Treasure Hunting Divine Eyes

It is a good thing for a son to inherit his father's business, but Li Mo thinks that this little Ge is not the most suitable candidate at present. Although he has been working with Ge Zhenfei before, sailing on the sea is not just about connections, but more about experience and reaction.

The judgment of wind direction, the judgment of climate change, the mentality of dealing with emergencies, and the arrangement of various management tasks on the entire ship.

Li Mo asked Ge Zhenfei privately last year, and he told the truth that his son is still far from experienced. It is okay to be a deputy, but he can't be the helmsman.

However, although Ge Zhenfei is gone, Li Mo will continue to reuse little Ge, but he still needs to learn and accumulate more at the moment.

The person on the other end of the phone heard Li Mo say that he hadn't made up his mind yet, so he paused for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, if you don't have a suitable candidate, I can recommend someone to you. He and my father used to drive ocean-going merchant ships together, but later his children felt that it was too hard, so they let him go home and be a captain."

He actually recommended someone else to himself. Li Mo thought for a while before saying, "Well, I'll meet that person tomorrow, but he may not agree."

"Okay, I'll contact him now and text you when I have news."

After the treasure from the sunken ship is salvaged, the salvage ship may not be used again in the next five or six years. In the later stage, the Ge family will still need to help take care of the salvage ship.

The next day, in the leisure hall downstairs of the hotel, Li Mo met the old captain recommended by Comrade Ge. He was about fifty years old. Because of years of going to sea, his skin was tanned and rough, and his hands were covered with calluses. There were many white hairs mixed in his hair. He saw that Li Mo was a little restrained, and wanted to reach out but immediately took it back.

"Mr. Li, this is my uncle Feng, an old friend of my father."

"Mr. Li, you can just call me Lao Feng."

"Hello." Li Mo took the initiative to extend his hand and shook his hand, smiling, "Please sit down, how about a pot of tea?"

"All right, I'm fine."

Lao Feng said repeatedly.

A pot of West Lake Longjing was served, and four plates of melon seeds.

"Mr. Li, when Xiao Ge called me last night, I couldn't believe it."

Li Mo glanced at Comrade Xiao Ge next to him, sighed and said, "I talked to Uncle Ge last year, hoping that he could take care of his son for three to five years. When the fourth generation of our Xunbaomen disciples are officially born in the future, he will still be needed to steer the huge ship. I didn't expect that things are unpredictable, and Uncle Ge would suddenly leave us."

"Yes, Lao Ge died too suddenly." Lao Feng also sighed with regret, and then said, "Mr. Li, I think I can still be the captain of the Guyunxuan salvage ship, and I will take good care of Xiao Ge. After all, I am old, and sooner or later I will let him take the helm."

Li Mo still has a good impression of Lao Feng. I will ask someone to investigate his situation and appoint him if there is no problem.

"Have tea."

Then Li Mo talked to him about some experiences on ocean-going merchant ships. Comrade Xiao Ge would occasionally interject, and most of the time he was listening.

"Xiao Ge, do you have anything else to say to Mr. Li?" Lao Feng asked at last.

"Nothing, I'll follow Mr. Li's arrangements."

Li Mo then said to him: "After the successful salvage of the South China Sea shipwreck, I will officially announce my retirement and will no longer go treasure hunting. But in a few years, my disciple Yan Yangyang will set sail again, and you will be needed to steer her at that time."

"I will follow Mr. Li's arrangements, and I will study hard in the next few years and will not let you down."

Li Mo nodded, and Chen Yuyan, who was not far away, took out an envelope from her bag, and Li Mo handed it to Xiao Ge: "Uncle Ge is gone, this money is from me to my aunt, you have to hand it over to her in person."

"Mr. Li, although my father is gone, but Yangyang and I are still here, we will let my mother spend her old age in peace. I can't accept this money."

"It's not for you, take it."

Li Mo's face became serious, and the other party took it with both hands.

After the two left, Li Mo said a few words to Chen Yuyan, and she nodded and walked aside to make a phone call.

The preparations before going out to sea were proceeding in an orderly manner. On the fifth day after Li Mo came to Shenzhen, Yan Yangyang arrived in Shenzhen under the protection of four security guards. She was wearing casual and loose clothes, and her long hair was tied into a bun. She looked young, beautiful, capable and full of energy.

"Master, are we going to board the ship today?"

"You can rest in the hotel in the morning. After lunch, we will board the ship to the South China Sea." Li Mo poured her a glass of pure coconut water. "In order to let you experience the living environment at sea this time, we have been training you in the living environment at sea since last year. I hope you will not be seasick after boarding the ship like last time."

"Don't worry, Master, I have adapted to that environment now and will not have seasickness reaction again." Yan Yangyang took a sip of pure coconut water, which was very sweet. "Master, you are only in your thirties, why do you want to retire?"

Li Mo walked to the window and looked at the prosperous Shenzhen City. After a long time, he said: "I am too eye-catching."

It is indeed too eye-catching. Let's not talk about anything else. Just say that Ge Zhenfei died unexpectedly last month. I just came to send him off. The boss above immediately transferred people to try to appease his "angry" emotions.

In fact, I didn't complain about the sky, the earth, or the air, but from this incident, the boss above still had some ideas about me, so I simply took the initiative to retire.

Yan Yangyang was not clear about these things, so she was full of doubts about the phrase "too eye-catching".

Li Mo turned to see her deep in thought, and couldn't help but smile to himself. This apprentice was still too young. He had never experienced the beatings of society and didn't know the fickleness of people's hearts.

"Don't think so much. Master just feels too tired. He has been running around outside for more than ten years. Running and running, you have grown up and your children have gone to elementary school. The ancestor of the Chen family, your master , Mr. Qin and the others also left us one by one, and we also lost a lot when we gained great glory."

Yan Yangyang's clear eyes were filled with a hint of astonishment, as if he understood the master's mentality at the moment.

"Yangyang, when Master sees you, he seems to see me back then. Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a flash. I hope that in a few years, you will be able to stand alone, start from a young age, and follow the path that Master has taken. , to find unknown treasures buried underground.”

Yan Yangyang's eyes were shining, yes, it really seemed like there was light.

"Master, are you in such a hurry to retire, is it because of me?"

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Li Mo's mouth: "This can be considered one of the reasons. Okay, you go back to your room and rest. I will call you during lunch."

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, thirty or forty people boarded the Gu Yunxuan salvage ship one after another. As the second captain, Lao Feng successfully gained everyone's recognition with the support of Li Mo.

The salvage ship officially set sail and moved forward from a specific area in the South China Sea.

Standing on the bow deck, everyone faced the sea breeze, smelled the slightly humid air, and looked at the endless blue sky and white clouds and the vast ocean. Everyone's mind was empty.

"Master, how far are we from the shipwreck site?"

Li Mo looked at the time. It would take about three hours to reach that sea area. If he got there today, he would definitely not have time to explore the sea again.

"We'll be there around four or five o'clock."

Chen Yuyan came over and said, "Uncle, there is news from another salvage ship. They also set off from the port in Guangdi. They may arrive near the target before us."

"Okay, now we have all the personnel, and everyone has previous experience in salvaging ships. Once the goal is achieved, everyone will just do their part."

"Uncle, have you seen the news reported online?"

Chen Yuyan's expression was a little strange.

"What's the news? Just tell me."

"I don't know how the Philippines opposite us got the news that you were going to sea to salvage the treasure of the third sunken ship. They have already made it known that if the sunken treasure is within their territorial waters, they will never allow us to steal it. Take their treasure.”

Li Mo's slightly opened mouth could almost fit an egg in. These words were so shameless. What belongs to their territorial waters? If we really want to talk about it this way, their country is still close to ours. Is it possible that their country also belongs to us?

"What else do they want to do? Are they going to stage another head-to-head drama? I have no problem with it. They can play whatever they want."

Li Mo said disdainfully, if he really wanted to be honest, his salvage ship had undergone explosive modification and reinforcement in the later period. From the bottom of his heart, he was not afraid that they would cause trouble for him, but he was afraid that they would watch the show silently and it would be their turn. The original shape was revealed.

"Judging from the news circulating on the Internet, they have offshore fishing boats that have been gathering one after another starting from tomorrow. I just saw the news and said that fifty or sixty high-quality salvage boats have gathered at their port. You said we are Shouldn't we make preparations as soon as possible and transfer a group of people from the safety shield? "

Chen Yuyan showed Li Mo the news she had read. She was not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. If the other party shamelessly attacked, then one more person would be more powerful.

Along the way, when Li Mo encountered eight fishing boats returning to Hong Kong, the fishermen standing on the bow deck waved to express their high respect.

The Gu Yunxuan salvage ship finally arrived at its destination. There was a sleeping reef in the sea in front of it, and it accidentally entered it. Another Big Mac is also swimming nearby on the sea. The marine archaeological experts and other staff mobilized this time are all on that Big Mac salvage boat.

"finally reached."

Li Mo took out the compass and saw that the compass rotated rapidly and then barely pointed in one direction.

"Boss, we still have a little time today. Do you want to arrange for divers to go into the sea to explore?"

Li Mo stood on the bow of the ship and looked around. There should have been an island here, but he didn't know what he had experienced. The part of the island that was exposed to the sea has disappeared, and everything that cannot be seen is hidden under the sea. If you are not careful, there will be The ship hit.

The sunken ship was nearby. He looked up at the sky, took out his compass and looked at it. He nodded and said, "Assign six people to dive down first to check the situation. If we don't find it today, I will go into the sea myself tomorrow."

"Boss, you are the backbone. You can only stay on the ship and take command. You must not be personally involved in the danger." As the captain, Lao Feng already has certain decision-making power. "If we can't find any clues about the shipwreck today, we will continue to investigate tomorrow. There’s no rush.”

Those who entered the sea quickly prepared themselves and then entered the safety cage and slowly sank into the sea. These people all used it easily. Li Mo, Yan Yangyang and others stood in front of the computer screen and could clearly see the underwater world through the lens.

There are many sea fish swimming around the iron cage.

This was the first time Yan Yangyang saw such a scene, it was so real.

The safety cage stopped after reaching a certain depth, and it took about ten minutes before continuing to dive. This is a process that allows the divers to adapt to the surrounding seawater pressure.

"Master, haven't they reached the bottom of the sea yet?"

"Well, they should be there soon, wait a little longer." Li Mo said calmly. After a while, he saw the camera tremble and the safety cage stopped again. The bottom of the water was dark all around, and the sun's rays could no longer penetrate that depth.

"Yangyang, how do you feel now?"

This is just looking at the camera, not diving into the deep sea in person.

"There is a feeling of loneliness and fear."

Yan Yangyang's face changed a little, not as amazing as at the beginning. The searchlight was all around, and the range that could be illuminated was too small. It seemed that there were always some giant monsters hidden in the unknown area.

"This is deep-sea phobia. If you go down in person, you may collapse." Li Mo handed her a bottle of electrolyte water, which would be better if she drank it.

Yan Yangyang took a dozen deep breaths before slowly calming down: "Master, I took marine archaeology too lightly before."

"The shipwreck treasure is under this sea area. In order to keep it secret, we deliberately deviated a little when recording the coordinates. Therefore, we need to locate the real coordinates first. But don't worry, the third shipwreck treasure is in this sea area."

Li Mo began to order the safety cage to be opened, and then six people pushed three diving boosters and moved forward in one direction under Li Mo's command.

"Don't worry, try another direction."

Under Li Mo's command, after more than ten minutes, the six people changed direction and continued to move forward. Suddenly, under the illumination of the camera light, a shadow appeared in front, which did not look like a mountain shadow.

"It seems to have been found, right in front, everyone should be careful to get closer."

Li Mo shouted while looking at the camera, and the marine archaeology experts around him gathered around, watching the shadow on the screen become clearer and clearer. It was indeed the outline of a shipwreck, but it had been covered by silt and seaweed for so many years on the seabed.

Li Mo knew better than anyone that salvaging the treasure from this late Ming Dynasty shipwreck would be much more difficult than the previous two.

It was not because this shipwreck was larger, but because the surrounding environment was more complicated, close to the mountain in the sea, and the shipwreck sank to the bottom of the sea in an upside-down tilted form. All these factors made the later salvage multiplied.

This was also the main reason why Li Mo left it for the last salvage.