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Xiao Peng shook his head. He had never heard of this ship before.

Old Sun explained, "It was a merchant ship in the fleet of King Philip V of Spain, sunk by the British in the Caribbean in 1708 and laden with gold, silver, and jewels plundered by the Spanish Empire from their colonies. You know, almost all of Latin America was then their colony, and you can imagine how much wealth there was there. "

Xiao Peng frowned and said, "Elder Sun, I don't understand anymore. Since this ship has so much wealth, it should have been targeted a long time ago, right?"

Elder Sun nodded. "Actually, as early as 1981, the Star Strikes' Seafaring Fleet had already found the sunken Sea of this ship. However, due to certain reasons, no one has been able to salvage this ship up to now. "

Xiao Peng found a problem, "Wait, Grandpa Sun, you said that this ship is in the Caribbean Sea? "Where in the Caribbean?"

Elder Sun replied, "In the northern waters of the port of Cartagena, Colombia."

Xiao Peng held his chin and thought for a long time: "Grandpa Sun, the Caribbean Sea is the land edge sea, the waters of northern Colombia are pretty much the same as here, they're all from the continent, the water level is not deep, and it's not that difficult to salvage. That ship has been discovered for about 40 years, why hasn't anyone salvaged it up to today?"

Elder Sun explained, "It's not a matter of technology that this ship has not been salvaged. It's a matter of other problems. As I said, the first to discover the wreck was Starcraft's Seagoing Fleet. They found the wreck and wanted to salvage it, but Colombia disagreed. for the ownership of this ship. "

Xiao Peng didn't understand. "Is there a problem with the ownership of this sunken boat?"

UNESCO once spearheaded a Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, which was said to form a clue to the ownership and management of the uncountable assets of the seabed. Only twenty countries signed the Convention — almost all of them landlocked without a territorial sea — and none of the coastal countries signed it.

They were all staring at their own wealth in the sea!

"What about China's attitude?" We agree with and support the principles and provisions of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and are actively preparing to become a party to it at an early date '. Then, more than ten years later, this matter was not mentioned at all.

Therefore, all the countries in the world were currently in a state of chaos regarding the ownership of the sunken ships.

Even the shipwreck of hundreds of years ago, the present government of the country of origin would jump out to claim control. No country would easily give up the good stuff in its own sea. Every time a shipwreck was discovered, international friction ensued, and no one was polite in the face of wealth.

Like the Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company, a famous sunken ship salvage company in the Stars and Stripes, it had once excavated a Spanish sunken ship in the waters off Gibraltar, with a total of seventeen tons of gold and silver.

The Ministry had returned to the Stellar Union. They have their reasons, this sunken ship was dug out from the high seas by us, that must be ours!

But Spain jumped out, claiming that the ship was their national heritage, and brought the Odyssey Corporation to court; and Chile also jumped out, saying that all this gold and silver had been dug up in our country, and was an integral part of our culture, and that it was said in such a way that it was a splurge, with the final two words, "Divide the money!"

The end result was that half of the treasure would be returned to the Spanish government, and the reason would be the so-called 'sovereign immunity' rule.

Elder Sun said, "This ship has not been salvaged, and a large part of the reason is because it has been in court all these years. Colombia wants the sunken ship's wealth. Seafarer Fleet told them they didn't want half of it either. After all these years of litigation, the ownership of the ship is now entirely in the hands of Colombia. "

Xiao Peng widened his eyes when he heard this. "How did they do it?"

Elder Sun laughed, "Didn't this country withdraw from UNESCO? In the past, they had taken the lead in developing the Underwater Cultural Protection Convention. As a result, they had taken the lead in developing the Underwater Cultural Protection Convention, but they themselves had not acceded to it. Now that they themselves have left the group, without support from the back, how could they possibly win this case? "

"What about Spain? Was this their ship? "Why isn't it like Odyssey?" Xiao Peng asked curiously.

Old Sun shrugged. "It's not the same as Odyssey. Odysseus is a company, Colombia is a country, they have no choice but to run amok with Spain, and now Colombia is afraid of being missed by their shipwrecks, and sends warships out every few days to patrol. "

Xiao Peng frowned after hearing that, "Grandpa Sun, I'll interrupt you. According to you, I'm going to steal the sunken ship again? Eh? "Why would I use 'again'?"

Elder Sun had a sly look. "Let me tell you something." "This time, the San Jose is really a big fat sheep. According to reliable data, the amount of gold on it alone is over 40 tons, and if you get that gold out, it would be over 2 billion dollars. And there's also a huge amount of silver, jewelry, and so on, wouldn't you be interested?"

Xiao Peng looked speechlessly at Elder Sun: "Grandpa Sun, tell me the truth. So you're actually a student of the Gold Collection Unit? Or was it a horse driver? Why does it sound so natural? "

Elder Sun raised his hand and pretended to hit Xiao Peng, "Kid, what are you talking about? Isn't this to give you a chance to get rich? "

Xiao Peng looked troubled, "You also said it yourself. What is the warship over there? How can I get it out? What kind of big gift are you giving me? Isn't this a blank cheque? can't do it. " As he spoke, Xiao Peng shook his hand with all his might.

Elder Sun looked at Yu Tian Fang beside him and said with a smile: "Xiao Peng, don't hide it anymore. You were able to fish out such a big 'Goldfish' from me quietly last time, the difficulty of this ship is much lower than the 'Goldfish'. Is that all it took for you? "

Xiao Peng coughed dryly, "How can it be that simple!?" And if you're right, then Colombia must be very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,

There must have been some way to prevent it. He wanted to quietly fish it out. It was too difficult! Besides, I'm going to go to someone else's territorial waters. If Colombia finds the treasure of the sunken ships missing, they'll definitely suspect a foreigner like me, right? You, a Chinese fishing boat, went fishing in the Colombian Sea? Isn't this the same place? "

Elder Sun laughed, "If you were to really go, you must be famous! China and Cuba have a good relationship, don't you think? You're going to Cuba on behalf of China for a scientific exchange in fisheries. That way your route would take you across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal, and along the coasts of Colombia to Cuba. And when you get to Cuba, someone will be there to help you get these treasures back. "

Xiao Peng was completely dumbfounded. "Grandpa Sun, what exactly are you doing? You even want to help me bring the treasure back? Let's get straight to the point. What are you guys up to this time? "

Elder Sun laughed, "Kid, can you not know what's good for you? If you really salvaged a sunken ship, how would the treasures on the sunken ship be sold? Who would accept a large amount of heavy metals like gold and silver? If it comes to market, the history of your treasure, how to salvage a sunken ship will be controversial, and when the time comes for a sunken ship like Spain to ask you for money, what will you do? At that time, you could only sleep with a bunch of treasures, right? But now, if you sell the heavy metals like gold and silver to the country, you can still get the money and the country can get the benefits. "

Who would have thought that after hearing Xiao Peng's words, Elder Sun's eyes widened. "Kid, your waist really hurts when you stand and speak!" Only dozens of tons of gold? The entire country's gold reserves are only around 1800 tons! China is the country with the largest gold production in the world, and it only produces around 400 tons of gold every year. Most of this gold can also be used for jewelry processing, high-tech equipment, etc. If gold wasn't so scarce, would it still be called 'precious metal'? "

"Uh, calm down, how would I know about such a national event?" Xiao Peng hurriedly said.

"I don't care about the jewelry and antiques that I salvaged. I'm just asking you, are you going to do this?" Elder Sun blew at his beard and glared at him.

"Fine, let me try to deal with this, alright? Like I said, there's no such thing as a pie falling from the sky. In the end, I have to contribute to the country. " Xiao Peng shrugged.

Elder Sun rolled his eyes at Xiao Peng, "This is called mutual benefit, alright? You can still make money and the country can also increase its gold reserves. This is killing two birds with one stone. "Of course, if I were to say something earlier, this matter will be kept a secret. If I were to say anything in this room, I will not acknowledge it."

Xiao Peng curled his lips, "Alright, I understand. It's the same as last time, right?"

Elder Sun signaled to Yu Tian, who pushed a wheelchair over: "Brother Xiao, please?"

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