Ye Yaodong took another look at the four soldiers, one, two, three, four, behind them. He didn't know whether these four temporary soldiers were professional or not. The distance between the bottom of the sea and the surface of the water was only about ten meters. The more powerful ones were naked.
It's not a problem to dive down for two or three minutes.
"I'll tell you one thing in advance. It's no problem to take you out to sea. I won't ask you for fuel. I'll give it to you. But you can't touch the things on my boat. The machines on the boat are very expensive and very expensive.
It's easy to break, and that's all my father and I have, so we can't afford to lose it."
Fortunately, he and his father were very concerned about these machines and equipment. Every time they were used and docked, they would wipe them down, cover them with nylon bags, and finally cover them with rags to prevent them from being too noticeable.
The old man from the cultural center quickly nodded in agreement, "Don't worry about this, I can guarantee that no one will touch the shuttle or thread on your ship. All we need is you to take us to that sea area, and we will also pay for the fuel."
Others also nodded in agreement, telling him to rest assured that they would not touch him randomly.
"As long as you don't move the things on my ship, I believe you cultural people are all qualified."
Regardless of whether he has quality or not, he must say good things first and wear a high hat. Otherwise, what if he touches this and that on the boat out of curiosity and exposes his diving equipment?
"Don't worry, thank you very much. To save time, let's go now?"
"We have to wait a moment," Ye Yaodong said to his father again, "Bring a bucket of tea with you. Anyway, the workers still have two buckets. Let Ah Qing boil a bucket and let it cool down later to make up for it.
"
Lin Xiuqing also said: "You guys go ahead and take it. I'll put the freshly cooked mung bean soup out of the pot and cook another bucket right away."
Ye Yaodong smiled at the leaders again and said, "You should go and wait outside the dock first. We are in a hurry and want to go to sea, and we haven't had time to prepare anything."
"It's okay, it's okay. We were too sudden. You should prepare first."
"Okay, then you just sit at the door and wait. It will be soon."
Ye Yaodong put on his rain boots and his sun hat. He didn't know how long he would be out at sea. He hesitated whether to bring noodles. There were too many people, right? Did he still need to care about what they all eat and drink?
Lin Xiuqing simply brought him a bucket of freshly cooked mung bean soup, so that she could fill her stomach with water when she was hungry. She was at home anyway, so she could just cook another pot.
"Okay, then I'll have enough mung bean soup to satisfy me. I can't afford anything else."
After Ye Yaodong was ready, a group of people walked toward the pier in a mighty manner, and even the villagers followed behind them.
Along the way, he heard that they had been brainwashing the village committee and the villagers, saying that bronzes were cultural relics, belonged to the country, were something from thousands of years ago, were cultural inheritance, and other nonsense... and...
The origins of bronzes are briefly explained...
Anyway, he listened half-understanding and half-understood, and the villagers were probably all confused.
After they all boarded the boat one after another, the villagers probably had some complaints again.
Just on the coast, Ye Yaodong remembered that location. If the boat sailed at normal speed, it would take about 20 minutes. So close, he didn't consider whether they would get seasick, and it was their temporary request to go to sea.
But he didn't expect that after only ten or twenty minutes of sailing, everyone would already look pale. It was in vain that he worried that they would mess with the machinery on his ship.
They couldn't even pay attention to the several small wooden boats and 8-9 meter small power boats that followed behind them, allowing those people to follow curiously to watch the fun.
As soon as the boat stopped and anchored, in addition to the four soldiers, the village chief, and the village secretary were still standing there, there were already people lying down in a row on the side of the boat, making the sound of retching.
"Ugh~"
"Ugh~ fish..."
"There are fish..."
Ye Yaodong also stretched out his head and took a look and said: "It's time to make a nest."
After vomiting, the leaders felt comfortable, "What are you doing?"
"Your vomit is bait."
"Well……"
Someone changed the subject and asked: "How long will it take to arrive?"
They had been holding back their vomiting, and no one dared to speak, for fear that they would spit it out as soon as they opened their mouths. Only now did someone ask.
"We've arrived. The boats have stopped."
"Ah? We're here? It's good when we're here, it's good when we're here. If we drive out again, I'll have to answer for all my old bones."
"Is it under the sea around here?"
"Absolutely." Ye Yaodong pointed to the island not far away and the surrounding green mountains. "I have paid attention to the surrounding area before. It is probably in this area. You can go down first to see if you have found anything. If not, just
Let’s look around here again.”
"Okay, okay."
"Hey~ why are there so many ships following you?"
"It should be the ships that were just operating at sea, right? When we came out, we didn't see many ships on the shore."
"It should be..."
"My legs were shaking within a few minutes of getting on the boat, and I didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to anything else..."
"Go into the water and look for them first, and ignore them for now."
Ye Yaodong's task of leading the way has been completed. He just stood aside and let them arrange the rest by themselves. He did not say anything, and it was not his turn to speak. They did not ask him. He and his father only served as backgrounds.
Just the board will do.
Two banging sounds were heard, water splashed everywhere, and the two soldiers did not stay on the sea surface for long, but dived directly to the bottom of the sea.
Ye Yaodong looked at the sea water today. It was quite blue. The main reason was that the weather was good and the scorching sun was shining in the sky. The sea water seemed particularly clear, and the underwater visibility was probably very high.
Ten meters is not very deep. If you don’t stop, how long will it take? You just need to pay attention to the pressure of one atmosphere at ten meters.
Everyone on the boat gathered around the side of the boat, staring at the spot where the two soldiers had just jumped, always paying attention.
Other fishing boats around had just seen two people jumping into the water, and they gradually came closer, keeping a distance from their boats, and staring at the sea where they had just launched.
But the two people floated about ten meters away on the other side of the boat two minutes later.
Hearing the sound of water coming out, everyone habitually looked left and right at the sea surface, but saw nothing.
It was Ye Yaodong who reminded them that the two people were on the other side, and they saw the human head floating on the sea.
The two soldiers were confused for a moment when they first came up. After checking their bearings, they realized that they were quite far away from the boat, and then they quickly swam towards the fishing boat.
"How's it going?"
"What's wrong?"
"Why did you come up here?"
"Have you ever gone down to the bottom of the sea? How deep is it?"
"Did you find it? Is it under there?"
A group of people gathered around and asked all kinds of questions.
The soldier touched the sea water on his face and said, "We went down to the bottom of the sea, about fifteen or six meters away. When we first went down, we didn't see anything. I looked around and found it at the place where we just came up.
this."
He pointed at the wine glass held in the palm of another person's hand. The old man from the cultural center suddenly looked at him and took the bronze wine glass with various kinds of mud on it.
Ye Yaodong also stretched his neck and took a look. It was similar to the one he brought up, except it was a little dirty.
"Is there anything else down there?"
"Yes, there are several scattered on the bottom of the sea. We couldn't hold it in any longer, so we just picked one up and brought it up first. We can continue in that direction later to save some time. But one thing you need to pay attention to is that there is one at the bottom.
The reef, I suspect it is an artificial reef."
"Shipwreck?!"
When they heard about artificial reefs, the first reaction of those in the cultural center was a shipwreck.
There are differences between natural reefs and artificial reefs.
To put it bluntly, artificial reefs are to put large objects into the seabed to form a solid barrier.
Because people discovered a truth a long time ago that after ships sink to the bottom of the sea, there will be a lot of fish around them, making it easier to salvage fish in the shipwreck area.
For example, when he fished the big bronze cauldron ashore, a piece of bluestone swam out of it, but the fishing net easily got caught on the bottom.
Therefore, many people choose to put some abandoned boats or old furniture on the seabed. This can attract fish and is also helpful for future fishing. This is the earliest artificial reef.
However, these large objects cannot sink too deep. If they sink too deep, they are likely to be corroded.
If the sinking location is relatively shallow, it may become an artificial reef.
Only in a shallow position can surrounding organisms receive sunlight and perform photosynthesis to produce energy. Only then will more and more fish feed on these organisms.
When Ye Yaodong and Ye's father heard about the artificial reef, their first reaction was that the ship would sink!
It was already dark under the water at that time, and the view of the seabed was not clear. Ye Yaodong only knew that there was a reef nearby. He could not observe it carefully, so he could only hurriedly rescue the fish floating on the net.
Afterwards, he also thought about the possibility of a sunken ship. After all, there was a bronze tripod, scattered bronze wine cups, and a box of gold cakes around it.
Throughout the ages, there have been countless sunken ships on the seabed. Some sunk deeply, some sunk shallowly, some can be salvaged, and some sank to the bottom and were corroded.
The two soldiers nodded, "It's most likely a sunken ship. It looks quite big. We need to go down and have a look. It's best to find a professional salvage team."
The senior county official smiled and said: "Thank you, comrades of the People's Liberation Army, for your hard work. I have to ask you to go down as many times as possible today. This is a cultural relic, which is of great significance to historical research. We will make a report when we get back and apply for salvage."
Team, I believe the officials will also attach great importance to it."
"You're welcome, we will try our best to cooperate."
The person who spoke should be the captain of the four-man team. After he finished speaking, he walked towards Ye Yaodong, saluted him with a military salute, and asked him to sail the ship in that direction.
Ye Yaodong was stunned by the military salute he gave and the military posture he stood in. It was the first time he saw a soldier giving him a military salute so close up. It was just like on TV, so straight and orderly that he couldn't help but feel ashamed.
He also held his head high and his body straight.
If the boys in this family can't study, it would be a good idea to send them to the army!
That upright body looks energetic, and it is much more comfortable to sit or stand than to be lazy.
If you don't succeed in literature or martial arts, you won't be able to do anything. Then you can only live at home. Being a soldier these days is quite promising.
Thinking and thinking like this in his heart, it didn't affect him to sail the boat quickly.
After the soldier team leader finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the other two who had not been in the water yet, reminding them to pay attention to underwater reefs and so on.
Chapter completed!