Chapter 704: The Treasure of the Bilge
After cruising around the submarine for a while and looking at Ye Tian and them in the cockpit, the ray school quickly lost interest and glided away with a huge wing pectoral fin!
When they completely disappeared into the darkness in the distance, everyone withdrew their gaze, and everyone was still unsatisfied.
What followed was an exciting discussion.
"The faces of these rays are terrifying!
"That's right, especially the sinister smile on their faces, it gives people a creepy feeling when they look at it."
"This thing is really a contradictory complex, the swimming posture is elegant and elegant, but it looks so terrifying, it will make people have nightmares when they see it!"
After a few heated discussions, everyone's attention turned back to the wreck of the San Anthony, and began to explore the ancient Spanish warship.
Ye Tian turned on the perspective and continued to explore the places in the cabin where the lights could not shine.
The line of sight passes through the transparent glass cockpit, the seawater several meters thick, and the bulkhead of the battleship in front of it, and once again sees what is going on inside.
It's still a cargo hold, a water tank to be exact, and it's used to store fresh water!
There are many water storage containers that can be seen in the cabin, both water tanks and wooden barrels with a large volume, and the water storage is quite considerable, which can basically ensure the consumption of this battleship for a month or two of sailing.
Many buckets were held in the ship's hold, and even though the St. Anthony had fought a fierce war with pirates and sank to the bottom of the sea, the buckets had never capsized, and they were still in place.
Next to those wooden buckets, there were some empty boxes, quite a few of them.
As expected, these boxes were once filled with limes.
On ocean voyages, the freshwater on a sailboat has a very short shelf life, and it will become rancid in a few days, which is hard to swallow!
However, fresh water is a daily necessity for the human body, and no one can be an exception!
In order to mask the spoilage of fresh water, so that it could be swallowed and replenished with water for the people on board, the navigators finally came up with a solution after a long period of exploration.
That's to add lime to fresh water to improve the water quality!
Fresh water with lime is still very unpalatable, but it can be swallowed!
Lime not only slightly masks the spoilage of fresh water, but also prevents sepsis.
Because of this, in the age of sailing, every sailing ship that sailed to the sea carried a large amount of limes, without exception!
In addition to limes, there is another essential thing on these sailing boats, and that is rum!
For sailing crews, rum is an absolute favourite, and when sailing at sea, rum is even more alluring than gold!
Moderate consumption of rum, a by-product of sugar production, can not only replenish the energy needed by the human body, but also relieve the loneliness caused by long voyages.
Rum can also be mixed with spoiled fresh water, which not only lowers the alcohol content, but also makes the fresh water easier to swallow.
Like fresh water, rum is an essential strategic material on sailing ships, and it is indispensable to use a fixed ration on board!
In this cabin, Ye Tian did not find any wooden barrels containing rum, but this ancient sailing ship must have stored a large amount of rum.
Sure enough, in the next cabin, Ye Tian immediately saw dozens of oak barrels for rum, and some for red wine.
Unfortunately, the sealed oak barrels of rum and red wine have been cracked under the terrifying pressure of 300 meters of water, and all the fine wines in them have melted into the ocean.
You know, every 10 meters of descent in the sea increases the pressure of one atmosphere, and the pressure at a depth of 300 meters on the seabed can be imagined, how can a sealed oak barrel withstand it.
Looking at the cracked oak barrels, as well as the glass shards of high-end rum and red wine bottles in several of the boxes, Ye Tian couldn't help but secretly feel sorry.
These centuries-old wines would be a treasure if they were preserved, but all that remains are cracked barrels and shards of glass!
Looking through the cabin where the wine was filled, Ye Tian's gaze immediately moved down and looked at the cabin below.
It was a cabin on the lower deck, also a cargo hold, with a small volume, a closed hatch, and two dozen wooden boxes in it.
Unlike the cargo hold on the upper decks, it's not messy, and the wooden crates are neatly stacked, everything is well organized and orderly!
Apparently, the pirates did not attack this deck, nor did they attack the hold.
Perhaps just as the victorious pirates were preparing to storm here, the St. Anthony had already begun to sink, and the situation was in danger!
Due to the situation, the pirates had to evacuate the Spanish warship!
And it is likely that the boxes here were all fixed with cables at that time, and they did not capsize due to the sinking of the battleship, and they still remained their original appearance!
When the perspective gaze arrived here, a dazzling yellow and orange light suddenly flashed in Ye Tian's eyes, which was very dazzling, and everyone was a little dizzy!
This sudden color change made Ye Tian almost exclaim.
Fortunately, he was also tested for a long time, and he had a certain amount of psychological preparation, so he didn't show anything unusual, and he didn't attract the attention of the other three people in the cockpit.
In the next moment, a flash of ecstasy flashed in his eyes.
From the dazzling light that shone from those boxes, he immediately came to a conclusion.
These boxes contain a large number of antique artworks, all of which are at least 400 years old, and more than 500 years old abound!
And what these antiques were, he almost didn't have to think about it, he already knew it.
There must have been a lot of gold and silver jewelry, especially gold and precious stones, because these things were the favorite of the Spanish colonists, there is no doubt about that!
My previous judgment was not wrong at all, the St. Anthony was not just an ocean-going warship, but also a Spanish treasure ship that everyone wanted to meet!
The vast amount of gold and silver looted by the Spanish colonizers in Latin America was continuously transported back to Spain through treasure ships such as the St. Anthony, amassing a large fortune for that small southern European country!
This explains why the pirates risked so much danger to attack the heavily armed Spanish warship, all because of these alluring treasures of gold and silver!
After secretly adjusting his breathing, Ye Tian's gaze continued to move forward, directly penetrating the planks of those boxes, and seeing the situation inside clearly.
Sure enough, these chests were filled with gold and silver treasures, and the amount was staggering!
There are hundreds of thousands of gold coins, statues made of gold, a large number of gold bricks of different sizes, many dazzling gemstones, and crystal clear diamonds!
Most of the coins were ordinary gold coins, and each one was shining golden and radiating with a mesmerizing light, as if it had just been thrown into the sea.
Among these huge gold coins, there are occasional traces of the 16th-century Spanish royal figure-of-eight escudos, as well as several other rare gold coins, and the overall value is incalculable!
There are also a lot of gold icons, including religious figures, statues of Spanish royalty, and some reliquaries, reliquaries, offering tables, communion cups and other objects, all of which are of great value!
There are many kinds of gemstones, including topaz, chalcedony, and the finest Colombian emeralds, as well as more than a dozen diamonds, each of which is not small, dazzling, and intoxicating!
Even Ye Tian, who had already been promoted to a billionaire, couldn't help but feel dazzled and excited when he saw these shining gold and silver treasures in front of him!
"Hissββ!"
After quickly scanning the entire cabin, Ye Tian immediately secretly gasped.
According to his rough estimates, the total value of the gold and silver treasures found in this cabin alone easily exceeded $100 million, if not more.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a major discovery, and a huge fortune that fell from the sky.
What's more, this huge wealth only belongs to himself, to the Brave Fearless Exploration Company, and has nothing to do with Raytheon Security Company.
Thinking of this, Ye Tian immediately cheered excitedly
If it weren't for the inappropriate occasion, he would have jumped up and swung his fists hard in celebration.
Although he was very excited, his face did not show any abnormality, and his expression remained the same!
After scanning the many gold and silver treasures in the cabin again and secretly calming down his emotions, Ye Tiancai reluctantly took his eyes off these charming treasures and looked at the other cabin next to him.