Three weeks later, the rain was still falling, the rubber groves moistened by the abundant rain were rejuvenated, the raindrops crackled on the leaves, a new wood-paneled house had been built on the ruins of Wood Manor, Liu Ziguang and Lang Yulin sat under the porch, quietly watching the rain that connected the heavens and the earth.

"The boy listened to the rain song upstairs, and the red candles were dim. In the middle of the boat, the river is wide and the clouds are low, and the broken geese are called the west wind. Now listening to the rain monk's house, the temples have been starred...... Alas, I didn't expect that my fortieth birthday was spent abroad. Lang Yulin was full of emotion when he held a cup of hot cocoa, his face was furrowed, and he looked more than forty years old.

In order to support their families, Lang Yulin and his colleagues did not hesitate to travel all year round and work in the most difficult places.

"Old man, why are you sentimental, haven't you been home for a long time, and you miss your daughter-in-law?" Liu Ziguang shook Erlang's leg and asked, the rainy season is coming, the roads in Western Sadamoa are mostly washed out, and he is trapped in Wood Manor, fortunately, everyone started to build this small cabin in time to shelter from the wind and rain, otherwise if you live in the tribe, your blood will not be enough for mosquito bites.

Due to the heavy rain, the exploration work was suspended, and Professor Yu's authoritative judgment dealt a heavy blow to everyone, especially Lang Yulin, who was not concerned about not making money, but felt ashamed of Liu Ziguang and sorry for his trust.

"Alas, the daughter-in-law has left a long time ago, the child lives in school, lives to be forty years old, and accomplishes nothing, it's really a failure to think about it." Lang Yulin sighed and said that his mood at the moment was as bad as the weather.

After a period of silence, Lang Yulin said: "I still believe in my own judgment, the ore deposit is definitely more than one thousand meters, and the reserves are definitely not as small as three or five hundred thousand tons. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "I believe in you, science is endless, Professor Yu is old, and has become utilitarian, if a person begins to value fame and fortune very seriously, then the truth will gradually leave him, so, don't be influenced by him, insist on doing what you should do." ”

Suddenly, Liu Ziguang's satellite phone rang, picked it up and walked to the open area, adjusted the direction of the antenna, and the voice in the earpiece gradually became clear: "Mr. Liu, we have arrived off the coast of Western Sadamoa and ask for instructions on the next step." ”

It was the voice of the captain Chen Jinlin, and the Changle ship had gone through thousands of rivers and mountains and finally arrived at its destination.

"The port of San Juan doesn't have a deep-water berth and can't dock, where are your coordinates now? I sent a boat to pick it up. Liu Ziguang replied.

"About five nautical miles from the coast, there is a small island nearby, the coordinates are ......"

After hanging up the phone, Liu Ziguang led people to drive to San Juan in the rain, the city's port was still built by Portuguese colonists, there are colonial-era cannons on the stone fortress, and some fishing boats and yachts are moored in the harbor, most of these yachts belong to the high-ranking officials of San Juan, but due to the tyranny of Kuba, many yacht owners have fled the country, and yachts have become ownerless property.

The windshield wiper of the off-road vehicle quickly blew the rain on the windshield, and Liu Ziguang's eagle-like sharp eyes scanned the yacht on the dock.

His eyes quickly locked on a slightly larger yacht, saying that it was a yacht, but in fact it was just a larger motor boat, not a luxury yacht in the real sense at all, Liu Ziguang and others got on the yacht, checked the motor and mailbox, untied the cable and anchored.

The sea conditions are bad, the visibility is very low, relying on the guidance of GPS, the yacht finally approached the Changle ship, the huge body of the freighter was blurred in the rain screen, turned on the radio to call, and it didn't take long to hear the familiar Chinese answer: "This is the Changle ship, this is the Changle ship, please board the ship from the port side." ”

Liu Ziguang told them that the San Juan wharf could not berth a 10,000-ton ship, and the equipment on board needed to be transferred before it could go ashore, but now the wind and rain were blowing, and the cranes and suitable shallow-water cargo ships had not landed.

The conditions are indeed unsatisfactory, but the workers don't care, saying that the parts of the exploration well are dismantled, and they can be lifted directly with pulleys and ropes.

Since they volunteered, Liu Ziguang agreed, but only after the rain stopped, he would not start work, otherwise the risk of offshore operations would be too great.

In the cockpit, Chen Jinlin told Liu Ziguang that the ship's life had reached its end of life, and that this trip to Asia and Africa had exhausted the last of the ship's energy, and that dozens of barrels of lubricating oil alone had been used, with frequent breakdowns and high maintenance costs, and that there was little point in sailing back.

Liu Ziguang's eyes widened: "Then how can it be done, more than 10 million flowers go out, and you can't even go back and forth?" That's too much of a loss, and I want to go back and sell it back to the furnace to make steel. ”

"You think the cost of sailing is not high, just the fuel money burned in these three months is enough for you to drink a pot, not to mention the maintenance costs and personnel salaries, the account is not calculated like this, anyway, if it is me, Changle Wheel is resolutely not wanted."

Liu Ziguang rubbed his chin and said: "It seems that Wei Ziqian also has a time when he looks away, people are not as good as heaven, so let's do it, the Changle Wheel will stop at the seaside, and it will be used as a sea fortress." ”

"Are you really going to stay here for a long time, where birds don't?" Chen Jinlin's eyes widened and said exaggeratedly.

"Why not, there is ——— there" Liu Ziguang pointed to the coastline in the distance and said: "It is my plantation, which covers an area of two or two hundred square kilometers, with 20,000 acres of rubber forests and huge reserves of magnetite, a coastline of up to five kilometers, and countless wealth and resources, why should I give up?" Not only do I want to stay, but I want to build my empire here. ”

Chen Jinlin seemed to be moved by Liu Ziguang's bold words, and was silent for a moment and said: "Big brother, if you establish an empire and give me a knighthood or something, I don't want anything else, you just give me that island." ”

He pointed to a cluster of green in the smoke and rain in the distance and said: "That island is not bad, a radius of several hundred meters, there is a villa built on it, a small pier, a heliport or something, I usually live on it, and when the storm comes, I go ashore, how beautiful life is." ”

"Okay, you can change jobs, help me take care of affairs, and I'll buy that island and give it to you." Liu Ziguang also said seriously.

After speaking, the two laughed, the wind and rain outside the window were urgent, at this time Liu Ziguang was facing the same situation as this ship, it was stormy, the future was uncertain, the civil war in Western Sadamoa was not yet known, and the reserves of iron ore were also a mystery.

It seems that God has favored these people who have left their homeland to work hard, and the next day the rain is clear, the sea is calm, the visibility is greatly improved, and in the distance is a vibrant green continent, long sandy beaches and coconut groves, as well as clear and transparent waters, which can't help but make people think of the words paradise on earth.

Sailors and workers worked together to lift the exploration equipment onto the yacht and drive it to the beach, where they removed it in waist-deep water and carried it ashore on their shoulders.

Chen Jinlin took a case of beer, a rattan chair, ran to the island to live the life of the owner in advance, wearing sunglasses and lying on the rattan chair fishing for sea fish, drinking beer, under the feet of the white sand, the sky is soaring seabirds, the sea water presents a jewel-like green, the shell coral at the bottom of the sea can be seen clearly, the outside is like a fairyland, and then the oven is set up, roasting a few fatty sea fish, then life will be more delicious.

Exploration work is in full swing, workers in various exploration points set up derricks, drill down to obtain mineral samples, exploration is a complex system engineering, not a few months is not possible to obtain perfect geological data, just while they are working hard, the political situation in Western Sadamoa is also changing drastically, government troops and guerrillas in the eastern jungle to start fierce fighting, for a time San Juan is in turmoil, foreigners have fled, the international community as always expressed a few words of condemnation and then calmed down.

Gradually, stragglers and armed bandits appeared near Wood Manor, but they could not bargain for anything in front of Liu Ziguang's escort, Yishui's Type 63 automatic rifle and re-chambered Boran light machine gun, as well as the old water-cooled heavy machine gun, although it was a weapon half a century ago, it was more than enough to deal with the black man who closed his eyes and fired.

Liu Ziguang's plan is like this, when His Royal Highness Bobby recovers San Juan and ascends to the throne, he will rely on Martin Chen's relationship to obtain mining licenses, raise funds at home or abroad, build ports and roads, no matter how much iron ore reserves there are, dig them out first, even if it is really only 35 million tons as Professor Yu said, it is also a pie falling from the sky, why not, and these 25,000 acres of rubber plantations are also very valuable, with the rising price of oil, the price of natural rubber is also rising, In any case, this is a huge asset that cannot be discarded.

But just when everything was going smoothly, Liu Ziguang had to face a serious problem, his capital chain was broken, dozens of people had food and clothing overseas, and exploration operations were not a small amount.

So, Liu Ziguang took Lang Yulin and Chen Jinlin, who was at the end of the holiday, and embarked on a journey back to China.