls, and there were still so many sea shells in the trench, and pearls could still be found.
Looking back, what I told Xiaoya just now, how long can I stay at the bottom of the sea, and now I don't even have the oxygen from the oxygen cylinder, so I ran up, and I was afraid that they would look down on it.
Firmly believing to move forward, sure enough, in the turbid water, I finally saw a steel hull in front of me. When I climbed up, the deck was full of the same large suitcases of gold and silver in the Qing Dynasty, and the cargo hold was also full of large suitcases.
Wuyang felt that the goods in the middle of the boxes stored in the cabin were more valuable. The lock could not be opened, so the hinge was broken directly with a dagger, and the large suitcase was opened.
The three boxes were all porcelain, and the next box was a metal tiger head, rabbit head and snake head. Isn't this the lost beast head in the Old Summer Palace, the whole ship must be a national treasure that was robbed of the Old Summer Palace.
I didn't ask for those porcelain, but I just packed the beast's head in a net, thinking to myself, this boat's things must be brought back, whether it is handed over to the state or kept by yourself, it is better than leaving it in the waters of a foreign country. Although this was previously China's waters, it is impossible to recover it in the short term.
I continued to look for another shipwreck, walked for a while, and sure enough, I saw it. This one was much smaller than the previous one, less than 80 meters long, but there were two cannons on each side of the deck, and the steel plates of the hull were much thicker than the other one.
Knowing that it was a ship that carried military expenses, Wuyang did not believe that Tsarist Russia would give much money to the Pacific Fleet in the Far East, because after opening up the Far East, the army carried out crazy plunder, and the blood and sweat of the Asian people flowed into the Kremlin in a steady stream. This tsar also did a lot of bad things, so there were later executions by the whole family.
Down to the cabin. There are 8 iron boxes inside. Open it and take a look. Three of them were empty, and only one had half a box of gold coins. Take out the bags, one bag contains 100 pieces, just when it is full, tie the opening, and put another bag in it, and fill it with 10 bags, and the gold coins are full. Open the box next to it again. I saw a box of silver coins, and the others were all copper coins. I grabbed some silver and copper coins and put them in a bag, went out of the cabin and went out of the boat, packed them all in a net bag, and dragged them to the trench to look for seashells.
The water temperature at one end is higher than at the beginning, and there are many more seashells, and they are generally much larger. The net bag brought is similar to the kind of fishing used in China, with a length of 1.5 meters and a diameter of about 1 meter. Only two can fit in one net bag. 6 net pockets, half of which has been occupied. I made do with 11 of them.
It's not very heavy, but it still has a lot of weight. Wuyang wanted to take things out of the trench directly, but he couldn't do it, so he had to pull the cable, and the yacht reacted after a while. However, the yacht also relied on a low-power electric motor to pull the cable, and there were too many things, and the yacht was brought to the side of the trench.
Wuyang saw that the net bag was still standing still, so he untied the other 5 net pockets, and only brought one seashell to the net bag, after all, the contents were not comparable to the seashell.
Surfacing, Xiaoya and Tan Xiaomao's two yachts were overhead. Several people pulled the net pocket onto the yacht, and wanted to pull Wuyang again, but Wuyang quickly shook his hand and told them about the situation.
This time, I dived with two cables, and quickly pulled all five net pockets to the surface. Tan Xiaomao said: "Mr. Li, let's not load it on the yacht, let's just pull it to the coast." ”
Wuyang said, "How can that be done?" Now it's not dark, and if we go over like this, people must know that we have found the baby, and it would be strange if they didn't rob us all. ”
"What then?"
"Put it on first, and then find a way, you can't let me soak in water all the time."
Xiaoya said, "Let's hurry up and pull it up." ”
Several people pulled up the net bag and Wuyang, and when they reached the shore, Jingjing asked Wuyang to take a bath quickly. Wuyang said: "We divided the account with Miss Tan, and then I cut open these shells so as not to stain my clothes. Miss Tan, you say, how much is more appropriate for you? ”
Tan Xiaomao said: "Mr. Li, sisters, I want 10 gold coins and a seashell." These coins are now worth $15,000 a piece in the Moscow Heritage Market. The pearls in such a large shell should be even more valuable. After I took it, I could give it to my grandmother. ”
Wuyang said: "Miss Tan, is this good, we are 4 people, now 10 bags of gold coins, two and a half bags per person, 11 shells, 3 of you each, I want one less, okay?" ”
"Mr. Li, I don't want so much, really, I'll be uneasy in my heart."
Xiaoya smiled: "Wuyang, are you talking about anything about distribution now?" Now that you have a plan, you will send it to Xiaomao's house later, of course you will make her feel uneasy. Xiao Mao, put your heart in your stomach, we won't have any bad intentions towards you, Mr. Li really wanted to give you something just now. But it's true that I don't want others to know. You can just find an excuse to return the yacht tomorrow, and the rent will still be given to you. ”
Tan Xiaomao said: "I am familiar with those bosses, and it's okay to call them to drive away by themselves." But in order not to show the stuffing, after I went back and sent something, I would better send them back. ”
Wuyang smiled, "Miss Tan, I'm sorry to scare you." Okay, you guys go away a little bit, I'm going to kill you. ”
Tan Xiaomao said: "Mr. Li, don't lose these shellfish, let's eat this at night, it's very delicious." ”
Wuyang put on a wetsuit and began to cut seashells. These big guys are very strong, but under the axe of the afternoon sun, any stubborn resistance is futile. In less than an hour, all 11 were cut and the flesh and pearls were packed in shells. The extra shells were thrown into the sea.
Tan Xiaomao insisted that as long as there were pearls in a seashell, when Wuyang cut one open, she picked up the pearls alone. "Mr. Li, each of these big pearls is priceless, I have so many at once, and I have become a rich woman. All I need to do is sell one of these ping-pong balls, and it's enough to buy a luxury car. ”
"Well, it's up to you. We'll send you home. ”
"Okay, I'll call back and ask my parents to prepare your meal."
There are quite a few things in the sea. The afternoon sun could have been fished up. But before I thought of a way to bring it back home. It's better to let them lie in the sea.
sent Tan Xiaomao home, saw her parents, sister-in-law, sister and brother, and the whole family was waiting for her to come back. Seeing that she brought back the guests, the whole family was very enthusiastic, and the people who gave up their seats, served tea, and washed their faces, so that several people couldn't cope with it.
Tan Xiaomao's small bag contained the squid and sea cucumber she caught, and in the big net pocket on the back of Wuyang, there were 11 balls of shellfish. weighed more than 200 catties, but fortunately their house was not far from the road, otherwise the blood would have flowed all over the body.
After her father took out the shellfish, he hurried to stir-fry. The mother is a big fat man with a height of more than 1.70 meters, and she speaks loudly, warmly greets Wuyang and the others to drink tea, and goes to tidy up the shellfish by herself. "Mom, you clean up the two lumps and let Mr. Li take them away."
Xiaoya said: "No, we will return to China tomorrow." It's okay to taste it today, we don't want to memorize it. ”
Xiao Mao smiled: "You have to carry so many gold coins to pass the customs tomorrow." It's better to keep the gold coins and the shellfish together, the police don't check them so strictly. ”
Wuyang said: "If it's not good to take us, we won't take it, Xiaoya, you let the person in charge of the dock take it away, and ask them to find an opportunity to bring it back to China." But I still have to take a ball of shellfish, and tomorrow I will have dinner with Brother Zhang and them, which is also a specialty. ”
Xiaoya said: "Wuyang, you call Brother Zhang, maybe he will arrive in Changbai Mountain today, we will go over after dinner, with so many things, staying in a hotel or something, it is inevitable that we will be a little worried." ”
Wuyang said with a smile: "If you bring something to see Brother Zhang, you naturally want to share it with him, but it's much better than worrying." Besides, Brother Zhang will not let others suffer. ”
Xiaoya went to call the person in charge of the company's dock here, Wuyang walked to the side and called Brother Zhang, "Big brother, I'm in Vladivostok, where are you now?" ”
"I'm at the Pacific Fleet Command, are you coming?"
"I'm in a fellow countryman's house, and the fellow is cooking, so it's not easy to leave."
"Then you tell me the address, a few people, we have dinner to pick you up, and we will go to the casino on the border between China and North Korea together in the evening."
"Big brother, I don't have a hobby of gambling, so I won't accompany you."
"No, I tell you, this is a gathering attended by the commander of the Russian Far Eastern Front, the commander of the Pacific Fleet, and the prince of Korea, and you are invited to participate, it should be a face-saving thing. If you didn't come, forget it, since you came, if you don't go at night, you won't give face, right? ”
"Oh well. Big brother, you are all high-ranking figures, it's okay for me to watch the battle from the side, I don't participate in the bet with you, is it okay? ”
"Yes, you just have to come, and you can play as much as you want."
"Big brother, I was swimming in the sea today and found a sunken ship, the things in it were all snatched from our Old Summer Palace, I want to salvage it and get it back, you happen to be with a few powerful figures, help me be accommodating, and see what conditions can be used for me to salvage it."
"You don't know what you're going to do about this, I'll just tell the fleet commander, if the momentum becomes bigger, you know how powerful the KGB is."
"I'll pay attention, big brother, what should I give you?"
"I don't want those metals, if there is porcelain or something, I can take a few complete pieces and put them at home, but I don't want the rest."
"Big brother, don't limit porcelain, anyway, I saw something exquisite, so I'll get it for you."
"Okay, I'll try to lower the price here with you."
"Thank you, big brother."
After making the call, I saw Tan Xiaomao take out gold coins from his bag and give 10 to each of his family, explaining that this was the result of the expedition. Everyone saw that they also brought things with them in Wuyang, except for more in Wuyang, everyone was similar, and they all praised them for their good luck.
When Tan Xiaomao's father came out with the fried vegetables and asked while eating and drinking, Wuyang said: "The boat has been searched for a long time, and these things are still found in the mud." But don't go out and talk about it, lest you cut off the business of the owners who charter the yachts. ”
Boss Tan said: "Mr. Li, your heart is so good, it is a great honor for the little girl to meet you." ”
Wuyang said: "Boss Tan, don't say that, it's not easy for us to meet in a foreign country." ”
"I heard that Mr. Li is a big boss?"
"Our family has a small asset, I am a government official, I am not involved in the operation, and my wife is in charge of it. Boss Tan's business is good, right? ”
"What's good, it's just to feed a family. Mr. Lai, Ms. Gao, if you can take us in business, we will definitely make a fortune. ”
Xiaoya said: "Okay, Boss Tan is engaged in the timber business, what kind of projects are he operating?" ”
Boss Tan said: "We mainly process into plates and square materials, and sell them to China to make furniture, which is 20,000 cubic meters per year, and one cubic meter earns almost 100 yuan." ”
Xiaoya said: "What is the reason not to do more? ”
"One is that no one wants it, and the other is afraid that the money will not be recovered."
Xiaoya said: "Boss Tan, don't lose your previous business, we will make an advance payment to you, you organize more personnel to cut and process, in addition to the need for boards and square materials, we also need a large number of outdoor wooden floors." ”
Tan Xiaomao said: "I know, it's the scenic spot, the park, where the red pine floor is laid." ”
Boss Tan said: "Then we have to build a baking room, which cannot be done by natural air drying in the past." What else do you need? ”
"We also need oak barrels. If you can send us 50,000 per year, we can ask for at least 5 years. ”
Boss Tan asked, "Is Mr. Li used for wine storage?" ”
"Yes. Oak barrels produced in Western Europe, which can be taken out, are all taken by us, you just have to look at Eastern Europe and the Baltic coast. ”
Tan Xiaomao's elder brother Tan Bo said: "Boss Li, I am in charge of the textile trade at home, I don't know if you have any products in this regard." We want good quality and affordable goods. ”
"We have purchased and built several new cotton mills in the Northwest to produce everything from hats to socks. However, we already have an agent in Russia, the business is quite good, and the reputation is good, and the contract with him cannot be interrupted. ”
Tan Bo said: "Then what else can be done? ”
Xiaoya said: "You see if you can do gold jewelry and diamond business, we will hand over the goods to you, and you will sell them and give us money." ”
"That's not good, otherwise we will cooperate to open a store, and you will also send someone to manage it, and the profits will be distributed."
Xiaoya said: "That's fine. You go to inspect the market, we pay for the decoration, and then we just run it together. ”
Tan Bo said, "Okay, I can do this tomorrow." ”
Wuyang said: "Mr. Tan, in fact, you can leave this matter to your wife and sister, and you can do great things yourself." ”
"Mr. Li, what's the big deal?" Tan Bo asked. (To be continued......)