In the sixteenth century, Spain, with its advanced navigation technology, became the earliest beneficiary after the discovery of the New World. It conquered Mexico, Central America, and South America, and collected large amounts of gold and silver treasures from these countries, and these treasures had to be transported by sea.
Spain.
In a very short time, Spain became the richest country in the world.
Every year, large Spanish ships carrying treasures traveled between the Americas and Spain. The ships often encountered hurricanes on the way, causing tragedies of shipwreck and death, and the priceless gold and silver jewelry also sank to the bottom of the sea.
According to research by historians, at least more than 250 Spanish ships sank at sea in nearly 100 years starting in the mid-16th century. The coast of Florida was a place where shipwrecks often occurred at that time.
At that time, the Spanish fleet frequently traveled between America and Spain. Their sailing route was: first to Havana, sail along the coast of Florida, and then sail eastward. Many treasure ships sank in the waters near Florida before they could sail to the end.
Although many shipwrecks have been discovered, it is said that there are dozens more yet to be discovered.
Researchers say there may be more treasure under the sea off the coast of Florida than anywhere else in the world, and they initially estimate that billions of dollars worth of treasure is buried deep under the sea. Although many treasures have been discovered, there is still a lot of treasure
It is still sleeping at the bottom of the sea.
Liu Dong came for this large amount of treasure, and his purpose was very clear, it was for the large Spanish warship "Virgin Maria Liberation" that sank off the coast of Florida in the United States in the 18th century.
On October 30, 1755, the "Virgin Maria Liberation", loaded with gold and silver treasures mined from the mines in Mexico, Peru and Colombia, left Havana and sailed for Spain.
After a day's sailing, the "Virgin Maria Liberation" was hit by a strong hurricane and sank near the Florida Reef. Most of the more than 500 crew members on board perished in the shipwreck, and only a few survived.
According to the information Liu Dong found, the "Virgin Maria Liberation" is said to be one of the most valuable sunken ships in the world!
According to the description on the manifest provided by the company "Undersea Research", the sunken ship contained at least 17 boxes of gold bricks weighing 437 kilograms, 15,399 Spanish gold coins, 153 gold cigarette cases, a gold-handled sword, a gold watch, six
Double diamond earrings, a diamond ring, seven boxes of agate and jade, countless pure silver nuggets, silver ores, various silver items and several large boxes of gemstones of various colors. The value of all these treasures is more than 2 billion pounds.
, which is approximately equivalent to US$3.2 billion!
It was precisely because of this huge amount of money that Liu Dong, who now has a net worth of nearly 10 billion, personally sailed all the way from New York to Florida!
However, in the past 250 years, the "Virgin Maria Liberation Ship" has not been discovered. Therefore, Liu Dong did not know where it sank, so he could only combine the information he found after arriving in the Florida Strait.
Do a blanket search.
However, a carpet search also has its advantages. At least all the sunken ships in the entire Florida Strait with a depth of no more than 1,200 meters cannot escape his eyes.
But not all sunken ships can be obtained by Liu Dong. The maximum seawater pressure he can now withstand should be more than 350 meters. This was only after he broke through again in the ancient city of Aztlan's Huanxi Zen and reached the peak of transformation.
Some results.
But 350 meters is still too shallow compared to the deep ocean! And the depth of most waters in the Florida Strait is below 600 meters.
So Liu Dong could only watch the sunken ships, many of which were even filled with gold, silver, jewelry, and works of art, sinking to the bottom of the sea without being able to do anything about it!
"It seems that if time permits in the future, I must register a maritime salvage company. By then, I can not only explain the origin of the sunken ship in my hand, but also salvage all the treasure ships in the water!" Liu Dong thought.
As for another breakthrough in internal strength, Liu Dong has not thought about it for the time being, because the next step will not be the progress of the transformation state, but directly to a big level, the realm of Baodan!
Warriors in the Baodan realm are called ‘land gods’ in the martial arts world!
Although it cannot be compared with the gods in the novel, its various abilities greatly surpass those of ordinary people. The most obvious one is the increase in lifespan. You cannot enter the Baodan realm. No matter how strong your fighting ability is, you will not live to be 120 years old.
deadline!
But as long as you are still alive, even if you are seven years old or eighty years old. Once you reach the Baodan realm, your life span will be more than doubled immediately. 300 years of life is just the minimum! 500 years old is the life limit of Master Liu Dong. If you want to reach 'Peng Zushou 800 years old'
'The state must be tried as much as possible to break through the Dan Bao state before the physical strength declines!
It's a pity that for more than two thousand years, there was only one Peng Zu!
Therefore, after understanding the sublimity and difficulty of the Baodan realm, Liu Dong never thought that he could break through this level in a short time and allow people to essentially achieve the advanced martial arts realm of the original evolution of life!
For Liu Dong, he is still very young and his life vitality can still be at its peak for 20 years. On the premise that martial arts is enough to cope with various difficulties, as long as he can enter the Dan Bao realm within 20 years!
Therefore, in the future search for sunken ships, unless regular salvage is carried out for sunken ships exceeding 350 meters, Liu Dong himself will have nothing to do!
"Made, after wandering around the Strait of Florida for a day, I finally gained something!"
'Looking' at the sunken ship appearing in the relic's original light, Liu Dong, who had gained nothing for a day, immediately cursed.
Of course, the reason why he had this kind of resentment was mostly because he had found several valuable sunken ships before, but he just couldn't eat them, so he suppressed them!
"Melissa, tell Nord to stop the ship!"
"Yes, sir!"
After agreeing, the blond beauty who had been standing next to Liu Dong immediately took out the radio fastened to her waist and conveyed it to the captain of the Gonggong hired by Liu Dong, Nord Lyons!
Both Nord and Melissa are temporary crew members hired by Liu Dong from New York. They are also one of the 10 people he hired temporarily when he salvaged the sunken ship "Republic" last time. They have good abilities and attitudes.
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Nord and Melissa, plus the other two male pilots in the cockpit and the two maids who took care of Liu Dong's daily life, a total of six people eventually became the entire staff on Liu Dong's private yacht!
"Sir, do you want to dive again?" Melissa asked curiously.
Because she had been with Liu Dong for a week, she understood the young boss's temper, so she had a lot less worries when speaking.
What makes Melissa a little puzzled is why her boss likes diving so much? From New York to Florida, she stopped three times. Every time Liu Dong stopped, the reason was the same.
"No, I want to hunt for treasure this time?"
"Treasure hunt? Shipwreck!" Melissa said in surprise.
In the United States, a country where 'money is God', the word "shipwreck treasure" is definitely a louder word than that of US President George W. Bush, especially since Mel Fisher salvaged the Spanish sunken ship "Lady Arcato" in Southern California a few years ago.
', after obtaining 8 tons of gold, 500 kilograms of gems, and super wealth with a total value of more than 400 million US dollars in one fell swoop, salvaging sunken ships has always been a very popular industry in the United States.
The famous "Gold Coast" Florida's rich shipwreck resources have also attracted the greedy eyes of treasure hunters from the United States and even around the world, so even Melissa, who has nothing to do with it, has heard of the reputation here, but she has not.
I thought my boss was also interested in this.
"Okay, just wait on the boat, I'll be back in a while!"
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong ignored Melissa who was still looking surprised. He grabbed the diving equipment that had been placed beside him, put it on skillfully and neatly, then came to the stern of the boat, and then disappeared into the blue with a diving jump.
in the sea water!
The shipwreck this time was relatively deep, about 300 meters under the sea. Liu Dong, who entered such a deep sea for the first time, did not dare to dive too fast. When the water was 40 meters deep, he put the oxygen bottle into the mustard space.
Finally, Liu Dong continued to dive slowly. When he reached 250 meters, he felt the tremendous pressure on his body!
Even the bones in his whole body were creaking under the pressure of the huge water. It was only after Liu Dong quickly performed the Happy Zen Exercise that he felt much better.
The body slowly fell to the bottom of the sea, stepping on the fine sand. Liu Dong, who arrived for the first time, awakened all kinds of marine life hiding in this sea area. They were colorful and strange, and all kinds of sea fish that Liu Dong couldn't name moved quickly.
He hid in the surrounding cold water corals, but Liu Dong had no intention of admiring this magnificent underwater scenery.
All his attention was focused on the ancient sunken ship in front of him, which was about 30 meters long, 8 meters wide, with three decks and a load capacity of about 250 tons.
Like most of the ships that sailed through the Caribbean in the 16th century, in order to avoid the numerous pirates in the Caribbean, this ketch also had artillery on board. However, after being overturned by a storm at sea, all 14 deck guns except one on the bow were lost.
Apart from the 5 broadside guns, the rest are basically nowhere to be found!
When Liu Dong walked onto the sunken ship, which was still half exposed from the bottom of the sea, but the sides and the captain's cabin at the back were surrounded by corals and numerous underwater creatures, a group of groupers suddenly jumped out of the open captain's cabin. Then they quickly passed away from Liu Dong.
Wander.
Liu Dong had already seen these groupers through the relic Yuanguang, so he was not surprised by their sudden appearance!
Walking to the old and sturdy wooden frame next to the captain's cabin, Liu Dong saw the still well-preserved navigation clock. After cleaning the stubborn dust on it, the five Spanish characters "Madeleina" were revealed from it.
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"It is indeed it!" Liu Dong thought. (To be continued.)