Chapter XVII: A Trip to Vietnam

readx;? Wang Haitao and the mountain leopard waited in the barracks until it was dark, and then they saw Long Tsai and a young man running into the barracks in a hurry. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Wang Haitao motioned to the mountain leopard to call the two into the room, and after the two came to the room, Long Zai opened his mouth and introduced: "This is my brother-in-law, Wang Haitao, the head of the Longzhou County Security Regiment, and this is my cousin Tang Renhai." Wang Haitao first stretched out his hand and said, "Hello!" Tang Renhai was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Wang Haitao and replied: "Hello!"

After the four of them sat down, Wang Haitao said to Tang Renhai: "Since we are my own brothers, I will say it bluntly, I wonder if Brother Tang is familiar with Hanoi and Saigon in Vietnam?" Tang Renhai replied: "I am the second officer on the passenger ship Ping'an of the shipping company, and this passenger ship runs the route from Longzhou to Haiphong and Da Nang. I've been to Hanoi a few times, it's not a big place, and although I don't know it very well, I can basically not get lost. As for Saigon, it is the territory of foreigners, and although I have been to it twice, I have not been to the place of foreigners, so I am not familiar with it."

After hearing this, Haitao thought for a while and said, "When will your passenger ship go to Vietnam next?" Tang Renhai replied: "The next time is two days later, I will go to Haiphong first, and then go to Da Nang." Haitao thought for a moment and said to Long Zai: "Go and book three tickets for the day after tomorrow, and the three of us will go to Vietnam." Then he said to Tang Renhai: "Brother Tang, can you do me a favor and bring the pistols of the three of us?" Tang Renhai replied: "No problem, leave it to me." Wang Haitao was also relieved when he heard Tang Renhai say this, and thanked him with a smile.

After sending Tang Renhai away, Wang Haitao said to the mountain leopard and the dragon boy: "In this operation, everything must listen to me, we are going abroad, not more than at home, everything must be careful." After speaking, he explained the specific tasks to the two of them, and then rested with confidence. At night, Wang Haitao put all the items such as submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles, as well as ammunition into the storage ring through practice, and thought about it carefully, but found no omissions, so he was relieved.

One day the next day, Wang Haitao went to prepare again, and told Donald that he had to go out for a while because he needed to find someone to buy some military supplies. Donald didn't doubt it, but after telling him to be more careful, he continued to worry about the marriage.

On the morning of the third day, three young people walked on the passenger ferry terminal in Longzhou County. The one in the middle is dressed in a white dress and a top hat, and at first glance he has the style of a successful businessman, and the young man next to him is also dressed in a gray dress, but he is not as calm as the person in the middle. And the one in the back, dressed in civilian clothes, although he has a suitcase in his hand, he still does not lose his wit. Needless to say, this is exactly the three of Wang Haitao, Long Zai and Mountain Leopard.

The three of them came to the ticket gate, and Long Tsai took out three first-class tickets from his pocket and handed them over. The ticket inspector saw the momentum of Wang Haitao and others, and added that it was a first-class ticket, so he was released without any inspection. After passing the ticket gate, Wang Haitao saw a small black steamer docked on the pier. In Wang Haitao's eyes, this kind of steam hot wheel is antique, not only small, but also very slow. However, in China in the thirties, this kind of steamer was only available to foreign shipping companies, which was considered good.

Soon after the three found the guest room, Tang Renhai walked in wearing a uniform and carrying a suitcase. He brought over the three pistols that had been handed to him. In fact, asking Tang Renhai to help bring the gun was a kind of temptation for Wang Haitao to him, otherwise Wang Haitao couldn't bring anything with the storage ring in his hand? After Wang Haitao thanked Tang Renhai, he checked the box, and after finding that it was not touched, he nodded, and put the box into the ring.

According to Wang Haitao's plan, the first stop was Saigon. Therefore, the three of them did not disembark when the boat arrived at Haiphong Port, but only disembarked when the ship arrived in Da Nang. Da Nang is still hundreds of kilometers away from Saigon, and not only is there no direct road access by car, but it is still a long time. So Wang Haitao and the three of them bought a ticket to Saigon in Da Nang. By the time the three of them stepped onto the Sai Kung pier, four days had passed since departure.

At this time, Saigon Pier had not been expanded by the United States during World War II, so it was small. Before the crossing, Wang Haitao had performed a mission in Saigon [then called Ho Chi Minh City]. So there are some impressions of Saigon, but now the Saigon pier is smaller and more broken. After passing the inspection, the three of them went out of the dock, and immediately surrounded a group of Vietnamese, muttering something in Vietnamese, Wang Haitao knew that it was a business, and he was not nervous, but the dragon boy and the mountain leopard were nervous.

Wang Haitao ignored these people, separated the crowd and walked forward, and after walking more than ten meters, a clear Chinese sentence came from his ears: "Are the gentlemen Chinese?" Wang Haitao stopped and looked at the place where the voice came from, just a tall man standing in front of a rickshaw talking. This person is obviously also Chinese, and he is 1.8 meters tall, which is completely outstanding among a group of short Vietnamese.

When the man saw Wang Haitao and the others stopped, he hurriedly came over and nodded and asked, "Where are the gentlemen going?" Wang Haitao replied: "We are here to do business, and we want to find a better hotel, which one do you say?" The man said: "This is the first time for the gentlemen to come to Saigon, if you want to negotiate business with the locals, it is best to live in the Chinese Guild Hall in the Chinese area, and if you want to negotiate business with foreigners, then it is best to go to the Caesar Hotel in the French concession." ”

Wang Haitao was originally coming for the French, so he said: "Okay, go to Caesar Hotel." The man responded excitedly: "Okay." Then he waved and called out two more rickshaws. After Wang Haitao and the three got into the car, the rickshaw ran towards the French Concession in Saigon. The wharf was not far from the French Concession, and after the rickshaw ran for about 20 minutes, it arrived at the gate of the French Concession, where there was a sentry box and two French soldiers with guns on their backs.

The rickshaw stopped in front of the sentry box, and the man pulling the cart said, "Sir, I can only send you here, and the rickshaw is not allowed inside." Caesars Hotel is not far away, in front of the intersection, turn left. Wang Haitao and they got out of the car, and after the mountain leopard paid the fare, Wang Haitao tidied up his clothes and walked to the sentry box with the dragon boy and the mountain leopard. As soon as the three men arrived at the sentry box, one of the two French soldiers asked in French, "Stop, what are you doing?"

When Wang Haitao was in the special forces before, he had to master English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish languages, so French conversation was not a problem at all. Wang Haitao replied in fluent French: "I'm here to do business, and now I'm going to Caesar Hotel." Wang Haitao's proficient French surprised the two French soldiers, and they only checked it briefly and let them go.

The three of them entered the French Concession, which was obviously cleaner and tidier than the outer city, and there were small western-style buildings on the side of the road. According to the road pointed out by the rickshaw driver, Wang Haitao and the three of them saw a white two-story western-style building with the French name of the Caesar Hotel on it. Before entering the hotel, Wang Haitao sensitively discovered that there was a French bank across the street from the hotel.

After entering the hotel, Wang Haitao learned at the front desk that only fiat currency, US dollars, pounds and other foreign currencies can be used here, and silver dollars cannot be used, so they have to go to the opposite bank for exchange. Wang Haitao didn't say anything, and after letting Long Zai stay, he took the mountain leopard to the opposite bank. As soon as Wang Haitao entered the door, a middle-aged man greeted him and asked in English, "Hello sir, how can I help you?"

Wang Haitao also replied in proficient English: "Hello, I am Chinese. I need to exchange some foreign currency with you, is that okay?" the middle-aged man replied, "Of course, please go this way first." After speaking, he used his hand to lead. Wang Haitao walked in the direction that the man had led first. The man led Wang Haitao to a window and said to the people inside, "This gentleman wants to exchange foreign currency." Then he saluted Wang Haitao and said, "Sir, please." Wang Haitao nodded and said, "Thank you!" ”

The waiter at the window asked, "What currency does Mr. want to exchange, and how much?" Wang Haitao brought 1,000 silver dollars and two gold bars of ten taels with him for this operation. At this time, Wang Haitao took out 800 oceans and a gold bar from his bag, and said, "Please help me convert all of them into US dollars." The waiter took the ocean and the gold bar and said, "Okay, sir, please wait a minute." "Then take the gold bars for appraisal first. After a while, an old man came over, and he said, "Hello sir, I am the lobby manager, and my name is Bernard and Maupassant. Sir, you have brought ten ounces of gold and eight hundred dollars of silver, which is worth five hundred and thirty-three dollars at today's exchange rate. Have you decided to redeem?"

Wang Haitao did not hesitate and replied: "Yes, I decided to redeem, thank you, Mr. Maupassant." The old man smiled and nodded. After a while, the old man brought a stack of dollars on his plate and said, "Sir, please count them." After Wang Haitao nodded his thanks, he didn't count, grabbed the dollar and put it in his bag, thanked him, and left the bank with the mountain leopard.

Back at the hotel, Wang Haitao opened two rooms with windows facing the street for US dollars and stayed. In the room, the three of them sat together, and Wang Haitao whispered: "Our target is the bank across the street." In the past two days, you have carefully observed the outside of this bank, and I know foreign languages, so I will scout the situation inside. Long Tsai and the mountain leopard have long admired Wang Haitao's ability, and after listening to Wang Haitao's arrangement, they had no opinion, and the three of them went their separate ways.

In two days, Long Tsai and Shan Leopard figured out the external situation and surrounding environment of the bank, but Wang Haitao found out the location of the bank and the vault in the name of renting a safe, Wang Haitao decided to do it on the night of the third day, because the fourth day was Sunday, and the bank was closed, so that they would not find out that the vault was stolen, and they would not find out until Monday morning, and they had already left Saigon. On the third day, the three of them recuperated all day, and at two o'clock in the evening, Wang Haitao went down to the street from the window after cleaning up the rope. The whole concession had fallen silent, and there was no one on the street.

Wang Haitao followed the reconnoitred route and came to the wall behind the bank. Wang Haitao climbed over the fence in a few clicks and came to the front of the bank building. The bank security system of this era is simply useless for a master like Wang Haitao, who carefully avoided a few careless guards and came to the door of the underground vault.

This underground vault has a heavy security door and a security system with a combination lock on the door. It only took Wang Haitao ten minutes to completely decipher the entire security system and quietly open the door. When Wang Haitao entered the gate, he was faced with neatly stacked banknotes and piles of gold and silver bricks. Surprised, Wang Haitao put all the belongings he could see into the storage ring, and then smiled at the empty vault.

When Wang Haitao withdrew from the bank and returned to the hotel after restoring everything, it was four o'clock, and everything was perfect. Long Tsai and the mountain leopard were already very anxious in the room, seeing that Wang Haitao was empty-handed when he came back, Long Tsai asked eagerly: "What's the matter? brother-in-law, you didn't succeed?" Wang Haitao smiled and said: "Don't ask so much, take a boat to leave here tomorrow as planned." The dragon boy and the mountain leopard had no choice but to swallow the words back.

Wang Haitao returned to his room, and after closing the door, a thought entered the space of the storage ring. As soon as he entered, the silver number one at the door shouted, "Welcome master, silver number one is at your service." Wang Haitao asked, "Silver No. 1, what about the things I just put in?" Silver No. 1 replied: "Master, Silver No. 1 has already helped the master sort it out, there are ten tons of metal gold, thirty tons of silver, and one ton of paper." It's in warehouse No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, do you want to see it?"

Wang Haitao said: "Yes. Suddenly, two open doors appeared in front of him, and Wang Haitao entered the first door, which was neatly stacked with gold and silver bricks. Wang Haitao picked up a gold brick, which was engraved in French with the words "Bank of Lyonnais, pure gold 99.00, weighing 200 ounces." The weight of this gold brick is more than 7,000 grams, which is seven kilograms. It doesn't look like the silver bricks are that small. This bank is supposed to be a branch of the French Bank of Lyon, and the treasury has been lost, and the French state is going to come forward to find it. Therefore, it is impossible to use this batch of gold and silver directly without changing its appearance.

Wang Haitao walked into the second door, here are all the banknotes, there are fiat currency, pounds, dollars and so on. Although it is not counted, the number will not be small. After Wang Haitao retreated, he said to Silver One: "Silver One, do you have a way to change the size of the metal?" Silver One said: "Master, the metal replicator left by the previous master can do it." Wang Haitao didn't report any hope, but when he heard Silver No. 1 say this, he was overjoyed and asked, "Where is the machine, and how is it used?"

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