"Hey, buy big and buy small, buy and leave."

"Gentlemen and ladies, it's about to open," a casino dealer in a white coat shouted in disobedience, reminding those who haven't placed bets yet.

"Big, big, big."

"Small, small, small."

In front of the round gaming table, a group of people dressed in various costumes gathered in a circle, including the Ming crew dressed in traditional Hanfu and the blonde and blue-eyed bearded from Europe, shouting frantically in their native language, although the language barrier, but the casino and its human language are equipped with translators, at any time for those who want to play, and do not understand the meaning of the European hillbillies, I am afraid that this is so in the 17th century now, it is also the only one.

The interior decoration of the casino is all imported materials from Batavia, although the overall building is a wooden structure, but in order to show its difference, Xiao Baitu still carried out some careful arrangement, such as those rattan chairs,

"See, Lao Zhao, the monthly profit of this small casino is about more than three thousand Spanish silver dollars, if you count other services, hehe, the total monthly income is about five thousand."

Xiao Baitu pointed to a group of gamblers in front of him, and happily introduced to Zhao Shijie, who was traveling to foreign trade activities, and it could be seen from the smile on his face that he was quite proud of his business talent.

"This is only the first phase, the houses and furniture are a little simple, if you wait until the reinforced concrete transported from the local area arrives, see that there is not, Xiao Baitu pointed to a small open space next to the casino: I want to build a three-story small western-style building there, and really combine the casino and the hotel."

As a shareholder, Zhao Shijie didn't seem to be very interested in these, just nodded to show that he should deal with it, looking at a few short young men in the casino who were holding Japanese swords and wearing obvious Han clothes, looking back and forth in front of each table in the casino, and couldn't help frowning.

"Those are Japanese ronin, I came from Batavia to maintain law and order, and they are very obedient." Xiao Baitu immediately explained, I was afraid that Zhao Shijie had some misunderstanding.

"You're using the Japanese."

"Yes, it's not just me, there are also Japanese on the construction site of the Australian Embassy in Badawi, and the mercenary companies of Tang Wei and Jiang Junbo are all Japanese from Qingyishui, let me tell you, Lao Zhao, these Japanese are even more obedient than the Ming people."

"Strict hierarchy, absolute obedience to orders, this is not an unusual thing in Japan, it's okay, I'm just a little worried about using these Japanese, after all, this nation has taught us too many lessons of ingratitude."

"Yes, yes, that is, let them maintain law and order, these crew members and businessmen will inevitably lose their temper when they lose money, so there is a great need for a group of security guards to maintain law and order."

"Lao Zhao, this time you went to Batavia to negotiate with the Dutch, are you going to secretly go to Europe to participate in water and sell weapons?" Xiao Baitu looked left and right to make sure that there was no one, and then asked in a low voice.

"This matter, I am not sure, the current attitude of the military is not clear, the research funds of the weapons research institute have been insufficient, they hope to rely on the sale of old military weapons, in exchange for money to improve the existing conditions, the military's concern is that the West will take advantage of our improvement to speed up the research of new weapons."

"Well, it's hard to say," Xiao Baitu shook his head, and also understood that the current Australian military arms exports must be approved by the Military Security Committee, which is a military advisory committee composed of Wang Tiehammer and several military bigwigs, this committee has the right to speak in all military-related fields, although the chairman of the executive committee is the nominal chairman of the committee, but if it does not get two-thirds of the votes on something, it must be shelved.

Xiao Baitu and Zhao Shijie continued to walk along the beach, and suddenly a construction site attracted Zhao Shijie's attention, "Lisboa Hotel, your bad taste is also high, you are going to build this into Macau." ”

"No, it's not a bad taste, it's just nostalgia for the old world," Xiao Baitu smiled with his middle finger raised.

Yes, nostalgia for the old world, Zhao Shijie repeated Xiao Baitu's words, his mind rarely fell into the beautiful nostalgia for the past, and he didn't know how his parents lived in that world, whether this would have been sealed for his disappearance.

"Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao, what's wrong with you."

"It's okay, just think of some things, after the kita is installed this time, you can achieve contact with the mainland, sit in the immigration transit station, and also take into account the role of intelligence information transmission, you have to grasp this well, if you don't have this talent, you can ask Liu Yun for a few."

"Stop, stop, don't run, I'm going to shoot without stopping."

There was a sudden shout from the side of the harbor, which attracted the attention of both of them, and they saw a soldier with a gun chasing a girl behind, judging from the girl's dress in athleisure clothes, this was definitely not a native of this time and space, and the big peaked cap on her head said it all.

"What's going on, go over and see."

"Gao Yang, Ruan Tiantian, what's going on, how are you two together, Ruan Tiantian, when did you get on the boat." Zhao Shijie looked at the two of them with some confusion and asked sharply.

"I, I, Commissioner Zhao, I wanted to go to Daming to have a look, so I secretly ran out."

"Mr. Executive, when we were conducting a routine inspection, we noticed that this gentleman's actions were a little strange, so we followed him, and found that he had brought food to this lady who was hiding in the dock shed, and according to the public security regulations, when we asked them to take out the temporary documents issued by the port customs to come out for inspection, they ran over this way."

An army soldier saluted like Xiao Baitu, and then reported what he had learned.

"Very well, soldier, you are responsible, I will write down your name and report it to your lieutenant sirs. Now I'll take care of it here, and you continue to carry out the patrol mission. ”

"Say, what's the matter with the two of you, Ruan Tiantian came out privately to violate Manchester City's Temporary Security Law, and the Executive Committee can completely punish you for treason." Zhao Shijie looked at Ruan Tiantian with a serious face, although he was not familiar with this little girl, he could still call her name as a member of the committee.

"Treason, making a commissioner, this is too serious, Tian Tian just wants to go to Daming to see, she doesn't want to betray everyone," Gao Yang explained for Ruan Tiantian with an eager face.

"Gao Yang, I haven't said that you assisted others to escape without permission, and you are now in exile, this is a crime on top of a crime, do you know it, if you bring disaster to everyone because of your private actions, can you bear this responsibility?"

"Me."

"Lao Zhao, don't be angry, talk slowly if you have something to say." Xiao Baitu patted Zhao Shijie's shoulder and comforted.

"Ruan Tiantian, you just stay on Christmas Island, and when we come back from Batavia, we will take you back to the mainland, it's really nonsense, and go to Daming, what if something happens." Zhao Shijie glanced at Ruan Tiantian and finally said.

"Don't, Commissioner Zhao, Brother Zhao, take me to Daming, I just want to go and see, I promise to come back after reading it."

"No, our ship is going to Batavia, and now the whole city of Manchester is definitely arguing for you, so you just stay here and don't go anywhere. Lao Xiao, the two of them will be handed over to you to take care of, and if something happens, I will ask you yes. ”

Xiao Baitu shrugged his shoulders and smiled at the two: "You two don't make trouble for me, or I will send you to the indigenous prison camp for reform." ”

"Hmph, what's the big deal, I must go to Daming," Ruan Tiantian whispered as she watched the two of them leave.