Li Qingying asked again: "Then the Levasseur treasure you found in the Seychelles Islands, why don't we move it out when we return?"
Tang Songyuan curled his lips, thought for a moment and said:
"It's not going well over there. How about we go south to Africa, continue south from Ghana, and then go around the Cape of Good Hope to the Indian Ocean?"
Li Qingying chuckled and said: "That's not impossible, I just don't know if your Pipi shrimp can withstand the storm at the Cape of Good Hope."
Tang Songyuan: "I don't care, why don't I just try as you said?"
Li Qingying raised her eyebrows provocatively and said, "Just give it a try!"
...
Early the next morning, the Pipi Shrimp, which had been replenished with fuel and supplies, also sailed away from the Port of Bordeaux.
Under Li Qingying's instructions, Meng Jingwen still found some information related to the San Miguel through some documents.
At the end of the 15th century, the Portuguese explorer Dias successfully circumnavigated the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa. This discovery brought new trade prospects to Europe.
Soon afterwards, Vasco da Gama successfully opened a new maritime route to India in the early 16th century.
This series of geographical discoveries inspired the Portuguese Kingdom’s exploration and trade ambitions.
Against this historical background, the San Miguel came into being.
The ship was named "San Miguel",
It is intended to commemorate Portugal’s maritime heritage and spirit of adventure.
The construction of the San Miguel brought together Portugal's most outstanding shipbuilding technology and craftsmen at the time.
The hull is made of solid oak and equipped with the latest navigational instruments and weapons.
The captain of the San Miguel was Alberto de Sousa.
His family was once a close ally of the Portuguese royal family and contributed greatly to Portugal's maritime industry for hundreds of years.
The Sousa family has a deep relationship with the royal family and has received many awards and honors from the royal family.
But not long after Alberto led his team to set off on the San Miguel, a power struggle broke out within the Portuguese royal family, with different factions fighting openly and secretly for the throne.
The Sosa family inadvertently became involved in this feud, siding with the wrong faction.
When this faction lost power in the battle, the family was liquidated and the entire family was executed on orders from the rival faction.
In the end, the San Miguel sank for unknown reasons on its return journey and disappeared into the dust of history.
After hearing this, Tang Songyuan smiled disapprovingly and said: "I'm afraid this guy plundered so much treasure in India that the San Miguel finally failed to hold on and sank after experiencing the storm at the Cape of Good Hope."
Meng Jingwen nodded and agreed: "Maybe this is really possible."
"But you see, Dias discovered the Cape of Good Hope and was remembered in history, and then Vasco da Gama opened up a new sea route and was praised by the world."
"But when Vasco da Gama went to India for the first time, the Indians at that time gave him the greatest friendship and equal trading of supplies."
"The second time Vasco da Gama went to India, he brought twenty armed warships and started to rob them..."
Li Qingying deeply agreed and said with some disdain: "The entire modern history of the West is full of bloody plunder and betrayal. It is not surprising that these are all."
One day later, the Pipi Shrimp driven by Tang Songyuan merged with three other ships including the Broken Leaf, and then continued to sail towards the west coast of Africa.
After another two days of day and night sailing, we finally reached the waters above the waters where the San Miguel sank.
It is located near the equator, and the weather is gradually getting hotter.
Li Qingying put on a pair of light clothes again, and took Meng Jingwen with her to spread out and bask in the sun on the top deck of the Pipi Shrimp.
"Sister Qingying, please don't say anything."
Meng Jingwen lay on the deck, squinting her eyes to enjoy the sunshine, and then said: "It feels pretty good to be in the sun. I was a little cold before."
"I always feel soreness in my waist and back, especially during my menstrual period. Now I often bask in the sun, and I feel that those symptoms have been alleviated a lot..."
After hearing this, Li Qingying turned to look at her with a smile: "When did I lie to you?"
"But this place is near the equator and the ultraviolet rays are very strong, so you shouldn't stay out in the sun for too long."
"I know, I know!" Meng Jingwen nodded repeatedly: "But sister Qingying, your skin is so good, is it because you often bask in the sun?"
Li Qingying chuckled and said: "Not entirely..."
Then he changed the subject and said: "Look, Captain Leng and the others are starting to enter the water to prepare for salvage."
"I'm sure I can get a lot of good stuff this time!"
Meng Jingwen raised her head and looked up, and said in two words: "Speaking of which, Mr. Tang is really amazing. We can even find such unpopular sunken treasures on the seabed."
"And Sister Qingying, you are also amazing. Not only are you beautiful, but you are also so considerate and promote a newcomer like me. I really don't know how to repay you..."
"Just work hard for me!"
Li Qingying said lightly: "Mr. Tang has said before that he has a very powerful secret elite team responsible for finding these lost treasures for him."
Meng Jingwen nodded again and said: "Then Mr. Tang is still very capable, otherwise I don't know what kind of price we should pay just to support such an elite team."
Li Qingying smiled until her eyebrows curved into crescents and said, "That's right!"
Whether it is the sea fish team or the sea bird team, they consume almost a ton of shrimp per 100 kilometers.
...
the other side.
Leng Zhiwen and other eight divers wore diving suits, carried oxygen bottles and professional seabed detection equipment, and slowly dived into the deep sea.
One hundred and thirty meters under the sea, sunlight can no longer penetrate this deep darkness.
But Leng Zhiwen and others were not panicked because they were already accustomed to such an environment.
Silently turned on the deep sea search flashlight, illuminating the surrounding underwater world.
On the dead seabed, the ruins of a huge sunken ship stood in front of them.
It was the San Miguel.
Leng Zhiwen slowly approached the sunken ship, and the light of the flashlight cast a beam of light on the dark seabed.
The wreckage of the San Miguel gradually revealed its true appearance in the light.
Most of the hull was covered with thick sea sand, and the other half was covered with various marine plants, spreading and growing on the hull, and there were even some strange creatures that they had never seen before.
The wood of the hull has become mottled after hundreds of years of seawater erosion, but its strength and solidity can still be seen.
Then, Leng Zhiwen made a gesture to the team members behind him. The team members immediately understood and spread out to find the entrance to the sunken ship.
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