Chapter 379: Interesting Story
Liu Yuanshu went to the mercenaries for a while, saying that they should be vigilant and ensure the safety of the four people without getting too close to the four people. Clearly said that it was a meeting of four people, but in fact, they didn't want them to see the treasure of Yin Sinan. His fears were not entirely unfounded, and mercenaries had no other rules for doing things than the rule of "working for money". Now everyone is living together peacefully, but no one knows if the mercenaries will sell the news as a message after seeing Yin Sinan after this event is over.
After instructing the mercenaries, Liu Yuanshu walked back and signaled Tony to start.
Tony and Vincent have always carried the box that Zheng Zheng had seen that day, and the two took turns holding it, never leaving the hands of the two, and in terms of "caution" alone, the two of them did it very well. Now that there was no problem, Tony opened the box and took Yin Sinan out again.
Still tapped Si Nan a few times, Tony closed his eyes, and the other three stared at Si Nan, not daring to relax at all.
After less than a minute, Si Nan Spoon trembled slightly and slowly turned. After turning three or five times, the Sinan spoon stopped, and the handle of the spoon trembled slightly at a frequency, pointing straight to the south.
Seeing that the direction indicated by Si Nansco had changed, Zheng Zheng and Liu Yuanshu had happy faces on their faces, which proved that the direction of the group was correct. It was southwest before, and now it is south, which means that the effort of the group to go west has been reached, and the rest is just to go all the way to the south. It's just that it's not clear how far this south is, and we can only wait for Tony to answer.
Tony opened his eyes at this time, carefully looked at Si Nansco, who was trembling slightly, nodded, and said, "Our direction is correct, and then we just need to go south......
Liu Yuanshu was a little impatient, and interrupted him without waiting for Tony to finish speaking, and asked eagerly, "How far is it?"
Tony didn't have any unhappiness on his face, thought about it, and said, "Judging from the distance given by Si Nanshang, it's almost fifty kilometers. However, Sinan is calculated by the straight-line distance, the mountain road is difficult to walk, and the detour is inevitable, and there is some more distance in between. ”
Liu Yuanshu nodded and said, "It's to add some more distance...... Even if it's doubled, a hundred kilometers. Well...... Within three days, you should be able to reach your destination. ”
If it is on flat ground, although it is difficult to walk 100 kilometers, if a person's physical strength can keep up, it can be completed in a little more than a day. Even if the physical strength is average, two days is definitely enough. But there is a big difference between mountains and flat land – especially the roads in the city – and the time and physical effort it takes to walk a kilometre in the mountains is not comparable to the time and physical effort it takes to walk a kilometre in the city. Liu Yuanshu set a time of three days, which was also considered from the actual situation, and this time was still very reliable for the treasure hunting team.
The mercenaries, of course, didn't care, and the long journey was not a problem for them. But Liu Yuanshu understood his situation, so he didn't talk about others, and let him walk a hundred kilometers in two days, which was a fatal job for his age and physical condition.
After a half-hour break, the team moved on. Before sunset, the treasure hunt team, led by Captain Connan, stopped in a dry open field and set up camp to rest.
Zheng Zheng's equipment package has a folding tent inside, although it is quite small, but it is enough to sleep one person. With the help of the mercenaries setting up the tent, Zheng Zheng was about to eat something when Captain Connor arrived with a small wine jug.
Raising the flask in his hand at Zheng Zheng, Captain Connor said, "Would you like some Jack? Blue Label Whiskey, I don't usually share it with others." ”
Zheng Zheng doesn't like to drink very much, but the mountains are quite cool at night, and a glass of wine is not a bad thing: "Thank you, it's good to come a little." ”
Captain Connor took out two small glasses, poured wine, handed one of them to Zheng Zheng, and said, "Taste it, Jack...... It's a little offensive, but I have to say, this one tastes much better than your two-pot head. Well...... But you might not like it too much?"
"Uh......" Zheng Zheng frowned and said, "Captain Connor, are you sure it'...... Belch...... Two pot heads, not two pot heads?"
Captain Connor thought for a moment and said with great certainty, "It's two, not two." I bought it in New York's Chinatown, I also know Chinese, I won't admit mistakes, what's wrong?"
"Uh......" Zheng Zheng thought for a while, and said quite tactfully: "Next time, remember to drink two pot heads, don't drink two pot heads." ”
Captain Connor didn't understand what Zheng Zheng meant for a while, and looked at Zheng Zheng's expression for a while, and then Captain Connor suddenly realized "wow", spread his hands to Zheng Zheng, and said, "I was deceived, right...... f.. uck……”
Zheng Zheng smiled and said nothing, didn't answer the conversation, and changed the topic: "You seem to be very interested in Chinese culture, but you don't know much about it?"
"Who isn't interested, an ancient country, what a charming place......" Captain Connor spread his hands and said, "Five thousand years of history, Jack, five thousand years...... That's more than 10 times the history of the United States. I would love to go to China and walk around, but ...... You know, China doesn't need mercenaries, and I'm running around the world for professional reasons, so I haven't had a chance. ”
Speaking of this, Captain Connor was a little smug and said, "My Chinese was learned in my spare time, and Chinese is really difficult...... But what I'm saying is not bad, isn't it? Don't you have an old saying, 'If you are not afraid of heaven and earth, you are afraid of foreign devils speaking Chinese.'"
"Uh......"
Zheng Zheng pondered very hard, trying to explain to Captain Connor what the "old words" mean in everyday language, and what specific concepts there are, but after some pondering, Zheng Zheng still chose to give up, and it was too tiring to explain this to him. So, Zheng Zheng said: "There is a little problem with your understanding of this word...... But you're right, well, there's such a saying...... By the way, you seem to know Argentina well, too?"
Zheng Zheng pondered in his heart, this is better not to talk to Captain Connor about China-related things, if he can't help but pick some Captain Connor's thorns, then it is estimated that it will be the end of friendship in minutes. Now that he is exposed to this kind of profession that is usually difficult to access, Zheng Zheng is also very curious about Captain Connor's job, and wants to talk to him about the rumors and the like that he usually hears. In this case, the content of the conversation between the two cannot be ripped to China, it is too easy to hurt the feelings of international friend Captain Connor, so it is better to involve the topic in the direction that Captain Connor is good at.
This open area where everyone camped was found by Captain Connor, and it seemed that Captain Connor knew a lot about this place, but he didn't know if he had done his homework before, or if he had been here before. But anyway, it's always a better topic than talking about China, isn't it?
Captain Connor nodded, "It's okay, I've been here many times before, majoring in geography when I was in college, and then I became a graduate student in the history department when I was idle." World history is not very useful for my work, but geography is different, and it still helps me a lot. ”
Seeing Zheng Zheng's somewhat incredulous appearance, Captain Connor smiled with a mouthful of white teeth, and pointed to a sturdy white young man sitting by the campfire not far away, and said, "Do you see that person? That's a madman on the battlefield...... But did you know that he's a real double degree in finance and law...... Isn't that a little surprised?"
"Uh......" Zheng Zheng looked at the young man over there, frowned and pondered for a while, and said, "I didn't mean to offend, I just wanted to ask...... Why?"
Captain Connor didn't choose to answer this question, saying, "There are about three kinds of ordinary people who join the national army. The first bell is for the salary and welfare of the country's army, which is simply for money, the second is for the defense of one's country, which is simply for honor, and the third is for everything related to war, such as lawful killing at the outbreak of war...... You get the idea. ”
After a pause, Captain Connor said, "And there are only two kinds of people who choose to join the mercenary profession: either for money or to enjoy the war. So you just asked why......"
Captain Connor winked at Zheng Zheng and said, "You can guess. ”
Zheng Zheng shook his head, raised the cup in his hand to Captain Connor, and said, "Forget it...... That's not a good topic. Tell me about Argentina and the Andes? I don't know much about that. ”
The two clinked glasses and took a sip of wine. Captain Connor shrugged his shoulders and said, "Argentina...... There's not much to say. It was first discovered in 1527 and was called the district of La Plata, but the Spanish came and changed it to the province of La Plata. The May Revolution of 1810 overthrew the Spanish Viceroy and began the War of Independence, which was not officially established until 1816...... Well, that's basically the entire history of Argentina. ”
"As for the Andes, there are some interesting things about the geography, but I don't think you would be interested in them......"
As he spoke, Captain Connor snapped his fingers, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said, "But if you want to link Argentina and the Andes together, there is something more interesting to tell you." In exchange, Jack, you're going to tell me something interesting about Chinese history, okay?"
"No problem. Zheng Zheng nodded. There are not too many interesting things in Chinese history, Zheng Zheng can find them all casually enough to deal with the scene, and he is not afraid that Captain Connor, an obsessive person with Chinese culture, will feel a lack of interest after listening to it.
"That's good. ”
Captain Connor nodded with satisfaction and said, "This matter starts from the May Revolution in Argentina......