But in reality, on the journey to and from, the sunken treasure ships were definitely not just one or two. The conditions at the time were far from sufficient to support salvage operations, so in most cases, they simply rescued people and quickly returned.
Although Qin Fang hadn't studied the relevant history, he knew that every time the Sanbao Eunuch set sail, the enormous fleet always had at least twenty to thirty treasure ships. However, if seven or eight came back intact, it was considered good fortune...
Perhaps it was precisely these losses, coupled with financial exhaustion, that after several such excursions, the Great Ming never engaged in such long voyages again.
But those countless treasure ships filled with precious artifacts lay silently in the oceans along this route, having been submerged for hundreds of years.
