Chapter 55 Ancient Shipwreck
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The vast sea waves, ups and downs.⊥
The seaweed under the sea is also driven by the water flow, swaying in its enchanting figure.
Cai Hongming gently pulled the seaweed, trying not to bring up mud, so as not to turbid seawater and not see anything. There were also some sea fish and shellfish hidden in the dense seaweed. When he saw the big one, he would put it into the water space of the Platinum Dragon Seal to form a complete biological chain inside.
After pulling out some, he decided to stop. Suddenly, he saw a tall giant algae growing not far away, and couldn't help but be stunned.
The giant algae is the genus of the Megaalaceae family of the Orchid of the Brown Algae. This kind of seaweed grows very large. Under suitable conditions, a giant algae can grow 30 cm to 60 cm a day and grow throughout the year. A giant algae can grow to more than 60 meters a year. The individual matures generally 70 meters to 80 meters, and the longest can reach 500 meters, so it is called a giant algae. In spring and summer, as long as the water temperature is suitable, it can grow about 2 meters a day, and its volume doubles every 16 to 20 days. This speed is beyond the reach of all other plants, whether on land or in the ocean.
This thing is mainly distributed along the Pacific coast of the Americas and is a cold-water seaweed. It is mainly distributed in Alaska, through Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Intellectual, Peru and South Africa.
In 1978, China successfully introduced giant algae breeding from Mexico for the first time and is currently growing well in coastal areas.
But this thing is only cultivated in Shandong. Why did it come here? I have never heard of people raising this thing on the southeast coast! Could it be that I was taken to the Shandong waters by pink manta rays? How could it be?
Cai Hongming was confused and planned to put away the tall giant algae and go up to see where he was now. Unexpectedly, he pulled the giant algae and it was endless. Originally, this thing was floating in the water for more than fifty meters, but after he pulled it for a while, it was almost a hundred meters but it hadn't been pulled up yet.
He pulled up hard, then pulled for a while before he pulled out the entire giant algae and put it into the water space of the Platinum Dragon Seal.
I was wondering what was going on, so I looked at the place where the giant algae was pulled out. But I found that there was a very deep hole where the giant algae was pulled out. After closer inspection, there were wooden boards at the entrance?
Um?
He was also stupid and bold. He was curious and broke the wooden boards and made the hole bigger. He didn't know how long these wooden boards were soaked under water, and they were almost rotten. He didn't use much effort to break the wooden boards. The hole became bigger, and he took out the flashlight from the blessed land in the jade tripod. For fear of being eroded by water, he even wrapped a thick layer of safety film on the flashlight and then drilled into the hole.
When the pink manta saw him crawling inside, he wanted to go in. Unfortunately, his body was too big and he had no choice but to look inside stupidly outside.
Cai Hongming came inside, shone it with a flashlight, and found that it was an ancient shipwreck. He immediately understood.
This sea area used to be the main passage for ships to walk. This ship was probably unlucky, and it sank when it encountered a typhoon or a reef. In Pingtan, Fujian Province, there was a sea area where a large number of ancient shipwrecks were sunk. People who went to fish could fish out some porcelain from time to time, and a big news came out last time.
When Cai Hongming saw that it was a shipwreck, his eyes lit up.
Shipwrecks sometimes mean treasures. Because shipwrecks are usually ancient, things in the ship have basically become antiques in modern times. If you are lucky, you will find a treasure that can be sold at a high price and you will have enough food and clothing in your life. Judging from the style of the ship and the situation covered by mud, at least it was before the Qing Dynasty, otherwise it would not have been completely covered by mud. Things at that time are all antiques, and you can sell them for a large amount of money if you take out a piece of porcelain.
The more I thought about it, Cai Hongming's eyes became brighter and he slowly swam into the boat.
The hull of the wreck is very large, almost ten meters high. Anyway, Cai Hongming feels very wide when he is swimming inside.
A ship like this usually has two floors, one floor of people living in, and the other floor of ballast stones. The place where Cai Hongming swam in was the cabin on the upper floor of people living in, and this kind of cabin was generally divided into several spaces for people to release goods. Cai Hongming swam inside, holding a flashlight while illuminating it to see what good things were.
The cabin is not as bright as outside, and under the slight sunlight, it is pitch black inside. Is it dark everywhere? It is gloomy and for no reason, Cai Hongming felt creepy.
He also saw the ghost blowing lights. He remembered that there was a chapter in it that seemed to write about the ghosts encountered under the sea. Originally, he was not afraid of those things, but at this moment, he thought of those who died inexplicably, and he really had to make people creepy again. He swallowed secretly and looked around. Suddenly, he saw a shadow shaking beside him, and his heart skipped a beat, and he felt awe.
Could it be that thing?
He is from southern Fujian and even the coastal areas of China always have a little respect for ghosts and gods. Sometimes, although he doesn't believe it in his heart, he still has to be taboo when entering the temple to worship. He should follow the customs of entering the country just in case! Now seeing this situation, he couldn't help but pray in his heart for blessings to passers-by.
Suddenly, he saw the shadow move again, and felt something was wrong, so he shone it with a flashlight.
Damn, what kind of ghost is there? It is clearly a root that is unknown to me, and it penetrates the boat board from above and floats in the water, which scares him.
Understanding that it wasn't a ghost, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he continued to swim forward. Suddenly, a black shadow swam here from the front, crawling under his crotch, and suddenly disappeared.
I, what kind of thing is that? It's too fast and he can't see clearly. Fortunately, it's okay, so it seems that he has to be careful. If something comes over and accidentally bites it up, he will be done in his life.
After swimming for a while, Cai Hongming didn't know which part of the cabin he was in, so he could only continue swimming forward. After swimming for a while, he went in to see a room, and most of the things inside were corroded by sea water, leaving only chairs attached to shellfish. After looking at a few rooms, most of them were like this. Even if he saw the box and opened it, the things inside had been corroded by sea water. However, he found some porcelain, some were broken, and some were well preserved. Cai Hongming didn't know if those antiques that could be sold for money were all put into the Cave Heaven and Blessings in the Jade Cauldron.
There is a warehouse behind the resident cabin, and Cai Hongming finally ushered in his biggest gain this time.
There were a bunch of boxes in the warehouse. Some of them cracked when the ship sank and sank, and some were broken, but many were still preserved. Counting, there were about twenty bites. He didn't care whether the things inside were still intact, so he put them into the blessing land of the cave in the jade tripod and planned to go back and look again.
There is more than one warehouse, there are also nearby, but except for the warehouse where boxes are placed, there are no other places. I don’t know what it is. It has been corroded into soil now.
However, from clues, these things should be medicinal materials, spices, etc.
He also found from clues he saw after entering the ship that it was an ancient shipwreck from the Song Dynasty. So he was even more sure that the things he saw just now should be medicinal materials, spices and other things.
During the Song Dynasty, sea trade was developed, and for money, the maritime merchants had no choice but to transport a large amount of goods to Chameng, Zhenla, Sanfoqi, Kelantan, Boni, Balinfeng, Lanwuli, Undercut, Sanyu, Dashi, Daqin, Persia, Baida, Majia, Yilu, Gulin, Xilan, Denglimei, Zhongli, Skaliye, Mulan, etc. for 58 countries in Eurasia, etc., when they came back, they bought back valuable goods from these countries, such as ivory, coral, agate, pearl, **, myrrh, benzoin, pepper, glazed, tortoise, and other valuable goods.
Among them, the most commonly used spices are the most common, because this thing is the fastest to take action.
Cai Hongming searched the entire ship up and down, and except for the previous boxes, he only found some porcelain, but it was estimated that the value was not very high, because he found that these seemed to be daily necessities for the people on the ship, but he still took them away, which was better than nothing.
In addition to these, he also found a large amount of pig iron in the bottom cabin, which is the layer of the ballast stone at the bottom.
Each piece of pig iron is two meters long, thirty centimeters wide, and about twenty centimeters thick.
It seems that the owner of the ship is really not afraid of death. You should know that in the Song Dynasty, salt and iron were sold by the imperial court. If he was known, he would have to beheaded and confiscated his family and exterminated his clan.
However, these maritime merchants are also smart. They use valuable stones to press the basin when they go, and use iron when they go back. This time they make more profits. However, there is too much pig iron. It is probably because they are not greedy and have too much put it on. When they encounter storms on the road, they are hit by waves. The iron blocks fall to the side, and the hull is unsteadily tilted, so it's over. So it's better not to be too greedy in life.
These iron blocks seem to be useless. Iron ore is so cheap now. What's the use of these things? It's still a burden to carry them?
Forget it, put it away, maybe it can be used to lay the foundation in the future.
Cai Hongming thought, then put away all the iron blocks in the bottom cabin and swam back.
Chapter completed!