Chapter 8: The Purple Crystal
Wang Hao, Edes dived into the water with several divers, Wang Hao found that his memory and sense of direction are much stronger than before, and it didn't take long to dive into the water Wang Hao found the location of the wreck with his memory.
"Come with me. Wang Hao said to several other people through the walkie-talkie.
Wang Hao took Eders and the others to the shipwreck he first discovered, swam around the shipwreck, and found that the hole he had drilled into before was still there.
"Follow me through this hole. ”
Edes and the others were stunned when they saw the sunken ship, and Wang Hao called them over to relieve themselves and swam in with Wang Hao.
Wang Hao took the lead to take them to the cabin full of gold and silver.
"This is here, and every chest is filled with gold and silver. ”
Edus went up and opened a box, revealing gold and silver jewelry, and picked up a gold coin, which glowed with eye-catching gold under the flashlight.
"Look at the style is indeed the gold coin of Spain in the Age of Discovery. "Throwing the gold coins back into the box, he turned around and spoke to the people on board through the intercom.
"The first wreck has been found, please identify where we are now and record it. ”
"The location has been recorded, and I wish you all the best in your actions. ”
"Well, King, we can go to the site of the next shipwreck. ”
Wang Hao took Eders away and headed for the other shipwrecks, and the remaining six shipwrecks were next to each other.
"King, let's split up and scout the six shipwrecks at the same time, and then we can return after completing our mission. ”
"Okay, I'll go and explore that one. ”
"Hmm. ”
Wang Hao swam towards the shipwreck he chose, Wang Hao chose the one he got the silver bracelet, and when he entered the shipwreck, Wang Hao went straight to the captain's room to see if he could find something related to the silver bracelet.
There was no change in the captain's room when he left Wang Hao, Wang Hao searched through and didn't find anything new, and all the written materials were soaked in seawater and could not be recognized.
"Forget it, it looks like I can't find anything useful here. Just as Wang Hao was about to leave, he looked down and saw the box on the table, which was the box that contained the silver bracelet before.
"The box is good, let's take it back this time. ”
Wang Hao felt something was wrong the moment he reached out and picked up the box.
"The box seems to be a little lighter. ”
With Wang Hao's inhuman perception ability, he felt that the weight of the box was a little lighter. Wang Hao took the box in his hand and looked at it carefully, this box is about thirty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide, and eleven or twelve centimeters high, made of pure gold, inlaid with these gems, Wang Hao thought that the bottom of this box should be solid at first, but this time Wang Hao felt that it was not as heavy as he imagined when he held it with his hand, and knocked on the box with his hand.
"Could it be that the bottom of this box is empty, and there is a hidden compartment?"
After careful observation, Wang Hao did not find the mechanism on the box, in order to verify his idea, Wang Hao chose the most direct and effective method.
Put the box in his hand, squeeze it hard, and with a snap, the box shattered into pieces and floated in the water, among these pieces, a purple crystal attracted Wang Hao's attention.
Wang Hao stretched out his hand and grabbed the purple crystal in his hand, there was no crystal in the material for making the box, and it was an amethyst, this amethyst was a long directional thin sheet, one side was extremely smooth, and one side was engraved with some lines, which seemed to be messy but followed a certain law, Wang Hao felt dizzy after a few glances, and shook his head to drive the dizziness out.
Put away the purple crystal, left the captain's room, and reported the specific location of the wreck to the ship, Wang Hao began to swim towards the yacht.
Back on the yacht, Wang Hao found that everyone else had already returned, he was the last one, Edes had already changed his clothes and was conducting a video conference, it seemed that he should report to the headquarters in London.
When Wang Hao changed his clothes and came out, Eders had already finished the meeting.
"Wang, why did you come back so late, if I hadn't kept in touch with you, I would have sent someone to save you. ”
"Seeing that there is so much gold and silver on the sunken ship, I can't walk the road, should I take two pieces now? ”
"You reminded me that I should have secretly hidden two pieces before I counted them now. ”
After the two finished watching the joke, Wang Hao sat up straight and asked Edus.
"How?"
"An extremely large fortune. ”
"When will the salvage begin?"
"The salvage work is still waiting, but the salvage plan has been made, you see. Eders handed Wang Hao a document in his hand.
Wang Hao took it and flipped it over, "First count the gold and silver on the sunken ship, and then take the lead in salvaging the gold and silver, just statistics is a lot of work." ”
"Well, we're going to make a thousand dives to count the gold, silver, and jewelry on the wreck, and it's estimated that it will take about a week, you see. ”
"After the gold and silver salvage of the wreck is completed, the overall salvage of the wreck will begin (this part of the salvage is extremely difficult, the estimated time is one to one and a half months), and the wreck will be salvaged out.
"Wang, of course there is value, these shipwrecks represent a powerful empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, an important symbol of the Age of Discovery, and an important milestone in human history, and these shipwrecks are of great significance to the historiography. ”
"Edus, I also went to school and know the historical significance of these shipwrecks, but it costs a lot of money to salvage these shipwrecks, so I don't think you will do anything that is not profitable. ”
"Of course, in addition to those historical significance, many large museums should be very interested in these shipwrecks, we have invited the Louvre, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art to come professionally, on the one hand, to determine whether these shipwrecks belong to the Golden Fleet, what are the specific names, who is the captain, on the other hand, to see how sincere they are, and now the response is not bad, the invited several have shown great interest, and the expert group is already on the way. ”
Wang Hao nodded.
"You're in charge of that, I trust you. ”
"By the way, after the king has eaten lunch, you have to go into the water. ”
"Why?"
"I don't have enough divers, so I start counting after lunch, and the other wave of divers won't arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest, so you'll need to make a cameo appearance, and of course you can choose to stay on board. Wang Hao thought about it and had nothing to do if he stayed on the ship, so it was better to help, and the salvage money would be in his hands as soon as he finished it early.
"Me, I'd be happy to help, but how much are you going to spend on me?"
"Is one gold coin enough?" said Edus, pulling out a shiny gold coin.
"Where are you from?"
"Of course, from the wreck, I have to leave this salvage as a memorial. ”
"But now it's mine. ”