Gao Yuan and his brother Gao Meng dug a shaft in the cellar according to their previous plan.
A windlass was set up at the entrance of the cellar, the Gao brothers were responsible for digging, and Yan Yonghui's younger brother was responsible for transporting soil upwards.
Due to proper cooperation, the excavation progressed quite smoothly. It was possible to dig down six meters in one morning. Counting the height between the bottom of the cellar and the ground, it was almost over nine meters.
The Gao brothers planned to clean up the soil at the bottom and come up for lunch, but at this moment, Gao Yuan's shovel made a crisp sound.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a broken piece of porcelain, and it was very similar to the broken pieces of Lu Fei's rabbit hair cup.
Seeing the broken pieces of porcelain, the fatigue of the high altitude disappeared instantly, and I continued digging excitedly.
With this digging, more and more broken porcelain pieces and rotten wood chips appeared, becoming more and more dense, which made Gao Yuan feel incredible.
Gao Meng made a good support to ensure that it would not collapse, and Gao Meng continued to expand to both sides.
When the bottom was expanded to five meters wide, Gao Yuan finally believed that this was an ancient sunken ship. He was not sure whether it was the same ship as the opposite one, but it was absolutely true that it was an ancient sunken ship loaded with porcelain from the Song Dynasty.
After listening to Gao Yuan's story, Lu Fei couldn't wait to jump on the iron bucket for transporting earth, and asked someone to lower him down with a windlass.
When he reached the bottom, Lu Fei turned on his flashlight and checked for more than half an hour. He sat on the ground and screamed strangely.
right here.
That's right, this is definitely it.
Looking at the direction of the sunken ship, Lu Fei was 100% sure that it belonged to the same cargo ship as the one opposite.
The separated highways are just above the hull.
From the density of the porcelain pieces, Lu Fei could almost conclude that his side was the stern of the ship, and the islanders' side should be the bow.
Ancient Yellow River canal cargo ships were divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower cabins.
The passenger cabin is above the deck. The front half of the first floor below is the helm cabin and the storage compartment for essentials for sailing. The small part at the stern and the second floor below are the real cargo holds.
And ancient wood The structure of the ship has complex workmanship on the bow, and safety facilities are layered one after another. In order to balance the weight, cargo with a large proportion of weight is generally stored at the back of the stern.
In other words, there are much more things on Lu Fei's side than on the island country's side.
This is life!
After lunch, everyone immediately went into battle.
Since the space at the bottom was wide enough, Lu Fei asked three brothers to work together.
Gao Meng is responsible for space reinforcement, Lu Fei and Gao Meng stand on both sides and expand outward, and the three brothers are dedicated to sending earth upward.
After working for five hours at a stretch, the bottom space expanded to fifteen meters wide but still did not reach the edge of the hull. This shows how huge this cargo ship is.
After a short rest, we dug for another two hours and finally found the edge of the hull.
If measured carefully, the width of this ship is an astonishing twenty-two meters.
Based on this width, the length of this cargo ship is at least 60 meters.
In the Song Dynasty, such a behemoth was definitely a super giant.
Lu Fei was very excited when the width was measured, but the dense layers of porcelain fragments under his feet were shocking and even more distressing.
If these things were all in one piece, the country would be extremely rich now, which would be a pity.
More than half of these broken porcelain fragments are black porcelain from Jian Kiln, and most of the rest are from Longquan Kiln. However, there are very few fragments of Ge Kiln that have been discovered before.
There are simply no porcelain pieces from other famous kilns.
From this, we can judge that this was an official ship carrying porcelain from the Ge Kiln, Longquan Kiln, and the Official Kiln. The destination must have been Bianliang, Tokyo, and it sank here due to some kind of accident.
Lu Fei digs up sunken ship
The purpose is to find the whole device. It is a pity to find fragments, but if it is broken, it is broken, and it is worthless to Lu Fei.
After dinner, the others rested, and Lu Fei and the Gao brothers began to clean up the debris.
Lu Fei had a single purpose and was very quick to clean up.
No matter how good the pieces are, they won't give them a second glance, they will be shoveled away and piled aside.
Two hours later, the area was more than one meter thick, but not a single piece of equipment was found. Lu Fei couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
Gao Yuan handed over a cigarette and consoled him.
"Don't worry, if you can find A goods across the street, we must have them here too."
"What we are cleaning now is only the surface. According to common sense, the closer the surface is, the greater the impact will be when it encounters an impact."
"On the surface, these are bulk goods. High-end goods must be packed and stored at the bottom, so there must be good stuff down there."
Lu Fei smiled and said.
"Brother Gao, you are right, I understand all of this."
"According to this density, the cargo of this ship must be at least tens of thousands, and it is impossible for the whole army to be wiped out no matter how hard it is carried."
"I'm just worried that the opponent's progress will exceed ours, and the good things will be obtained by them first. I'm not willing to accept it!"
"Brother, you can rest assured that the islanders will never expect us to clean up at the same time here."
"They built a colored steel shed and divided the repaired porcelain into four grades. It was obvious that they did not want to give up every remaining piece of porcelain."
"With such careful calculation, how fast can they get?"
"Brother Gao, what you said makes sense, I understand."
"Dry!"
The three of them, Lu Fei, worked for most of the night. After clearing out almost ten cubic meters, they still found nothing. After a hard day's work, they simply gave up and went up to rest.
The next morning we returned with no success. r> At noon, Yan Yonghui’s second group of ten brothers who knew everything about him rushed over.
With more people and greater strength, the speed suddenly increased, and even Wang Xinlei, a young master, joined the battle.
"Brother Fei, come and see, what is this?"
Wang Xinlei suddenly shouted excitedly.
After a day and night of silence, Lu Fei suddenly heard this sound. No matter what it was, Lu Fei became excited.
Coming closer, a dark corner was exposed among the thick debris at Wang Xinlei's feet.
Lu Fei took a closer look and screamed in surprise.
This is a highly rotted wooden box, made of paulownia wood, with some dark spots on the surface, which are the remains of the highly rotten animal skins that originally wrapped the wooden box.
Gao Yuan is right, the goods that can be packed into the box must be high-end goods, at least much higher than the bulk goods on the surface.
Moreover, the pressure inside the box is much less, and there is a high probability that the whole device can be found.
Lu Fei patted Wang Xinlei on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"Xiao Lei, you have made a great contribution this time, and you will be rewarded later."
"Brother Fei, I want the medicinal wine from your Tiger Tire Purple River Cart."
Wang Xinlei has been thinking about that medicinal wine for more than a day or two.
In the past, I had only heard Liu Yunhe talk about how overbearing the medicinal wine was, but unfortunately Wang Xinlei had never seen it at all.
There are many people who want that thing, so in order to ensure the effectiveness of the medicine, it has been sealed up by Lu Fei a long time ago.
Wang Xinlei and Little Dog begged Lu Fei more than once, but Lu Fei refused.
But this time Lu Fei was so happy that he promised to give Wang Xinlei two bottles for the first time, which made Wang Xinlei extremely happy.
"Brother Fei, do you think there can be anything good in this?"
"I don't know, there is a high chance that it will be there, but you have to open it and take a look to find out."