This sheepskin is indeed real. It was obtained by Zhuang Rui from the Pirate Island. Its history is probably two centuries older than the navigation chart he drew.
But the navigation chart drawn on the sheepskin was created by Zhuang Rui who worked hard all night yesterday and used many modern methods, including some chemicals from the Institute of Archaeology of Peking University.
Zhuang Rui had no other intention in concocting this nautical chart. He just wanted to find a title for his ocean salvage.
Another reason is that the treasure he wants to salvage this time has caused a great sensation in history. If the treasure comes to the surface, I believe that all eyes will be focused on the ins and outs of this matter.
It is said that Zhuang Rui designated a sea area for no reason and said there was a treasure underneath. This was too fantasy. In addition, Zhuang Rui's previous performance meant that he had to be watched, so Zhuang Rui spent a lot of effort and rushed it out overnight.
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Some friends have said that if someone recognizes that the nautical chart is fake, wouldn’t it be self-defeating?
But this kind of thing is basically impossible to happen. You must know that the most difficult thing about antiques is that they are both true and false. Just like some porcelain, the base is real, but the top is old. Often even experts are confused.
Can be fooled into it.
Zhuang Rui used this method to draw a nautical chart on a real parchment scroll, and used chemical means to make the stroke pattern older. Even if it is detected using carbon 14 techniques, it cannot be said to be fake.
This is the second time he has cheated, and he did it all by himself. Before he could hide it from the experts, Peng Fei found out. Can Zhuang Rui not be angry?
The first time you cheated? Of course it was the time you fooled the little devil. Speaking of which, let me mention the ceramic research institute that Zhuang Rui invested in Hebei.
With Zhuang Rui's financial support, Xu Guoqing successfully imitated three types of porcelain from the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty in the past two years. Although it cost a lot of money at the beginning, when the firing process and formula matured, the firing
Manufacturing costs have been reduced.
Because Xu Guoqing completely restored the firing process of Song porcelain, the porcelain he fired has extremely high artistic standards and collection value, which also made him famous in the ceramics industry. Many national museums have collected them.
his works.
As a result, the price of modern ceramic handicrafts produced by Xu Guoqing on the market is even higher than that of some official kiln porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty. This has also allowed Zhuang Rui to slowly recover his investment, and now maintains
On the basis of breaking even, profits have already begun.
However, Xu Guoqing imitated ancient porcelain in order to restore the lost Song porcelain firing process, while Zhuang Rui made this fake navigation chart to satisfy his own selfish desires and obtain the treasures.
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Of course, no matter how Peng Fei guessed, Zhuang Rui would not admit that this thing was imitated by him, otherwise he would not be able to explain how he could accurately find the sunken location.
"Boss Zhuang, my God, I think... I have found the sea area corresponding to this navigation chart..."
Just as Zhuang Rui and Peng Fei were sitting on the deck, drinking wine and chatting in the sea breeze, Clyde's shouting voice suddenly came to their ears. Looking back, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but laugh.
I wonder what Clyde has been doing in the past half hour? When he appeared on the deck, the hat on his head was already crooked, and even the neatly combed beard around his mouth was raised on one side, making him look extremely funny.
"Captain Clyde, I think a qualified captain should be a gentleman. Why are you acting like this?"
Zhuang Rui smiled and joked with Clyde. He had known him for several years, and this was the first time Zhuang Rui saw Clyde like this.
"Boss, I will prove to you whether I am a qualified captain. Let's not talk about it for now. You have already verified this place, right?"
Arriving in front of Zhuang Rui excitedly, Clyde ignored Zhuang Rui's joke and swept the beer on the coffee table in front of Zhuang Rui onto the deck. He couldn't wait to grab a navigation chart and parchment in his hand.
Spread on top.
"Of course, of course I already know where this place is..."
Zhuang Rui nodded, are you kidding me? Zhuang Rui almost asked Ouyang Lei to get the map of this sea area.
However, after much thought, Zhuang Rui still found the map online and made it vague so that it would be more in line with the characteristics of ancient navigation charts.
"Hey, boss, the sea area on this map is near Vigo Bay in the Atlantic Ocean, right?"
As Clyde spoke, he put the two nautical charts together in his hands, pointed at the two places where the lines were almost identical and said: "Boss, this is the treasure of the gold fleet, haha, we are going to be developed...
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Clyde, who has always been gentle and gentle, is now wearing his hat crookedly, with blue veins on his face, and gnashing his teeth, looking exactly like a modern Pirates of the Caribbean.
"Ahem, Captain Clyde, calm down, calm down..."
Seeing Clyde so excited, Zhuang Rui had to cool him down, "Captain Clyde, this is just a nautical chart. No one knows what is there, and it's been centuries.
It’s impossible to say that all the treasures inside may have been salvaged…”
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, boss, although there are people salvaging there every year, they haven't been able to catch anything valuable.
And did you see that the coordinate point of this map is not in Vigo Bay, but is nearly a hundred nautical miles away, and it is even less likely that anyone will pay attention there..."
Clyde's words really made Zhuang Rui look at him with admiration. That deviation was deliberately made by Zhuang Rui, and the actual location of the sunken ship was even higher.
Zhuang Rui originally wanted to find an opportunity to remind Clyde, but he didn't expect the old guy to figure it out himself, which saved Zhuang Rui a lot of trouble.
"Hey, hey, let me tell you, Brother Zhuang, Captain Clyde, can you two stop for a moment and tell me, what is this golden fleet and what is going on?"
The heated discussion between Clyde and Zhuang Rui left Peng Fei beside him confused as if he was in a fog. Peng Fei had never even passed the domestic history exam, let alone hundreds of foreign students.
It happened years ago.
"Uh, Captain Clyde, please give Peng Fei some knowledge in this area..."
Seeing Clyde's face flush with excitement, Zhuang Rui knew that if he didn't give this guy a chance to talk, he would probably have to kick him into the sea to wake him up.
"Peng, let me tell you, the Golden Fleet is the largest shipwreck treasure in the world. It happened..."
As expected, Clyde's ancestors were all pirates. When he mentioned things in the history of navigation, he was unambiguous and introduced the ins and outs of the gold fleet to Peng Fei.
To talk about this matter, we must first introduce the era and background at that time.
The incident occurred in 1702. At that time, Spain, the maritime hegemon, was competing with the British and Dutch forces for maritime hegemony. However, due to various reasons at that time, Spain's domestic finances were already in a very difficult situation.
In June 1702, a huge fleet of 17 large sailing ships was ordered to quickly transport gold, silver and jewelry plundered from South America back to Spain. This fleet was called the Golden Fleet in later generations.
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Just as the "Golden Fleet" sailed to the sea of the Azores Islands, a joint British and Dutch fleet suddenly blocked the way. This fleet of 150 warships forced the "Golden Fleet" to sail to Vigo Bay to escape.
The sea route was blocked by the British and French forces.
Faced with the siege of powerful enemies, it stands to reason that the only and best way is to unload the treasure from the ship and transport it by land to Madrid, the capital of Spain.
But there was a strange rule in Spain at that time: anything shipped from South America must first go to Seville for acceptance.
Rigid Spain did not dare to disobey orders and unload treasures from the ship. However, under the special order of Queen Marie de Savoie, a small part of the king and queen's gold and silver jewels were unloaded and transported by land to Madrid.
After besieging the Spanish fleet for a month, the British and Dutch coalition forces of about 30,000 people, under the command of Admiral Rooke, launched a fierce attack on Vigo Bay. The bombardment of 3,115 heavy artillery pieces destroyed the forts and barriers, and the Spanish defenders were all over the line.
Collapse, because the coalition forces were excited by the countless treasures in front of them, the battle progressed rapidly, and the harbor quickly fell.
At this time, Velasco, the commander-in-chief of the "Golden Fleet", was desperate. He ordered the ships carrying gold, silver and jewelry to be burned. In an instant, Vigo Bay turned into a sea of fire. Except for several sailing ships that were captured in time by the British and Dutch forces,
Most of them were buried under the sea.
After the war, people focused their attention on the treasures in these fleets.
According to estimates by the captured Spanish admiral Chacon, a total of about 4,000 to 5,000 carriages of gold and jewelry sank to the bottom of the sea on 17 galleons. This data made the British and Dutch at the time
Got crazy.
What makes people wonder is that even though the British took risks and dived into the sea many times, they only recovered very little loot. Therefore, these treasures strongly attracted countless treasure hunters.
Since then, groups of adventurers have appeared on the seabed nearly 1,000 miles away. Some of them have scooped up empty sunken ships, while others have obtained pure emeralds, amethysts, pearls, black amber and other jewelry and emeralds.
The search continues using modern technology and tools.
As time goes by, winds and waves have covered the treasure with thick sand, and many rumors have added a bit of mystery to the treasure, which undoubtedly brought too much trouble to the adventure.
