As long as the diving bell does not malfunction, ordinary giant fish in the sea can easily do nothing.
As for the equipment and other items left behind by the salvage team, Chen Ziyan didn't care much.
Although they are all new, he does not intend to use them. He has plenty of time to prepare this time. Shirley Yang has already obtained a batch of better special equipment from the United States through connections.
Many of these things are laboratory products and are good things that cannot be seen on the market at all.
The ones left by the salvage team are much more reliable and safer.
After seeing the boat, Chen Ziyan and the others did not stay in the water cave for long. They walked around outside and then returned to their residence.
Early the next morning, Ruan Hei came over with his children.
Chen Ziyan had a brief chat with Ruan Hei, and as he expected, the other party was ready to bring his children with him.
Chen Ziyan, who had expected this for a long time, naturally would not refuse, and readily agreed, and then paid half of the deposit in advance as agreed.
In the following days, everyone took action to prepare for going to sea.
With the help of the Ruan Hei family, a local snake, it was easy to prepare all the daily necessities. As for other things that were needed, Shirley Yang had already prepared them, so there was no need to buy them on the island.
During this process, Chen Ziyan was not idle either. He found some things in the water cave and successfully upgraded the two Jinpilu water cannons on the Hailiu ship to make them more powerful. The bombing process is shorter and can be controlled by one person in a critical moment.
A batch of more powerful artillery shells were also produced to prevent the old artillery shells from falling apart at critical moments.
Just before everything was ready, Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan suddenly found Chen Ziyan.
"Master Chen, I received something, please give it to me."
After he finished speaking, Wang Kaixuan placed the box he was holding on the table.
"What good thing is it?" Chen Ziyan asked casually.
Wang Kaixuan said with a smile: "We collected a box of Qingtou from the tavern."
This is jargon, just like what comes out of an ancient tomb is called a bright weapon, in the sea The things fished out also have their own names and are collectively called Qingtou.
Hearing this, Chen Ziyan also became curious and opened the box in front of him.
As the lid of the box opened, a pungent fishy smell came out from inside.
After a little avoidance, Chen Ziyan looked inside the box, but only saw a few layers of soft cloth. When these soft cloths were peeled off layer by layer, the true contents of the box were finally revealed.
No wonder the two of them were so excited. It turned out that the box was full of ancient jade.
As the saying goes, gold is valuable and jade is priceless. If you really encounter jade of good quality, it will indeed be sold at a good price.
Looking carefully, Chen Ziyan found that the ancient jades in the box were scattered. Some were shaped like porcelain shards, some were shaped like dead bones, and some were shaped like animal horns and teeth.
However, compared to the strange shapes, the color of the ancient jade is very consistent. It may be because it has been corroded by sea water for too long. These jade are mainly dark gray, and only a few parts can see the remaining old dilution.
Chen Ziyan is not surprised by this. Ancient jade in the sea will be damaged if it is soaked in sea water for a long time.
Since ancient times, there have been three taboos in Tibetan jade: avoid oil, avoid dirt, and avoid fishy smell. These things will block the fine pores of jade and stain the luster of jade. The composition of sea water is complex, which just meets this standard.
This is why it is difficult for ancient jade found in the sea to be perfect.
"These green heads may have been in the sea for thousands of years. They don't look like things from shipwrecks on the sea. The shape does have some Shang and Zhou style." After looking at it carefully for a while, Chen Ziyan said slowly.
At this time, he had already remembered the origin of this ancient jade. It should be the box of green heads used by Pan Dao in the original plot.
"Mr. Chen, are these all real?" Wang Kaixuan asked immediately after hearing what he said.
Obviously, I still have doubts about Hu Bayi's judgment.
"It is indeed the real thing." Chen Ziyan nodded, he was still sure of this.
Even if there is no plot revealed, his eyesight alone is enough to distinguish the authenticity of these ancient jades.
“How much are these jade worth?” Wang Kaixuan asked again.
He also knew that jade was valuable, but he had no specific idea of how to make it valuable.
Hu Bayi didn't say anything at the side, obviously he also wanted to know. Although he could recognize that these ancient jades were real and were still quite old, he didn't know much about the current market price. .
“It’s hard to say.” Chen Ziyan pointed to the exposed color of one of the ancient jades and said, “Most of the ancient jades now are visible objects in tombs. Because of the environment inside the tomb, most of these ancient jades are mostly Youzhen, also known as Qin, are these things with different colors.”
"The colors of this Yuqin are various, and they are generally distinguished by color. For example, the Tuqin commonly seen in Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places is mainly yellow, while the gray one is called Lime Qin, the white one is Shuiqin, and the black one is called Shuiqin. At most, it is called mercury dip, which is often called cinnabar qin, the purple one is corpse blood qin, and the green one is copper qin. There are many types, and the rest will not be listed one by one."
"Let's talk about it. Most of the jade that can be brought on board is valuable, but the sea water is fishy and greasy. It has been soaked in sea water all year round. The fishy sea salt brine seeped into the chalcedony, resulting in what it is now. It looks no different from a stubborn stone.”
“There are two ways to deal with such jade. One is to sell it directly and find a knowledgeable person to take it over. You can definitely make some money, but I guess not. Too much, at best, it’s just a waste of hard-earned money.”
Before Chen Ziyan could continue, Wang Kaixuan couldn’t help but urge: “Mr. Chen, what about the other one?”
< br>"Have you heard of Panyu?" Chen Ziyan asked without rushing to answer.
"Pan Yu?" Hu Bayi heard something about this and said: "Mr. Chen, the Pan Jade you are talking about, are you looking for someone to plate these jade so that it can restore its original color?"
"That's right." Chen Ziyan nodded lightly.
Hearing this, Wang Kaixuan immediately said: "Then let's not sell it now. Wait until we get back and take a good look at it. It would be such a loss to sell it like this."
" What good thing are you thinking about? You really think that Pan Yu is easy. You might as well just throw it away after all the trouble." Hu Bayi said.
He knows a little bit about Panyu and knows that this is not an easy task.
"It is true that Panyu is difficult to handle and requires a lot of cost. The key is that it will take at least two or three years to achieve results. If you find it troublesome, then it is better to just take action like this." Chen Ziyan also advised.
He felt that there was no need to spend a lot of money on this. Even if these jade were plated, they would not make much money inside and outside.
With that effort, I will have everything for my next trip to the tomb. (End of this chapter)