"So the country is archeology, and you can only excavate by robbery at best. Your destructive excavations have caused a lot of losses." Liu Xu rolled his eyes at Han Kongque and said.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "Stealing? Compared with others, my methods are very gentle, especially in the industry of salvaging sunken ships. I am not only a novice, but also a flower protector."
"You should say he is the treasure protector." Han Ronghua said with a smile.
Han Kongque nodded and said, "That's okay? In order to obtain huge economic benefits in the auction market, he actually ordered the smashing of more than 600,000 pieces of Chinese sea-harvested porcelain. This brought more than just pain and shock to the Chinese people."
, a professional treasure hunter who haunts libraries around the world with the passion of a student and devotes his life to searching for Chinese shipwrecks in the South China Sea. His many salvage operations have made him the richest salvager, and there are countless legendary reports about him.
For example, in 1984, the 'Goedemaerssen' porcelain was later entrusted to Christie's in the Netherlands, and Hatcher received more than 20 million US dollars.
Domestic experts went to bid with US$30,000. They had priority as they held plate No. 1, but in the end they did not even have a chance to raise their placards. The auction prices of the porcelain were more than 10 times the estimated price. The bidding continued throughout the auction.
It went up, and 30,000 US dollars could not be exchanged for a piece of sea-harvested porcelain, and more than 200,000 pieces of Chinese sea-harvested porcelain were all sold to his family.
What is even more surprising is that in less than a year, many porcelains were auctioned for 10 to 15 times the auction price. It was the huge economic benefits of this auction that inspired Hatcher.
In 1999, the "East India Navigation Guide" discovered clues to the sunken ship of the Chinese "Tai Xing".
According to records, this was a merchant ship carrying more than 1 million pieces of Fujian and Jiandehua porcelain. Finally, on May 12, Hatcher was surprised to find a pile of porcelain 4 meters high and covering an area of more than 400 square meters on the seabed.
After all were salvaged, Hatcher smashed more than 600,000 pieces in order to gain huge economic benefits. At the subsequent nine-day auction in Germany, Hatcher received US$30 million.
It can be said that it was this ‘number one treasure hunter’ who pushed China’s salvaged porcelain to the top of the market and became the new darling of the auction market. If I don’t study such a legend carefully, I would really be sorry for myself.”
Liu Xu looked at Han Peacock in confusion and said, "Why are you talking about this person? Did you confront him in the South China Sea this time?"
Han Kongque shook his head and said, "Am I that restless?"
Liu Xu said: "You are so restless. Tell me! Then who do you want to plot? I don't believe you sent the Shenlong into the muddy pool of the South China Sea just for a secret book on raising gu that you don't know exists.
water."
Han Peacock smiled and said: "Those who know me well, this time I am dealing with a company called Nanhai Marine Archeology Company."
Liu Xu thought for a while and said: "Is it the provider of the two special auctions of sea-harvested porcelain that were auctioned by Jiade Four Seasons on December 10, 2005 and December 16, 2006? I remember that the porcelain in both auctions came from Sweden.
Stan’s Nanhai Marine Archeology Company. This company is a Swedish company based in Malaysia, right?”
Han Kongque nodded and said: "This company started salvaging ancient shipwrecks in 1990, and by 2005 it had discovered 10 ancient shipwrecks. The earlier Tanjong Sinban was an 11th-century shipwreck, and the latest was Disha in the Qing Dynasty.
The name says it sank in 1830.
From the 10 shipwrecks they salvaged, it can be seen that the trade in the South China Sea for nine centuries was mainly Chinese ceramics. Until the late 14th century, all the ceramics on the shipwrecks were produced in China. Most of the ceramics on the two auctions came from the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty discovered in 2003.
and the Qing Dynasty shipwreck Disharu. The former is mainly blue and white porcelain, while the latter is purple sand ware, and there are fewer porcelains with other glazes.
Wanli blue and white porcelain is mostly made of various types of plates, bowls, pots, gourd bottles, covered jars, military holders, etc. Purple clay wares are mainly pots. The Ming Wanli type porcelain was first auctioned, and the transaction price was higher at 50,000
Yuan and above,,.
The price of the second South China Sea porcelain auction was significantly higher than the first one.
The auction has attracted the attention of public and private collection institutions in mainland China. Henan and Nanshou Museum alone bid for 10 blue and white porcelain plates from Wanli. According to research, this batch of blue and white porcelain was produced at the entrance of the Guanyin Pavilion kiln in Jingdezhen."
"So this company is pretty good, and they have the sunken ship you're interested in?" Liu Xu said.
Han Kongque nodded and said: "Most of the porcelain on the sunken ship this time is blue and white porcelain. After being soaked on the seabed for hundreds of years, salt has infiltrated into it. However, they only need to be desalted in clean water to keep this batch of porcelain intact.
Most of the porcelain salvaged is produced by private kilns. Judging from the craftsmanship, it is a product from the Fujian, Jianrao and Ping areas. It probably dates from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty..."
Han Peacock talked about some general information about porcelain. As for the details, such as the differences in patterns, these catkins and Han Ronghua were definitely not interested, so Han Peacock just mentioned it briefly, but the value of this batch of porcelain is huge, Han Peacock
Peacock has made it clear.
"Did you snatch it from them?" Liu Xu asked directly.
Han Peacock smiled and said, "I'm not that violent."
"So how did you do it?" Liu Xu was also a little curious.
Han Kongque said with a smile: "There was a nuclear submarine following the Shenlong at that time, so from the nuclear submarine, you can dive directly into the sunken ship."
"That means stealing? This method is quite mild, so you have succeeded?" Liu Xu said.
Han Kongque smiled even more happily: "We have succeeded a long time ago, but if we don't salvage all the things in the sunken ship, wouldn't we suffer a loss?"
"You are the typical representative who will suffer a loss if you don't get the money. Now that you have the result, can you leave Yangcheng?" Liu Xu sneered.
Han Kongque said: "Wait a little longer! Although I saw some photos of the porcelain, it is not the real thing after all. I want to see the real thing before returning to the Magic City."
"You lied to me?" Liu Xu looked into Han Peacock's eyes and said with a half-smile.
"How is that possible?" Han Kongque said without blinking.
"You must have lied to me. Are there many sunken ships in the South China Sea?" Liu Xu blinked and looked at Han Peacock with a smile.
Han Peacock put away his smile and said: "Of course there are many sunken ships over there, but this is not a matter of one or two days, so I am not so greedy. Just wait here for a few days, and the Shenlong will be there in a few days."
came back."
Liu Xu rolled her eyes at Han Kongque and said, "I don't believe what you said at all. I think you will never mention him."
Han Peacock walked to Liuxu and said to Han Ronghua: "Ronghua, do you think it is lucky or unfortunate for such a smart woman to be your sister-in-law?"
"Of course I'm lucky." Han Ronghua said without hesitation.
Han Peacock said with a smile: "Who let him have many clues about the shipwreck in his hands!"
Seeing what Han Kongque said so matter-of-factly, both Liu Xu and Han Ronghua were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.
"Brother, do you know what you are doing?" Han Ronghua said in disbelief.
Han Peacock looked at Liu Xu, who said: "That guy is a criminal in our eyes, but we have no right to judge him."
Han Peacock nodded with satisfaction and said: "I don't want to judge him, I just want him to atone for his sins."
"Where is he now?" Liu Xu asked with a headache.
Han Peacock smiled and said: "He is helping me salvage a sunken ship."
The reason why Han Peacock kidnapped the British guy was purely luck. The guy was used to eating sweet persimmons here in the South China Sea, so naturally he would not let go of this way to make a fortune.
Therefore, he took advantage of the arrival of the monsoon to visit the South China Sea again, and happened to be encountered by Han Peacock's Shenlong.
Han Kongque appointed Bai Xiaoyi and the others to collect information about ancient treasures. The South China Sea is naturally a top priority. For thousands of years, many merchant ships carrying the dreams of merchants for profit and the wish of a strong empire have come from Quan, Zhou and other places.
, Yangcheng and other ports set sail to Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and Africa. Many of them sank at the bottom of the sea, waiting for people to discover the wealth they deposited.
Naturally, it is not only the Korean peacocks that are paying attention to this place from all over the world, but also more capable treasure hunters.
Driven by huge commercial interests, there are a large number of "treasure hunters" active in the world who specialize in commercial salvage of underwater cultural relics, and the South China Sea is their "paradise". In the 1980s, Filipino fishermen discovered a treasure hunt in the South China Sea.
An ancient Chinese shipwreck from the 15th century was recovered, and many porcelains were salvaged.
The news spread like wildfire, and with the help of advanced detection equipment, Hatcher salvaged several sunken ships in the South China Sea and made huge profits.
In 1999, he salvaged the Taixing, a Qing Dynasty sunken ship known as the "Titanic of the East" in the South China Sea. In order to facilitate transportation and raise the price, he broke more than 600,000 pieces of ordinary porcelain and obtained 30 million yuan.
A dollar windfall.
"One sunken ship contains ten ancient tombs" is a saying in the cultural relics world. The wealth on the sunken ship has triggered a salvage boom at home and abroad.
Of course, Han Peacock is one of them now. This time, Han Peacock was very ruthless. The salvage ship of the Nanhai Marine Archeology Company was directly sent to the bottom of the sea by the Shenlong on a stormy night. (To be continued.