Chapter nine hundred and sixty-two hidden treasure shipwreck mines
During World War II, the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia. Not to mention how many treasures they snatched, Chen Wenzhe was greedy for the porcelain they salvaged from the seabed.
He also determined that of the two treasure ships that disappeared near the inland rivers of South Vietnam, one of them was transporting gold, gems and other precious metals, and the other was transporting porcelain.
As for the other ships, they must have been used as bait to deceive others and were sunk.
So until now, the most precious and legendary treasures have not been found.
At that time, the little devil scavenged a lot of antiques in China, so he naturally understood the preciousness of antiques and cultural relics.
Now that we have encountered a sunken ship, we will definitely salvage it.
Through backtracking, Chen Wenzhe discovered that they only salvaged one sunken ship and found more than 50,000 pieces of precious porcelain!
In the history of South Vietnam, it has been deeply influenced by Chinese porcelain culture. In Southeast Asia, South Vietnam's ceramic industry is the most mature.
Don't think this is an exaggeration. China today is only a big country in ceramics, but not a powerful country in ceramics.
Similar to tea, China is also a big tea country, but it is not a tea power.
Well, there is also silk. Up to now, China is also a big silk country, but it is not a strong silk country.
Ceramics, silk, and tea, the three foreign trade items that have always occupied an absolutely strong position from ancient times to the present, are not developing well now.
Not to mention anything else, there is only Nue Bazhuang, or translated as Buchang. This is a ceramics village, 10 kilometers away from Hanoi city. It is known as the Jingzhen of South Vietnam. Its products are exported to Europe, America, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
As far as Chen Wenzhe knows, there are eight, if not ten, similar ceramic professional villages in South Vietnam.
Nanyue has always had excellent mastery of top ceramic technology.
In the fourteenth century, the only places in the world that could produce blue and white porcelain were Jingzhen and Nanyue.
During the Later Le Dynasty, South Vietnamese ceramics were exported to Arabia and Europe in large quantities through the Maritime Silk Road.
The porcelain they produced even replaced the Ming Dynasty porcelain at that time, because at that time, Ming Yingzong began to isolate the country until Ming Muzong.
In recent years, South Vietnamese archaeological teams have successively carried out "sea fishing" in the offshore areas of Vietnam, salvaging many sunken ships from the post-Le Dynasty period in Vietnam.
Therefore, not only are the little devils lucky, but the modern South Vietnamese government is not bad either!
The central waters of South Vietnam, around the Ming and Qing Dynasties, were one of the busiest shipping routes in the world.
On the seabed there, there are a large number of sunken ships and cultural relics and treasures, including a lot of blue and white porcelain.
In recent years, some overseas archaeological experts have begun to cooperate with South Vietnam to carry out salvage work in this sea area.
Especially the waters in central South Vietnam have a lot of "treasures".
Historically, this was an important trade transit station in Southeast Asia and the largest port after exiting the ancient Chinese Maritime Silk Road.
This place is actually Hoi An during the period of Champa Kingdom and Nguyen Lord of Quangnan.
In the excellent ports along the coast of South Vietnam, hundreds of years ago, a large number of passing ships stopped here for trade.
The Maritime Silk Road played a great role in promoting the economy and society of South Vietnam at that time, and even changed the history of Vietnam.
Due to trade, the Ruan Lord of Guangnan was able to confront the Zheng Lord of the north.
From the Arab dhows of the 9th century AD to the European clippers of the 10th century, merchant ships from all over the world shuttled back and forth carrying rare treasures.
The local changeable climate has caused countless merchant ships to sink here.
According to statistics, there are no less than a thousand ancient ships that have sunk in the waters of South Vietnam.
Most of the goods on board were silk and porcelain that were carried along the Silk Road at that time.
Silk has disappeared without a trace in the long river of history. Only porcelain can be left on the seabed in large quantities and for a long time. Therefore, this sea area is often called the underwater porcelain exhibition ground. Gu Liu
In the past, local people didn't understand. Although broken porcelain could often be seen on the beach, they did not fish it out of the sea.
After that, the little devil was salvaged, and then, until the 1990s, this underwater porcelain museum was discovered. The world was instantly shocked, and the archaeological community and antique collectors began to pay attention to this sea area.
South Vietnam had made news before that they discovered a shipwreck that sank here on the Maritime Silk Road heading to Europe.
Through salvage, 48,000 porcelain cultural relics were discovered, including some European tea cans.
In 1991, this batch of porcelain was bought by a buyer who paid nearly 10 million US dollars.
Most of the remaining South Vietnamese blue and white porcelain were made in the 15th to 16th centuries, which is approximately equivalent to the mid-Ming Dynasty in China.
Except for a few one or two works, most of them are porcelain salvaged from the seabed.
In fact, Chen Wenzhe did not pay too much attention to the South Vietnamese treasures in the sunken ship, because he already had too many treasures in his hands.
Of course, what he cares about most is things, especially South Vietnam’s local ceramic craftsmanship.
After going round and round, Chen Wenzhe returned to the industry he was familiar with.
On this day, Chen Wenzhe came to a ceramics factory.
This ceramics factory is a factory that was moved from Pingyang. It mainly produces porcelain, especially blue and white porcelain.
Binh Duong pottery is very famous in South Vietnam, and even has some reputation abroad.
This is much more powerful than Chen Wenzhe's success in Yi Niantang in China.
Binh Duong Pottery is famous not only for its jars, but also for its pots, bowls, cups, teapots and other household items.
These products come in unique colors and patterns.
In recent years, due to changes in development ideas, Binh Duong Pottery has made important contributions to local economic development, creating jobs for many people and bringing stable income.
Currently, Binh Duong has nearly 300 ceramic factories, providing the market with 130 to 150 million products every year.
Through continuous efforts, Binh Duong Ceramics has made rapid progress and gradually conquered demanding markets such as Europe and America.
The factory where Chen Wenzhe works is a factory used for export.
In order to facilitate export, they moved to the coast.
It's just that to make porcelain here, everything needs to be transported from the mainland, so the cost is relatively high.
If overseas market expansion goes smoothly and business is good enough, none of this will matter.
However, overseas markets are not so easy to open. Some ceramic factories can, but some cannot.
Therefore, this ceramics factory is in trouble. It cannot open the foreign market, and the domestic market has no competitiveness due to high cost and price, so it can only go bankrupt and go out of business.
In this way, Chen Wenzhe was advantageous.
When I came to this south, I was just traveling and having fun.
If appropriate, return to Dahai City with the treasure.
However, after coming here, a series of treasures are waiting for him to explore. How can he leave easily now?
Not to mention the Spanish treasure ships, not to mention the eighty-four transport ships of the Little Devils, just the mines of Li Weizhao's family are worthy of Chen Wenzhe staying here.
Gao Qijing has now led a team to the high seas. He usually fishes and fishes. If he encounters an opportunity, he will look for the whereabouts of the Spanish treasure ship.
Chen Wenzhe, who stayed in South Vietnam, must find a way to find the treasure hidden by the little devil in Southeast Asia.