Chapter 1,307: What I pulled was a net, but what I harvested was porcelain
In a place, there must be traces before the treasure comes out of the water, and it cannot appear suddenly.
For example, there was a legend more than ten years ago that two brothers in South Australia were fishing in the deep sea and caught a "treasure".
According to the materials obtained by Chen Wenzhe, there were later records of "the masses voluntarily turning in 124 cultural relics."
Among them, 56 cultural relics were handed over by the Tian brothers from Aoqian Village.
For example, this time, this is the case for the Tian brothers.
At about 7 o'clock on May 24, 2007, the Tian brothers each went out to sea to fish in their own fishing boats.
Their main target is the lobsters and shellfish that live near Haitian reefs.
To this end, they brought "air compressors, diving suits and other equipment that help divers breathe" that ordinary fishermen would not bring.
It was with this batch of equipment that they unexpectedly discovered many porcelains in the "Three Points of Gold" sea area.
This "adventure" made them very happy.
They realized that they might have encountered a previous sunken ship.
However, they inspected the bottom of the sea, and except for a section of wood and sea sand, they did not see the sunken ship they imagined.
So the two brothers got these things on their boat and decided that the elder brother would take the things home first, while the younger brother continued to patrol and salvage in this sea area.
At around 8:30 a.m. on May 25, 2007, while continuing the salvage process, the younger brother of the Tian brothers attracted the attention of some nearby ships and reported it to Yun'ao.
Soon, the police arrived and found 21 pieces of ancient porcelain that had just been salvaged from his brother's boat.
However, the younger brother did not tell the police at the time, as some of the ancient porcelain had already been shipped back home.
But the next day, the police heard that the two brothers still had something.
So the local police station started doing door-to-door work.
In order to convince the Tian brothers, the policeman, who knew only a little about cultural relics, borrowed a book about cultural relics to make up for it.
They visited every day to do persuasive work, and finally the Tian brothers burst into tears of gratitude and agreed to hand over the salvaged cultural relics.
Finally, the 56 pieces of ancient porcelain they salvaged were handed over to the border police station.
If we really talk about this discovery, it is a bit legendary.
In fact, local villagers believe that the sunken ship should have been discovered earlier.
They believe that the first person to discover "Nanhai No. 2" should be Huang, a villager from a local village.
Because on June 1 that year, the 68 cultural relics he handed over were salvaged before the 24th.
Huang was already 60 years old at that time. According to reports, on May 21, he went to the "Three Points of Gold" sea area to pull a net, and finally pulled up 68 pieces of ancient porcelain.
After Huang took these ancient porcelain home, someone also told him that these things were treasures.
Huang didn't care after hearing this. He just packed the porcelain in a fish basket and threw it in the bathroom at home.
It is precisely because Huang "pulled a net, but harvested ancient porcelain" that the local people began to spread the saying that there are treasures in the sea with "three pieces of gold".
In fact, the "Three Points of Gold" sea area is full of reefs and is a place where shipwrecks often occur.
On May 7, a ship carrying liquefied gas ran aground in this sea area.
Some fishermen had caught some porcelain sporadically before, but most of them didn't take it seriously.
After the Nanhai No. 2 incident came out, they remembered the "three golden tips" that had been passed down from generation to generation and said that there were many sunken ships.
I saw on a very old yellow drawing from the relevant local department that the area around the "Three Points of Gold" sea area was marked with the words "shipwreck", which also proves the local legend.
Whether there is treasure in the "Three Points of Gold" sea area has now become a fact.
The excavation of this treasure definitely did not start suddenly.
In fact, all treasures have traces to follow.
For example, the legendary shipwreck treasure of Zhang Xianzhong was just a legend before it was discovered.
When it is truly discovered, people in the world will suddenly realize that the legend is true.
"It seems we need to search for more information in the future!"
After listening to Chen Wenzhe's narration, Gao Qijing was a little emotional.
"If you want to engage in marine salvage work, you must pay attention to collecting relevant information. You can also pay attention to the antique market. If some fresh salvaged porcelain suddenly appears, it means that a sunken ship must have been discovered somewhere." Chen Wenzhe
said with a smile.
"The price of this thing is not cheap!" Gao Qijing suddenly said.
"Have the prices of domestic sea-sourced porcelain risen recently?" Chen Wenzhe glanced at Gao Qijing and asked.
This guy is probably unwilling to be deceived by others, right? Otherwise, how would he know the price of Hailao porcelain?
Thinking of this, Chen Wenzhe reminded: "No matter what means you use to obtain porcelain from the sea, you must be careful not to let it flow into the market casually."
"Ah?" Gao Qijing said in surprise.
Chen Wenzhe shook his head and said no more.
He could only mention this. If he said more, it would seem that he didn't trust them.
After all, Chen Wenzhe does not always go to sea with the fleet.
Now remind them not to sell porcelain from the sea easily. Are you not saying that they are stealing from others?
In fact, Chen Wenzhe doesn't care much about how much porcelain is salvaged from the sea, because no matter how much porcelain is salvaged, he will be guaranteed to get the best and largest share.
Others, even if they are divided into groups by Gao Qijing and his men, should be in the minority.
He was just worried that if he didn't know how to do it, he would cause trouble.
"Boss, we must have discovered a dangerous sea area, and it must be on an ancient route. There may be many sunken ships there."
Gao Qijing is also a smart person and reacted quickly.
Looking at Gao Qijing who expressed his loyalty, Chen Wenzhe nodded fiercely.
Naturally, he would not doubt Gao Qijing, but their fleet is not small now.
When there are too many people, it is inevitable that good people will wither. Even Gao Qijing cannot grasp the hearts and minds of everyone.
"I know, and I trust you, but you still need to pay attention. Many things in China are peripheral, or in a gray area. If you are always active in the South China Sea, maybe because of your relationship, there will be no
Trouble, but what about other places?"
"I will note that, let's go to that sea area first?" Gao Qijing said.
"Go!" The ships had all turned around, and Chen Wenzhe didn't mind going over to take a look.
Of course, whether it was a shipwreck graveyard or not, he would never be able to salvage it personally in the future.
However, more sunken ships were discovered and more porcelain was harvested, so his newly built museum had a place to be put to use.