The Spanish tonnage has a tonnage of around 500 tons. In the colonial era, it continued as a common size until the end of the 17th century mid-sailboat era.It can be determined that this ship is a Spanish sailing ship.
This boat is arguably one of the most legendary sailing ships in history. As the epitome of Spain"s maritime hegemony of the 16th and 17th centuries, they are often reminiscent of treasures, pirates, conquerors and invincible fleets.
This type of ship has a huge hull and load capacity. The famous Spanish treasure fleet is made up of such ships.
A ship like this one was found on the bottom of the sea, but it was not first boarded by other treasure hunters. As long as it is not too bad luck, it will have a great harvest. How can we not let Chen Rui get excited?
Chen Rui turned on the underwater infrared video recorder to start recording.
Chen Rui spent some time cleaning up the sand on the boat.
Soon, the full view of the Spanish sailing ship was revealed, because the hull was covered under the sand and kept in an air-insulated environment for a long time, and the ship was well preserved.
Oak treated with special methods has been soaked and corroded for hundreds of years without any signs of softness and decay.
Chen Rui took the underwater infrared video recorder into the ship"s warehouse and began to record the scene inside the cabin.
The ship"s warehouse is very dark.
Under the glare of the miner"s lamp, the scene in the ship"s warehouse is un.o.bstructed.
Chen Rui discovered a lot of bones and looked gloomy. He couldn"t help but reveal the image of the shipwreck ghost in Chen Rui"s mind.
The ghost of the shipwreck reverberated day and night in the empty, cold shipwreck, footsteps, sigh, and mourning.
From these bones appearing in the ship"s warehouse instead of the deck, it can be inferred that the ship was not attacked by pirates, but was sunk by the Shanghai storm.
Chen Rui collected all the valuable items on the upper level of the shipyard into pregnant sea pearls.
These include gold coins, silver coins on the crew, decorations on the boat, silver cutlery on the restaurant, and bronze cannons on board.
The main event is still behind.
The place where the supplies are stored at the bottom of the ship"s warehouse.
Chen Rui carefully swam past.
The door of the warehouse was closed and locked, but after a long period of bubble in the sea, the lock was rusty.
Chen Rui gently twisted his hand and the lock twisted open.
Pushing open the door, in an instant, brightened Chen Rui"s eyes.
This is a ship that transports gold and silver jewels from the colonies of South America to the treasure ships of Spain. It is very certain.
There are hundreds of large boxes in the warehouse.
Some of the boxes are soaked in the sea water for a long time and are eroded, revealing a piece of gold and silver coins and gems.
Of course, this scene was also taken into the underwater infrared video recorder.
Chen Rui put the box into the Eternal Sea Pearl s.p.a.ce.
Next, I searched again and determined that there was no omission.
Finally, the ship will also be included in the pregnant sea pearl, and perhaps a shipwreck museum may be built in the future.
Such a very complete, very representative and symbolic Spanish sailing ship, seeing this Spanish sailing ship, will be reminiscent of the 16th to 17th century nautical era, the invincible fleet, the golden treasure ship, the pirates.... ..
This Spanish galleon also symbolizes Spain"s maritime hegemony.
And connected with a huge treasure.
I believe many people are interested in this Spanish sailing ship.
Three days later, Chen Rui will harvest the harvest.
Spain has 300,000 gold and silver coins, 300 pounds of gems, 6 artillery pieces, silver tableware and decorations. The initial estimated value is more than 200 million US dollars.
How to deal with this treasure has become Chen Rui"s next thing to do.
There are two ways.
First, gold and silver coins and silver tableware and decorations are blended into gold and silver ingots, which are sold at current gold and silver prices, and the stones are sold in batches to jewelry stores.
This is the most insurance, it will not reveal its own secrets, and there is no need to worry about the Spanish government and government recovering this huge shipwreck treasure from Chen Rui.
However, the melting of gold and silver coins into gold and silver ingots, sold at the current price of gold and silver, the final wealth obtained is greatly reduced, and the final acquisition may be only more than 100 million US dollars.
This shipwreck treasure is estimated at $200 million, which is a reference to the cultural value of Spanish gold and silver coins.
Second, to auction the auction company, so that you can get more benefits.
However, Chen Rui is likely to be brought to court by the Spanish government to recover this shipwreck treasure from Chen Rui.
In the end, Chen Rui chose to entrust the auction company to auction for two reasons.
First, the shipwreck is located on the high seas, and Chen Rui can retain at least 90% of the treasure.
Second, this is a merchant ship. It is a commercial act and a non-state act to transport coins. In this case, the International Salvage Convention protects the interests of the salvage, that is, commercial shipwrecks are salvage.
There are many precedents.
For example, the British professional fishing treasure Michael Hacher salvaged the Qing dynasty ship "Gedmarson" in the South China Sea and sneaked them to the high seas. One year later, with the "unclaimed shipwreck allowed to auction" he took the boat The goods were entrusted to the Christie"s auction house in the Netherlands.
In September 1998, the owner of a German cement factory, Tilman Walterfang, in the name of "Seabed Exploration", organized a professional team to carry out a shipwreck of the Tang Dynasty. Salvage, in the end, Singapore"s "Sentosa" agency, after purchasing the right to display the harvested cultural relics for several years, raised $30 million in 2005 to purchase it in bulk.
According to the provisions of these two "International Salvage Laws", Chen Rui believes that the Spanish government and the government will go to court with themselves, and the Spanish government and government will have a chance of losing more than 90%.
Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits, Chen Rui decided to entrust the auction company to auction. Chen Rui had enough enthusiasm to go to the Spanish government and government to file a lawsuit, and was willing to go to the lawyer of Chen Rui, the future billionaire.
After half a month.
The news that the "Lucky Star" was salvaged suddenly shocked the world.
"Lucky Star" is Chen Rui"s name for this Spanish sailing ship.
This Spanish galleon is indeed a Chen Rui "Lucky Star".
Piles of Spanish gold coins, silver coins, gems, and high-definition pictures of the well-preserved Spanish galleons appear in major media newspapers, television news, and the Internet.
Let all those who saw this news be shocked, and after the shock is the envy.
Immediately there are experts in the field to evaluate the shipwreck treasures.
The final estimate is worth more than $250 million, which is $50 million more than Chen Rui"s estimate of $200 million.
The owner of the treasure, Chen Rui, standing next to the Spanish sailing ship, has also become the focus of the world.