Lu Yuan pressed his temples. I can't help but feel a headache.

Today, the company has only 280 million at its disposal.

However, in order to complete the founding of the country, the construction of the security forces and the investment of research institutes will need at least 1.5 billion yuan.

The funding gap in the middle is too big.

The people of the United States are very enthusiastic and willing to provide loans to Lu Yuan.

But this money is not easy to take, if it is Lu Yuan himself or a company, Lu Yuan will definitely agree without hesitation.

But now that Yingzhou wants to build an independent country, Yingzhou will have to pay more in the long run in the long run.

Yingzhou is likely to be economically controlled by the United States.

In fact, this is not what Lu Yuan is most worried about, after all, as a small country, it is impossible to completely avoid being overcontrolled by a big country.

What worries him the most is that the people of the United States have discovered the mysterious sea monster hidden at the bottom of the sea in the southeast.

The condition for the loan is to obtain the right to exploit oil in the Yingzhou area.

Although no large-scale oil fields have been discovered in Yingzhou yet, from the perspective of geological structure, the Yingzhou area should have a large amount of oil.

If the people of the United States obtain the right to exploit oil, then large-scale oil exploration will inevitably be carried out. This way the chances of spotting the sea monster will be very high.

With the urine nature of the people of the United States, there will inevitably be a serious conflict at that time, and it will inevitably bring disaster to Yingzhou.

Therefore, although Lu Yuan was a little tempted by the loan, he could not agree to the request of the Mi people.

But the good news is that the money doesn't need to be taken out all at once. The upfront need is about 300 million meters.

The gap is not too big, only 20 million.

Just when Lu Yuan was worried about money, an opportunity to make money was placed in front of him.

After researching the "Kara Empire Research Association" and historians from various countries, they have gained a certain understanding of the Kara Empire.

However, this kind of boot-scratching research has not been able to meet the needs of scholars.

Everyone can't wait to see the real ancient city of Manoa.

The previous expeditions sent to the Amazon by various countries have failed, and what is more serious is that most of the people have not been able to get out of the Amazon rainforest.

At the same time, a well-known lawsuit also attracted everyone's attention.

The families of a group of international mercenaries took a company that was very popular last year, Python, to court.

At this time, people learned that a well-equipped and well-trained mercenary with a strong ability to survive in the wild had also disappeared in the vast rainforest.

After the event spread, it was even more difficult to find the right person to lead the scientists to the ancient city of Manoa.

And the appearance of mysterious trucks and memory metal has made many people and institutions full of anticipation for the ancient city of Manoa.

The institutions of various countries that were eager to go to the ancient city of Manoa found Lu Yuan at this time.

"Mr. Lu Yuan, as long as you can lead us to find the ancient city of Manoya, money will not be a problem. ”

In Lu Yuan's office on Yingzhou Island, a Chinese man was negotiating with Lu Yuan.

Along with this Mi native were some people from the Old World.

"Mr. William, you should know how dangerous the Amazon jungle is, even the locals dare not go deep into it!"

"Of course, but I don't think it's that hard for our world's most famous explorer!"

"Mr. William really thinks highly of me, Amazon is deadly to everyone, and I am no exception. ”

"Mr. Lu, studying the ancient city of Manoa is very important to the entire human race, and he is even related to the future development path of the entire human world......

A scholar-like person couldn't help but say to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "The ancient city of Manoa is indeed a precious treasure of mankind, it hides a lot of secrets, but it is also extremely dangerous......"

Lu Yuan thought of the mysterious energy that had plunged him into an illusion at this time, and to be honest, he was also afraid of it.

"Mr. Lu Yuan, it would be difficult to reach Manoya without your help......

"Professor, it's not that I, Lu Yuan, am unwilling to help everyone, the Amazon is too dangerous, I can barely go alone, but with a team of people, I really can't guarantee everyone's safety!"

"Mr. Lu, please rest assured, this time, our country will send the best special forces to accompany Mr. Lu, I believe that with Mr. Lu's help, there is still a certain guarantee of safety......"

William pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Lu, if you can successfully lead the scientific expedition team to Manoa this time, we will provide you with a reward of 100 million meters!"

Lu Yuan thought for a while, "It's okay to take you there, but I have two conditions!"

"Mr. Lu Yuan, please speak!"

"First, the study of Manoya cannot be separated from the Kara Imperial Research Society, and the Kara Imperial Research Society must participate at the same time!"

The professor-like scholar said, "There is no problem with this, but the Kara Imperial Research Association must also disclose the research materials to us." ”

"Of course!"

William said, "What is Mr. Lu's second request?"

Lu Yuandao: "In terms of remuneration, I need 150 million meters, I believe that my value should not be lower than a football star!"

"Mr. Lu, wait a minute......"

William walked out the door to make a phone call, and five minutes later he was back in the office.

"Mr. Lu, we can meet your two requirements, but we also have requirements, and we hope to act as soon as possible!"

Lu Yuan smiled and said, "No problem!"

"Happy working together!"

"Happy working together!"

In the end, the two sides agreed to meet in Callao, Peru in half a month, and set off from here for the ancient city of Manoa.

......

After William and the others left, Lu Yuan thought about it for a while and found Anthony.

"Anthony, I have one more thing to ask you here!"

"Boss, you just have to tell me if there is anything. ”

"I still have a batch of treasures found with Manoa, you can contact the auction company now and sell them all!"

"Boss, you really decided to sell them, these are rare works of art......"

Lu Yuan sighed, "Let's sell them all, the important things have been put in the museum, and these things don't have much research value anymore......"

"Boss, I know, I'll contact Sugard Auction House immediately!"

"Anthony please....."

Anthony quickly got in touch with the auction house, and when Lu Yuan set off for Callao, the auction house had already given an estimate, and the estimate of Lu Yuan's treasure was as high as 360 million meters, and the auction house finally proposed a starting price of 340 million.

These are all handed over to Anthony by Lu Yuan, but after getting the news, he is still relatively happy, after this batch of treasures is sold, Yingzhou's financial pressure will be much less at once.

......

When Lu Yuan arrived in Callao, there were still two days left before the time everyone had agreed. Because he had plenty of time, he first took a trip to Callao.

Callao is part of the Lima-Callao metropolitan area, Peru's second-largest city. Located in the Gulf of Callao, on the south bank of the Rimac estuary.

Surrounded by the island of San Lorenzo, the promontory barrier, and protected by a breakwater, it is a very famous harbor city in South America.

It was first built by the Westerners in 1537, and because of its excellent geographical conditions, it soon became a port of departure for the colonists to plunder the gold and silver wealth.

As a result, there are many sunken ships off the coast, and local fishermen sometimes get some small catches in the nearby waters.

It is precisely because of the importance of Callao that the Westerners have always stationed a large number of troops in the area during the colonial period. So the Peruvians did not recapture it from the colonizers until 1826.

Callao is also very important to Peru in modern times, as its foreign trade accounts for three-quarters of Peru's imports and one-quarter of its exports.

The expedition team chose to concentrate here because of its convenient transportation.

When Lu Yuan was playing in Callao, he also explored the surrounding waters out of curiosity, but he didn't gain anything.

Lu Yuan was not disappointed, the Callao Sea itself is a very busy sea area, and good things have long been discovered.

Two days later, all the partners of Lu Yuan and his entourage had arrived.

This time the action. plus Lu Yuan, there are a total of 20 people.

Among them, there are 10 special operations personnel, a total of 7 experts and scholars, and 2 doctors.

After a day's stay in Callao, the group set off.

This time, they will study not only the ancient city of Manoa, but also the natural environment and biodiversity along the way.

So two of the seven scholars in the line were actually biologists.

This time they will climb over the Andes and then follow the Marañón, a tributary of the Amazon.

Resupply in Ikisto and eventually into the Amazon rainforest.

After leaving Callao, Lu Yuan and his entourage first came to the snow-covered Andes Mountains above Lake Lauricocha.

This is the Marañón River, which is also the source of the Amazon River.

It's actually very close to the Pacific Ocean, only about 160 kilometers away.

According to some geographers, the river actually existed before the Andes were formed.

It was supposed to flow to the Pacific Ocean, but when the Andes Mountains formed, it changed direction due to the resistance of the high mountains, and instead flowed eastward, eventually merging with thousands of rivers to form the Amazon River, the world's ten largest rivers.

Lu Yuan and his entourage walked along the Marañón River, and the scenery along the way was very magnificent.

The river cuts deep canyons into the Andes, creating magnificent rapids and waterfalls.

The areas passed along the way were very hot and very sparsely populated. So it also brought considerable trouble to the scientific expedition team.

"Oh, Shet, there are so many poisonous spiders here!"

Less than a day after the group left, a scholar was accidentally bitten by a poisonous spider.

Fortunately, the expedition team was well prepared, so there were no casualties.

However, this is not a bad thing, after this incident, the group also increased their vigilance.