Looking at the hanging basket slowly emerging from the water, everyone's eyes showed anticipation.
Finally, the hanging basket broke away from the water and moved towards the Harvest Horn from mid-air under the control of the floating crane device.
Captain Julian directed, and the gondola finally landed steadily on the deck.
"It's really gold coins, and there are so many..."
The faces of the crew members all showed joy, and anyone who saw so many golden baubles would burst out with joy from the bottom of their hearts.
Even greed.
Julian said: "Okay, everyone, don't be too busy getting excited, collect these gold coins first!"
"There are many more under the sea, Beard and the others are still waiting..."
Due to the limited oxygen bottles they carry, the divers can stay underwater for up to an hour.
Even though Beard and others are experienced veterans, and they use double oxygen bottles to get into the water,
But seabed salvage is inherently heavy physical labor, and it also involves carrying heavy objects like gold.
Oxygen consumption is already higher than usual.
At this time, Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying also took a speedboat to the Harvest Horn salvage ship.
At this time, the crew no longer had any doubts about this new boss, but more deeply admired him.
In the past, when I followed Richardson, it was common for me not to work for a month or two, and I would be dragged to training by him if nothing happened.
But in less than half a month with the new boss, he had already made so many gold coins.
And I heard that there are still several shipwrecks waiting to be salvaged in the Mediterranean waters.
The salvage can begin only after the shipping administration department completes the review.
Watching the workers enthusiastically carrying gold coins from the hanging basket into a large polyethylene bucket, there was a clanging sound.
Tang Songyuan nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Well done, I will give everyone bonuses in advance after returning to Hong Kong."
Li Qingying translated his words loudly to everyone, and the crew members cheered happily again.
After the collection was completed, Julian directed the floating gondola to put the gondola into the water again, and then ordered the first mate to keep the large bucket containing the gold coins.
Then he said to Tang Songyuan with a serious face: "Boss, there is something I want to report to you..."
Tang Songyuan glanced around, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to your captain's cabin!"
Li Qingying naturally followed, and the three of them came to Julian's captain's room.
"Captain Julian, if you have anything to say, you can say it now..."
After finding a seat to sit down, Tang Songyuan asked.
Julian said: "With such a boss, today's Spanish shipwreck reminds me of a case ten years ago."
"About 2007, the Western Odyssey Company also found a Spanish shipwreck in the Atlantic waters,"
"This sunken ship is the "Mocedes" that has disappeared for more than 200 years."
"Odyssey Company quickly launched a deep-sea salvage operation as if it had found a treasure. It took them more than two months to fish out at least 600,000 gold coins and a small amount of silver coins from the seabed."
"Subsequently, Odyssey Company secretly transferred these gold coins back to the West..."
"However, after Spain learned of the situation, it immediately asked Odyssey for these treasures."
"It is said that this is a Spanish warship, no matter where it sinks, it is the sacrosanct property of Spain..."
After Li Qingying translated, Tang Songyuan frowned slightly and asked:
"Isn't this Mercedes in the high seas? How dare Spain want to go back?"
According to international practice, whoever finds a sunken ship or treasure in the high seas and whoever fishes it out belongs to the same person.
Julian said: "Odyssey also responded in the same way. The two parties went through intense negotiations and Spain also made some concessions,"
"The Odyssey Company can claim a third of the treasure, but the rest must be returned to Spain."
"But Odyssey Company refused to accept it and only promised to give Spain one-tenth of the gold coins, so Spain finally took Odyssey Company to court."
"After five years of negotiations, Odyssey finally lost the case and ruled that all their treasures must be returned to Spain..."
This judgment case made both Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying stunned.
Tang Songyuan was even more angry and said: "No, why should they?"
Julian curled his lips and said: "The reason is precisely because the Mercedes is a warship..."
Tang Songyuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "That's okay. What we are salvaging now is just a civilian cargo ship or merchant ship, and it has nothing to do with a warship."
"And this is also on the high seas. Whoever finds it belongs to whoever finds it."
Julian said: "Although this is the case, there are some things that we have to guard against."
"So I have asked Beard and his team to bring underwater cameras with them during the salvage to ensure a sufficient chain of evidence."
This kind of thing cannot be hidden at all. Instead of trying to cover it up, it is better to collect evidence that is beneficial to yourself.
Tang Songyuan stood up immediately after hearing this, patted Julian on the shoulder happily and said: "As expected of the old captain, he did a very good job!"
Julian also added: "I have another suggestion. When we go back, we should not go back to Marseille from the Strait of Gibraltar,"
"It is best to dock from the port of Le Havre or Bordeaux on the west coast..."
When he said this, Tang Songyuan understood instantly.
Strait of Gibraltar The Strait of Gibraltar is the border between Spain and the North African country of Morocco.
To return to the port of Marseille, they have to pass through the narrow Strait of Gibraltar. If Spain has a seizure and intercepts them, it will only increase trouble.
Tang Songyuan nodded and said: "Okay, that's it! We'll dock at Le Havre Port when we get back."
"Unload the loot, and the fleet will return to Marseille through the Strait of Gibraltar..."
Returning to the deck, Tang Songyuan saw several divers also surfaced with the hanging basket.
They must have run out of oxygen bottles and had to return to rest.
About an hour later, the divers entered the water again.
After several more hours of fighting, they finally plundered all the valuable items inside the sunken ship.
More than 10,000 gold coins, as well as silver ingots and emeralds, were all fished out without missing a beat.
Tang Songyuan opened his perspective and took a look, confirming that no teammate had hidden gold coins.
Then the order was given to return, and the fleet pulled anchor and moved towards the port of Le Havre.
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