A month later, Indonesia, Banda Aceh.

Zhang Yang changed planes three times and traveled for more than 20 hours, and finally arrived in this city in the westernmost part of Indonesia and the northernmost part of Sumatra.

The last time Banda Aceh came into the international limelight was in 2005, but Zhang Yang was only a few years old at that time and didn't know about it.

If it weren't for the invitation of Boss Li and Chen Yanguang, he would never have come here, and the white hats on the street are all over it, and it is hard to imagine that this is in Southeast Asia.

Chen Yanguang also came here, and he also came to participate in the Hailao porcelain supply and marketing exhibition here.

On the way from the airport to the hotel, the driver hired by Boss Li has been introducing the local customs to Zhang Yang.

Most of the people here believe in Islam, so the law is religious in nature, including no shorts outdoors, no buying and selling alcohol, and no intimacy with others for the unmarried.

Violators are subject to caning, even tourists.

"Mr. Zhang, you don't have to be too nervous, at least my boss and I have been here for so many years, and no one has ever been whipped."

"If you go out alone at night and get caught, remember to call us."

"Hahaha, okay." Zhang Yang smiled and nodded.

The driver's phrase "go out alone at night" is very quintessential, and it seems to hint at what activities are publicized at night.

However, this time Zhang Yang is not here to experience the local customs, he wants to see what treasures will be at this Hailao porcelain exhibition.

It was able to attract Chen Yanguang from the bustling Jakarta to the remote Banda Aceh.

By the time Zhang Yang arrived at the hotel lobby, Boss Li and Chen Yanguang were already waiting.

"Brother Yang, I finally waited for you~"

Chen Yanguang seemed to be in a good mood, humming a children's rhyme to help Zhang Yang take the luggage and hand it to the waiter at the hotel.

But it stopped Zhang Yang's pace of going upstairs.

"What's the matter, you don't want me to enter the door?"

"Whoa." Chen Yanguang pointed to the back of the first floor of the hotel.

"Master Zhang, I have prepared a reception banquet for you, let's go have a meal, there will be more exciting activities later, you are satisfied." Boss Li said enthusiastically.

"When the other event is over, go back to the hotel, and I will arrange for someone to serve you to rest."

Everyone said so, Zhang Yang didn't twist, nodded and responded: "Okay, thank you Boss Li, I'm a guest and listen to your arrangement." ”

On the way to dinner, Zhang Yang asked Chen Yanguang in a low voice:

"Why are you alone, your wife?"

"I didn't come, my father-in-law was in Italy for a fashion show, and my wife also came. In a few days we will meet in Shenghai. ”

"Second Master Cheng has slipped to Italy."

"Your wife, she is relieved that you are wandering around Southeast Asia alone?" Zhang Yang asked pretending to be surprised.

With Chen Yanguang's financial resources, it is simply a dimensionality reduction blow here, and you can choose a concubine.

"What do you think I'm for?" Chen Yanguang held his head high and said, "My wife trusts me very much, let's take a photo for her later." ”

"Remember to remind me to pat the hotel clock in."

"Okay, okay, so trusting, right?" Zhang Yang almost burst out laughing.

"Don't say it, let's eat, look at the seafood feast prepared for you by Boss Li......"

After eating the reception banquet, several people rested in the private room for about half an hour.

Halfway through, people kept coming in and whispering beside Boss Li, as if they were reporting the progress of the matter.

After seven or eight people came in a row, it was finally ready.

"Master Zhang, Boss Chen, it's ready over there, let's go over first, shall we?" Boss Li stood up and tightened his belt, making the last preparations before leaving.

"Okay." Chen Yanguang pulled Zhang Yang and was about to set off.

Zhang Yang didn't even know what he was doing, anyway, Chen Yanguang said that as long as he arrived at the place, he could see what he was doing.

Confused, they got into the car, and the group soon arrived at a dilapidated dock.

There are a number of small tin fishing boats docked at the pier, most of which look a little old.

"Damn, you're not going to go to sea to fish for porcelain, are you?" Zhang Yang looked at the excited Chen Yanguang in horror.

If Zhang Yang remembers correctly, he faces the sea, with the Indian Ocean on his left hand and the Strait of Malacca on his right.

It is indeed a necessary place on the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

During the meal just now, Boss Li also introduced that Banda Aceh had exchanges with China as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In the Song and Yuan dynasties, it became a necessary place for Chinese merchant ships to go to Arab countries.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and each time he passed through here.

If you want to fish for porcelain, this is indeed a good place.

"It's worthy of Master Zhang, you know."

Boss Li gave Zhang Yang a thumbs up, admitting in disguise that Zhang Yang's conjecture was correct.

Later, everyone's entertainment is neither sea fishing nor massage, but sitting on a battered fishing boat and going to the sea to fish for porcelain.

"How's that, isn't it exciting to think about?"

"I'm not greedy, okay, just get some pieces of Ru porcelain."

Chen Yanguang looked gearing up, as if he had seen the picture of himself catching millions.

"Uh, two, I'm a bit of a problem, I can't swim, and I'm a little seasick......"

Zhang Yang doesn't want to spoil the fun, but this matter must be made clear.

After he went to sea for a while, he could only sit in the cabin of the fishing boat and play with his mobile phone, and he could go out to help him.

It's not that he's cowardly, it's really incompetent.

"It's okay, can you let Curator Zhang do it himself? You say yes, Boss Li. Chen Yanguang patted Zhang Yang's shoulder and said.

"Master Zhang, just sit in the cabin and rest, go out and feel the atmosphere of Hailao porcelain, I promise it will be an unforgettable experience in your life." Boss Li persuaded.

"Hahaha, I believe." Zhang Yang smiled and nodded, he was really curious, how did they get the porcelain in the deep sea.

……

Zhang Yang and his family took an ocean-going fishing boat, which is not large, but it is full of modernity, and it is said to be a new boat that was launched in 2019.

The boss with a net worth of more than 100 million will definitely not joke about his own life safety, so the safety guarantee on the hull is very good, and even Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang are each equipped with a professional lifeguard.

The lifeguard looks like a female bodyguard in a suit, but when she takes off her jacket, she wears a one-piece tight swimsuit, which makes her feel safe.

But only the bosses have this treatment.

The members of the local salvage team who will be launched later can only stand by on the humble tin fishing boat behind the fishing boat.

Boss Li told Zhang Yang that it was because of the tsunami that year, which destroyed the fishing boats here, and he had to buy such an iron fishing boat.

Otherwise, in the early years of the 21st century, local salvage teams would have to work on wooden boats with diesel engines.

"How did you determine the location of the shipwreck?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

Although this problem is suspected of inquiring about other people's trade secrets, on the Indonesian side, it is impossible to do salvage business at sea without a little relationship.

The locals won't bird you at all, and they won't find anyone to get into the water.

To put it simply, this kind of business has a deep "moat".

It is precisely for this reason that Boss Li did not hide it, and generously explained it to Zhang Yang very clearly:

"In the early days, we asked local fishermen."

"People who have been fishing for a long time still have a good idea of where there are shipwrecks, because fish generally like to live near shipwrecks."

"We have fished out the shipwreck site that has been passed down by the fishermen for decades in two or three years, and this is how I earned my first pot of gold."

"At that time, it was easy to make money, and in three years, I earned this amount."

Boss Li made an "eight" gesture.

"Eight hundred million?" Zhang Yang asked tentatively.

"Eighty million, it was 1999."

"That's 800 million now." Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Three years, it's too easy, right?" ”

"Hahaha, at that time, it was really equivalent to making money in the sea. But then it wasn't so easy, and you had to find the wreck again. ”

"And how did you find it now, using sonar?" Zhang Yang asked.

Although Linhai is a coastal city, Zhang Yang's generation does not know much about the situation at sea.

He still heard on the Internet that the shipwreck site of the Titanic was discovered through sonar, and he knew that the shipwreck could also be found with sonar.

"Sonar isn't practical." Boss Li shook his head and explained, "The shipwrecks on the Silk Road basically sank when they hit the rocks. Sonar is in such a complex terrain that it is difficult to locate the wreck. ”

"So we usually look near the reefs."

"How do you find it?"

"Let people go underwater and see it." Boss Li pointed to the salvage team on the iron boat behind, "These people I brought are all good in the water, and they can dive for two hours if they take out any one of them." ”

Hire someone to go into the water to find a wreck – a very primitive approach, but one of the most lucrative for professional salvage.

Boss Li said that these salvage team members get the highest salary in the local area, and even after each salvage, they will be given bonuses according to the antiques they have caught.

It was by virtue of this operation that he almost monopolized the salvage market here in Banda Aceh.

Individuals' assets have also risen wildly over the past few years.

Counting the antiques that weren't sold, he was already the richest man in the area.

However, in order to maintain the stability of the price of Hailao porcelain, he sells it for a long time and will not dump it all at once.

"Actually, money is a number for me." Boss Li sighed with the same style as Jack Ma, "But someone must do the business, so I can only reluctantly continue to do it." ”

Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang silently listened to him blow on the side.

Soon the ship stopped.

Knowing that Zhang Yang was seasick, Boss Li only invited Chen Yanguang out of the cabin to have a look.

Actually, there is nothing to see, there is a wide sea all around, and there is no island or anything.

With Boss Li's order, Zhang Yang heard several "plop" dives, which was not much better than the Philippine diving team.

The search lasted about three or four hours, and each salvage team member was equipped with two oxygen cylinders.

Zhang Yang stayed in the cabin, he was really bored, and slipped to the driver's side to look at the map.

Looking at it, he noticed that the position of the ship was a little strange.

Didn't you say that it was good to go to the high seas for salvage?

This is probably still under the jurisdiction of Indonesia.

Although foreign countries do not pay so much attention to the protection of cultural relics, the treasures salvaged in the waters of a certain country must be owned by that country.

If you bring these things back to the dock, aren't you afraid of being cut off?

Zhang Yang was muttering in his heart, Chen Yanguang took a blue and white porcelain plate and walked into the cabin excitedly.

"The shipment has been shipped, and a large fishing net blue and white porcelain has been sent outside, I picked it for a long time, and this is the best quality inside."

"Brother Yang, help me see if it's true or not."

"Can Hailao porcelain be fake? Didn't you watch them fish out of the sea? Zhang Yang said casually.

"This is not good, after all, I have encountered fake tomb robbers, and it is normal to meet fake Hailao porcelain again."

Chen Yanguang was talking about Qiu Mingshan's time.

Ever since he was deceived by a fake tomb robber, he has never thought of buying antiques from a front-line grave robber.

"Okay, then I'll help Mr. Chen palm the eye?"

Zhang Yang took the blue and white porcelain plate, which depicted a large dragon with wings, hovering between the clouds and mist.

This is the traditional dragon pattern.

The shape of Ying Long is a bit similar to that of Western dragons, both with wings, the difference is that Ying Long has feather wings, and Western dragons have bat wings.

"Is this payment from the official kiln? I heard that Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty had the most official kilns, and it is reasonable that there are two of them on this shipwreck. ”

"Oh? It's all known. Looks like you've been studying porcelain a lot lately, Boss Chen. Zhang Yang laughed.

The official kiln of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty did burn the most, and there was a record peak, burning 120,000 pieces a year, reaching three thousandths of the private kiln at that time.

You must know that the official kilns are for the emperor and his harem concubines, while the private kilns are for the whole world, and the proportion of three thousandths is very exaggerated.

However, Chen Yanguang seems to have researched crookedly, and he even delusionally wanted to fish out the official kiln on the shipwreck of the Silk Road.

It's really when Emperor Jiajing's house is always open.

"This is a folk kiln. You see, although it is also a six-character double-row regular script of the [Jiajing Year System of the Ming Dynasty], the person who writes this character has a much worse pen power. ”

"It's not much worse......"

"It just so happens that I have a picture on my phone, so I'll show you the official kiln."

There are pictures and truths, Zhang Yang took out the payment of the official kiln, and compared with the one in front of him, the difference can be clearly seen.

The characters of the folk kiln are much thinner, and when the pen is put down, it is crooked, as if it is shaking.

"Damn, I know, this must have been burned out of the Ming Dynasty's folk kiln to deceive foreigners, and now they have deceived me."

"Hahaha, anyway, you don't have to think about how many valuable things there are. At present, the most expensive should still be fished up on the side of the stick, the Longquan kiln of the Yuan Dynasty on the Xin'an shipwreck. ”

"Like this kind of porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is generally carried out, and the blue and white porcelain of the Ming Jiajing kiln is two thousand."

"One two thousand ......" Chen Yanguang calculated in his heart, "There are at least forty or fifty pieces in that bag just now, that is one hundred thousand!" ”

"I'm blanching, Brother Yang, you said that we rented a boat to fish by ourselves, did you make a head?"

"Of course there is, and I've got you covered."

"Where?" Chen Yanguang's eyes lit up.

"Sri Lanka is a necessary place for Zheng He to go to the West, and I haven't found any news on the Internet that Sri Lanka produces Hailao porcelain."

"Well, I know the country...... The women there are fat as beautiful, when are we going to investigate? ”

(End of chapter)