The two veterans had a clear division of labor, with Wang Cheng in charge of detecting the exact location of the mines and marking them, while Li Qing removed the fuses and firing pins in the back. Although he has been discharged from the army, this craft has never been left behind, and he will soon be proficient in it.

But after all, landmines are not potatoes buried in the ground, and it takes time to completely remove them once they are dug and sacked, some of them are visible to the naked eye on the ground, some are buried in the soil, and some are hidden in the bushes, and dozens of acres of land are not so quickly done.

Julie instructed the nanny to prepare a cold drink and send it forward, and then stood on the window of the bamboo building with Chen Bo and watched the two veterans carry out demining work under the scorching sun from a distance.

"It's so unfortunate that landmines in Cambodia have caused hundreds of thousands of disabled civilians." Julie leaned against the side of the window and sighed. "This kind of thing shouldn't appear in the world, I really don't know who invented this weapon so cruelly!"

"Forehead......" Chen Bo touched the tip of his nose and said embarrassedly, "This thing was invented by us Chinese." ”

"Oh?" Julie incredulously.

"Without that kind of questioning look, we invented gunpowder, not only for alchemy, cultivating immortals, and releasing ceremonial flowers. Firearms were used against the nomads of the north a thousand years ago, and 600 years ago the Ming Dynasty used landmines on a large scale and improved them. In the past, gunpowder was not so powerful, and with the spread of the Mongols to Arabia, and then to Western Europe, it also changed the course of history, until Nobel invented yellow powder that there was a deadly weapon of mass destruction. "Chen Bo checked the relevant information before he came, and the weapon invented by the ancestor did not defend against many enemies, but it became a weapon of mass destruction for civilians. However, according to the international convention of '99, this kind of thing has been completely banned in local disputes, and it will not easily appear on the battlefield unless it is a life-and-death situation, which is as inhumane as biological and chemical weapons.

"War is hateful, how good it would be if we could live in peace?"

"Ethnic and religious contradictions, as well as conflicts of interest, are inevitable." "If Iraq hadn't decided to settle oil transactions in euros two years ago, the 911 terrorists would have been in other countries. ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's very simple, Iraq doesn't even have a chicken feather, the United States needs to maintain the settlement status of the dollar, and 911 is to send a pillow when Xiao Bu Shi is sleepy. Although the Cold War is over, the Middle East is an ally of the former Soviet Union and an energy center, so there is a good excuse. ”

Julie's eyes were a little dark, after all, he was an American who had been proud of him since he was a child, but these were ironclad facts, and she couldn't refute them.

"If there were civil unrest in Tubert, how many innocent civilians would have died?" Chen Bo took the opportunity to forcibly wash her brains again.

"Don't worry, I understand the meaning of this, and I will never be Darlett's accomplice again." Julie smiled wryly and replied.

Chen Bo didn't continue to sprinkle salt, but just watched the two veterans clear mines, and he was worried about them. After a morning, only about one acre of land was cleared, and 28 mines were removed, despite the small size of the place.

"Fortunately, most of these are Vietnamese goods and our domestic ones, otherwise it would be really difficult to dismantle." The veterans wiped the sweat from their heads and placed in front of them one by one the mines that had been removed from the firing pins and were not in danger, this was not those stupid guys in mine warfare, at best it was the size of a palm, although some of them had been rusted by the wind and rain, but no one would doubt its power.

"This is a pressure thunderbolt, which is made of plastic fragments, which are not fatal and not so easy to disable, but the fragments embedded in the body will make people uncomfortable for a lifetime."

"This is a tripping anti-infantry mine, .t gunpowder filling, enough to kill a cow, with a radius of 10 meters."

"And anti-tank mine ......"

I haven't touched these things, so I can't feel anything at all, but I really see them in front of me, and then I hear his explanation, it's so shocking.

"How many mines do you estimate need to be cleared in this meadow?" Chen Bo asked.

"It's hard to say, the density is quite large, and there is a possibility of the existence of tricky mines, which are all arranged by masters, which are very dangerous, and if you accidentally touch it, you may encounter a series of explosions." Li Cheng, who was in charge of dismantling the mines, frowned and said.

"Isn't there a means to quickly defuse mines?"

"There is a local method, using cattle to wade mines, but the contact surface between the cow's hooves and the surface is too small, and the density of minefields here is too large, unless hundreds of cattle are brought together to drive to the mines, but there will be omissions, and it cannot be completely ruled out."

Cows, there are them here. In order to supplement Maddox's nutrition, Julie bought two cows and tied them to the next bamboo building, originally intended to be stocked in the grass behind the house, but this happened.

After arranging for the veterans to go to dinner first, Chen Bo told Julie about the current situation, of course she refused to use the cruel method of cow thunder, and it didn't help just those two ends, and it didn't work much at all.

"Don't stop here, the minefield is so dense that no one can guarantee that there won't be another accident." Chen Bo said bluntly, "If you don't want to go back to the United States now, then go to Malaysia for two days, and I will go to Kuala Lumpur to deal with some work matters." ”

It may seem like a hideaway from it all, but it's a backcountry with no phone signal, and international calls can only be found in Battambang, two hours away, where Julie called him last time.

And his work is already heavy, and if he can't get in touch, he doesn't know the situation in the outside world, which will also make him feel uneasy.

If you happen to be in Southeast Asia, you might as well visit the branch office in Kuala Lumpur to find out the details.

Seeing this, Julie could only temporarily abandon the manor here, and let the veterans clear the minefield behind it, and then bring the children over when the environment here improved.

Chen Bo left a security guard here to assist in the arrangement, and the exchange of Riel was also left to them, and Julie's nanny was in charge of taking care of the manor and cooking for them by the way. Before, we talked about a one-time payment of 100,000 yuan, but now it is obviously not enough, so it is changed to 50,000 a month, which will be transferred to the domestic bank accounts of the two veterans on a monthly basis, and they don't need to spend money in Cambodia, and there are still their worried families in China to support.

Since you have decided to go, you don't have to wait until you pack anything, and you can set off lightly, probably with Maddox's toys at most.

Once in Kuala Lumpur, the two parted ways, and Julie went to the island of Sabah in West Malaysia, which is a holiday destination with a pleasant sea view, not much worse than the Maldives. Chen Bo asked Liu Sheng to follow and protect the safety of their mother and son. He had to deal with the company's affairs before he could stay for two days, and with the talisman of Elisa, he still didn't have to worry about his safety.

The sudden visit to the branch did not make Feng Cheng feel surprised, but more excited, why is this? Just because the Kuala Lumpur branch broke ground in Southeast Asia and its performance is impressive, but there is nowhere to show it, the cold financial report is not as effective as the big boss visiting the company to give encouragement.

Although there is also a direct Hong Kong Island branch, it is more aimed at Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and Kuala Lumpur is now firmly behind. Due to the large amount of data and the increase in business volume, Hu Bufan, who is in charge of Hong Kong Island, can only give up part of his authority.

Ant Search has become the search engine of choice for Chinese Americans in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore in Southeast Asia, and it is precisely this group of Chinese who have wealth that is difficult for indigenous people to achieve. Looking for more business opportunities through the Internet, this is the strategy after the alliance with Alibaba, these Chinese bosses with a keen sense of smell set their sights on China, importing lightly processed daily necessities from China, and exporting agricultural and sideline products from Southeast Asia to China.

Don't look at it is not a valuable, after the Asian financial crisis in Southeast Asia, the already weak industrial manufacturing has been greatly discounted, and the domestic is full of horsepower to export Chinese manufacturing to the world, with low price, high quality, high cost performance to expand the global market.

In the past, if you want to do overseas business, you always have to run at both ends, which is time-consuming and laborious. Although Ali is behind Yahoo, it is a search. But their servers can be managed so far that the efficiency is greatly reduced, and the early layout of Ant Search can fully achieve this task. Stable, efficient, and directly communicating with manufacturers, Ali has opened a lot of on-site search terms that can be quickly displayed on Ant's homepage.

The localization strategy has been strengthened, with homepages in Malay, Thai, Indonesian, and Filipino being launched one after another, making it more convenient for more users.

And foxmail has also taken root smoothly, as if it has become a portal here, with more than 20 million hits in a single day, which is unexpected.

As for the fast-growing talent pool, there is no need to worry, through the academic alliance, Ant has been established in many colleges and universities, coupled with the influence of Wikipedia and Ant Philanthropy, recruitment is not effortless at all. Even institutions of higher learning such as the National University of Singapore have people coming to join them, after all, Kuala Lumpur is much closer than Silicon Valley, not to mention that Singapore was once a member of the Malaysian Federation.

From the perspective of market share, ant search has become the first choice of up to 55% of users, firmly occupying the top position, followed by Google and Yahoo, if MSN can launch a new search engine, then the future may further squeeze the middle market, but according to Microsoft's urine, it should still be based on the English version, after all, they are implementing a brand elitist strategy, and will not consider the feelings of so many ordinary users.

From this point on, Ant Search once again came out on top. As for the largest contribution to revenue, it is mainly industrial, trading companies, Ali is also a big head, how can there be a reason to eat free lunch in the world, they are cooperative, but it does not mean that it is free.

The income and expenditure in the first half of the year have already been surplus, and it is expected that the revenue for the whole year will reach about 50 million US dollars, and the net profit of 15 million US dollars is still no problem.