Chapter 99: Instant Rich
How much treasure did Edward get from more than ten years of crisscrossing the West and the Middle Sea?
Some people say that many can be piled up into a small mountain.
Some say it can fill an entire ship.
But no one could have imagined that his treasure would be covered with thousands of square meters of water.
In the dim underground space, under the light of the torches, a brilliant golden light was revealed among the white bones and the dark mud.
The gold is buried underneath!
Ji Chen was silent for a long time before he slowly came back to his senses.
My heart immediately became excited.
I'm going to make a fortune now!
If the bottom of the pool was full of gold coins, how much would it be?
Without delay, Ji Chen ordered a few pirates to return to the ground, and asked Spallo, who was guarding above, to bring the other half of the pirates down to increase the number of people.
Perhaps because of Edward's bad taste, he spread the gold coins at the bottom of the pool before he died, so that the comers could first alarm the ghost pirates and defeat them before they could find the gold coins.
Although this design made Ji Chen and them feel quite shocked at a glance, it also brought some trouble.
Because they had to clean up the bones and mud before they could put the gold coins scattered around in boxes before they could take them away.
Looking at the bottom of the pool with an area of thousands of square meters, Ji Chen smacked his lips.
It looks like it's going to take a lot of time.
Sparrow quickly walked down with the other pirates, and when they saw the white bones at the bottom of the pool, they were amazed.
Then he saw a brilliant golden color in the white bones and mud that had been blasted by the sea elves, and his eyes widened.
"You take the pirates to dig up all the treasures here, put them in crates, and transport them back to Crescent."
"Yes!" Spalletdi nodded.
Randomly beckoned the pirate to jump into the pool and join the digging army.
Ji Chen looked at Alice and found that she was a little puzzled on her face, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Alice hesitated slightly, "My lord, why do you spend so much effort digging up these glowing things?" ”
Something that glows?
Ji Chen smiled dumbly, and quickly reacted.
Alice is a siren who has always lived in the ocean, and she doesn't need coins at all, and naturally she has no concept of coins.
In her eyes, gold coins were just glowing garbage.
"These are gold coins, which can be used as a special resource in human society, in exchange for other resources, and the territory is in great need of gold coins right now."
Alice suddenly realized, "So the delicious food I eat and the beautiful human clothes I wear also need gold coins to exchange?"
"That's right."
"In that case, you'll have to dig more." She nodded approvingly.
Then, as if thinking of something, he said, "When I was wandering in the sea myself, I found a lot of these things in some human shipwrecks... Well, they all glow. ”
Shipwreck?
Ji Chen suddenly became a little interested, "Where did you find out?" ”
"The bottom of the sea is full of... Hmm, but if you have to say the specific location, there is the bottom of the sea in the stormy area, and it is not far from the Crescent Islands. ”
"If the adults want to find them, I can show you the way."
Ji Chen's face was overjoyed.
The sea routes in the middle of the ocean are dense, the business is prosperous, and there are many ships.
Just like the sea route between Blue Star Europa and the New World, the number of ships that sank into the sea due to bad sea conditions, war, piracy and other situations is innumerable.
Because of the depth, water pressure, and sea monsters, most of the wrecks lie on the bottom of the sea, rarely being spotted and rediscovered.
But for others, it is like a vast ocean.
For Ji Chen, it was like returning home, and he could get in and out as he wanted.
These shipwrecks, which have not seen the light of day, are treasures waiting to be unearthed.
Seeing that it would take some time to dig up the treasure, Ji Chen didn't delay here, picked up the map in the sarcophagus and checked the hiding place of the Whitebeard.
Like Treasure, the Whitebeard was brought to the island by Edward, but on the other side of the island.
Back to the valley on the ground.
I came to the waterfall on the left.
Ji Chen's eyes froze, he held the map in his left hand and raised his right hand.
The cascading waterfall seems to be blocked by an invisible invisible hand, violently parting in the air several meters above the ground, defying gravity and flowing to both sides.
In the middle of the vacant space, a cave was revealed.
Without much hesitation, Ji Chen took the lead and walked into the cave.
After almost an hour of walking along the winding cave, there was no longer a dark cave in front of me, but a huge mountain cavern
There is a hole in the top from which sunlight shines diagonally, illuminating the hole.
In the dry dock in the center of the ship, a huge battleship was docked.
Five towering masts, dense gun muzzles on both sides of the ship, huge metal anchors, like narwhal-like ramming.
Ji Chen's eyes were a little shocked, standing in front of this battleship, he was as small as an ant.
Is this the pirate Everbeard's?
I'm afraid this volume is a little larger than the building ship.
It's no wonder that it was able to escape from the hands of an entire kingdom fleet, and just by looking at the extremely heavy armor and dense artillery emplacements, you can know how powerful it is.
However, he also saw that there were some parts of the Whitebeard that were damaged, which should have been caused during the encirclement and suppression.
Edward was so badly wounded that he had only time to bury the treasure and not have time to repair the ship.
But it seems that you can still go to sea.
Scattered armies searched the hollow to see if there was an exit.
Soon, a shallow fish-man who had walked not far screamed loudly.
In front of it, there are two metal tie rods embedded in the ground.
Ji Chen first pulled the one on the left.
With a slight shudder, the dry dock began to slowly fill the water, slowly lifting the Whitebeard to the ground.
I don't know if it's his delusion, but feeling the presence of water, the intimidating feeling of the Whitebeard is more and more revealed.
Ordinary enemies are already terrified of three points when they see such a battleship, and they are already afraid before they have even hit.
After being taken to the dry dock and completely filled with water, the boat floated steadily on the water.
He then pulled the lever on the right.
This time, it was a more violent tremor.
It was as if there was an earthquake, and the whole mountain was shaking.
Under the stunned gaze of everyone, the rock wall directly in front of the dock suddenly opened to both sides, and a dazzling light shot in from the outside with a rumbling friction sound.
Streams of water poured in from the outside and slammed into the hull, causing the hull to sway slightly.
It wasn't until the rock wall was fully opened that they saw the blue sea outside and the panicked seagulls flying in the sky.
This mountain is hollow, and there is only a rock wall separated from the sea outside!
Generous!
No wonder Eward was so confident that no one would find out where the Whitebeard was hiding.
I'm afraid no one would have thought that there was a battleship hidden in the mountain.
Ji Chen led the army to the deck from the gangplank on one side and began to tour around the ship.
Compared to ordinary warships, the Whitebeard has more decks, a full five decks, and hundreds of cabins.
The captain's room, the storage room, the armament room, the shower room, the living quarters, he even saw a bar and a bath.
This is a battleship, this is obviously a cruise ship!
Ji Chen was very happy, because the owner of this ship had become him.
A question occurred to him.
Since this giant ship belongs to him, whether it is a name or not must be changed.
After a little contemplation, he decisively changed the name of the Crescent to this ship.
From now on, this crescent is his vehicle and the flagship of other warships!
In addition to inspecting the various decks and cabins, Ji Chen also checked the guns on the ship.
Due to the lack of maintenance for many years, most of these guns have rusted and become unusable.
Less than one-fifth of the hundreds of artillery pieces are still functional.
This made him suddenly a little disappointed.
With such a battleship that could carry so many guns, if it was left empty, the intimidation would be greatly reduced.
But where to find artillery with such a big gap?
Silver Islands?
There are frequent merchant ships and commercial trade, there is a variety of black markets, and there is naturally no shortage of artillery.
But he only left the Silver Islands not long ago, and he doesn't know if it's still there, and it's not good to return now.
Transplant the small dozens of guns on those two pirate ships?
It didn't seem to be very reliable, and he expected that the two pirate ships would serve as frigates, guarding the stolen merchant ships, and trading from place to place.
Removing the cannon above is equivalent to pulling out the tiger's teeth and claws, which is not feasible.
After thinking about it, Ji Chen still put his hope on Raymond, a businessman.
It would be much better to buy artillery or even other more powerful weapons in the name of Raymond and the Hanseatic Chamber of Commerce than to go out himself.
After making up your mind.
He closed the gate of the rock wall and returned the same way with his army.
Pirates are in full swing transporting gold coins between catacombs and ships.
Find Sparrow and ask about the progress of the excavation.
"We're already halfway through the digging, so please give us some time."
After instructing them to continue their work, Ji Chen walked outside the river valley and walked through the woods to the tidal flats.
Just as he leisurely looked at the sea view.
Suddenly, I saw a warship appear on the sea in the distance, and it was heading straight towards this side.
Ji Chen's eyes narrowed, it seemed that an uninvited guest had come.
So the army was immediately called.
Aboard.
"Boss, is Edward's treasure real? How do I feel this treasure map is a lie. ”
"I also think that this treasure map is what people want to find? The information above can't find the target location at all, maybe it's just playing tricks on us. ”
"It's been so long that the territory doesn't know what's going to happen..."
Hearing other people's complaints and complaints, Qiao Yixiong's face flashed a little hesitation and hesitation.
It has been almost a week since he went to sea, and he was able to spend a week of precious time at sea in the early days to go out to sea to hunt for treasures, which shows how much hope he has for this treasure map.
This is Edward's treasure the pirate!
If it can be found, then this immeasurable treasure obtained is enough for them to take off directly.
But reality dealt him a heavy blow, sailing so ethereal on the sea for so long that he didn't even see the so-called islands.
This gap in his heart, as well as the complaints of his peers, made him lose almost all confidence.
Why don't you go back now?
Qiao Yixiong sighed deeply and was about to give up.
But at this time, the companion suddenly exclaimed.
"Look, there's an island in that one!"
Island?
Probably another island of no value.
Qiao Yixiong shook his head and looked up.
The next moment, he was struck by lightning.
Why is this island so familiar?
Hurriedly took out the treasure map, looked up and down, and raised his head again, and his heart swelled with ecstasy.
The shape and appearance of this island is exactly the same as marked on the map!!
They found the island where the pirate Edward had buried his treasure!
"Keep the boat moving at full speed! The treasure is right in front of you! ”
He screamed excitedly, as did the others.
But soon, it was as if they had been poured cold water over their heads.
I couldn't help but freeze in place.
Because they saw that on the shore of the hollow of the mountain, there were four ships moored.
Is it a pirate, or someone else who has been a precedent?
The unwilling mood instantly swelled up, driving them closer together.
They saw a figure, standing on the tidal flat, next to a group of troops.
"Wouldn't it be that the treasure has already been obtained by this person, so our efforts will soon be in vain!?"
"Seems to be a player? Shall we go over and have a look? ”
Qiao Yixiong's eyes were full of gloom, and he quickly gritted his teeth.
"Let all the amphibious arms go into the water first, and in the shadows, let's take a closer look."
"If the strength is weaker than us, kill it directly, if the strength is stronger than us, then lurk, find an opportunity to raid, as long as the lord dies, the troops will be easy to deal with."
"We've been looking for this treasure for so long, we can't return in vain!"
As soon as the voice fell, it was approved by the others.
They have been looking for so long, how can they return empty-handed?
For killing other players, there is no guilt.
This world is the law of the jungle.
His face was silent, but his heart was full of murderous intent.
They made their way slowly to the shore in a few small boats.
Hundreds of amphibious units swam slowly on the surface of the water.
When there were still dozens of meters away, Qiao Yixiong waved his arms and shouted enthusiastically.
"Brother, are you the lord of this island? We're just in trouble and want you to help! Please don't attack! ”
Seeing that person nodded, Qiao Yixiong was overjoyed, and beckoned the troops to speed up the rowing.
The boat soon passed by several warships moored on the shore in pairs, and a little jealousy flashed inexorably in his eyes.
The four of them desperately collected resources and accepted commissions to earn gold coins, and then they bought a two-masted galleon.
And this man actually owned four ships, three of which were three-masted warships.
It's just more human than human, it's infuriating!
Soon, a wave of greed welled up in their hearts.
If this man can be killed, then won't all these ships belong to them?
Secretly, the killing intent in their hearts became more and more intense.
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