Chapter 926 933. Jupiter's Lucky Star (2)
Regarding the specific content of the salvage operation, Old Frey and Bal and his party did not give him too much information.
Old Frey seemed to be on guard against him. He told Ao Muyang that the guide's task was very simple. One was to introduce the sea conditions in this sea area, and the other was to be responsible for communication if a local ship arrived.
Ao Muyang understood him. The salvage ship came to the sea off Mugudushu with a large force this time. The sunken ship they were looking for must be very valuable. They must keep it confidential to prevent being looted by the locals.
There are many pirates in Mugudushu. These people are poor and cruel. They can do anything for money.
Don't think that Old Frey seemed to be biased towards Ao Muyang in the morning. This is not to say that Nereus is afraid of the locals, but that he doesn't want to cause trouble.
Salvage companies all come to these places with heavy firepower, and they are not even very afraid of pirates.
Jules, who was operating the computer, looked at Bal cautiously, and then he did not directly answer Ao Muyang's question, but said vaguely: "Oh, not many ships, our goal is quite clear, let's talk later, man, I'll control the robot first, it seems to have found something."
The underwater robot is not in the shape of a human, but a small car. The main body of the car is wheels, with a total of three layers of wheels, which are one layer on top of another, similar to the design of the Mars rover. Even if the seabed terrain is complex, it can still drive normally.
Through the camera carried by the car, Jules saw two rotten wooden boxes appearing on the seabed. He said to Bal, and Bal said after seeing it: "You support me on the boat, I will go down to see the situation of these boxes."
He put on a diving suit and held the oxygen tube in his mouth and went into the water. When his figure disappeared in the sea, Jules said: "Sorry, man, Bal was on the boat just now, and I couldn't say some things. Now let me tell you everything I know."
Ao Muyang grinned, he really didn't find the wrong person.
Jules continued, "We are not looking for many shipwrecks this time, but one, the Jupiter Lucky Star."
"Jupiter Lucky Star?" Ao Muyang asked in surprise, "What's the situation with this ship?"
Jules was even more surprised than him: "You don't know the Jupiter Lucky Star? This is the most famous ship in the Punt Sea. Many people have looked for it here in recent years, right?"
Ao Muyang shrugged and said, "I haven't been in China for a long time. I used to follow my uncle to open a restaurant in Asia to cook French food. Oh, tell me, what's the matter with this Jupiter Lucky Star?"
Jules did not doubt his words. This big man was timid and incompetent, and he didn't have any brains.
Clearing his throat, he said, "The Jupiter Lucky Star is a Portuguese shipwreck. You know that Portugal and Spain have done many evil things on your African land, right?"
Ao Muyang nodded: "Yes, they trafficked our ancestors as slaves and sent them to Europe and North America."
Jules told him that Portugal had occupied the eastern part of Africa, and the country used the most barbaric methods to plunder colonial wealth at that time.
At first, Portugal did not transport the people in the colonies as slaves. Because Africa was rich in gold, silver and other rare resources, the colonists captured local people to mine and operate mines in large quantities. Ship after ship of gold, silver and treasures were collected and sent back to Europe.
During the sea transportation process, the Portuguese gold transport ships were most afraid of pirates and hurricanes. In order to deal with pirates, each fleet was equipped with a convoy equipped with cannons and a sturdy hull. The Jupiter Lucky Star was such a convoy.
In the early seventeenth century, the Portuguese organized a large fleet to return from the colony. The fleet consisted of a total of 19 ships, which was very large and carried a lot of gold, silver and jewelry.
Among them, the Jupiter Lucky Star had the strongest firepower in this fleet, and even if it encountered pirates, this ship had the highest chance of escaping.
So the fleet put the most valuable and largest treasures on this ship.
As they expected, such a huge fleet naturally attracted the attention of pirates. They set out from the northeast corner of Africa, and then fought hard all the way. Before leaving Africa, the fleet directly lost more than half of its fleet.
Fortunately, the Jupiter Lucky Star had strong power and fast speed, as well as strong protection and fierce firepower, so they fought all the way without any problems.
But after sailing all the way south to the eastern waters of the African continent, a terrible hurricane came.
The Jupiter Lucky Star had strong firepower, but the cannons on it had no deterrent effect on the hurricane. So when the fleet sailed to the Mugudusu waters, the hurricane swept the last five ships in the fleet.
As the Jupiter Lucky Star with the largest load, the largest hull, and the slowest sailing speed, it became the first target of the hurricane.
The captain wanted to sail to Mugudushu for refuge, but the lucky star did not favor the escort ship named after it, and the ship eventually disappeared on the sea. The disappearance area has remained a mystery for many years.
Zhu Er has a good eloquence and tells the story of the shipwreck vividly. Ao Muyang is very satisfied to listen to it, but it does not help his mission.
Fortunately, he was very patient. After Jules introduced the sunken ship, he said, "Recently, some information has been circulating in the salvage industry, which is related to the Jupiter Lucky Star, so we decided to try our luck and see if we can salvage it. In addition, we also want to salvage a black box. The president and the housekeeper said that this black box contains more information about the sunken ship."
Hearing this, Ao Muyang subconsciously asked back, "Black box? You want to salvage a black box?"
Then he thought that his reaction was a bit extreme, so he pretended to be unintentional and said, "If that's the case, then you have a lot to salvage, because there are many black boxes in this sea. You know, this is a route, and thousands of ships pass through here every year. They will throw away many black boxes. Unless the black box you are looking for has unique and eye-catching characteristics, it will be difficult to find it."
He wanted to continue to ask Jules to see how much they knew about the black box.
As a result, just as Jules was about to speak, the sea surface was surging, and Bal came out.
Ao Muyang reached out and pulled him aboard. Bal cursed, "What the hell, damn it, guess what's in those two boxes? What the hell!"
"What is it?" Ao Muyang asked.
Bal said with a gloomy face, "I hope you don't know, God bless you, you didn't see what's inside, human heads!"
Ao Muyang was shocked: "Human heads?"
Baer didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, and said, "Hey, Jules, give me your wine jug, let me have a sip, today is a bad day, terrible!"