Chapter 553 of the Big Ship: Everyone gets the stolen goods
Salvage ship Maerssen.
This is a large deep-sea salvage ship. The front end of its hull is somewhat similar to a cruise ship. It can accommodate a large number of people to live and work at the same time. The back half of it is on a platform. Above this huge platform, there are several
A crane can pull things directly out of the sea water when needed.
At this time, on this platform, a somewhat obese middle-aged Western man stood there. He was wearing a baseball cap, a very ordinary T-shirt and jeans. He looked plain-looking. He was holding a hand in his right hand.
He held a plate and a vase in his left hand, both with exquisite sky blue patterns, and a smile on his face.
"Oriental porcelain is so exquisite and intoxicating!" He said with emotion: "The expert appraisal results have come out. This batch of porcelain is all from the four major oriental kiln systems during the Kangxi period. Almost every piece of it is
It’s a fine product.”
"Then shall we take action today?" Captain Nigel asked him.
"That's right, we'll do it tonight! If we can tow the whole sunken ship away, that would be the best. If it can't be towed away, we'll think of other ways." Mike Hatcher said calmly.
As the night gradually deepened, the Malsen set off again. The motor at its tail was roaring, driving the huge hull towards the sea area where the target was located. Almost every night, it would make such a journey.
Two hours later.
The Malsen once again came to the sea area that it visited every night. At the bow of the ship, several water ghosts put on their diving equipment and jumped off.
The sea where the sunken ship is located is not deep. After all, the sunken ship hit a reef and sank. The water where it is located is only more than thirty meters deep.
Mike Hatcher stood at the stern of the ship, watching the cables being thrown down, and then led by the water ghost to the place where the shipwreck was, and hooked each hook at the predetermined location of the shipwreck.
"Attention, prepare to salvage." Mike Hatcher shouted loudly.
The cables of several cranes began to move, and after slowly stretching, even the Malsen began to shake slightly.
The water ghosts were swimming back and forth around the sunken ship, watching the lifting process. Suddenly, with a snap, a hook on the hull dragged by the cable fell off!
The water ghosts were all experienced and quickly escaped, watching the cable swing like a whip in the water. If they were hit, they would definitely die immediately.
"Loosen the rope, what's going on?" Mike Hatcher asked angrily.
"The hull below has rotted and cannot withstand the force of our traction. We cannot lift it as a whole!" A water ghost showed his head and shouted to Mike Hatcher loudly.
Unable to lift as a whole!
Mike Hatcher's face turned gloomy. He couldn't lift it as a whole, which meant that the work would become much more difficult!
"Grab some goods first." Mike Hatcher said.
Those are all porcelain! Moreover, those who know about ancient cargo ships should know that porcelain belongs to the bottom of the ship. At the bottom of the ship, two people used to carry sticks to lift the boxes in. Water ghosts were needed to carry them in.
Lifting the box out was simply impossible.
However, experienced salvage boats also have their own methods. They hang a special grab on the rope at the end of the crane, and then, with the help of the water ghost, find a suitable position, directly grab the side of the hull, and then grab
To store the goods inside, boxes of porcelain were hoisted up using the crane above.
Seeing the porcelain being placed on the deck at the back, Mike Hatcher was extremely excited. To him, these were all money!
Time passed slowly, and more and more porcelain was brought on board. The water ghosts returned to the boat countless times, took a short rest, and then replaced the new gas cylinders, and the east had begun to show a slight fish belly white color.
"Mike, it's getting late, should we go?"
"No, let's try again." Mike Hatcher said: "If we can't tow the ship away, then we will hang a heavy hammer on the crane and smash everything below it to pieces."
Smashed to pieces? Nigel looked at Mike Hatcher in surprise: "Why?"
"Because things are rare and valuable," said Mike Hatcher.
There are hundreds of thousands of pieces of exquisite porcelain in this sunken ship. If all are salvaged, the number will be too much and they will definitely be worthless. He wants to take these porcelains to the auction, so it must be
Create a situation where items are scarce.
How to create it?
Of course, I smashed the ones that couldn’t be taken away!
Nigel felt a little sorry, but they had to listen to their boss, Mike Hatcher.
The crane started working again, and the stern of the ship was sinking slightly. After being salvaged for porcelain for a night, the weight of the sunken ship was also reducing. Therefore, as the crane exerted its force, the sunken ship below slowly began to shake.
Yes, it has been underwater for more than 180 years, and now it is about to see the light of day again!
Peng!
At this moment, another wire broke apart!
There was regret on Nigel's face: "It seems that the quality of that sunken ship was a bit poor."
"Hang up the lifting hammer and let's smash it to pieces!" Mike Hatcher said: "After the smashing is completed, we will set off to the high seas!"
At this time, the sky had begun to light up, and a water ghost flapping his flippers swam back, but he found a companion swimming in the opposite direction.
So, he followed him curiously, wanting to see if this companion planned to go to the sunken ship to get some good stuff. If he found any gold, silver, and jewelry inside, he could hide it and take it back, and he would make a fortune.
.
Even if the heavy hammer is about to fall later, they will still risk it.
However, the companion did not go towards the sunken ship, but continued to swim forward. He became even more curious and watched as the companion continued to swim forward for a while, and then a small submersible appeared.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When he saw the submersible, he immediately realized: No, there is something wrong!
He changed direction and swam back, wanting to go back and report the news, but unfortunately, it was too late.
The lone water ghost climbed into the submersible.
"Well done, Zhengyang." Qin Tao said, "We have notified the superiors to close the net."
The two failed hoistings just now were not because the underwater shipwreck of the past two hundred years had rotted away, but because Xu Zhengyang had tampered with it! Of course, at night, the sea water is also dark, and the water ghosts rely on a lamp above their heads.
Come to illuminate, you don't even know the existence of Xu Zhengyang, who is hidden in darkness.
The scuba tank can only last for about an hour. Xu Zhengyang went out three times. The first and third times he broke the lifting rope. The second time he went out, he brought a special machine with him.
underwater camera.
At this time, on the water, the crane of the Maerssen was lifting a heavy hammer, and a buzzing sound suddenly sounded on the sea in the distance. The sound was so loud that it made people feel chilly.
Mike Hatcher's face was gloomy. He looked at the three missile boats approaching at high speed, and suddenly thought of something: "Quick, throw everything we salvaged into the sea immediately, quick!"
The reason why they want to salvage at night is, of course, because they themselves are well aware of the law. No one will care if they salvage casually on the high seas. But if they go to the territorial waters of other countries to salvage, once they are caught, they will take the stolen goods.
Get it!
However, the speed of those catamaran missile boats was too fast. One second, I just heard the roar of the opponent's full speed, and the next second, the opponent's missile boat was already approaching!
This kind of specialized salvage boat has special gangways on the side to facilitate the water ghosts to launch into the water. Therefore, the soldiers on the missile boat can easily climb up the ladder and rush straight to the rear cabin.
At this time, only three or five boxes had been thrown down. After all, everyone was tired after working all night.
Mike Hatcher shouted loudly: "What are you doing? I am a British! You boarding our ships at will is a violation of our British sovereignty! I am going to sue you in the International Court of Justice!"
While talking, a beautiful small submersible floated up next to the salvage ship.
With the help of the soldiers on the deck, Qin Tao and several others jumped on the ship: "Mr. Mike Hatcher, since we have stepped on board, of course we have evidence. Just wait and serve your sentence with us!"
Mike Hatcher's expression changed drastically: "What evidence do you have? These boxes on my ship were salvaged from other places!"
"Really?" Where did you salvage it from other places?" Qin Tao's words contained ridicule.
"This is our trade secret!"
"Really? I have a video here, which shows you water ghosts cutting open the underwater sunken ship and then salvaging the box. Do you want to take a look?"
Although the water is dark at night, every water ghost will wear a light on his head, which can also form some bright spots under the water, especially during the process of salvage, the water ghosts are always next to them
As you watch, the lights clearly illuminate the salvage process.
Mike Hatcher's expression suddenly changed: "Where did you get the video?"
"Of course it was taken while you were working. Have you been tired all day long? We Orientals are hospitable. Now, go to our base to rest."
"Mr. Qin, will this cause any disputes if we do this?" Xu Zhengyang was a little worried.
"In our territorial waters, thieves or even robbers have come in. Can't we deal with them? Of course we have to use our laws to judge them and make them compensate us a large sum of money." Qin Tao said: "Let this
Mike Hatcher even vomited out his profits to us!"
Qin Tao's words were resounding, and Yang Lin on the side also sighed with emotion, Mr. Qin said so well!
We have already stood up!
"Now, since we have this ship in hand, we can salvage the sunken ship below again. By the way, this trial can be placed in Sansha or Qiongzhou," Qin Tao said.
Now that the ship has been impounded, of course it must be put into use. This is a local case after all, so it can be handled directly by the local government.
Since no one was causing trouble, the whole sunken ship came out of the water that afternoon and was towed by a salvage ship in the direction of Qiongzhou.
Yang Lin was extremely excited. This was the first time that an underwater sunken ship was successfully salvaged, and it was salvaged as a whole. It has more underwater archaeological value, especially the construction techniques of ancient ships, etc., which are more valuable than these porcelains.
Looking at the wooden boat being dragged behind, Xu Zhengyang was a little curious: "Mr. Qin, how come this boat hasn't rotted after it has been underwater for so long?"
"Well, don't ask me about this, you have to ask these archaeological experts." Qin Tao said.
Yang Lin had a proud smile on his face: "This is the great invention of our ancient shipbuilding craftsmen. The wooden boats they made have advanced technology and are painted with various paints on the surface. They can be stored underwater for a long time without using
It is said that it is two hundred years old. The Nanjing No. 1 we discovered is already eight hundred years old and is still well preserved. Unfortunately, we are not able to salvage it. Once a special salvage ship is built this time, we can officially salvage it."
In the early 1980s, three team members from the British Ocean Exploration Company discovered in an old newspaper that in 1772, a ship named "Leinburg" sank due to a typhoon in the Eastern Sea. This "Leinburg"
"" was carrying a large amount of cargo, including 6 boxes of silver and more than 300 tons of tin ingots.
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Considering that the "Leinburg" sank in the South China Sea, the British Ocean Exploration Company filed an application to cooperate with China in salvage. It can be seen that this is a formal process. First, the ship must belong to its own country, and secondly, it must belong to its own country.
Contact the country in the sea where the sunken ship is located and salvage it openly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In 1987, the cooperation was reached and the location of the sunken ship was found. Unfortunately, there was too much mud, so they used a grab to grab it directly. As a result, 200 people were caught.
Many treasures: bronze ware, lacquer ware, iron ware, pottery and porcelain. After identification, these treasures come from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and come from different kiln sites such as DZ and Longquan. Most of them can be designated as national first-class or second-class
cultural relics.
Later analysis: This sunken ship must not be the "Leinburg" that the British were looking for. The British were also very sensible and gave up after confirming it. Later, in order to salvage this sunken ship, from 1987 to 2001, the country invested
Several hundred million were spent, and it was only in April 2001 that official salvage began.
In addition to cultivating underwater archaeological talents, these funds are used to build underwater archaeological equipment, especially a professional salvage ship!
This is the first time in the country. All shipyards have no experience, so it is most suitable to hand it over to Mingzhou Group. Even without this operation, they would have ordered from Mingzhou Group, but with the participation of Mr. Qin
, this matter was done beautifully.
At this time, when he heard Yang Lin talking about this matter, Qin Tao thought of something: "Then, when you salvage it, I'm afraid it won't be easy. After all, the ship is already in the mud and has passed by.
With a history of eight hundred years, if it was lifted directly, it would probably rot even if no one did anything."
"Yes, it is indeed a problem. If it cannot be lifted as a whole, then we can only salvage it separately and then restore it."
Qin Tao shook his head: "This won't work. Separating it first and then restoring it will greatly reduce the archaeological value. You have to lift it as a whole."
"How to lift it in one piece?" Yang Lin asked: "Mr. Qin, do you have any idea?"
"It's very simple. When the time comes, make a special caisson, salvage the entire ship and the nearby sediment, and then slowly clean it up after returning."
"Mr. Qin, it seems that I will have to help the Mingzhou Group when the time comes!"
Mike Hatcher sank in the east, and was stolen while secretly salvaging the sunken ship. The news soon spread throughout the world, and everyone looked at it with surprised eyes.
How could Dongfang start so quickly?
"According to our cultural relics protection law, no so-called treasure hunters are welcome on the territory of our motherland. All cultural relics on our territory, whether on land or sea, belong to our country! Therefore, criminal suspects
Mike Hatcher tried to salvage the sunken ship from our territorial waters and took a large number of precious cultural relics for himself, which is a serious illegal and criminal act!"
The trial of the case is also very fast and vigorous, just to shock those so-called treasure hunters and let them know that there is a price to pay for stealing in the eastern seas.
"The main criminal, Mike Hatcher, was sentenced to a fine of 20 million US dollars and a three-year prison sentence!"
"Oh, no, you can't do this, I am a British! If you do this, my motherland will not let you go!"
In the courtroom, Mike Hatcher shouted.
"No matter where you are from, as long as you commit a crime in our land, you will be judged by our laws!"
On Shuangsha Island.
Qin Tao was sitting on a lounge chair on the beach basking in the sun, holding a coconut in his arms and inserting a straw and coconut juice.
On the side was Lin Liang, sitting on a small horse, fanning Qin Tao.
"How about it, Mr. Qin, isn't our resort good?"
"Well, it's pretty good." Qin Tao nodded: "Next, we need to increase our publicity efforts, find some beautiful women, and shoot some promotional posters."
Hearing Qin Tao say this, Lin Liang was a little dumbfounded: "Mr. Qin, are you saying that we have to rely on women to publicize? Rather than that, we would rather not publicize."
"Village Chief Lin, look, are you vulgar? Where did you want to go?" Qin Tao said: "Our place is not a place of prostitution, of course we don't need to find that kind of woman, what we are looking for is a normal woman, think about it
, any of you gentlemen want to go out for a trip if you have nothing to do, this is something only prodigal women would do, our publicity must impress their hearts."
Lin Liang thought about it seriously and then nodded. I have to say that what Mr. Qin said is really the truth!
According to their operations during this period, it can be found that women usually take the initiative to travel to the island, and the men are the followers. They not only carry the women's bags, but also take photos.
While they were chatting, a soldier from the base got off a motorcycle and quickly ran to Qin Tao's side.
"Mr. Qin, I have a telegram for you!"
If you are on land, it will of course be very convenient to make phone calls, but it is different on an island.
If it's not too far from the mainland, maybe you can lay a cable to get there, but for places like Shuangsha Island, which are thousands of kilometers away from the mainland, it's impossible to lay a cable at all.
Either use expensive satellite phones, or use the oldest telegraph method, and the telegraph can be kept confidential.
"Telegram?" Qin Tao picked it up curiously: "What's the matter?"
Now that he is here, Qin Tao plans to relax and have a rest. It is indeed a pity that he did not bring his wife here, but he should live happily by himself.
It never occurred to me that there are too many things to do and there is always no time to rest.
Qin Tao had already had a premonition of something, but when he picked it up, he was surprised.
"Sail training ship? What's wrong with the Navy? You actually want to order a sail training ship from our Mingzhou Group?" Qin Tao was extremely curious.
Originally, he thought it would take a few years until the navy had sufficient funds before it could invest in building such a ship. After all, the navy's main warships were still waiting to be refitted, and there was absolutely no luxury to get a sail training ship for fun.
"Mr. Qin, shall we go back?"
"Of course I went back." Qin Tao said: "They came directly to the door and are waiting at the shipyard of our Mingzhou Group."
So, Qin Tao ended his trip to Shuangsha Island like this. He could even imagine that when he comes back next time, this place will definitely be built even better.
After hurriedly returning to Mingzhou Group, Qin Tao saw Zheng Ming with an expectant look on his face.
"Mr. Qin, this task is a bit difficult. I wonder if Mingzhou Group can build this sail training ship within three months."
"Three months? Do you think you are building a toy boat?" Qin Tao immediately began to express his dissatisfaction: "Three months is enough time for our Mingzhou Group to design."
This is a sailboat, a vessel that has long been eliminated. No shipyard in the country has ever manufactured it. Just designing it takes a long time.
"Besides, this kind of ship is used to train students, so there is no need to rush the construction deadline." Qin Tao continued.
"We have a special purpose." Zheng Ming said: "Mr. Qin, this project is of great importance. I hope you can complete this glorious and arduous task. The task requires that its collision angle must be strong."
Collision? After hearing Zheng Ming's words, Qin Tao opened his eyes wide: "Is this ship used for a special purpose of ramming the enemy?"