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During the Qing Dynasty, countless exported porcelains were transported to Southeast Asia by merchants. Apart from some of them being sold locally, a considerable part of the products were transported to Europe by the East India Company.

In the 17s, according to Dutch merchants in Batavia, 90 million pieces of porcelain were shipped here every year.

Among them, 120 million pieces were supplied to the local market, and another 80 pieces were shipped to Europe through the East India Company and privately.

It is conceivable that if the "Wanjiao No. [-]" goes smoothly, nearly half of the porcelain will be shipped to the Netherlands by the Dutch East India Company.

If it arrives smoothly, maybe now we will see these Jingzhen porcelains in the Netherlands.

The vast sea, how cruel and ruthless it is to swallow passing ships, we lament the insignificance of human beings;

The vast sea, guarding the treasure in his arms, is so gentle and affectionate.

The porcelain out of the water is brand new and bright, as if a sleeping beauty has just woken up, let us marvel at its beauty and wonder.

The salvage of an underwater sunken ship does not lie in the wealth on the sunken ship, but in the fact that the sunken ship can restore history, and in the historical and cultural value of the utensils on the sunken ship.

The sunken ship and the artifacts on the sunken ship can mutually confirm the information of their era.

It is also easy to determine the age of the sunken ship based on the shape and decoration of the ceramics on the sunken ship, especially the inscriptions on the ceramics.

Therefore, every porcelain that comes out of the sunken ship can provide first-hand physical evidence for the study of the "Maritime Silk Road".

It is also quietly telling the research on the history of ceramics and foreign trade.

Experts and scholars of the "Maritime Silk Road", through these discoveries, can know that there are countless treasures and mysteries on the seabed, waiting for people who are interested in exploring and researching.

Chen Wenzhe felt sublimated when he excavated the shipwreck, especially after discovering so many exquisite porcelains.

It's a pity that the shipwreck was damaged too badly this time, otherwise it would be a great sense of accomplishment to salvage it as a whole and put it in the museum.

Looking at the wreckage of the hull in the cabin, since the hull was buried in the gray-black mud, it was still severely damaged. When he salvaged some important parts, it was inevitable that the hull would be damaged again.

The ship, roughly oriented east-west, has no masts, rudders, sails, spindles, etc. from the upper part of the deck.

There are fifteen bulkheads inside the ship, which divide the ship into fifteen cabins.

Among them, the bulkheads of the east eighth cabin and the west fifth cabin were all destroyed and only traces remained.

The hull plate is only one layer of ship plate, and the hull materials are mainly fir and camphor wood.

Therefore, what Chen Wenzhe got the most was part of the ship planks. As for the out-of-water porcelain, they were all scattered on the surface of the ship hull and dug out from the surrounding mud and sand.

Most of them remain relatively intact around the sunken ship, and some are still arranged neatly, maintaining the state before the sinking.

This time, the porcelain was sealed and preserved in a large wooden box, and there were rice husks inside as cushions.

In addition, a small piece of brown rope was also found, presumably used to bind porcelain.

It is through various methods of protection that so many complete porcelains can be preserved.

Holding a Kangxi Emerald Blue Saber and Horse Character Jar in his hand, Chen Wenzhe felt a little emotional.

Judging by the craftsmanship, this piece of porcelain was made in the middle of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

However, some other porcelains in his hands are obviously from the early Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

These high-quality porcelain must be selected and processed first.

Bowls are put together, bottles are put together, plates are another kind.

For example, some special varieties in it need to be selected independently and desalted first.

For example, the green glaze gourd bottle, the plate with red landscape and figure patterns in the blue and white glaze, the blue and white opera figure cover jar with four openings, the blue and white bowl with the outer sauce glaze, and the blue and white open figure figure pattern tall cover cup, each of which is a boutique.

Picking and picking, Chen Wenzhe soon picked out more than 200 pieces of bottles, plates, bowls, cups, cans, etc., daily-use and ornamental utensils.

There are so many porcelains, each of which has a unique and diverse shape, with lifelike images of flowers, figures, and animals, and rich and colorful patterns and glazes.

Other than that, porcelain is much more common.

It can be said that on the one hand, it is genuine porcelain, on the other hand, 50% of the out-of-water porcelain is of mediocre quality.

It includes a statue of Guanyin that no European could possibly appreciate, which is so interesting.

In view of this, Chen Wenzhe can guess that the porcelain on the ship may not be sold to a single region.

The exquisite Clark porcelain should have been sold to Europe, while some of the average quality porcelain might have been sold to Southeast Asia, and some to Africa or the Americas.

For underwater treasure hunting, this is a trivial matter. After all, solving the puzzle should be the job of the national archaeological team.

So far, the excavation work of this sunken ship has been completed in stages.

That is to say, in addition to the salvage of the sunken ship itself, the survey work such as photography, videography, surveying and mapping, and the salvage work of cultural relics such as salvage, protection, and cleaning have all been completed.

The reason for doing this is definitely because Chen Wenzhe also has a huge museum now, and these materials can also be exhibited in the museum.

If the salvaged porcelain is also exhibited together, the effect will definitely be better.

What Chen Wenzhe can confirm now is that this sunken ship is not a sharp-bottomed "Fu Chuan", that is, a ship built in Fujian during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Then this ship should be a sailing ship made in Europe.

In addition, in addition to salvaging porcelain, there are some other discoveries in the process of excavating porcelain.

These discoveries do not seem to be of much value for the time being, but Chen Wenzhe still kept them well.

For example, the four small daily utensils found in the cabin are a small stone inkstone that is not as big as a palm and has some ink stains.

It was very accidental to discover these things. If the entire hull hadn't been demolished, it would definitely not have been discovered.

In addition to this small stone inkstone, some other things are also very special, such as a statue of a small Arhat, a pottery dragon head and a copper coin.

If these things are archaeological, they may be very important.

Because archaeology is like solving a case, and cultural relics are like physical evidence. Although its value is difficult to judge for a while, as long as there is a discovery, it is a harvest.

Maybe these things seem useless now, but there may be a day when their importance will be revealed.

The most unquestionable point is that the salvage of the sunken ship itself is already a very difficult thing to do.

According to the operating procedures, Gao Qijing's team members should have numbered each part of it so that it can be reassembled and restored to its original appearance after salvage.

However, due to the damage caused by poaching, the hull was seriously damaged, and it was impossible to accurately number it.

Mainly on the sunken ship, some parts have been scattered.

Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is that through these scattered hull fragments, Chen Wenzhe can find other porcelain.

After all, not only porcelains from the Qing Dynasty but also porcelains from the Ming Dynasty were salvaged in this water area at that time.

This is the reason why Chen Wenzhe has been studying the debris of the sunken ship, and he has really gained something from these researches.