"Gong Zhang, thank you for your hard work and keep an eye on me. I'll go out and pick you up..."
Although he cursed in his heart, Zhuang Rui still went to greet the teacher when he came. Moreover, he was the only one majoring in archeology on the ship, and there was a serious shortage of relevant technical personnel.
After the sunken ship surfaced, tens of thousands of ancient cultural relics on it needed to be sorted and sorted. Even if Zhuang Rui was exhausted, he couldn't finish it by himself, so it was necessary to seek help from the country.
Of course, the ownership of this batch of sunken cultural relics still belongs to Zhuang Rui. The most these people come here is to add the title of participating in China's first successful deep-sea salvage. Zhuang Rui does not take this honor very seriously.
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"Brother Zhuang, did they bring a tugboat?"
Peng Fei also came to the deck from the control room and stood with Zhuang Rui on the side of the ship next to the spiral ladder to greet the experts arriving from China.
"That's their business, we don't need it anyway..."
Zhuang Rui curled his lips when he heard this. Some relevant departments in the country are not generous enough in what they do. They look at it with curiosity. They use tugboats to tow the sunken ship? They are reluctant to let it go. How can those people think of it?
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Professor Meng and his party transferred to a small boat and finally boarded the deck. Zhuang Rui hurriedly greeted them and said: "Teacher, please come here in person. The students are feeling uneasy..."
Professor Meng was originally in charge of the excavation of Liu Xiu's tomb in Henan Province, and the work has made great progress. More than ten discoveries have been continuously excavated that can fill the gaps in domestic archaeology, and have attracted considerable attention at home and abroad.
But when Professor Meng heard the news that Zhuang Rui was salvaging a sunken ship in the South China Sea, and received Zhuang Rui's call for help, he immediately put down the work at hand, convened a group of domestic underwater salvage experts and archaeologists, and rushed here overnight.
Not to mention, this friendship is indeed heavy.
"Don't talk like a businessman to the teacher..."
Professor Meng looked at Zhuang Rui with feigned anger, and then said: "But Xiao Zhuang, after these objects are salvaged, we must study them carefully first, and don't rush to put them in the museum..."
Professor Meng is not really angry. As a teacher, if you can see the achievements of your students, you will definitely feel as sweet as eating honey. Moreover, Zhuang Rui’s project this time will also fill the gap in the country’s underwater archeology. Professor Meng will
At that time, I only felt happy.
"I will do whatever you say, teacher, just do what you say..."
Professor Meng's words made Zhuang Rui smile bitterly: "Yes, I just said that I was a businessman, and now I'm starting to bargain...".
However, Zhuang Rui had no reason to refuse the teacher's request. This was equivalent to someone dating these shipwreck cultural relics for free.
"Well, you already know these guys. No need for me to introduce you. Please tell us about the salvage situation..."
Professor Meng came with him, not only from the archaeological field, but also several experts in the appraisal of antique ceramics. Zhuang Rui has been in this industry for several years, and he is no stranger to these people.
Behind several experts, there were also seven or eight young people who looked like they were in their early twenties. Zhuang Rui knew that these should be students from the school who came to practice. For them, there are not many such opportunities.
Seen.
"Xiaozhuang, if you don't take action, it will cause a lot of noise if you do..."
The person who spoke was an old acquaintance of Zhuang Rui, Professor Tian from the Palace Museum. Since the last "Cizhou Official Kiln Incident", Zhuang Rui and Professor Tian have become close friends and have a very good relationship.
"Hehe, Teacher Tian, when you say this, I will be proud..."
Zhuang Rui smiled and let the group of people into the monitoring room inside the platform. Of course, the students were left outside, curiously watching the work of the floating crane. Everything on the sea was very novel to them.
"What Lao Tian said is right, Xiaozhuang, you have brought us a lot of surprises in the past two years..." Professor Meng and Zhuang Rui walked side by side, but they were filled with emotion in their hearts.
At first, Zhuang Rui found the Dingguang Sword, which confirmed the existence of the legendary ancient imperial sword. Later, he found pirate treasures overseas, which made Chinese archeology a big hit in the world.
Even the recent excavation of the tomb of the Han Dynasty emperor in Henan Province is inseparable from Zhuang Rui. If he hadn't followed the clues and let the two powerful brothers lead the way, the emperor's tomb would have been destroyed at the hands of tomb robbers.
Now Zhuang Rui is even more worried. Deep-water archeology has always been a blind spot in the Chinese archaeological community. The country has spent more than ten years and failed to salvage Nanhai No. 1, which has been surveyed for a long time.
Zhuang Rui's first attempt was to salvage a sunken ship at a depth of three thousand meters. The technical difficulty can be imagined, which is also rare in the history of deep-water salvage in the world.
"Gong Zhang, this is my mentor Professor Meng, teacher, this is the commander-in-chief in charge of this salvage work, Gong Zhang..."
As he spoke, he entered the monitoring room on the platform. Zhuang Rui introduced several staff members in the room to Professor Meng and others. When it comes to salvaging the sunken ship, it is these people who rely on it.
"Professor Meng, I've heard of you for a long time. Now that you're here, I will hand over the commander-in-chief..."
After Zhuang Rui introduced Professor Meng to Zhang Gong, Zhang Gong was immediately ready to relieve his burden. He had been paying attention to the underwater situation day and night in the past few days. Zhang Gong was much more haggard than when he arrived.
"No, there are specialties in art. You can ask me to introduce the history, but the old man doesn't understand these things. Zhang Gong, you continue to direct. What happens after the ship is salvaged is my job..."
Professor Meng waved his hand and said with a smile, but he took a few steps forward and stared at the ancient sunken ship that was slowly floating upward.
At this time, the ancient sunken ship was still one to two hundred meters deep from the sea surface. Even without the use of bright lights, the outline of the sunken ship could still be vaguely seen.
"That's right, it's a shipwreck from the Song Dynasty. You see, the ship's high bow and smooth lines are indeed the characteristics of Song Dynasty ships. Xiaozhuang, you have filled a gap in the country's deep-water archeology this time..."
Professor Meng looked at the ancient ship wrapped in fishing nets on the screen with a look of fascination. Not to mention the value of the objects in this sunken ship, this sunken ship alone has considerable significance for the study of ancient Chinese navigation history.
value.
"Those people from the Ministry of Transportation can go home and plant sweet potatoes. It's such a shame..."
Professor Tian suddenly said something to the side, which made Zhuang Rui a little stunned and asked: "Teacher Tian, what does this have to do with the Ministry of Transportation?"
"Why is it none of their business? This shipwreck salvage work must be carried out with their consent and guidance. However, it has been more than ten years since the discovery of Nanhai No. 1, and a lot of things have been salvaged from it, but the entire ship is still missing.
Izuku, compared to you, these are just a bunch of guys who steal vegetarian meals..."
Professor Tian was a little indignant. He himself was engaged in research on ancient ceramics. Of course he wanted to get more actual porcelain exported from the Song Dynasty. However, over the years, the state has not recovered as much as private fishermen.
Zhuang Rui only learned after hearing Professor Tian's explanation that salvaging sunken ships in China must be approved by the Ministry of Transportation, and the salvage must be directed by experts sent by them.
As for those qualified salvage companies, nine out of ten are affiliated companies of the ministry. Their professional skills are not very good, but there are many people who work for free.
After hearing this statement, Zhuang Rui felt very happy in his heart, "Brother, it's a good thing that I didn't go to the country to make plans, otherwise I'm afraid I would have had a few layers of skin scraped off by those gentlemen."
After sitting in the monitoring room for a while, Zhang Gong stood up and said: "Mr. Zhuang, Professor Meng, in half an hour at most, the sunken ship is about to surface. Let's go outside and wait..."
"Okay, everyone, go out and pay attention to safety and don't lean on the side of the boat..."
Zhuang Rui nodded and told several experts that the hull of the ship was tens of meters high. If one fell off the ship, even if there was sea water below, he would be seriously injured if not killed by the shock.
When they heard that the sunken ship was about to come out of the water, everyone became excited and walked out of the control room together to the deck between the platform and the floating crane.
The floating crane and platform of the cruise ship form a triangle, and the middle position is where the sunken ship comes out of the water. At this moment, the deck is full of people.
Not only the platform staff, but also the crew saw this situation for the first time, and they all came over to watch the fun. The bearded captain even came in person, using a telescope to observe the sea surface as if nothing was going on.
But the most eye-catching combination is of course the King Kong combination. There is a little guy sitting on King Kong's shoulder, and he is slithering around in the crowd excitedly. This guy is crazy on his own, and the more people there are, the happier he is.
Zhuang Rui didn't have time to teach King Kong a lesson at the moment. He stared at the sea and used his spiritual energy to sense the rising sunken ship.
"Fifty meters..."
"Forty meters..."
"Twenty meters..."
"Ten meters..."
Real-time data came continuously from the intercom, and when it reached five meters, the calm seawater began to roll, and a tall wooden pole appeared on the sea. Zhuang Rui knew that it was a broken mast.
"Out!"
"Look, the big ship is coming out..."
"It's all made of wood, and there are a lot of things on the boat..."
After more than a week of intense work, this ancient sunken ship from the Song Dynasty finally surfaced from the sea, revealing its mysterious veil.
For a moment, all the staff on the cruise ship cheered, and many people took off their hats and threw them high into the sky.
The emergence of the sunken ship not only represents the completion of their work, but also refreshes the history of deep-water salvage in China. At this moment, everyone's heart is filled with joy.
Through the gap in the middle of the fishing net, you can clearly see that the wood of this ancient ship is slightly reddish, and the hull is not decayed. Except for the broken mast, it is basically in good condition.
