After breakfast, the salvage operation officially began.
The first step is to locate the sunken ship.
The average water depth in the sea area where the Dongxin anchored is more than 60 meters, far beyond the diving depth of divers, so only underwater robots can operate.
"Underwater detectors in place!"
"Put it in!"
The underwater detector looks like a large capsule machine with claws. After it is launched into the water, the crew in charge of the operation on the deck carefully operates the machine and dives little by little. The edge of the deck is responsible for placing the detector cable.
The technician carefully released the cable on the roller.
When the bottom was about to be explored, the operator changed from the diving state to moving horizontally. The underwater scene was transmitted back to the deck through the detector's camera.
Most of the people present had seen the scene at the bottom of the sea. Only Qin Ruoshu was a little disappointed when he saw the bottom of the sea covered with garbage.
There are no beautiful coral reefs, no golden sand, just all kinds of garbage...
Soon, a piece of wood buried in the sand caused Zhou Yan to take a rest.
"Stop! Turn around!"
The operator then reversed the direction of the detector...
After advancing for more than ten meters, a large wooden cargo ship that was still intact appeared on the monitor.
"Zoom in and take a look at the cabin!"
After advancing, Zhou Yan discovered that the wooden cargo ship on the seabed was a typical lucky ship, with its front and back curved and extremely rounded. The hull has a square cross-section, which makes it relatively easy to build. It can have a very shallow draft, high freeboard, and is difficult to carry.
The wind and wave ability is relatively poor.
The sunken ship is located on a ledge on the seabed. Although part of the ship's bottom has been buried by the sea sand, most of the ship's hull is still on the sea sand.
Moreover, the area around the sunken ship seems to be in a temperature-changing layer of sea water, with relatively few microorganisms...
The detector circled around the sunken ship. After collecting enough information, Zhou Yan patted the operator on the shoulder: "You can take the detector back and change its gear..."
As soon as Zhou Yan finished speaking, the vice president of Hainan University, who was in the crowd watching the excitement, squeezed out of the crowd and gently patted Zhou Yan on the shoulder: "Xiao Zhou, please come over here and discuss something with you...
"
Zhou Yan knew that something was up when he saw the person on the other side keeping his posture very low. After following him, he found a group of teachers from Hainan University discussing how to fish out all the sunken ships...
Ten thousand mythical beasts flew over Zhou Yan's head...
I go out to sea to salvage sunken ships because I want to make some extra money. What do you mean by asking me to salvage hundreds of tons of broken wood?
"Xiao Zhou, I'm really sorry. We just found that the skeleton of this ship is relatively complete, and this is the first time in China that such a well-preserved Song Dynasty shipwreck has been discovered..."
The thing is a good thing, but it is troublesome to salvage it. The water depth is more than 60 meters, so you can only use underwater robots. Moreover, the tonnage of the ship exceeds 200 tons, so it is basically impossible to salvage it all at once.
"Experts, the lifting capacity of this Dongxin is only two hundred tons..."
"Xiao Zhou, what we mean is to transfer the cargo out of the cabin first..." The proposer stared at Zhou Yan with a smile, "Then we can disassemble the sunken ship, salvage it in multiple stages, and assemble it back on land.
…”
"This should be fine..."
Before the underwater detector was launched into the water again, a mechanical grab was installed, and when it was launched into the water, a stainless steel mesh bag was also attached behind it.
Half an hour later, the first results of the salvage came out of the water.
Most of the porcelain in the net bag are daily utensils, such as cups, bowls, plates, and gifts. However, among the porcelain used in daily life, there is something even worse-looking—a dark, deep-bottomed bowl, or bowl.
Most people present didn't notice that Zhou Yan's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the black bowl in his net pocket...
The treatment process for porcelain salvaged from the sea is naturally different from that of porcelain salvaged from fresh water. Not only does it need to be desalted, but the glaze also needs to be repaired.
Fortunately, although the porcelain of the Song Dynasty was also colorful, they were all the color of the glaze.
After the first batch of harvests surfaced, Zhou Yan added an underwater detection robot.
The first ten harvests were almost the same as the first. Most of the items salvaged were daily necessities. Moreover, Zhou Yan's luck seemed to have run out in the first salvage. In the next nine harvests, no more "black bowls" appeared.
"Tianmu lamp.
However, during the twelfth harvest, the situation was reversed. All that was taken out were documentation supplies, a total of thirty lotus-shaped brush washers, lotus leaf lamps and small hand-held items.
Square bottle.
The next harvest was maintained at a high level, and a large number of more elegant porcelains were harvested.
Even if a group of professors from Hainan University don’t know much about porcelain, they can still tell when they see the uniquely shaped porcelain soaked in light salt water that “Boss Xiao Zhou” is going to make a lot of money...
"Make a fortune?"
Zhou Yan curled his lips and said: "Things are rare and valuable, not to mention, the group of trustees who speculate on cultural relics have dark hearts..."
"Then what do you plan to do with these precious Song porcelains..." The foreign girl looked at the porcelain that was still "soaking" with a smile, "Don't tell me, you plan to take it home for a banquet..."
"How is that possible?" Zhou Yan turned around and glanced at Qin Ruoshu, who had his ears pricked up. "You will definitely use more festive porcelain for your wedding. As for these, the mainland will definitely not be able to provide them..."
"Hong Kong?"
"Bingo!"
The first day of salvage work lasted for twelve hours, and hundreds of sets of porcelain for daily use were fished out from the sea, as well as hundreds of high-end stationery items.
In order to celebrate the harvest, Zhou Yan asked for extra food in the restaurant in the evening.
This night, many people had insomnia...
The salvage work continued the next day.
However, to the surprise of many staff on the ship, as soon as the salvage operation began, coast guard patrols began in the surrounding waters...
"Boss, have you contacted the official?" Hannah, a foreign girl with a flexible mind, guessed the "inside story" at a glance, "How much did it cost you?"
“Tiny!”
"Impossible!" Hannah looked back at the patrolling coast guard ship, "Sending a fleet of this size..."
"Our country's Cultural Relics Law stipulates that all cultural relics remaining underground, in internal waters and territorial waters within the territory belong to the state."
The foreign girl was confused by the legal provisions that Zhou Yan pulled out, but Qin Ruoshu, who usually looked stupid, gave the "correct answer" with a smile: "Old Zhou must have exchanged clues about shipwrecks within the territorial waters.
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Hannah understood instantly.
The transfer of supplies on the sunken ship lasted three full days.
After Zhou Yan's group of operators knew that porcelain was expensive, they "crazy" turned over the sand on the seabed near the place with machines.
If you dig the ground three feet, you will definitely find something.
A group of operators plowed and moved the land to clear it, and the underwater detection robot dug up several jars of copper coins from the Song Dynasty.
After the cargo was transferred, the students from the Shanghai University on the ship had restored the structure of the ship through the images returned by the detectors, and had also assigned numbers to all the ship planks...
The remaining work is to dismantle the sunken ship...
While the employees on the salvage boat were humming a tune and working, the boss Zhou Yan led "Xiao Mi" and the second-in-command of Waiguo and drove away on the yacht. Before leaving, he also took away five sets of already-used clothes from the boat.