my wonderful zoo

Chapter 10 Treasure Hunt
The pirates in Penghu Bay are the largest pirate dens in the eastern, southeastern and Liuqiu waters of the mainland. Today, more than half of them escaped during the battle at the base camp. The number of people annihilated and captured still steadily exceeded 1000.

For such a large criminal gang, the total savings are only equivalent to 250 million yuan in future generations?

If that's really all there is, it's better to go back to the mainland and be exploited by the government. Drinking a lot of wine and eating meat is just a fantasy.

You know, building a small warship requires [-] guan, and a medium-sized warship is even more outrageous, with a minimum of [-] guan.This is only the cost of building the ship. If the ship is armed, the cost will be at least doubled, and if high-value add-ons such as muskets and artillery are added, it will be even more endless.

Today, the number of pirate ships blocked and captured in the port alone exceeds fifty, not counting small ships such as sampans, but large and small warships and cargo ships.

One ship is worth a thousand guan, and the total value is [-] guan, which far exceeds the pirate's savings.

This era is not that of later generations. The fixed assets of a commercial entity will be far greater than the liquid cash, and the valuation will exceed profits by thirty or forty times.Nowadays, when a sea-going ship travels across the ocean, the value of the ship is earned back. Transactions between commercial entities are all cash transactions, so the cash flow of commercial entities is very abundant.

The pirate group in the Penghu Islands has been traversing the East China Sea for so many years and does not need to support the people. It is impossible for them to have only such a small amount of savings.

"We can only wait until tomorrow to look carefully. It's possible that the pirate leaders hid the gold and silver somewhere else." Ke Lei replied.

This is usually how pirate treasures come about, and the person dies before the hidden savings can be spent.

"Is there a living big boss?" Chen Xun asked. In the previous Penghu Islands, there was no pirate king yet. Pirate organizations of all sizes barely got along together in the form of a "parliament".

"Still to be carefully identified." Lu Hui replied.

After Cao Cao was burned in Chibi, he knew how to take off his hat and clothes to escape. Of course, these pirates would also take off their leader's clothes and mix with the captives.

The green hills that are left are not afraid of running out of firewood.

As long as you survive, anything is possible, not to mention the cunning rabbit's three caves. The pirate leaders will hide some capital for themselves to make a comeback. As long as they can get through and run out, the sea is as wide as a fish can jump, and the sky is as high as a bird can fly.

The next day, after Chen Xun, who went to bed late and got up late, saw Ke Lei and his men waiting with several prisoners in the original meeting hall of the pirate compound after breakfast.

"What's the question?"

"We have some clues and we're ready to go. Do you want to go take a look?"

"Talk while you walk."

When it comes to interrogation, Chen Xun is a complete layman, and as a former pirate, Ke Lei's interrogation thinking will be more in line with these living leaders, so the information and judgment he gets must be more accurate than his own.

Leaving professional matters to professionals is an absolute wisdom in future generations, and it also applies here.

The group of people left the port town and walked towards the hill to the north of the town. The hill was not high, but because it was an undeveloped island, the trees, shrubs and weeds were very dense, and there were no existing roads, making it difficult to walk.

"This is it." Nearly an hour later, Ke Lei pointed to a banyan tree and said.

This banyan tree is very big, its air roots penetrate the ground, occupying a large area of ​​land, like a small banyan forest.

"Let me take a look." Chen Xun took the 'treasure map' from Ke Lei and looked at the markings on it that looked like children's graffiti. He couldn't even tell the difference between east, west and north.What troubled him even more was that there were no roads on this treasure map, only some markings and a cross drawn in the center.

"How did you know it was here?" Ke Lei took the treasure map, first turned it in one direction, and then pointed to the sign above and introduced to Chen Xun: "Look, this is the town, this is Beiwan, and this is Beiwan. This is Anshan Mountain, this is Wukan, this is where the treasure is hidden."

……

Chen Xun couldn't understand how Ke Lei connected the symbols like the Harmony Ghost Talisman with these place names. He had just held the drawings upside down... and the highest "mountain" on the island didn't even exist in Chen Xun's opinion. 100 meters high, how do you determine which mountain those dirtbags are?
"dig." I didn't dare to ask again, otherwise I would look too stupid.

Ke Lei and several pirate prisoners each found a few digging sites based on their experience. The guards who followed over directed the prisoners to start digging holes.

The failures one after another made Chen Xun wonder if Ke Lei hadn't noticed it either. Unexpectedly, another two quarters of an hour passed: "I dug it! I dug it!"

Quickly stepping forward, a prisoner pointed at a wooden board at the bottom of the pit and shouted happily.

"Is it really here?!?" Looking at everyone working together to dig out the wooden box and open it, there was actually some gold and silver inside, and some jewelry was stained with black blood. It was definitely a pirate treasure.

"I'm professional when it comes to finding treasures." Ke Lei said proudly, tilting his head to look at Chen Xun, as if complaining about Chen Xun's distrust just now.

"You are a professional, and I will leave everything to you." Chen Xun patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Uh…"

Searching for treasures is something that can only be done once. Hundreds of thousands of dollars pass through my hands every year. I really don't feel much surprise about this treasure. I followed it this time just because it feels fresh.

Back at his residence, Chen Xun asked Lu Hui to arrange for people to capture some animals on the island. He spent three days bringing all the animals that he could see into the zoo, and then found Ke Lei and Pei Ren.

"You two should cooperate well and straighten out the Penghu Islands as soon as possible without affecting the subsequent plans."

"Don't worry, I won't delay you in sending Lantern Festival gifts to Dongguan Ling."

These few people have been idle for the past three days. Almost all the money hidden by the pirates and anyone with clues have been found.The remaining pirates on the entire Penghu Island have been cleared and have begun to develop towards the adjacent Yuweng Island and Baisha Island.

This raid on the pirates' lair was actually a loss. In addition to harvesting some gold and silver, the other goods had either been sold cheaply by the pirates or had been wasted.Fortunately, many ships were captured and the losses were barely made up.

Five cargo ships arrived from Dongguan today, bringing some supplies to Ke Lei. Chen Xun also planned to return with the cargo ships.

"You are like a dove occupying a magpie's nest. Keep your old style. In addition to committing less crimes, you will rob when you need to, and quickly establish the name of Thunder God in the southeastern sea."

"Just look at it."

In this day and age, most people who rely on sea trade for a living have some part-time jobs.When you encounter someone weaker than yourself at sea, you will inevitably lose your temper.This is not to defend Chen Xun's order just now. The weak will eat the strong. If other sea merchants are weak, they will be strong. A Bodhisattva's heart cannot develop in this vast ocean.

In the Jiangnan area, there are more than [-] river boats and sea boats in total. The Chen family's fleet is just a little ant, and it is not his turn to be pitiful.

Over the years, in order to harden his weak heart, nearly a hundred people have died at the hands of Chen Xun. All relatives in the clan who stabbed him in the back were killed by Chen Xun himself.Otherwise, how could the thousands of people with the surname Chen in Chenjiazhuang be managed by a young boy like him?

(End of this chapter)