251, pick a baby
Although ivory and rhino horn are good things, they are also antiques, but after all, they are not as valuable as Buddha statues.
We looked at it twice and tossed it aside.
Ma Hailong continued to rummage down the box and began to look for more valuable things.
Soon he flipped to the box further down, where part of the box was already submerged in the mud and sand, so it was a lot of work to clean up, and Ma Hailong beckoned to us and motioned for us to come over and help.
We didn't dare to slack off, so we quickly swam over and followed Ma Hailong to clean up the boxes in front of us.
After cleaning up the layer of sediment on the outside of the box, Yu Xiaobo and I carried the box out again, but this time we just lifted the box, and we immediately felt that our hands were heavy, and the weight of this box was not light!
As soon as I felt the weight of this box, I secretly rejoiced in my heart!
With such a heavy weight, there must be metal utensils in it, and the metal utensils of that era, whether they are gold or silver, even if they are copper, they are also priceless treasures!
Just when I was wondering what kind of material this treasure was, an accident happened, because the box was made of wood, and the wooden box had been soaked in water for many years, and it had long been rotted.
Before, the box was full of ivory, rhino horn and the like, the weight was not particularly heavy, so there was no problem in handling, this time the box was metalwork, the weight was too heavy, we just lifted the box, and the contents fell directly through the bottom of the box, leaked out from the bottom, and fell into the cabin.
I looked down and saw that the contents of the box were falling out in a hurry, and when I looked closely, these gadgets were actually round coins about two centimeters in diameter.
After a while, all the coins in the box were gone, and Yu Xiaobo and I had no choice but to throw away the rotten empty box in our hands.
I looked down and picked up a metal coin at my feet, and saw that it was not flat like the current coin.
It's irregular, one side of the coin is flat, the other side is convex, and there is a certain curvature, a bit like a corgi's butt, and it feels pretty good.
On the side of the corgi's buttocks, there is also a pattern engraved that looks like the petals of some kind of flower.
Not for Xiaobo and Ma Hailong to explain to me, I can roughly guess that this should be the currency used in the Ayutthaya Kingdom at that time.
In addition to carrying a large amount of cargo, this cargo ship also carried a large amount of currency, and the boxes we have turned over now are used to carry currency.
However, although these currencies are large in quantity and very carefully workmanship, they are not valuable.
Yu Xiaobo just glanced at it and kicked the coins aside with disdain.
After all, it was the first time I had seen ancient Thai currency, and I was still quite interested in these gadgets, so I couldn't help but grab a handful, put it in my backpack, and prepared to bring it with me when the time came.
Uncle Mei was the same as I thought, and he also brought a few coins.
At this time, Ma Hailong dug out two more containers, but after a little weighing, he immediately judged that these containers also contained currency.
Yu Xiaobo took a sharp hand, took a crowbar and pried it open, and directly pried open the two containers on the spot, and the currency inside was immediately scattered all over the ground, gradually sinking to the bottom like mud and sand.
When the boxes were all gone, the crates in the depths of the hold were revealed, and when I looked inside, I immediately realized that they must be all rare items.
Why?
Because the appearance of these boxes is different from the ones we saw before.
The previous cargo box had a relatively simple appearance, and to put it bluntly, it was an ordinary wooden box.
But the cargo box inside is different, the cargo box inside is not only made of wood, but also wrapped in a layer of iron outside, this material of the box is equivalent to the safe of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Ma Hailong's movements became more and more swift, and in the blink of an eye, he cleared out a cargo box, he pushed the box out, and Yu Xiaobo took a crowbar to pry the iron sheet open and open the box.
We looked inside, and saw that the goods inside were really extraordinary!
It's a suit of armor with a cold light! It looks like it should have been made of copper and silver, which is quite exquisite!
The pattern on the chest plate seems to be a mighty beast, but we can't recognize it as a tiger or a lion, but it's a big cat after all.
Although it has been sleeping at the bottom of the sea for hundreds of years, this armor still shines like new!
As soon as we saw this treasure, several of our eyes lit up, needless to say, this thing must be worth a lot of money! If you bring the complete set up, you can sell it for 1.8 million yuan.
However, treasures like this are generally unique products, and the meaning of unique products is that there is only one part of the entire ship, and it is difficult to find a second one.
After all, the production capacity in ancient times was low, unlike now it is all assembly line projects, and the same equipment can be mass-produced.
In the past, this kind of armor was usually made by hand.
So this armor is probably the only one.
As a result, we have to face the problem of how to distribute profits, which is a difficult problem in any industry, and uneven distribution will affect unity.
Because this armor was pried out by Yu Xiaobo with a crowbar, we all looked at him, waiting for him to come up with an idea.
Ma Hailong is a generous person, pointing to the armor, and then pointing to Yu Xiaobo, what he means is, whoever gets it will be counted whom, since this armor was pried out by Yu Xiaobo, it will simply belong to him.
Yu Xiaobo was not greedy, but reciprocated, pushed the armor in the direction of Ma Hailong, and pointed at him, which means that this box was dug out by Ma Hailong, so the treasure should be given to him as a matter of course.
Uncle Mei and I actually have the least right to speak, the two of us are just newcomers to the industry, and we have to rely on Ma Hailong and Yu Xiaobo, two old guns, to take care of us along the way, so of course we can't grab treasures from them.
In the end, we decided to support Yu Xiaobo and give this armor to Ma Hailong first, after all, he was digging treasure in front of him for half a day, and it was natural to give him the sweetness first.
Because oxygen is limited and underwater time is precious, we don't waste much time on this kind of thing.
Ma Hailong gave in twice, and in the end, seeing that we insisted, he didn't ink.
He took out the armor and tried to stuff it into his backpack, but the armor was too big to fit in the backpack, so he had to think of a way to tie the rest of the armor around his waist with a rope, so that he could barely take it out.
However, with this set of armor, Ma Hailong basically guarantees that he will make a steady profit and not lose money this time, and when the time comes, he only needs to choose such a baby as a reward, and it is not a dream to make a lot of money.