Smoke and fire were on the boat not far away, but it was quickly extinguished; then Zhou Huaian received corresponding rewards, and the fire was only part on the deck, burning some piles of sails and cables.

However, when he walked into the boat stop at the beach and took a closer look, he couldn't help but exclaim. Although he had seen many ancient ship models and corresponding restored pictures in modern times, when he approached and saw the real thing with his own eyes, he still felt a little amazed.

Because this sea boat is much larger than those he has seen before, and there are many brackets with carved beams and painted buildings, railings and multi-layer painted external coatings, which look like it has a sense of unrestrained and pleasing beauty.

Several sides were thrown on the ground and stepped on some footprints and mud, but it was difficult to cover up the exquisite black-bottomed golden dragon-patterned banner, which further proved its special identity; this was obviously a large tribute ship that escaped from Guangzhou but was damaged by wind and waves and was stranded near the local port. Therefore, it now looks like it is already stuck in the mudflat and has a tilt and stranded bottoming.

This unique sea ship looks round, square and flat, with a tummy, about twenty feet long and seven or eight feet wide, two or three feet high. There are one big, two small and three sail masts in front and back. However, two large masts and a stacked hard sail have been broken on the deck in a diagonal manner. It seems that the overall basic load is at least between two thousand and three thousand (Tang Dynasty: one material on the ship is heavier than the same stone, about three hundred and fifty to four hundred tons).

At the end of the trestle that extends directly along the coastal mudflat to the edge of the boat, there are also some wooden scaffolding and dirt piles supported by the hull, footbeds, and a large amount of piled up wood materials and sheds used for temporary cover. Among them, there is a large piece of material that has been paved and white, which is leaning on the edge of the boat and falls into the mud.

Obviously, it is conceivable that under the strong request of the people on the stranded tribute ship, the local governments had to concentrate their manpower and material resources to build a temporary dock here, hoping to provide limited repairs to the tribute ship; for example, try to replace the large wood needed for the mast so that it can float again when the tide is high, and there is enough wind to sail into the outer sea.

If Zhou Huaian hadn't led the team suddenly to fight, maybe in two or three days, they would have set off for a journey.

However, there are more new discoveries near the ship. In addition to a group of craftsmen and civilians who knelt on the ground in a panic and kowtowed to beg for mercy, waiting for the winners to deal with it. They also found many corpses that were thrown on the coast and washed back by the tide of backflow. Although the rebels were soaked and swollen on the bodies, and all the objects on their bodies were searched, judging from the remaining close-fitting clothes, they were actually the official army.

It looked like the result of internal strife and sang the murder. Among them, several corpses of eunuchs suspected to be pampered are even found, which is interesting. It seems that the Huainan army that was attacked by themselves not long ago were obviously not the same as the fugitives on the ship, but with different thoughts and motives.

However, the apprentice team that had taken the lead on board and controlled the situation did not encounter any real obstacles; because before they arrived, the people who set fire on the boat saw that the situation was not good, and had already unloaded the boat from the side, and rowed far away and only had a back left. At least the rebels did not have the ability and motivation to continue chasing them.

After explaining the corresponding warning and blockade, Zhou Huaian had just climbed the side of the ship along the bend of the bench when he heard the dull and echoed screams from the cabin, and finally he poked his head out of an open hatch.

"People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...People...P

That was Mi Baoer, the apprentice captain who entered the cabin first to investigate. She seemed to be shocked by something, and she screamed excitedly and stuttered.

“There are so many things inside.”

"Look at it now..."

Although it has been tilted and stranded, because the material used for the hull is strong and very strong, there is no obvious leakage or seepage. Only some decks and railings are soaked in the wind and waves, and the dry salt frost in the gaps. After entering the inner cabin along the wooden steps, it is not as dark and damp as Zhou Huaian imagined, but emits a unique smell of high-quality wood soaking in sea water and drying.

He thought about it and scratched the wall with his short knife, but it was so tough that it could not leave any trace. Then, he shaved a trace of wood chips on the wall, and suddenly revealed the rich and delicate texture inside. This trace of wood chips actually made him smell a faint fragrance, but it was not like camphor wood that wards off insects.

He suddenly remembered that he had smelled a similar smell at the upper floor of the antique market exhibition in his hometown. It was actually nanmu, and the ship was actually made of nanmu. Although he had accidentally learned that in the discussion of the history of Chinese shipbuilding, he used nanmu to build ships and other furniture in the Tang Dynasty. Because nanmu is hard and extremely corrosion-resistant, it can be used for many years even if it is soaked in seawater.

At that time, I only felt that the Tang people were really conquering things, but I didn't expect that they could witness it with my own eyes. The materials used in this ship alone could be compared with the golden nanmu hall in the Forbidden City later. It is truly the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in history. Even though it has reached the late stage of decline and collapse, it still has such legacy and existence.

However, if it is a tribute boat that runs long-distance sea routes, it is natural to use the best materials. According to the "Haitu Road" booklet, which seems quite rough to the future generations on the ship, the end of their sailing should be in Penglai Port in Dengzhou, which is a thousand miles away from the sea route.

Although there is nothing special about the outside, once you enter it, you can easily be attracted by exquisitely decorated curtains, colorful murals, and carved beams and painted buildings. There are immortals who ride the wind and clouds, hold the moon and hold the sun, and the flowing Bodhisattvas on it; there are also immortals who offer auspiciousness, dragons who bring clouds and rain; there are also men and women who have obvious extraterritorial styles.

However, most of these arrangements were damaged by various knives and axes. The more you walked in, the more obvious it became. You could even see some dry blood stains splashing on the ground and walls. You can imagine what happened during this period, and explain how the abandoned corpses on the beach came from.

After searching several living rooms with different styles and uses in a row, Zhou Huaian finally found a stack of items wrapped in silver silk blankets on the boat with exquisitely mounted silk curtains on the wall, but was covered with dry and black blood. In a locker hidden behind the "Mountain and River Competition Picture" on the wall, he found a stack of items wrapped in silver silk and corresponding notes.

Then, based on these items and notes, he personally carried a special fire-proof wind light to carry the ship up and down and checked it out.

The entire ship is divided into four and a half layers. Most of the largest bottom cabins are from the governments such as Shulu Zhenla, Zhanpo, or Jiaozhou, Leizhou, Huzhou and other places in Annan, such as rouge rice, rice stalk rice, etc.; bags of stacked and sequentially scattered; then there are large materials and materials wrapped in fine linen cloth, sandalwood and other heavy-weight materials;

Secondly, the second floor is filled with thin wooden barrels made of specially made wax seals, with various pickled dried fruits and prepared dried and fresh foods; and half a warehouse is filled with expensive goods including various fur, silk and silk, bundled into large camphor wood boxes.

Starting from the third layer, it was divided into several smaller partitions, including small containers wrapped in vine and hemp paper. There were some small lumps, particles, powder, and oil-like things, but they were precious incense and medicine from outside the region. Zhou Huaian only had suspected musk and dragon feast fragrance.

The value and fineness of the goods on the fourth floor are again level or better; in the largest compartment, there are hundreds of pots of rare flowers and plants, blooming in the dark warehouse in a magnificent manner; and in another compartment filled with neat straw, there are many boxes containing cups, plates, bowls, cups, pots, and bottles;

The style is also extremely ingenious, with a double-headed phoenix-headed pot, a three-colored dragon plate, a beast-holding jar with broken blue patterns, and a peacock-swalking bottle... In comparison, the ordinary daily porcelain found in the Hong Kong market can only be described as the difference between pearls and jade and soil.

The upper half of the deck building is also the most valuable thing in the whole ship. In addition to the upper daily living room, in the storage room near the stern, the first thing that is not large but sealed with iron doors is the first to be printed are rows of containers and cabinets.

The most outward thing is various gold ingots cast into round cakes, horseshoe-shaped and non-shaped, and are called "golden gold" at the time; there are also large silver tins smelted called ship-shaped and long flat pieces commonly known as "pig waist silver", which are filled with layers in seven or eight boxes of cages one by one. In other thick ebony boxes, exquisite rare objects wrapped in silk and velvet pads and inlaid with pearls and jade; there are wine utensils, food utensils and tea sets, as well as hook boxes and smoked cauldrons.

The gold and silver products of this era often contain different degrees of impurities due to the differences and shortcomings in the smelting process, and present various textures and variegated colors in appearance; then according to the differences in origin, they have various names, such as "pine gold", "snowflake silver", "water vortex silver" and so on.

Then there is a whole box of pearls and polished large giant conch, tortoiseshell, a whole snow-white coral like a tree branch, and even a pair of translucent, turbid smoke-colored lotus petals, and a large piece of jade-intacted screen fan; and some smaller boxes are colorful topaz and agate-like rough stone blanks.

Finally, in another adjacent cabin with strong smell, more than a dozen cocks and geese in silver cages were found, and the fine white rice mixed with fish and shrimp were used as feeding objects. It was obviously to please someone who was a young emperor far away in the capital, and they were specially designed to play and enjoy things.

There is another room full of various documents and books, which seem to be brought out from Guangzhou in a hurry; since these are all deliberately brought out without wanting to fall into the hands of the rebels, they are undoubtedly valuable wealth in another sense.

"This is a big deal..."

After a lot of scrutiny, even if Zhou Huaian was well-informed in later generations, he could not help but be overwhelmed by the sudden and full of happiness in his heart. This is the treasure of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In the future, any one of them is enough to make ordinary people get rich overnight and become a rich class who only spends his life waiting to die.

Even in this era, it represents the huge wealth value recognized by the top of society. It is enough to keep a bunch of women of all kinds without worries after leaving the peasant army. Since then, I am extremely extravagant and debauchery to death.

A tribute ship from Guangzhou alone has reached this level; after gathering treasures from all over the world in Chang'an City, this situation and grand occasion should be like this; it is truly worthy of being the only husband and the top of the pyramid of exploiting class who is dedicated to one person's extravagant desires.

Then he felt a little sad and sad. What kind of means and methods should be used to take all these for themselves? Should he silence all those who had no opinions or were likely to know? After thinking about what might happen in reality, Zhou Huaian's remaining rationality and socialist three-view education he received since childhood finally slowly emerged in the crazy fanaticism.

It took a while to adjust my mood and self-identification, and it took a long time to calm down the many gains and losses. After all, no matter how much there is on this ship, can I still swallow it alone? How much can I take it away with my own ability? Even if I can take it away, why can I keep these things from being coveted and robbed by others?

Back in reality, he found that there were actually not many choices he could make; after all, although these things were valuable, they had no channels and channels for monetization except for the rice and grain that could be used directly in the hands of the rebels; or there was no external environment and conditions that could be converted into ready-made resources in a timely manner.

Even those gold cakes and silver tins are not formal currencies that can be directly taken out for circulation. Instead, they gather in the form of some tribute and then used as valuable items for the court's reward and private play. The main circulating currency in this world are all kinds of copper coins, as well as silk as a larger amount of currency and equivalent circulating goods.

Therefore, in these days, if you really take ingots of gold and silver to buy things or pay the price, the biggest possibility is to be arrested by the reporter and sue for stealing official goods; in fact, it is much more reliable and recognized by carrying pieces of silk than to directly take gold and silver.

"Look up that fat hole, it's time for him to come in handy."

Zhou Huaian couldn't help but instructed Xiaoqi who was guarding the deck.
Chapter completed!