Uncle Sixth is originally the kind of talkative type, after all, he is from a foreign trade background, and he does business with customers all the year round to discuss business, if he doesn't slip his mouth, he can't eat this bowl of rice at all.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Uncle Six became more able to talk, and Uncle Mei and I didn't even have a chance to interject.

The sixth uncle held the wine glass, squinted his eyes and said: "Big belly, you also know, after I graduated, I was assigned to Southeast Asia to do foreign trade, maybe you think this job is not bad, after all, as soon as I graduate, I will be assigned a job, and I make a lot of money, but don't think I have to sell cheaply, I didn't like the ...... in Southeast Asia at first."

Uncle Mei smiled and didn't say much, after all, he had never been to Southeast Asia in his life, and he didn't understand why Uncle Sixth didn't like it.

The sixth uncle gave an explanation, he said: "First, I just graduated and can't speak Thai, only English, and I have a barrier to communicate with the locals, and secondly, the people over there don't like our people very much, you can feel that they are obviously hostile to us." ”

I don't understand these things, after all, I haven't been abroad at that time, but looking at the expression of Uncle Six's speech, it doesn't look like he made it up.

In the blink of an eye, he drank another glass of wine and continued: "But after a long time, I learned Thai and became familiar with the locals, and gradually integrated into the environment, and when I had free time, I studied the history of Southeast Asia, and gradually became attracted to this land." Funan Kingdom, Cham Kingdom, Khmer Kingdom, Siamese Kingdom...... To put it mildly, the history of Southeast Asia is really not simple, don't look at us as a 5,000-year-old civilization, but there is also a brilliant historical civilization in Southeast Asia. ”

Uncle Mei and I are both people with low educational qualifications, not to mention the history of Southeast Asia, and we haven't even learned the history of our own family for thousands of years.

Like the ancient countries mentioned by the sixth uncle, I have never heard of any of them, and sitting at the wine table, I feel as if I am listening to a book from heaven.

In the end, Uncle Mei couldn't listen to it anymore, and interrupted Uncle Six's words with a cough, saying, "Sixth, don't give us two history lessons, Rong Sheng and I were not good students when we were in school, do those ancient countries you mentioned have anything to do with our deal?" ”

"Of course it does." The sixth uncle said with a smile, "Because the ship that asked you to salvage this time is related to these ancient countries, big belly, do you remember what era I told you, what era is this treasure ship?" ”

Uncle Mei said: "Of course I remember, it is said that it has a history of six or seven hundred years, so if you push it backwards, it is probably a treasure ship of more than one or three years, or one or four decades?" ”

"That's right." The sixth uncle nodded, and then asked us, "Do you know what dynasty this time belongs to?" ”

Uncle Mei thought for a while and asked, "It's the Qing Dynasty, right?" No, it shouldn't be the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty? ”

I also felt like the Ming Dynasty, and said, "It should be the Ming Dynasty, right?" ”

"Yes, it's the Ming Dynasty." The sixth uncle announced the answer, and then said, "But our country is the Ming Dynasty, and Southeast Asia also has their kingdom, at that time, there was a very rich country in Southeast Asia, called the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and their country maintained trade relations with many European countries at the beginning, especially France, at that time, the Ayutthaya Kingdom often sent treasure ships to the sea to trade with European countries, and the treasure ships you want to salvage this time are the cargo ships of the Ayutthaya Kingdom." ”

"Ayu...... What saliva? I didn't remember the complicated name, so I asked.

"Ayutthaya, it's Ayutthaya." The sixth uncle patiently repeated to me several times, and said, "Also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty, this dynasty is very prosperous, and it has also given birth to its own civilization, and has many brilliant cultural relics, so there must be a lot of treasures in their treasure ship." ”

I made a careful note of the name, thinking that when I got home, I would have a good idea of the country's antiques, and at least I could identify which treasures were worth and which were not.

Uncle Mei asked curiously: "By the way, sixth brother, didn't you do business in a foreign trade company before?" How did you get into this business of salvaging shipwrecks again? ”

The sixth uncle smiled, lowered his voice and said: "To be honest, what I am doing now is also in the foreign trade business, but the goods that used to go were building materials, and the goods that I used to go to work for the public, but now I am making money for myself......"

Uncle Six's words are both clear and unclear, although some things are not explicitly stated, we all understand.

Uncle Mei is also a measured person, who knows what to ask, what not to ask, and to what extent he can ask if he can.

There are some things that stop and don't need to be talked about further.

But one of his biggest worries is security.

He lowered his voice and said, "Sixth, is this business safe?" Isn't it illegal for us to fish for antiques at sea like this? When the time comes, we won't be arrested, and we won't be able to come back, right? ”

When the sixth uncle heard this, he laughed and said, "Dajiao, everyone is a classmate, can I still trick you?" You can rest assured to go, safety is absolutely guaranteed, I will use my character to give you a ticket! ”

Uncle Mei was still not at ease, squinting his eyes and asking, "That means that this transaction is still risky, isn't it?" ”

The sixth uncle took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "Big belly, look at what you said, three hundred and sixty lines, there are risks in all walks of life, even if you are a clerk in the office, then on the way to and from work, you may be hit by a car and killed, right?" If you come out to make money, you can't be too timid, as the saying goes, support the bold, starve the cowardly. ”

Uncle Mei frowned and didn't say anything.

The sixth uncle patted Uncle Mei on the shoulder and said, "Big belly, you just put your heart in your stomach, to tell you the truth, this is not the first time I have done this business, I have salvaged seven or eight ships at sea over the years, otherwise where do you think I got the money to buy a villa for my parents?" Let's just say that in the past seven or eight times, there has not been an accident. ”

When Uncle Mei heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and I put my heart down a little.

At this time, the sixth uncle said: "But to tell the truth, big belly, what you should worry about most in this line of work is not whether you will be caught, but whether you can go down to the sea and whether you can come up, and the sea is not the river, the sea is ruthless." ”

As soon as these words came out, Uncle Mei and I realized that we both ignored a problem.

We patronized and wondered if it was illegal to salvage treasure ships without authorization, but we forgot to go to the sea to salvage, which is a very dangerous thing in itself, and if we don't do it well, we will lose our lives!

Uncle Mei couldn't help but raise his glass and take a sip, and then asked Uncle Six: "Sixth, is there a probability that something will happen to those who do this business?" Usually go to the sea to hunt for treasure, how many can come up alive? ”