The yacht entered the dock, Xiao Feng didn't say much, and took the frightened Jesse back to the courtyard of the Chen family's mansion.

"Why don't we get out of here right away? I know a couple of Citi's senior managers based in Copper, and they can help us connect with a private sea plane to pick us up. ”

Jesse was very frightened by Li Zhen and his group that suddenly appeared today.

Xiao Feng smiled and patted Jesse's hand: "Don't be afraid, I'm here, and the Chen family should come back to give me an explanation later." ”

Sure enough, within half an hour, there was a knock on the door, and Chen Yonglu took his father and uncle into the courtyard.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Xiao, we didn't expect the people of the Li family to be so confused!"

As soon as Chen Xu and Tang saw that Xiao Feng was still there, they immediately apologized to him.

"Haha, nothing. Come in and sit!"

The small courtyard assigned to Xiao Feng by the Chen family had everything, and Xiao Feng beckoned the Chen brothers into the reception room of the house where he lived.

Chen Yonglu was very discerning and made tea for a few of them.

"Okay, you guys, don't you have something to talk to me about!"

Listening to Xiao Feng's words, Chen Xutang and Chen Xuyong glanced at each other, then sighed, and Chen Xutang spoke.

In fact, this statement has to start from the ancestors who laid this foundation... ”

It turns out that the rumor on the Internet that these Chinese descendants of the Copper Country are descendants of the Taiping Army is not true.

In fact, between 1849 and 1874, a large number of Cantonese people were bought by slave traders to work as slave laborers on plantations in Peru and Bolivia in the form of buying piglets.

And their local native white farmers have a very bad attitude towards them, even less than they do to Indians and blacks.

In 1870, the serfs, who could not be oppressed, finally rose up and began to rebel.

At first, there were only a few people, just over 1,000 people, and they hid in the jungle to fight guerrilla warfare with Peruvian and Bolivian government forces.

Later, more and more Chinese slave laborers, as well as local Indians, began to join them, and they grew stronger.

And there is the birth of the three major families of Weng, Chen, and Mai, but what really makes them strong is the addition of a family surnamed Li, and this family surnamed Li is really the descendants and subordinates of Li Shixian of the Taiping Army who took the initiative to flee here to avoid the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty.

Because of their early experience in warfare, the people surnamed Li brought about a qualitative change in this group of rebels, allowing them to evolve from a guerrilla army into a powerful army.

As more slave laborers and native Indians joined, their power grew stronger, and by 1879, saltpeter wars broke out between Peru, Bolivia, and the Copper Kingdom.

They chose to join the side of the Copper Nation, which organized them into the Vulcan Battalion, an army that fought valiantly and feathered out of hatred for Peruvian and Bolivian farmers.

But after the war, Patricio, the commander of the Copper Country, wanted to betray them and give them to the Peruvian planters.

And the chief of the navy of the copper country, who has always been on the wrong path with Patricio, Cirapizzo just thinks that this is an opportunity.

At that time, the pattern of the Copper Kingdom was also very chaotic, and the military was also full of mountains, and the commander Padrisio was a descendant of the Western nobles and belonged to the army.

Silapizo, on the other hand, is a native white and a naval faction, and has always been at odds with Patricio.

So he told the Vulcan camp the news, and the Vulcan camp simply reversed the scene, killed Patricio, and helped Syrapizo and his navy department to take the throne smoothly.

It was only after Cirapizo came to power that the Ithaca was given to them as a Dominion.

Later, the four major Chinese families established the Council of Elders mechanism, and all major decisions in the Dominion were voted on by their elders by a show of hands, and the leaders in the territory were also held by the four families in turn.

But in fact, the Weng family, the Chen family, and the Mai family have always been wary of the later Li family, and the Li family believes that it is the appearance of their family that has made the Vulcan Camp have a qualitative change, so they always think that they should be one level higher than the other three.

This also buried several hidden dangers of discord!

Later, because of that era, the external pressure was very great, especially the copper state, although it gave them a dominion, but it was not happy, because their position in this dominion was located in the former Patibir Valley, which is close to Peru and Bolivia.

Not only is it facing pressure from Peru and Bolivia, but it is also facing the fierce eye of the copper country behind it.

So the families decided to start to integrate with the locals in an all-out way, not only intermarrying with the locals, but also encouraging their own people to become religious.

At the same time, a large number of family children were sent to join the army every year, which alleviated the suspicion of the rulers of the copper country and took root in the local area.

It's just that their life has been very hard before, because this Patiniel Valley used to produce saltpeter, and after the saltpeter resources were exhausted, there was no main livelihood.

Nearby is either desert or arid hilly terrain, and agricultural output is not much, so most of the time, they have to go to sea to fish to feed themselves.

The situation was not until after World War II in the last century, because of the confrontation between the two major powers, which also brought shocks to the political situation in South America, and there were frequent movements within the copper country at that time.

Some young locals got involved, and later put down roots in San Diego.

Others, on the other hand, have gone north in search of a fortune, and they are active everywhere in Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and even Colombia.

Among them, the Li family, who has been a martial heirloom, is the most open, in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, they all cooperated with local bigwigs at that time and opened up many channels.

Because of his boldness, Lu Ziye, the power of the Li family has become stronger and stronger, and it has gradually become above the other three families.

At that time, the other three families also had many children who participated in the crazy business of that crazy era, and it can be said that several families made a lot of money.

"Originally, everyone was fine, but a few years ago, the eldest brother of the Weng family wanted to wash his hands in a golden basin, and our family also felt that it was not very glorious to always be involved in this kind of business, and they also wanted to get out. But the Li family did not agree, because the people of the Weng family were not on the right path with the Li family, and even some time ago, they also suffered an accident, and many important members of the family died unexpectedly... ”

When Chen Xutang said this, the expression on his face was very solemn, obviously that time was not an ordinary thing.

"Didn't the people of the Weng family think about revenge?"

"Why haven't you thought about it? But I've been suffering from the lack of evidence! Moreover, the people of the Li family also have a lot of connections on the San Diego side, and they don't dare to act rashly. ”

"What about the people of the Mai family!"

This family seems to be very low-key, and Xiao Feng is very curious about this family.

"Well, their family didn't say much, but we feel that they should be with the Li family, and they don't want to quit that business. ”

Xiao Feng nodded: "Two uncles, since they have already said it so clearly, let's not open the skylight and say something bright! I want to know, why are you so eager for me to come over to invest, it seems that you are very short of money!"

Chen Xutang and Chen Xuyong glanced at each other again, and then both smiled bitterly.

"Hey, since we've said so much, I might as well tell you everything! It's true that we're very short of money now, not only money, but also people... ”

It turned out that in the early years, when the four companies were engaged in those shady businesses, because they had huge income every year, in order to prevent people from finding out the source of these funds, or being talked about.

When everyone is showing their own magic and looking for connections to launder money, but the Li family is the most wild, they actually opened a bank in the Dutch Andrés Islands.

Speaking of the Caribbean, many people know that the famous Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands are a haven for tax avoidance and money laundering.

But I don't know where to go to the Dutch Andres Islands, which is not much better than them.

There are more than 30,000 registered companies on the tiny main island of Curacao, and the South American bigwigs prefer to conduct 'financial transactions' here compared to the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.

Because this place does not belong to the control of British and American forces, don't look at the Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, which claim to be financially free, but once the Mi government is lively, their financial regulators there will still open a back door to the Mi investigation agency.

On the island of Curacao, there is no such problem, because it is a completely independent country.

In the early years, it was under the jurisdiction of the Netherlands, but at that time, it was the favorite place for the bigwigs of other powerful countries on the European continent to hide money, and even the United States was afraid of those bigwigs.

Later, in 2010, the country finally became independent, and it became a paradise of real financial freedom.

And the domestic regulators in the United States are turning a blind eye to this place, after all, many of the leaders above them also have accounts here...

Therefore, this has always been an extrajudicial place outside the main regulatory agencies in the world, and it is very amazing that the Li family can actually set up a bank anywhere!

The Li family set up a bank on Curacao, and several other families began to launder and hide money through them in order to save worry.

It was fine at first, but when opinions began to diverge a few years ago, this disadvantage became apparent.

For example, when his Chen family wants to use the funds, they often don't get them quickly, and even occasionally they are hacked.

It's no wonder that Li Zhen dared to be so arrogant in front of several cousins of the Chen family today.

It also explains why the Chen family is so anxious and wants him to invest here, why they are so short of money.