Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 704: Treasure in the bilge
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After cruising around the submarine for a while and looking at Ye Tian and the others in the cockpit, the rays quickly lost interest and glided away while flapping their huge wing-like pectoral fins!
When they completely disappeared into the darkness in the distance, everyone looked away. Everyone was still unfinished.
What followed was an exciting discussion.
“The faces of these rays are so scary! They really look like ghosts!”
"Yes! Especially the sinister smiles on their faces give people a creepy feeling"
"This thing is really a complex of contradictions. It swims gracefully and gracefully, but it looks so scary. It will give people nightmares just looking at it!"
After a few heated discussions, everyone turned their attention back to the sunken ship of the San Antonio and began to continue exploring this ancient Spanish warship.
Ye Tianze turned on the perspective and continued to explore the places in the cabin that could not be illuminated by light.
The sight passed through the transparent glass cockpit, several meters of sea water, and the bulkhead of the battleship in front, and once again had a panoramic view of the situation inside.
This is still a cargo hold, or to be precise, a water tank, used to store fresh water!
Many water storage containers can be seen in the cabin, including water tanks and large wooden barrels. The water storage capacity is considerable, which can basically ensure the navigation consumption of this warship for one or two months.
Many buckets were fixed in the cabin. Even though the St. Anthony had a fierce battle with pirates and sank to the bottom of the sea, these buckets did not overturn and were still in their places and firmly fixed.
Next to the wooden buckets, there are also a lot of empty boxes.
As expected, these boxes were once filled with limes.
During ocean voyages, the fresh water on the sailboat has a very short shelf life and will turn rancid within a few days, making it difficult to swallow!
However, fresh water is a daily necessity for the human body, and no one can be an exception!
In order to cover up the smell of putrefaction of fresh water, make it swallowable, and replenish water for people on the ship, the navigators finally came up with a way after a long period of exploration.
That’s adding lime to fresh water! to improve water quality!
Although the fresh water with lime is still very unpleasant to drink, it is still edible! It’s better than dying of thirst in the sea!
Not only can lime slightly mask the putrid smell of fresh water, it also has the effect of preventing sepsis.
Because of this, in the age of sailing, every sailing ship that went out to sea would carry a large amount of limes, without exception! Regardless of the navies or pirates of various countries!
In addition to lime, there is another essential item on these sailing ships, and that is rum!
For sailors who sail on sailing ships, rum is definitely their favorite. When sailing on the sea, the temptation of rum is even greater than gold!
Drinking rum, a by-product of sugar production, in moderation can not only replenish the energy needed by the human body, but also relieve the loneliness caused by long-distance voyages.
Rum can also be mixed with spoiled fresh water for drinking, which not only reduces the alcohol content, but also makes the fresh water easier to swallow.
Like fresh water, rum is a necessary strategic material on a sailing ship sailing on a long sea voyage. It is rationed on board and is indispensable!
In this cabin, Ye Tian did not find a wooden barrel containing rum, but there must be a large amount of rum stored in this ancient sailing ship.
Sure enough, in the next cabin, Ye Tian immediately saw dozens of oak barrels containing rum, and some contained red wine.
It is a pity that these sealed oak barrels containing rum and red wine have long been fractured under the terrifying pressure of 300 meters of water depth, and all the wine in them has been integrated into the ocean.
You must know that for every 10 meters of descent in seawater, one atmosphere of pressure increases. It is conceivable that the pressure at a depth of 300 meters under the sea is impossible. How can a sealed oak barrel withstand it?
Looking at the cracked oak barrels and the glass fragments of high-end rum and red wine bottles in several of the boxes, Ye Tian couldn't help but secretly feel regretful.
If these centuries-old fine wines were preserved, they would be considered a treasure. Unfortunately, only some cracked barrels and glass fragments are left!
Looking through the cabin filled with wine, Ye Tian's eyes immediately moved down and looked at the cabin below.
This is a cabin located on the bottom deck. It is also a cargo hold. It is not large in volume. The hatch is closed tightly and there are more than twenty wooden boxes inside.
Unlike the cargo holds in the upper decks, this place is not messy. Many wooden crates are neatly stacked. Everything is in order and very orderly!
Obviously, the pirates did not break into this deck, nor did they break into this cargo hold.
Perhaps just as the victorious pirates were preparing to attack here, the St. Anthony had already begun to sink, and the situation was in danger!
Due to the situation, the pirates had to evacuate the Spanish warship!
And the boxes here were probably fixed with cables at that time. They did not capsize due to the sinking of the battleship and still maintained their original appearance!
When the clairvoyant gaze arrived here, a dazzling yellow and orange light suddenly flashed in Ye Tian's eyes, which was so dazzling that it made people dizzy!
This sudden color change almost made Ye Tian scream in surprise.
Fortunately, he was experienced and mentally prepared, so he didn't act strange and didn't attract the attention of the other three people in the cockpit.
The next moment, a look of ecstasy flashed across his eyes.
From the dazzling light coming from those boxes, he immediately came to a conclusion.
These boxes contain a large number of antique artworks, all of which are at least more than 400 years old, and many are over 500 years old!
As for what these antiques are, he already knows it without even thinking about it.
It must be a large amount of gold and silver jewelry, especially gold and precious stones, because these things are the favorites of Spanish colonists, there is no doubt about this!
My previous judgment was absolutely correct. The San Antonio was not simply an ocean-going battleship, but also a Spanish treasure ship that everyone wanted to meet!
The large amounts of gold and silver treasures plundered by Spanish colonists in Latin America were continuously transported back to Spain through treasure ships like the San Antonio, accumulating a large amount of wealth for that small southern European country!
This also explains why the pirates took great risks to attack this heavily armed Spanish warship. It was all because of these tempting gold and silver treasures!
After secretly adjusting his breathing, Ye Tian continued to look forward, directly penetrating through the wooden boards of the boxes, and clearly saw the situation inside.
Sure enough! These boxes are filled with gold and silver treasures, the amount is quite amazing!
There are hundreds of thousands of gold coins, statues made of gold, a large number of gold bricks of different specifications, many dazzling gems, and crystal clear diamonds!
Most of those gold coins are ordinary gold coins. Each one is golden and radiates a charming light, as if it has just been thrown into the sea.
Among these large numbers of gold coins, you can occasionally find traces of Spanish royal eight-figure escudos from the 16th century, as well as several other rare gold coins. The overall value is inestimable!
There are also a lot of gold icons, including religious figures, statues of Spanish royal celebrities, as well as some monstrance boxes, relic boxes, altars, communion cups and other objects, all of which are valuable !
The types of gems are rich and colorful, including topaz, chalcedony, the top Colombian emerald, and more than a dozen diamonds, each one is large in size, dazzling and mesmerizing!
Even Ye Tian, who has already been promoted to a billionaire, can't help but feel dazzled and excited when he sees these shining gold and silver treasures in front of him!
"Hiss——!"
After quickly scanning the entire cabin, Ye Tian immediately secretly took a breath of air.
According to his rough estimation, the total value of the gold and silver treasures found in this cabin alone easily exceeds 100 million US dollars, or even more.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a major discovery, and it is also a huge fortune that fell from the sky.
What's more important is that this huge wealth only belongs to himself and the Brave and Intrepid Exploration Company, and has nothing to do with Thor Security Company.
Thinking of this, Ye Tian immediately cheered secretly with excitement
If the occasion had not been inappropriate, he would have jumped up and fist-pumped in celebration.
Although he was very excited, his face did not show anything strange and his expression remained the same!
After scanning the many gold and silver treasures in the cabin again and secretly calming down his emotions, Ye Tiancai reluctantly moved his eyes away from these charming treasures and looked at another cabin next to him.