I'm really the king of leaks

Chapter 506 Copper block?

estimate.

This ship seems to have been salvaged, and all the good things must have been taken away.

otherwise.

There won't be as many empty boxes either.

Continue to go forward, search for a while, but there is no effective information.

Zhang Yi was ready to return the same way.

The deck shatters at the first touch, and it is not so realistic to want to jump on it.Maybe Zhang Yi's jump directly broke the whole boat.

but.

He thought of a way and was about to leave the ship.

A question came to mind.

Zhang Yi found three warehouses. It stands to reason that there should be another warehouse at the bottom of the ship.However, Zhang Yi didn't see the door of that compartment just now.

In doubt, Zhang Yi waded into the water and continued to search.

Relying on estimates, Zhang Yi roughly determined the location of the warehouse.

but.

In that direction, there is no door.

Walk over and push the partition over there.

It was loose!
After removing the partition, Zhang Yi saw that there was actually a bronze door inside.

On the bronze door.

There is also a bronze lock, which is tightly locked.

Whether it was the bronze door or the bronze lock, they were all oxidized very badly, covered with a thick layer of patina.Zhang Yi went over and tugged at the bronze lock, but unexpectedly, it was quite strong.

Failed to pull it off directly.

Simultaneously.

Zhang Yi also found that the edge of the bronze door was sealed.

and.

Sealed very tightly.

I don't know how it is sealed inside. Anyway, there is a layer of wax on the outside for waterproofing.

If it is a merchant ship, it is definitely not necessary to seal the hatch of the cargo warehouse for storing goods.

The sealant and bonding technology of the ancients is still very superb.

For example, some tombs, or the sealing of coffins, some ingredients are still unclear, what are the ingredients.

It is also recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing in the Ming Dynasty.

First chop the hemp fiber and stuff it into the seams of the ship to "make tendons", then use tung oil and lime to make putty, and wipe the seams. After the putty solidifies, a firm waterproof adhesive sealing layer is formed in the seams of the boards.

estimate.

This method was used to seal the door, and the outer layer was sealed with a layer of hard wax.

With such careful sealing, it is estimated that there should be no water seepage in this cabin.

It doesn't really make sense that the ship should sink without flooding one of the large holds.

It is estimated that the sinking of the ship is related to the large holes on the deck.Those holes were probably formed by placing something heavy enough to exceed the buoyancy of the ship, causing the ship to sink to the bottom.

Years of decay, and other factors, the things in the ship fell down.

and so.

The boat floated up again.

This seems to be the only reasonable explanation.

What makes people curious is, what is stored in this cabin?
Why is it so important?
Could these things be related to the secret behind the Pabala Temple?
thought here.

Zhang Yi took out a dagger.

Insert the dagger into the lock and pry it hard, and the lock will break.After all, it has been decayed for a long time, and it is actually not strong. The hardness of steel knives is far more than that of copper locks.

then.

He drew a circle around the bronze door with his dagger.

Use one hand.

The bronze door was opened directly.

This hidden cabin has finally been opened!
It was dark inside.

The light of Zhang Yi's flashlight seemed unable to dispel the darkness.

and so.

He subconsciously polished another cold sparkler for lighting.

The space in this cabin is still very large.

even.

Larger than any of the other three cabins.

It's not dry inside, just a little bit of water.

All boxes, big and small, were soaked in water.Moreover, none of these boxes had been opened.Zhang Yi went over and opened one of the boxes casually.

Take a look.

Can't help but be strange.

There are no gold and silver treasures in the box, nor antiques such as porcelain.

But...

what?
Zhang Yi didn't see it for a while.

Because, the things in the box look very irregular, they cannot be named, and some are even indescribable.

It looks like some kind of ore.

Could it be that.

Are these boxes full of copper ore?
Or, is it smelted raw copper?
If it was really just copper, there should be no need to be so concealed, and it was sealed in an airtight cabin.So, what do these things mean?
If this happened before the Tang Dynasty, it would be understandable.

after all.

Before the Tang Dynasty, copper was banned among the people.

But all the signs on this ship are expressionless. This is a ship from the late Ming Dynasty.

A copper ban cannot exist.

Next.

Zhang Yi opened other wooden boxes.

but.

He found that the situation in other wooden boxes was the same.

All these irregular lumps of copper!
but.

It is said to be copper, but in such a humid condition in the cabin, there is no patina on the copper.

Or, it's not copper?
between doubts.

Zhang Yi picked up a piece of copper.

Let's identify it, don't you know?

Place the index finger of your right hand on the piece of copper.

next moment.

In the mind, there is a voice.

"Excuse me, is it authenticated?"

"Identify!"

Zhang Yi secretly said.

After about half a minute.

There was another voice in my head.

"Sorry, unable to identify!"

Raw jadeite can be identified, if it is copper or copper block, it can definitely be identified!

In order to verify, Zhang Yi even went over and appraised it. The bronze door over there was covered with green locks.The results of the appraisal show that it is an ingenious copper lock in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Copper locks can be identified, but these things that look like copper blocks cannot be identified.

This probably means that these things are not copper at all!

Zhang Yi thought that on this ship, there was a flag with the pattern of the Pabala Temple.

Could it be that.

Are these things related to the mysterious Pabala Temple?

Then.

Is it also related to "Dragon Seal Ghost Seal"?

Zhang Yi once also had doubts about the colored material of Longxi Ghost Seal.

I think it's bronze, but I can't be sure if it's real or not.

and so.

Could it be that the ghost seal of the dragon seal held by the courtiers, and the huge "ghost seal of the dragon seal" behind the courtyard of Zhang's villa were all made of these things?

If you think about it from this aspect, it is understandable that these "copper blocks" are so hidden.

after all.

The secret behind the "Dragon Seal Ghost Seal" involves too much.

of course.

There is no way to take all these "copper pieces" on the "ghost ship" away.

and so.

Zhang Yi found one of them, which was easy to carry, and put it in his pocket.It can be used to study it after taking it back, and maybe it can be used as a breakthrough to find the truth behind the whole thing.

Put away the "copper block".

Zhang Yi continued to walk towards the front of the cabin.

However, just after taking two steps, I saw a person sitting there!
Suddenly, Zhang Yi was taken aback.

Subconsciously took two steps back.

Zhang Yi's flashlight turned on again.

(End of this chapter)