Super Pirate Ship

After eating the carcass of the kingfish, the big lobster suddenly jumped from the deck into the sea. Jiang Tian was confused and quickly switched his consciousness to the big lobster.

The big lobster conveyed a vague consciousness to Jiang Tian. Although it was not very clear, Jiang Tian probably knew why the big lobster went into the sea. It turned out that it had discovered the treasure.

It made Jiang Tian so funny. How could a lobster know whether it was a treasure or not?

However, remembering that Tang Qing's titanium alloy suitcase was discovered by Big Lobster and that it was the one who took the initiative to contact him, Jiang Tian was curious. Could it be that Big Lobster really has a high IQ, a genius that the lobster family rarely encounters in a thousand years?

Soon, the big lobster arrived at the bottom of the sea. The terrain here is steep and there are criss-crossing trenches. Some trenches are even one or two hundred meters deep, and the big lobster is crawling towards a large trench.

This trench is about a hundred meters wide. The underground is full of dark rocks and unknown plankton. The sea water is relatively turbid. If there is any movement, many small particles will be stirred up by the sea water.

The visibility below is very low. Even with the eyes of a big lobster, you can only vaguely see things about ten meters away.

The big lobster moved along the trench. Ten minutes later, Jiang Tian finally knew what the big lobster wanted to show him.

In front of them, a pile of broken wood appeared, piled high together. It was vaguely possible to see that it was a sunken ship, and the ancient sailing ship could vaguely see the majesty of this ship from its long mast.

I don’t know how many years it has been washed away by the sea water, and I can no longer tell how long the ship was when it sank.

Jiang Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly. No wonder Big Lobster conveyed this kind of consciousness to himself, and it was also mixed with excitement. He got excited when he saw the sunken ship. It turned out that he had a criminal background. This was the guy who went in to search the Japanese war ship. He wanted to engrave it. In its consciousness: The owner likes this thing very much!

Jiang Tian asked the big lobster to crawl around the sunken ship, and then directed the big lobster to start tinkering and clear away all the wooden boards around the sunken ship.

Now that I'm here, I have to search around, maybe I will actually discover the treasure.

Even with a 4-meter-long lobster, it is still a huge project to clean up such a large number of sunken ships.

Two hours later, with the efforts of Big Lobster, a hard-working cleaner, he finally removed all the messy wooden boards that had been impacted by the sea water, revealing the keel of the sunken ship.

The big lobster climbed onto the sunken ship, "clicking", and many wooden boards could not bear the weight of the big lobster, and they were stepped on and shattered.

With the current size of the giant lobster, it can no longer get into the sunken ship. It can only be searched for a while, but nothing is found. There is nothing worth noting.

Just when Jiang Tian was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a large box under the deck. The box had rotted away, revealing the silver-white stuff inside.

"Huh?"

Jiang Tian let the big lobster crawl over, then waved his claws to clear the obstacles in front of him, and then opened the box. The box collapsed at the touch, the wooden boards shattered, and silvery things inside flowed out one by one.

"This is a silver ingot!"

Jiang Tian quickly recognized what was in front of him, a bright ancient silver ingot.

Now that he knew what the treasure was, there was no need for Big Lobster to clean it up. Jiang Tian directly switched his consciousness back to his own body, and then gave instructions to the pirate ship: salvage the silver!

This trench is only about 300 meters long at most, and pirate ships can salvage waters with a depth of 800 meters. There is no doubt that all the silver ingots on the seabed will be put into the storage room in the next moment.

Jiang Tian was worried that there were other treasures on the sunken ship, so he asked the big lobster to destroy it, waving his meteor hammer to continuously bombard the sunken ship. Suddenly, the seawater flowed in the trench, the silt rolled, and it became turbid.

Some timid sea fish were frightened and fled in all directions. If these sea fish could talk, they would probably put their hands on their hips and scold this crazy lobster.

In the end, the entire sunken ship was torn apart by giant lobsters. This time, there was no delivery. Apart from some daily necessities, there were also a few rotten scabbards and rusty knives. It seemed that this was still an official ship.

After telling the big lobster to return to his cave honestly, Jiang Tian pulled out his consciousness, returned to himself, and then took out the silver ingot.

"Clang clang clang!"

The silver ingots fell on the deck and made a crashing sound. The sound was very heavy, which showed the weight of the silver ingots.

Jiang Tian squatted down and fiddled with the silver ingots. There were 20 large silver ingots in total. Some had the words "Made in the Year of Qianlong" printed on the inside, while others had dragon patterns printed on them. 20 large silver ingots from the Qing Dynasty were placed on the deck. Neat as 20 boats.

Perhaps because it has been soaked in seawater for a long time, corroded by seawater, or silver oxidation has occurred, many silver ingots have a layer of black and gray-white marks that cannot be rubbed off by hand.

This made Jiang Tian's heart suddenly fall from the clouds into the abyss. If it were a silver ingot from the Qing Dynasty with a round, bright hole, full of spirit, and colorful luster, there would definitely be people chasing it after taking it out. Jiang Tian remembered that in April last year, there was a news report, A 50-tael Qing Dynasty silver treasure sold for a sky-high price of 3.88 million at auction.

Of course, this kind of price is rare, and the silver is perfect in terms of fineness and other aspects. But coincidentally, in March this year, another silver ingot was auctioned for a high price of 2.2 million.

This at least shows that the collection value of completed Qing Dynasty silver ingots of excellent quality is between 2 million and 4 million.

And Jiang Tian looked down at the 20 silver ingots he had fished out. He really wanted to cry without tears. He originally thought he had made a fortune, but he didn't expect it to be in such good condition. I'm afraid no collector would spend a lot of money to take a picture of a blackened one. Silver ingot.

Back at the rental house, Jiang Tian took out the electronic scale he usually used to weigh himself and put all 20 large silver ingots on it. Then the numbers on the electronic scale showed: 3331kg. On average, one weighs about 33 kilograms.

Jiang Tian went to the Internet to search for the conversion between liang and catty in the Qing Dynasty. Half a catty is equal to 16 taels, and one catty is equal to 16 taels, so 33 catties is equivalent to 528 taels.

There must be errors in this, but Jiang Tian can be sure that these 20 are all 50 taels of precious silver. Turning it over, the silver ingot looks like a horseshoe. No wonder you often hear the word "horse hoof print" in movies and TV dramas. , originally came from here, referring to 50 taels of silver.

Jiang Tian searched for information about silver ingots on the Internet and learned that the fineness of silver ingots in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was generally between 95 and 98, and the appearance had the special luster and warmth of silver.

Due to the residual gas in the mold during casting, there are irregular gas cavities at the bottom of the silver ingot, commonly known as honeycomb. Honeycomb is an important reference condition for identifying authenticity and quality. If the honeycomb is deep, the holes are round and bright, full of energy and colorful luster, the color must be good. If the honeycomb is gray and black, the silver ingot is likely to be of low color.

Needless to say, those silver ingots that fetched high prices at auction were all silver ingots of excellent quality. Jiang Tian picked up his silver ingots and looked through them. The honeycomb was gray and black, and it was all oxidized.

Unintentionally, Jiang Tian saw someone on the Internet saying that if silver jewelry is oxidized, there is a way to repair it. He immediately clicked on it and went in. Well, there are various methods. Some said to use toothpaste, some said to use salt water. The last post caused a stir. Jiang Tian noted that cooking in a pressure cooker can remove the silver oxide on the surface and restore the original color of the silver.

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