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Chapter 418 Spanish Shipwreck

Some time ago, off the coast of Florida, the lighthouse country, a salvage team salvaged an 18th century Spanish cargo ship.

Three hundred and fifty Spanish gold coins were found on the cargo ship, with a total value of four hundred and fifty US dollars. Among them, the gold coin reached the price of one 300,000 US dollars. Of course, that was because that batch of gold coins was relatively rare. Wang The gold coins that Yi discovered this time could not sell so high, but no matter what, this batch of gold coins could sell for one million dollars.

Seeing the gains, Wang Yi continued to let the underwater robots search around. Such wooden boxes were obviously the gold coins transported on the ship before. So no matter if the ship sank here because of a storm or pirates, there must be more around. Many gold coins.

Soon, on the east side of the first box of gold coins, the metal detector of the underwater robot sent an alarm signal again, and it found something again.Manipulating the robot to clean up the mud and sand on the seabed, a little golden light flashed in the turbid sea water, obviously this time it was still gold coins.

Soon the mud and sand dissipated, and a large number of gold coins appeared on the bottom of the sea, also more than 400. The specific number was not counted. The underwater robots worked hard and continuously found gold coins, which made everyone's enthusiasm more and more high. Search under.

"Didi~"

Soon the metal detector called the police again, and Wang Yi hurried over to check.Manipulating the underwater robot to clear the mud and sand, this time there was no golden light exposed. Just when Wang Yi felt strange, the mud and sand receded, revealing something like the ship's rail.

This discovery made Wang Yi overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to let the underwater robot clean and excavate on a larger scale.

The tall ship's gunwale, the tall poop, the fore deck, the bow, and something that was obviously a metal cannon. As the surface of the sand was removed, a sunken ship gradually appeared in front of everyone.

The hull presents an equilateral trapezoid, and this slope extends to the poop, with a length-to-width ratio of about four to one.This is a characteristic of a typical Spanish galleon.

The Spanish galleon was a very common type of ship during the great nautical era. This kind of ship remained active until the emergence of more advanced sailing ships in the late seventeenth century.This kind of ship can be said to be one of the most legendary sailing ships in history. As the epitome of Spain's 16th and 17th century maritime hegemony, they are usually reminiscent of treasures, pirates and invincible fleets.

This kind of ship has a huge hull and load vehicle, and the famous Spanish treasure ship fleet is composed of this kind of ship.Because it was buried by the mud, this Spanish sailing ship was fairly well preserved.The oak that has been treated with a special method has no signs of decay even after hundreds of years of seawater soaking and corrosion.

There is an obvious hole on the right side of the sunken ship, which seems to be the reason for the silence of the ship. The underwater robot is controlled to enter the cabin. The cabin is very dark. Under the strong light of the miner’s lamp, the scene in the cabin appears. In front of everyone.

Soon, the searchlight found some bones. After hundreds of years, these bones were decayed and only a few bone shelves were left. Even the clothes on their bodies were almost rotten, but it can still be seen that these people are not A group of them, because several tangled bones were stabbed into each other's body with swords.

Obviously, the ship should have been attacked by pirates. As for why there are no bodies on the deck, it is likely that the ship was washed away when it sank.

Operated the underwater robots to collect the valuable things they saw. The crew members had a lot of gold and silver coins, and the decorations they put on. As for the weapons, most of the weapons have been rusted out, but some silver was found in the captain’s room. Quality tableware, and a well-preserved box.

Let the underwater robot put the box away, and then continue to explore in the cabin. The cargo warehouse is located at the bottom of the cabin. The robot is controlled to swim over carefully. The door of the cargo warehouse has been opened. The door panel fell aside and touched the link lightly. The metal parts at the site were rusty and broke directly.

Pushing open the door panel, the robot continued to advance inside. After the searchlights shone in, everyone who stayed on the cruise only felt that their eyes were full of golden light.

Wang Yi instantly determined that this was a treasure ship that would transport looted gold and silver jewelry from colonies in South America or Central America to Spain.

Hundreds of large boxes were visited in the cargo warehouse. Perhaps it was because the ship was sinking. These boxes were overturned. Many of the contents of the boxes were spilled out. There were scattered gold and silver coins and various gems in the cargo hold.

Behind them, the breathing sounds of Jenny Jiang Jing and Shang Yuanyuan were obviously quickened. As for the bodyguard and Nie Wei, they have seen more gold in Xanadu than here, so their performance is naturally much calmer.

Seeing so many treasures, Wang Yi naturally would not give up. He drove the yacht directly above the sunken ship, and then let a few bodyguards wear professional diving suits.

The silent place of this sunken ship is not too deep, about 180 meters underwater. Although it is a bit difficult for ordinary people, there is no pressure on Wang Yi's bodyguard.

The yacht is equipped with a lot of salvage equipment, which was installed when the yacht was built. Several bodyguards and underwater robots lifted boxes of gold and silver treasures from the sunken ship, and then used salvage equipment to lift the gold and silver. The treasure is salvaged.

The whole process lasted for three days before Wang Yi and the others were able to salvage all the treasures here.Fortunately, this is not a waterway, and no one passes by here.

Because everything else except gold and gemstones has been eroded by sea water for too long, and once exposed to the air, it will quickly oxidize. Wang Yi opened the sea valve of the yacht's bilge, filled the bilge into sea water, and then salvaged it. Put things in the silo.

After salvaging the treasure, this treasure also has a rough statistics. Among them, there are about 100,000 gold coins, 300,000 silver coins, 200 catties of gems, six artillery pieces, silver tableware, and some decorations. Nie Wei's rough It is estimated that the value of this treasure is about 200 million US dollars.

The box found in the captain’s room was also opened by Wang Yi. It was wrapped in waterproof paper for several layers, but it was soaked in sea water for too long. This is a voyage diary that records the ship. Information.

Wang Yi also found the source of these treasures. Wang Yi didn’t guess wrong. This is indeed the treasure that the Spanish colony transported to Spain. This ship is an armed merchant ship and has always been part of the treasure fleet, but unfortunately He was targeted by pirates.