Chapter 460
The sunken ship as a whole is divided into several cabins by partitions.

The cabin is filled with various large and small cargo boxes, and the small space is utilized to the maximum extent. This is also an important feature of ocean-going merchant ships in ancient times.

Well, this ship seems to carry more cargo than the previous merchant ship from the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Zhengqian was cautious, but his movements were not slow at all.

He is now much more proficient. After a short period of high-intensity training, after all, the sea is full of too many unknown factors, and of course he has to race against time.

There was also a lot of silt on the surface of the cabin, and it took Chen Zhengqian two hours to remove the silt.

At this time, the surrounding light gradually dimmed, and it was almost dark.

Chen Zhengqian turned on the strong flashlight and continued working.Without sunlight, you have to speed up your hands.

As time passed, many of the excavated porcelain on the surface fell into pieces.Chen Zhengqian had already been mentally prepared for such a situation. After all, he couldn't expect everything to be well preserved, right? That would be unrealistic.

But he didn't give up. For such a big ship, this is only the first cabin, so there is something to dig.

In this way, Chen Zhengqian quickly dug up the first piece of porcelain that could be called the best.

This is a blue-glazed chrysanthemum dish.

After rinsing, the original and true appearance was revealed, just like new ones, which surprised Chen Zhengqian.

Beautiful, so beautiful!
Immediately decided that this plate is not for sale, and kept as a family heirloom!
The color is subtle yet bright, and the whole is close to cyan.Chen Zhengqian used to prefer white porcelain because it is white and bright, but when he saw this plate, he suddenly felt that other colors are also pretty.

Looking at the bottom of the bowl again, the traces of brush writing, after washing away the mud, are still as new.

Chen Zhengqian was a little dazed, and quickly put away this treasure.

A whole row of celadon dishes with chrysanthemum patterns of the same type were broken in sevens and eighties. Chen Zhengqian was heartbroken. He took all these porcelains out, cleaned them, and put the less damaged ones into the Qiankun bag together.

These can all be repaired.

As more and more porcelain was unearthed, Chen Zhengqian also understood that this should be a merchant ship from the Southern Song Dynasty, because the words "Shaoxing Yuanbao" written on some of the unearthed copper coins were faintly discernible.

Shaoxing Yuanbao is a copper coin cast by Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty in Shaoxing, and there is also Shaoxing Tongbao.Now the price of ordinary Shaoxing Yuanbao outside fluctuates around 50 yuan, and some other special models are more expensive.

In addition, Chen Zhengqian also excavated a lot of gold, silver, and bronze wares.

Gold and silverware are all found on merchant ships, no matter which dynasty they are from.Precious metals are not easily oxidized, and their colors are easy to identify.

Among them was a tail ring made of red gold with a dragon pattern, which caught Chen Zhengqian's eyes.

Golden!

And the craftsmanship seems to be pretty good, good stuff!

Chen Zhengqian casually scraped off the dirt on it, and the golden essence was immediately revealed. Under the strong light, it shone with a golden luster.

There are also some gold nuggets and silver taels. After Chen Zhengqian dug them up, he washed them hastily and threw them all into the Qiankun bag.

Most of the boat was made of porcelain, Chen Zhengqian almost drooled.

With so many porcelains, I wouldn't believe it if I didn't get rich.

The Song Dynasty can be said to be the pinnacle of the porcelain industry, and many lost skills cannot be replicated even now.

Now the porcelain of the Southern Song Dynasty, high-quality goods, the auction price can easily exceed one million, or even tens of millions.I picked up so many pieces by myself, no matter how many of them are high-quality ones, there may not be any top-quality ones.

For example, the blue-and-white glazed vase with narrow mouth and engraved pattern in front of me is filled with a pot of silt. After cleaning out the silt, it is still bright, at least it is a fine product.

After all, most of the celadon and white porcelain in the Song Dynasty were bowls and plates. Large blue and white glazed vases like this are really rare, so they are becoming more and more precious.

The body of the bottle is about 25 cm high, the mouth of the bottle is 4-5 cm, and the bottom is about 10 cm.It's a big deal.

Chen Zhengqian himself was not sure about the price, so he asked Old Man Yu to take a closer look.

Anyway, it is something from the Song Dynasty. With a history of more than 800 years, Chen Zhengqian himself does not believe it is worthless!

Starting in the afternoon and digging until more than one o'clock in the morning, Chen Zhengqian finally found the sunken ship.

Apart from being happy, there is even more heartache.

A conservative estimate is that there are at least more than 10000 pieces of porcelain in the cabin. However, Chen Zhengqian thinks that the number of pieces of porcelain that has been preserved is less than [-] pieces, and the rest are all broken into pieces.

It is estimated that there are less than 1000 pieces that are truly intact.

There really is no one out of ten!
But even so, if these porcelains can see the light of day again, the conservative value will definitely not be low, and it will be hundreds of millions.Not counting the harvest from the previous shipwreck.

Incredible ah incredible!
This is faster than stealing money. No wonder why there are so many salvage companies all over the world, dangling in the sea all day, almost going bankrupt, and desperately looking for sunken ships all over the world.

If one is salvaged, it will definitely be rich!

As for the origin of this sunken ship, Chen Zhengqian estimated that it was similar to the original Nanhai No. [-]. They were both merchant ships that sank in the waters near Nanyue on the Maritime Silk Road, and they seemed to be about the same age.

In short, not only did I not lose money on this trip, but I also made a lot of money!
The sea is indeed a place full of treasures. If it wasn't for the fact that the Qiankun bag was not nearly full, and his dry food had also been eaten, Chen Zhengqian might plan to continue walking.

As long as there is a baby, it is not unbearable for him to endure the negative emotions of loneliness and loneliness alone at the bottom of the sea.

But think about it, let's go back first.

He has scoured this sea area all over, and at most there are only a few fish that slip through the net, at worst, he will comb it again next time.

On the way back, Chen Zhengqian had a taste of crossing the ocean, swimming all the way from Wailingdingyang to the Pearl River Estuary without stopping.

I am afraid that only he has such good physical strength to do this kind of thing.

Chen Zhengqian returned to the Yuezhou villa at four o'clock in the morning.

When the big wolf dog saw him coming back, he looked up and went back to sleep.The two little white tigers didn't even raise their eyelids, they were almost fat as balls.

Pei Chuying and the others did not spend the night here tonight, and Chen Zhengqian was not afraid that others would discover his little secret.

Chen Zhengqian locked himself in the collection room, reorganizing the previous harvest.

Carefully arrange the porcelain, and now, at least half of the shelves on the wall can be filled.

For gold, silver, copper coins, etc., find another box and put them in the safe in your room.

On the second day, I picked another part of the common ones, a small part of high-quality goods, and a small box of copper coins, gold and silver, and took them to the house specially placed for collection.

These were prepared for old man Yu. Chen Zhengqian was afraid that if he took out too much at once, the old man would not be able to bear it.Moreover, he still understands the principle of the cunning rabbit's three caves.

After everything was settled, he called old man Yu.

"Hello, Mr. Yu, it's me."

Chen Zhengqian said: "I got the stuff back, but it's a little too much. When can you come over and take a look?"

As soon as he heard the things came back, old man Yu hurriedly put down his breakfast and yelled to come over immediately, Chen Zhengqian hurriedly asked Zhang Zijie to pick him up.

This little old man is really full of love for antiques.

(End of this chapter)

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