Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying returned to the small yacht and followed the fleet slowly towards the port of Le Havre.
The sea fish under his control continue to search along the golden route from Europe to the Caribbean, trying to find some valuable shipwrecks.
Li Qingying asked: "What will happen if Spain really asks for the treasure when we go back this time?"
After listening to the case described by Julian, Li Qingying couldn't help but feel worried.
Tang Songyuan sneered and said, "We have already said that this is a civilian merchant ship, so why do they have the dignity to come and ask for it?"
"And I will give it to him if he wants it?"
Li Qingying snorted and said: "It's hard to tell the urine properties of these European countries, and judging from previous cases, they might actually get into international lawsuits."
"And once we are targeted, the possibility of losing will be very high, and they will even ignore the evidence you provide..."
Tang Songyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not afraid, but it's absolutely impossible for me to return the gold coins to them."
"I would rather throw these gold coins back into the sea than give him half a penny..."
Anyway, these gold coins were fished from the sea. At worst, they were thrown back into the sea in front of everyone.
He threw them back into the sea in the morning, and arranged for Squidward to pick them all back up in the afternoon.
After a day and night of sailing, the fleet finally arrived at the port of Le Havre on the west coast of France on the afternoon of the next day.
Li Qingying had already arranged for the company to send a car from Marseille to pick him up, and Julian also ordered the crew and workers to package all the gold coins, silver ingots, emeralds, etc. that were fished out and move them into the car sent by the company.
The fleet then returned to Marseille Port by sea, while Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying returned to Marseille overnight by land with the corresponding car.
Early the next morning, the news spread throughout the company that the fleet had fished out more than 10,000 large Spanish gold coins on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tang, Song and Yuan had no intention of hiding this matter, and with so many people handling it, they couldn't hide it even if they wanted to.
"Really or not, the new boss is so powerful?"
One employee muttered in disbelief.
Someone immediately responded to him:
"That's false. The warehouse received a large number of heavy goods last night. They are probably gold coins fished out of the Atlantic Ocean by the new boss."
"And didn't our company declare the locations of three sunken shipwrecks in the Mediterranean? There is still a lot of work to be done in the coming period!"
The employee from before said with emotion: "Our new boss looks young, and he is really vigorous and resolute in his work..."
On the other side, in the boss's office, Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying met with the staff of the French Navigation Administration.
One, Macaulay Webster, was the deputy director of the Marseilles branch of the Maritime Administration, and the other was his assistant.
Macaulay is about forty years old, with a fair face and no need for a high nose, and his clothes look a bit old-fashioned.
After a brief understanding, Macaulay said straightforwardly:
"That's right, Mr. Tang, we have already sent people to explore the locations of the three underwater shipwrecks reported by your company,"
"A 13th-century Arabian-style shipwreck, a cargo ship probably in Ptolemaic style, and an Alexander-style North African shipwreck."
"But the locations of these three shipwrecks are all located on the seabed with a water depth of more than 300 meters."
"Our Maritime Administration in Marseille does not have the ability to salvage sunken ships at such depth,"
"So I hope that I can work with your company to jointly salvage these three sunken ships. After all, you are the discoverers and declarers of these three underwater shipwrecks..."
Whether the entire shipwreck is salvaged as a whole, or just the valuables are recovered.
In most cases, large-scale deep-sea salvage requires divers to go into the sea to work, and the core is people.
Take overall salvage as an example. Divers need to go into the water and use steel cables to fix the hull, and then it can be hoisted as a whole by the floating crane.
The prerequisite for overall salvage is that the hull is strong enough and the divers need to be strong enough.
You know, the average diving depth of divers is between 100 meters and 200 meters.
Even with the equipment, there are absolutely very few people who can dive to a depth of 300 meters.
At a seawater pressure of 300 meters, divers have to withstand 31 atmospheres of pressure, which is 30 atmospheres more than on land. This is equivalent to the human body having to withstand about 30 kilograms of pressure per square centimeter.
Under this kind of pressure, the diver will feel as if he is being squeezed, and his bones will feel very close to each other.
Even simple movements such as raising hands and moving feet are very laborious, let alone physical labor.
When Macaulay's Navigation Administration was conducting exploration, it was necessary to conduct exploration by submersible.
Li Qingying translated Macaulay's words softly, and Tang Songyuan showed a pleased smile on his face and said:
"Of course there is no problem with joint salvage. Our company is very happy to cooperate with the Maritime Administration,"
"But Minister Macaulay, I only have one question. After they are salvaged, how will the items inside be distributed?"
Macaulay replied without thinking: "Generally speaking, you will be given one-third of the ownership rights of the items."
"However, considering that you have declared three sunken remains at one time and will be the main force in salvage in the future, you are granted half of the rights to dispose of the items."
"Haha..." Tang Songyuan smiled happily and said, "It seems that Minister Macaulay really came with sincerity today."
"But I don't need half of the item disposal rights. I only need one-third of the item disposal rights, but I only have one condition."
"I need to get my pick!"
Whether it is a 13th-century Arabian shipwreck or a shipwreck from the Ptolemaic dynasty, the most valuable thing inside must be the hidden gold coins inside.
The rest were nothing more than pottery or rusty silverware.
As for the sunken ship from the Alexander Dynasty, the most valuable thing inside is the marble statue of the sun god Amon.
This thing is a cultural relic or cultural heritage in France, and private possession is not allowed.
Tang, Song and Yuan had no intention of possessing it, but they would definitely get the benefits they deserved.
"Ah..." Macaulay had a troubled look on his face. He didn't quite understand why Tang Songyuan would rather have less distribution rights than priority selection rights.
He said, "May I know why?"
Tang Songyuan responded with a smile: "Actually, when we discovered these three submarine sunken ruins, we conducted preliminary exploration."
"For example, most of the items in the 13th-century Arabian sunken ship were porcelain or pottery. For aesthetic reasons, I wanted to give priority to what I liked..."
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