From the Island Owner to the King

There is a legend of an Atlantic ghost ship circulating around the world.

'In the vast North Atlantic Ocean, there is a 'ghost ship', which floats to and fro, and its whereabouts are uncertain. When the ship appears, his image is tattered and rotten, and the nearby sailors and fishermen are often able to obey. Strange sounds came from the ship, crying, sighing, footsteps, but it didn't take long before the ship disappeared into the vast sea.

According to legend, the souls of those who died at sea lived on the ship.

The cargo ship 'Santa Maria Formosa' has become the most famous 'ghost ship' of the 21st century.

There are many legends about it.

The photos of the crew lounge and the 3 minutes and 12 seconds video taken by Chen Rui often appear on the Internet in various countries and are reprinted very frequently.

Hollywood screenwriters have begun to set their sights on the 'Lucky Star' film, based on Chen Rui's adventure in search of the 'Lucky Star', which was a box-office hit. Santa Maria Formosa' ghost ship is up.

The 'Santa Maria Formosa' ghost ship has a strong story and is easy to adapt, and horror and suspense movies are easy to win at the box office at a small cost.

Coupled with the fact that the "ghost incident" about the ghost ship "Santa Maria Formosa" has attracted great attention around the world, this wave of attention has not subsided.

The film adaptation of the 'Santa Maria Formosa' ghost ship had so many success factors.

As long as the film is not too badly made, the audience really can't watch it. It's hard not to succeed.

In the last week, it was announced that a film based on the real-life event 'Santa Maria Formosa' ghost ship was going to be filmed in the newspapers.

Even Zheng Xiuquan, a famous Chinese director of the new generation, announced to the media that he would start a film adaptation of the ghost ship "Santa Maria Formosa".

When the media interviewed him, he also sent an invitation to Chen Rui. Invite Chen Rui to join the crew as a specially invited screenwriter for the crew.

Chen Rui refused directly, so he didn't have time to play with them.

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Chen Rui drove the speedboat off the cargo ship "Santa Maria Formosa".

Continue to search for the sunken Atlantis.

Chen Rui stopped the speedboat in a sea area.

Chen Rui dived into the sea.

The water is relatively deep, 2,300 meters, the visibility is very low, there is only a trace of light, and the water is very cold.

The water pressure was very high, and Chen Rui felt a little pressure. But for Chen Rui, this pressure can almost be ignored.

But if it were an ordinary person. At the bottom of 2,300 meters, the huge water pressure has already crushed people.

Chen Rui wore a waterproof miner's lamp on his head and held a metal detector in his hand.

Walking on the sand and gravel on the seabed is like walking on the ground. Walk freely.

Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of Chen Rui's eyes, and the black image lay quietly on the seabed like a giant.

Chen Rui was shocked and swam over.

Swimming closer, Chen Rui discovered that this was a huge hull wreck. The mottled hull, rusted, and crooked masts were silently describing the tragic experience of the ship.

The ship has been immersed in cold, dark waters for hundreds of years.

A small half of the hull is buried in the sand. Deck, most of the cabins are exposed outside.

This is a steamboat with huge paddle wheels on both sides. The hull of the ship is iron.

This is a ship.

The power, steam engine, is propelled by huge paddle wheels installed on both sides. The outer shell is iron. Chen Rui can speculate that this is a ship from the early to the middle of the 19th century.

because. Before the 19th century, human beings have been using wooden sailboats as water transportation tools. After the mid-19th century, propellers replaced paddle wheels for power propulsion.

This is a British transport ship.

Chen Rui saw a string of English letters on the side of the boat. Although the English letters were covered by rust.

But Chen Rui could still vaguely recognize it, the 'Gelsopa'.

From the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 19th century, there were only a few English-speaking countries.

USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada.

Sinking in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 500 nautical miles east of the Azores and 600 nautical miles west of the Western Sahara, there is only one possibility, and that is the British transport ship.

Chen Rui swam into the cabin.

Found a place where items were scattered in the cabin.

Porcelain, bronzes, some gold and silver coins, silver tableware, decorations.

Of course, there may be other items, but this 'Gelsopa' is not like the 'Lucky Star'. The Spanish 'Lucky Star' is buried in the sand and isolated from the corrosion of air and sea water for a long time. The items are all very good has been preserved.

Most of the deck and cabin of the 'Gelsopa' are exposed to seawater. Except for porcelain and metal items, other items have been immersed in seawater for nearly 200 years, which is difficult to preserve.

Chen Rui can speculate that the 'Gelsopa' departed from China and went around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to the UK.

From the beginning of the 19th century to the middle of the 19th century, the Suez Canal had not yet been built and navigable. Ships arriving in Europe from China or India could only reach Europe by going around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and passing through the middle of the North Atlantic.

The 'Gair Sopa' was carrying Chinese cultural relics.

These Chinese cultural relics can be looted, acquired or so-called 'archaeological discoveries'.

Chen Rui didn't want to guess, these were meaningless.

Among these Chinese cultural relics, bronze wares account for the majority, and porcelain, gold and silver coins, silver tableware, and ornaments only account for a very small part.

Chen Rui put these items into the Pregnant Sea Pearl Space.

Chen Rui continued to search in the cabin.

A sealed box was found in the captain's cabin.

After the search is complete, make sure there are no omissions.

Chen Rui entered the pregnant sea pearl space.

Check out the harvest.

There is a small amount of porcelain, but there are many fine products. The most worthy of Chen Rui's attention is a bowl.

The body of the bowl is very thin, the glaze layer is very thick, with a jade-like texture, and the glaze surface has very fine openings.

This is a Ru kiln porcelain, which should be called Song Ru kiln celadon glazed bowl.

Chen Rui took a closer look.

The texture of the glazed slices is fluffy, which is the crab claw pattern.

There are spikes at the bottom of the bowl, the size of sesame seeds, which are sesame nails.

Chen Rui can be sure that the bowl in his hand is a genuine Ru kiln porcelain.

As far as Chen Rui knows, there are very few works of Ru kiln handed down.

This Song Ru kiln celadon glazed bowl is very well preserved and exquisite in craftsmanship. Once it was born, it was enough to cause a sensation in the antique circle.

The top shot is tens of millions, or even over 100 million.

Gold and silver coins, a small amount, have a certain collection value.

If they were to be sold, these gold and silver coins would be worth between $1,000 and $20,000.

Bronze, the vast majority.

After Chen Rui took stock, he found out that all these bronzes belonged to the Shang and Zhou dynasties. (To be continued)