Global Treasure Hunting: From Penniless to Billionaire

When the miners get off work, all the miners will be arranged to enter several well-lit houses, a group of men and a group of women, strip off their clothes, and be inspected inside.

In addition to the regular anal teeth, miners are purposely made to cough a few times to prevent them from getting gemstones stuck in their throats.

Leading Zhao An and others out of the mining area, in a river valley, Li Zhiyuan pointed to a group of people by the river and shouted: "Zhao An, look!"

Those were some local people who used sieves to salvage them in the river, most of them were children.

Occasionally, someone finds a shiny stone, but quietly puts it in their mouth without making a sound, and looks around vigilantly with peripheral vision.

Yuan Xiong said: "The main business here is to dig stones. Both men, women and children dig, and everything else is sideline business."

The car drove around and came to the place where Zhao An discovered the ruby ​​deposit.

It is a valley surrounded by mountains. It is said that it is a mountain, but it is actually a few slightly higher hills with various broad-leaved trees growing around it. Yuan Xiong grabbed a handful of soil and carefully analyzed the ingredients inside.

Said: "This place doesn't seem to have gemstones in common sense. I don't know where brother got the news from?"

Zhao An smiled and said, "An expert will advise."

Seeing that Zhao An kept his secret, Yuan Xiong didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Since my brother is so sure, I will give it a go. I will go to Songchai in a few days, get this land down, and send some excavators over here." , first look at whether it is primary ore or secondary ore, and then choose the appropriate mining method after determining."

They went to two places not far apart, Yuan Xiong wrote down the places, and returned with Zhao An and the others.

When passing by the small town of Mogok, Li Zhiyuan proposed to have some fun, so Zhao An, Yuan Xiong and others had no choice but to accompany her.

Fortunately, unlike the chaotic mining area, Somchai has issued a strict order to prohibit armed fighting in the town, otherwise he will lose the qualification to mine, which will attract the encirclement and suppression of various forces.

So the town of Mogok is considered "quiet and peaceful". The place where Li Zhiyuan got off the bus happened to be the area where gems were traded. Some young girls were selling various brightly colored red sapphires with sun umbrellas with blue background and red face. .

The red and blue sides of the sun umbrella happen to symbolize the two specialties of Mogok: ruby ​​and sapphire.

Li Zhiyuan squatted in front of a young woman, pointed to hundreds of fiery red rubies in a tray and said to Zhao An: "Look at it, it's so beautiful and shiny."

Yuan Xiong laughed and said, "These rubies look pretty, but they're actually not very valuable."

Li Zhiyuan stared with curious big eyes and asked: "Didn't it say that the redder the color, the higher the value?"

Yuan Xiong said: "This kind of color is obviously artificially enhanced by high temperature. The real value is high, it is not processed, it is naturally formed, and it is also called 'non-burned pigeon's blood red'."

Li Zhiyuan smiled and said, "It's like beauty is only natural, and Biluo is the one that has undergone plastic surgery. It means that it has become an international practice to shoddy the inferior, right?"

Chapter 114 Ruby Mining

Girls have almost no resistance to brightly colored and shiny things, but Li Zhiyuan just looked at them and didn't buy anything.

Just kidding, last night when Zhao An put the more than 100 top-quality rubies worth hundreds of millions in front of her, she just admired them and asked Zhao An to put them away.

It seems that Li Zhiyuan's restraint is really strong. In her words to Zhao An, it is: "I like it but I don't have to have it, except you!"

Compared with other places in Myanmar, the people living in Mogok are at least happy. There are gems to pick up here. The government stipulates that, except for the mines, the gems picked up by local residents belong to themselves, and they will not charge a fee. Penny fees.

Some people even dig out rubies right under their own houses.

Therefore, from the age of two or three, the children of many families, under the leadership of their parents, search for and identify red and sapphires on the hillside and in the valley. If they find a top-quality one, the family will become rich overnight.

Even if they can't get rich, these children can engage in jewelry-related careers when they grow up.

So Mogok is stable and peaceful compared to the mining area.

Li Zhiyuan happily strolled around the town all afternoon, visited the "Umbrella Market" where jewelry was traded, the exquisitely decorated temples, and the artificial lake where ducks and geese competed for food, and then returned to Yuan Xiong's camp contentedly.

The next day, Yuan Xiong went to Somchai to discuss buying land and mining.

Li Zhiyuan took Zhao An to practice marksmanship again. Uncle Chen found them an abandoned mine, carried a box of bullets, and gave them boxes of empty beer bottles as targets.

Zhao An got started very quickly, and after firing a clip, he was able to hit a hundred shots at a distance of 100 meters. This made Li Zhiyuan lack of interest, and complained: "Can't you learn a little slower, it makes me feel a little bit of a sense of accomplishment." No."

Zhao An smiled and said, "Then you can teach some difficult ones, such as throwing a wine bottle into the air and shooting the bottle quickly like in the movie."

Li Zhiyuan became happy, ran over to pick up a rifle, checked it, and said to Zhao An with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, quickly throw it away."

Zhao An gave Wang Bing a look, so Wang Bing had no choice but to put down the work of pressing the bullets, moved two boxes of wine bottles to the side, lifted the bottles and threw them in the middle.

Li Zhiyuan quickly refused the gun and was about to shoot, but Zhao An fired first, smashing several wine bottles one after another, until he ran out of bullets in the magazine, it was Li Zhiyuan's turn to finish the rest A few wine bottles.

Li Zhiyuan was very upset after the fight: "I didn't hit a few, so try again."

Zhao An said with a smile: "This is called a church apprentice, starving the master to death, haha."

In the end, there were too many bullets left in the box, and the beer bottles were finished.

Wang Bing sent back the gun and bullets, and Li Zhiyuan decided not to teach marksmanship, but to teach Zhao An how to fight and fight freely.

Zhao An looked at her playfully, and said with a smile, "Are you sure?"

Li Zhiyuan said contemptuously: "Sure, you fighting scum! Come on, come on, punch me."

Zhao Anxin said: If I really hit you with a punch, you might cry for a long time.

So he said to her, "Why don't you come."

Li Zhiyuan was not polite, she stepped hard and punched Zhao An's face, but Zhao An raised her hand and held it firmly in the palm of her hand, pinching her fist, unable to move.

When Li Zhiyuan raised her foot, she hit her knee, and was pressed down by Zhao An's single palm, and then she was punched by Zhao An again, and she was still caught by Zhao An. She stretched her hands out and moved her arms, Li Zhiyuan bumped into Zhao Anhuai. here comes,

Zhao An hugged her tightly, kissed her on the lips and said, "Now tell me, who is Zhan Wuscum!"

Li Zhiyuan said angrily: "Why are you so powerful?"

Zhao An didn't explain, but just evaded: "It's natural, there's no way."

Li Zhiyuan said: "How can you embarrass me who has practiced martial arts since childhood?"

Zhao Andao: "I just have stronger strength and faster reaction speed, but my actual skills are still far behind yours. You can teach me some routines, um, and the skills of exerting strength, okay?"

Li Zhiyuan pouted and said, "No!"

Zhao An smiled and said, "At most, I'll sleep with you at night!"

"Bah!" Li Zhiyuan thumped him on the shoulder and said, "Isn't it me who suffers in the end?"

Zhao An laughed and said, "I've only heard of exhausted cows, but never plowed fields. It's not certain who will suffer."

At noon, Yuan Xiong came back and told Zhao An that the matter had been settled.

Zhao An was overjoyed and said, "Then when can we start work?"

Yuan Xiong said: "Don't worry, we still have to choose an auspicious day, and now we don't have enough manpower, we have to recruit all of them, including the armed guards, I plan to hire a group of mercenaries first, and use them for the time being, waiting for our own People are cultivated and then replaced.”

Zhao An frowned and said, "Mercenaries? Are they reliable?"

Yuan Xiong said with a smile: "Myanmar's mercenaries are quite reliable. As long as you give them money, everything can be done for you, but the combat power is open to question, so just use it first, and wait for you to bring the domestic team over. They can be replaced.”

Zhao An said helplessly: "Okay, I have to do this first."

In the next few days, Li Zhiyuan patiently taught Zhao An the skills of fighting and the principle of exerting strength. Zhao An had a good foundation and learned it very quickly, and he was able to draw inferences from one example, which made Li Zhiyuan half dead every time. , there is nothing to do.

Yuan Xiong went out every day before dawn. In addition to running his own mine, he also had to fence the land for the new mine, recruit workers, and other things.

During the period, I also took a trip to Mandalay and bought a batch of machinery. The next day, a few trailers pulled a few excavators.

Yuan Xiong introduced: "This is the excavator with the best response in the market. The Liebherr made in Germany is particularly durable. It happened that a few of them just arrived in Mandalay, and I bought them all."

Zhao An watched the workers drive the excavator off the trailer. He was very satisfied with the rough and majestic fuselage and the thickened bucket, but he still said to Yuan Xiong: "We can purchase some domestic machinery in the future.

It doesn't matter if it is not durable, just buy it again. I believe that as long as we support ourselves, the domestic heavy machinery industry can still do better and better. "

Yuan Xiong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Brother wanted to go wrong, you are right, brother, I will send someone to contact me later, to see what machines in my mine need to be eliminated, and replace them all."

Zhao An said with a smile: "Then you don't need to be too deliberate, just purchase according to your needs."

The two discussed some other details. Zhao An's first batch of mines in Myanmar will start mining in turn.

Chapter 115 The money is rolling in

Good times and good times, the mine opened.

After a grand sacrificial ceremony, Yuan Xiong announced from the walkie-talkie: "Start work!"

The excavator, which had already been ready to go, raised its huge bucket and dug down heavily, reaching the rock formation within a few strokes.

A supervisor wearing a hard hat ran over to check it out, and then ran back excitedly, holding a stone in his hand, and said a few words to Yuan Xiong in Burmese.

Yuan Xiong took a close look at the red stone, and smiled excitedly at Zhao An: "Brother, I really have you. There is indeed a deposit, and it is a high-quality primary mine."

Zhao An chuckled and said, "Brother Yuan can finally let go of his worry."

Yuan Xiong said: "Ah, I'm actually not too worried. Aren't I afraid that brother your expectations will fail? Haha, it's all right now. At least for 10 years, you don't have to worry about new mines."

Zhao Anxin said: Let alone 10 years, as long as you want to do it, buddies can find suitable mines for you to dig.

It's just so awesome, it's just so tough!

He smiled and said, "Okay, Big Brother Yuan, go and do your work, I'll just take a look."

Even if the rock layer is dug, it cannot be fully mined. It is still necessary to remove all the soil layers on the surface to expose the entire ore deposit, which is for smoother mining in the future.

Fortunately, the advantage of primary mines is that they can be mined in the open pit, unlike secondary mines, which are buried deep and require wells to be dug.

The key is the quality of primary ore, which is much higher grade than secondary ore.

The output and income of this mine will even be higher than Yuan Xiong's own mine, and it will also become Zhao An's new source of funds, and his global strategy has also taken a solid step.

Zhao An looked around. Iron fences had been installed around the mine, with barbed wire wrapped around them, and mercenaries with live ammunition were standing guard.

Li Zhiyuan pushed Zhao An from behind and said, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"

Zhao An said with a smile: "I was thinking, how to earn more money, so that I can marry you in a good manner."

Li Zhiyuan raised her eyebrows and said: "Actually, I really don't care about how much money I have. With my own ability, I can earn enough and spend enough. Besides, who said that I will marry you."

Zhao Andao: "Don't tell me you want to abandon me from beginning to end. I didn't expect you to be such a person. Hmph, every time you slaughter more dogs with righteousness, you are more likely to be scholars if you are ungrateful."

This sudden commotion made Li Zhiyuan stunned for an instant, and she was speechless for a long time. After a long time, she said angrily: "I'm so unlucky, when did I give up on you!"

Zhao An smiled and said, "That's not true, I just smelled a strong smell of decay from Versailles."

Li Zhiyuan punched Zhao An with her small fist angrily, and said angrily: "Okay, you dare to mock me, I think you haven't beaten me for three days, and you've gone to the house to expose the tiles."

Zhao An let her beat him, it didn't hurt anyway, he said with a smile, "Fart, these days it's you, you've been beaten back and forth, you almost kneel down and beg for mercy."

Li Zhiyuan became even more angry: "You also said that you have learned all my skills, and I will never be able to beat you in the future, and I will no longer be able to threaten you."

Zhao An suddenly said seriously: "Nonsense, at least you haven't taught me the ability to have children."

Li Zhiyuan said: "What should I do? I haven't given birth either."

Zhao An chuckled and said, "Why don't I give you a chance to try it out, I hope you don't know how to appreciate it."

Li Zhiyuan snorted and said: "It's broad daylight, you don't feel ashamed! Little pervert!"

At noon, Yuan Xiong held a celebration banquet. He said it was a banquet, but in fact he slaughtered the pigs and sheep for mountain sacrifices. He invited a local chef to roast the whole sheep and stew the pork in a big pot.

Of course, the stew is not finished, and the rest will be distributed to the workers, so that they can also be happy, so that they can work hard in the future, dedicate their strength to the mine, and create value and profits.

On the messy mine site, I found a flat place and set up a few tables. The excavator, the supervisors, and the mercenaries who were changing shifts sat together and ate happily.

Yuan Xiong and Zhao An's tables were set a little further away, accompanied by Li Zhiyuan and Wang Bing.

Yuan Xiong was overjoyed and said to Zhao An: "Brother, you really have it. Judging from the current excavation situation, the mine's mineral production is not small, and it can catch up with the state-owned mines in Myanmar. Come and drink!"

He picked up the wine glass and drank it down, looked at Zhao An proudly, the meaning was very clear, don't be dazed, drink!

Zhao An took a sip of his drink helplessly and said, "I drink so little, I dare not compare myself with a brash guy like Big Brother."

Yuan Xiong said with a smile: "You don't come here, I've heard that you people from Yunnan Province are backed by the Jinsha River. Drinking is like drinking soup. You only use bowls for drinking. You don't need to be persuaded at all. Don't be silly, just do it."

Zhao An evaded again: "Maybe I'm one of the few who can't drink."

Yuan Xiong said: "If you don't want to drink, my sister-in-law can drink for you."

Zhao An said helplessly: "She can't drink anymore, I should give up my life to accompany the gentleman."

After drinking a glass of wine, I found that except for the hot feeling at the beginning, I was not drunk at all.

Yuan Xiong saw that he was so happy, poured wine again and said: "After this mine is produced, the next two will start work one after another. You have to contact the sales channels."

Zhao Andao: "That's no problem. The country is developing very well now, but high-quality luxury goods often can't meet the needs of the market, so the price is even a bit inflated."

Yuan Xiong said with a smile: "Then I can rest assured."

Zhao An pondered for a while, and said, "Brother Yuan, I think customs declaration and transportation should be carried out through formal channels. Although the profit is less, it is better than safety."

Yuan Xiong laughed loudly after hearing this: "I thought it was something, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding, although the Burmese government imposes high taxes on rubies, there are still some reasonable tax avoidance methods, and we can still get high taxes. Amount of return."