After explaining the origin of the gold fleet to Peng Fei, Captain Clyde's dark face suddenly showed a red glow. It was obvious that he was full of hope for this salvage.
The reason why Clyde is so excited is also because of Zhuang Rui. Whether it is salvaging a sunken ship from the Song Dynasty or re-salvaging the "Awa Maru" after decades, the final result is exciting.
So although Clyde didn't know much about Zhuang Rui's other magic, those two shots alone gave him full confidence in Zhuang Rui.
Zhuang Rui nodded when he heard this and said: "Yes, a total of seventeen large sailing ships filled with treasures sank to the bottom of the sea that year, and there were at least hundreds of cabins containing gold.
However, according to records, only two sunken ships have been salvaged in the past few centuries, which means that there are more than ten sunken ships full of gold, silver and jewelry on the seabed.
If we can successfully salvage a few sunken ships, then I think this salvage can become one of the major events that shocks the 21st century..."
"That's right, boss, our names will definitely be recorded in the history of navigation. This will be a great salvage operation..."
Zhuang Rui's words made Captain Clyde clenched his fists, as if the sunken ship had been found and the gold had been salvaged. He didn't look like a captain who had lived at sea for decades.
The old captain.
"Ahem, Clyde, it will definitely happen, I'm confident..."
Zhuang Rui coughed several times after being told by the bearded captain. Isn't this foreigner too easy to be brainwashed? Even Zhuang Rui himself is not very clear about the specific situation of the sunken ship.
This sunken treasure was what Zhuang Rui noticed when he went to "Xuan Rui Island" from Africa. However, because the route at that time was still far away from Vigo Bay, Zhuang Rui only vaguely noticed that there was a strong aura in that sea area.
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Zhuang Rui, who was in a hurry to return to "Xuan Rui Island", didn't pay much attention to it, and he didn't know that there was the treasure left over from the naval battle in the seventeenth century.
But after the conversation with Huangfu Yun, when he knew that he was so poor that he almost had no food to eat, Zhuang Rui began to wonder if he wanted to get wealth from the sea?
After recalling the treasures he had memorized from several Pacific shipwrecks, Zhuang Rui discovered that those shipwreck treasures rarely contained gold, and most of them were cargo ships. Over the past few hundred years, even if the goods inside did not decay, they would probably not be sold for much.
The price is up.
After thinking about it again and again, Zhuang Rui remembered the coordinates in the Atlantic Ocean that he had written down this time, so he found the map, checked the coordinates in detail, and found that the sea area was about 100 meters away from where the gold fleet sank in the 17th century.
The places are only more than 100 nautical miles apart.
Compared with the several sunken treasures that Zhuang Rui recorded in the Pacific, the rumors of the gold fleet were obviously more attractive, so Zhuang Rui made the "navigation chart" overnight to fool Clyde like a gorilla in heat.
Generally excited.
Peng Fei, who was sitting aside, saw the heated discussion between Zhuang Rui and Clyde. He couldn't help but pointed at the map and asked: "Brother Zhuang, which country do the coordinates on this map belong to?"
"In the Age of Discovery, Vigo Bay belonged to Spain, but now it should belong to Portugal, because not far from here is the Azores Islands, which is Portuguese territory..."
To be honest, Zhuang Rui couldn't tell which country's territorial waters it belonged to, so he immediately looked at Clyde.
"Yes, after the defeat of Spain, its maritime power was greatly reduced, and many colonies were divided up by the British, Dutch and Portuguese..." Clyde nodded. As a European, he knew more about these histories than Zhuang Rui.
of more detail.
"Ahem, let me tell you, Brother Zhuang, since it is Portugal's territorial waters, can others allow you to salvage the sunken ship with great fanfare? I think if you don't send warships to chase us away, it will be a big trouble..."
After hearing Clyde's words, Peng Fei showed a puzzled expression. These European countries are not like small countries like the Congo. It must not be that easy to blatantly go to other people's territory to hunt for treasures.
"Peng Fei, you don't understand this. First of all, this coordinate point may not be within Portugal's territorial waters. It may also be on the high seas. Secondly, even if it is within Portugal's territorial waters, they will not interfere.
Our treasure hunt is..."
After hearing Peng Fei's question, Zhuang Rui laughed, but when he saw Peng Fei still had a confused expression on his face, he continued: "Foreign laws are different from those in our country. They encourage private exploration and treasure hunting.
And the government will also provide certain help..."
Zhuang Rui is telling the truth. It may be that many countries in Europe made their fortunes from maritime plunder in the Middle Ages. Even in modern times, the spirit of adventure still exists in their bones.
Therefore, the laws enacted by many countries in Europe, including the United Kingdom, allow private exploration and archaeological excavations.
As long as you report it to the relevant local departments, you can carry a shovel and excavate on non-privately owned land, and all the things excavated will be privately owned, and you will not have to pay a penny of tax.
Of course, this kind of excavation also has many restrictions. It cannot be carried out on the basis that it cannot damage public facilities and the surrounding environment. If you dig up the city hall, you will definitely not be able to escape the crime of damaging public property.
There is a retired old man in the UK who walks around with a shovel all day long. After more than ten years, he actually dug up antiques worth millions of pounds. If this were placed in China, he would be a ten millionaire.
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"Is there such a thing? If China allows this, I'm afraid there won't even be a tile left in Qin Shihuang's mausoleum..."
Peng Fei was amazed when he heard this, but obviously, this situation is definitely not suitable for China. Otherwise, with China's population base and eager desire to get rich, if one person shovels it down, there will probably be no complete land except for cities.
Zhuang Rui curled his lips when he heard this and said: "The national conditions of each country are different. Many countries in Europe have a very short history and there are not many civilized sites or tombs underground, so this law can be passed. Countries like Egypt and Greece, you go and try it out
Try? Just arrest you and throw you into jail..."
You must know that China is not the only country with ancient civilization on this planet. Many Western countries have civilizations not much later than China. The term tomb robber also applies to those countries.
"By the way, Captain Clyde, please inform the relevant countries that we are going to search and salvage the area where the gold fleet sank in Vigo Bay, and ask them to cooperate..."
After Zhuang Rui explained to Peng Fei, he turned to look at Clyde. He was not sure whether the place where the sunken ship was found was on the high seas. If not, he still had to coordinate with the country in the sea area. After all, territorial waters and territory
All are sacrosanct.
"Okay, boss, don't worry, just leave these things to me..."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Clyde nodded repeatedly. In some European countries, reporting for an expedition is just like a ship docking at a port. It is not a very complicated matter.
After nearly five days of sea voyage, the "Xuan Rui" finally arrived in the waters near the Azores Islands.
Zhuang Rui did not let the Xuan Rui go directly to the coordinate point on the navigation chart. Instead, he circled around the Vigo Bay for nearly 800 nautical miles, which took another two days.
Others don't know what Zhuang Rui means, but in the past two days, Zhuang Rui has clearly explored this sea area that is nearly a thousand nautical miles long. The specific locations of the sunken ships have also been revealed by Zhuang Rui.
Found it.
What makes Zhuang Rui a little strange is that these sunken ships are not actually in Vigo Bay, but are almost three hundred nautical miles away from Vigo Bay. They are all piled up around a protrusion that looks like a submarine volcano.
What makes Zhuang Rui even more confused is that unlike other submarine volcanoes where a large number of organisms exist around them, there are very few marine organisms in this sea area, and even plankton are rarely seen.
However, Zhuang Rui didn't care about this. The ocean is far more mysterious and complex than land. Perhaps the water quality in this sea area is not suitable for the survival of marine life.
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"Clyde, have you determined the nature of the sea area at this coordinate point?"
Sitting in Clyde's spacious captain's cabin, he could clearly see the sea ahead through the glass window in front of him. Zhuang Rui was staring at a navigation chart spread on the table at a coordinate point on it.
It's marked with a red mark.
Clyde didn't know why Zhuang Rui marked a mark on the map. That mark seemed to be quite different from the navigation chart Zhuang Rui took out, but he still answered honestly: "Boss, that's the high seas.
It does not belong to any country, but one hundred and twenty nautical miles to the north is Portugal’s territorial waters..."
"Records from centuries ago may not be true..."
Zhuang Rui looked at the confused bearded captain and said: "According to the Spanish admiral's dictation, all the ships sank in Vigo Bay, but I think this may be because he deliberately induced the Anglo-Dutch coalition forces.
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Otherwise, how could it be possible that only two sunken ships were found in Vigo Bay? So I judged that most of the sunken ships in the gold fleet were washed out at that time, but they sank in other places due to serious damage to the hull..."
To be honest, Zhuang Rui was also puzzled by the location of those sunken ships. They were obviously sunk in Vigo Bay, so why did they appear three hundred nautical miles away?
But for this salvage operation, Zhuang Rui could only talk nonsense, and he didn't expect Clyde to believe it.
