543 First Exploration of Spirit Snake Island
The group finally found a good stop, which seems to have been built by man.
And after Zhou Rui went up, he found that there was still a family living not far from the coast.
And there is also an indigenous child about ten years old, which made Zhou Rui a little surprised.
The child was originally picking coconuts at a coastal point, but when he saw Zhou Rui coming with a group of heavily armed mercenaries, he was so frightened that he immediately hid it.
"Why are there children in this place?"
Ji Qingjun was a little puzzled.
But soon, a middle-aged man came out of the forest on the island, and the middle-aged man raised his hand and said, "Hello, you must be Mr. Zhou!"
This middle-aged man is quite good at observing words and feelings, and found Zhou Rui directly from the crowd.
Zhou Rui smiled: "Yes, what's the matter with you, why do you still live here?"
However, despite this question, Zhou Rui still guessed that this person was originally hired by Owen's company to guard the island.
Although the Owen Company had occupied the island before, it had never had the energy to develop it.
After all, even if you occupy an island, but this island has no minerals, and the island is not very large, even if you want to develop tourism, it is difficult to develop, so it can probably only be used as a raw material production site, or to build a factory, but the profit is not particularly large, and it costs money to hire mercenaries to protect it.
There is not much real net profit from such expenses, so Owen Company is too lazy to manage here, and it is a pity that this kind of chicken ribs is tasteless and discarded, but it is better to use it to give it to others to win a favor.
Although the value of this island is very large, it is simply not too profitable to give it to Zhou Rui, the big boss behind the scenes of the Ruicai company and the founder of the Seven Seas Biqiongdan.
"Oh, that's right, we are the island caretaker commissioned by Owen's company, I heard that this place has changed owners, originally I wanted to leave, but then I thought about it, I know a lot about this island, it is better to be a guide, to take you to visit this place, it can be regarded as a job to make a living. ”
This middle-aged man is very fluent in Chinese, but he doesn't need Zhou Rui to find a translator.
Zhou Rui frowned, but after thinking about it, it was appropriate.
After all, such an island, although not particularly large, is not so easy to explore.
In particular, this place used to be a pirate's lair, and it is hard to guarantee that there will be no traps or mines or anything, and if there is an accident, it will be more than worth the loss.
And Zhou Rui is indeed not short of such a little money now, even if he overpays this person's salary, it is just a drop in the bucket.
"Okay, what's your name?"
Zhou Rui asked.
When the middle-aged man saw that Zhou Rui agreed, his face immediately turned happy, and then he hurriedly said: "It's okay if you call me Ashin directly, I'll take you to visit this Spirit Snake Island, which can be regarded as having a preliminary understanding." ”
With that, Ashin began to bend down and get out of the way.
There are still many traces of human beings on this island.
After all, the pirates here were only exterminated three years ago, and then they were given to the Owen Company by those in power.
"Be careful here, because there are actually many places on this island that have mines, and the Crimson Pirate Regiment at that time had a fierce conflict with a local force in Brunei, so that there was a fierce fight in the back. There are a lot of mines buried in some key places on this island, and if the boss wants to develop here for a long time, he still needs to find a professional person to clear the mines. ”
Ashin was more dedicated, so he directly took out a map of Spirit Snake Island that he drew himself, and said it directly to Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui also nodded, but this demining is a very costly project.
After all, in the case of demining, the slightest carelessness is the price of life, and the light one is also seriously injured or loses arms, feet and legs, and the end is very miserable.
So the wages spent are naturally very much, and the most important thing is that it is difficult to find professional people to clear mines for you, which is the problem that really makes Zhou Rui a little headache.
"There's no hurry for this, I'll plan the entire island first, you can sketch out these places for Hei Yan later, and then give him a copy of the map. ”
Zhou Rui said with a deep groan.
Naturally, demining is a matter of rear, and now the entire island has not yet begun to develop, and naturally it is not necessary to use that place.
And in order to prevent pirates, those minefields are also a buffer zone, which can effectively resist the invasion of pirates.
I believe that it will not be long before the news of someone here spreads, and there may be pirates coming.
This is not alarmist, piracy is well known to be rampant, and even the armies of small countries sometimes drop their flags and become notorious pirates.
This is a headache for many countries.
"And here, the former Crimson Pirates built a large underground storage warehouse here, which can be used as a place to stack munitions, because all kinds of protective measures are very good, not a lot of destruction, easy to defend and difficult to attack, very safe. ”
This Ashin was a little surprised by Zhou Rui's professionalism, but it directly made Zhou Rui, who was black-eyed, feel a little saved.
And after walking a long time inside, I saw a valley with a basin topography, which is not a contradiction, although this place is in a valley, but it is indeed the terrain of a basin, the size of several football fields.
Several of them then visited most of the island.
In the end, Zhou Rui also decided to build a villa in the basin near the center of this island, and the most important thing is that there is a large freshwater pool in that place.
However, there is no living water in this pool, so it stinks.
On the north side of the island, there is a small extinct crater, which is relatively fertile around this crater, so there are many trees, and this place is also a minefield, so Zhou Rui also asked those people from the Black Wolf Mercenary Group not to approach.
And in general, although this island is still relatively large, there are really not many useful places, and it is no wonder that Owen Company will hand it over to Zhou Rui without any distress.
But Zhou Rui didn't complain at all, after all, such a large island, if it can really be used, the value will be immeasurable, and it is impossible to give it to Zhou Rui because of a cooperative relationship, even if the connection between them is Qihai Biqiongdan.
And the further you go inside, the denser the trees become.
All the way into the hilly area, there are many tropical rainforest trees unique to Southeast Asia, because they have not been developed, so the environment here is quite good, and the ecology is also very good.
Along the way, will there be pheasants, grouse, and other wild things flying through the woods?
Even Zhou Rui felt that there were some large beasts around, which should be creatures such as wild boars, and there were also many creatures such as hares or voles in the grass.
This made Ji Qingjun a little excited.
She has been under the arrangement of her parents since she was a child, and she has no free time in the city, so she is naturally very excited to be able to get in touch with nature intimately this time.
"There are rivers over there, and although the rivers are often cut off, there are also some freshwater fish in some of the underground dark rivers. ”
Ashin explained.
It can be said that he is the one who knows the most about this place in this world. After all, after this place was recovered, the Crimson Pirate Group was basically wiped out. And this place has also been blocked, after all, there are many minefields, which is not conducive to the development of tourism, and then after giving it to the Owen Group, the Owen Group also felt tricky, and simply sent someone to investigate and then forgot about it.
In short, the ecology here is very good, and even Zhou Rui feels that he can eat wild meat directly tonight, and he doesn't need to eat those instant products brought out.
And Zhou Rui has also instructed Chu Ziqiu to contact some construction companies here and hurry up to come to Spirit Snake Island to build a villa area.
As for some other military facilities, Zhou Rui needs to lead people to set them up secretly.
When Zhou Rui came to this island, it was already about two o'clock in the afternoon, and after seeing most of the island, it was already evening.
And when Zhou Rui and the others returned to the place where they had gone ashore before, at this time, some of the other members of the Black Wolf Mercenary Group also came to Spirit Snake Island in a modified armed fishing boat.
The military equipment of each of these armed fishing boats is good.
And under the command of Hei Yan, these people also quickly set up temporary military defense points on the shore.
Many of these people are white, Lao Maozi or Lao Me, and even a small number of Chinese people, all of whom have been regular soldiers, but they are forced to be uneasy about the status quo after being discharged from the army, or they are jealous of the high wages of mercenaries, so they all come to become mercenaries.
In fact, according to Hei Yan, there are only nineteen people in the Black Wolf Mercenary Group, but in fact there are nearly thirty people, but some of the remaining people are some local indigenous gangsters who work for the Black Wolf Mercenary Group.
"It seems that the profession of a gangster can be found anywhere in that country. ”
Zhou Rui shook his head, being a mercenary is a mercenary, but he is gambling with his life for tomorrow, especially these ordinary people who have not undergone special training, once they face a battle, there is a high possibility that they will directly lose their lives.
Even in many cases, the leader of the mercenaries will directly abandon the car to protect the commander when the members of the regiment are in danger, and sacrifice these members outside the regiment to hold the backbone members of the mercenary team.