Father and son looked at each other.
"What's going on? Why can't the fishing net be pulled up? Is the net lifting machine broken?"
Ye Yaodong also frowned, "Isn't it possible? Isn't it running? Is it stuck? Or turn it off and pull it manually to see?"
It keeps running there, pulling on the fishing net, but it cannot be reeled in. If it is not turned off, no matter how thick the fishing net line of the trawl net is, the net will be broken.
Father Ye nodded, "Then turn it off and pull it manually to see."
Ye Yaodong turned off the net hoisting machine and said, "Slow down the boat too."
He started to close the net and tried to pull it, but he felt it was difficult. It seemed that there was a heavy weight hanging on the net, making it impossible for him to drag it.
"It's not the problem with the net hoist, dad. The boat suddenly slowed down just now. It's not the problem with the engine. It's the problem with the fishing net. It can't be pulled."
Father Ye quickly ran over after his speed slowed down to a minimum. He also tried to pull it, but found that it couldn't be pulled at all. "It's really a problem with the fishing net. Why is it happening all of a sudden? Is it really hanging on the bottom?"
"Maybe, I'll go into the water and have a look."
Fortunately, there was diving equipment on the boat, and he could go down to the bottom of the sea to have a look. However, if it was too deep, he would still have to go down to take a look anyway. Fortunately, it was not completely dark yet.
"Then be careful and don't go too deep. If you feel something is wrong, come up quickly."
"I know, it's not the first time I've been in the water, don't worry."
Ye Yaodong took off his clothes and pants, took off his watch, put on his equipment, and jumped into the water under Ye's father's repeated instructions.
The light at the bottom of the sea is a bit dim, but you can still barely see clearly. Going down to a depth of ten or twenty meters is not a problem for Ye Yaodong.
It just so happened that this was the coast, and there was a small island not far away. The seabed at this location was not very deep. As soon as he dived down, he saw the stretched fishing net underneath, with fish and shrimp swimming inside.
Bounce.
As he swam a little further downstream, he saw a reef on the bottom of the sea, and he immediately understood that he was really stuck at the bottom.
When he swam around the reef where the fishing net was hung, he also alerted the shrimp soldiers and crab generals around the reef. They immediately scattered in all directions. Ye Yaodong casually prepared to look for the stuck part of the fishing net, but at this moment, he discovered
Something is wrong.
Why is there something gray and round in the fishing net?
The sky darkened, and the view of the seabed was no longer clear, but it felt a bit like a washbasin. He swam over, reached out and touched it through the fishing net, and felt it was cold, like metal, and it felt cool to the touch.
There are patterns.
He suddenly felt something in his heart, metal utensils with patterns? Could he have caught some treasure?
It's a pity that I don't have a waterproof flashlight with me, otherwise I could still take a look.
He walked around the fishing net for a few steps, but found some scattered things a foot away from him. It was dark and he couldn't see what they were, but he could only see their general shape.
He swam over and picked up an object with three corners in his hand. He put it down and rubbed it in his heart. He felt that it was also full of patterns. He had some guesses in his mind. He put it into the net bag first, and then followed it around.
Wandered around in a circle.
Finally, he saw a black box covered with seaweed in the seaweed. He went over to hug it full of doubts, but found that it was heavy and had a lock on it.
"How many hairs should I lock on my horse?"
After cursing secretly in his mind, he thought about looking for the place where the fishing net was caught. It was too heavy and inconvenient to carry, so he didn't take it with him, and continued to search around the fishing net.
After walking around for a while, I finally found the place where I was hung up. The top of a low reef was covered by a fishing net. No wonder I couldn't pull it up.
After Ye Yaodong rescued the fishing net, it was too late, so he went up directly. On the sea, it was already dark, there was only a little light, and the lights on the boat were turned on.
"What's up, Dongzi, are you cheating?"
He wiped the seawater from his face and said: "It's almost there. There is a reef underneath. I have already untied it. You can try to start the net hoisting machine and pull it again to see."
"Come up first."
"Well, I might have to go down again later." He said while using his hands and feet to climb up.
"Why are you still going down?" Father Ye's eyes suddenly lit up. "Is there anything available at the bottom of the sea? It's already dark and you can't see the bottom of the sea. Let's come back tomorrow."
Ye Yaodong didn't say anything. After landing, he immediately untied the net bag around his waist and took out the three-legged thing he just picked up from the bottom of the sea. Although he had some guesses in his heart, he was still shocked when he saw it clearly.
Stayed.
Father Ye also saw the artifact in his hand at this time, and was suddenly surprised.
"What is this, a wine glass? What are you using this for?"
Although Ye's father was just an uneducated fisherman, he had seen this wine glass in the movie where the mobile team went to the countryside.
Its shape is pointed at the front and turned back, with the mouth rim outwards, round bottom, a pair of umbrella-shaped pillars between the mouth and the stream, a straight abdomen with many patterns on the abdomen, and three pointed, knife-shaped legs.
This one looks yellow and green, and the pattern on the abdomen is covered with seabed sediment, and the lines cannot be seen clearly. Ye Yaodong is also an outsider, and he doesn't understand what the shape is. He just thinks it's crooked.
"What are you using it for? Have you ever heard of antiques from prosperous times and gold from troubled times? This should be a bronze wine cup."
"Is this valuable? Where did it come from? Did you just fish it out of the water?"
Father Ye didn't understand what antiques in prosperous times and gold in troubled times meant. He just thought that these things looked useless.
Ye Yaodong nodded, and excitedly put the wine glass in his hand under the orange light, saying: "I just found it under the water. The light was not good and I couldn't see clearly, so I just took a belt with me."
Come up and take a look. This is an antique and has been valuable for a long time, but not now."
"What do you mean?"
"It means it will be more valuable in the future."
"You know now that it will be valuable in the future? What would anyone do with this thing?"
"You don't understand!"
Father Ye watched him fiddling around and wanted to scold him, but after thinking about it, this son seemed to be more knowledgeable than him.
"Is there anything else down there?"
"Also, there seems to be something like a washbasin inside the net. Let's raise the net later. There are many fishing boats now, so hide it better."
This is a bronze ware, an antique! In ancient times, bronze was politics and power! I didn’t expect that there is such a treasure on the seabed around the coast?
It is its fate that it is not towed. Most people will trawl around the coast. If there is little cargo around the coast, fishing boats will go offshore to tow it.
At this time, there were a lot more fishing boats coming back around. Everyone was greedy and wanted to take advantage of the abundant cargo today and catch more fish, so they didn't want to come back until dark.
When they arrived at the coast, everyone hurriedly hurriedly wanted to dock early. When they saw Ye Yaodong's boat stagnant, everyone thought there was something wrong with his boat, so they all curiously came over to say hello and asked if they needed help.
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In a village, whose boat has what logo? Everyone recognizes it. When fellow villagers are in trouble, they will help if they can.
Ye Yaodong also smiled and said hello one by one, and declined politely. He only said that there was no problem with the ship and that they would collect the net and plan to dock.
On the sea, fishing boats kept coming to the shore at this time, which made him a little impatient. Moreover, every time a boat came back, anyone he knew would come to him and ask.
Everyone had good intentions, so he could only say hello with a smile.
After seeing the fishing boats without lights in the distance, Ye Yaodong quickly started the net hoisting machine to raise the net.
The speed at which the net hoisting machine lifts the net depends on the weight of the seabed cargo. It usually takes about ten to 20 minutes, but this net took 20 minutes to haul, and two more fishing boats with lights on appeared in the distance.
This made him a little anxious. He just wanted to sneak up and take a look at what the round thing was. If it could be saved, he would definitely save it first. If it couldn't be saved, he would have no choice but to hand it over. After all, it was bronze.
The father and son, one full of expectations and the other indifferent, stood on the deck and looked at the sea. When the fishing net was almost pulled to the slide, they stretched out their hands to help pull, but they could not pull the net at all.
In the past, they could pull a load of one to two hundred kilograms up the chute little by little, but they couldn't pull this net even if they exerted their strength.
"It's just a matter of time. What's so heavy?" Ye Yaodong cursed and let go, intending to drag the bottom of the net machine onto the slide when it was pulled up a little.
But when the fishing net touched the hull of the boat, a thumping sound was made, and at the same time, the father and son could see clearly what was inside the fishing net.
"tripod?"
"Big cauldron?"
"Ah? Ding?"
The two of them almost dropped their jaws in shock and kept exclaiming frequently.
Ye's father, no matter how uneducated he was, knew that the "ding" was something special. He had no idea about other things, but the tripod was used in the temple to burn incense and put it in the lobby.
"Is it a tripod? Not a basin???"
Ye Yaodong was also confused. He looked like a basin in the water and couldn't see his feet.
Those damn fish were probably blocked by those shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and only the circular opening was visible.
The tripod is not an ordinary thing. It was originally just a cooking utensil and was also used for sacrifices. However, it is considered by later generations to be the most representative of supreme power among all bronze vessels, such as the idiom "asking for the great treasure".
"Please help me first." Father Ye stopped talking nonsense and said positively.
The father and son struggled to get the fishing net to the deck. They saw that the tripod in the fishing net was tilted and fell there. The fish and shrimp next to it were crushed to death by it. Sea water continued to flow out of the circular opening of the big tripod.
A blue grouper suddenly swam out of it.
Normally they would be very happy, but now with Zhuyu in front of them, this piece of bluestone cannot arouse their interest at all.
Father Ye stood aside and murmured: "What's wrong with this? Such a big guy wants to move back, so he can't hide it."
"Tibetan? Bronze wares are graded. This "ding" can be said to be the top one. I am a conscious person. Of course I have to hand over this thing. Otherwise, why not put it at the door as an incense burner? My place is not a big temple.
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Once this thing is pulled ashore, it will be seen. Within two days, people will treat it as a rare thing and spread it throughout the county. People from the county cultural center will come to the door. Now is not the time to destroy the four olds, let alone destroy the four olds.
There were people who knew the goods back then.
He had heard that as long as it was bronze, no matter what period it was from or when it was unearthed, it was a cultural relic, and trading and private collection were prohibited.
However, the collection of cultural relics should not be so standardized at this time, but he is not educated anymore, and through the popularization of short videos, he also knows that the "ding" among bronzes is a national treasure.
National treasures must be turned over. Keeping them at home would be a curse and cannot be collected by the private sector. It is better to turn them in for peace of mind, so as not to cause trouble. At least you can get honors and commendations.
He touched the wine glass in his pocket, but he couldn't keep it either.
Father Ye nodded, "You have to hand it in. This thing is extraordinary at first sight."
"First untie the fishing net and stand it up. The fish and shrimp underneath will be crushed by it."
The father and son worked together to raise the tripod and straighten it.
I saw that this tripod was covered with red spots and green rust from the outside to the bottom. At a glance, I could tell that it had been there for several years. It exuded an air of simplicity and vicissitudes of life from the inside to the outside, but it was well-preserved.
Chapter completed!