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Chapter 262 The First Chinese Salvage Team

"Sea salvage team?"

The polar bear asked curiously: "Are you finally going to enter the vast sea to hunt for treasure?"

Wu Tianyuan held the phone and said with a smile: "That's not the case, but there is a clue in the sea, we must not let it go?"

"That's true!" Polar Bear thought for a while and said, "I know that there are two best salvage teams. One is Cyclops from the United States. He is a top expert in the industry. Every year, seven or eight boats hunt for treasures all over the world, and the harvest is very rich. !"

"The other one is you Chinese. In Singapore, you are nicknamed Master Hai and your surname is Qiao. You have a very good reputation."

Wu Tianyuan hung up the phone, and the information provided by the polar bear was the same as that investigated by Wang Jun. Needless to say, the one-eyed dragon was behind the DuPont family, who salvaged at least hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

As for this master of the sea, it is very interesting. He was a fisherman when he was young, and he lived by the sea.By chance, I salvaged some gold coins, and became obsessed with treasure hunting.Unexpectedly, the more he worked, the bigger he became. Now he has six or seven professional salvage ships in his hand, and his reputation is not small.

"Boss, do you really want to find outsiders to salvage? Let's do it ourselves..."

Wu Tianyuan waved his hand and explained: "I understand what you mean, but it's still an old saying, it's inconvenient for you to come forward for some things! It doesn't matter on the high seas, whoever discovers it. But if you enter the territorial waters of other countries, it is easy to cause trouble. International dispute!"

"Private people have this advantage. Master Hai and the others have worked professionally for a lifetime, so they must have rich experience. Let's go to Singapore tomorrow. I'll ask Mr. Yin to see if anyone can get online?"

The next day, the group flew directly to Singapore, where they met the muscular old Qiao under the recommendation of Yin's old relationship.

"You are the legendary treasure hunter Wu Tianyuan?"

As soon as the two met, Wu Tianyuan hadn't spoken yet. Old Qiao was very excited and looked at the young man in front of him curiously.

"My ears are numb from your kid's deeds! What you say is amazing, every time hundreds of millions of billions of treasures are found, is it true or not?"

Wu Tianyuan smiled and said: "Half-truth, half-fake, the value is a bit overestimated, but the level is not bad!"

"Are you interested in treasure hunting in the sea together?"

Before Wu Tianyuan could open his mouth, Master Hai couldn't wait to invite Wu Tianyuan first, and excitedly said: "There's nothing interesting on land, only how many treasures? Besides, how about Nanhai No. [-]?"

Lord Hai lured Wu Tianyuan and said: "According to the latest Southern Song coins salvaged from Nanhai No. 6, it can be judged that this is a sunken ship of the Southern Song Dynasty. There are 8 to [-] cultural relics preserved in the cabin, and it is preliminarily determined that its nature is ocean trade. A merchant ship. From the discovery to the salvage of this merchant ship, it has brought great shock to China and the world."

"First of all, it has sunk on the bottom of the sea for more than 800 years, but the hull is quite well preserved. The whole ship did not turn over or sideways, but sat upright on the bottom of the sea. The wood of the hull is relatively hard. Such an example is also in the history of underwater archeology in the world. Extremely rare."

"About the raw material for shipbuilding, some scholars believe that it is masson pine. According to Guangdong folklore: the thousand-year-old pine is soaked in water, and the ten thousand-year-old fir is blown by the wind. This kind of tree is more common in southern China, such as Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. It is a Chinese-made ship. Important wood. Not to mention the treasures found on it, they are priceless."

"Professional sea treasure hunting teams like ours are persistently wandering on historically important routes, constantly searching for treasures submerged in the seabed. Due to the vague definition of relevant laws, sea treasure hunting has created many legends of overnight wealth. For example, in 1985 , the British Hatcher salvaged a large number of late Ming and early Qing porcelains in the South China Sea, and fetched a high price of 2000 million U.S. dollars in the Netherlands; The ship sank, and tens of thousands of white porcelain and purple sand pots and other exquisite ceramic products were salvaged."

Wu Tianyuan saw that Master Hai was more excited than himself, and said with a smile: "So I came to see you, Old Qiao, to see if we can cooperate?"

"How to cooperate? You hired us to salvage?"

Wu Tianyuan shook his head, changed the subject instead, and asked, "How is your current equipment? Is it the best?"

"This……"

Master Hai said helplessly, "The best? You underestimate the profession of salvage!"

"A salvage ship is a kind of engineering operation ship, which is used for underwater salvage operations, and salvages underwater sunken ships, sunken objects and floating objects on the water surface. An inland river salvage ship is a small salvage ship with a displacement of generally 20 to 200 tons. Equipped with booms, winches and simple diving equipment, it is used to salvage sunken ships and sunken objects in rivers and lakes."

"The ocean salvage ship is a large salvage ship with a displacement of hundreds of tons, or even more than a thousand tons. Generally, the latter is equipped with large lifting equipment, as well as diving, compressed air, underwater welding, underwater cutting and other equipment."

Old Qiao sighed: "Salvage seems simple, but it is extremely difficult. A good salvage ship costs at least a few million dollars, and the top-notch one costs tens of millions of dollars! They are all German products, and we Chinese can't make them!"

Wu Tianyuan nodded. He had investigated this point a long time ago. There are many ways to salvage sunken ships. Each method can be used alone or in combination, depending on the specific needs.

For example, the sealing and pumping salvage method, after sealing the breach of the sunken ship, pumps out the water in the ship to make the ship float. Because it is difficult to seal and mend tightly, it is difficult to operate when the wind and waves are strong, so it is rarely used.

The buoyancy salvage method uses a number of buoys to inflate the sunken ship underwater. This method has a large buoyancy and is reliable, and the construction is convenient and safe.

The ship skid lifting salvage method uses steel cables to wrap around the bottom of the sunken ship, and lifts the sunken ship with the lifting equipment on the salvage ship. Generally, two or more salvage ships are used to work together during salvage.

Foam plastic salvage method, the closed-cell foam plastic with light specific gravity is input into the wreck cabin, the seawater is drained, and the ship is lifted by the buoyancy of the foam. It is also suitable for working under sea wind and waves.

The last is the cofferdam salvage method. When the ship sinks in waters with small water depth, weirs can be built around the sunken ship, the water in the weir can be pumped out, the sunken ship can be sealed or repaired, and the cofferdam can be removed after the ship is floated with water.

The most advanced method now is the buoy salvage method, that is, dragging a group of buoys to the operation area of ​​the sunken ship, filling them with water and sinking to the bottom, and then launching them into the water by divers, using steel cables to tie the buoys to the sunken ship. Then start Salvage the air compressor on the ship and press air into this set of buoys, and these buoys will float to the surface with the sunken ship.

"I have worked all my life, and I have only accumulated seven boats in my hands, and only four are actually responsible for salvage. The others are treasure hunting boats. This requires not only luck, but also money!"

Old Qiao smiled bitterly and said, "We go out to sea for a few months every time, looking for treasures everywhere, and it's not bad to have one harvest a year! I'm lucky. I haven't lost money for so many years. 90.00% of the five treasure hunters give up halfway, because There's no money to go on."

"I invested [-] million US dollars, how about our cooperation?"

Wu Tianyuan finally dropped the blockbuster. Hearing Old Qiao's dumbfounded, it took him a while to recover, and calmly asked, "What conditions?"

"[-] million is to set up a company called Tianyuan Salvage Team. Buy the best boat and find the most professional people. Old Qiao, you will be in charge of the management. I will provide clues for the treasure hunt, and all costs will be paid to me!"

"There is such a good thing?"

(End of this chapter)