Tang Songyuan moved very quickly, even though he set off more than ten minutes later than Leng Zhiwen and others,
But not long after Leng Zhiwen and others arrived at the bottom of the sea, Tang Song and Yuan also arrived successfully.
Mr. Tang is down too?
Although he was wearing diving equipment that covered his head and face, Tang Songyuan's strong figure and flexible movements were recognized by the divers at a glance.
A trace of doubt flashed in Leng Zhiwen's mind, but he quickly got back into intense work.
As for Tang Songyuan's diving ability, he, the diving captain, also admired him very much.
So Tang Songyuan felt honored and motivated to come down and work with them.
Just like on the battlefield, the general commanding the entire army leads the charge, and the morale of the soldiers following the general will be higher.
What's more, the abilities and strength of Tang, Song and Yuan have long been obvious to all.
Sure enough, with the participation of Tang Song and Yuan, the diving team's salvage speed once again accelerated a lot, and they unearthed pieces of exquisite porcelain buried deep in the sand on the seabed.
Bowls, plates and other utensils that are generally easy to stack are placed in the hanging basket lowered by the Khotan floating gondola.
Bottles, cans, etc. that are inconvenient to stack are placed in the float.
Within half an hour, the hanging basket and the pontoon brought down were fully filled.
A thousand pieces of porcelain of various types were their harvest from this trip.
Leng Zhiwen pulled the signal rope on the hanging basket, and soon the hanging basket began to rise.
At the same time, the compression air pump on the Broken Leaf also started working, continuously injecting air into the pontoon through an air guide pipe connected in series.
The newly injected air discharges the seawater in the buoy, and then according to Archimedes' principle, the buoy begins to rise slowly.
All the divers working underwater did not delay any longer and floated towards the surface of the sea.
Tang Songyuan also followed the team, maintaining the same rhythm as Leng Zhiwen and others, stopping for a short time every ten meters or so in order to allow the body to adapt to the changes in seawater pressure.
At a depth of more than 200 meters, it took almost twenty minutes to finally surface.
"Huh~!"
Seeing the long-lost sky again, although the divers were a little tired, they were still in a very happy mood.
There were small boats prepared long ago to pick up the divers on the Broken Leaf, and the crew and workers also began to take action.
While taking out all kinds of porcelain from the floats and hanging baskets, the desalination process is performed on these porcelain.
Generally, you need to slowly boil it in warm water first, and use the temperature to speed up the dissolution of salt in fresh water. After slow cooking, you need to wait for the porcelain to cool naturally and soak it in clean water.
If the porcelain has cracks, cracks, or attachments, it needs to be cleaned and cleaned before proceeding to the next step.
Cleaning requires the use of gasoline, ether or detergent, etc. Different cleaning agents are required for different situations.
So this job is not as easy as imagined.
Tang Songyuan looked at the busy scene of everyone and couldn't help but smile: "Very good, thank you for your hard work, everyone."
"It's not hard work!"
The workers responded with a smile: "This is what we should do."
Last time we went to sea with the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, not only did we get a sea-going allowance, but after we returned, everyone also received an extra piece of sea-harvested porcelain from a folk kiln in the Ming Dynasty.
The boss ate meat, and they also took a solid sip of the soup.
After taking a short rest, Tang Songyuan took the diving team into the water again.
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Until the sun turned west, the diving team went into the water nine times in total, and the last batch of porcelain was successfully hoisted onto the Broken Leaf.
The divers dragged their tired bodies back and leaned against the side of the ship, sitting on the deck without any appearance.
The Khotan supply ship prepared warm sugar water for everyone and distributed it in large cups to the divers who worked the hardest to replenish their physical strength.
Of course, other workers can also drink it, but it’s just in a large thermal bucket, and those who need it can only pour it themselves.
The cleaning work on the Broken Leaf is still in progress. The entire deck of the Broken Leaf is filled with large basins filled with clean water. In each basin, some porcelain is soaked.
There are also some porcelain bottles and jars, which are placed in large and small stainless steel buckets.
It needs to be soaked for at least ten hours before it can be packaged and sealed.
Tang, Song and Yuan found Han Yangzhou and asked him to pull anchor and set sail, following the Pipi Shrimp to the next location.
Han Yangzhou had no objection and immediately issued new instructions to the fleet.
With stars filling the sky overhead, the fleet set sail again.
The workers could finally take a break and enjoy a sumptuous dinner at several long tables set up on the open space with few decks.
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Tang Songyuan also returned to the Pipi Shrimp, washed up and changed into dry clothes.
Li Qingying handed him a glass of red wine with a smile to celebrate the fleet's harvest.
She said: "Although the harvest this time is less than one-tenth of the last time, the value seems to be higher."
Tang Songyuan took the cup, touched it lightly with her, took a sip, and said with a smile:
"That's natural. I checked before I came here. Whether it's Cizhou kiln or Yaozhou kiln, they are more expensive than the last batch of Ming Dynasty porcelain."
"The few exquisite Longquan kiln pieces there are even several times more expensive..."
Li Qingying sighed and said: "It's a pity that there are not many such opportunities. The truly high-value sunken treasures are all on those fixed waterways. The number of sunken ships in the high seas is more than ten times less."
Tang Songyuan chuckled and said: "Although the number is small, we will have less trouble."
"You see, when we were in France, we also found many high-value shipwrecks in the Mediterranean,"
"But if you want to salvage these sunken ruins, you not only need to apply for review, but you can only get up to 50% of the treasures salvaged, sometimes even only one-third."
"Not only did I work hard, but I was also controlled by others..."
Li Qingying raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said, "No wonder you didn't really want to go back when you came back from France last time."
"If it weren't for that box of Spanish gold coins, I guess you wouldn't have any plans to go to France this year."
Tang, Song and Yuan chuckled twice, neither admitting nor denying.
At this moment, the Pipixia's shipboard radio rang, and Han Yangzhou's voice came from inside:
"Mr. Tang, Mr. Tang, we found an American ship five nautical miles ahead, called the Goddess of Victory. Its behavior seems a little unusual..."
Tang Songyuan boarded the flybridge deck and looked far away, and sure enough he saw a white ship on the port side.
He frowned slightly and controlled a sea fish to check.
A few minutes later, the sea fish approached the Victory.
Through the clairvoyant vision of sea fish, Tang Songyuan saw a magical scene.
There is an ancient sunken ship underneath the Lady of Victory.
It is being towed by the Lady of Victory with a long cable.
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