Alchemy Greater China

"Master, what to do with the gold?"

Long Hao was 'illegally salvaged'. After the excitement, Xiao Yu and Xiao Ke naturally became concerned about the issue of 'sale of stolen goods'.

"It's not easy to deal with? Let's talk about it after eating, I'm going to starve to death!"

Long Hao "rubbed" and "rubbed" his deflated stomach, saying that salvaging gold is really a lot of work, if you don't eat, your stomach will rebel!

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

When Xiao Yu heard this, her eyes lit up, and she immediately jumped and ran to the kitchen.

"Can't you starve to death now? Of course, go ashore to find ready-made food... Hey, it's strange, don't you hate cooking the most, Xiao Yu? Why are you so active today? Aha, I see, you want to reward me for some Gold for you, right?"

The sapphire dragon boat docked, and three 'smugglers' entered the border of Panama.

Now Panama is still under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Colombia. Although it is not rich, the public security is good. The three of Long Hao quickly found a hospitable family, and they spent a handful of dollars in exchange for a delicious meal with rich dishes. Fisherman's meal. [

After eating, the three of Long Hao returned to the Qingyu dragon boat and began to dispose of the 20 tons of gold.

Xiaoyu suggested: "Send it back to the United States and deposit it in Beihai Bank."

Xiao Ke thought: "There is no need to go to the United States, let's go to Xiajia. The gold is kept by Deputy Commander Chen, which is the most appropriate! It can also help Xiajia to carry out construction."

Long Hao thought that the two options were too troublesome. He thought for a while and said, "Dig a hole on the spot and bury it. You need to use it later to get it."

Such an 'irresponsible' solution was naturally opposed by Xiao Yu and Xiao Ke. Although they were Long Hao's apprentices, they would fight with reason when faced with 'unreasonable' things.

This was cultivated by Long Hao on purpose, he doesn't need an answering person.An alchemist should be an advanced individual with both freedom and self-discipline.

"Buried? Here?"

"It's not safe, young master, this is Panama, it's out of our control, if someone finds out, the gold will be gone!"

"That's right, with the three of us. It's okay to go out for a meal, but it's too difficult to dig a hole to hide 20 tons of gold without being discovered."

"Master, take back this unrealistic idea!"

What Xiao Yu and Xiao Ke said made sense, but they were still dictated by Long Hao.

"Who said the hole was dug in the ground? I'm going to dig a hole in the sea, if that's the case. Who can find it but me?"

Long Hao curled his lips, and the words made Xiao Yu and Xiao Ke Lei lose their voices.

That's right.Long Hao's plan was to bury the 20 tons of gold on the seabed.

He will choose a not-deep continental shelf somewhere under the Panama seabed, and use a dragon boat to open up a cave and store all the gold in it. [

In this way, it is safe and convenient, and it can be used on a certain occasion in the future.

Imagine that a year later, when Long Hao "Return of the King" led the Longyan Company to Panama to salvage the sunken ship, all he had to do was take out the gold buried in the seabed.

Not only was the 'deposit' withdrawn easily, but it also made the Longan Company famous and its stock soared.Kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?

After listening to the explanation, Xiao Yu and Xiao Ke stopped objecting.Instead, he is full of interest in how to dig holes in the seabed.

The excavation project is neither big nor small, but it must not be carried out by manpower. Needless to say, the burden naturally falls on the two alchemy weapons, the dragon boat and the sapphire dragon boat.

Somewhere in the Gulf of Panama, about 15 meters below.The sea water was swirling like a vortex. It was a sapphire dragon boat digging on a cross-section of a continental shelf.

The digging tool is the extended tentacles... Ah no, it's a drill!

This drill has a diameter of 50 centimeters. It is very thick and strong. It is made of alchemy metal that can be hard or soft. Coupled with the high-speed rotation frequency, the seemingly solid continental shelf is no match at all. Made tofu the same.

Needless to say, the scene of the ferocious drill meeting the bean curd is very yellow.

The gravel was stirred in the seawater, and the fine dust that was smashed turned and gathered into a gray undercurrent. In less than three to ten minutes, a black hole suddenly appeared on the continental shelf, and the size of the black hole increased with time. As time goes by, it expands and expands. At No. 10 minutes, this black hole can already accommodate three adults to enter side by side!

The sapphire dragon boat sprays a light red potion, which is a coagulant, which can quickly shape the opened black hole. Without the influence of external explosion force, it can last for 70 years without collapsing.

When the hole came out, the sapphire dragon boat stepped forward, and Da Shuodan's head smashed into the hole, causing juice to overflow and blisters around the hole.

Don't think about it wrongly, this is related to hunger, thirst and instinct, this is the step to drain the wall hole.

The sapphire dragon boat blocked the wall hole and began to drain water outward. While draining water, a steel portal was built at the entrance of the hole.

Because people need to live in this excavated wall hole, there is no need to consider the problem of ventilation. As long as the large ocean currents and curious marine life can be blocked, the task will be considered complete.

Not long after, the sapphire dragon boat retreated, and a silver-gray steel plate was sealed on the continental shelf. Although it was inconspicuous, it contained a huge amount of wealth comparable to the treasury of a small country: 20 tons of gold!

"Hey, is this the end?"

Ke Mitong was shocked. The sky-defying function of the sapphire dragon boat was beyond her imagination. Before she knew Long Hao, she would not be able to dream of digging holes and burying treasures on the seabed even if she was killed.

"It's over, it's over, young master, where is our next destination? Is there an ancient sunken ship there?"

In contrast, Xiao Yu was still open-minded, she clapped her hands, and shouted: "Xiao Ke, I remember that the young master told you more than one coordinate, quickly check, is the next coordinate far from us?"

"You're so smart, you'll draw inferences from one instance to another. That's right, the next coordinate is the ruins of a shipwreck. Our journey to make a fortune is not over. On the contrary, we have just started!"

Long Hao was also very interested. He took out a small leather card from the console drawer and put it on the table. A series of numbers were marked on it, which were the latitude and longitude coordinates.

This is the next stop of the sapphire dragon boat.

Xiao Yu, who was not at all interested in the numbers engraved on the pickup truck at first, is now very interested. She didn't even wait for Ke Mitong to take over the pickup truck.He has already snatched it with his hands, tilting his little head and looking at it non-stop.

This is gold, precious stones, hills of money!

With the drizzle of this salvage experience, looking at the pickup's eyes, it was full of golden five-pointed stars.

"Senior Sister, do you understand? Give it to me..."

When Ke Mitong saw it, he was amused and reached out to take it.

"I can give it to you, but you have to tell me first. What do these numbers represent? Hmm...will you return to the motherland?"

Reluctantly, Xiao Yu gave the pickup to Xiao Ke, but pulled out a world map from somewhere and spread it on the floor.

Xiao Ke couldn't resist the drizzle, so he identified the latitude and longitude coordinates and marked the corresponding location on the map.

As soon as this position comes out.Ke Mitong couldn't help but startled.

"Yeah, it's very close, with the speed of a sapphire dragon boat. It can take half a day! Haha, that's great!"

Xiaoyu's finger compared it on the map, looking very happy, because... the distance between the location and the destination, even the little finger can't compare, it is really very close.

"Yes, the second shipwreck is in the Caribbean Sea, which used to be a paradise for pirates, and there are countless sunken treasure ships..." Long Hao nodded, as if he had finalized his next destination.

"But. How do we get there? Why did we choose such a far place as our next stop, young master?" Ke Mitong raised his head.A bit distressed.

"Xiao Ke, you're stupid, just go straight there, how far is it! Did you get dizzy from the gold just now?" Xiao Yu teased.

"How to go directly?"

Ke Mitong put on a pretty red face and stared at Xiaoyu.

"I see. Wouldn't it be enough to go through Panama?"

Xiao Yu felt a little weak when stared at by the serious Xiao Ke, and pointed to the map in disbelief.

"Wear it? How to wear it? Who told you that the Gulf of Panama and the Caribbean Sea are connected?"

Ke Mitong clapped his hands on the map: "If the two are connected, the US warships will not go around in a big circle and go to Cape Horn in South America from the east coast to the west coast! The US Navy will not have only a few on the west coast. There is no need for Benson to borrow a battleship from the British Far East Fleet to attack the young master!"

"Ah, I don't know, young master, is it really unreasonable?"

Xiao Yu blinked her big eyes, and asked a little aggrieved: "This place is so narrow, why not dig through it? That would be so convenient, are those foreign hairs stupid?"

Of course, the foreigner is not stupid. The line connecting the Bay of Panama and the Caribbean Sea on the map is the famous Panama Canal in later generations.

It's just that it hasn't been built yet.

This is related to technology, and it is related to the complicated interest disputes of various countries.

The Panama Canal is as famous as the Suez Canal. It is responsible for connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, while the Suez Canal is responsible for connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It can be said that the opening of these two canals has greatly shortened the distance between continents and allowed ships to sail. The itinerary is greatly reduced.

The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, while the Panama Canal was opened in 1914.

From this point, it can be seen that humans have already possessed the technology to build the canal, but why has the Panama Canal been delayed for so long?

Here is a brief explanation. Friends who know it will skip a few lines, and friends who don’t know can learn a little bit about the historical background.

The Panama Canal, as early as 1523, was proposed by King Charles I of Spain. It must be built. Its purpose is quite clear. In order to consolidate Spain’s interests and hegemony in South America, a Grand Canal is obviously conducive to their control of South America’s resources. Demography and Political Economy.

At that time, the technology for digging the Grand Canal was not yet perfect, but the basic location had already been selected, which was the Isthmus of Panama. In 1814, when the Spanish "government" planned for nearly three centuries, the Grand Canal project was about to start operation. The Latin American War of Independence disrupted everything.

After the war, the Spaniards withdrew from Latin America, and the newly established Federal Republic of Central America did not give up their plan to build the canal. Instead, they asked the United States for assistance.

This was a good idea, but unfortunately due to the obstruction of European forces and the republic of New Granada (the predecessor of the Republic of Colombia, 1831~1858), it was constantly put on hold.

In the middle of the 19th century, the United States won the Mexican-American War, thus obtaining the right to dig the Tehuantepec Isthmus and the Nicaragua Canal, trying to replace the Panama Canal in the drawings.

Unfortunately.The British invoked the Treaty of Clyde-Bulwer, killing the project and making the US realize that the Panama Canal was still a more cost-effective option.

After that, the United States invaded and occupied part of the territory of Panama, and obtained the de facto right to occupy the Isthmus of Panama.

The Republic of Colombia resisted weakly. By 1870, the "government" of the country had essentially handed over the right to dig the Panama Canal and the lease of the canal area to the "government" of the United States.

But the US "government" is not in a hurry to dig a canal.Instead, they are interested in dominating the canal area and insist on railway transportation, intending to strengthen the influence of the United States in South America.

The "government" and people of Colombia were quite dissatisfied with this, so they turned their attention to Europe and actively negotiated with European countries on the construction of the canal.

After lengthy negotiations, the French Interoceanic Canal Company won the excavation contract. In 1883, Lesseps, who had successfully presided over the excavation project of the Suez Canal, did it himself.This gave outside investors confidence in the opening of the Panama Canal.

However, Lesseps committed the common faults of French romance and arrogance. He was negligent and not rigorous during the inspection. After four years of construction, he found that the leading "sea-level canal" plan was not suitable for the geographical conditions of the Isthmus of Panama!

This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to Lesseb and the company.

Next, the shameful French began to break their cans, embezzle funds, issue additional shares, and cover up the facts... As a result, in 1889, the French Interoceanic Canal Company declared bankruptcy, and Lesseps also changed from a hero to a sinner.went to court.

On the original historical track, until 1894.The French "government" only came forward to reorganize the company and clean up this mess. Therefore, in 1892, the Panama Canal was not only closed, but people were interested.Can be regarded as 'a minefield'.

"Understood? This line is simply false. Ships can't cross it, and they can't drive to the Caribbean Sea!"

Finally, when the confession was finished, Ke Mitong sneered at the drizzle, while hinting at Long Hao: Young master, you don't think the canal is connected, so you choose the Caribbean Sea as the second place for treasure hunting, right?

"I know the Panama Canal is blocked..."

Long Hao seemed to see Xiao Ke's thoughts, and smiled lightly without panicking at all: "However, just because the steamer can't pass, doesn't mean that the Qingyu Dragon Boat can't pass either."

"what?"

"Don't forget, the sapphire dragon boat is not only a ship, but also a treasure of the alchemy gate. It is a canal, and a part of it has been dug. How can it be difficult to hold it?"

Indeed, the Isthmus of Panama is a semi-finished product at the moment, with dry land and pits for water storage. Protests, largely unpopular.

At this time, night fell, and the entire isthmus of Panama was silent, and at this moment, the gate of the isthmus in the Pacific Ocean suddenly trembled slightly, and a ship in the shape of a big shuttle egg broke in.

It was the sapphire dragon boat, which 'corroded' the half-finished canal gate, and drilled in from below the sea level.

Due to the complete shutdown of the Panama Canal project, no one was guarding the gates. Therefore, no one noticed Long Hao's behavior of destroying other people's property.

After entering, the sapphire dragon boat is specially looking for places with deep water to sail. Fortunately, the French do things differently, at least the water depth is still there. It is no problem to hide the sapphire dragon boat several meters high.

"This is too difficult! There are stones, iron blocks, and disgusting mud everywhere, Xiao Ke, can we change shifts?"

Sneaking in a half-finished (actually less than one-seventh complete) artificial canal is a tricky thing. No, Xiao Yu, who is in charge of controlling the joystick, can't stand it anymore, and shouts to Change with Ke Mitong.

"This is an opportunity for you to win by punching. Work hard, girl. This is a rare opportunity to exercise your driving skills. It's a pity if you don't grasp it well."

Long Hao was sitting on the sofa, eating some fruit, smiling cheerfully.

As the sapphire dragon boat traveled along the way, there were many collisions, which caused Long Hao in the boat to bump up and down, giving it a special flavor.

"Woo, I don't want to be sure, those things look very smelly, I feel like throwing up!"

"Spit it, spit it, you'll get used to it if you spit too much!"

Ke Mitong was beating Long Hao's back, spit out her pink tongue, and made a rare joke: "This sentence is said by the young master, I think it is quite in line with your current mood, senior sister..."

"Xiao Ke, remember it for me, see if I don't fix you during cultivation!"

Xiao Yu rolled her eyelids and shouted angrily.

Why did this come about? When she heard that the sapphire dragon boat was going to complete the feat of crossing the entire territory of Panama under the noses of Panama, Xiao Yu, who was so bored, volunteered and won the boxing game by cheating. But who would have thought that this The half-finished canal is so bad that navigating in it is like swimming in mud, which is uncomfortable.

"Okay, stop here!"

After driving for about half an hour, Long Hao suddenly straightened up and said.

"What's the matter? Do you want to change shifts, or the young master is considerate of me!"

Xiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, then was overjoyed.

"Of course not. I just suddenly felt that it is not easy to visit the unfinished Panama Canal. It is a bit unreasonable not to leave some souvenirs."

Long Hao touched his chin, walked to the console, gestured with his hands, and the scene around the sapphire dragon boat appeared three-dimensionally: the surrounding walls of the boat were all transparent, like a control room Suddenly, he was thrown out of the sapphire dragon boat and completely submerged in the canal!

"Hey, that's disgusting!"

Just opening a small mouth of the probe is already unbearable to Xiaoyu, now that the 'map is fully open' and the whole person is 'in the middle' of the muddy river, how can this little maid's goosebumps stand up all over her body?

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