Chapter 471 Unintentional discovery
As many people know, the Earth's ocean area is actually at least twice the area of land. People who live in inland areas all year round have the opportunity to come to the beach occasionally, and it is difficult to feel how vast the ocean is.
Only people like Zhuang Haiyang who often run on the sea know how big the ocean is. But for most people, they are naturally more accustomed to living on land than staying at sea. After all, it is still difficult for people to survive in the sea.
Perhaps it is because of this habit that those who have been on the boat for a long time miss the feeling of stepping on land. It is also because of this that it has entered the Zhuang Ocean, which has been under the jurisdiction of the country, that Wang Yanming finds a deserted island.
Even if the deserted island in front of you is not small in size, it is impossible for countries with a long coastline to send troops to station on all deserted islands. The most important thing is that the deserted island in front of you is actually within the high seas.
This means that no one can get on this deserted island, but if you want to occupy it, it will definitely not work. Although you rarely come to such a far sea area, the crew members on the ship think that this is the island to which their country belongs.
As the security team took the lead in boarding a lifeboat to the island, carefully checked it and confirmed that there was no problem, Hong Wei also said in time: "The ocean has been checked. Although the traces left by someone on the island are not found."
"Received, we'll come over soon! You guys prepare and find a suitable place to camp on the island in the evening."
"clear!"
There is naturally no problem for Hong Wei and others when staying in a deserted island overnight. In fact, even when they were in the army before, they often conducted relevant training. Island jumping is also needed to fight!
When people who had been waiting for a long time began to carefully place the prepared camping items on the lifeboat. The lifeboat that the security team drove away before also began to return to pick up people and carry items.
Equipping a lifeboat also ensures that there is a problem with the fishing boat, the crew has the opportunity to escape. Compared to a lifeboat, the lifeboat is undoubtedly more safer. The most important thing is that most lifeboats are motorboats and do not occupy much space.
At the end, Zhuang Haiyang smiled and said, "You can just take a boat, I can swim directly. In addition, I will go around and see if I can catch some fresh ingredients. Compared to frozen ones, do you prefer to eat fresh ones?"
"That's natural! Although I'm tired of seafood, the barbecue seafood tastes good. You can get more lobsters, abalone, etc. Now, we won't dislike it!"
"Get out! I really think I'm a god? How could there be wild abalone in this place? If you have lobsters, you can try it. Don't worry, I will try some baked ones so that you can have a good meal."
At this time, Zhuang Haiyang didn't mind serving these comrades. Many times, these comrades also knew that this nominal boss had no airs. When getting along with each other in private, it was actually no different from being in the army.
Looking at Zhuang Haiyang, which jumped into the sea and began to search for ingredients, no one else felt that he had anything to worry about. Even the Antarctic Sea could not hold Zhuang Haiyang, let alone the current tropical sea area?
As the captain, Wang Yanming still arranged for people to get off the anchor and go on duty at night. Considering the safety of the fishing boat, people still had to be on duty on the boat at night. Even on the island, people would still be arranged for people to watch.
The purpose of this is very simple, that is, you don’t want anything to happen at night. On the high seas, being cautious is not a bad thing. If any accidents really happen, it will be too late to regret it!
Zhuang Haiyang, who was diving into the sea, still had many net bags tied up. While searching for nearby situations, Zhuang Haiyang focused more on searching for ingredients, such as squid used for barbecue, and other seafood suitable for barbecue.
After several net bags were almost filled, Zhuang Haiyang finally appeared on the side of the beach on the deserted island. The place where Hong Wei and others chose to camp was also located on the side of the beach and the bushes, and several camouflage tents had been built.
In order to avoid possible rain at night, drainage ditches were even dug near the tent. For these non-commissioned officers who retired from the Navy, camping on deserted islands and even survival in the wild are training subjects that they are very familiar with.
Seeing Zhuang Haiyang, who was standing up from the sea and carrying several large net bags and busy on the beach, he hurriedly said, "I held a grass, this guy from Haiyang is really useless. How long has it been before I found so much seafood?"
"What are you doing when you are standing stupid? You are so hurrying to come and help! This little seafood is probably not enough to eat!"
Zhuang Haiyang laughed and scolded, and the closest comrades rushed over. From Zhuang Haiyang, they picked up the seafood they had just captured. Seeing the things in the net's pocket, everyone praised them.
Especially when I saw the squid in a net bag, many of my comrades smiled and said, "You guys are so awesome! You can even catch squids. This thing is the most delicious to eat when you grill it! It seems that you can really have a good meal in the evening."
"Okay! Get these ingredients to raise, and then you can arrange for someone to deal with them. Those big conchs should taste good if they are used for barbecue. If you can't roast, let Lao Wu take a hand at it."
"No problem! Such a big conch is really charcoal-grilled and delicious. However, you need to deal with it before grilling. OK, leave this matter to me, just help slaughter these sea fish."
As the chef of the team, Wu Xingcheng naturally has the most say in food. Recently, his comrades are still a little picky. He also hopes to take this opportunity to let his comrades enjoy their mouths.
In the words of the army, only when you eat well and have enough food can you have the energy to work!
Seeing that everyone had a clear division of labor, they basically didn't have to worry about it. Zhuang Haiyang, carrying an empty net bag, quickly returned to the sea and continued his search journey. He searched around the deserted island and found a lot of seafood for edible.
After all, this is a high sea water, and there are still a lot of seafood. However, Zhuang Haiyang is more picky and often only chooses good ones. He is not interested in ordinary seafood at all, and he believes that other comrades are the same.
In the words of these comrades, they were all kept on the boat. How could ordinary seafood be interested?
But what surprised Zhuang Haiyang was that he originally wanted to find some seafood for edible, but he saw a sunken ancient shipwreck at the bottom of the sea near the deserted island. To be precise, it should be an ancient warship.
Through his mental power, Zhuang Haiyang, who had accumulated a lot of knowledge about shipwrecks, quickly recognized this gunboat, which should be a foreign gunboat in the late Ming Dynasty.
If it is a sunken gunboat in battle, it will naturally have no value for salvage. A few ancient bronze cannons are meaningless to Zhuang Haiyang. The reason is that there are several such ancient bronze cannons, Dinghaizhu.
Even if it is shipped back to domestic auction, it is actually not a price. Of course, because it is a copper cannon, all are more valuable than iron cannons or steel cannons. Not to mention anything else, it can be sold as copper and cannons, but it can be sold for a lot of money!
What really surprised Zhuang Haiyang was that the sunken gunboat was loaded with a lot of gold, silver and gold and silver vessels. This precious metal was naturally of higher value. I think this was also a colonial treasure ship.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Haiyang also smiled and said, "This is really a shameless way to plant willows! It seems that these guys have no rest at night. Fortunately, there are not many things on this shipwreck, and so many people work hard, it should be possible to handle it in a few hours."
Calculate the water level depth, which is only about 100 meters. Judging from the degree of damage to the warship, Zhuang Haiyang felt that this treasure ship should not have experienced battle. More importantly, it should be that it was caused by the damage to the bottom of the ship and water entering the bottom.
Maybe the treasure ship saw that there was a deserted island here and planned to hide from the deserted island. Unexpectedly, the ship sank a little fast. Or, when the treasure ship sank, it is very likely that it encountered extremely harsh sea conditions.
After walking around the nearby waters, Zhuang Haiyang still saw several large underwater reefs. Although this is a high sea route, there are actually not many ships that will pass through this route.
The most important thing is that these reefs have actually been marked. As long as the ship has only a navigation system and can receive an early warning, passing ships will not seek death and deliberately run into the reef. Perhaps because of this, the wreck was not discovered.
After confirming the location, Zhuang Haiyang continued to capture the seafood. After returning to the island, Zhuang Haiyang called Wu Xingcheng and said, "Old Wu, I'm afraid you will work hard to help you cook and team up. Others have other jobs!"
“What’s the situation?”
"Good thing! When things are done, let them come over for a celebration banquet. I believe their appetite will be better."
When Wu Xingcheng heard this, his eyes lit up instantly and said, "Are you found it nearby?"
"Well! I have spent a lot of time looking for this journey back, but I didn't find anything. Now I want to take a break, but I found it. What is on the boat is still unknown, but the location is very suitable for salvage."
"Okay! This is a good thing. Just go and do it. Leave the rest to me."
Wu Xingcheng was naturally happy to find a shipwreck suitable for salvage as a member of the dividends. He was already planning to marry his girlfriend or even have children, but he still hoped to save more money!
The most important thing is that based on the results of his discussion with his girlfriend. After the two get married, their girlfriend will choose to give up their jobs and find a job within her ability in the travel company or island.
If she really doesn't have a suitable job, she will act as a family member and concentrate on creating a person with Wu Xingcheng. After all, the two have been talking for four or five years, and they are not young, and their parents are urging them to have a child as soon as possible!
After arranging the camping and barbecue work, Zhuang Haiyang summoned Hong Wei and Wang Yanming and said, "Get together the team and prepare to return to the boat! Have new discoveries, I hope to gain something. If you are lucky, you should be able to make a lot of money this time!"
"What! Have you discovered it again?"
"Well! I have to say, I am really lucky. I originally wanted to find something delicious for you, but I didn't expect there would be unexpected gains. Let's not say more, let the brothers take a speedboat back to the boat, which is not too far from the deserted island."
"Okay! I will gather the team immediately and return to the ship immediately."
When they heard that there was a task, the people who were helping to build a campsite quickly gathered together. When they learned that Zhuang Haiyang had discovered a shipwreck nearby, everyone became excited instantly. Compared to camping, it was more interesting to salvage the shipwreck to make money.
Especially for new crew members, I learned from the old team members that the dividends that can be paid for salvage shipwrecks are much more than fishing. Who would like to miss the thing that can make a lot of money?
As the first crew members returned to the ship, they began to help recycle the anchor. The fishing boat that had already been turned off was also started again. After the crew members returned to the ship, they also began to wear the corresponding diving equipment as instructed by Zhu Junhong and others.
Before wearing diving equipment, you naturally have to move your body first. Fortunately, listening to Zhuang Haiyang's introduction, the sunken sea area of the shipwreck was only about 100 meters. This depth does not have any problem with all diving salvagers.
When Zhuang Haiyang commanded the fishing boat and arrived above the sea where the shipwreck was located. Back at Zhuang Haiyang on the deck, he immediately said: "The old rules, I will go into the sea first, wait for the next group to come down to clean up the silt, and the next two groups are ready."
"clear!"
"Prepare all the baskets, as long as your luck is not too bad, you can catch some things on a shipwreck."
"Okay! We will arrange this!"
After explaining it, Zhuang Haiyang, just like before, pulled the sling and began to slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. The divers who followed the sling directly followed it to accurately find the wreck and where Zhuang Haiyang was.
After laying out the underwater lighting, Zhuang Haiyang began to use spells to clear out the thicker silt on the wrecked ship. This is also to reduce the dredging workload of comrades. Otherwise, it would take a long time to clean up the silt.
With the help of the telephone, Zhuang Haiyang also said directly: "Junzi, did you receive it?"
"receive!"
"Start in the water! Your group only brings the dredging equipment."
"clear!"
Zhu Junhong, who received the order, immediately ordered a group of diving team members to start preparing to go into the water. When a diver turned over and dived into the sea, the divers who turned on the searchlight overhead quickly followed the sling to the location of the shipwreck.
Looking at the wrecked ship that was mostly buried in silt, everyone also said excitedly: "This ship looks like it has a large tonnage!"
"It's okay! It looks like it's not an iron-shelled ship, it should be a long time."
As more shipwrecks were salvaged, these comrades also knew that the wooden shells had a longer age. The iron shells had a shorter age and the chances of salvaging good things were lower. Of course, this was not absolute.
If the iron-shelled ship that transports treasures can be salvaged, the harvest will undoubtedly be huge. However, if such treasure ships disappear or shipwrecked at sea, most of them will leave traces and become the target of salvage ships in various countries.
As the dredging work began, many comrades felt a chill when they looked at the copper cannons exposed on the surface of the silt. In their opinion, compared with this kind of warship, the chance of civilians salvaging good things with ancient shipwrecks is higher!
Chapter completed!