"Buried so deep? Is it necessary to salvage it?" Xu Suizhu asked.
"Yes! What if it's an antique!" Lu Chixiao smiled, "Aren't those guys quite boring? It's time for them to get busy."
"..."
Xu Suizhu couldn't help but sympathize with Xiaolou and the others.
Salvaging a sunken ship covered in mud is no easy task.
"Isn't this really a gas-burning thing? The cost of salvaging it once is not low." Xu Suizhu reminded him tactfully.
Lu Chixiao smiled: "Don't worry, judging from the keel, it is definitely an ancient sunken ship."
He has salvaged a few antique ships at least, and learned some appraisal techniques from experts. This kind of keel that runs through the head and tail only became popular in the Song Dynasty. It has the characteristics of deep draft and strong ability to withstand wind and waves...
All in all, no matter how troublesome and hard it is to salvage this kind of sunken ship, it is still worth it.
But...he frowned.
Xu Suizhu thought that the ship was buried too deep to be salvaged, but she heard him say: "There is more than one ship!"
Xu Suizhu: "..."
I enlarged and enlarged the red dot on the locator, and found that there were two overlapping red dots at the same location. In other words, were there two sunken ships?
"Maybe they collided and sank at the same time... But it's just too much of a coincidence, right? They sank to the bottom of the sea and still hugged each other?"
"It was probably pushed together by the currents." Lu Chixiao mused, and then discovered that the ship he had ignored before was obviously not from China. He guessed, "Either it is for foreign trade, or..."
"pirate?"
Xu Suizhu looked at the ship's keel scanned by the shipwreck locator, and was inexplicably reminded of the legendary pirate ship. In his impression, a pirate ship seemed to look like this.
"possible."
Suddenly two sunken ships were discovered, and they were overlapping each other. The sunken ships were deeply covered with seabed silt. The workload that followed was not small.
Fortunately, the sailors are all well-trained, and they are the newly recruited interns. After a period of intensive training before and after going to sea, they have mastered the diving steps. Next, I pray to God for help - there will be no wind for a few more days.
Sunny weather with no waves.
…
"Slow down! Hold still!"
"Raise the No. 3 arm slightly and coordinate with the other arms... Yes! Just this height! Very good! Hold steady!"
"Attention, everyone! Boat No. 2 will go to sea soon. Everyone, please take your place, 3...2...1...start!"
"Wow--"
With the sound of heavy objects emerging from the water, the second historical sunken ship, which was wrapped in mud on the seabed like a lump of mud, finally surfaced after two months of preparations for salvage.
When the sunken ship was safely lifted onto the deck, the salvage ship burst into cheers.
The seafarers in charge of logistics on the ship stepped forward to hug the divers who were a little tired after the underwater work: "Thank you for your hard work! The boss said that we will have extra meals tonight! And we are allowed to drink some wine. I will give you a toast later!"
"You must have a drink! Two sunken ships were salvaged at once, which may be the only time in this life. How can we not celebrate now?!"
"Head to head! Must celebrate!"
"Come on, come on, the boss lady lent me the camera, I'll take a picture for everyone! Remember this highlight moment!"
"One picture is not enough! Take a photo of me and Sunken Ship too!"
"I also want!"
"I want to take a photo with the captain. The captain is so handsome today!"
"Then why don't you take a photo with the boss? The boss is the most handsome... Why are you looking at me? The boss's wife said this. I heard it when I went to borrow a camera, hehehe..."
When everyone took a look, sure enough, the only one who dared to tease the boss or the landlady was Lou Wenhua.
They all booed him: "I don't have a long memory! You were worried for several days last time. Have you forgotten?"
Some colleagues didn't know about this and asked curiously: "Why are you so worried?"
"I was teasing the boss, and the boss's wife happened to hear it. I don't have to worry about the boss punishing him by cleaning the toilet!"
"Is that a penalty?"
"I'm not punished for cleaning the toilet, but I was dragged by the boss to be a substitute for the diving team. I trained in the water for three days, but it was hard for this kid."
Lou Wenhua: “……”
The baby is feeling miserable! The baby is sure that the boss is teasing the baby on purpose, but the baby has no evidence!
"Xiaolou, don't heal your scar and forget about the pain, hahaha! If you do it again, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on and will cry."
Lou Wenhua: “……”
How could it be easy for him, a mechanic, to be a substitute for the diving team? It doesn't matter if these guys are not sympathetic, they actually laugh at him collectively! Hmph!
"Are you still taking pictures? If not, I'm leaving!"
"Pat, pat, pat!"
At this moment, the person who knows how to use a SLR camera is the boss!
…
"Pfft..."
Hearing the laughter coming from the deck, Xu Suizhu glanced at someone whose face was dark and blushing with a smile: "I'm sorry, my compliments on your handsomeness were ignored."
Lu Chixiao clenched his fist and covered his lips, obviously embarrassed, but he said: "They are jealous."
Xu Suizhu snickered in her heart, but did not tease him again.
From the discovery to the successful salvage of the two sunken ships, it took more than two months of busy work. This was thanks to the convenience of the sunken ship locator and various Xingyu brand high-tech equipment. Otherwise, it may not be possible to complete everything in half a year.
Fish it out from the tail end.
Two sunken ships, one was successfully salvaged half a month ago.
At that time, as soon as the archaeological team received the news, they sent experts to join them non-stop.
Experts initially determined that this was a merchant ship customized by a wealthy company in the late Song Dynasty. It carried a large amount of pottery, porcelain and some popular commodities at that time. It was speculated that it was going to Southeast Asia or the Middle East for trade.
What is surprising is not the antique goods in the cabin, but the ship itself - an ancient ship that has sunk at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years. Not only is it relatively well preserved, but the hull is made of unknown wood and is as hard as new. It is different from the previous ship made of golden nanmu.
, the hull of this sunken ship made a clanging sound when knocked, as if the wood had been turned into iron.
The archaeological team spent a lot of money to rent a salvage boat. They didn't dare to stay for more than a day and transported it back first.
Lu Chixiao could understand their concerns: if they were not in their own country, they would always worry about something unexpected happening.
The hull of the ship salvaged today has nothing special about it. Most of it is made of metal. Even though it is tightly wrapped in seabed silt, it has also suffered extensive corrosion over time. Fortunately, it has not rusted to the point of falling apart.
The whole ship can be salvaged, which is already quite good.
The special thing is: dozens of tons of gold and silver jewelry are stored in the cargo hold under the hull. Among them, at least five tons are foreign silver coins, and the rest include gold and silver ingots, pearls and jade ornaments commonly seen in costume dramas, and
Some of them are so eroded that they can't be seen clearly. They may be goods such as spices that were relatively valuable at that time. In addition, after the mast brushes away the silt on the seabed, you can see the mark of a skull, so the possibility of a pirate ship is really quite high.