818. Republic
Qin Shiou had to explain awkwardly, saying that Billy was not kneeling, it was a sitting position that Americans are used to.
Qin's father nodded suddenly, put down the barbecue and let them continue playing. He left quickly, and he was also embarrassed.
Billy was even more embarrassed, but it was not the thing that was embarrassed. He didn't know why Qin's father was so nervous. He was embarrassed: "You actually took the opportunity to find the shipwreck? God, spare me! My partner, I have done so much!"
Little Black was also speechless. He patted Qin Shiou on the shoulder and said, "I won't talk about this tonight. Let's drink. Let's start tomorrow. Please ask Master Billy for more advice on how to find a shipwreck!"
Later, when four people drank a box of beer, Little Black began to regret what he said just now, "Don't talk about work"? This is really a stupid thing. It's better to talk about work, otherwise it would be crazy to listen to Billy's nagging about his love history!
Billy grabbed a bottle of beer, pulled Little Black with the other hand, and said sadly: "...Man, you are like this, such a playboy can't understand my feelings. I love that cute girl! Unlike you, you love a woman and only love the feeling of being an Ai with them..."
Little Black's face is full of sadness. Why is he a playboy? Yes, I have had sex with many women, but can you have Miami pervert Billydo? What kind of face do you pretend to be pure in front of yourself?
Billy continued: "I chased my beloved girl to China, but she rejected me. She said she hoped to spend her life with an upright and positive young man instead of a love prodigal son! Oh. God, who told this girl about my past? Qin. Tell me, it's not you..."
After that, Billy made a sound like a wolf howl. The little radish in the villa turned his head and listened for a moment, curiously came out to look here, vaguely feeling of familiarity.
Qin Shiou quickly swore: "God knows, Billy, my good friend, I have never told Huang Jiajia that you have a bad love scene! Absolutely not!"
Billy pulled Little Black sobbing sadly, then raised the bottle and yelled: "Do it, guys. If you are brothers, you will do the wine in your hands!"
Little Black's face changed a little. Billy's wine was only a little under the bottle, and he had just opened a new bottle of wine.
Billy came tonight as he was drunk, but he had to pull a cushion before he died, and successfully got Little Black drunk. Qin Shiou had to ask Nelson to drive them to the hotel in the town.
After sobering up the next day, Billy returned to normal, but his eyes were still a little melancholy, which greatly increased his charm. The handsome blonde young man with a melancholy look is a character only found in the comics and the favorite of the fuji girl.
Billy came to Qin Shiou and said, "Looking for a shipwreck. It's not like you, man, you have to know. Among the tens of thousands of undersea wrecks, there are only a very small number. Less than one percent of the shipwrecks have circulating wealth, such as gold and jewelry. Such big projects are not something you can encounter casually."
Qin Shiou agreed with this view. He had golden fingers like the sea god consciousness, but he had not found a valuable shipwreck.
Billy continued: "Do you know how much time has our Odyssey spent before finding the first valuable shipwreck, Socrates? It's a full 12 years!"
Qin Shiou said: "You mean, I need to be more patient?"
Billy looked at him strangely and said, "No, what I want to say later is the point. After finding Socrates, we are looking for a second wreck with treasure. Do you know how much time it took? It's only two years!"
"Your mother is so angry, don't go around it, just say it!"
Billy took out a small notebook, opened it carefully, and said, "In the first twelve years, our company not only searched for a ship Socrates, but also collected a lot of information on shipwrecks through various means. Do you understand, information!"
Qin Shiou certainly understood what he meant. Most shipwrecks had an approximate location. If you search around, you could find the ship.
He knew this, but the location information he could find was all from ordinary shipwrecks. The information of shipwrecks was more transparent after World War II. And valuable shipwrecks were all before World War II. How did he find this?
Billy sighed: "I have given you an electronic version of the shipwreck information record manual."
Qin Shiou said awkwardly: "It may have been deleted by me..."
It doesn't matter. Although the booklet in Billy recorded less information about the shipwreck, each of them is more reliable.
The two discussed the information about these wrecks and identified a target: "Shipwreck of the Republic."
The Republic is a relatively famous shipwreck in modern American history. The accident happened just after the end of the American Civil War. The steamer set off from New York with cargo and coins and was preparing to travel to New Orleans to support the post-war reconstruction of New Orleans.
The 210-foot-long giant ship in the steam era was unfortunately targeted by the then-dead rival of the US Navy, Barbary. The pirates dispatched two clutches to attack the Republic and snatched all the cargo and coins on it.
According to the reliable investigation by Osed Company, the property stolen from the Republic was more than 400,000 US dollars in gold and silver coins.
Today, a century and a half later, the value of gold and silver coins has far exceeded the face value of the year. The market price of a Yingyang gold coin with a face value of US$10 will range from US$3,000 to US$500,000!
The grudge between the US Navy and the Barbary Pirates has been around for a long time and has begun since the end of the American War of Independence. It can be said that it was these pirates that led to the birth of the US Navy.
In the early 19th century, the Barbary pirates once forced the US imperial to be embarrassed, and later worked hard to control the pirates. The US Navy severely damaged these pirates in the two North African Babary Wars and successfully garrisoned troops in the Mediterranean.
Unfortunately, the Civil War broke out later, the navy's military strength declined, and the Barbary pirates rekindled. The Republic was captured under this situation.
But although the US Navy was damaged at that time, its foundation was still there. When we learned that the Republic had been taken away, the angry navy sent elite troops to chase and kill them. The two sides fought in the current high seas of the North Atlantic.
The result of the battle was that the Barbary pirates were wiped out. Although the Navy rescued the Republic, the gold and silver coins on the ship were moved to the pirate ship, and the pirate ship sank into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, which was several thousand meters deep.
With the technology of the US Navy at that time, this depth of salvage was naturally unable to be completed.
It happened that a hurricane occurred, and the naval ships had to return to the port. They left marked balloons on the battlefield. As a result, the balloon disappeared due to the hurricane. Later, the battlefield location became blurred, and the treasure of the shipwreck was left unresolved. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!