The South China Sea Returns to the Ruins Chapter 4 The Fish That Swallows the Boat (II)

Fishermen go to the coral spiral to pearl diving is a means to get rich, but the danger factor is too great, if it is not to the desperate situation of the mountains and rivers, no one will be willing to take that risk, and even if it is to the coral spiral to catch mussels and pearls, it is also in the periphery, no one dares to approach the sea eye, one is the haunted there since ancient times, there are water ghosts dragging people into the sea to drown, the other is the reef is dense, the ship will hit the reef when it enters, the slightest carelessness, it will become the submarine display in the coral screw shipwreck cemetery, there are many other mysterious reasons, It is even more confusing, and it is complicated to say that there is no clue, and it is difficult to reach a conclusion after thousands of years.

The pearl divers are actually similar to those who are inverted, and they are also craftsmen in the seventy-two lines, but they must not mention the word "poured" at sea, and they never directly call the pearl "pearl", but call it "egg", because it has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is said that those ghosts who died in the sea because of pearl diving or shipwrecks are also attracted by the essence of the moonlight pearl, and when they hear the living mention the word "pearl", they will ask for people's lives at the bottom of the sea.

Since ancient times, the people who have been pearl diving in the coral spiral have called themselves egg people, and the work they do is called egg picking, so as soon as Uncle Ming drank egg noodle soup, he immediately remembered this matter, and the method of egg man pearl diving at that time was to tie it to the waist with a long rope, carry a bamboo basket full of stones, and a pig urine bubble for ventilation to sink into the sea, and then try to lure the old mussel to open the mussel shell, lean into the body or arm to pearl diving, if there is a small mussel to pick up the basket, shake the long rope, the people on the boat will pull the rope, take the bamboo basket, Sometimes the egg harvesting skills are poor or unlucky, and they are killed by giant mussels, and there are countless people who are unfortunate enough to encounter evil fish, and most of them are lost forever as soon as the rope is broken, and only a ray of blood and water floats to the surface, and even the bones cannot be recovered.

If you are lucky enough to get back the pearl, you will get rich overnight, but the world is not greedy enough, and you want to take the second one, but you may not be able to come back alive when you go to pick eggs.

It is not easy to say that this line of work, in addition to the danger, also requires a lot of luck, because no one dares to go into the depths of the coral spiral, all of them are pearl diving in the periphery, even so, the dragon king must reward these hard-working people for an hour or two of fine weather, otherwise before they can go into the water for pearl diving, they will capsize first by boat.

Only those experienced old sea wolves who are familiar with this sea area know this route, Uncle Ming's uncle was an egg picker in the early years, and after losing his capital at the entrance of the Buddha Hall, he had to return to his old business, but he went into the water for the first time, and let the fish swallow it, and the four people who went down together did not come up alive, Uncle Ming was still very young at that time, and this incident stimulated him really a lot. I still remember it vividly.

Now the sea mussels outside the coral spiral have been almost collected, but no one is willing to venture into the sea eye area to dive pearls, because they are all for making a living and not for death, so the mussel beads in the depths of the coral spiral have never been touched, and they have accumulated for thousands of years, which is definitely an inexhaustible treasure, but don't look at the progress of science and technology now, the equipment and equipment are not as simple as before, but if you want to enter the complex terrain of the coral spiral to take treasure, it is still unrealistic.

Listening to Uncle Ming, I and the fat man, the big gold tooth three people all feel dry mouth, I don't know whether the noodle soup is salty or see the intention of money, in addition to the itchy hands, but also aroused the curiosity, the fat man excitedly said to us: "I see this moonlight pearl but don't take it for nothing, take it is for the heavens, not to take it is purely a big rebellion, although the risk is not small, but this is called not to take three points of risk, it is rare to be light, this time if we succeed, we can fight for 20 years less, but the cost of doing this will not be too little, Tomorrow, let Professor Chen provide us with funds to go to sea for pearl diving, we can just learn from Lei Feng, and by the way, help him salvage the bone mirror of King Qin, which is really half public and half private, and the name is justified and smooth. ”

The big gold tooth also said: "What the fat man said is very true, everything is not difficult to start with, how can you garrison the army once there is no food?" No matter what business you do in the United States, you can't do without money, but with our own economic strength is really a little powerless, since we have this opportunity, do we research and research, to see if it is feasible? ”

I thought to myself that it would be great if Uncle Ming knew about the situation of the South China Sea Eye, but Uncle Ming is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if he has a way to go into pearl diving, can he wait until now to tell us, that Sea Eye is actually a bottomless pit, how much sea water is poured into it day and night, it is never full, although I have not seen it, but judging from the rumors, it is very similar to the Exquisite Ghost Cave, I can't imagine what secrets are hidden there? That mysterious and unpredictable sea is by no means so easy to go, in case there is a slight mistake, I am afraid that I will not be able to get in and out.

I also know very well that we have to go to the coral spiral in public and private, which is a matter of time, so I said to everyone: "People are heroes, money is guts, low-level interest is not a crime, we are businessmen, businessmen are all profitable, as long as it is profitable, there is no reason not to go, but I don't think there is something to be sure of, let's not be busy doing it, you calm down first, wait for me to discuss with Shirley Yang, her ancestors are mountain movers, and she has been working along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a long time, and she is good at moving mountains and reclamation arts. If this sea-exploring thaumaturgy is supplemented, let's go to the South China Sea to move mountains and extract pearls like probing bags and closing the door with our backhands, and we will not waste our efforts. ”

(Note: Seawolves refer to experienced sailors)

As an explorer, the motivation that prompted him to constantly put himself in danger was at least based on the four factors of curiosity, ambition, faith and mission, I don't know if Captain Touching Gold is considered a professional explorer, but we have a lot of these motives, the key is that with a justifiable excuse, we can show our remaining courage, the four of them drank hot noodle soup, discussing how much benefit it would be to go to the South China Sea, and the final result was an immeasurable moonlight pearl that can illuminate the entire seabed, It is the essence of tens of millions of years of sea air condensation, and if you don't go to the bottom of the sea, you can't guess how many old mussel giant beads there are in the coral spiral.

Thinking of those inexhaustible treasures, I can't help but make people gallop to the south of the world, I can't wait to put on my wings and fly over immediately, the big gold tooth said: "When I first saw Hu Ye and Fat Ye in Panjiayuan, I felt that the two of them were not vulgar, and they could make a fortune sooner or later with you, which is called a hero with a discerning eye, and now we are about to go to the United States to show our ambitions, but it is a shortcoming of funds, but if you want to eat ice in the sky, it will rain hail, and there is such a big ownerless treasure in the eyes of the sea, according to the humble opinion of my brother, just rely on our Hu Ye's secret technique of touching gold, Coupled with Miss Yang's ancestral mastery of moving mountains and reclamation, this wealth belongs to us. ”