The press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not have any practical content. As before, it was all a bit of arguing. Foreign media asked questions casually.

To sum it up, the Chinese government has no right to interfere in the behavior of citizens on the high seas, and other countries have no right to interfere.

Netizens applauded the answer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but it would be right to help their own people anyway.

In the eyes of the government, Xiao Hai not only did not break the law, but also actively promoted local construction and development. He is a good citizen, so how could he deal with him?

Overseas wealth salvages eventually flow into China and invests in construction, and the country will only support it.

Therefore, the government does not want to pay attention to protests in some countries at all. It’s just that they are arguing too much, so they just respond politely.

"Minister Yang's speech is so handsome."

"That's what should they do with the foreigners?"

"Does the foreigners have few treasure ships to salvage our China? The most famous one is Mike Hatcher."

"Who is Mike Hatcher? Who tells his story?"

...

Mike Hatcher is a professional treasure hunter in the UK. He has salvaged more than 80 World War II battleships and wrecks. He was once known as the "nemesis of underwater archaeology".

By chance, Mike Hatcher salvaged a Ming Dynasty porcelain shipwreck from the South China Sea, which made him directly earn tens of millions of dollars.

Since then, Mike Hatcher has been turning his attention to the South China Sea. In 1999, Mike Hatcher discovered a Qing Dynasty shipwreck in the South China Sea, containing hundreds of thousands of porcelain from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. After the news came out, the Chinese government protested to the UK, saying that the Chinese cultural relics here were unfortunately smuggled out of the high seas by Mike Hatcher.

But Mike Hatcher is a tough character. After carefully selecting nearly 100,000 pieces, he smashed all the rest and refused to ship them back to China. The reason why Mike Hatcher did this is because he believed that rare things are precious, and so is porcelain.

This man frequently searched for treasure ships in the South China Sea. According to statistics, he found no less than one million Chinese cultural relics in the South China Sea, and it is conceivable how much Chinese wealth he stole.

"In our country's territorial waters? I heard it right?"

"You heard it right. At that time, our country had no ability to salvage the seabed at all. Many shipwrecks were cheaper than that bastard."

"It's so strange! Our own national salvage is not allowed, but the foreigners are fine. What's the reason?"

...

During the process of salvaging porcelain, Xiao Hai gave him some suggestions to protect the salvaged porcelain. For the time being, the other party really had no malice and had never thought of competing with him for these porcelains, so Xiao Hai was relieved.

Not only porcelain, but also Xiao Hai and the others discovered a batch of gilded gold Buddhas.

These gilded gold Buddhas are big and small, the largest one is as tall as a person, and the smallest one is the size of a palm, with a total of about one hundred pieces.

Even Mr. Gu of the archaeological team was shocked by this discovery. It can be said that he was the largest group of gold Buddhas with the gilded craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty, with a wide variety.

They told Xiao Hai that this batch of gilded Buddha statues is very precious and must be kept properly. Especially the tall Buddha statues can be called national treasures, which are no exception, and are priceless treasures!

Everyone speculated that it was a diplomatic gift given to various countries by the Ming Dynasty.

The gilded Buddha statues made during the Yongle period are regarded as the main works of Buddhism in the world. They are famous for their delicate and flawless casting skills and abundant gilding techniques.

Before the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the palace attached great importance to Buddhism.

On the one hand, before the Jiajing Dynasty, the ruling class believed in Buddhism mostly, and Buddhism had developed and matured among folk religious beliefs. On the other hand, since the Ming Dynasty, especially in the early and mid-Ming Dynasty, the relationship with the snow area was very harmonious. The court's praise of Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, was inseparable from the political needs of the ruling class at that time to win over the Tibetan government.

In addition to the importance attached to the court, objective conditions also allow the mass casting of copper Buddha statues. That is, the currency circulating in the Ming Dynasty was mainly silver, and copper materials were not very valuable, so there was a lot of surplus.

The gilded Buddha statue is made of mercury to make the yellow financialized, and then applied to the surface of the bronze Buddha statue. After the high temperature again, you will get a gold-shaped Buddha statue. The shape of the gilded Buddha statue is very beautiful, with a shiny surface, and the patterns on it are rich and gorgeous, which is deeply loved by everyone.

In the current auction market, gilded Buddha statues in the Ming Dynasty are very popular, and their prices have repeatedly broken records.

Transaction prices of several million have become the norm, and some even sold for tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars, which is incredible.

Looking at the very solemn gilded Buddha statue more than one meter high, Xiao Hai had a plan in his heart.

Just now, the archaeological team sent him a private message saying that this Buddha statue is a national treasure-level cultural relic, very precious and difficult to measure its value, so it must be kept well.

With this reminder, Xiao Hai almost understood that this treasure could not be bought or sold, so he could only collect it himself or donate it to the country.

Xiao Hai is not very interested in asking him to spend money to take care of this thing. In addition, if you collect it, it feels very troublesome to say that it is a hot potato.

So he thought about it and announced directly in the live broadcast room: "This Buddha statue, the experts from the archaeological team just told me that it is a national treasure-level cultural relic. To be honest, I am not very interested in collecting it, so I will hand it over to the country when I go back, and hope that the relevant departments will be prepared to take over, contact me in time, and go to Shaxin Island to collect it."

The live broadcast instantly became quiet. Everyone knew that if the Buddha statue was placed at the auction, it would definitely be sold at a sky-high price.

Unexpectedly, the island owner gave it up and gave it to the country, which was so unexpected.

However, many people instantly reacted. It is too difficult to trade this kind of national treasure, and the government will definitely intervene. Instead of doing this, it is better not to just refuse and sell personal favors to the country.

Thinking of this, many viewers admired it very much. This courage is really something that ordinary people can do.

The people from the archaeological team, other relevant departments, such as museums, were excited to hear the news.

Major museums in China contacted Xiao Hai through various means, hoping that Xiao Hai could donate the gilded Buddha statue to them, and some even sent people to wait on Shaxin Island.

Mr. Gu smiled and said, "This little guy is very good at being a human being! It's good that this is the case, no one in China will target him."

Although those are treasures salvaged by the high seas, if someone is serious, especially people from certain departments, will still cause some trouble for Xiao Hai.

Now, Xiao Hai donated the most precious treasure to the country, who else dares to say anything?

"He's a pretty good guy." Another old archaeological expert also smiled.

This time, it took Xiao Hai and the others several hours to search from the outside to the inside and plunder the treasures of the wrecked ship.
Chapter completed!