Chapter 32: Exploration at Sea
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Zhao Min stood on the bow of the boat and looked into the distance, but he saw the blue waves, which was refreshing. In his previous life, he lived in an inland city, and he had never seen the sea when he was young, and although he had been to a seaside city as an adult, he had come and gone in a hurry because of the needs of his work. This is the first time in two lifetimes that I have been able to enjoy the scenery of the sea. Fortunately, although it is the wax moon, today is the first sunny day after the snow, and the sea is not frozen, so you can have a glimpse of the scenery.
The first stop is Mau Island, known locally, just a few miles from the coastline in the bay, and you can stand on the shore and look out to the other side on a fine day. It is only more than 20 miles of sea road from Jiaodong Shuiying, even if it is not a tailwind, it only takes half an hour, and Mao Island is already in sight.
Zhao Min only brought 5 boats, 3 red horses, and 2 ships to explore the sea. The Red Horse is a small boat, four zhang three (9.9 meters) long, two zhang (4.6 meters) wide, without sails, five people on each side, with a total crew of 20 people; Since it was only exploration, it did not go to sea with a full crew, and the five ships totaled only one hundred and twenty people.
According to the prior arrangement, the main object of exploration is in the sea near the edge of the island, so there is no need to dock after arriving at Mao Island, and the five boats are lined up, like a minesweeper, with the island as the center, in a spiral circle. What do you do in circles? Of course, it's to explore the bottom of the sea! Zhao Min arranged to carry more than a dozen magnets the size of a human head, and ordered each ship to tie it with a cable and throw it into the sea. The cables left on board are monitored by a special person and reported as soon as they are detected.
According to Zhao Min's guess, since it is a shipwreck, there must be a lot of iron products on the hull, once there is iron on the bottom of the sea, the magnet will naturally react, after all, the average water depth of the entire Jiaozhou Bay is only seven or eight meters. If there really was a shipwreck, he didn't believe that he would find nothing if he combed through the perimeter of the island like a comb. As for what you are looking for, what if you don't have iron tools? Zhao Min said there was nothing he could do. In the middle of winter, people will freeze if they stay underwater for less than half an hour, how many people will it take to search such a large area of sea completely? Zhao Min couldn't make such a hasty decision to ignore people's lives, so he had to use the method of magnet fishing, and if he couldn't catch it, he could only resign himself to fate!
In Zhao Min's view, if there is really a shipwreck, then Mao Island is the most likely, because it is closest to the coastline, and generally speaking, the thrust of the ocean current will push the sunken things to the shore, right? Therefore, he has high hopes for this island. Then, two hours later, the five ships had circled the island several times, four or five miles from the shore, and the person in charge of detecting the magnet had reported nothing. Zhao Min frowned, there was no point in going around, he had already left the island shelf range! Could it be that you are wrong? Zhao Min felt a little bitter in his mouth. No! There's still a 1 in 2 chance, maybe on another island! Thinking of this, Zhao Min turned his head and ordered loudly: "Stop exploring, hang the sails, and target Tan Island!" ”
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At the same time, on the most prosperous north and south streets in Jimo County, a young nobleman in Chinese clothes with a rebellious expression walked out of the inn, turned a corner, and walked into a gold shop on the corner of the street. Seeing that he was dressed extraordinarily, the guy in the shop hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "What do you need?" Do you want to create gold jewellery or buy some finished products as gifts? ”
The boy in Huafu didn't even look at him, "Tell your host to come out, and say that the old people from the drama county are visiting!" ”
The guy was bored, and he didn't dare to say more, so he touched his nose and turned around to invite the old club out. The owner's surname is Zhang, about forty, he looked at the noble son, and asked with some hesitation: "Dare to ask the distinguished guest what is the matter with the old decay?" But do you recognize old decay? ”
"You are Zhang Hao?" The noble prince still held his head high and glanced at the old club, "Do you remember the old things in Taishan County?" ”
The old proprietor, known as Zhang Hao, suddenly changed his face, took a step forward, and asked carelessly: "Dare to ask Gongzi's surname?" ”
The noble prince seemed a little impatient: "The surname is Lu." ”
Zhang Hao's face was solemn, and he turned his head and instructed his man: "Closed today, close the door." Then he made a gesture of invitation to your son, and said, "Master Lu, please come with me." After saying that, he turned around and led the way.
Lu Gongzi nodded arrogantly, followed Zhang Hao's footsteps, entered the backyard, turned to the side hall, but did not enter the hall, only went up to the second floor from a staircase next to him, and turned a corner before entering a hidden wing.
Zhang Hao invited Lu Gongzi to sit down, looked left and right when he went out, then carefully closed the door, turned around and walked back indoors. He looked at Lu Gongzi, and just bowed down and stood in front of Lu Gongzi, his eyes flashing with an indescribable light: "But Lord Lu has orders?" ”
Lu Gongzi didn't look at him squarely, but just looked at the four corners of the wing, "Naturally, there is something to find you." How many people do you still have? I'm talking about people who can do things. ”
Zhang Hao took a breath: "Most of the old guys have dispersed, and now there are only forty or fifty people with him." ”
Lu Gongzi frowned, "Only a few dozen people?" It's a little less, but it should be enough if it's not a sake bag and a rice bag! ”
Zhang Hao couldn't see the expression on his face, but there was a hint of coldness in his voice: "They are all brothers who have been with the old man for several years, and I don't dare to say anything else, but they all have at least a few lives on their hands."
Lu Gongzi pursed his lips, "Then arrange your subordinates, there is a big deal to do this time!" ”
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The island of Tan is composed of two islands, large and small, the two islands are three miles apart, and the total area is the size of four or five islands, so the length of the 'minesweeping' around the island is also three or four times longer than that of the island.
Now that the second circle has been halfway around, the bitter taste in Zhao Min's mouth is getting heavier and heavier, but he still has to make a calm appearance. Because he's the manager of this team, you have to give everyone confidence. Although everyone in the team knew that the purpose of going to sea was to find the treasure ship, it was only in Jiaozhou Bay, and no one knew the specific location of the treasure ship because of how big Jiaozhou Bay was. However, as soon as Zhao Min went to sea, he made the direction and purpose clear, as if he had a prefabricated function, which inevitably made the crew a little suspicious. However, most of the day has passed without finding anything, and the people below can't help but mumble, if they show a panicked look again, although it will not have serious consequences immediately, but it will affect the prestige of the main general to a certain extent.
Just as he was anxious, suddenly there was a commotion on the red horse in the innermost circle, and then someone shouted: "There is a reaction!" There is a response! ”
Hearing the shout, Zhao Min was overjoyed, but hurriedly pretended to be calm: "Don't talk lightly, the sea is vast, or something else!" Everyone dropped anchor and stopped the boat, and sent two brothers with good water skills to go into the water to have a look! Having said that, Zhao Min knew in his heart that most of it was not bad, you must know that with the speed of the ship and the weight of the magnet itself, ordinary small objects will not produce a strong pull, since there is a strong reaction, it must be a big guy! Only the shipwreck deserves the title of 'big guy'.
The two water ghosts who changed into close water and leaned into the water "swished" along the boat gang, which made Zhao Min very impressed, you must know that the current water temperature is only 4 or 5 degrees at most, and there is no diving suit that separates the sea water from the skin in this era, and dare to enter the water with only a single coat, which requires not ordinary courage.
Zhao Min stared at the sea where the water ghost disappeared a little nervously, and his mood was quite up and down; Fortunately, this mood did not last long, only listening to the two sounds of "poof" and "poof", two heads appeared on the water one after another, and then quickly swam towards Zhao Min's boat.
Zhao Min hurriedly ordered the water ghost to be put on the boat, and brought the water ghost and brown sugar water for the water ghost to use, before he asked, "What is the situation below?" ”
Although the water ghost's lips were so cold that his lips turned black, he couldn't hide his excitement: "It's really a treasure ship!" Big, big treasure ship! It's 30 zhang long! ”
A burst of cheers erupted in the surroundings. The treasure ship represents wealth, although this wealth does not belong to him, but Shangguan has benefited, presumably not too stingy, at least the reward is indispensable! It's approaching the New Year, how can you not make people happy?
Zhao Min also breathed a sigh of relief, but still asked cautiously: "That treasure ship is so close to the coast, you have been waiting in Jiaozhou Bay for several years to make a living, how come no one has ever found out?" But what's so special about it? ”
The water ghost thought for a while, and replied: "Back to the prince, according to the observation of the small party, the place where the treasure ship is wrecked is a bit special, where it is located is a cliff under the sea, and there is a depression several zhang wide on this side, and the shipwreck is stuck in the depression, and it can't go up and down, so it hasn't seen the light of day for many years!" ”
"I see!" Zhao Min suddenly understood why the mission description "set foot in an area that no one had set foot in before and complete a task that no one had set foot in before", this is clearly an undersea cave! No wonder it is "untreadden" and "unable to finish". It seems that it will take a lot of effort to get the wreck up!