Chapter 272 Hu Guohui and Xu Xingde are prohibited from entering

Xiao Peng stared at the surveillance screen, watching the metal claws at work. He felt a little uneasy. Each grab could be trash, or it could be treasure. Although Xiao Peng had initially not cared about the salvage of this ship, having only salvaged it as a cover for the Ansaldo, he now felt excited.

Who doesn’t want to make money?

Although rent for the Mediterranean Support II must be paid, it's a capital transfer to China, so the money still comes from the sheep. And by that calculation, the silver ingots salvaged are all free money! For this little bit, we must salvage more valuable goods from this ship!

A huge crane hoisted a metal basket up. The crew on board directed the basket to be lowered onto the barge. Xiao Peng and his crew hurried over, and the entire ship mobilized to sort through the debris in the basket.

The metal basket is now a garbage dump filled with everything: bottles, iron sheets, ship hull metal, machinery parts, and so on. The electromagnets on the offshore vessel also play a role, attracting large amounts of garbage directly to the magnets and dumping them into the barge's cargo hold.

Xiao Peng frowned and felt uneasy watching them work.

I feel like I'm going to lose money! I found so much useless junk and no good stuff!

"A discovery!" Just when Xiao Peng was anxious, little Dio's voice came over!

"What discovery?" Xiao Peng shouted.

Dio found a black metal ingot in the hanging basket, about fifty centimeters long, twenty centimeters wide and twenty centimeters high. Cabaye quickly took over, and Varane also made a discovery. The two of them found seventeen such ingots at the bottom of the hanging basket.

"See if there is a number!" Xiao Peng shouted.

The cargo list of the "Sarasia" shows that the silver, tin and copper loaded on the ship were all used for military purposes, so each metal ingot had a unique number and was painted with identification pigments on the surface. However, after being soaked on the seabed for so long, the pigments had long disappeared, leaving only a thick layer of sea mud.

"Boss, the ones starting with 'two' are fifteen dollars, the ones starting with 'three' are two dollars, and there are no ones starting with 'one'," said Little Dior.

Xiao Peng looked disappointed after hearing this.

According to the cargo list, numbers starting with 'three' are copper ingots, numbers starting with 'two' are tin ingots, and numbers starting with 'one' are silver ingots. Most of the ingots salvaged this time are tin ingots.

"Boss..." Cabaye looked at Xiao Peng. This result was indeed unsatisfactory. He took out a portable metal detector and asked, "Shall we test it again?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "No need! Clean up the hanging basket! Continue salvaging!"

When the ship sank, all the metal ingots were mixed together as the ship rolled. Just salvage them slowly!

"yes!"

Xiao Peng calmed down by then. "Moro, you stay here and watch. I'm going back to the offline room of Mediterranean Support No. 2!"

"Okay, boss!" Moro waved his hand to signal Xiao Peng to go and rest.

Fortunately, during the third salvage operation, silver ingots were found, which gave the crew confidence. After that, the amount of garbage they salvaged became less and less, and the amount of metal ingots increased. This made Xiao Peng feel relieved.

Just when everything was going smoothly, the weather began to cause trouble again: the Mediterranean Sea's winter storms increased, making the salvage operation more difficult. The mooring line and umbilical line connected to the ROV were under excessive pressure. In addition, the area surrounding the wreck of the "Saracia" was also subject to a fluctuating current of approximately 2,000 meters, which constantly stirred up the environment around the wreck, requiring extra caution. This only slowed down the salvage progress once again.

Xiao Peng's idea was to go to Palermo for another week of repairs and avoid the wind and rain here.

However, the crew members on the Mediterranean Support No. 2 demonstrated the Chinese people's diligence and bravery, and such storms did not affect their work at all.

While Xiao Zhou and Duan Bo were salvaging, they used the ROV to search for more metal ingots in the cabin. This helped the salvage results improve. Although most of the ingots were copper and tin, there were also quite a few silver ingots.

Now everyone on the ship has joined in the salvage work. They don't care about the other metal ingots, but the surface of the salvaged silver ingots must be cleaned and then stacked.

As more and more work was done, everyone's efficiency increased. The hanging basket had to be lifted and lowered within a limited time, and all the timings had to be very precise. This was not an easy task for a six-meter-long and three-meter-wide metal hanging basket, but Xiao Zhou and Duan Bo did not make any mistakes in this matter.

The entire salvage process was carried out in an orderly manner. Xiao Peng was interested at the beginning, but he lost interest after a few days. He used to live broadcast it with others, but later he found it boring. It is a super boring thing to be at sea for a long time.

Xiao Peng was lying on the bench in the offline room when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Xiao Peng shouted.

It was Hu Guohui who came in: "Boss!"

When Xiao Peng saw Hu Guohui coming, he jumped up from the recliner. "Fuck, Old Hu! Why are you here again? Can you read?"

He directly pulled Hu Guohui's clothes and walked to the door. There was a note on the door that read: Hu Guohui and Xu Xingde are not allowed to enter.

"It's clearly written here that you are forbidden to look for me, why are you here again?"

He really annoyed Hu Guohui and Xu Xingde during this period.

Seeing how hard they worked salvaging the Ansaldo, Xiao Peng rewarded them with a trip to the seabed aboard the Deep Sea Warrior. The two became addicted, seemingly eager to live underwater, constantly clamoring to go again.

Could he agree to this? Definitely not! The cost of sending the Deep Sea Warrior back to sea would be close to 100,000 Euros, and the salvage operation hadn't stopped yet. Sending the Deep Sea Warrior back to sea now would only cause more trouble! And knowing these two lunatics, he knew if they did it this time, they would do it again...

Hu Guohui waved his hand and said to Xiao Peng: "Boss, I'm here to reason with you this time!"

"Be reasonable?" Xiao Peng looked at Hu Guohui and said, "You guys still know how to be reasonable? If you were reasonable, would there be this note on your door?"

Hu Guohui ignored Xiao Peng's teasing and said, "Boss, this is the 'Deep Sea Warrior'! Our country's deep-sea diving weapon! How many submersibles in the world have the ability to reach this depth? And how many people have the opportunity to personally ride in it and dive? Now that the salvage work is coming to an end, when the 'Mediterranean Support No. 2' returns, won't you feel regretful for not having such a great opportunity to ride it?"

Um?

After hearing this, Xiao Peng held his chin up and thought about it. This actually made sense!

Although he was not very interested in diving into the seabed in the "Deep Sea Warrior", after all, he did not need to take a submersible to go down to that depth, but the opportunity to ride on the "Deep Sea Warrior", one of the most advanced submersibles in the world, was indeed an opportunity that should not be missed.

As for the 100,000 euro usage fee?

Damn, isn’t the purpose of making money to be spent?