Chapter 120: Microfilm
"You found the Spanish gold coins at the bottom of the sea?"
Old Dong was stunned when he heard that Li Ming found something from the Spanish on the phone again.
“There are also some gold chains and silver ingots and extra harvest!”
Li Ming added another sentence on the other end.
There were additional gains when I heard it, and Lao Dong's tone suddenly rose several degrees;
“How many are some?”
Because his word "some" is very sensitive!
The last time Li Mingti mentioned the word "some" in front of him;
Finally, I found that there were tens of thousands of Celtic silver coins in front of him, and the feeling of heartbeat was so exciting.
"27, like a gold necklace, and there are three silver ingots that are about a hundred or ten pounds~"
After listening to Li Ming's answer, Old Dong hoped that he hadn't asked so much just now;
This is completely unhappy for yourself!
Fortunately, Old Dong quickly adjusted his mentality, and in his cognition, he had classified Li Ming as an abnormal person;
So, Lao Dong asked directly:
"Tell me directly, what's the matter with me!"
If you want to find someone to do business, you have to lower your posture. Li Ming is now decent: "Brother Dong, please help me go to Spain to check some information?"
Old Dong was still thinking about the evening date now, and he sorted out his tie and explained earnestly in front of the mirror on the wall:
"Little brother, I haven't had time for the past two days. I'm working on a big project recently!"
When Li Ming heard that this old guy was going to be lazy, fortunately, he just got his handle when answering the phone, so he teased:
"Brother Dong, is the name of your project called Dear Elena?"
"Sorry, some of my phones happen to have an automatic recording function. They were originally intended to prevent them from being in danger at sea, but I always thought this function was a waste of money!"
"I didn't expect it to come in handy today~"
"I remember the last time we both drank, did you say that my niece was studying at the University of Edinburgh or Oxford?"
When the old Dong, holding the phone, his face changed when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow, I will go tomorrow!"
"That's so sorry, Brother Dong, you are quite busy with your project!"
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As a spiritual shareholder of the studio, Comrade Dong is very enlightened and takes the initiative to go to Seville for Li Ming to check the list of goods shipped from Havana to Spain!
This was determined by Li Ming based on the casting portraits and year on the batch of Spanish gold coins. It was mainly inquired from the 6 silent treasure ships in 1622, and the two treasure ships that sank in Florida in 1653.
Only these wrecks can own these unusually valuable cargo.
One night, the reluctant old Comrade Dong boarded the plane to Spain;
In the West Indies Comprehensive Archives in Serbia, Lao Dong did not find the paper documents he used to make.
This is because the age is too old. In order to preserve documents, archives rarely allow outsiders to directly read the paper that has been preserved for hundreds of years.
So the archives took most of the information with a camera and then stored it in miniature film.
As the saying goes, spending other people's money is the least worrying. When the US dollar opened its way, Lao Dong successfully obtained the access permission to check microfilm.
Each ship named by Li Ming was loaded with a large number of silver ingots. On average, each ship had a quantity of hundreds or thousands and serial number, which made Lao Dong very worried.
Moreover, the ship finally carried 275 people, all of whom were Spanish who made a fortune in South America.
Unfortunately, the bronze cannons on the Madame Atoka have no deterrent effect on the hurricane.
On September 5, 1622, when the fleet sailed to the waters between Havana and Cuba, the fleet encountered a strong tropical hurricane, which swept the last five ships in the fleet.
Because of its large load and its slowest navigation speed, Madame Atoka became the first target to be attacked.
Six wooden sailboats weighing hundreds of tons appeared fragile in the face of strong winds and waves, and disappeared into the storm with loud rumbling sounds.
It is recorded that 30 to 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, from the Maquesa Islands to the dry Tortuga Islands, there is a lot of garbage generated by ships after they sink.
At that time, the Madame Atoka did not sink immediately, but floated tenaciously and stubbornly on the sea;
Moreover, the two sailors and three slaves on the Atoka clung to the stern, which was the only part still on the water at that time. Rescuers from other fleets were unable to open the hatch of the ship after they arrived.
The sailors of other ships of the fleet immediately jumped into the water, hoping to rescue some treasures, but just as they found the wreckage and were preparing to salvage gold bars and silver ingots, another more powerful hurricane hit, and all those who had infiltrated the water were killed in the hurricane.
The main wreckage of Madame Atoka quickly sank to the seabed 17 meters deep from the sea surface.
Chapter completed!