Chapter 64: Experiences in the South China Sea (1)

Malaysia, Thailand, a medium-sized country in the western part of the South China Sea, with a population of about 10 million, is rich in grain and rubber, and jade mining is a characteristic industry here. After becoming a colony of the Western powers 50 years ago, the country was divided by warlords and had many forces, and because it was surrounded by the sea on three sides, the navigation industry was relatively developed, and a strait more than 200 kilometers long and more than 10 kilometers wide firmly choked the choke point of communication between the South China Sea and the third ocean, and it was also a battleground for soldiers.

This strait passage has the power of the eight Western countries to compete with each other, and there are more than a dozen snakes on the ground, and the port city here is a paradise for pirates. I found more than a dozen gold, silver, and copper coins of different patterns from the pirate treasures, packed 1,000 of them in cloth bags, and docked five freighters in port.

The morning tea house in the port city has opened its doors to welcome guests, I asked for a small private room along the street on the second floor and sat down, and under the warm hospitality of Xiao Er, I put on more than a dozen baskets of beautifully made snacks, seeing that Xiao Er was so enthusiastic, I took out a small cloth bag, poured out a small pile of silver coins, copper coins and coins, looked at Xiao Er and said: "Xiao Er, I have all kinds of coins here, help me distinguish, which ones can be used here?" ”

Xiao Er is also a well-informed person, without saying a word, he began to select, from which he picked out three kinds of silver coins and five kinds of copper coins, indicating that these can be used in the city, and the others are not known, and inform the exchange rate here. So I took out eight gold coins with different patterns and some broken silver, and Xiao Er told me that the gold coins could be used universally.

"Little Er, how much do you get paid in January? We're here for the first time and want to hire someone to be a guide, I wonder if you'd like to? ”

"Guest officer, the small salary is only a few silver coins a month, and I can barely make a living here, and my family of eight lives here, and I rely on me to earn a little money to live, I don't know how many days the guest officer wants to hire in the next few days?" Xiao Er asked.

"Three days, one gold coin a day."

"Yes, thank you, guest." Xiao Er was very willing in his heart, these three gold coins were enough for him for a few years' wages, and while giving a gift, he withdrew from the private room and refused to ask for leave.

After we finished breakfast, we walked out of the teahouse, the little second was already waiting for us in the small alley next door, and I casually threw a gold coin to him: "Little Er, this is today's salary, find us a jewelry house or auction house with good strength and reputation." ”

"Okay, guest officer, there is one two miles ahead, and I heard that it ranks third in the city." Xiao Er said busily.

Ten minutes later, a quaint and a bit of Western taste jewelry store appeared in front of me, the jewelry store just opened, the service staff is cleaning at the counter, after entering the door directly explained the intention, a person in charge took us to the backyard VIP room, after taking a seat, I took out a jewelry box, let them estimate.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver or five thousand taels of gold, is this guest satisfied?"

"Okay! We are in Hong Kong at night, one hand to pay, one hand to deliver. ”

An hour later we went to a second jewelry store and gave them a valuation of the same goods, and the price was about the same as the first, and it seemed that although this was a troubled place, the trade was still fair. Then I went a few more to learn about the market, and when I entered the largest jewelry store called Jumbo Xuan, I almost turned my face. It is said that this is the industry of the largest force in the city, it is the head snake, and the price given is only one percent of the others, which is a bit of a strong buying and selling, I directly let the two members of my team shoot, and overturned more than 30 thugs on the other side, so that they can be honest.

In the evening, on the first floor below the deck of the port freighter, in a simple reception hall, representatives of various jewelry houses in the city arrived as scheduled, and brought many expert assistants and bodyguards, and after removing their weapons, only five people from each family were allowed to enter, and there were no comfortable chairs and tea for hospitality in the hall, only some jewelry was placed on the table in the middle of the hall, and then auctioned one by one.

These jewels are only the worst part of the pirate treasure, because they have been sold for a good price for some years, and I have a good idea of the strength of these jewelers so that I can easily implement the plan in the future.

The auction on the freighter was very successful, these forces were very interested in not using force, and they also knew that none of the people who came to this kind of place were vegetarians, not to mention that they also had a freighter of several thousand tons, and their strength would definitely not be bad.

After the transaction was successful, they left peacefully······