Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 143 Exploration and Discovery

Chapter 143 Exploration and Discovery

In the offshore area close to the east coast of Newfoundland, on the water covered by the rising orange sun, the bow of a fishing boat broke through the deep blue water, stirring up white waves on both sides of the ship's side.

Watching the ship getting closer and closer to the destination.Lubson Jr. inside the bridge glanced at the speed on the screen, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided not to speed up just to be on the safe side.

After all, although the shorter the voyage, the better, but safety is obviously more important than speed.Considering that the ship is now sailing close to the coastline, if the ship speeds too fast and encounters an undercurrent, it may not be able to react at all.

Because the sailors are all veterans, the voyage for the next few hours was very pleasant. Finally, around 4 pm, they arrived at a place not far from their destination.

"Having such a boat makes travel much more convenient." Looking at the destination not far away on the GPS navigation, Fan Meng patted the railing on the boat and said. "You said when we can have such a boat."

"It will probably be a long time later." Liang En said after thinking for a while.

"For us, if we really want a boat, it must be a boat that can run international routes and have underwater salvage capabilities. Otherwise, it will definitely not be as convenient as other means of transportation."

"Even if such a boat has only basic functions, it costs 500 million pounds at the cheapest price. At the same time, the cost of maintaining such a boat every year will not be less than 100 million pounds. Therefore, we will definitely not be able to afford it in a short time."

"To be precise, even if you can afford it, you can't afford it." Liang En shrugged. "This kind of private boat is like an ancient castle, all of which are gold-throwing behemoths. If you don't have a certain amount of capital, you really can't afford it."

"And if you want to salvage underwater, the cost of each salvage ranges from several million to tens of millions of dollars, and you may not be able to find what you are looking for. So don't think about this before you have hundreds of millions of dollars."

"Gentlemen, look to the east!" Just as Liang En and Fan Meng were discussing about the ship, a voice suddenly came from the bridge.

"Oh my god!" After hearing what little Lubzon said, Liang En immediately turned his head to look east, only to see a huge tail suddenly sticking out of the sea, and then slapping it on the sea, causing a cloud of spray.

Soon, two huge black shadows emerged from the water nearby, and then they uttered a cry. At the same time, a stream of water sprayed from those black shadows, and then fell to the surface of the sea like raindrops.

There are whale groups around Newfoundland.It's just that these animals are rarely so close to the shore because of their huge size and aversion to movement caused by various human activities.

Although they didn't know why these whales appeared in this place, their appearance was a very good omen for Liang En and the others.

Therefore, when the rubber boat was lowered, both Liang En and the others, who were about to land, and the crew members who stayed on board all showed expressions of excitement.

"I think this place might really be able to find the legendary Vinland." When the rubber boat was put on the sea again, Lubzon Jr. stood on the side of the boat and said.

"You know that among those of us who deal with the sea all day, encountering a whale is a very lucky sign. So I think today we may really get our wish."

Soon, Liang En and the others landed on the rubber boat.After landing, while the crew was carrying supplies, Liang En and the others immediately went to the several mounds that looked almost rectangular.

Because in this wasteland, only these mounds are regarded as commanding heights, and it seems that they can roughly browse the surrounding situation.

"This place is indeed suitable for human habitation. There is nothing wrong with it except that it is a little bit cold." After standing on the mound and looking around, Liang En immediately defined this place.

Because he found that there was a very clear river on the left that was merging into the bay, which could fully supply the daily life of hundreds of people.On the front is a bay with shoals, which is more suitable for Viking longships to enter and dock.

The place was marked on the map as the Lancioz Meadows, a name that certainly lived up to its name, judging by the green grassy ground and clear creek.

"Where do we start looking?" Fan Meng looked at the land in front of him with a bitter expression on his face. In his opinion, this piece of grass looked no different from the surrounding wilderness, and it was impossible to start.

"Let's search from the riverside until we reach the hill." After a brief thought, Liang En made a decision.After all, human settlements are inseparable from water sources, and under normal circumstances, humans will choose flat places to build camps.

In fact, when Liang En was writing a novel in his previous life, he had looked up some information about this place and had an impression, but now he ran over to take a look and found that the whole area was completely different from the one in the photo.

After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the rooms in those photos should actually be rooms restored by later generations, and the real relics probably look the same as the surrounding ones.

Fortunately, with the advancement of technology, they now have ground-penetrating radar, so they don't have to spend several years digging out the target bit by bit like the few archaeologists in Liang En's memory in his previous life.

"Didn't the epic say that the grass in this place is green in winter? But this place is so far to the north, it's hard for me to imagine that there is green grass in this place in winter." When he came down from the slope, Fan Meng still had a little puzzled.

Because this place, whether it is fresh water, berries, salmon in the sea or wood in the woods, is quite in line with the description of the epic, but the grassland is somewhat different from the records.

"But there is a tributary of the warm North Atlantic Current flowing near this coastline, plus the higher temperature thousands of years ago, so I don't think it's surprising that this place had green grass in winter at that time."

Looking at this piece of grass full of vitality, Liang En said.

"And those Vikings didn't come here for charity, so the reason why the other party chose this place as their foothold is probably because the local environment seems to be close to the grassland of their hometown fjords, which is convenient for them to colonize."

Soon, the two dragged a ground-penetrating radar and searched along the banks of the small river.

What they didn't expect was that when the two of them just walked along the river for 100m and reached a distance of about 50m from the coastline, Liang En made a discovery.

According to the detection results, there is a straight structure made of stones at a distance of five or six meters from the river bank, less than 1 meter deep below the grass.

When he called Fan Meng to start exploring along this stone wall, the two soon discovered that there was not only one wall, but a rectangular structure surrounded by four walls.

"Let's dig a section first." After discovering the first relic in the local area, Liang En quickly issued an order.Then the two dug a pit more than 1m deep on the ground, exposing the stone structure below the ground.

"I think there is a high probability that what we found is the ruins of the Vikings." After briefly looking at the excavated things, Liang En said with certainty.

Because what appeared in front of his eyes was a section of wall with a width of [-] to [-] centimeters, and there was a part of carbonized wood inside.

This construction method is completely different from the construction method of the Indians who have been active in this area, but it is closer to the construction habits of the ancient Vikings.

(End of this chapter)

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