There are thousands of shipwrecks under the sea surface of the Caribbean Sea, most of which are left during the Age of Discovery because of the Spanish-Dutch War, the Anglo-Dutch War, and the Anglo-French War, among which the Spanish shipwrecks are the most, because of Spain's crazy colonial plundering in the Americas, hundreds of tons of gold, silver and jewelry are transported to China every year, of which more than sixty percent of the treasure ships have been sunk or robbed, and there are hundreds of records, but Wang Chenhao knows that there are two Spanish shipwrecks, and they are also the two most valuable shipwreck treasures.

The salvage of the Lady Atoca had been completed, and Wang Chenhao immediately led the fleet to the Colombian port of Urivia, and salvaged the Spanish treasure ship San Jose in the 52-nautical-mile Bakinto basin area of the South Caribbean Sea north of the port of Urivia.

The Spanish "San Jose" sank in 1708, and the recorded treasure was loaded with gold bars worth $2.2 billion.

On May 28, 1708, a Spanish galleon, the San Jose, set sail from Panama to Spanish territorial waters, a heavily guarded ship loaded with diamonds, rare rubies, gold bars, silver bars, gold coins, gold lampstands, and altarpieces, which were worth 1.35 billion Spanish pesos, or 31.2 million pounds for Britain, Spain's rival at the time. At that time, Spain was in a state of hostility with Britain, the Netherlands and other countries, and Spain was in urgent need of funds to replenish its finances, and this treasure had to be brought back to the past to maintain financial expenditures. The strategic goal of countries such as Britain and the Netherlands was also to blockade Spain's overseas colonies and prevent the treasure from being shipped back to Spain.

The famous British admiral Wigg is leading a powerful fleet to patrol the southern Caribbean Sea. However, the captain of the "San Jose" Federz completely ignored it, naively thinking: how big the sea is, could it be so coincidental to encounter an enemy ship? On 8 June, Federz was dumbfounded when he spotted in horror the British fleet lined up in the sea ahead near the southern Caribbean. Suddenly, artillery fire was intense, the water column soared into the sky, several shells fell on the deck of the "San Jose", and the sea swallowed the huge hull.

In 1983, the Colombian Minister of Public Affairs, Sigvia, officially declared that the "San Jose" was the property of Colombia and did not belong to the insatiable treasure hunters. In 1996, Colombia surveyed the site of the shipwreck and salvaged treasures worth a total of 2.23 billion US dollars, ranking fourth among the world's top ten underwater treasures.

On August 31, 1896, the Jiaolong detected the location of the shipwreck of the San Jose. Due to the disintegration of the hull when it sank and broke into two, Wang Chenhao thought it was two sunken ships at first, but the Thebes and Lawrence began salvage operations at the same time.

On September 10, the righteous Qing Dynasty declared war on August 1, and the war was in full swing. Wang Chenhao's salvage team completed the final salvage of the San Jose, and the gold bars, coins, gold jewelry, and gold minted items melted into gold cakes totaling 53 tons, or $40 million; 102 tonnes of silver cakes, or $3,000,000, were melted down to obtain silver coins, nuggets, cakes, and silver utensils; 1,033 kilograms of gems of various colors and purities, after Qiao Yuying and other appraisers preliminary estimates, about 73 million US dollars, of which more than 2,300 carats of diamonds alone are worth 40 million US dollars, because these diamonds are not the same in color, clarity, cut, carat weight 4 aspects, resulting in different prices per carat of diamonds, ranging from 7,000 US dollars to 350,000 US dollars, even Qiao Yuying can only roughly estimate the price, and specifically have to ask a special diamond dealer for further processing and screening.

However, among the thousands of gemstones, there are seven rare gemstones the size of goose eggs, three rose red, two sea blue, one grassland green, and one grape purple.

Qiao Yuying pointed to these gems and said: "My lord, these gems are large, pure, positive in color, and naturally formed without reprocessing, extremely precious and valuable, and it is difficult to price them in the market at present." ”

Wang Chenhao then said: "That's right, Youyi likes to collect gems the most, I'm worried that I don't know what gift to give her, these gems go back to her!" ”

Qiao Yuying glanced at Wang Chenhao and said with a smile: "My lord gave such a valuable gift to Mrs., presumably Mrs. will be happy!" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly, he still didn't dare to tell Li Youyi about Luoshier, he didn't know Li Youyi's thoughts yet, and he was worried about picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

"I hope so!"

Wang Chenhao couldn't help but glance at Luo Hill, who was admiring the treasure not far away. Originally, Wang Chenhao just agreed to get engaged to Rothier, in exchange for cooperation with the Ceringen family, as long as the cooperation is completed, the marriage contract can be dissolved, so it is easy to explain to Li Youyi. But that day, Luo Xier's bold show of love made Wang Chenhao rectify her on the spot without holding back, which made Wang Chenhao enjoy happiness at the same time, but also felt a sense of guilt for Li Youyi in his heart.

"It's because of the second lady!" Qiao Yuying watched the fire, but couldn't help but want to hit Wang Chenhao, and then teased: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention that the adult is so suave, presumably the lady should have been mentally prepared." ”

Wang Chenhao glanced at her angrily, and was about to say something, but found that Luo Hill had appeared in front of him at some point.

"Honey, I love gems too!"

Rothier squeezed into Wang Chenhao's arms, put his hands around his neck, and let his body hang on him.

The eyes of the surrounding staff suddenly shifted to the two of them, and Qiao Yuying next to her rolled her eyes, envious and jealous.

Rothier said coquettishly, "I want that sapphire!" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled bitterly, but he couldn't do anything about her, so he hurriedly said yes.

Luo Shier happily kissed Wang Chenhao on the cheek, and glanced at Qiao Yuying by the way.

Wang Chenhao smiled brightly, Luo Hill stared at him very tightly these days, especially when Wang Chenhao was talking to Qiao Yuying, she immediately found a reason to listen. Wang Chenhao could feel Rothier's hostility towards Qiao Yuying, but he was happy in his heart, which showed that Rothier was at least very nervous about him, and it was not a political deal without any feelings.

"Pay attention to the impact, let's go inside and talk!"

Wang Chenhao smiled slightly apologetically at Qiao Yuying, and then hugged Luo Shier to the exclusive cabin of the two.

Qiao Yuying looked at the sky, gritted her teeth in anger, stomped her feet violently, and said to herself jealously: "It's still broad daylight - you are really - shameless!" ”

In the Caribbean, the third huge undersea treasure known to Wang Chenhao is located near Port Royal, Jamaica.

In the 16th century, Central and South America were under the control of Spain, and colonial robbers looted a large amount of gold and silver treasures, which were shipped back to Europe by ship. Britain was one step behind Spain in its invasion of the Western Hemisphere, and it was difficult for Britain to gain access to Spain's sphere of influence beyond its control of northern North America. Jealous of the vast wealth that Spain had looted, the British encouraged pirates to raid Spanish ships and provide them with shelter. At the same time, some outlaws in Europe became pirates, robbing passing merchant ships off the coast of the Americas, and were particularly interested in robbing the gold ships of the Spanish royal family. At that time, the British political axe set aside the port of Royal on the southeast coast of the British colony of Jamaica as a base for pirates, and the port of Royal became the largest concentration of pirate fleets in history.

Port Royal is the public capital of Jamaica and unofficially the capital of pirates, where the gold, silver and jewels looted by the pirates are piled up, and the truckloads of gold are sometimes unloaded on the ship, but only parked in the harbor and waiting. It is the most evil city in human history, and the most depraved city, although only 40,000 people live here, more than 23,400 are pirates, and the rest are pirate families or businessmen who do business with pirates. Although the population was small, the city's luxury far surpassed that of London and Paris at the time. The whole city does not have any industry, but can enjoy the most luxurious material life. Chinese silk, Indonesian spices, and British industrial products are all available. Of course, the most abundant are gold bars, silver bars and jewelry.

On 7 June 1692, the port of Royal was still bustling as usual, with a noisy tavern, a crowded market full of customers, ships of all kinds coming in and out of the port, English ships laden with industrial goods unloading their goods at the docks, and transit ships from the American continent repairing sails and adding water. The pirate ship is in the middle of it, and it is difficult for the average person to distinguish it. But this sin city is destined for God's punishment.

At noon, the earth shook suddenly, followed by a violent shaking. Huge cracks appeared in the ground and buildings collapsed. The earth was undulating like a wave, and hundreds of cracks appeared in the ground at the same time, opening and closing. The sea was like a boiling pot, and the raging waves shattered all the ships in the harbor. People dressed in gold and silver ran frantically under the pressure of collapsed houses, cracked ground, and tsunamis, trying to find a place to take refuge. After one of the most violent tremors, two-thirds of the city sank under the sea, and the remaining buildings on land were washed away by the waves.

The port of Royal disappeared into the sea, and until 1835, in the calm weather, people could still clearly see the traces of the underwater city - some shipwrecks and houses were faintly recognizable. At that time, it was measured that the sunken city was 7 to 11 meters below sea level. Later, the sediment and garbage were covered in layers, and the port of Royal was annihilated in people's memory.

In 1990, A&M University in Texas received an invitation from Jamaica to begin excavation work in Port Royal. Experts from A&M University pinpointed the main sinking site of Port Royal, and they found that the treasure buried by the sinking was worth more than $1.9 billion, and that the rise of evil and the tragic result of its natural destruction made it the fifth place in the top ten treasures of the world.

A few days later, Wang Chenhao's fleet circled around Jamaica, but because it was discovered that there were British warships near the sunken port of Royal, and the British seemed to have understood Wang Chenhao's intentions, they publicly announced that they had taken a stake in Wang Chenhao, and found treasure in the territorial waters near Jamaica, and the ownership of the treasure belonged to the British.

Wang Chenhao knew that his so-called expedition team of marine biological environment had been seen through by the political axes of the European and American powers, and the political axes of the great powers of various countries had begun to pay attention to Wang Chenhao's fleet with extremely strong treasure hunting ability, and from time to time there were warships hovering near the fleet. If it weren't for Wang Chenhao's special identity, if he was replaced by ordinary people, I am afraid that some evil admirals would have a black hand.

Despite this, the pirates in the Caribbean also knew more or less about the news, perhaps deliberately leaked by the military of the great powers, and from time to time pirates carried out reconnaissance and harassment of the fleet.

Wang Chenhao's fleet had armed forces on board, and the Makqin heavy machine gun fired warning shots at some unknown ships from time to time, although he repelled them, Wang Chenhao knew that he could no longer stay in this pirate paradise, so he immediately returned to sail and transported the existing gold, silver and jewelry back to New York.

On September 20, Wang Chenhao's gold, silver and jewelry salvaged in the Caribbean Sea were safely deposited in the vault of the Bank of America. The trip brought Wang a high return of $140 million, of which hard currencies such as gold and silver were minted into gold and silver bars with the Bank of America's distinctive mark, which amounted to about $83 million, which could be directly used for commercial circulation. The remaining conservative jewelry worth about $57 million is still being evaluated and a redemption partner is being found.

To this end, Wang Chenhao set up a jewelry store in New York to sell these jewelry items.

After returning to New York, Wang Chenhao learned that after more than a dozen rounds of negotiations, Pitt had made crucial progress in negotiations with Carnegie, and finally Carnegie sold all of his shares for $750 million.

The ability to negotiate and bring down $50 million is a huge gain. Despite this, however, there is still a shortfall of $150 million.

Pitt is well aware of the family backgrounds of the First Citigroup and the Cleveland consortium, and knows that they have reached the limit of what they can come up with with $150 million each, and they can't come up with any more funds. However, through Wang Chenhao's investigation and some information given to him by Rothchild, Pete found that Wang Chenhao has a special ability to make money, and this time he went to the Caribbean and obtained a huge income. So he asked Wang to find a way to raise another $150 million in order to complete the final acquisition of Carnegie stock.

Wang Chenhao naturally has a way to raise another $1.5 in funds, but he doesn't want to put all the money into the Carnegie stock acquisition. Although Carnegie Steel's stock has a market capitalization of $2 billion, the investment will be doubled. However, because Wang Chenhao and Pitt have a contract stipulating that the shares shall not be transferred within three years, Wang Chenhao's stock transfer after three years needs to obtain the consent of the other three consortiums, and it must be sold to the Zeringen consortium on a priority basis. This kind of contract is mainly to prevent the Zeringen family from selling Wang Chenhao's shares to Morgan or people related to the Morgan consortium, and Pitt will never allow Morgan to interfere in Carnegie Steel Company, and he wants to bankrupt a large number of iron ore factories that Morgan has acquired, so that Morgan will suffer huge financial losses.

Wang Chenhao has already invested $150 million, and another $150 million is $300 million, and using $300 million to buy $600 million worth of Carnegie stock is undoubtedly the best deal for investors who are not in a hurry to use their money. But Mr. Wang knew he was building the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Industrial Base, where hundreds of newly established companies would require huge amounts of liquidity to operate. And Wang Chenhao now raises the Beiyang Army and the Pacific Fleet, both of which are the most money-hungry war machines. Therefore, in order to maintain their normal operation, Wang Chenhao must always keep one to two hundred million dollars of liquidity.

Bank of America also has to expand in the U.S. and globally, as well as retain the necessary liquidity contingencies, and it can't be redeployed.

Rothier knows Wang Chenhao's difficulties, she has now integrated into the role of Wang Chenhao's wife, although she wants to help her family, she also doesn't want Wang Chenhao to be difficult.

"Honey, I'll explain it to my father, you don't have to be difficult!"

Rothschild's words made Wang Chenhao feel very comfortable, but Wang Chenhao also hoped to get Carnegie Steel Company done as soon as possible, because the second phase of his Zhili Iron and Steel Company project was nearing completion, and before the start of the third phase of the finishing project, Wang Chenhao hoped to get the technical team of Carnegie Steel Company in order to adjust the shortcomings of Zhili Steel Company in time. This is important, because if there are any problems or improvements at the end of the third phase of the project, it will be time-consuming and costly.

"Don't worry, I'll try to help!"

Rothchild clearly felt that Wang Chenhao's words were for her, not for her family, which made her feel obviously happy in her heart.

Rothier sat next to Wang Chenhao, put his arm around him, rested his head on his shoulder, and said with happiness: "Thank you!" ”

Wang Chenhao stroked her fragrant shoulder, smiled and asked, ".

At this moment, the doorbell rang, and the clerk announced that God's arrival was coming.

"Let him in!"

"I'm sleepy, let's go back to my room first!"

Luo Shier kissed Wang Chenhao, and then slowly went to the inner bedroom.

Looking at Luo Xier's graceful back and seductive buttocks, Wang Chenhao smiled, this Luo Xier is not only particularly interested in Wang Chenhao's private affairs, but always likes to get to the bottom of it, never take the initiative to participate in or inquire about Wang Chenhao's official affairs, which makes Wang Chenhao feel very relieved that she stays by his side.

In the midst of his thoughts, Godener had already arrived in the living room.

"Boss, I've already thought of a solution!"

Wang Chenhao motioned for him to sit down and talk, and instructed the maid to make him a cup of coffee.

"Tell me, you've got a great idea!"

Geddon then stated his plan. The solution he proposed was that Carnegie couldn't use up $800 million in philanthropy at once, and it could take 10, 20, or even more years to spend it. So Godener suggested that the Bank of America should set up the Carnegie Foundation, which would be Carnegie's $800 million. Carnegie was allowed to use the fund at any time until the $800 million was spent. Because Carnegie couldn't have used up the money all at once, Bank of America didn't need to pay Carnegie hundreds of millions at once. According to Godener's analysis, Carnegie spends tens of millions or $100 million a year at most, and Bank of America only needs to keep no less than $100 million in funds on the Carnegie Foundation's books. In this way, Bank of America can not only take most of Carnegie's shares, but also ensure the normal operation of the investments of Bank of America and Wang Chenhao, and can also use Carnegie's deposit fund to make medium- and long-term investments to make profits, killing three birds with one stone.

"Great! Goddon you have done a great job this time, and if it happens, I will reward you well! ”

Wang Chenhao was very happy and solved a big problem at once.

"Thank you boss! This is what I have to do! ”

Godener is now more and more admiring his boss Wang Chenhao, this time Wang Chenhao went to the Caribbean, and got back more than 100 million dollars in a month, this kind of thing was still half-believed before, when he saw the real money put into the vault of the Bank of America, after witnessing the facts, his respect and admiration for Wang Chenhao is like the surging river that is endless, and the Yellow River is overflowing and out of control. He has an extremely firm determination in his heart, that is, to follow Wang Chenhao, and there is a lot of money.

On the same day, Wang Chenhao talked to Pete on the phone and told him Godener's suggestion. Pete was overjoyed and immediately consulted with Carnegie. Carnegie knew he couldn't spend $800 million at once, that the establishment of a charitable foundation was what he wanted, and that he needed a bank to hold his huge sums of money, so Carnegie agreed.

Pitt then notified First Citi and Cleveland, and told them to immediately prepare to begin acquiring Carnegie's shares. However, the Citi consortium also discovered the huge profits behind Wang Chenhao, and as a bank, the Citi consortium asked to jointly establish the Carnegie Foundation with Bank of America.

Wang Chenhao believes that his role as the boss behind the Bank of America is estimated to have been known to other American consortia, so in order to develop smoothly in the United States, he needs to unite a group of consortia to counter Morgan and Rockefeller and other American hegemonic conglomerates. So he agreed to the Citigroup's proposal, and Bank of America and Citibank jointly established the Carnegie Foundation to jointly manage the $800 million fund.

At the same time, due to the establishment of the Carnegie Foundation, Carnegie's $800 million was handled by Bank of America and Citibank, so the Zeringen consortium and the Cleveland consortium did not need to come up with huge sums of money at once, which relieved them of huge financial pressure, and Pitt did not need to sell the two arsenals for the time being. On September 25, 1896, Carnegie, the founder of the world's largest Carnegie Steel Company, transferred $2 billion worth of shares to the Zehringen Foundation, the Cleveland Consortium, the First Citigroup and the American Consortium at a price of $800 million, and the four major consortiums each contributed $200 million, each accounting for a quarter of the shares, and formed a board of directors.

On September 26, Carnegie Steel changed its name to American Steel Corporation, and according to the regulations, Pitt became the general manager and was responsible for managing the company's business. The other three consortia are sitting on stock dividends. As the person who contributed the most Wang Chenhao, Pitt was very satisfied with his prospective son-in-law, and announced on the same day that the technical team of the original Carnegie Steel Company would be transferred to Wang Chenhao's Zhili Iron and Steel Company, but for the future development of American Iron and Steel Company, Pitt suggested that it should join forces with Zhili Iron and Steel Company in terms of technology. Wang Chenhao has no opinion on this, while Citi and Cleveland are also supportive.

(To be continued)