"So the country is archaeology, and you can be regarded as a thief at most, and your destructive excavations have caused a lot of losses." Liu Wu glanced at Han Peacock and said.

Han Peacock smiled and said, "Stealing and digging? Compared to others, my methods are very gentle, especially in the salvage industry, I am not only a novice, but also a flower messenger. ”

"You should say it's the Treasure Protector." Han Ronghua said with a smile.

Han Peacock nodded and said, "It's okay to say that, you know the number one treasure hunter Mike. Hatcher, right? In order to obtain huge economic benefits in the auction market, he even ordered the smashing of more than 600,000 pieces of Chinese Hailao porcelain, which brought more than pain and shock to the Chinese people.

This Englishman Mike. Hatcher, a professional treasure hunter who spent his life in libraries around the world and dedicated his life to finding Chinese shipwrecks in the South China Sea, has made him the richest salvage man in many salvage cases, and there are countless legendary reports about him.

As in 1984, Mike. Hatcher salvaged 239,000 pieces of blue and white porcelain from the merchant ship Goldmarsen in the South China Sea, which was later entrusted to Christie's in the Netherlands, and Hatcher received more than $20 million.

Domestic experts brought 30,000 US dollars to the auction, holding the No. 1 plate they enjoy priority, but the result is not even a chance to raise the card, the auction price of porcelain is more than 10 times the estimate, the whole auction will be bid all the way up, 30,000 US dollars can not be exchanged for a piece of Hailao porcelain, more than 200,000 pieces of Chinese Hailao porcelain all spent on his family.

Even more surprising is the fact that many porcelains are made in less than a year. It was auctioned for 10 to 15 times the auction price, and it was the huge financial benefits of the auction that encouraged Hatcher.

In 1999, the British salvage was again arrested by the Dutchman James Murphy. Hasberg's "Guide to Navigation in the East India" uncovered clues to the wreck of the Chinese "Taixing".

According to the records, this is a merchant ship carrying more than 1 million pieces of Fu and Jiande porcelain, and finally on May 12, Hatcher was surprised to find a porcelain pile with a height of 4 meters and an area of more than 400 square meters on the bottom of the sea.

After all the salvage was out of the water, Hatcher smashed more than 600,000 pieces in order to obtain huge financial benefits, leaving only 365,000 pieces, and in the subsequent nine-day German auction, Hatcher received $30 million.

It can be said that it is this 'number one treasure hunter' who has pushed China's Hailao porcelain to the forefront of the market. Become the new darling of the auction market. Such a legend, if you don't study it well, I'm really sorry for myself. ”

Liu Fu looked at Han Peacock suspiciously, and said, "Why are you talking about this person?" Could it be that this time in the South China Sea, you have followed him? ”

Han Peacock shook his head and said, "I'm so restless? ”

Liu Fu said: "You are so restless. Let's talk about it! If it weren't for the calculation this one was called Mike. Hatcher's. So who do you want to calculate? I don't believe you're just trying to keep a Gu cultivation cheats that I don't know if I know if I can save zài. sent the Shenlong into the muddy waters of the South China Sea. ”

Han Peacock smiled and said, "Liu Wu, who knows me, this time I am dealing with a company called the South China Sea Maritime Archaeology Company. ”

Liu Wu thought for a while and said: "Is it the auction on December 10, 2005 and December 16, 2006 on Guardian Four Seasons, the provider of the two Hailao porcelain auctions?" I remember that the porcelain in both auctions was from the South Sea Maritime Archaeology Company of the Swede Stan. The company is a Swedish company based in Malaysia, right? ”

Han Peacock nodded and said: "This company began to salvage ancient shipwrecks in 1990, and by 2005, 10 ancient shipwrecks had been discovered, the earlier Tanjung Xinban was a 11th century shipwreck, and the latest was the Qing Dynasty Disharu was sunk in 1830.

Judging from the 10 shipwrecks they salvaged, the trade in the South China Sea in the 9 centuries was mainly Chinese ceramics, until the late 14th century, all the ceramics on the wrecks were produced in China, and the ceramics auctioned twice came from the Wanli of the Ming Dynasty discovered in 2003, and the wreck of the Qing Dynasty Disharu, the former is mainly blue and white porcelain, the latter is purple sand ware, and there are fewer other glazed porcelain.

Wanli blue and white porcelain type is mostly all kinds of plates, bowls, pots, gourd bottles, lid jars, military holders, etc., purple sand ware is mainly pots, the first auction of Ming Wanli, Qing Di Sharu Hailao ceramics 214 pieces of 92.06%, harvest 2.7272 million yuan, the transaction price is higher in more than 50,000 yuan, a Ming Wanli blue and white flower army held to 57,200 yuan, a mid-Qing purple sand pot transaction price of 35,200 yuan.

The price of the second Nanhai porcelain auction was significantly higher than that of the first one, with 144 pieces selling 86.11% and a turnover of 2.2339 million yuan, and a Ming Wanli blue and white landscape figure bowl sold for 68,200 yuan.

The auction has received the attention of public and private collection institutions in Chinese mainland, and the Hehe and Nanshou Museums alone bid for 10 pieces of blue and white porcelain plates from the Wanli water, which according to research are produced in the Jingdezhen Guanyin Pavilion kiln. ”

"So the strength of this company is good, and they have a shipwreck in their hands that you are interested in?" Willow catkins said.

Han Peacock nodded and said: "Most of the porcelain on the shipwreck this time is blue and white porcelain, which has infiltrated salt after soaking in the seabed for hundreds of years, but they only need to be desalted in clear water to make this batch of porcelain intact."

Most of the porcelain salvaged is produced by the folk kiln, and from the perspective of technology, it is the product of Fu, Jianrao and Ping, and the time is about the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty......"

Han Peacock said some general information about porcelain, for details, such as the difference in patterns, these catkins and Han Ronghua are definitely not interested, so Han Peacock just briefly mentioned it, but the value of this batch of porcelain is huge, and Han Peacock has made it clear.

"You snatched it from them?" Liu Wu asked directly.

Han Peacock smiled and said, "I'm not so violent. ”

"So how do you do it?" The catkins were also a little curious.

Han Peacock said with a smile: "At that time, there was a nuclear submarine following the Shenlong, so from the nuclear submarine, you can directly dive into the sunken ship." ”

"That's stealing? That's a mild approach, so you've already succeeded? Liu Wu said.

Han Peacock smiled even happier: "I have already done it, but if I don't salvage all the things in that sunken ship, wouldn't it be a loss?" ”

"You are the kind of typical representative who suffers if you don't pick up the money, now that you have the result, can you leave Yangcheng?" Liu Wu sneered.

Han Peacock said: "Wait a little longer! Although I saw some pictures of porcelain, it was not a real thing after all, and I wanted to see the real thing before returning to the magic capital. ”

"You lied to me?" Liu Fu stared at Han Peacock's eyes and said with a smile.

"How so?" Han Peacock said without blinking.

"You must have lied to me, are there still many shipwrecks in the South China Sea?" Liu Fu blinked his eyes and looked at Han Peacock with a smile.

Han Peacock put away his smile and said: "Of course, there are still many shipwrecks over there, but this is not a matter of one or two days, so I am not so greedy, you just wait here for a few days, and the Shenlong will come back in a few days." ”

Liu Wu glanced at Han Peacock and said, "I don't believe what you say at all. Hatcher doesn't have much to do with it, and I don't think you'll ever mention him. ”

Han Peacock walked to Liu Wu's side and said to Han Ronghua: "Ronghua, you said that such a smart woman is your sister-in-law, you are lucky!" Or unfortunate. ”

"Lucky, of course." Han Ronghua said without hesitation.

Han Peacock smiled and said, "I kidnapped that Mike. Hatcher, who gave him a lot of clues to the shipwreck! ”

Seeing that Han Peacock said so naturally, Liu Fu and Han Ronghua were all surprised and couldn't close their mouths.

"Big brother, do you know what you're doing?" Han Ronghua said in disbelief.

Han Peacock looked at Liu Wu, and Liu Wu said: "That guy is a criminal in our eyes, but we have no right to judge him." ”

Han Peacock nodded with satisfaction and said, "I don't want to judge him, I just want him to atone for his sins." ”

"Where is he now?" Liu Wu said with a little headache.

Han Peacock smiled and said, "You're helping me salvage a sunken ship." ”

The reason why Han Peacock kidnapped that Brit was completely lucky, that guy was used to eating sweet persimmons in the South China Sea, so he naturally wouldn't let go of this way to make a fortune.

Therefore, he took advantage of the arrival of the monsoon to visit the South China Sea again, and happened to be bumped into by Han Peacock's Shenlong.

For thousands of years, many merchant ships carrying the dreams of merchants seeking profit and the desire of the empire to become strong have sailed from Quanzhou, Yangcheng and other ports to Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa, and many of them have sunk at the bottom of the sea, waiting for people to discover the wealth deposited by it.

Countries around the world pay attention to the nature of Han Peacock here, there are more powerful treasure hunters, and Mike. Hatcher is one of the most active.

Driven by huge commercial interests, there are a large number of "treasure hunters" who specialize in the commercial salvage of underwater cultural relics in the world, and the South China Sea is their "paradise", in the 80s of the last century, Filipino fishermen found an ancient Chinese shipwreck in the South China Sea in the 15th century, and salvaged a lot of porcelain.

The news spread far and wide, and British salvage expert Mike. Hatcher was moved by the wind and with advanced detection equipment, Hatcher made a huge profit by salvaging several shipwrecks in the South China Sea.

In 1999, he salvaged the Qing Dynasty shipwreck "Taixing", known as the "Titanic of the East", in the South China Sea, in order to facilitate transportation and raise prices, he actually smashed more than 600,000 pieces of porcelain of ordinary color, and shipped the remaining 356,000 pieces to Europe for auction, obtaining a windfall of 30 million US dollars.

"One shipwreck and ten ancient tombs" is a phrase in the cultural relics world, and the wealth on the shipwreck has triggered a salvage boom at home and abroad.

Of course, now Han Peacock is also one of them, this time, Han Peacock shot very ruthlessly, the salvage ship of the South China Sea Marine Archaeology Company, on a stormy night, was directly sent to the bottom of the sea by the Shenlong, and the unexpected harvest was actually Mike. Hatcher. (To be continued......)