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Chapter 683: Clark Sailing Ship
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"Hello, Mr. Liu!"
"Hello!"
After the two shook hands briefly, Liu Dong said: "Are you ready for what I want?"
"Yes, Mr. Liu, we are all ready! Two sets of diving equipment can provide a week's worth of fresh water and food, as well as barbecue equipment, fishing gear, etc. Whatever you want, we are ready!"
"I want to take a look!" Liu Dong said.↖
"Okay, please come this way!"
Because of the accident at Van Gaal's estate, Picasso's "Portrait of Stein" that Liu Dong should have spent 70 million euros to acquire is now lying in his mustard space without spending a penny, so Liu Dong, who is now quite wealthy,
It cost 5 million euros to rent this medium-sized yacht for a month.
And he was so generous that he also received the highest VIP treatment from the yacht rental company. Whenever a request was made, the yacht rental company would help him without him having to do anything himself!
After following the other party around the boat, Liu Dong nodded with satisfaction.
"Mr. Liu, do you really not need driving or service personnel?" the business manager finally said after hesitating.
"No need. Isn't there an automatic driving on the ship? And I have also learned some sailing skills. There is no problem in driving this yacht!" Liu Dong said without hesitation.
He didn't need outsiders to intervene in his and Mei Xue's world. In addition, the main purpose of going to sea this time was to sink the Czarina's ship. It would be difficult for Liu Dong to act if there were outsiders around.
And when he was in China, he learned how to sail a boat from Chen Mo. Although his skills were not very good, on the vast ocean, as long as he didn't encounter a big storm, it should be enough!
Seeing Liu Dong's confident look, the business manager didn't know what to say. After a few final words, he drove away.
After everything was prepared, Liu Dong took a look at Mei Xue, who was looking around every room in the cabin like a butterfly in a flower, exclaiming from time to time. Liu Dong smiled and said loudly: "Xue'er, get ready.
!We’re leaving!”
"knew!"
The beauty's light and coquettish cry made Liu Dong feel happy.
Soon, the nearly 50-meter-long, two-story luxury yacht had slowly left the port under the driving of Liu Dong, leaving Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, according to the route planned by Liu Dong. It headed towards Julm Island in the Finnish waters where the sunken ship was located.
go.
In addition, the reason why Liu Dong did not take a plane to Finland first and then rented a yacht to look for the Tsarina's sunken ship treasures. More importantly, he planned to see if he could use his own relics to discover a few more valuable ships in the ocean east of the Netherlands.
of shipwreck.
You must know that since humans have been able to operate in the ocean, over thousands of years, the number of sunken ships in the ocean has exceeded 3 million! And there are more than 3,000 sunken ships that are valuable for salvage.
But now there are less than 30 sunken ships that have been salvaged around the world, which shows how much wealth there is in the ocean!
And Liu Dong is aiming at this huge wealth measured in trillions of dollars.
With the help of Relic Yuanguang, Haiyang is a super bank where Liu Dong can withdraw money anytime and anywhere without any risk.
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The Netherlands was the 'sea coachman' who controlled the world's general trade volume in the 16th and 17th centuries. Before the three Anglo-Dutch wars, it once forced the British to ask their own Netherlands if they wanted to fish at their doorstep. The cousins disagree.
At its peak, there were tens of thousands of ocean-going transport ships, with a total tonnage exceeding the combined merchant ships of all European countries. With such busy maritime transportation, one can imagine how much wealth was hidden in the waters near the mainland of the Netherlands.
In addition, the average water depth of the North Sea is only 96 meters, and the deepest point is only 800 meters. Most areas are within the scanning range of Liu Dong's relic Yuanguang. Moreover, it is summer now, and the weather in the North Sea is not as bad as winter, and there is not much The wind and waves make it a good time to search for sunken ships.
However, when Liu Dong actually drove his boat to the IJsselmeer, he discovered that the truth was not as simple as he imagined. There were many sunken ships, but in the relatively vast ocean, even if millions of sunken ships were thrown into it, they would all belong to Looking for a needle in a haystack!
However, I have to admit that Liu Dong's relic Yuanguang is really sharp, and the foundation of the Dutch "Sea Coachman" is strong enough. Liu Dong discovered the first sunken ship in the IJsselmeer, only 5 kilometers away from the port of Amsterdam. .
The sunken ship is about 20 meters away from the sea. Except for two masts that are less than one meter above the seabed, the entire hull has been covered by sand.
Judging from the shape of the ship, it should be a Clark ship!
The Clark is a three-masted or four-masted sailing ship that was formed in the 15th century. Its main feature is its huge forecastle and stern. Viewed from the side, the hull resembles a round U-shape. The relatively huge bowsprit is A square sail is hung for extra power and balance. The Clark sailing ship can be said to be a merchant ship specially developed for ocean trade.
The Clark sailing ship was another peak in the shipbuilding history of the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century. It was also one of the pioneers of geographical discovery and global trade. It was not until Europeans developed the famous Galenic sailing ship based on this ship that she slowly retired from sailing. stage.
In the East, Clark's sailing ship is also called a 'house ship' or a 'black ship'!
And the Clark sailing ship was also the prototype of the battleship.
After the Battle of Diu, naval artillery warfare was widely recognized. Clark warships, a three-masted ship with a load capacity of 200 to 600 tons, and even thousands of tons, were widely used.
At this moment, the Clark sailboat Liu Dong saw was not a warship, but a cargo ship about 36 meters long, with three masts and three decks, and a load capacity of about 600 tons.
There is no obvious damage to the entire ship, and it is still very well preserved. It can be seen from this that it was probably blown over by the wind and waves of the North Sea. After all, the Clark sailboat is not only expensive to build, but also notoriously difficult to drive. Generally, it is only used in Between major ports, as well as ocean trade!
However, although this ship is relatively well preserved, it is not the treasure ship that Liu Dong is most looking forward to. It is just an ordinary cargo ship. The textiles, grain, etc. in the cabin have all rotted away over a long period of time. Some of the remaining iron farm tools and ship equipment are And the value of wood is really limited.
Of course, it is not without valuable items. There are about 8,000 gold and silver coins on the entire ship. In addition, some exquisite gold and silver tableware from the 17th century are also highly valuable for collection. There are also some porcelains. Although there are not many exquisite ones, but how can I say it?
It’s worth some money, isn’t it?
Of course, the most valuable thing is the entire sunken ship. Although it is far inferior to the hundreds of exquisite hull sculptures on the Swedish "Vasa", the entire sunken ship is well-preserved and is a huge work of art in itself.
"It seems that it will be necessary to build a new 'shipwreck museum' based on the Old Summer Palace Museum in the future!"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong walked out of the cabin, looked at Mei Xue who was sitting in the living room watching TV and said with a smile: "Xue'er, do you want to swim?"
"Now?" Mei Xue said in surprise.
It's now past four in the afternoon, and the lake has begun to cool down, so it's obviously not a good time for swimming.
"certainly!"
"Okay then!" After some hesitation, Mei Xue nodded.
"Wait for me, I'll go change my clothes!"
Soon, the beauty's light figure appeared in front of Liu Dong again, but after putting on a one-piece swimsuit, Liu Dong was somewhat surprised by her figure.
"It seems that the little girl back then has finally grown into a plump beauty!" Liu Dong thought to himself as he suppressed Huan Xichan's further breakthrough, and the fire in his heart grew stronger.
"let's go!"
Liu Dong's fiery eyes made Mei Xue somewhat embarrassed. Although she liked him, they had not seen each other for more than four years. No matter how strong the relationship was at the beginning, it has become a bit dull now, so even though she recognized each other, Mei Xue still
I don’t have the thought of giving everything I have right now.
Maybe it's because of fear, maybe it's because I want to regain the feeling I had before.
Seeing the beauty's running back, Liu Dong immediately chased after her.
The purpose of launching the water this time was only to salvage the sunken ship, and the second priority was swimming, so Liu Dong took some time off, launched the Clark sailboat into the mustard space, and then set off again with Mei Xue, who was tired from swimming.
Fortunately, the Clark sailboat still had two masts exposed at the bottom of the lake. Otherwise, if Liu Dong wanted to put it away, he would have had to spend a lot of effort just like digging up the Yuan Dynasty sunken ship in China.
After setting the yacht to autopilot, Liu Dong took Mei Xue to the deck chair on the top of the boat and sat down.
Looking up at the blue sky, looking at the blue lake water, as well as the occasional cargo ships passing by, plus the beautiful woman cuddling next to him, Liu Dong suddenly had a thought in his heart that he would just give up everything and travel around the world with the person he likes until the end of his life.
thoughts.
However, this was destined to be just a thought that flashed across his mind. Liu Dong's own ideological realm had not yet reached that level, and there were still too many things in his heart that he could not let go of.
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Lake IJssel is the largest lake in the Netherlands. It is the product of the Dutch people's land reclamation from the sea. It was originally part of the Zuiderzee, but now it has become a freshwater lake.
Of course, this piece of the busiest sea area in the Dutch Golden Age has now become a lake. Of course, there are many ships buried under the 3,440 square kilometers of water.
However, not all ships are worth salvaging. Before leaving the IJsselmeer and entering the Wadden Sea, including the previously salvaged Clark sailboat, Liu Dong only launched into the water three times!
The two ships caught later were Galen ships, an armed merchant ship of about 400 tons, and a warship of about 1,300 tons, with three decks and more than 70 cannons. According to the classification of warships in the age of sail, this should belong to the third class.
category of battleships.
The reason why they were salvaged is that both ships are relatively well preserved, and the salvage value is relatively high.
Especially the 400-ton Galenic armed merchant ship, which should have just been traded in the Netherlands, so it not only contains more than 10,000 gold and silver coins, but also a dozen bronze sculptures, as well as hundreds of pieces of porcelain, gold and silver tableware, etc. An art treasure with a conservative value of no less than US$100 million.
As for the battleship, it was purely due to Liu Dong’s collection habit. After all, men like tall naval battleships, even though it is only from the seventeenth century. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!