The huge Mi-17 Hippo transport helicopter soon arrived from the Blue Whale.
The treasure has been found and the area around the Blue Whale seems to be quite safe, so Chris Patton and George Bruce flew the Hippopotamus at a super low altitude to the cave.
Compared to the small and cute Antarctic Tern, the Hippo captured by Yang Jing and his team is a behemoth.
The Mi-17 transport helicopter is nearly half the length of the Antarctic Tern, and its propeller diameter is nearly twice as large. The most important thing is its load capacity. Compared with the Antarctic Tern's pitiful load capacity of less than one ton, the Hippo's maximum load capacity can even exceed seven tons.
However, this Hippopotamus has a weapon rack installed on the outside, which Chris and his team did not have time to remove, so the Hippopotamus's carrying capacity is slightly less. Without the weapons, this Hippopotamus can now carry nearly six tons.
When Chris and George drove this big guy over, they also brought some lifting tools and transport vehicles that had been prepared long ago. The treasures in the cave were all placed in wooden boxes, and tools were required to load these things onto the helicopter.
Yang Jing was very puzzled as to how Antonov had hidden these big boxes in the first place.
When Chris came, he brought four bodyguards with him. Now there are only two bodyguards left on the boat for guarding, and all the other bodyguards have arrived.
Although the tarpaulin outside the wooden boxes was not damaged, the ropes used to tie the tarpaulin had long since rotted. But it didn't matter. Chris brought enough high-strength nylon belts, and everyone worked together to use the nylon belts to tie the tarpaulins outside the large boxes again, and then used lifting tools to lift them out one by one, and then used a carrier to transport them to the Hippo helicopter outside.
Chris and Carl were injured, so they were happy to watch the fun from the side. Ten people, including Yang Jing and Gege, worked for a whole morning to move all the big boxes out. During this time, Chris and Carl drove the Hippo to the Blue Whale three times, refueling once in the middle. It was not until the evening that all the more than 20 big wooden boxes were moved to the Blue Whale.
Because all these treasures were hidden in boxes, even if the crew on the Blue Whale saw them, they would not know what was inside.
Yang Jing explained to them that the things in the box were all mammoth ivory found from an ancient mammoth cemetery discovered in the Berlanga Mountains.
Most countries in the world now have an embargo on ivory and ivory products, but the ivory of the long-extinct mammoth is no longer among them.
Compared with elephant ivory, mammoth ivory is not only larger in size, but also of better quality, so the price of mammoth ivory is also extremely high. A very ordinary mammoth ivory can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars, and some top-quality mammoth ivory can even be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
It's just that mammoth ivory is not easy to find, after all, this animal has been extinct for tens of thousands of years. However, in some places, mammoth ivory can still be found. For example, Siberia is a world-famous mammoth ivory excavation site.
Although Russia has long ago enacted laws to prohibit illegal excavation of mammoth ivory, Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, and the Russian authorities do not have the ability to monitor the entire Siberia, especially the northern part of Siberia, which is difficult for Russian government departments to govern. Therefore, many people who specialize in excavating mammoth ivory secretly dig up a lot of mammoth ivory in Siberia every year.
Digging for mammoth ivory is against Russian law, but mammoth ivory is internationally circulated and has high value. Therefore, compared with the huge profits and liquidity of mammoth ivory, these ivory diggers would rather violate Russian law and secretly dig for mammoth ivory.
You Russian police can't catch us, so why don't we dig these mammoth ivory?
Therefore, every year, thousands of ivory diggers secretly dig mammoth ivory in the vast Siberian land. The Russian authorities also know about this, but they are powerless to stop this kind of illegal digging. As a Russian-American, Andre and the crew members who travel to the North and South Poles all year round also know about this, so the crew members take it for granted that Yang Jing and his crew brought back a large amount of mammoth ivory.
Especially when Yang Jing said he had found a mammoth elephant graveyard, it dispelled the crew's doubts. They all knew that Yang Jing was a wealthy man, so ordinary ivory owners would not take it seriously. However, a legendary mammoth elephant graveyard had a fatal attraction to such a wealthy man.
For such a wealthy person, he would rather not move, but if he moves, he will definitely clear the mammoth elephant graveyard. For such a wealthy person, the value of the mammoth elephant graveyard is secondary. What they like is the process of discovering such a legendary place and exploring it in person.
More than 20 large boxes were moved into a cabin under the deck, and then Yang Jing refused to follow everyone and went straight into the cabin, under the pretext of providing technical protection for the treasures.
Gege consciously did not follow Yang Jing into the cabin. Although she also wanted to see the treasures first, she knew that Yang Jing did not need to be disturbed, and she could not help much after entering, so it was better not to follow him in and disturb Yang Jing.
Yang Jing stayed in the cabin for less than half an hour before coming out and notifying Captain Andre to weigh anchor immediately.
As the huge anchor was lifted by the anchor winch, the huge body of the Blue Whale began to move. However, the direction of the Blue Whale's sailing was not the direction it came from, but it was heading east.
This was a special instruction from Yang Jing. Since the Blue Whale had sufficient supplies, Yang Jing planned to let the Blue Whale sail eastward along the Siberian coastline, then enter the Pacific Ocean through the Bering Strait, and finally dock at the island city in Lu Province, China.
That’s right, Yang Jing didn’t want to go back to the United States right away. These treasures were too precious, so Yang Jing had to find a way to send these treasures back to China first.
As for Lin Dan's matter, it is easier to solve. After returning to China, I will call Zhao Meng directly and ask him to fly over and bring Lin Dan back.
Compared with Lin Dan, Yang Jing attaches more importance to the treasures he has just obtained.
Because the preciousness of this batch of treasures far exceeded Yang Jing's imagination, after he entered the cabin, he only opened three packaging boxes in the storage space, and was shocked by the three works that were exposed...
PS: I had to go out for something, so this chapter is a little short, please forgive me...
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