"Young Master, how do you deal with this gold?"

Long Hao was "illegal salvage". After being excited, Xiyu and Xiao Ke naturally became concerned about the issue of "selling stolen goods".

"It's not easy to deal with? Let's eat first, you're almost starving to death!"

Long Hao rubbed his shrunk belly. By the way, salvage gold is really a laborious task. If he doesn’t eat, his stomach will rebel!

"Okay, I'll do it right now!"

When the drizzle heard it, his eyes lit up and he immediately jumped to the kitchen.

"You can't starve to death now? Of course, you're going ashore to find ready-made food... Hey, strange, aren't you most reluctant to cook? Why are you so active today? Ah, I understand, you want me to give me some rewards.

Gold is for you, right?"

The Qingyu Dragon Boat docked, and three "smugglers" entered the border of Panama.

Panama is still under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Colombia. Although it is not rich, the security is good. Long Hao and the other two quickly found a hospitality family. They sprinkled a handful of dollars and received a delicious meal and a rich dish.

Fisherman's meal.

After eating, Long Hao and the other two returned to the Qingyu Dragon Boat and began to dispose of the 20 tons of gold.

Xiyu proposed: "Send it back to the United States and deposit it into the North Sea Bank."

Xiao Ke believes: "There is no need to go to the United States, go to Xiajia. These golds are kept by Deputy Commander Chen, which is the most appropriate! It can also help Xiajia carry out construction."

Long Hao thought both plans were too troublesome. He thought about it and said, "Just dig a hole on the spot and bury it. You will use it in the future."

Such an irresponsible solution was naturally opposed by Xiyu and Xiao Ke. Although they were Long Hao's apprentices, they would argue with reason when facing "unreasonable" things.

This is something Long Hao deliberately trained, and he does not need to respond. The alchemist should be a high-level individual with both freedom and self-discipline.

"Hidden holes? Here?"

"It's not safe, Master, this is Panama, it's not within our control. If someone discovers it, all the gold will be gone!"

"Yes, it's up to the three of us. It's okay to go out for a meal, but it's too difficult to hide 20 tons of gold if you want to be discovered."

"Young Master, take back this unrealistic idea!"

What Xiyu and Xiao Ke said makes sense, but they were still dictatorial by Long Hao.

"Who said that the hole was on the ground? I wanted to dig a hole in the sea. In this way, who can find it except me?"

Long Hao curled his lips and said something that made Xiyu and Xiao Ke Lei lose their voices.

That’s right. Long Hao’s plan is to bury the 20 tons of gold under the sea.

He would choose a continental shelf that is not deep somewhere under the sea of ​​Panama, use dragon boats to create a cave, and store all the gold in it.

This is safe and convenient, and can also be used in a certain future occasion.

Imagine that a year later, when Long Hao "Returns the King" and led Longyan Company to Panama to salvage the wreck, he just needed to remove the gold buried under the sea.

Not only can it easily withdraw the "deposit", it can also make Longan Company famous, and its stocks will also rise sharply. Why not kill two birds with one stone?

After listening to the explanation, Xiyu and Xiao Ke no longer objected. Instead, they were full of interest in how to dig holes on the seabed.

The excavation project is not big or small, but it must not be carried out with manpower. Needless to say, the burden naturally fell on the two alchemy weapons of the dragon boat and the green jade dragon boat.

Somewhere near Panama Bay, about fifteen meters below. The sea water rolled, and it seemed like a whirlpool. It was a green jade dragon boat that was drilling on the cross section of a continental shelf.

The tools that are excavated are the tentacles that are extended... Ah no, it is a drill!

This drill, with a diameter of 50 cm, is very thick and powerful, and is made of hard and soft alchemy metal. With the high-speed rotation frequency, the seemingly solid continental shelf is no match at all, as if it has become

The same is made with tofu.

When a violent drill meets a tofu block, the unstoppable scene cannot be described, it is just very yellow.

The gravel slag stirred in the sea water, and the fine dust that was pounded was gathered into a grey undercurrent. In just 30 minutes, a black hole appeared out of nothing on the continental shelf, and the area of ​​this black hole expanded over time.

The bigger it is, by the 40th minute, the black hole can accommodate three adults entering side by side!

The Qingyu Dragon Boat sprayed a light red potion, which was a coagulant, which could quickly set the black holes opened up, and without the influence of the external force of the explosion, it would be enough to support it for 70 years without the impact of the explosive external force.

When the hole came out, the Qingyu Dragon Boat stepped up, and the big shuttle egg's head suddenly smashed into the hole, causing juice to overflowing at the entrance of the hole and soaking countless water.

Don't think wrongly, it has nothing to do with hunger or instinct. This is the step to drain the holes in the wall.

The Qingyu Dragon Boat blocked the hole in the wall and began to drain water outward. While draining water, it built a steel portal at the entrance of the hole.

Because there is no need to live in this digging wall hole, there is no need to consider ventilation. As long as it can block large ocean currents and curious marine life, the task will be completed.

Soon, the Qingyu Dragon Boat retreated, and a silver-gray steel plate was sealed on the continental shelf. Although it was inconspicuous, it contained a huge wealth comparable to the treasury of a small country: 20 tons of gold!

"Hey, that's all?"

Ke Mitong felt very shocked. The Green Jade Dragon Boat's anti-natural function exceeded her imagination. If it weren't for her to know Long Hao, she wouldn't have the absurd dream of digging a hole under the sea to bury treasures.

"It's over, it's over. Master, where is our next destination? Is there an ancient shipwreck there?"

In contrast, the rain was still open to seeing it. She clapped her hands and yelled: "Xiao Ke, I remember that the young master told you more than one coordinate at that time. Check it out quickly. Is the next coordinate far away from us?"

"We are so smart, we can learn from one example. Yes, the next coordinate is still the remains of the shipwreck. Our journey to get rich has not ended. On the contrary, we have just set off!"

Long Hao was also very interested. He took out a small leather card from the drawer of the control table, put it on the table, and marked a string of numbers on it, which were exactly the latitude and longitude coordinates.

This is the next stop of the Qingyu Dragon Boat.

At first, Xiyu, who was completely uninterested in these numbers engraved on the pickup truck, was now full of interest. She had not even waited for Ke Mitong to take over the pickup truck, and she had already snatched it, tilting her little head and watching it.

This is gold, gems, and hills of money!

With the drizzle of this salvage experience, I looked at the pickup truck with golden five-pointed stars inside.

"Senior sister, do you understand? Let me give it to me..."

When Ke Mitong saw her, she felt funny and reached out to get it.

"It's OK to give it to you, but you have to tell me first. What do these numbers represent? Well... will you go back to the motherland?"

Xiyu reluctantly gave the pickup to Xiao Ke, but from somewhere, she pulled out a world map and spread it on the floor.

Xiao Ke couldn't resist the drizzle, so he identified the latitude and longitude coordinates and marked the corresponding position on the map.

As soon as this position came out, Ke Mitong couldn't help but be stunned.

"Ah, it's very close. At the speed of the Qingyu Dragon Boat, you can get there in half a day! Haha, that's great!"

The drizzling fingers were comparing on the map, and I seemed very happy because... the distance between the location and the destination was not even comparable to that of the little finger, and it was really close.

"Yes, the second shipwreck is in the Caribbean Sea, which was once a paradise for pirates. There are countless sunken treasure ships..." Long Hao nodded, and he decided to set the next stop goal.

"But, how can we get there? Why do we have to choose such a faraway place to be the next stop, Master?" Ke Mitong raised her head, a little distressed.

"Xiao Ke, you are stupid, just go there directly, it's nowhere far away! Have you been dizzy by the gold just now and your eyes are blurred?" Xiyu teased.

"How do you go directly?"

Ke Mitong stretched out her pretty red face and stared at the drizzle.

"That's it. Wouldn't it be enough to travel through Panama?"

The snow was a little weak when the serious Xiao Ke stared at it, and pointed at the map in discontent.

"Wear? How to wear it? Who told you that the Bay of Panama and the Caribbean Sea are connected?"

Ke Mitong's hand patted on the map: "If the two are connected, the US warships from the east coast to the west coast will not go around a big circle and walk in Cape Horn in South America! The US Navy will not have only a few on the west coast.

For destroyers, Benson doesn’t have to use the battleships of the British Far East Fleet to attack the young master!”

"Ah, I don't know, Master, is it really not working?"

Xiyu blinked her big eyes and asked a little aggrievedly: "This place is so narrow, why not chisel? How convenient should it be? Are those foreigners stupid?"

Of course, foreigners are not stupid. The line connecting the Bay of Panama and the Caribbean Sea on the map is the famous Panama Canal in later generations.

But now, it has not been built yet.

This has nothing to do with technology, but related to it is the complex interest disputes among countries.

The Panama Canal is as famous as the Suez Canal. It is responsible for connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, while the Suez Canal is responsible for connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. In this way, the opening of these two canals greatly shortened the distance between continents and allowed ships to sail.

The itinerary was greatly reduced.

The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, while the Panama Canal would not be opened until 1914.

From this point of view, we can see that humans have already possessed the technology of building canals, but why did the Panama Canal be delayed for so long?

Let me briefly explain it here. Friends who know can skip a few lines, while those who don’t know can get a little understanding of the historical background.

The Panama Canal, as early as 1523, was proposed by King Charles I of Spain, must be built, with a clear purpose. In order to consolidate Spain's interests and hegemony in South America, a Grand Canal was obviously conducive to their control of South America's resources.

Population and political economy.

At that time, the technology for digging the Grand Canal was not perfect, but the basic location was selected, which was the Isthmus of Panama. In 1814, when the Spanish government planned the Grand Canal plan for nearly three centuries to operate, a Latin American independence campaign was about to take place.

But the war disrupted everything.

After the war, the Spaniards retreated from Latin America. The newly established Federal Republic of Central America did not give up on the plan to build a canal. They instead made a request for aid to the United States.

This was originally a good idea, but unfortunately, due to the obstruction of European forces and the Republic of New Granada (the predecessor of the Colombian Republic, 1831-1858), it was constantly shelved.
To be continued...