"So...... You think it's a wise choice for us not to go to the gold fields. Li Fushou turned the teacup in his hand and looked at the other party.

The fat guy smiled like Maitreya Buddha, and the spring breeze was blowing; "Hahaha...... Li Gongzi is the best among the people, outstanding, don't you hear the truth that the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it, I'm afraid I already have a plan in my heart, why do I need to do this, no matter how I say that this is also the territory of the ghosts, and it has always been a brutal British, even if it is unfair, we can only bear it. ”

"Although Liang Yuan is good, it is not his hometown after all." The situation was far worse than imagined, and Li Fushou couldn't help but sigh.

"Although it is dangerous, this ghost's territory is full of infinite opportunities, and with Li Gongzi's amazing and brilliant skills, it is only in the middle of the month to stand out."

"Huh...... Thank you for your love, and I'm ashamed to accept it. ”

Li Fushou smiled faintly, and was secretly shocked by Fat Laochun's keen observation.

In this era, the innkeeper pays attention to welcoming guests and friends from all over the world, sitting and watching the five lakes, and his eyesight and knowledge are first-class.

Under the fat guy Chun's obese body type, he has a delicate mind that can be seen more thoroughly than most Chinese gold diggers, which is very rare.

After some pleasantries, the conversation got to the point.

Li Fushou did not hide the idea of opening a restaurant in Chinatown, and he had less than £40 left in his money, which was enough to rent a storefront.

Fatty Chun deliberately made friends, and Li Fushou bluntly expressed his thoughts, and asked him, a local snake who is familiar with the local situation, to take a closer look at it and introduce him to a suitable place.

"Chinatown shops...... Although there are still some tensions, but the rental price is expensive, as long as you are willing to work, repair shoes, nail horseshoe, open a grocery store, and sell snacks and food, you can make a lot of money. ”

Fat Guy Chun thought about it for a moment and continued;

Li Gongzi immediately brought three people, and he also had some money in his hand, and the shop of the restaurant couldn't be too small, otherwise it wouldn't be able to be opened.

Belch...... I thought of a place that should be suitable for Li Gongzi to settle down.

Not far to the left of Chinatown, there is a large warehouse on Handel Street that wants to be sold, and it must be willing to lease it.

This is a business from a down-and-out family in Florence, Italy, which was originally a warehouse dealing in rubber and furs, less than 120 meters from the Chinatown archway, and the location is good and the size is good. ”

"Oh...... How much does it cost? ”

"I heard that it was 420 pounds, because the asking price was too high, so it has been idle for two or three years, and the owner of the property is an Italian, stubborn old man Minelli, it is difficult to speak."

"Uh, let's take a look."

Such a high price made Li Fushou gasp and immediately dispelled other thoughts.

I thought that if the environment is suitable and the place is big enough, even if the price is higher, it is cost-effective to rent it, and by the way, it will solve the accommodation and life problem of my group of 4 people.

Brisbane is a small city, which is equivalent to the 18th tier of remote small counties in the western region of the later generations, except for the towering gospel church and the Queensland Parliament building, most of the others are less than 3 floors of British Norman buildings, the style is thick and simple, with a round arched door.

This rubber storehouse on Handel Street is also typical of the Norman heavy style, with a high red ridge.

Although there is only one floor, it is much taller than a three-story wooden tenement building, the thick oak door is covered with dust and cobwebs, the large iron bolt the thickness of a child's arm is rusty, and the dense weeds at the entrance of the yard are more than half a person tall.

It seems that it has been abandoned for quite some time.

Li Fushou looked around and felt very satisfied, this warehouse is a separate house, covering an area of about two acres, and there are stables for loading carriages, wells, feed sheds and other facilities behind it, which are also overgrown with dense weeds.

The building is very sturdy, the doors and windows are in good condition, as long as you replace some broken glass and clean it, it is a pretty good place, and you don't have to worry about hotel business and accommodation.

If you can lease it and run it, you will have the best place to stay.

It didn't take long

In a nearby café, the group found Old Man Minelli, a thin old man with gray hair, a decadent and stubborn look in his gray-blue eyes, thin lips closed, sitting alone on the edge of a wooden table drinking coffee slowly, enjoying the quiet days of the years.

Looking at it like this, if no one bothered him, he could drink alone until he was old.

"Oh, you're going to rent my storeroom?" Minelli looked at Li Fushou with a look of contempt.

"I am indeed very interested, dear Mr. Minelli, you can call me [Lee], and I hope to get your approval."

"Wow...... You speak good English, and you have some authentic Oxford accent, which is rare among the Chinese I have met, but I have always been very disgusted with the British, and the same is true for you, it is better to disappear from my eyes at once, you fair-skinned Oriental boy, I am not interested in sissies. ”

Minelli spoke very harshly, raised his chin and looked at Li Fushou condescendingly, as if he was a proud Italian lord and nobleman.

In fact, he is nothing, just an adventurer who has wandered to a remote foreign land, an old liar with no moral bottom line.

Despite the fact that he owns a property worth £400, his debts are much more than his assets, and if he pays off his debts, it will be smooth in minutes.

Born from the arrogance of the colonizers, a pure European identity alone was enough to make Minelli proud of this group of pigtailed Orientals, even if he was already in debt and did not have a few pounds in his pocket, he was still poor.

The smile on Li Fushou's face gradually faded, and he glanced at Fat Lao Chun, seeing that he also had a helpless look on his face, and reminded him that this was a difficult old guy before he came.

When you encounter rudeness, you don't need to be polite.

Li Fushou's slender fingers knocked on the heavy wooden table, and said in a tone that was not salty or light; "Old fellow, this is just business, judging me alone will not show your superiority, nor will it change your current situation, you know, you are not the only one who you work with in Brisbane, for the sake of the face of the pound, there will naturally be a lot of collaborators, you can sit here and slowly rot with that warehouse, no one will care."

"Oriental Kid ......"

"Damn old fellow, you can call Mr. [Lee], please keep the least civilized bottom line, and don't let your Italian companions be ashamed of it, your behavior has defiled this beautiful country, and it is so rude and unreasonable that it is astonishing."

Minelli was stunned for a moment, Li Fushou was different from all the docile and low-key Chinese he knew, and his reaction appeared aggressive and fierce; "Well, Lee, I have to say that you are a very sharp-spoken teenager, and these are the only things that cannot impress me, because I don't work with infidels, and I heard that there is a man at the docks who can perform magical oriental spells......"

Speaking of which, Minelli's gray-blue eyes were staring at Li Fushou, as if he was about to see something from his face?

"That's me." Li Fushou simply admitted that there was nothing to hide.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

Minelli laughed, and the layers of wrinkles on his face immediately came alive, regaining some of the brilliance of his youth; "I've traveled a lot in my life, from the European continent to the American continent, and I didn't stay long when I returned to Europe, and then I came to Africa and Asia, and finally smelled gold and arrived at this place where birds don't, which is the thing I regret the most in my life."

After a pause, he continued;

"Look...... I'm a down-and-out old guy who has failed in business, but I have a pair of discerning eyes and more insight than most people in this world......"

"You're trying to make a fortune with your eyesight, am I right?"

"Of course, why not."

"Then you'll have to pay, old fellow, do you want to play a game of shillings or a game of pounds?"

Minelli's pockets were now cleaner than his face, and he couldn't even take out three pennies, but this couldn't help the old fellow, and he said with a sly smile; "Don't you want to rent my rubber warehouse, you can pay with this money."

He is very confident in his eyesight and rich experience, and is ready to empty the white wolf, earn dozens of pounds to spend, and if he is lucky, he may pay off his debts and have a balance.

Li Fushou is not easy to get along with, it is impossible to leave the other party with a chance to empty the white wolf, and said with a slight smile; "As you wish, but before that we have to draft and sign the lease contract, and I will pay you the corresponding lease fee, and it is none of my business how you spend it."

"What about the game?"

"Waiting for you at any time."

"Uh...... Okay, so what are you waiting for, we're going to get a damn lawyer to do all this now, and I'll win the last copperpenny in your hand, and you big-talking Oriental kid just wait to cry your nose. ”

More than an hour later

The £18 rental fee he had just received had not yet been heated, and the disgraced Minelli lost the last shilling on his body and became penniless again.

"How is this possible?" Unable to maintain his composure any longer, Minelli waved his hands and shouted wildly, eager to tear the tall Chinese boy in front of him to shreds.

"Old fellow, you really need some luck."

Li Fushou was in a good mood, slowly put down the sleeves that he had rolled up, took the initiative to shake hands with Lawyer Smith, and said; "Thank you, Mr. Lawyer, for your efficient and professional legal service."

Lawyer Smith, who has a typical hooked nose of the British, reached out and shook it gracefully, and said quite reservedly; "Congratulations to Mr. Li on successfully leasing a satisfactory store, and getting back the one-year rent and deposit for the first time, I think this should be your first income from opening, a very good start."

"Huh...... I was lucky. ”

"You're in good luck when you run into this fool who thinks he's smart, crying and shouting for the money to give you money." Lawyer Smith watched all this coldly, and was deeply impressed by the tall Chinese teenager in front of him.

After signing the lease contract, Minelli didn't go out as soon as he got the rent, so he played a guessing game in the lawyer's office, and as a result, he knelt down in front of the magic of the ancient Oriental "Three Immortals Return to the Cave".

In the presence of a lawyer, it is impossible to be a scoundrel.

Minieri paid a heavy price for his arrogance, and was overly emotional and hysterical, but unfortunately no one cared.

Stand upstairs

Watching Li Fushou and his party leave the law firm from the window, the hypocritical smile on Lawyer Smith's face gradually receded, revealing a hint of disgust.

He was a standard white supremacist who belonged to the elite of the British Empire, and the influx of Chinese gold diggers stirred up sensitive nerves in them, and most of the anti-China motions originating from across Australia were driven by these people.

Truth be told, apart from the cute pounds in their hands, Lawyer Smith doesn't like these Chinese workers at all.