Chapter 41: Gem Mines and Jewelers
It's nice to create a sense of mystery, but it's worth it if you scare other tourists away.
Lin Xiaobao felt that it was necessary to arrange some projects to find a group of villagers for training, such as the concept of "cannibals" is very good, a bit like all kinds of adventure houses and escape rooms in modern society.
No money stumps the hero.
As a chief, in order to open up the source and reduce the cost of the volcanic island, Lin Xiaobao has spent a lot of brain cells recently, and he has to personally lead tourists to play around.
One after another, the island once again welcomed two groups of tourists, a total of seven people, it is said that they saw Lin Xiaobao's promotional news on Facebook, not only prepared the cash for tickets in advance, but also brought some broiler chickens, turkeys, peacocks, all of which are live seedlings, and one tourist sells these at home.
They were afraid that they would not accept it, so they also brought some bread, beef, and all kinds of daily necessities, including bath towels, probably thinking that the island must need this.
Lin Xiaobao really needed this, smiled and took all the poultry seedlings, went home and bathed first, and then took this temporary tourist team to the mining area at the foot of the volcano in person, saying that he could bring a small gem as a gift.
Before leaving, let people be more than 20 meters away from home, help circle a chicken coop, Delia and Mona stayed behind, help receive new tourists, go out to mine, it is estimated that it will take two days, just along the jungle trail to visit, hunting.
There are almost no natural predators of rabbits on the volcanic island, and if it weren't for the villagers' love of food, they would be flooded, and on the way, they really hunted two with bows and arrows, and caught a litter of rabbits, which made several female tourists happy......
In order to distinguish himself from tourists, Lin Xiaobao made a special trip to put on a grass skirt, exposed his upper body, and wore a crown with bird feathers on his head.
The small crown, which symbolized the status of the chieftain, had been hidden by him.
That thing can't even bow down when it is worn on the head, it hurts when it is broken, and it hurts to hold on to the neck, so I take it out and wear it every day when I am stupid.
It seems that the scepter of dog's head gold is quite useful, and can be used as a weapon to knock people's brains.
Lin Xiaobao once fantasized that there was a treasury on the volcanic island, but the old priest clearly told him that it was a gift from the king of Hawaii to seek peace with the volcanic island, so the hope of making a fortune was dashed.
From morning to dark, he stopped and stopped until nightfall, and did not arrive at the sapphire mine until nightfall.
Despite the fact that the volcano seems to be dormant, it is still an active volcano, and you can see how rich the geothermal resources are from the surrounding landforms, some small lakes are even emitting white smoke, and the water is hot to the touch and smells of sulfur.
Like the tourists, Lin Xiaobao is also visiting this kind of place for the first time.
At this time, I saw several female tourists looking prostration, some people had blisters on their feet, and some people had blood marks on their arms from thorny plants, and he told with a smile:
"I'm really sorry, there is no money to buy mountain bikes on the island now, the kind of motorcycle with four wheels, you can come to the island again in the future, the tickets are discounted for you, and now many projects are in the exploration stage, and I didn't expect this road to be so difficult. ”
Tetsuya Hosoma, a Japanese tourist with a little bit of cleverness in his head, heard the words with bright eyes, and asked tentatively: "If you want to carry out that kind of mountain bike tourism project, I can invest money, and when the time comes, we will make half of the money, what do you think?" And I have a friend who runs a travel agency, so I should be able to bring more tourists for you." ”
Lin Xiaobao refused without thinking about it, because the price of buying some mountain bikes is not expensive, and once it is well run, it will be a long-term business, and there is no need to bring outsiders to interfere with a small investment of this scale.
If you build a hotel-style resort, when the income is divided equally, then you can consider it, recently he has had the idea of building a water house in the shallow water offshore, but unfortunately the capital and technology can't keep up, and even can't provide enough electricity, so it's not in a hurry for the time being.
There are so many resources and free labor that can be used, and he, the chief, is currently more optimistic, believing that as long as he is patient and develops well, the future of the volcanic island should be very good, after all, the population of the island is only more than 3,000 people, and it is relatively easy to develop, with more than 30 million US dollars, and 10,000 US dollars per capita.
Of course, who hasn't had the slightest idea of selfishness.
Helping to develop the volcanic island is not just about doing good deeds, Lin Xiaobao is not so saint and so great, his own interests are also closely tied to this island, every time he thinks that this is his own island, he is as excited as if he has been beaten with chicken blood.
Judging by the current situation.
The old priest of Kaporene only asked him to help the islanders improve their lives, but he did not have any intention of treating Lin Xiaobao as a "working boy".
What's more, he has become a chief, after showing miracles and giving some sweetness to the villagers, Lin Xiaobao's image in the minds of the residents of the island has gradually become a little taller than the old priest.
A few hammers were asked for and handed out to the visitors, and the lava cooled and solidified into rock, and the sapphires that had not been completely melted were wrapped inside, so all that had to be done was to crack open the stones and find the sapphires hidden inside.
The old pastor and Delia didn't come, no one helped Lin Xiaobao as a translator, and to this day, there is no way to communicate without barriers, but they can already stumble through some simple conversations.
For example, at this moment.
A big fat man, who was rarely seen on the island, handed the rough sapphire wrapped in the leaves to Lin Xiaobao, and said something very quickly.
Understood part of it, Lin Xiaobao smiled and replied thank you, and the other party asked him if he drank water.
When the leaves were lifted, there was a small pile of sapphires, the largest of which was about the size of a quail egg, but unfortunately there were cracks in it, and the color was only light blue, and the real blue to deep ones were only about 30%.
This fat man also has a brother, the two figures are like carved out of a mold, because they are twins, people call their brothers Big Fat and Little Fat, both of them live in Haiwang Village, Lin Xiaobao has seen them before, but he has never spoken.
The other party quickly brought a pot, which was mostly half a pot of warm water, Lin Xiaobao called the tourists who wanted to drink water, and then put away the sapphire and knocked the stone himself.
The rock formations here are weathered, and they will crumble when they are knocked, and there are probably more buried underground, but no one has been found to explore them for the time being, so Lin Xiaobao doesn't know how many reserves there are, anyway, he was unlucky today, and he didn't see it after looking for more than half an hour.
Tetsuya Hosoma and his gang were a little luckier, and found two gems the size of a fingernail on a small thumb, which were beautiful when they were cut, and now they look inconspicuous.
Seeing that this group of tourists who spent a lot of money on tickets were very happy, Lin Xiaobao felt that this tourism experience project was a success.
That night, he ate a roasted hare in the mining area, and continued to look for gems the next day after a night's rest, and he had not received any news for the time being, and at the same time a jeweler had docked at the small dock......