Chapter 506: Copper?
Estimate.
This ship, as if it had been salvaged, must have been taken away by someone.
Otherwise.
There won't be so many empty boxes either.
I continued to go forward, and after looking for a while, there was no valid information.
Zhang Yi prepared to return the same way.
The deck shatters at the slightest touch, and wanting to jump on it is not so realistic. Maybe Zhang Yi's jump will directly collapse the entire boat.
But.
He figured out how to get ready to leave the ship at the time.
A question came to mind.
Zhang Yi found three warehouses, and it stands to reason that there should be another warehouse at the bottom of the ship. However, Zhang Yi didn't see the door of the compartment just now.
In doubt, Zhang Yi waded into the water and continued to search.
With the estimation, Zhang Yi roughly determined the location of the warehouse.
But.
In that direction, there is no door.
Walked over and pushed the partition over there.
It's loose!
After removing the partition, Zhang Yi saw that there was actually a bronze door inside.
on the bronze door.
There are also bronze locks, which are locked.
Whether it was the bronze door or the bronze lock, it was very oxidized and covered with a thick layer of patina. Zhang Yi went over and tugged on the bronze lock, but unexpectedly, it was quite strong.
I couldn't pull it off directly.
Meantime.
Zhang Yi also found that the edge of the bronze door was sealed.
And.
It is very tightly sealed.
I don't know how it's sealed inside, anyway, there's a layer of wax on the outside for waterproofing.
If it is a merchant ship, it will not be used to store goods, and the door of the cargo compartment will definitely not be sealed.
The sealant and bonding technology of the ancients is still very superb.
For example, some tombs, or the sealing of coffins, some ingredients are still unclear, what exactly the ingredients are.
And Song Yingxing of the Ming Dynasty, "Heavenly Creation" is also recorded.
First, the hemp fiber is chopped, stuffed into the seam of the boat to "make tendons", and then putty is made of tung oil and lime, the seam is wiped, and the putty is solidified, and a firm waterproof adhesive sealing layer is formed in the seam of the plate.
Estimate.
The sealing of this door is done in this way, and the outer layer is sealed with a layer of hard wax.
With such careful sealing, it is estimated that there should be no water penetration in this cabin.
It is not very plausible that the ship sank when one of the large cabins was not permeable.
It is estimated that the ship sank to the bottom of the sea, and it was related to those large holes in the deck. Those holes were formed, most likely because something heavy enough was placed to exceed the buoyancy of the ship, causing the big ship to sink to the bottom.
Years of decay, other factors, those things on the ship fell down.
So.
The boat floated up again.
This seems to be the only plausible explanation.
What makes people curious is, what exactly is stored in this cabin?
Why is it so important?
Could these things have something to do with the secrets behind the Pagbalha Temple?
Come to think of it.
Zhang Yi took out a dagger.
Insert the dagger into the lock, and with a prie of force, the lock breaks. After all, it is a long-term decay, but in fact it is not strong, and the hardness of the steel knife is far more than this copper lock.
And then.
He drew a circle around the bronze gate with a dagger.
Use power with one hand.
The bronze door was opened directly.
This hidden cabin has finally been opened!
It was pitch black inside.
Zhang Yi's flashlight doesn't seem to be able to dispel this darkness.
So.
He subconsciously polished a cold firework to illuminate it.
The space in this cabin is still very large.
Even.
Larger than any of the other three cabins.
It's not dry, and there's a little bit of water in it.
Large and small boxes, all soaked in water. Moreover, none of the boxes have been opened. Zhang Yi went over and opened one of the boxes casually.
Took a look.
I can't help but wonder.
The chests were not gold and silver treasures, nor were they antiques such as porcelain.
But......
What the?
Zhang Yi didn't see it for a while.
Because, the contents of the box look irregular, unnamed, and even some indescribable.
It looks like some kind of ore.
Could it be said.
These crates are full of copper ore?
Or is it the raw copper that has been smelted?
If it was really just copper, there should be no need to be so hidden, and it was sealed in a sealed cabin. So, what do these things really mean?
If this situation occurred before the Tang Dynasty, it can be understood.
After all.
Before the Tang Dynasty, copper was forbidden among the people.
But all the signs on this ship are expressions, this is a ship from the late Ming Dynasty.
A copper ban could not have existed.
Next.
Zhang Yi opened the other wooden boxes.
But.
He found that the situation was the same in other wooden boxes.
It's all this irregular piece of copper!
But.
It is said that it is a copper block, but in such a humid situation in the cabin, there is no patina on the top of these coppers.
Or is this not copper?
Between doubts.
Zhang Yi picked up one of the pieces of copper.
Wouldn't you know if you identified it?
The index finger of the right hand is placed on the copper.
The next moment.
In my head, a voice came.
"Excuse me, is it an appraisal?"
"Identification!"
Zhang Yi said secretly.
About half a minute later.
Another voice came to my head.
"Sorry, can't be identified!"
Jadeite rough can be identified, if it is copper or copper block, it must be identified!
In order to verify, Zhang Yi even went over and identified it, and the bronze door over there was full of patina locks. The results of the appraisal show that it is a clever copper lock during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
Copper locks can be identified, and these things that look like copper blocks can't be identified.
This most likely shows that these things are not copper at all!
Zhang Yi thought that on this ship, there was a flag with the pattern of the Pagbala Temple.
Could it be said.
These things have something to do with the mysterious temple of Pagbalha?
So.
Is it also related to the "Dragon Seal Ghost Seal"?
Zhang Yi once also had doubts about the color material of the dragon seal's ghost seal.
I think it's bronze, but I can't be sure if it's or not.
So.
The dragon seal ghost seal held by the people of the court, as well as the huge "dragon seal ghost seal" behind the courtyard of Zhang's villa, will they all be made of these things as raw materials?
If you consider it from this aspect, it is understandable that these "copper blocks" are so hidden.
After all.
The secret behind the "Dragon Seal Ghost Seal" is too involved.
Of course.
There is no way to take away all these "copper blocks" on the "ghost ship".
So.
Zhang Yi found one of them, which was easy to carry, and put it in his pocket. If you take it back and study it, you may be able to use this as a breakthrough to find the truth behind the whole thing.
Put away the "copper nugget".
Zhang Yi continued to walk to the front of the cabin.
However, as soon as I had taken two steps, I saw a man sitting there!
Cold, Zhang Yi was taken aback.
Subconsciously took two steps back.
Zhang Yi's flashlight hit it again.