338. Treasure is at the bottom of the sea
As Tamu Tamu returned to their tribe's station, after seeing the girl from Chamcham, they naturally cried again, to the effect that this brother always patronized himself, completely ignoring his sister's hard work and so on.
Tamu Tamu came back this time, seeing his sister crying so sadly, he naturally didn't dare to say much, so he could only respond. Where is there room to talk back.
We watched from the sidelines, and our hearts were very uncomfortable. Is this still the Tamu Tamu who dares to challenge a force alone? Is it still the heroic man who walks the world with a big knife?
It's clearly a sister slave, okay?
But we can't say anything, we can only watch their brother and sister love and kill each other.
When the script is over, we get down to business — about the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. Chamcham also had an impression of this, and neither of them had a way to get the baby out, and there was no one else.
But since they've given me the chance, I'll just give it up!
The next day, Tamu Tamu acted as a guide and took our warship to the area of the shipwreck that he remembered. Once we reached the area, we dropped anchor and prepared to survey the depths of the water.
The easiest way to do this is to measure it by the length of the anchor's mooring. In order to minimize the error, the anchors of the two ships were sunk to the bottom of the sea and pulled up again. The location of the water trail on the cable was recorded, and it sank to the bottom of the sea again.
I went back and forth several times, and finally the water depth here was determined to be between 30 and 31 meters!
This depth is nothing for modern divers, and even in the 16th century, when technology was severely underdeveloped, it was not too much of a problem to dive unarmed, but it was really difficult to find something as long as a foot long after diving.
But in my heart, if Plan A is not successful, there is still an alternative Plan B, in short, we must find the short sword of the Sun God!
Because Tamu Tamu was far away from the shore at the time of the incident, and I only knew the location of the shipwreck, and the specific location was definitely not accurate, I could only send a wide range of underwater operators to the approximate location to search for the whereabouts of the ship.
In general, with the continuous improvement of automation, people's physical strength and function have declined, and now it seems that it is true. After I sent a team of forty sailors and ninjas who were proficient in water into the water, it took less than half a day to find the boat that had been sunk for three years!
I couldn't have imagined that I would be so lucky! I thought it would take a lot of work, but it was so easy.
Now comes the treasure hunt. It is conceivable that at the bottom of the sea below 30 meters, the light is extremely dim, and there is no such thing as an underwater searchlight under the current technical conditions, and it is really difficult to find such a small thing in a shipwreck.
Sure enough, six of our most elite sailors took turns to go down and go down together, tossing and turning for three days and three nights, and still nothing was gained.
Two sailors even fell into a shock coma due to severe lack of oxygen, but thanks to Karasim's first aid, they were able to get out of danger.
Although the expected results were not obtained, the sailors brought the news that the sunken ship remained intact as a whole, at least the sides and decks were still in relatively good condition, and had not been broken by sinking.
This gave me a new idea - instead of going into the water to find it, but to use the method of salvaging the boat, is it okay?
I mean, since it sank a small boat with a displacement of no more than thirty or forty tons, which is equivalent to a large lifeboat, why don't we salvage it in its entirety?
Now that you have an idea, act now! Although ship salvage is a new business, it must not be too difficult to undertake.
I discussed it with Charlie, Halleha, and the astringent who helped me do the work, and decided to make a relatively simple medium-sized lifting equipment.
The choice of raw materials is not difficult, and the coastline is not far from a large area of woods. Giant trees over 300 or 500 years old can be seen everywhere, and soon we found a suitable material for the main boom - a fir tree that requires two or even three people to hug!
Other supporting facilities also take some time, and although the drawings are not complicated, commissioning still requires a process. About a week later, we designed, built and shaped our own medium-sized lifting equipment!
As the base of the salvage ship is a large British three-masted galleon of the same size in the two fleets, and as a receiving ship is a medium-sized British galen, which transports the crane and other objects to the middle of the two large ships anchored in parallel, and cooperates to complete the erection of lifting equipment.
The lifting equipment is really simple, the boom is made of giant criss-cross logs, installed parallel on two ships.
The notch above the boom is set up with the previously carefully selected boom, which is the thick and sturdy cedar tree.
In the middle of the boom is a wood-iron gallow, and the rope used is a thick rope made of bark, thatch, and wire!
On the calm sea, in addition to two operation ships and one receiving ship, a considerable range of warning ships were also dispatched on the periphery. At this point, everything is ready, and all that is left is to complete the final action!
Twenty sailors divided into groups of ten, each with a bundle of ropes tied around their waists, dived into the water. At an almost uniform speed of their dive, they gradually approached the shipwreck at the bottom of the sea.
According to the plan, they worked in pairs and tied the cable hoops in symmetrical positions to the corresponding positions of the wreck, and when they were all in place, the gallows on top began to rotate the ropes upward.
The process of this hoop took about 40 minutes, because the sailors' breath was limited and could not be kept on the bottom of the sea for a long time, so they had to come out to change their breath every time they took a step, which slowed down the pace of work.
But I'm not in a hurry, because the Spaniards are busy managing the chaos in the rear, so how can they have time to care about my little moves?
So it wasn't until the sun hung high that the wreck's hoop was completed. I looked at the sailors who were all showing their heads on the water and gesturing to get done, took a long breath, and ordered, "Lift!" ”
One hundred and sixty sailors divided into ten groups and began to push the pulleys on the gallows with all their might, and the huge gallows pulled the cables, making a squeaking and sour sound, but it did not change the slow upward trend of the cables!
Looking at the gradually rising cable, a stream of muddy mud began to gush under the water - this is the sludge that was lifted from the bottom of the sea after the wreck was pulled up!
The waterline of the two large ships that served as the base sank slightly - as I expected, the shipwreck below did not have a large displacement and would not have any effect on the large ships above at all.
By this time, the cable had been pulled up nearly halfway, and I had decided that I would only wait for the ship to be completely out of the water to find the legendary treasure, hoping that there would be no accidents.
However, this world is afraid of something, just when my heart is broken, I only hear the sound of "click", and a cable tied to the gallows suddenly breaks from it! The sixteen sailors of that group suddenly let go of their hands and fell forward en masse!
The other nine groups were caught off guard, and the cable made an unpleasant "creaking" sound, but it sank down more than two or three meters!
There was an exclamation on the deck! Many people panicked. It is the third cable from the front to the back, which is about two-fifths of the way from the bow to the stern.
It doesn't seem to have much of an impact! So I shouted, "Don't mess around! Steady! The remaining nine groups continue to pull up! ”、
Hearing my roar, the sailors immediately calmed down, and with all their efforts, the cable immediately stopped sinking.
With a sigh of relief, the remaining nine groups of sailors immediately began to exert their strength in unison under the command of Mavi, and the cable began to rise slowly again!
I stood on the right side of the side of the big ship on the left, staring fixedly at the rippling sea, and secretly clenched my fists. Even though I wasn't involved in the physical work of pulling the cables, I still felt sweaty and a slight chill on my back.
By the time the cable came up twenty meters, the sailors who were pushing the gallows pulleys were exhausted, so we took turns with another group of sailors to take over as planned.
Ten minutes later, the replacement was completed, and the rope began to continue its slow upward rhythm!
Looks like it's almost done! I thought to myself. But he knew the truth of walking a hundred miles and half ninety, so he still didn't say a word, silently staring at the sea with layers of turbidity!
Just when I was a little distracted, I only heard the sound of water, and a black thing emerged from the sea!
As the crowd cheered, I realized that the stern was the first to get out of the water! The bow of the ship was still not in the water.
It makes sense to think that if a cable is broken at the bow, the relative speed must be slower than that of the bow. So I ordered the Nine Ghosts Masataka to slowly adjust the relative rhythm, appropriately speed up the pull-up speed of the bow, and slowly the entire hull of the ship was parallel to the sea, and there was another "whoosh", and the whole boat was completely pulled out of the water!
It was only then that I could see the full picture of the boat, which was supposed to be a Hanseatic clipper of the style of 200 years ago. Bullet marks on the hull are clearly visible, apparently destroyed by shells on the left side of the ship, causing the cabin to sink in water.
After three years of immersion at the bottom of the sea, the ship's hull was slightly rotted, the wood was soaked purple, and the hull was covered with various seaweeds and shells.
The hull continued to be pulled by the cables and ascended higher and higher until it reached almost level with the deck of the large ship that served as the base. The pilot boat immediately sailed over and docked steadily directly below the boat.
The Nine Ghosts gave an order, and the winch began to push backwards, and the cable immediately slowly lengthened, and the boat began to descend. My eyes were fixed on the hull of the ship until it flickered down on the deck of the pilot ship, making a "ge-ge" sound.
Wow! There was a roar of cheers from the deck! People celebrated with crowns to celebrate the completion of such a huge task!
I smiled and looked at everything below, the corners of my mouth full of smiles. After coming to this world, I feel more and more like a fish in water, advancing and retreating freely, and after thinking about it, all this is not accidental.
Knowledge is power, and most people nowadays don't understand anything, which is my biggest capital and reliance.
Hua Mei clapped her hands and shouted, "Wow! Pull it up, pull it up! Let's go check it out! Is there a treasure in the end!? As he spoke, he was about to rush along the board to the receiving boat.
I couldn't help but shake my head, girl! Ladu pulled up, what are you anxious about?
Suddenly, I remembered something again, and immediately opened my mouth and whispered, "Wait!"
Hearing me shouting, Hua Mei stopped and looked back at me suspiciously.
I smiled and whispered, "I have a suggestion - I mean, this ship has been under the sea for so many years, and most of the stuff inside is rotten, are you sure you want to go over and see it?"
When Hua Mei heard this, her brain made up the scene, and immediately pouted and said, "Huh! Disgusted to death by what you said! I...... I'm sure I'm going to go over, I'll be waiting for you outside and not going into the cabin! ”
I couldn't help laughing, and under Hua Mei's murderous gaze, I hurriedly walked forward and came to the receiving boat a few times.
The Hanseatic ship was already crowded with people, but no one would board the ship without my orders.
I glanced back at the Tamu brothers and sisters, and saw that they nodded frequently to me, before I ordered, "Board the ship!" Open the cabin! ”