Chapter 255: The treasure hunt is not smooth
To get to the island from Hawaii, you need to take a boat.
Sitting on a passenger ship that was obviously converted from a motor boat, and seeing many people like himself, carrying large bags to San Marga, where the remains of the shipwreck were discovered, Zhu Yu suddenly felt that this trip was probably a bit of a hurry.
With so many people coming to find it, could it be a scam in itself?
The four of them sat together, listening to some people talking before and after.
"I heard that yesterday someone found a jar of eighteenth-century gold coins on the island of San Marga, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars!"
"Really?"
"Of course it's true! I saw the video on the news of the lucky guy holding the jar, and I was so envious! ”
"Now the ferry ticket to San Marga has tripled! There are no empty seats on the ship every day, think about how many people are on that island? ”
"It's past the peak! Some time ago, there were more people coming, and the boss of this boat is making crazy money! ”
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Listening to these people's discussions, Zhu Yu felt more and more that this treasure hunt was likely to be a cover created by the local tourism department.
Even if not, at least the local authorities are taking advantage of this trend to attract tourists.
Seeing that almost all of these people were carrying scuba gear, and many of them simply carried metal detectors on hand, apparently intending to pick up a leak or something.
The seats were full, but the owner didn't start the boat, and then some people squeezed straight into the cabin and stood in the aisle of the seats.
It wasn't until the people couldn't squeeze in anymore that they slowly drove the boat.
Zhu Yu was worried that he would encounter a bigger wind and waves, and if he really touched this ship, he would definitely capsize!
Fortunately, although the boat drove slowly, it drove very steadily, and the distance of more than ten nautical miles took more than an hour to arrive.
The island of San Marga is not large, with a radius of only one kilometer, and when the boat arrives at the simple pier, you will see that there are many people on the beach here.
There are also many people in the sea who are diving with diving equipment on their backs, looking for something.
As soon as I got off the boat, someone stopped the tourists who got off the boat and shouted loudly in non-standard English:
"Pay the money! If you want to hunt for treasure, you have to pay money! One hundred dollars per person! ”
"You're robbing money!"
"We're tourists, not treasure hunting!" A white man with a metal detector shouted in a straight voice.
Then he was knocked to the ground by two locals, took away the metal detector, and finally obediently handed over the money.
Just hand it over. Zhu Yu didn't say anything, paid the money, and planned to find a place to live first.
As a result, I turned around and found that the island was already full of places to live.
Originally, there was only a small village of a few dozen fishermen on the island. Now hundreds of people are pouring in at once. The first people rented the empty houses in the village, and the later ones either pitched their tents or slept in the open air.
Fortunately, it's tropical, so I don't have to worry about freezing at night.
Cao Dalong came back in a circle, and said:
"Good boy! Now renting a broken tent costs $50 a night! Diving equipment is a thousand dollars a day! Someone directly opened a fast food stall here and made a lot of money! ”
Because of Aphrona's affairs, Cao Dalong has become much more proactive and more efficient in doing things.
"Then let's pitch a tent too." Zhu Yu looked around and said, "Find a place to rest first, and then inquire about the information." ”
The four men found a place about 50 meters from the beach, unloaded their backpacks, took out their tents, and began to set up camp.
Then a black and thin local came over and said a bunch of things, Zhu Yu could barely hear clearly, and he still wanted money.
It costs $100 each to pitch a tent!
"These people are crazy about money!" Cao Dalong complained, but he still paid the money - he took the initiative to pay the money, which surprised Zhu Yu a little.
Seeing Zhu Yu looking at him, Cao Dalong sneered:
"Boss, I'm not wrong! Isn't that making up for it! We're here to hunt for treasure, not to be angry, and we'll pay the money as soon as we pay it. With the luck of the boss, just find a piece of gold coin, and the money will come back? ”
Zhu Yu didn't expect that this Cao Dalong would really clap his ass, and he spoke quite nicely.
But this flamboyant tongue, I don't know if I can really change it.
There are not only a large number of treasure hunters on the island, but also some treasure hunting women, and women brought by treasure hunters.
So there are not only people hunting for treasure with metal detectors on the beach, but also beautiful women basking in the sun in bikinis.
Zhu Yu and the four of them set up tents, Qin Fei cooked, and Zhu Yu Ran Jie and Cao Dalong went to inquire about the news.
The three of them came back in a circle and began to summarize the news.
Cao Dalong spoke:
"I'll start with that. The big news is that no treasure hunt company or individual has yet found the treasure. The most common one we found was the pot of gold we heard on the boat, but many questioned that it was a propaganda ploy by the locals.
The bad news is that there are too many companies and people coming. It is said that six of the world's top ten treasure salvage companies have come. As for individuals, these days, there are at least seven thousand people who have come! There are still almost 1,000 people on the island. ”
This news is very important, Zhu Yu nodded.
"I inquired and found that the shipwreck's planks were first found in the northern part of the island, along with some broken shipboards, as well as a shipwreck and a rusted bronze cannon, which was found to be the stuff of a galleon during the Spanish Voyage.
There are now seven salvage boats working on the north side of the island, but nothing has been found so far. ”
Zhu Yu nodded and said:
"It's pretty much the same as what I heard. In addition, according to the locals of the island, there were pirates stationed on the island a long time ago, but they were all small groups of pirates, and they did not hear of any hidden treasures. As for the sunken galleon, if it was really the one advertised, there were at least hundreds of thousands of gold coins on board, as well as a so-called holy relic. ”
"Then let's ......" Cao Dalong's eyes lit up and asked.
"Eat first, then talk later." Zhu Yu felt that this matter was not so simple, so he couldn't be in a hurry now, besides, it was useless to be in a hurry.
After the four of them finished eating in a hurry, Zhu Yu began to assign work:
"Qin Fei, you and Da Long will guard the tent first, and Ran Jie and I will go to the north beach first to take a look at the situation."
With the eye of the sky, field survey is the safest.
A flash of disappointment flashed in Cao Dalong's eyes, but he still happily agreed.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie walked to the back of the island with a large bag of diving equipment on their backs.
The further north you go, the more people there are.
When he arrived on the beach to the north, Zhu Yu found that there were at least twice as many people on the east side as he was!
Although the beach is full of people, you can walk three or five steps and come across a metal detector.
From time to time, some people exclaim that there is a catch, but in the end, it is not garbage that has been washed over, or some worthless gadgets.
But the exclamations of these people attracted many people who were originally watching to join the treasure hunting team.
"$500 for diving, $100 for a treasure hunt on the beach, go as soon as possible, and there are still five places, five places!"
Money is also being collected here!
Zhu Yu listened to the two locals shouting, and while collecting money, he handed out an ordinary handwritten sign to the person who paid for it.
"Boss, do you want to go into the water?" Ran Jie swept it and saw that there was basically no open space on the beach, but there were not many people diving in the sea, so he asked Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu didn't answer, first opened the eye of the sky and swept around the beach.
Hey?
Zhu Yu didn't expect that it was really rewarding!
However, seeing so many people on the beach, he wrote down the location, but he was relieved, and then said to Ran Jie:
"Let's go, let's go into the water and have a look."
He can see things on the beach clearly with the eyes of heaven when he walks around. It's hard to see what's in the sea, so you have to go down to the sea.
Zhu Yu didn't make trouble, paid the money according to the rules, put on diving equipment, went into the water with Ran Jie, and randomly chose a no-man's land and started diving.
The water depth is more than ten meters, there are coral reefs on the bottom of the sea, and there are still some swimming fish, but there are too many people diving nearby to find treasure recently, and the swimming fish are scared away, and only some small animals occasionally hiding in the sand bottom still occasionally show their heads.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie dived into the water to search around, Zhu Yu revealed the Heavenly Eye, but found that there was nothing nearby at all.
Occasionally, metal appears in the sand at the bottom of the water, but it is also modern garbage or small objects left behind by tourists.
However, Zhu Yu's original intention now was not to really look for treasures, but to practice diving.
After diving underwater for a while, when he floated up, he pulled off his blindfold and looked at the salvage ship in the distance, Zhu Yu wanted to go over and have a look, but thinking about his current diving skills, forget it.
After taking a turn in the shallow water, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie planned to go back.
But these hundreds of dollars can't be spent in vain, Zhu Yu simply looked for it at the bottom of the sea, although empty-handed, he had the existence of the eye of the sky, and soon found two big lobsters, and pulled out two flounders under the sand at the bottom of the water, and carried them ashore.
It's worth the ticket price.
Some treasure hunters on the beach were also surprised to see Zhu Yu and the two of them carrying diving equipment ashore, catching fish and lobsters in their hands.
Zhu Yu and Ran Jie didn't care about them, both of them had a lot of strength, and returned to the tent with their diving equipment.
"You cook first, I'll go around and take a look." Zhu Yu put away his diving equipment and walked to the beach.
From time to time there would be a ticking of metal detectors on the beach, and then someone would dig up, and most of the garbage would be dug up, and the people would throw the garbage away, and the sea would carry the sand and bury it again, and then the next person would find it......
Cycle.
Zhu Yu Tianqi Heavenly Eye, searching as he walked.
There is nothing remarkable about this area.
"Hey, handsome guy!" A white girl in a swimsuit greeted Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu nodded at her.
This is a girl with a good look of about six and a half points, but she has big breasts and looks quite confident.
Zhu Yu swept out her thoughts at a glance and walked past her.
"Handsome guy, let's bask in the sun together? I rub the massage oil very well! The girl didn't expect Zhu Yu to ignore her, she was stunned for a moment, and then took the initiative to speak again, and stretched out her tongue to lick her lips.
"Your boyfriend doesn't bother with you?" Zhu Yu suddenly said, "Are you planning to use this way to get your boyfriend's attention, and then proudly watch two men fight for you?" ”
The girl was stunned, she really had this in mind.
was told by Zhu Yu, and she glanced at her boyfriend, a tall young white man.
Zhu Yu walked over and said to the young man who was fiddling with the metal detector:
"Hey, dude, hello!"
The young man looked up, a little puzzled.
"Your girlfriend wants to seduce me, you have to take care of her!" Zhu Yu pointed at the girl.
The young man's face turned red all of a sudden, and then he said to Zhu Yu:
"Thank you, you are a man of integrity!"
After saying that, he threw the metal detector aside and walked towards the girl angrily.
Undoubtedly, in this respect, Zhu Yu is a stingy person.
Temporarily acting as a melon-eating crowd, he smiled happily and continued to move forward.
After walking a long way, I looked back, and the man and woman were still arguing.
Not bad.
The mood was much more relaxed, and Zhu Yu continued to open the eye of heaven to search.
Zhu Yu's movements were fast, and the entire island circled, and finally found that there was no other target worth digging except for the special point on the north side of the island.
It's not that there isn't, it's that it's not necessary.
It seems that apart from this, the rest is in the sea.
Nothing was found in the shallow sea near the beach, and Zhu Yu finally circled back to the tent location.
"Let's eat first, and after eating, we will go to the sea in two groups, not to find anything, but to practice our diving skills, and at the same time observe the salvage boats to see if they have any gains." Zhu Yu looked at the three people who were making lobster barbecue and said.
"Okay." The three of them agreed in unison.
After eating under the envious eyes of everyone, Zhu Yu and Ran Jie stayed, and Qin Fei and Cao Dalong went out to dive.
At this time, someone ran over and asked:
"Hey, dude, can you help make a meal, we'll make the ingredients, please eat together!"
"I can't." Zhu Yu directly refused.
Just kidding, let yourself a billionaire cook for them?
The white young man didn't expect Zhu Yu to refuse, and his face suddenly turned bad.
However, seeing that Ran Jie and Zhu Yu were also not easy to mess with, they complained and turned to leave.
Zhu Yu tied a hammock to the tree next to the tent and rested.
After a while, the noise sounded, Zhu Yu opened his eyes, and found that Ran Jie was negotiating with someone, trying his best to make the voice quieter.
But the local, who should have been a local, shouted loudly and didn't listen to Ran Jie at all.
Zhu Yu listened to it for a while, and then understood. This local man came to collect the money.
What money to collect? Money for hammocks!
Zhu Yu suddenly became angry.
It costs money to set up a tent, but it also costs money to hang a hammock on the edge of the tent?
"Ran Jie, get rid of people!" Zhu Yu saw that this person was either here to cheat money, or he was tricked into coming to find trouble for himself.
Can't get used to it!
Ran Jie saw that Zhu Yu was not popular again and again, and he paid the money as required, thinking that Zhu Yu might be the same this time.
I didn't expect Zhu Yu's "wake-up gas" to be so big!
But he's fed up with it, where these people are charging, it's clearly money!
"Let's go, we won't pay this money!" Ran Jie simply refused.
The man was a little confused.
How can you be polite, and suddenly you don't give it?
He suddenly became angry, but in Zhu Yu's opinion, it was like a bluff.
"You wait for me, I'll call someone! Don't even want to hunt for treasure here! That person was shorter than Ran Jie, and he couldn't beat him, so he dropped a sentence and left.