Xu Haibao, who participated in the salvage of many ocean shipwrecks in his previous life, has also heard a lot about the treasures of shipwrecks. This time I came to Waiding Island to verify a rumor I had heard in my previous life, and to see if I could pick up a leak in advance.

Under normal circumstances, most of the people involved in the salvage of the wreck will not tell too much about the salvage of the wreck to outsiders. But in the inner circle, some people still can't help but mention their own records.

According to what the man said in his previous life, next to a reef near the coast of Waiding Island, the salvage crew who was good at diving accidentally found an ancient shipwreck sunk on the reef. Later, from that wreck, a lot of good things were fished.

Xu Haibao, who participated in the internal exchange meeting at that time, still remembers what he said more clearly. Waiding Island and reefs are the only clues, but it will take a lot of time to find the exact location.

As a necessary place for the Pearl River Delta region to enter and exit the South Pacific international routes, Waiding Island also has a very important strategic position. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many merchant ships coming and going here.

In this case, the number of merchant ships sunk in this area is also quite large. Therefore, Xu Haibao deliberately rushed to run this trip before going to Hong Kong, hoping to get out the treasure on the sunken ship.

Although Xu Haibao knows that salvaging shipwrecks in his country's waters is somewhat unkind. However, as far as the current shipwreck salvage situation is concerned, many countries around the South China Sea are frantically salvaging shipwrecks on the seabed.

Even if many of the ancient shipwrecks are Chinese, they still can't resist the crazy salvage of those people. In the name of archaeology, these neighboring countries have cooperated with some foreign salvage companies to salvage shipwrecks in the South China Sea.

Reborn in this life, Xu Haibao still hopes to be ahead of other countries and salvage some ancient shipwrecks that belong to China. In addition to making money through this, Xu Haibao also hopes to win glory for the country.

At least as far as the current situation is concerned, there is still a big gap between Huaxia's technology in marine shipwreck salvage and foreign very formal and professional shipwreck salvage. Many domestic companies engaged in salvage are basically state-owned.

There are really not many similar private shipwreck salvage companies. Under such circumstances, there is nothing to blame in the face of foreign salvage companies cooperating with countries surrounding the South China Sea to salvage shipwrecks on the high seas. After all, the laws involved are too complicated!

On the first night of arriving at Waiding Island, Xu Haibao still walked around in a very low-key manner, and did not choose to go to the sea to search. Until the next day, he rented a fishing boat and asked the boatman to take him to a nearby sea fishing ground.

For tourists, renting a boat to go to sea to play sea fishing is also a favorite tourism project for many tourists. When the fishing boat drove out of the dock, Xu Haibao, who had already heard about the reef place, directly asked the boat boss to go in that direction.

Hearing Xu Haibao's words, the boat boss said with a little puzzlement: "Why do you go to Miaozi Bay? There are not many places suitable for sea fishing! And there are many reefs over there, so we don't usually go there much!"

"Master, your fishing boat should be fine, right? I don't go too far, I heard that there are more fish over there, so I want to go there and fish a few rods. You're familiar with it, so you should be fine to get around those reefs, right?"

"That's fine! But don't go too far!"

"Don't worry, as long as you find a place to fish, you can come back first. In the afternoon, you can pick me up there. ”

"That's fine!"

Knowing that he didn't have to stay there with Xu Haibao, the boat boss was still relatively happy. After all, Xu Haibao paid for a day's rental, but he didn't need to accompany him. Just pick up and drop off in the morning and evening, then the money is naturally easy!

On the way to the reef area, Xu Haibao also chatted with the boat boss and heard a lot about the reef of Waiding Island from the other party. Compared to many reefs that are marked today, in the early years these reefs caused many merchant ships to fall behind.

After sailing for more than an hour, looking at the reef in front of him, the boat boss also said in a timely manner: "Brother Xu, why don't you go fishing here?" There are a lot of groupers in this area, if you have a high level, you should be able to catch them."

And there's a cell phone signal, and if you go any further, it's intermittent. If you plan to come back, give me a call in advance and I'll pick you up later. Also, if it's okay, don't just go to the sea.

There are a lot of reefs here, and there are not many tourists who usually come here to play. If something really happens to the sea, it will be troublesome! Eat and drink, wait for you to carry more water, and call me at any time if you have something!"

"Okay, thank you, master!"

Carrying some food and fresh water prepared in advance from the fishing boat, Xu Haibao found a suitable location to climb the rock and got off the boat. As for the boat boss, after careful advice, he drove the fishing boat out of Xu Haibao's sight.

Looking at the nearby waters, Xu Haibao also marked several key search areas. In his previous life, he was engaged in many marine shipwreck salvage, and Xu Haibao naturally knew how to analyze the route and judge the approximate location of the wreck. If you look for it that way, you have a higher chance of success!

The stumbling son who came here to hunt for treasure under the guise of sea fishing was also to avoid attracting attention. For Xu Haibao, after the number of future auctions increases, the number of people and forces who pay attention to him will also increase. In this case, it is even more important to keep a low profile.

In the past, major salvage companies often sent commercial spies in order to know the situation of their opponents or competitors. For Xu Haibao, killing people and grabbing treasures is not new in the shipwreck salvage industry.

Some people who are good at tracing and exploring treasures will be noticed and followed by their peers. At least for the current Xu Haibao, although he can't enjoy being followed, he doesn't want too many people to know about his whereabouts.

Looking at the nearby sea, Xu Haibao, who was sure that there was no one, quickly disappeared on the reef and dived into the sea. Looking at the various marine fish swimming in the reef area, Xu Haibao feels that the fishery resources here are also very scarce.

According to the previous boat boss, this reef area is home to wild groupers. But after going down to the sea and taking a turn, Xu Haibao found that the quantity and quality of groupers here were far inferior to the echo rock behind his fishing village.

It's just that Xu Haibao, who dived into the sea, did not pay attention to the swimming sea fish. His attention is more focused on the mud and sand under his feet. From time to time, with the iron rod in his hand, he searched in the mud and sand.

On this trip to Xiangjiang, Xu Haibao plans to order a metal detector specifically for underwater search. In Xu's opinion, it would be easier to search for metal sunk in the sea if it was equipped with an underwater metal detector.

Now using an iron rod to probe the sediment is naturally not as efficient as using a metal detector!

After wandering around a few areas, although Xu Haibao had some gains, he did not find the wreck he was looking for. Xu Haibao, who surfaced from time to time to observe the terrain, began to carry out a carpet search in this reef area.

Although this search is time-consuming and laborious, it is not entirely fruitless. Soon after, Xu Haibao began to dig through the mud and sand, and soon found a sunken ship hidden by the mud and sand.

When the wreck was exposed, Xu Haibao, who had no professional tools, could only take a relatively violent way to punch a big hole in the shipboard. Use a dive flashlight to carefully search the contents of this ship.

To Xu Haibao's surprise, there seemed to be more dry bones on the ship, and after a careful search, Xu Haibao even saw a few old bronze cannons. With this discovery, Xu Haibao felt that the wreck was supposed to be a warship.

As for why it sank here, it should have been sunk during the battle here. After a careful search, only some porcelain and gold and silver of low value were collected from the ship. This also means that the wreck is not of much value.

Xu Haibao, who came out of the hull and resurfaced to look at it, found that it was still early. After covering the hole with sediment, the search continued in the vicinity. Although there were some regrets, Xu Haibao was not disappointed.

After all, there are many ancient shipwrecks in the ocean, but not every shipwreck has salvage value. The gold, silver and porcelain that were previously collected into the nameless pearls, if they were to be sold, they could be sold for tens of millions, and the income was not bad!

"Go on! Looks like the location should be right! If the other party doesn't brag, the wreck should be nearby!"

Compared to other divers, it is not possible to dive for long periods of time on the seabed. Xu Haibao, who has the backing of the nameless pearl, moves as freely at the bottom of the sea as he does on the ground. Even walking on the bottom of the sea, you don't feel the pressure of the sea at all.

Of course, Xu Haibao knows that pressure has a relationship with depth. Judging from the current situation he verified, diving into the bottom of the sea at a depth of about a thousand meters, he will also feel some constraints. Similar to this kind of seawater above 100 meters, you still don't feel the pressure.

And Xu Haibao believes that if his cultivation realm can still make a breakthrough, the depth of the sea water that he can go down will also increase. In order to truly explore the deep sea one day in the future, Xu Haibao also needs to work harder to cultivate!