In the next few days, Tang, Song and Yuan still directed the fish schools to conduct a detailed search of the seabed in the Mediterranean area.
Except for the giant octopus, the other nineteen fish, in addition to basic eating,
They patrolled almost day and night, searching for the ruins of sunken ships on the seabed for the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
The result is still obvious. They found no less than 500 sunken shipwrecks, but most of them have no salvage value, or have little salvage value.
But there are also eight sunken ships that have never been discovered and salvaged and are of high value.
For example, there is a complete, tall marble sculpture hidden in a sunken ship.
This is a stone sculpture of the sun god Amon.
The overall sculpture is an upright human figure, wearing a headband with two parallel feathers extending straight out of the headband, and holding a whip in his hand...
According to the identification of perspective vision, the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties knew that this sculpture was built around 330 BC.
It was the famous Alexander the Great in history who after conquering Egypt, in order to win over the religious forces in Egypt, and also to show his respect for the Egyptian gods.
He personally crossed the vast desert to the temple of the sun god Amon in the Siwa Oasis and paid a very solemn visit.
The sun god Amun was the main god of Egypt and Thebes at that time.
Therefore, the Egyptian priests at that time announced that Alexander was the son of the sun god Amun and the legal heir of the Egyptian Pharaoh. This sculpture was dedicated to Alexander the Great.
But not only was this sculpture lost in the vast Mediterranean due to a storm,
Alexander the Great also died young, and the huge empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa fell apart...
Since the entire shipwreck is covered with sand, the sculptures inside the shipwreck have not been eroded much by sea water and are quite well preserved.
If salvaged, the cultural value of this sculpture should be no less than that of the Statue of Victory in the Louvre.
There is also a medieval merchant ship loaded with porcelain from the Song Dynasty.
This merchant ship purchased a batch of porcelain from the Song Dynasty from a large food merchant and set out from Beirut Port. However, it also capsized on the vast seabed of the Mediterranean due to a storm.
The hull was torn apart, and a large amount of porcelain was scattered on the seabed in a radius of about 500 meters.
Looking at the scale of these porcelains, there are no less than 10,000 pieces.
Most of these porcelains are covered in mud and are relatively well preserved.
There are also some that are exposed on the seabed and have become places where some undersea creatures live. They need to undergo rigorous restoration to regain their value.
These eight shipwrecks are all of great salvage value.
Although salvage could not be carried out immediately, Tang, Song and Yuan marked all their location coordinates on a map.
As long as the salvage team is in place, salvage work can be carried out at any time.
Finally, two days later, good news came from Robert.
After his unremitting efforts to persuade, Richardson was willing to sell his salvage company.
It includes an 80% new floating crane ship with a lifting capacity of 100 tons, a cargo ship capable of salvage operations and a supply ship.
There are also corresponding corporate entities, all packaged and sold.
Robert also spent a day auditing the financial status of Richardson Company to confirm that there were no bad debts or the like.
The final negotiated price was €8 million.
Tang Songyuan agreed to the price without hesitation and signed a transfer agreement with Richardson that day.
Then he took Li Qingying to join the new company as the owner.
All the employees of the salvage company came, and they also wanted to know what the new boss who took over the company looked like.
When I saw the two young ones who were a bit too young, and they were a pair of handsome men and women from the East, I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
They actually hope that the person who will take over the company is a young person who is strong and enterprising.
I feel that relatively speaking, young people tend to play for fun.
Little did they know that all their thoughts were sensed by Li Qingying.
A professional smile appeared on her lips and she spoke in fluent French:
"First of all, let me introduce to you, this is the new boss of the company, Mr. Tang, Song, Yuan and Tang from China..."
Then, Li Qingying promised everyone that all employees' original positions, jobs, salaries and social benefits in the company would remain unchanged.
At the same time, additional bonuses will be paid to everyone on a monthly basis based on the company's performance.
As soon as these words came out, the morale of the army was basically stabilized.
Then Li Qingying asked all employees to return to their posts. The crew returned to the ship to repair the ship and prepare to go to sea. The diving team also had to check the corresponding equipment.
Then let the administrative department report to the French Navigation Administration based on the coordinates of the three shipwrecks provided by the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Declaration is a necessary process. According to French tradition, after review by the Maritime Administration,
As the discoverer and declarer, the companies of the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties could legally receive part of the items from the sunken shipwreck, and their share was one-third.
Sometimes both parties will cooperate in salvage, depending on the situation.
As the declaration progressed, Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying began to prepare for the salvage work.
The two came to the dock together to inspect the three ships.
The floating crane ship is called Don Quixote, and its captain is Joblin Cates, a white man about forty years old. According to him, he has more than ten years of experience in floating cranes at sea.
In addition, there are six sailors and five workers on board.
The ship responsible for the salvage operation was called the Harvest Horn, and its captain was Julian Green. There were twenty-eight sailors and salvage workers on board.
The other eight highly skilled divers are usually attached to the Harvest Horn.
The last one is a supply ship, which mainly provides fresh water, supplies and other supplies to the two ships...
The antique cultural relics salvaged from the seabed have been soaked in seawater for a long time and need to be desalinated after being released from the water.
At this time, a lot of fresh water is needed.
"Haha, the troops are strong and the horses are strong..."
Standing on the harvest horn, watching the crew cleaning the deck in full swing, Tang Songyuan said to Li Qingying in a good mood:
"I can't wait to lead the team out to sea so that we can start salvage activities at sea as soon as possible."
Li Qingying pursed her lips and said, "Aren't we still waiting for the review results from the Navigation Administration? The French are quite efficient."
"If this happens to Spain, the review alone will delay you for three to five weeks."
Tang Songyuan said dissatisfied: "Then let's forget about the Mediterranean for now and let the fleet set off. We might as well go to the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean."
"That was once the golden waterway between America and Europe,"
"If we find a cargo ship that transports gold, we can still make a lot of money!"
Li Qingying covered her mouth and chuckled: "There are countless pirate legends over there. Maybe you can also find the treasure of Pirates of the Caribbean..."
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