Chapter 1228 The Action Begins
Master Song Shizhi experienced the Liberation War, the most difficult period, and reform and opening up. From the most dilapidated to the most glorious, his life experience can be described as complete.
Yingying told him that his master was in poor health and needed good treatment, but he saw the true condition of his master's condition with his strange eyes, so he temporarily decided to take a cruise all the way south, so that the old man could appreciate the world in his last moments. Another kind of beauty.
The cruise ship moved forward on the calm sea, and from time to time encountered large commercial ships passing nearby. Song Shizhi stood by the side of the ship, with Li Mo holding his arm.
"Master, isn't the sea beautiful?"
"The sea is beautiful, but it also lacks the fireworks on land."
"Hahaha, as long as Master no longer wants to stay on the cruise ship, we will go ashore and take the RV to continue heading south."
Song Shizhi waved his hands slightly and said: "Xiao Mo, Master, I have no regrets in this life, so if he passes away suddenly one day, don't be sad. Humans, if you leave happily in this life, you should also feel for me. It’s happiness, right?”
A sad emotion arose in Li Mo's heart. He had the urge to cry, but he still smiled softly and said: "Master, what are you talking about? How could a good person leave suddenly."
Song Shizhi's eyes were so vicissitudes of life. He glanced at Li Mo and said calmly: "Your master can hide Yingying, but he can never hide it from you. You are also aware of my physical condition. I am not afraid of anything."
Li Mo was silent.
"Master, I've already looked away. What else do you have to look away from? Come on, let's go into the cabin and drink some green tea."
After nearly ten days, the cruise ship finally arrived at Guangdi Port, where Ge Zhenfei and his son were already waiting for him. Qin Sirui and the others stayed in a five-star hotel and planned to spend some time in Guangdi. Li Mo, on the other hand, led a group of people aboard the Gu Yunxuan salvage ship. All the preliminary work for salvage had been prepared, waiting for him to determine the location of the sunken treasure.
"Uncle Ge, what's wrong with your son's face?"
Li Mo stood on the bow of the boat facing the wind and glanced at Ge Zhenfei's son who had just brought mineral water. He saw a few blood marks on his face. They should have been scratched by fingernails. The wounds were scarred and were not completely healed.
"Don't mention it, it's embarrassing to say it. The family is better off and rich, but the boy is restless. He was hooking up with other women outside, and his wife caught him, and he went up to him without saying a word."
"Is your daughter-in-law so harsh?"
Ge Zhenfei snorted softly: "It's not serious at all. He is a man with a wife and children, but he still wants to have sex with that shabby woman outside. It's a good thing if he doesn't break his dog legs."
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite, and it seems that the Ge family still prefers their daughter-in-law.
"Uncle Ge, the sunken ship to be salvaged this time is a steel giant shipwreck from World War II. It requires the power of the country. Otherwise, with our little ability, we really can't do anything with that sunken ship. So the salvage time will be much longer, and there are not enough materials on the ship. If so, it needs to be replenished in time.”
"Don't worry, I have contacted a fisherman and they will deliver a batch of supplies on time every three days."
"Well, I can trust you to do your job. Uncle Ge, just tell me when you want to retire. Don't be embarrassed."
Ge Zhenfei laughed and said: "I am just a living map. In fact, I am retiring at home and retiring on a ship. It feels no different. After the two sunken ships in the South China Sea are salvaged, won't you consider venturing into other sea areas? "
"Uncle Ge, you don't want to retire. I even want to retire."
“Ah, you’re only in your thirties and you want to retire?”
Ge Zhenfei didn't know what to say. Thinking about it, he had been busy almost all the time in the past ten years. It was normal for him to want to retire and enjoy his current life. Maybe after a few years of rest and feeling that life is too monotonous, he will come back to the world.
After more than two days of travel, the Gu Yunxuan salvage ship finally arrived at its destination. The three ships following it also stopped on the sea not far away, and then they saw eight people on two small yachts speeding towards this direction. Come.
"Li Mo, long time no see."
Qiu Guangyao and Qin Sijun first boarded the deck and waved hello to Li Mo.
Naturally, I met Qiu Guangyao because of the World War II treasures in Myanmar. We have met many times over the years, but the phone calls have never stopped.
Shibin is seven or eight years younger than him and already at the same level as him. Judging from the situation, he will definitely be able to be promoted before he is forty years old. There is no need to question this. As for Qin Sijun, he will be one step behind. This time he hopes to earn real credit by following Li Mo.
As for the remaining six people, Li Mo didn't know any of them, but being able to follow Qin Sijun and rush over immediately meant that they were all people with backgrounds and came for the same purpose.
"Everyone comes to sit in the cabin. There is ice-cold watermelon and various drinks."
In the cabin, Qiu Guangyao, as the general person in charge of this operation, asked while eating watermelon: "Li Mo, our preparations have been made and we are just waiting for your arrangements. Regarding this salvage matter, We also know a little bit about the contents, but not in detail. Before the official salvage, you explained it to us carefully and let us know what it is."
"This is the main reason why I asked you all to come here. Let me tell you all about the situation of the sunken ship that was salvaged this time."
Li Mo finished a piece of watermelon in two mouthfuls, then wiped his mouth and hands with tissue paper and continued: "I have found a total of three sunken ship treasures in the South China Sea. One of the Northern Song Dynasty shipwreck treasures has been salvaged, and it is expected to be in Gusu by the end of the year. The marine archaeological base there is officially open to the public. The second ship is a foreign merchant ship from the Ming Dynasty, and the other is a steel behemoth from the end of World War II. It is also the largest ship among the three sunken treasures. Ours The next thing to be salvaged is the steel behemoth.”
Everyone listened quietly.
"Judging from the preliminary data, the total length of the sunken steel giant ship is more than 150 meters, and the width is more than 40 meters. There are incalculable treasures piled in the cabin, such as gold, silver, rough diamonds and many rare metals. .At the same time, there are countless wealth plundered from Southeast Asian countries, as well as countless antiques from China, many of which are priceless rare treasures."
"You can probably guess that with our current salvage technology, it is impossible to salvage the steel behemoth as a whole. Therefore, we can only rely on manual labor to salvage all the treasures in the ship."
Qiu Guangyao and the others immediately communicated in a low voice, and after a moment he asked: "Li Mo, the more difficult things are, the more challenging they are for us, but the people we arranged do not have any experience in undersea operations to salvage treasures, so Do you have any other arrangements here?"
"Brother Qiu, how many people have you arranged this time?"
"Two hundred people, all of whom are top divers and have undergone rigorous training."
Qiu Guangyao is very confident.
"That's enough. I have already arranged for a professional salvage company, and they will cooperate with you to complete this salvage mission. There is something I want to reveal to you in advance, because I have brought back countless treasures from the Philippines, so The country has decided to choose a place on the outskirts of the city to build a Southeast Asian Art Museum and Cultural District to connect the city with other provinces and become a new economic circle."
"Only after verification by many experts, the Southeast Asian Art Museum Cultural District to be built is already the largest cluster of Southeast Asian museums in the world. However, the antique culture of each country is still slightly thin in size, so I decided to build it as soon as possible. Salvage all the treasures from the sunken ships in the South China Sea. At that time, all the treasures from Southeast Asian countries on the sunken ships will be added there, which can directly expand the overall scale by one-half."
"The most important thing is that the country has given me permission to build a square of honor next to the museum cultural area. The names of everyone involved in this salvage will appear on the honor corridor."
When Li Mo said this, everyone present became slightly excited and their eyes lit up. If their names can really be engraved on that corridor of honor, then the contributions they have received will not be forgotten for several lifetimes.
"Li Mo, please give the order, we will go all out."
Qiu Guangyao stood up and said with high spirits.
Qin Sijun also stood up, saluted Li Mo and said, "We are ready, you can give orders at any time."
"We are always available."
"Everyone sit down, let's eat the watermelon first. Let's all adjust today and officially start tomorrow." Li Mo took the second piece of watermelon, and it was very sweet and juicy when he took a bite. Uncle Ge still paid attention when choosing the watermelon, but he didn't Just buy a few baskets of them.
On the next day, another merchant ship also arrived, which was specially used to transport the salvaged treasures. Only one of the fleet commanded by Qiu Guangyao will be left, and the other two warships will be cruising nearby to remind those ocean-going fishing boats not to approach.
Li Mo originally wanted to go into the sea with him, but everyone persuaded him to just let him direct through the camera from above, and leave professional matters to professionals.
Looking at the more than two hundred people who were fully armed and going to sea, Li Mo shouted loudly: "You all remember carefully, safety comes first when going to sea to salvage, and nothing else is important. The speed of work can be slowed down, no need to I am anxious to complete it in ten and a half days. I can also promise you now that when the salvage work is completed, the Millennium Shengzang Group will give a reward of 500,000 yuan to everyone who participated in the salvage."
"Long live Mr. Li."
"Long live Boss Li."
The ones who cheered instantly were naturally the employees of the professional salvage company, while the two hundred strictly trained soldiers only had slightly moved expressions on their faces. In their minds, this time was just a routine mission, but they never expected that not only would their names be engraved on the wall of the Hall of Honor, but each of them would also be rewarded 500,000 yuan. This was simply falling from the sky. Big pie, and the filling is made of pure meat.
"I went to sea today just to explore the situation of the sunken ship on the seabed."
"yes."
Li Mo nodded to Qiu Guangyao, who immediately gave the order: "Everyone will check the equipment one last time and prepare to go to sea."
Two hundred trained soldiers were divided into ten groups, and then each group was equipped with an experienced salvage company staff member, and entered the sea one by one.
After their figures disappeared, Li Mo, Qiu Guangyao, and Qin Sijun returned to the cabin, where a huge display screen had been assembled, with ten camera images appearing on it, and it slowly sank into the deep sea.
"Li Mo, will giving everyone a bonus of 500,000 yuan make everyone make mistakes?"
Qin Sijun asked worriedly.
Although 100 million to Li Mo was like pulling out a hair from his body, to those soldiers it was completely different.
Li Mo kept staring at the screen camera for a while and then said: "I won't let you make mistakes. I have already submitted the application for bonuses to everyone. The official documents were sent to me three days ago. Your superiors have agreed, so don’t worry about it.”
"Look at the third shot. I seem to have seen an oblong thing like a chimney. I don't know what it is.
Qiu Guangyao kept staring at the screen, and suddenly he pointed at the third lens and shouted.
Li Mo took a closer look and said with a smile: "That is the tall chimney on the steel giant. Please zoom in."
The operator clicked the button, and the third lens instantly filled the screen, allowing everyone to see it more clearly. The people who went to sea have found the sunken ship, but they didn't get close. They were all looking at it from the outside. Unfortunately, they couldn't see the whole picture when they were close, and they couldn't help it when they were far away and the light couldn't penetrate the sea water.
"Switch to camera number eight and take a look."
When lens number eight came out, Li Mo saw the tail end of the steel behemoth.
"Captain No. 8, please answer if you hear me."
"Hear, hear, please instruct."
"Using your stern area as a guide, start exploring and measuring the outer dimensions."
"I understand, I received it on the 8th."
In the deep and dark seabed, more than two hundred bright lights illuminated the underwater world. Half of them were carefully doing preliminary peripheral exploration work. After all, this was an unfamiliar sea area. In front of them was the cabin of a steel behemoth that sank at the end of World War II. It is unclear whether there are unknown and dangerous sea monsters inside.
Li Mo had already investigated and found that there were no dangerous unknown sea monsters, but such a large sunken ship had long been occupied by countless species of undersea creatures, making it a natural safe treasure place for them.
"Cut to shot four and take a look."
After the camera No. 4 filled the screen, under the camera of Captain No. 4, a huge steel crack almost split the entire hull into two. It was not known that it was attacked by some powerful weapon before it broke and sank.
"Captain No. 4, please answer when you receive it."
"Received, Mr. Li, please speak."
"Can you arrange for someone to get close to that huge steel gap and carefully measure the size of the space to see if it is enough for people to come in and out freely?"