After cruising around the submarine for a while, looking at Ye Tian and the others in the cockpit, the school of rays quickly lost interest, flapping their huge wing-shaped pectoral fins and glide away!
When they were completely hidden into the darkness in the distance, everyone looked back, and everyone was still in the mood.
Next, there was an exciting discussion.
"The faces of these rays are so scary! They look like ghosts indeed!"
"Yes! Especially the insidious smile on their faces, it gives people a creepy feeling."
"This thing is really a complex of contradictions, its swimming posture is elegant, but it looks so terrifying, it will make people have nightmares when see it!"
After a few lively discussions, everyone's attention turned back to the sinking of the San Anthony and began to explore the ancient Spanish warship.
Ye Tian turned on the perspective and continued to explore the places in the cabin that were not illuminated by the lights.
Through the transparent glass cockpit, several meters of sea water, and the bulkhead of the battleship ahead, he can once again see the situation inside.
This is still a cargo hold, to be precise, a water tank, which is used to store fresh water!
Many water storage containers can be seen in the cabin, including water tanks and large wooden barrels. The water storage capacity is considerable, which can basically ensure the sailing consumption of this warship for one or two months.
Numerous buckets were fixed in the cabin. Even though the St. Anthony had fought fiercely with the pirates and sank to the bottom of the sea, these buckets had not capsized, and were still in their place and firmly fixed.
Next to the wooden buckets, there are also some empty boxes, many in number.
If unsurprisingly, these boxes were once filled with limes.
During ocean voyages, the shelf life of the fresh water on the sailing boat is very short, and it will become rotten in a few days, making it hard to swallow!
However, fresh water is a daily necessity for the human body, and no one can be an exception!
In order to cover up the spoiled taste of fresh water and make it swallow, and to replenish water for the people on board, the navigators finally came up with a way after long-term exploration.
That is adding lime to fresh water! To improve water quality!
Although the fresh water with lime is still very awful, it can be swallowed anyway! Better than dying of thirst on the sea!
Lime can not only cover up the spoilage of fresh water, but also prevent sepsis.
Because of this, in the age of sailing, every sailing ship sailing out to sea would carry a large amount of limes, without exception! Regardless of whether the navy or the pirates!
In addition to lime, there is another essential thing on these voyage sailing boats, that is rum!
Rum is definitely their favorite for sailing ship's crew sailing voyages. When sailing at sea, rum is even more attractive than gold!
Appropriate consumption of rum, a by-product of sugar production, can not only replenish the energy needed by the human body, but also relieve the loneliness caused by long-distance voyages.
Moreover, rum can also be mixed with spoiled fresh water for drinking, not only can reduce the alcohol content, but also make those fresh waters can be swallowed smoothly.
Just like fresh water, rum is an essential strategic material on sailing ships, and it is indispensable to use a fixed ration on the ship!
In this cabin, Ye Tian did not find a wooden barrel containing rum, but this ancient sailing ship must have stored a large amount of rum.
Sure enough, in the next cabin, Ye Tian immediately saw dozens of oak barrels that were filled with rum once, and some were filled with red wine.
It is a pity that these sealed oak barrels containing rum and red wine have long been fractured under the terrifying pressure of a water depth of 300 meters, and the wine and rum in them has all been fused into the ocean.
After all, every 10 meters in the sea will increase the pressure by one atmosphere, and the pressure at the depth of 300 meters under the sea can be imagined. How can sealed oak barrels be able to withstand it?
Looking at the cracked oak barrels and the glass shards of high-end rum and red wine bottles in several of the boxes, Ye Tian couldn't help but feel sad.
If these fine wines with a history of several hundred years were preserved, they would be worth a fortune. Unfortunately, there are only a few broken barrels and glass shards now!
After looking through the cabin containing the wine, Ye Tian's gaze immediately moved down and looked towards the cabin below.
This is a cabin on the bottom deck. It is also a cargo hold. The volume is small. The door is closed and there are more than 20 wooden boxes inside.
Unlike the cargo holds on the upper decks, it is not messy here. Many wooden crates are neatly stacked, everything is in order and very orderly!
Obviously, the pirates did not attack this deck, nor did they attack this cargo hold.
Perhaps when the pirates who had won the battle were preparing to attack here menacingly, the Saint Anthony had already begun to sink, and their lifes was at stake!
Due to the situation, the pirates had to evacuate from this Spanish warship!
Moreover, the boxes here were probably all fixed with ropes at the time, and they did not overturn due to the sinking of the battleship. They still maintained their original appearance!
When the perspective gaze arrived here, a dazzling yellow and orange light suddenly flashed in Ye Tian's eyes, which was very dazzling and made people a little dizzy!
This sudden change in color made Ye Tian almost exclaimed.
Fortunately, he was well-prepared, and he had a certain degree of psychological preparation. He did not appear to be unusual, and he did not attract the attention of the other three people in the cockpit.
In the next instant, an ecstasy flashed across his eyes.
From the dazzling light from those boxes, he immediately came to a conclusion.
These boxes contain a large number of antique works of art, at least more than 400 years old, and more than 500 years of history abound!
He knew exactly what these antiques were without even thinking about it.
It must be a lot of gold and silver jewelry, especially gold and gems, because these things were the favorites of Spanish colonists, there is no doubt about this!
His previous judgment is correct. The Saint Anthony is not simply an ocean-going warship, but also a Spanish treasure ship that everyone wants to meet!
The large amount of gold and silver treasures plundered by Spanish colonists in Latin America was transported back to Spain continuously through treasure ships like the Saint Anthony, accumulating a large amount of wealth for that small southern European country!
This also explains why the pirates took great risks to attack this heavily armed Spanish warship, all because of these alluring gold and silver treasures!
After adjusting his breathing secretly, Ye Tian's gaze continued to move forward and directly penetrated the wooden boards of the boxes, clearly seeing the situation inside.
Really! These boxes are filled with gold and silver treasures, the amount is quite amazing!
Among them are hundreds of thousands of gold coins, metalworks made of gold, a large number of gold ingots of different specifications, many dazzling gems, and crystal clear diamonds!
Most of those gold coins were ordinary gold coins, and each one was golden, radiating a charming light, as if it had just been thrown into the sea as brand new.
Among these huge numbers of gold coins, the shadow of the Spanish royal eight-shaped escudo of the 16th century and several other rare gold coins can be found occasionally. The overall value is incalculable!
There are also a lot of golden metalworks. There are metalworks of religious figures and man-made statues of Spanish royal figures, as well as some objects such as eucharistic boxes, reliquary boxes, display tables, communion cups, etc., each of which is of great value!
The types of gems are rich and varied, including topaz, cornelian, the top Colombian emeralds, and more than a dozen diamonds, each of which is not small, dazzling and fascinating!
Even Ye Tian, who had already been promoted to a billionaire, could not help feeling dazzled and excited when he saw these shining gold and silver treasures in front of him!
"hiss--!"
After quickly scanning the entire cabin, Ye Tian immediately took a breath of cold air secretly.
According to his rough estimate, the total value of the gold and silver treasures found in this cabin alone has easily surpassed 100 million U.S. dollars or more.
There is no doubt that this is definitely a major discovery, and it is a huge wealth that has fallen from the sky.
More importantly, this huge amount of wealth belongs only to himself, to the Brave and Fearless Exploration Company, and has nothing to do with Raytheon Security Company.
Thinking of this, Ye Tian immediately cheered secretly in excitement
If it were not for the wrong occasion, he would have jumped up and celebrated with a fist.
Although he was very excited, he didn't show any strangeness on his face, his expression remained the same!
After scanning the many gold and silver treasures in the cabin again and calming down some emotions secretly, Ye Tian reluctantly moved his gaze away from these charming treasures and looked at another cabin next.