Li Qingying muttered: "I don't want it. Xiaolan is cute, but you don't know how bad his mouth is."
"You couldn't have said that on purpose..."
Naturally, Tang Songyuan would not admit it. Instead, he said, "I'm just providing a plan. It's up to you whether you go or not!"
"I want to go down and take a look first anyway!"
Although he could clearly see everything under the water through clairvoyance, not a single item in the cabin of the sunken ship could escape his eyes.
But I have nothing to do now anyway, so why not go for a walk first.
The water here is more than 200 meters deep. At this depth, it doesn't matter whether he has diving equipment or not.
With his physical fitness and the breath of Qi he has cultivated through hard work every day, he can still move freely even in water depths of more than 200 meters.
"Then be careful..." Li Qingying looked at the sky and ordered.
Tang Songyuan put on his swimming trunks, revealing his strong tendons, and then jumped into the sea with a pop from the stern of the yacht.
He turned somersaults to adjust his posture, kicked his feet into the air, and swam towards the bottom of the water.
The dark seawater came from all directions, but Tang Songyuan swam faster and faster, successfully reaching the depth of more than 200 meters in just over three minutes.
The water in the depths was extremely cold, but it did not affect his actions at all.
As if walking on flat ground, he walked towards the middle of the treasure ship. There was a hidden hole here that could lead directly to the interior of the cabin.
It is estimated that the treasure ship sank in this sea area because of this hole.
Tang Songyuan entered through the hole, with the aid of perspective vision, and the dark environment had no impact on him.
He accurately found the cargo hold, and a large number of porcelains that had been lost for hundreds of years were densely displayed in front of him.
Bowls, plates, and dishes are piled on top of each other, and pots and jars are densely covered, still arranged neatly.
At that time, these porcelains should have been fixed with bamboo baskets, but as the ship capsized and soaked in seawater for many years, the bamboo baskets were eroded by the seawater and ceased to exist.
Tang, Song and Yuan pushed away the sand covering the surface of the porcelain, picked up several large blue and white bowls, grabbed a large animal-ear vase with the other hand, and swam towards the hole again.
Ten minutes later, Tang Songyuan surfaced, swinging his legs to tread the water, and raising his hands high to show Li Qingying what he had gained.
"Look, they are all complete and good products!"
Li Qingying glanced at him angrily, then stretched out her hands, carefully took the big bowl in his hand, put it away, and then grabbed the bottle in his other hand.
She said: "You are so powerful, you can just go and make money alone, why bother to set up a company..."
Tang Songyuan grabbed the handrails at the stern of the ship with both hands and climbed onto the yacht. He laughed and said, "No matter how powerful I am, I can't do everything. I was just happy to see Xun Xin."
"Go get a basin of fresh water and come here. These treasures need to be desalted immediately."
Li Qingying did as he was told, filled a large basin with water, and put the few pieces of porcelain he fished out into it.
Tang Songyuan went to the bathroom of Pipixia to take a shower, put on clothes and came out again.
He said: "They are all exquisite folk kilns from the mid-Ming Dynasty. There are many more below. The number is estimated to be more than 100,000..."
"One hundred thousand pieces..." Li Qingying opened her eyes in surprise and said, "So many porcelains, how much are they worth..."
Tang Songyuan chuckled and said: "With the exquisiteness of these porcelains, even if each piece is worth 10,000 yuan, it is ten small goals."
"So I told you before that I got rich..."
He picked up a large blue and white bowl with his hands, touched the blue pattern on the bowl, then turned it over and looked at the bottom of the bowl.
The thickness of the carcass of this large bowl is close to the same, and the degree of porcelain is also very high.
The glaze is plump, with several orchid grass patterns outlined with simple lines, and the inscription on the bottom of the bowl reads 'Made in the New Year'.
Based on the identification of perspective vision, Tang Songyuan said:
"This is porcelain produced in the 25th year of Jiajing in the middle Ming Dynasty. At that time, the imperial court banned the sea, but merchants along the coast took risks and made huge profits by smuggling porcelain."
Li Qingying chuckled and said: "This is normal. When any law is enacted, it will create benefits for those who break the rules."
“Rules constrain most people, but those who violate them will gain unique conveniences and benefits.”
"At the same time, it also illustrates a problem. If God does not take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences."
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the southern handicraft industry was developed and capitalism had begun to sprout. Ming porcelain could have been sold overseas, but the imperial court banned overseas trade, so smuggling became rampant and national interests were harmed.
Tang Songyuan nodded in approval and said, "Yes, that's why I'm here to retrieve these God-given treasures."
Li Qingying added: "But I still have a question. Since the quantity of these porcelains is huge, they must find a huge market to digest them."
"But this place is not on any sea trade route at all."
This is the hinterland of the Pacific Ocean, located in the north of the Kyushu-Palau Ridge. It is neither on the Maritime Silk Road from Quanzhou to the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, nor on the route to Xiaoli.
Tang Songyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Who can say for sure? Maybe the ship encountered a storm at sea, was washed here by the waves, and then hit the rocks and sank."
"Or maybe it encountered pirates, was chased here, and then sank."
"There are so many possibilities, but whatever the reason, this ship is here now, waiting for us to discover..."
The next day, Tang, Song and Yuan did not go into the water to fish for porcelain, but waited on the spot.
He has already sent the coordinates to Han Yangzhou. The fleet headed by the Broken Leaf salvage ship is on its way non-stop and is expected to arrive in three days.
And he also let go of the control of the big whale Xiao Lan, but the big whale still refused to leave. After going out for a walk to eat and drink, he came back to play with Li Qingying.
Li Qingying also loved this large 'pet' so much that she asked Tang Songyuan to get her a batch of small fishes, and then she happily fed them to Xiaolan one by one.
The fishing method of Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties was simple and crude. They drove the Pipi Shrimp to find a school of fish, then stopped on the water, and could fish it out with a large net bag while standing at the stern of the ship.
Or there is no need to catch them at all. He can also control the small fish to fly up to the deck of the stern of the ship one by one. Li Qingying only needs to use a basin to catch them.
Three days passed in a hurry, and the three ships, Suiye, Qiuci, and Yutian, finally arrived in this sea area.
According to the instructions of Tang, Song and Yuan, they deployed their formation, dropped the anchor, and prepared to start salvage work.
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