Peter still had enough respect and attention for Ling Hao. Although the latter was not very old, Peter felt a domineering and ferocious aura from him, like a giant ocean beast, as if this young man had grown up from a young age. He walked out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood, and his eyes were filled with profound wisdom. Instinct told Peter not to play any tricks in front of Ling Hao. He was definitely not a businessman in the ordinary sense. If he was angered, he would never mind letting the blood of the person who offended him stain the sea.
So Peter drove the "Trilobite" away from Ling Hao's operation area. Anyway, the shipwreck cemetery was large enough, and there was no need for the two sides to crowd together.
Peter's first target was a 17th-century Dutch merchant ship. It can be verified from its relatively well-preserved bow portrait that the ship was named "Nakaslan" and belonged to the Dutch East India Company. Its main route was It was to places like Java, Cambodia and Myanmar.
"Father, do you think this Dutch merchant ship is worth exploring?" daughter Susan asked Peter.
Peter smiled: "Dear, this is really a naive and stupid question. After so many years of experience in this industry, my experience is that you can never accurately determine what's inside without opening the cargo hold of a sunken ship and taking a look. Whatever it contains, any wreck is worth exploring.”
"No, except for warships." A hint of joking appeared on Susan's face. The whole world knew that old Pete had made billions in wealth, but was forced to return it to Spain with nothing left. This made him become this A group of jokes, the huge salvage costs almost bankrupted the "Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company" at the time. Now in front of Old Pete, probably only his daughter Susan dares to joke with him about this matter.
"Hey!" Peter curled his lips and made a disdainful sound. "I was too young and unsteady at the time. I was suddenly dazzled by such a huge amount of wealth and revealed too much in front of the media. It was just some Spanish gold coins. Was it taken from a merchant ship or a warship? Could it be other Can people still have the ability to go into the water to verify it? There are so many shipwrecks in this place. Except for the Chinese boy next door, no one in the world has the ability to come here. Where the treasure comes from, it is not how we say it, but the world has to recognize it. ? No more nonsense, let’s get the Scylla aboard.”
The huge robotic moray eel broke through the ship's plank like a tofu and entered the cargo hold. After the sand settled and the sea water became clear, the corner of Peter's mouth raised in an arc, while Susan and the two senior brothers were already cheering. The large wooden boxes in the warehouse were filled with gold and silverware, a large number of rhinoceros horns and ivory that had been corroded by sea water, and the large wooden barrels were filled with rubies, sapphires or jewelry.
Pete slapped his thigh and laughed wildly: "Beautiful, rubies are produced in Myanmar and Cambodia, and gold is produced in Indonesia. This is a merchant ship returning from Southeast Asia with a full load. Although the rhino horns and ivory are a pity, these rubies and gold are worth a lot of money. Money. My dear children, each of you controls a robot, widens the hole, and starts packing gifts in our steel mesh canvas bags. Remember to be careful not to scatter them."
The three young men have obviously reached the level of proficiency in robot manipulation. The crab-like "Parselope"'s two mechanical arms quickly opened a large hole in the ship's plank, while the octopus-like "Siren" He carried a huge steel wire canvas bag and got in. The bag was opened, and the eel-like 'Scylla' opened its big mouth. Seven or eight long and slender mechanical arms stretched out from the mouth, and scattered things on the ground in an orderly manner. The gold items were thrown into the bag, and the robotic arms of the "Siren" were like rakes, pulling piles of gold into the bag, almost like collecting grain. In order to avoid crushing the gold items, a bag filled with less than half will be sent out of the cargo hold and carried back to the "Trilobite" by the robot crab. The latter has a special dump bucket for underwater cargo to enter and exit. Empty bags are handed out from it. The bag containing gold was placed in the dump bucket, and then the robot crab took away the empty bag. The dump bucket was put back into the "Trilobite" and thrown directly into the cargo hold. The entire process was mechanized, which was much more efficient than Ling Hao and the others.
After five hours of work, the merchant ship was "ransacked." Peter squatted in the cargo hold with a calculator to weigh the "harvest." The three young men took back the deep-sea robot and ran here with excitement on their faces. They picked up this one and looked at it, then picked up that one and looked at it. Their eyes were almost exhausted.
Peter straightened up, hammered his waist with his fist and sighed: "There is more than a ton of gold. It seems that the quality is not very pure, and the workmanship is far inferior to that of China. I don't know how much it is worth in the market. But rubies and sapphires are still good. The quality is good, the particles are large, and the weight is more than 600 kilograms. It can be worth hundreds of millions in total. Let’s take a short break and then find the next target. I have a hunch that if we work harder and finish this job, I estimate that I will You can retire early.”
"Dad, don't forget, Julian only gave us 10%, how much can we get, but Ling Hao asked for 15%." Susan snorted.
"I'm kidding, am I, old Pete, someone who just suffers losses? As soon as Ling Hao's ship arrived that day, I asked Julian for a 15% share. He couldn't favor one against another for the same team. That guy was not willing at first. , but I said we would go back immediately if I refused, so he changed the contract with me and pinched his nose to give in. I calculated that according to our current progress, if we stay at the bottom of the sea for ten days and a half, we will salvage at least It’s worth more than 2 billion US dollars, and 15% is about 300 million. Isn’t that enough for me to retire early? This is my more kind approach. If we hide part of the treasure somewhere on the seabed before resurfacing, who will believe it? I don’t know, I don’t need to say more, you can make up your own mind.” A wicked smile appeared on Peter’s face, he provided the equipment himself, and even risked his life to go into the deep sea, why should 70% of what he fished out belong to Zhu who did nothing? Where's Lean? Old Pete is not an "honest person" who suffers such losses.
Not long after taking a break, Peter received a video call invitation from Ling Hao. "What's wrong, my dear Ling, is your work going well over there?" Pete said with a smile that made people feel refreshed. He was thinking about the matter of hiding some treasures under the sea. For the sake of safety, it would be best to Get Linghao into the water together so that everything will be safe.
However, Ling Hao seemed to have no intention of chatting with him at all. Instead, he said solemnly: "Pete, I found a World War II-era submarine here..."
"Oh no! My dear, listen to me. It's better not to touch military ships. I've suffered this loss before. You don't know that, right?" When hearing the words World War II submarine, Pete felt a little confused. My head hurts. Is Ling Hao going to fish for fish and mines? Even if there is something valuable, it must be returned to the country where the warship belongs.
"Listen to me! This type of submarine is relatively rare. I checked carefully and confirmed that it is a 'Marconi-class' submarine, hull number 463."
"Oh, I know, those are Italian submarines, but they have been operating in North Africa and the Mediterranean during World War II. This is the Cape of Good Hope. How could Italian submarines appear here?" Pete frowned.
A meaningful smile appeared on Ling Hao's face: "That's the problem. How could an Italian submarine sink here?"
Suddenly, Pete seemed to have thought of something and jumped up from his chair: "You mean... the legendary Mussolini's gold?"
Ling Hao did not comment, but just said: "You are better at underwater demolition than me. I have sent you the coordinates. Come over quickly." After saying that, Ling Hao interrupted the communication, leaving only Peter frozen on the spot, holding his hand They were all shaking constantly.
In World War II, although Italy was more like a soy saucer among the Axis powers, who was beaten by the Allies whoever caught him, Mussolini was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he could not defeat anyone, he could defeat everyone. Want to hit it. At one time, troops were sent everywhere, including France, Greece, North Africa, and the Soviet Union. War is like this. No matter who it is, wherever they go during the war, they must plunder and dig deep. Although Italy did not get much fat to eat, Mussolini still accumulated a lot of wealth for himself. When the Allied forces landed in Sicily, Italy was on the verge of collapse and surrendered in seconds. Before Mussolini was about to die, he loaded the wealth he had accumulated over the years and a large amount of gold in the Italian treasury onto a ship with the hull number 463. The "Marconi-class" submarine plans to escape from the Mediterranean Sea and head to Germany. According to conservative estimates, there are nearly 10 tons of gold and platinum alone. However, Mussolini was captured within two days, and Germany launched a textbook-level special operation to rescue him and then made him the leader of a puppet regime. Mussolini understood that his weight in Hitler's eyes was getting less and less. He might one day lose his value and die without knowing how he died. Can those treasures still be sent to Germany? Obviously not. Mussolini was not a fool. When things got to this point, it was time to find a way out for himself. In this world war that was sweeping the world, Madagascar was undoubtedly a paradise. It would take him a lot of mistresses and a lifetime to spend. It would be a good idea to go there to hide away when you have finished your wealth. So he ordered the submarine to change its route south, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope and heading to Madagascar. Of course, everyone knew the result. The submarine disappeared. No one knew where it went. Anyway, it did not reach its intended destination. Mussolini died in an ugly way. The key is that this huge wealth just died. evaporated.
After the war, legends of various war treasures spread everywhere, such as the U3523 submarine and Hitler's gold, the I-52 submarine and the 2-ton gold brick, Jewish treasures, the disappeared Polish treasury, etc., maybe these are The stories were all too eye-catching, or each legend was filled with blood and tears, so much so that they were talked about by many ordinary people. Later, many treasures were found at the sinking site one after another. However, Mussolini's submarine No. 463 was not sunk by the Allies. No one knew where it went in the vast sea. Naturally, the treasures that are impossible to find no longer have the value of making people talk about them, and they are gradually sealed in the pile of old papers of history. Only a small group of people in the industry think about fishing for something in the dark abyss every day. I still vaguely remember such a missing submarine.
"Susan! Quickly launch the Trilobite! We are going to meet up with Ling Hao. Maybe... maybe we have found Mussolini's gold!" Peter said as if he was suffering from hysteria, "Ouch" With one voice, his daughter and students roared.
