Li Mu sent a total of 65 mercenaries to India, Rockefeller sent more than 90 gunmen, and three chemists from Rockefeller's laboratory.

Treasure hunting is a dangerous process, especially in a magical place like India, where casualties are inevitable despite the fact that the mercenaries and gunmen did not clash with the locals throughout the hunt.

Soon after arriving in India, some of the gunners sent by Rockefeller contracted falciparum malaria due to improper drinking water, which was very dangerous in the 19th century, although there was cinchona cream provided by the Horse Laboratory, but three gunmen died unfortunately, which sounded the alarm bell for all the mercenaries and gunners, from then until they left India, the mercenaries and gunmen never ate any food from India, all food and drink had to be purchased from Ceylon, and then sent to Travanco by sea.

The trouble is a little troublesome, but there are also benefits, Ceylon is rich in all kinds of gems, mercenaries and gunners take turns to go to Ceylon, but everyone has a harvest, all kinds of rubies, sapphires, opals get a lot.

In the process of opening the secret room, there are also accidents, Paul Stewart said that the "accident" did not happen just once, but many times, the wall collapsed, the river backflowed, miasma, and the ubiquitous cobra and so on, fortunately, the mercenaries and gunmen were not on the front line, there were no casualties, but the hired local workers died more than 40 people in the process of opening the secret room, which is estimated to cause an uproar in the 21st century, but in the 19th century, those Dalits died silently, In India, Dalits are not counted as people.

India's caste system, in addition to the well-known four castes, there is also a "fifth caste", this caste is Dalit, known as the "untouchable" class, also known as "untouchables", in India, Dalits are equivalent to slaves, no social rights, no personal security, Dalits are not even accepted by Indian society, and even the British colonial government does not count the Dalits in the population.

Li Mu and Rockefeller were fair, giving all the victims a pension equivalent to almost $500 each, which has made the families of those Dalits grateful to Dade, you must know that in India, even if a high-caste person deliberately kills a Dalit, the high-caste person will not bear any responsibility, let alone compensation.

For their own people, Li Mu and Rockefeller are of course much more generous, after the successful completion of the mission, the mercenaries and gunners each received a reward of 10,000 US dollars, and the chemist was rewarded even more, all the rewards will be converted into gold payments, whether it is a mercenary, a gunner or a chemist are very satisfied.

Li Mu and Rockefeller were more satisfied.

For ordinary people, 20,000 US dollars is already a lot of money, and the price of gold in these years is only more than 700 US dollars per kilogram of gold, and 10,000 US dollars can be converted into nearly 15 kilograms of gold.

Well, less than 15 kilograms, but Li Mu and Rockefeller don't care about this little money, they pay according to 15 kilograms of gold per person, which is actually a matter of 6 gold chains, there are many such gold chains, Paul Stewart They brought back more than 2,000 pieces, and half of the reward went out, Li Mu and Rockefeller didn't feel distressed at all, how much gold was worth, jewelry and those gold works of art were worth money.

After taking stock of the income, everyone was happy, Li Mu and Rockefeller made the final distribution of the spoils, and George Dewey left early after accepting a small bag of various gems presented by Li Mu and Rockefeller, lest his heart could not stand the stimulation.

In front of the various gems piled up on the table, Rockefeller and Li Mu also felt a little unbearable, India's religious status is high, and the gems that can be collected by the temple can be imagined, not only to be large, but also to be pure, to be pure, to be colorless, to be gorgeous to the extreme, not only the Western favorite diamonds and rubies, sapphires, but also the Eastern traditional jadeite and all kinds of jade.

Rockefeller was very generous, and took the initiative to give all the jade and jade to Li Mu, and Li Mu was also rare to be generous, leaving all the diamonds, red, and sapphire to Rockefeller, and both of them felt that they had taken a big advantage.

In fact, it is difficult to say who takes advantage of the larger, at this stage, diamonds and rubies and sapphires, which have been accepted by civilized society, are more valuable, but in the future, jadeite and jade are more valuable; In terms of quantity, there are more jadeite and jade, but in the eyes of Westerners, jadeite and jade are not gemstones, let alone sold for a price, so Rockefeller feels that he has taken advantage of his advantage.

Li Mu feels that he is also very profitable, it doesn't matter if white people don't like jade and jade, the new generation of Chinese Americans will soon go to society, if nothing else, they will be the main component of the American middle class in the future, and these people will be the main force in the consumption of jade and jade.

In fact, since Gloria wore jewelry made of jadeite and followed Li Mu to attend several banquets, some people have begun to pay attention to this colorful and warm gemstone, the trend of this thing, all need a leader, if the Empress Dowager Cixi doesn't like jadeite, jadeite in the Qing Empire will not be able to stand out.

Gloria's status in the United States is certainly not comparable with Cixi's status in the Qing Empire, but the national conditions of the United States and the Qing Empire are also different, when Ulysses Grant's wife Julia was the first lady of the United States, she will also be slandered by the newspapers, Julia's taste in dressing is a recognized disaster in the American high society, in comparison, it is still Gloria, a fashionable and independent woman, is easier to lead the trend of the United States.

Gloria is indeed fashionable and independent, even without the blessing of Li Mu and the aura of the Barron family, Gloria is also a representative of women in the new era of America.

Just as Li Mu and Rockefeller were admiring the spoils of war, a group of women finally had enough of strolling outside and remembered the two poor men at home.

The two "poor men" were not at all conscious, and turned a blind eye to the women, each with a magnifying glass, one by one holding a gem to the light, and all four eyes were red, and they did not know whether they were stimulated by wealth or by the light.

The women also felt very stimulated, legend has it that women like sparkling things like dragons, and Gloria and Laura are no exception, and even Hatsuyuki couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the mountains of gems on the table, and her eyes were amazingly bright.

"It's so pretty, what are you two doing here? Is this - a gem? Laura was still quite old, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided that if it was a pile of glass, it probably wouldn't make Li Mu and Rockefeller, the two trust bosses, so focused.

Gloria had lost her ability to speak, pinched the corner of her skirt and ran to Li Mu's side, looking at the jade and jade in front of Li Mu, and then at the various gems in front of Rockefeller, it was very difficult to choose.

"Haha, Lily, you're welcome, just take it if you like it, in return, Ini, you can also go to your Uncle Reem and choose the jade you like, haven't you always envied Aunt Lily's jade necklace? Now's your chance. Rockefeller tried his best to encourage his daughter Elizabeth, and Laura was probably embarrassed to ask for it, so Elizabeth had no scruples.

Of course, there is no need to scruple, Rockefeller is quite the godfather of Little Will, but Li Mu has not agreed, but Gloria has become Elizabeth's godmother, according to Chinese customs, Li Mu and Rockefeller are now godparents, is this polite?

"Come on Ini, I'll help you choose, what color do you like? Green or red? Green for life, red for passion, yellow for sunshine, and this blue, God, it's beautiful! Gloria took the initiative to pull Elizabeth to choose, and she couldn't help but gesture to herself.

Gloria has a set of excellent red jade jewelry "volcano", the first snow has a set of green jade jewelry called "snowflake", and "volcano" is not inferior, both sets of jewelry are from the hands of famous artists, which is well known in New York, Elizabeth since she saw Gloria wear a "volcano", began to miss the jadeite, Gloria also wanted to give Elizabeth a set of jade jewelry, but unfortunately there are no suitable raw materials, now well, with this harvest, plus Li Mu's previous collection, It's definitely no problem to put together a set.

"Lily, if you can't find a suitable one, then make a colorful set, I have a name in mind, it's called 'Rainbow'." Li Mu came up with an idea next to him, and Gloria was originally dancing when she heard it, but when she heard the name "rainbow", the corners of her eyes immediately fell.

The name "Rainbow" is so beautiful, just listen to the name to know how dazzling and colorful it should be, such a good idea, it was so easily sent out by Li Mu, for a moment, Gloria still felt a little careful.

This does not mean that Gloria does not like Elizabeth, it has nothing to do with feelings, it is just an irrepressible possessiveness, all women are the same, and even everyone is the same, the reason why people are noble is that they can control their desires.

"That's it, make the 'rainbow' to my Ini, Reem, this is your deposit." Before Li Mu had time to remedy, Rockefeller made a decision and threw a pigeon egg to Li Mu.

It's really thrown, a pigeon's egg-sized diamond, although it is only a rough stone, but it still can't hide the pink brilliance fleeting, such a diamond must be the best when processed, not much lower than the value of "volcano" and "snowflake", Li Mu has not reacted, Gloria hurriedly catches it, although she knows that even if it falls on the ground, it can't be broken, but this is a diamond, who is willing to fall?

"God, you two are even more naïve than Ini." Laura looked disgusted, and casually scratched in front of Rockefeller, and several of the largest rough stones disappeared.

Well, when it comes to possessiveness, everyone behaves the same, and no one is much more noble than the other.

There are still people who behave very well, such as Chu Xue, Chu Xue just sighed, and then was busy changing the coat for Xiao Wei and changing the diaper for Xiao Wei, these jobs should have been done by the maid, but under normal circumstances, Chu Xue will not fake her hands to others, Chu Xue insisted, her children must be brought by herself.

In comparison, Gloria is even more heartless, Little Will has been brought up by a nanny since she was a child, and she hasn't even eaten much breast milk, for Gloria, Little Will is like a big toy, only when she thinks about it, Gloria will hold Little Will to contact her feelings.

This doesn't mean that Gloria is indifferent and doesn't like children, it's just a different growth environment and different education methods, and the love that Gloria and Chuxue give to children is also a lot, but Chuxue is more enthusiastic and Gloria is more rational.

"Hey Reem, why don't you take out that 1,700 carat diamond of yours?" Rockefeller finally remembered and couldn't wait to stir up trouble.

"Where?" Gloria was pleasantly surprised.

"1700 carats?" Laura was surprised.

Chu Xue turned a deaf ear and was trying to trick a ruby in the little padded jacket's hand.

It's not a lie, just now the little padded jacket babbled past Rockefeller, and what Rockefeller casually stuffed into the little padded jacket was still a very large piece of superb pigeon's bloodstone, which could be comparable to Gloria's set of "volcano" pendants.

Chu Xue remembered that Li Mu once said that almost all gems have radiation, so it is best for children not to touch gemstones, Chu Xue herself has a lot of jewelry, but she has never played with the little padded jacket, and the first reaction of the little padded jacket is to taste it first, so the first reaction of the little padded jacket is to taste it first, so the first snow does not dare to let the little padded jacket play with rubies, which is very dangerous.

"It's just a rough stone, it hasn't been processed yet, and we'll talk about it after it's processed." Li Mu used the procrastination trick to fool Gloria first, and then talk about it later.

Gloria was so smart that she immediately knew what Li Mu meant, but Gloria didn't say much, and the pretty Bai Li Mu glanced at it, pouted and continued to help Elizabeth choose jade.

Well, the more Gloria is like this, the more bottomless Li Mu's heart becomes, glaring at the gloating Rockefeller, Li Mu thinks about whether to get back to the field.

Forget it, for Laura's sake.

"We've been around a lot in Manila in the past two days, it's really sad, a lot of children's living conditions are worrying, because there are no schools, they don't have the opportunity to get an education, many parents are indifferent to their children, the children don't have enough clothes, they don't even have enough food, so, Lily and I want to make a charitable foundation, what do you think?" Laura is still very caring, and raises a question that neither Li Mu nor Rockefeller cared about.

In fact, charity is needed at any time, not to mention the children of Luzon, even many American children are in urgent need of help, Li Mu's scope of help is limited to Chinese, children of other races Li Mu is powerless, Li Mu himself does not want to start a pure charitable foundation, that should be a new stage that will start after Li Mu's retirement.