Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 643 Silver
After the robot surfaced, Liang En and the others quickly transferred the metal ingots brought by the robot to a laboratory on the ship, and then started the follow-up processing.

Compared with the laboratory on land, the laboratory on this ship is obviously much simpler, but even so, this laboratory occupies a large space on the ship, so that other spaces on the ship have to be compressed to accommodate it.

"This is silver, and the purity is not low." After doing a few simple experiments, Liang En smiled when he saw these silver ingots, which were only a little smaller than city wall bricks.

Although the price of silver in modern times has fallen sharply compared with ancient times, it is still valuable when the quantity increases. At least judging from the current situation of seabed salvage, this place is likely to be the storage room of the other party's silver. The quantity of this kind of silver bars is definitely not small. .

Because the water depth in this sea area is only about 10m, in addition to the robot, several salvage company employees with diving licenses also brought their equipment and jumped into the sea to start the salvage work.

This salvage company was established by Liang Enxin, because if he remembers correctly, the treasures on this ship were scattered in a large area of ​​sea due to the storm that year, so if you want to salvage, you must prepare a company for long-term salvage.

The core of the salvage team was French and Chinese, all of whom were reliable personnel recruited by Liang En through his own connections. Basically, they were all professional divers and were fully qualified for this task.

Because this is a shallow sea with very good underwater transparency and light, the progress of the salvage work is advancing very fast. As everyone explores the seabed, more and more metal reactions are detected by our metal detectors. .

"There is about the size of a football field underneath, all of which have relatively strong metal reactions." When they came up to take a break in the middle, the uncle surnamed Zhang, who was the leader of the Huaxia divers, briefly introduced the underwater situation.

After all, this ship has been sunk for more than 300 years and nearly 400 years, and it is in the shallow sea in the tropics, so all the organic matter on the ship is almost rotten now, and the ones that are not rotten have sunk into the sand under the action of gravity.

Therefore, if you simply pass by the water surface, you can't find these underwater treasures at all. Only like Liang En and the others can find the underwater problems with a metal detector after roughly locking the position.

"Old Zhang, how long do you think it will take us to dig?" Liang En asked the subordinate in front of him as he watched everyone work together to pull the full metal basket onto the ship's side with the winch on the ship.

"It may be very long, because the area of ​​the seabed with underwater metal reactions is too large. If you want to clean up the whole thing, it will definitely not be done in just a few days. It may take several months." After thinking about it, Zhang said seriously.

This middle-aged man named Lao Zhang was one of the few reliable Chinese friends Liang En and the others met after they arrived in Ireland.He used to work in the Huaxia Salvage Bureau, and then went overseas to collect enough money to treat his children.

But to be honest, it is not easy to work abroad. The simplest thing is that it is too difficult to apply for a work visa in European and American countries, so when he came here two years ago, he could only work illegally.

Unlike those with legal work visas, those who work illegally can only get 1/3 of the normal labor costs, and they don't have any insurance or benefits.

To make matters worse, sometimes if you meet a black-hearted boss, you may be directly denied wages. Because of their status as illegal workers, they have no way to recover these wages.

Although Lao Zhang found an employer who didn't cheat his wages, he didn't expect that last year, his child's condition suddenly deteriorated and he needed an emergency operation, and he didn't have enough money at that time.

In this situation, the other party could only ask for help in the Chinese circle, and Liang En's father chose to lend him 35000 pounds to help him in an emergency after confirming his situation.

According to Liang En's father, if a reliable person like this is in a tight situation and lends money to help others, it can be regarded as a kind of meritorious deed, as long as he understands what he can do before helping others.

And the facts are the same as what Liang En's father analyzed. After Lao Zhang's child's operation was successful, he only left enough money for his own living every month, and the rest of the money was used to pay off debts.

When Liang En decided to recruit divers this time, he was the first thing he thought of. After all, he went back to China specifically to treat the child. Under such circumstances, the other party's willingness to return to the UK to pay back the money already speaks volumes about the other party's character.

After the other party joined the team, he also showed his reliable side. At least according to everyone's reviews, everyone is willing to believe in this team member who talks less and does more.

"A few months? This seems to be in the same general direction as my guess, but I think it may take longer than this." After listening to Lao Zhang's answer about the progress of the excavation, Liang En thought for a while and said.

"So let's call it a day when the sky gets dark these days. Anyway, we don't need to hurry, and there is no need to risk diving at night when the light is bad."

"No problem, boss." Lao Zhang nodded and said, "But if there is no problem, I think we should be able to clean up the few metal-intensive areas we found before dark."

"I remember that you found five points before, and now it's only four hours before dark?" Liang En frowned and asked after hearing Lao Zhang's words, because he really didn't know much about this aspect. .

Although Liang En has mastered many skills related to the sea, and can even complete the underwater work that divers must use various equipment to complete with his own body, he doesn't know how normal divers work.

"It's absolutely ok. Among these spots, only those with silver have more things in them, while other places may have very few buried objects, so the work in this area is not difficult." Lao Zhang nodded and said.

"After all, we are working underwater, so many times we can easily complete some difficult tasks on the ground with the help of the power of water."

"Of course, we will also adjust our work according to the specific situation. If we find that we cannot handle it, we will give up. After all, even if it is a shallow sea, it does not mean that there is no danger."

As a senior diver, Lao Zhang is naturally very familiar with the process of underwater operations, and will not do things that are reckless regardless of the specific situation.

"That's good. You guys are in control of the underwater situation. I, a layman, won't tell you anything about it." Liang En nodded, and then walked to the cabin of the laboratory.

Because he knows what job he is good at, he will devote his time to the job that suits him, so that he can achieve the greatest overall efficiency.

So in the following time, Liang En and Joan of Arc stayed in the laboratory to clean up the salvaged cultural relics. They didn't put down their work until night fell when everyone returned to the boat to prepare for dinner. Dining room.

(End of this chapter)