Chapter 211: Barren Land 2 (II)
Fortunately, the aborigines did not want to hurt anyone, in Dick's opinion, they just wanted to take more money out of their pockets, and he asked to talk to the mayor, and it was not until late at night that Dick dragged his tired body back and comforted everyone that the problem was solved and everyone continued to work normally.
These aborigines really wanted to get more money, their ancestors were all people from the bottom of society, most of them were murderous robbers, thieves and bankrupt farmers, they dreamed of finding the diamond mine and changing their fate, but after the old Citchell and the miners were killed, no one knew the location of the mine, and no one ever found it again, but everyone thought they would be the only exception. Hundreds of years have passed, and these people who hope to change their fate through the diamond mine have fallen into another, more tragic fate - they wander the wilderness year after year, looking for the mine that absolutely exists but never appears, and this situation has continued for hundreds of years, and those who came here can never go back, and began to multiply here, pinning the hope of finding the diamond mine to the next generation, and so on to survive in this barren land, in order to survive, they created their own unique social structure and legal system, Until today.
It is conceivable that the living environment here is so difficult, not to mention the supporting shopping malls, schools and other infrastructure construction, and it is impossible for the people here to receive a good education, and their thinking level is almost still in the Viking era. In the 90s of the last century, the country's ZF put forward a relocation plan, most of the people were fed up with this state of existence, and moved to the land circled by ZF, but there is always a market for conspiracy theories, and the rest of the people prefer to believe that ZF has bad intentions, and after moving them away from their land, they occupy the diamond mines that belong to "them"!
After a 20-year relocation period, ZF no longer bothered the rest of the people, leaving them to hold on to the hope that was close at hand. And the legendary mine still did not appear, this legend has become the talk of a very small number of people after dinner, and only those who continue to watch here still firmly believe in its existence, until one day a man named Walla brought back some broken diamonds, but before the crazy people could pry any valuable information out of Walla's mouth, he hurried away, and at the same time took hope, two years later, how could the arrival of this group not arouse the suspicion of the aborigines?
"What did Mayor Mare?" When Dick returned, he threw himself into his chair, and did not even want to get up to pour himself a glass of wine, and Mr. Min saw this, poured him a glass of whiskey, handed it to him, and asked.
Dick took the wine and drank it down, saying, "It's not for profit! Dick said fiercely, "Damn bandits, but I make a deal with them that they will never attack us again, and that they must help when we need them." If you want to get the benefit from me, you have to pay the price! ”
"Dick, we need to know that the mine is just a front, and what we are looking for is the royal tomb of Loulan." Mr. Min reminded.
"Mr. Min! Of course I know what my purpose is," Dick looked helpless, "Is it a curse or a fortune left to me when the royal family came here, found this mine, and built such a royal tomb?" ”
Mr. Min did not want to comment on Dick's question, although Dick claimed to be a descendant of the Loulan royal family, and Mr. Min believed that he was, but Dick was more like a businessman, he was shrewdly calculating his investment and rate of return.
"If I find a diamond mine, I'll have to give 15 percent of the shares to these aborigines." Dick sneered.
"But no matter what, the matter of the royal tomb must not be let them know." Mr. Min was a little worried.
While the two were talking, there was a knock on the door, and Dick adjusted his mood and opened the door.
"Dick, this is today's report of crustal movement, the rock formation activity on the surface is normal, but the magma seems to be showing signs of diffuseness." Dilma said as he handed Dick a thick stack of reports.
Dick flipped through the report casually, but he wasn't at all interested in the charts and images on it.
"Normally, this phenomenon means that the rocks deep down are carried to the surface and the minerals are developing, but it takes millions of years or more." Dill added right away.
"Millions of years? We've long since turned to powder. Dick sarcastically said that these experts don't know what they want to do.
"But from the current geological analysis, there are no minerals worth mining here." Dilma was also a little confused.
"Thank you." Dick did not want to continue the conversation with him, and politely issued an eviction order, and Dilma had no choice but to leave first.
Dick slammed the stack of reports on the table: "These experts ......"
"Dick, what would they do if they knew you were looking for the royal tomb?" Mr. Min asked with a smile.
Dick was stunned for a moment, these experts would only analyze what they thought was right from data and graphs, and from this point of view, Dick's emotions towards him just now were a little inexplicable.
"Okay, let's not talk about these experts who spend their days immersed in data." Dick was in a better mood, since the royal family of Loulan could find a diamond mine here, it proved that it really existed, and hiring these experts was only to increase the possibility of finding it, and he couldn't bother with them.
They had found the diamond through a legend of a red dragon, not through an expert, perhaps to comfort themselves.
To find the tomb, you must first find the diamond mine; To find the diamond mines, you have to re-read the legends that have long been dismembered by history. How much of those legends are true, and how many descendants have invented them, Dick himself could not figure out.
"Have you considered the Red Dragon Guardian?" Mr. Min asked again.
"Those Tchaikov lackeys? Mr. Min, that's why I spent a lot of money to poach Robert Lee! Dick laughed, but he didn't think that was the point, after the death of old Citchell, the two families had broken up, but since the previous generation, everyone seemed to have reached an agreement - old and dead will not get along.
"Mr. Min, I don't want them to know too much about your people." Dick said suddenly.
"Oh?" Mr. Min didn't know what Dick was referring to.
"They're just some forbidden hunters, and this involves some old Chatchel's...... You should understand. ”
Mr. Min was a little helpless, I don't know if it is too much to describe this matter with hypocrisy, how did Dick get his current status, of course, it is not what he said, Mr. Min keeps it a secret for him, it is more of a need for the common interests of both parties.
Capital is all with original sin, and no matter what old Citchell and his cousins did in this land, it will not surprise Mr. Min. On the contrary, Mr. Min felt that the experience of Dick's ancestors was enough to make an epic movie!
From Dick's dissatisfaction, Mr. Min knew that this expedition had become an investment, and Dick's "wish" to break the curse was somewhat real in front of the treasure of the diamond and the royal tomb, which was also unknown to Mr. Min, and the two had worked together for 10 years, and Mr. Min felt that Dick's identity as a "descendant of the Loulan royal family" did not give Dick a sense of faith, and perhaps Dick himself thought that this identity did not bring him any benefit except for the curse.
Faith can now also be bought with money, and Mr. Min feels a little helpless. Unbeknownst to Mr. Min, however, Dick was in a serious crisis, and that the legacy left by old Citchell could no longer support him for hundreds of years, exacerbated by poor management. In a way, Dick was also pitiful.
"Let's cover it up with that beautiful legend." Dick shrugged his shoulders and said.
Mr. Min was noncommittal, the legend of the red dragon had become a "real existence" since old Citchell, and although no one had ever seen a red dragon, they all believed that the red dragon was guarding a huge diamond mine.
For Chen Badai, who doesn't know how to delve into it, this is nothing, but Wang Xingguo ...... Mr. Min was a little worried.
"Alright, Mr. Min, you're just thinking too much. Geological analysis, find the silent active volcano, just like the Loulan people back then, deduce the location of the diamond mine, that's all. As for the red dragon, whatever. "Dick spreads his hands, if there really is a red dragon, so many people who have been looking for diamond mines for hundreds of years, it has turned a blind eye?
Legends are passed down because of mystery, legends are not groundless, and since it is true that someone has used legend to find diamonds, Dick believes that he can too, and in his generation, will revive the glory of the Chacher family.
"The only person in the world who knows about the royal tomb may be Tchaikov." Dick yawned, apparently not wanting to continue.
Mr. Min stood up and said, "Dick, why don't you talk to him?" ”
"What is there to talk about two cousins who call each other traitors?" Dick sneered, and Mr. Min knew that this proposal had no effect at all, and stood up, ready to take his leave.
"Mr. Min, thank you very much for coming this time, you are different from them, those greedy guys." Dick said that this was not a polite remark.
"Loulan is a huge wealth in life, both in terms of money and reputation, it is worth pursuing." Mr. Min smiled.
"Do you still believe in the dynasty that disappeared for 2,000 years?" Dick laughed, "Mr. Min, Atlantis, Troy, Pompeii, they're all gone...... If I can find the sword used by Achilles, the armor worn by Horctor, I think there will be people who will be willing to pay a lot of money, and the vanished Loulan is no different from other vanished dynasties......"
"Of course it's different, at least in the sense ......"
"Meaning? Mr. Min, you have been looking for Loulan for 20 years, and we have been cooperating for 10 years, but you have not found a single treasure of Loulan...... To me, those ancient Southeast Asian rags you gave me don't make sense at all. ”
Mr. Min smiled unnaturally, he didn't want to talk any further.
Back in his room and lying down, Mr. Min was still thinking about the conversation with Dick just now, Dick was always so cynical in front of outsiders, but through Dick's evaluation of Loulan just now, Mr. Min saw the anxiety in his heart.
Regardless of whether Dick really sees Loulan as he thinks, the two must continue to cooperate, he needs Dick's connections and the natural identity of the descendants of the Loulan royal family, Dick needs his own years of research on Loulan, whether the two of them have the same view of Loulan or are they in the same bed and different dreams? This is not something that can be seen clearly now, and Mr. Min sighed, hoping that his forbidden land hunter would not disappoint everyone.
Unlike in the south, the sun rises very late in winter, and when Wang Xingguo woke up, it was already dawn, and the sun was now hanging obliquely on the southern horizon, looking weak, similar to the sun on Cannibal Island. Just as powerless as the sun are the people of the town. The snow had stopped, and the townspeople were chopping wood in twos and threes to add fodder to the horses in the stables, and Wang Xingguo felt like the walking dead, just using stiff actions to prove that they were still alive.
The harsh environment here does not give any hope to mankind, the inhabitants of the town watch over the legendary wealth and live in poverty, there is only one diesel power generation house, the power supply is irregular every day, most of the residents are still illuminated at night by primitive oil lamps and candles, they rely on fishing and hunting for their livelihood, mechanized means of transportation are almost none, they just pass the road that cannot be called a road at regular intervals, drive their horses around the week, and go hundreds of kilometers away to receive ZF's relief, Exchange furs and dried fish for the necessities of life, and then continue to return here to watch over the wealth that cannot be found, and survive from generation to generation!
Wang Xingguo only had a good look at these people at this time, and he felt that these people were really pitiful, guarding a void hope, and slowly becoming as numb as the walking dead.
"What are you looking at?" Xia Ruobing also woke up, she came to Wang Xingguo, and saw Wang Xingguo looking at those aborigines in a daze.
"I'm looking at a social sample...... A lifeless, walking corpse-like sample of society. Wang Xingguo's eyes lit up when he saw Xia Ruobing, and he smiled.
Xia Ruobing just put a jacket on her body indiscriminately, and this thin jacket could not hide her proud figure.
"It's cold!" Xia Ruobing just walked to the window, Wang Xingguo opened the window, and a gust of cold wind blew into the room.
"Why don't you wear more?" Wang Xingguo picked up one of his coats and put it on her.
"I didn't expect the wind to blow suddenly," Xia Ruobing smiled, "What do you think?" ”
"Luckily, I always felt that Dick was hiding something from us." Wang Xingguo mentioned it casually.
"Rich people always wear masks." Xia Ruobing thought that he still knew these people relatively well.
"Is Dick's genealogy real?" Wang Xingguo asked, yesterday Xia Ruobing took the photocopy and studied it all night.
"It's true that it was photocopied from the original, and I don't think Dick would go to the trouble of claiming an ancestor for himself."
Wang Xingguo felt that it would not be so simple, Dick had a lot of things to hide from everyone, and Mr. Min ...... At this time, Wang Xingguo was also a little confused, what role was he playing?
"I don't want another cannibal island." Wang Xingguo said.
"Miss Xia Ruobing, Dick wants to invite you to go." While the two were talking, Robert Lee stood outside the door and said.
"Okay, I'll change my clothes and go." Xia Ruobing felt that Dick should be talking to him about the adventure.
"Robert, are we all ready?" Wang Xingguo asked suddenly.
"I'm just a security captain, and you're an expert when it comes to expeditions." Robert Lee shrugged and kicked the ball back.