As long as the diving bell does not malfunction, ordinary giant fish in the sea can easily do nothing about it.
As for the equipment and other items left behind by the salvage team, Chen Ziyan didn't care much.
Although they were all new, he did not intend to use them. He had plenty of time to prepare this time. Shirley Yang had already obtained a batch of better special equipment from the United States through connections.
Many of these things are laboratory products and are good things that are simply not available on the market.
The ones left by the salvage team are much more reliable and safer.
After seeing the boat, Chen Ziyan and the others did not stay in the water cave for long. They walked around outside and then returned to their residence.
Early the next morning, Ruan Hei came over with his children.
Chen Ziyan had a brief chat with Ruan Hei, and as expected, the other party was ready to bring his children with him.
Chen Ziyan, who had expected this for a long time, naturally would not refuse, and readily agreed, and then paid half of the deposit in advance as agreed.
In the following days, everyone took action to prepare for going to sea.
With the help of the Ruan Hei family, a local snake, it was easy to prepare all the daily necessities. As for other things that were needed, Shirley Yang had already prepared them, so there was no need to buy them on the island.
During this process, Chen Ziyan was not idle. He found some things in the water cave and successfully upgraded the two Jinpilu water cannons on the Hailiu ship, making the loading process shorter and more critical.
One person can control it at any time.
A batch of more powerful artillery shells were also produced to prevent the old artillery shells from falling apart at critical moments.
Just before everything was about to be ready, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan suddenly found Chen Ziyan.
"Master Chen, I received something, please give it to me."
After he finished speaking, Wang Kaixuan placed the box he was holding on the table.
"What good stuff is it?" Chen Ziyan asked casually.
Wang Kaixuan said with a smile: "We received a box of Qingtou from the tavern."
This is jargon, just like what comes out of ancient tombs is called Mingqi, things fished out of the sea also have their own names, and are collectively called Qingtou.
Hearing this, Chen Ziyan also became curious and opened the box in front of him.
As the lid of the box was opened, a pungent fishy smell came out from inside.
After a little avoidance, Chen Ziyan looked inside the box, but only saw a few layers of soft cloth. When these soft cloths were peeled off layer by layer, the true contents of the box were finally revealed.
No wonder the two of them were so excited, it turned out that the box was full of ancient jade.
As the saying goes, gold is valuable but jade is priceless. If you really come across jade of good quality, it can indeed be sold at a good price.
After taking a closer look, Chen Ziyan found that the ancient jades in the box were scattered. Some were shaped like porcelain shards, some were shaped like dry bones, and some were shaped like animal horns and teeth.
However, compared to the strange shapes, the color of ancient jade is very consistent. It may be because it has been corroded by sea water for too long. These jade are mainly dark gray, and only a few parts can see the remaining old dilution.
Chen Ziyan is not surprised by this. Ancient jade in the sea will be damaged if it is soaked in sea water for a long time.
Since ancient times, there have been three taboos in Tibetan jade: avoid oil, avoid dirt, and avoid fishy smell. These things will block the fine pores of jade and stain the luster of jade.
The composition of sea water is complex, which just meets this standard.
This is why it is difficult for ancient jade found in the sea to be perfect.
"These green heads may have been in the sea for thousands of years. They don't look like things from shipwrecks on the sea. The shape does have some Shang and Zhou style." After looking at it carefully for a while, Chen Ziyan said slowly.
At this time, he had already remembered the origin of this ancient jade, which should be the box of green heads used by Pan Dao in the original plot.
"Mr. Chen, are these all real?" Wang Kaixuan asked immediately after hearing what he said.
Obviously, I still have some doubts about Hu Bayi's judgment.
"It is indeed the real thing." Chen Ziyan nodded, he was still sure of this.
Even if there is no plot revealed, his eyesight alone is enough to distinguish the authenticity of these ancient jades.
"Then how much are these jade worth?" Wang Kaixuan asked again.
He also knew that jade was valuable, but he had no specific idea in his mind about how to make it valuable.
Hu Bayi remained silent beside him, obviously he also wanted to know. Although he could recognize that these ancient jades were real and were still quite old, he didn't know much about the current market price.
"It's hard to say." Chen Ziyan pointed to the exposed dip color of one of the ancient jades and said: "Most of the ancient jades now are exposed objects in tombs. Because of the environment inside the tomb, most of these ancient jades are dipped, which is also called
Weiqin is these things with different colors."
"The colors of this Yuqin are various, and they are generally distinguished by color. For example, the Tuqin commonly seen in Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places is mainly yellow, while the gray one is called Lime Qin, the white one is Shuiqin, and the amount of black
The most common ones are called mercury-soaked cinnabar, which is often called cinnabar qin, the purple one is corpse blood qin, and the green one is copper qin. There are so many types that I won’t list the rest one by one.”
"Let's talk about the green heads in the sea. Most of the jade that can be taken on board are valuable goods. However, sea water is a fishy and greasy thing. It is soaked by sea water all year round. The fishy sea salt brine penetrates into the chalcedony, causing changes.
Now it looks like a stone."
"There are two ways to deal with this kind of jade. One is to sell it directly. Find a knowledgeable person to take it over. You can definitely make some money, but I don't think it will be much. At most, it will be a hard-earned money that is passed on."
Before Chen Ziyan could continue, Wang Kaixuan couldn't help but urge: "Master Chen, what about the other kind?"
"Have you ever heard of Panyu?" Chen Ziyan asked without rushing to answer.
"Pan Yu?" Hu Bayi heard something about this and said, "Mr. Chen, the Pan Jade you are talking about, are you looking for someone to plate these jade so that it can restore its original color?"
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded lightly.
After hearing this, Wang Kaixuan immediately said: "Then let's not sell it now. Wait until we get back to take a good look at it. It would be such a loss to sell it like this."
"What good thing are you thinking about? You really think Panyu is easy. I guess you have to go through all the trouble. You might as well just throw it away and go out." Hu Bayi said.
He knows a little about Panyu's ways and knows that this is not an easy task.
"It is true that Panyu is difficult to handle and requires a lot of cost. The key is that it will take at least two or three years to achieve results. If you find it troublesome, then it is better to just take action." Chen Ziyan also advised.
He felt that there was no need to spend a lot of money on this. Even if these jade were plated, they would not make much money inside and outside.
With that kind of effort, I'll have everything for the next trip to the tomb.