My Deep-sea Fishery

The sunken ship is covered with marine life such as seaweed and barnacles. It is not easy to pass through the cracks and enter the cabin.

Xiang Yang even saw squids, big and small, making their homes on this sunken ship. The whole sunken ship has now completely become a lair of squids.

Xiang Yang acted lightly, not daring to make too much movement.

Because within Xiang Yang's line of sight, at least three giant squids with a length of more than two meters have already been seen. If they fight, it will definitely be an extremely vicious fight.

Xiang Yang carefully entered the cabin through a crack where the sunken ship rolled over.

Because it is a wooden ship, and it has been soaked in seawater for a long time, all the cabins in the cabin have basically rotted.

When Xiang Yang entered the sunken ship, he could basically see the contents of the entire cabin at a glance.

The things in the cabin are not the mountains of real money that Xiang Yang wants.

But it's not empty either.

Inside the cabin, dozens of large wooden boxes were piled up in disorder.

Xiang Yang opened one of them.

A stream of black water immediately flowed out from the wooden box.

This is because the seawater has been deposited in the box for a long time, and it has turned black and deteriorated.

After the water was clear, Xiang Yang found that there were some utensils for holding things in the box, most of them were clay bottles and pots, and there were also gold and silver utensils.

Without exception, these containers are all in the shape of vials.

A flash of astonishment flashed in Xiang Yang's eyes, did he discover the shipwreck of an ancient alchemist?

The ancient alchemists were a group of very mysterious people.

It is said that they are liars, and the emperors of all dynasties have supported them well.

But to say that they are not liars, they have not actually refined any elixir.

Xiang Yang hesitated for a moment, then took out a beautifully crafted pottery from the wooden box, and then pulled out the cork.

There was no panacea in the bottle as Xiang Yang had imagined. After opening, there was a dark gray liquid inside.

After opening several bottles in a row, the inside seemed to be withdrawn.

Xiang Yang was a little disappointed. It seemed that there were no extraordinary items in these medicine bottles. At least in the face of the mighty power of time, they had all turned into gray-black liquid.

Xiang Yang continued to open the second box.

Finally, the contents of this box are no longer those bottles and cans, but Xiang Yang is even more disappointed, because there are some paste-like things inside, as if someone boiled a big pot of porridge, and then put all of it Pour it into this box.

Next, is the third and fourth boxes.

Except for the first box, those bottles and cans may be worth some money, and the rest of the boxes are all completely rotten.

Finally, in the fifth box that was opened, Xiang Yang saw that there were two large, one small, and three balls in the box, which looked like off-white things after the cement had solidified.

At first, Xiang Yang thought that this thing was also a certain three ancient treasures that could not stand the ravages of time and had been corroded beyond recognition.

As a result, when he touched it with his hand, Xiang Yang's face instantly became very exciting.

This thing is not cement, but a solid waxy substance.

Off-white, locked in the treasure chest so carefully, it is also solid waxy, and its appearance is so like cement after it has solidified.

"Fuck!" Xiang Yang became excited instantly, this is ambergris that is at least hundreds of years old.

Ambergris, also known as dragon belly, is also called gray amber in the West. It is a dark gray or black solid waxy combustible substance with its unique sweet and earthy fragrance. It is the best among spices, whether it is In ancient times or today, those who can afford this kind of spice are either rich or noble.

In fact, the essence of ambergris is the dry product secreted by sperm whales. The ambergris that is first discharged into the sea is light black. Under the action of sea water, it will gradually turn gray, light gray, and finally into Like the white color of lime after solidification, it is an incomparably precious spice fixative.

Ambergris of this quality costs almost ten times the price of an equivalent amount of gold.

Xiang Yang instantly turned his head to look at the first box he opened. It turned out that this ship was not the wreck of an ancient alchemist, and those bottles and jars were not filled with elixir, but spices. Essence, as well as extracted perfume.

"It's done, this time it's really done."

Xiang Yang's eyes lit up. Spices were extremely luxurious things in ancient times, and those who could afford them were either rich or expensive, not to mention that among these spices, there were top-quality spices like ambergris.

In ancient times, ambergris was not something that everyone could use.

What is ambergris?

It is something for the emperor.

The first country in the world to discover ambergris was the Han Dynasty in my country.

According to legend, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, some fishermen caught some gray-white and fragrant waxy drifts in the sea. Those waxy drifts ranged from a few kilograms to tens of kilograms, and had a very strong stench. It can emit a long-lasting fragrance, and it is even more fragrant after being lit. It is more fragrant than the best spices at that time. Some local officials bought it and presented it as a treasure to the emperor. It was called ambergris by the palace.

After thousands of years, ambergris has been the exclusive product of the emperor.

Since ambergris can be found on this shipwreck, it means that it was the ship that delivered tribute to the emperor at the last time. If some other treasures can be found on this ship, then this trip to Xiang Yang will be really worth it.

In ancient times, ambergris was mistaken for dragon saliva.

It was a Saudi whaler who really unlocked the secret.

It is said that the whaler caught a sperm whale on the island of Kotra, and after disembowelling it, he found a piece of ambergris in the intestine of the sperm whale.

At that time, the whaler only thought it was a sperm whale swallowing on the surface of the sea, and did not attract attention.

But then, the news reached the attention of a marine biologist.

The marine biologist found the whaler and retrieved the piece of ambergris, and after experimentation, it was found that the ambergris was the excrement of sperm whales.

However, ambergris did not depreciate because of this, but became more precious.

Because after further in-depth research, it was discovered that not every sperm whale has ambergris in its body.

Only those sperm whales that survived fierce fighting and successfully killed the giant squid could have ambergris in their bodies.

It turns out that in the mouth of the giant substance, there are very tough horny jaws and lingual teeth. These horny jaws of sperm whales cannot be digested, and will stimulate the sperm whale to secrete waxy substances to wrap up the physical remains. Every piece of ambergris means a A gladiatorial fight between ferocious sea monsters represents the sad fall of a giant squid.