How much does a box of gold weigh? I don't know, anyway, Lin Yongxiang didn't even raise a corner after using all his strength to eat. ~~~~~~~ a whole box of gold, the gold nuggets shining in the sun, the shining golden light made Lin Yongxiang's eyes shine, flashing to tears, Lin Yongxiang didn't take his eyes off.

The British consul in Guangzhou and the vice president of the Qingguo branch of HSBC on the side looked at Lin Yongxiang with disdain, can you, one of the world's largest shipowners, be so obsessed with a box of gold? Which 10,000-ton freighter under your name is not worth more than a box of gold, and you have never seen gold? Qingguo is really a group of hillbillies who have never seen the world.

These Britons were right, although Lin Yongxiang was in charge of the downwind logistics of the Pacific Freight Company, and the funds that passed through his hands every day were much higher than this box of gold, he had never seen so much gold once. There was not some envy and jealousy in his tears, but seven parts remorse and three parts anger. He regretted that this box of gold could have bought another boat, but he also understood that this box of gold would eventually be returned to the UK, and he was annoyed that Zhang Laosan, a fool, couldn't find a box of one, and had to be stupid to use the original box to pack it.

"Zhang Laosan, where did this box come from?" Lin Yongxiang asked, but gently stroked the gold. That posture is more gentle than touching a woman's feet......

"If you go back to the treasurer, this chest of gold was shipped from Batavia. I don't know if I shipped the other boxes. Zhang Laosan replied respectfully.

"Batavia?" The British consul asked in surprise, "Mr. Captain, can you be more specific?" Where is it found in Batavia? ”

"I'm very sorry. I don't know. We only take care of the shipping. ”

"It doesn't matter. If you know, just come out, don't worry. Lin Yongxiang accosted on the side.

"You know, big boss, we're just merchant ships. The loot was the work of the navy. We were all waiting on the docks for the Navy to bring the loot back and load the ships, and we never even went out to the docks. Zhang Laosan said with some grievances.

Lin Yongxiangtou, this is indeed a fact. Although the retired navy was eager to participate in the robbery of the Dutch, the navy did not agree because they could not be killed or injured on the battlefield. As the emperor said, as long as there are still living troops and soldiers, the people cannot be allowed to enter the battlefield. This word, which is not written into military law, is well enforced by all soldiers. After all, they have already retired. It's no longer a soldier, it's an ordinary person.

"Can't we find out the exact source? Batavi Asia Pacific is big, and we need more detailed information to figure out what's going on? The vice president was visibly anxious, and he pointed to a row of numbers written on the box and asked, "This should be the number." Can't you find it out? ”

"This is the number given by the Navy, and only the Navy knows what it means. But the navy is still in Pontianak, and I can only wait for the navy to return from Pontianak. Lin Yongxiang explained.

"No, I don't. Send a telegram to Pontianak now, and I am sure that the Dutch will cooperate with the British Empire's investigation. Otherwise, they would have to explain why the gold that was stolen from the British Empire ended up in Indonesia. The British consul was adamant. He copied down the number and went back.

Zhang Laosan happily walked towards his dormitory. His words are already clear, and the rest is the matter of the court officials, and this box of gold has nothing to do with him anymore. He didn't have to be crammed into a room with one person like other sailors. As a captain, there are only four people living in the dormitory the same size as the sailors, and at least two captains will be at sea at the same time, so there are usually only two people living in the dormitory. When Zhang San opened the door of the dormitory, there was already someone in the dormitory, and that person was arrogant and put his legs on the table. Nibbling on an apple in his hand.

As soon as Zhang Laosan saw someone, he immediately turned around and closed the door. Then he hurriedly stepped forward and got down on one knee. In a voice that only two people could hear, he said, "I've seen Lord Zhou. I don't know what instructions Lord Zhou has for coming this time. ”

"You're going to have two months off, it's cool." Zhou Qin said expressionlessly.

"Thank you, my lord." Zhang Laosan is indeed full of smiles.

"Spend time with your family during the holidays, and you will go on a trip to the sea after the holidays."

"I don't know what the task is, but please show me."

"When you come back from vacation, someone will notify you. I remember that next time there will be a box for this kind of thing, this time we lost too much. Zhou Qin was also full of reluctance when he said this, and walked out after finishing: "Remind you, this mission is very long, don't mess around when you get to a new place." If you get sick, you will die outside and don't come back. No kidding. ”

"The lowly duty is written." After sending Zhou Qin away, Zhang Laosan immediately packed his luggage, he hadn't seen his family for a long time. When he thought of his wife at home, Zhang Laosan was enthusiastic, and he had to toss her to death when he went back this time.

Zhou Qin left, but he also kept wondering. Men, especially the crew members who have lived on a ship without women for many years. Arrived at a place, huh...... This one...... It's understandable. The emperor was worried that these people would bring back the disease from Africa, and the Black Death was terrible, but was the disease called love death more terrible than the Black Death? If that's the case, then do you want to let the people below pay attention to the issue of infectious diseases? If you really bring back the mess of illness, it will be really troublesome. Forget it, it's not a big deal. If there is any serious infectious disease, the newspapers have long been spread everywhere, and it is enough to treat the matter of the disease as an ordinary task and let everyone know. I still quickly contacted Pontianak, got the rest done, and ended the matter. The more time it drags on, the more trouble it gets.

There is a hurry, but formalities and processes are always indispensable. It has to be that the communication ability in this era is still very slow. Although the British consul in Guangzhou wanted to contact the Qing fleet directly through the Netherlands, which had just been released by the Qing people in Pontianak, the Dutch had no choice but to change hands through the local Chinese, because the Qing fleet would involuntarily kill the Dutch who was close to the fleet's station, no matter what his identity was. Moreover, this kind of thing requires a prophet of the Dutch government. Ask them to assist in the investigation. By the time the British contacted the Pontianak Qing army, it had been two days later, and the Qing army needed to report the matter to the emperor, who would decide whether to tell the British or not. One comes and goes. Three turns and four deliveries, so by the time the British learned the provenance of the gold from the Qing fleet, it was already five days later. And in these five days, two more boxes of silver were shipped to Guangzhou.

The British were shocked by the news provided by the Qing navy that the box of gold had been seized from the basement of the Dutch Indonesian governor Karl in his house in Batavia. The box of beads must have come to the home of the Dutch battalion commander in Surabaya, although the box was changed. The other two boxes of silver were also found by Qing Guo from the homes of local wealthy Dutch families in Medan and Palembang.

What does this mean? Doesn't this mean that the Indonesian government in the Netherlands is in collusion with the pirates? If this is the case, it would explain why the navies of the Qing, British, and Spanish navies continued to patrol the South Seas but were never effective in detecting and eliminating pirates. So the pirates could only disappear without a trace after robbing the property of the British Empire.

Faced with questions from the British, the Queen of the Netherlands wanted to cry without tears. The Dutch government claims that they are aware of this, and even if it is true, it is the work of local Indonesian officials and has nothing to do with the government. Is it true that the Ming side of the Qing Kingdom is true? To be verified. The Netherlands bites that this is a personal act and has nothing to do with the government, first put the blame on the dead, pick themselves out, and then pull the Qing country into the water. No way. This is to seize the property of Britain, the hegemon of the world. This crime is too great for Germany to resist.

Williams, the British consul in Indonesia, who went to inquire about the Qing fleet, ran out of the Qing military camp with his wounds, and if it weren't for Feng Qi, a staff officer of the Qing navy, who grabbed the angry Li Liang, Williams might have been killed on the spot. Williams, however, had no other doubts than to ask the British government for reprimand. As Li Liang said: You can't transport anything, so how can you have time to see what is inside. If you had known that these boxes contained real money, they would have been smuggled away and you would have found out. Lao Tzu has 10,000 ways to smuggle it back, and there is no way to find it when he is looking for trouble.

This explanation is sufficient. Dozens of warships wanted to hide these chests of gold and silver, and there was nowhere to find them. When the British were skeptical, evidence came from Singapore. Li Liang's Longxiao detachment accompanied the British ** ships proved that after looking at the photos, they confirmed that the box of silver found in Medan was indeed mixed with a pile of war trophies and loaded onto the cargo ship at will, and they could also prove that the Qing army was very strict in military discipline, and all non-war materials they saw with their own eyes were not allowed to be loaded on warships. This proof is corroborated by two other routes. As a result, the UK asked the local governments of the Netherlands and Indonesia to be investigated. The Netherlands agreed, but if not, the British already had warships patrolling the waters off the coast of the Netherlands, although only a light cruiser.

After discussion, the British cabinet unanimously agreed that there was no need for the Qing side to lie, and that there were indeed countless ways to hide the six boxes of gold and silver. But the British soon found out that their investigation could not proceed. Because all the original owners of gold and silver died under the attack of the Qing Kingdom, and the other survivors did not know about it, including the deputy of the former Dutch governor of Indonesia, Karl, who did not know about it. Some people have made bold reasoning about this, if the Qing State lied in this, it would be the largest conspiracy in the world. Although this method has no market in Europe, it does make Guangxu break out in a cold sweat. And the person who reasoned didn't know that there was already a black hole with a muzzle pointed at him countless times.

A week later, Wu Deren arrived in Pontianak with a fleet from Australia to begin resupply. When he learned of what had happened in Canton, he was surprised to announce that he had also seized two chests of gold in Timor-Leste, which had been scavenged from the homes of a wealthy local family. Although the box is not the same box as it was packed in the UK, and it is not half the size of the original box, some of the gold bottoms are actually engraved with the English words of HSBC Qingguo Branch.

The world was shocked when the news broke. The British officials who remained in Pontianak immediately went to the camp to check on the gold that was in the same box without inscriptions, because the characters had been scraped off.

The appearance of eight boxes of gold, silver and jewelry was distributed throughout the South Seas, confirming that the group of pirates of the Sand Monk had an ulterior connection with various local officials and wealthy families in the South Seas. And Qing Guo was too ruthless, so that all the suspects were killed. It is precisely because of the assistance of these officials and wealthy families that the pirates have calmly disappeared into this ocean. The Dutch breathed a sigh of relief that the gold had been recovered from East Timor to prove that the robbery of the British treasure was not an act of the Dutch Government. That's enough, anyway, the former Dutch governor Karl is dead, and he won't have a problem with how many charges he makes.

Although the British openly declared that they would continue to search until all the pirates were hanged on the gallows, they knew that it would be impossible for them to find the pirates again. Even if one or two of them can be found, it will not be possible to recover all the treasures. Because the pirates have dispersed throughout the South Seas, it is possible that the leaders and others have already left the South Seas and even reached the United Kingdom. The British government sighed - if you can't find it, forget it.

Other countries also understand this truth, and everyone understands that when the Qing fleet leaves Pontianak in three days, the turbulent situation in the South China Sea will also be calm. (To be continued......)