"This old man is a little weird." Looking at the diamonds spread out on the table, Leo muttered in his heart.

"Tell me?" Xu Jie asked with a smile.

"Don't you know? I don't hire a ship, I have to pay a high price for us to deliver the goods. You don't need to put good pounds and silver dollars, but you have to pay with diamonds. Vittorio said.

"If you're a Chinese from Nanyang, I think these things will go very smoothly." Xu Jie smiled bitterly.

"I understand, you mean that the Dutch authorities will not allow the Chinese to buy these weapons into the country. If the shares are settled by cheque or pound sterling, a large amount of money will certainly not escape the surveillance of the Dutch, and diamonds, a high-value item, can be used as both a luxury and a hard currency, which is naturally the best choice. "Vittorio is not a person who only closes his doors in the design bureau, he still knows a little bit about international events and local situations.

"Mr. Xu, your compatriot may be going to do something big." Julia said thoughtfully.

"No wonder you want to buy weapons, it is said that your compatriots have a hard time in Dutch Indonesia, how to say? According to the local government, the Chinese are just a group of economic animals. Vittorio said casually. But seeing Xu Jie's somewhat pale face, he swallowed the second half of the sentence into his stomach with interest.

"Go on, do you still want to say that the Chinese living in Indonesia are like hard labor?" Xu Jie said with a little hideous on his face.

"Xu, I didn't mean that, I was just describing a fact. You know, since the Spaniards, the Chinese have been seen as a threat and are regularly purged every few years. Although the Dutch began to be more friendly to the Chinese, in the eighteenth century, the Dutch authorities also began to restrict and even massacre the Chinese, and in October 1740, nearly 10,000 Chinese were killed in the massacre, and it is said that the local streams were dyed red. Leo continued to argue.

"Are you talking about the Red Creek incident? Then the Chinese in Indonesia are now living in a particular area, just like the Jews in Russia are now. Xu Jie sighed.

Historically, although the Dutch colonists gave certain benefits to the Chinese in the economic field for their own economic interests, with the increase in the number of Chinese, the Dutch colonists and aborigines imposed many restrictions and even persecution on the Chinese in the case of economic interests or ruling needs, and the Hongxi Incident was only the beginning. The residence and movement of overseas Chinese and the economic activities of overseas Chinese businessmen are strictly restricted: "The Chinese residence is limited to ten miles, and they are not allowed to go outside the limits or live with the Dutch and natives. In addition, if a Chinese person wants to travel, he must obtain a permit to go to his destination and report to the place within 24 hours, otherwise he will be guilty. In 1804, the Dutch and Indian governments issued a decree stipulating that overseas Chinese could only engage in trade activities "in the capacity of second-hand or third-tier merchants", restricting them to intermediaries between local European merchants and Indonesians. In 1808, the Dutch and Indian governments promulgated the Regulations Prohibiting Chinese from Leasing or Owning Land in Rural Areas and Paying Loans for Crops, prohibiting overseas Chinese from owning land, forcing many poor overseas Chinese who used to work in agriculture to abandon agriculture and turn to business, and engage in individual labor such as petty traders or cottage industries. If the economic interests are not enough, it is even more obvious in social life and culture, the Chinese cannot go to the facilities enjoyed by the Dutch, for example, they cannot go to the Dutch swimming pool, they cannot wear suits, they can only squat in France, and they cannot appeal. It is not possible to go to a Dutch-founded school (unless you have a balance). All kinds of Chinese books, newspapers and periodicals are prohibited. Therefore, in this case, it is very normal for the Chinese under the oppression of the Dutch colonizers to have some motives to resist.

"How do we do this business? After all, even if the Italian ship went to the Netherlands, it would be in great trouble if it was found. Vittorio asked.

"Only if the other party can't check it, so many things can't be hidden, and once they are checked, they will definitely be discovered." Julia also said with some embarrassment.

"Actually, it's not difficult, there is another type of ship that the Dutch don't dare to check if they want to, and Italy won't let it be checked." Xu Jie pondered for a moment and said strangely. …,

"What ship?" Vittorio and Julia asked, curious.

"Ships of the Italian Navy." Xu Jie said with a smile.

"Are you going to let the Italian Navy carry munitions? Under what name do you go to Indonesia? Vittorio asked with a wry smile.

"For example, do the rubber seals of the Navy's watertights need to be replaced? Indonesia is a rubber producer, so it would be logical for me to go in this name. Xu Jie thought about it and said. And we don't have to use the ships of the Italian Navy at all, we just need to put the tiger skin of the Italian Navy on our ships. ”

"That's an option, but just in case, I think we'd better ship it in batches and put the cargo in the ship's compartment, and even if the tiger skin doesn't work, we'll have a chance of getting out." Julia added.

"It's not difficult to get a permit, Tycho can do it, and as for the mezzanine modification, I think it can be done in a while." Vittorio turned his worries into joy.

"Actually, we have a better way, even without the tiger skin of the Italian Navy, we can do it." Thinking of the various methods of smuggling in his plane, Julia's mezzanine can only be regarded as pediatric.

"Tell me?" Julia said playfully.

"In fact, we can put the cargo into a sealed cabin and then fix it to the bottom of the ship with a steel rope, and it will be very difficult for the other party to find out, and even if the other party finds out, it will be fine to throw the cargo directly to the bottom of the sea. Later, if you can pick it up, you can pick it up again. Xu Jie smiled and said.

"Xu, I feel like you must have been engaged in smuggling before you came to Italy." Vittorio said after a moment's pause.

"Then it's settled, and we're going to make two preparations, on the one hand, for Tycho to get a permit, and on the other hand, for us to prepare for smuggling." Julia said.

"I also have a request." Xu Jie said in a low voice.

"Say it, Xu. We are partners, but we are also friends. "Vittorio, who has money to earn, is a good talker.

"Look, can we lower the price of this transaction?" Xu Jie asked cautiously.

"How much?" Vittorio frowned.

"£24,000 plus freight." Xu Jie said.

"The price is so low, you know, it costs money to get a license from the Navy or to improve the ship." Vittorio said with some dissatisfaction.

"You won't make less money in this business, I don't want my income, if it's not enough to make up, you can deduct it from my previous income." Xu Jie replied.

"Okay, that's it, they are big customers, they won't just buy it once, the first time the goods are good and the price is cheap, naturally buy the second time, Xu, you won't make less money. Business makes us all. Without waiting for Vittorio to agree, Julia preemptively spoke.

"Thank you so much, beautiful lady." Xu Jie made a gentleman's salute.