Five hundred and thirteenth - five hundred and fourteenth chapters revealed the treasure
Chapter 513-514 Unlocking the Treasure
"Brother Hu, how to transport the things there is my business. In the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, you can find some reliable people and wait at the mine. I will send the gold there.
In addition, I still have some gold that is difficult to sell in China, and I have to ask Brother Hu to help me launder it in Myanmar..."
Zhuang Rui's words set off a storm in Hu Rong's heart. You must know that gold is an extremely important strategic reserve material for every country. It is too late for others to collect it, but Zhuang Rui is sending it abroad.
And judging by Zhuang Rui's words, the amount of gold he owns should be far more than just buying shares in his own mine.
“Could it be that Zhuang Rui’s investment in the mine was just to launder money?”
Hu Rong had such an idea in his mind. It’s not surprising that he thought so. In today’s society, there are various methods of money laundering in the world. After some huge and shady funds are transferred abroad, although they will shrink significantly, they will not return to the world again.
When you go to China, you will have clean funds.
Money laundering in the modern sense refers to the illegal proceeds from drug crimes, organized crimes of a mafia nature, terrorist crimes, smuggling crimes or other crimes and the proceeds generated therefrom, which are disguised through various means through financial institutions to conceal the source and nature of the funds.
, an act that makes it formally legal.
If this gold belongs to the Ouyang family, it naturally cannot be from the underworld or gambling smuggling, but is used for illegal gains from other crimes. Hu Rong is not surprised by this, because these generals in Myanmar
All of us have huge savings abroad.
In addition, there are many other ways to launder money, such as purchasing real estate, jewelry, antiques, etc., and then converting them into cash or other financial assets.
"Brother Zhuang, if you want to launder this gold, there are many other ways..."
Hu Rong immediately thought that this batch of gold must not belong to Zhuang Rui, but the assets of the Ouyang family behind him, so he gently reminded Zhuang Rui that in fact, he did not need to invest in the mine.
Money launderers, if this is really a waste mine, the price they have to pay is too high.
Although Hu Rong is now a Burmese national, he also knows that he cannot afford to offend the Ouyang family. If China puts pressure on Burma, he can find any excuse to make himself unable to stay in Burma. He has never seen those who came from China.
None of the corrupt officials who escaped went to Myanmar.
Moreover, the politics are too complicated. The Ouyang family may be in power today, but they may be in ruins tomorrow. Helping them launder money involves taking risks, so Hu Rong doesn't really want to wade into this muddy water.
But how did Hu Rong know that this was Zhuang Rui's own business at all and had nothing to do with the Ouyang family. If he invested in his jade mine, it would be equivalent to raising a nest of old hens that could lay golden eggs, and he would make a profit without losing money.
of.
Zhuang Rui heard Hu Rong's evasive intention and said: "Brother Hu, if it's cash or bank deposits, I can still find a way, but it would be better to take the gold from Myanmar. If you are in trouble, then I will think about it again."
There is another way..."
Zhuang Rui was originally a financial professional, and he was no stranger to various methods of money laundering. If it were not gold, he would have dozens of ways to legalize the money.
For Zhuang Rui, the easiest way to launder money is to find three or five antiques from any auction house, then find someone to sell them at a high price. Wouldn't the money become legal income?
The most you can do is pay some commission to the auction house.
"No...no, brother Zhuang, that's not what you mean. If you decide, then just transport it over. I will bring all the miners back for the New Year tomorrow. Let's make some arrangements in advance..."
After hearing Zhuang Rui's words, Hu Rong hesitated for a moment and then agreed. He also knew that some changes had taken place in the domestic political arena. The Ouyang family had risen strongly and there were successors. This risk was worth taking.
"Okay, Brother Hu, thank you very much. Let's see you in two days..."
When Zhuang Rui heard Hu Rong's words, he knew that the matter was resolved and was in a good mood. What he didn't know was that because of Hu Rong's misunderstanding, he took a big advantage. In the subsequent transaction of buying and selling gold, Hu Rong lost even one point.
I didn't get any commission money.
"Liu Chuan, why are you here?"
Early the next morning, when it was just dawn and Zhuang Rui was still lying on the bed, someone opened the quilt and a pair of cold hands reached in. Zhuang Rui shivered because of the cold. When he opened his eyes, he found that
Liu Chuan was looking at himself with a smirk on his face.
"I'm here to see my godmother. Well, Sister Min and Brother Guodong are here. You kid, if you don't go back to Pengcheng to pay my dad a New Year's greeting, be careful about your meal.
Hey, I said your house is really nice once it’s renovated. I’ll buy a piece of land in Pengcheng later and build a house like this..."
Liu Chuan walked around Zhuang Rui's house and praised him. He had been here when the yard was deserted, but this time it was completely different. When he arrived at the door just now, he looked at the two big stone lions.
Chuan almost didn't dare to acknowledge the door.
As Zhuang Rui got up and put on his clothes, he said to Liu Chuan: "I will go back to Pengcheng after the New Year. You can stay here for a few days. I have something to do with Brother Zhou and I will be away for two days..."
"No, I'll go if I have something to do. Leilei will go back to Hong Kong to spend the Spring Festival this year. I'm bored..."
When Liu Chuan heard that Zhuang Rui said something was wrong, his eyes immediately lit up. He had heard about Zhuang Rui's great gambling in Hong Kong's gambling boat and his spectacular deeds in Burma's public sale of stones.
I complained several times in front of Lei.
"Are you going too?"
Zhuang Rui hesitated for a moment. Among the people Zhuang Rui trusted most, Liu Chuan definitely ranked first. After all, the two of them grew up together wearing crotchless pants and knew each other too well.
But Liu Chuan was a big talker, and he was afraid that Liu Chuan would get too drunk and brag about it in front of others.
"You have to work when you go out with me..."
"Go ahead and do the work. With your little body, how can you be better than me? Let me tell you, my brother is in bed..."
"Okay, okay, go, stop talking nonsense, I can't take you there..."
Zhuang Rui was afraid of Liu Chuan. Ever since he found out that he was not a virgin, he would compete with him to see who could last longer. He really regarded himself as the reincarnation of Ximen Qing.
"Rogue, let me tell you something serious. What you are going out to do this time is very important, and it must be kept secret. If you can agree, then go together, otherwise forget it..."
Zhuang Rui straightened his face and said to Liu Chuan very seriously. In fact, he knew in his heart that it was not very reliable if he wanted Liu Chuan, a loudmouth, to keep it a secret.
"Can't even my wife say it? Is it okay to leave it to my wife alone?" Liu Chuan hesitated for a moment. He also knew what was wrong with him and couldn't keep his words in his heart.
"You...just do whatever you want. Others don't believe what you say anyway..."
Zhuang Rui glared at Liu Chuan with a dumbfounded look. His brother usually liked to brag, and few people in his circle took his words seriously. Besides, no one would believe what he was going to do this time.
Even if someone believed Liu Chuan's words, there was no way to verify this matter, so Zhuang Rui didn't bother to explain it to him anymore, so he just went ahead and there would be more people to carry the gold.
After a simple wash, Zhuang Rui went to the front yard to see Zhou Rui. Zhou Rui was chatting with Peng Fei. They were from the same army, and Zhou Rui was Peng Fei's old squad leader. The kind of relationship between them
The friendship is much deeper than the Buddha at the Ruili Border Guard Station.
"Brother Hao, you should go too..."
After meeting Zhou Rui in the front yard, Zhuang Rui thought for a while and decided to bring Hao Long with him. Firstly, Haolong was introduced by Ouyang Lei, so there should be no problem with loyalty. Secondly, Haolong and Peng Fei were both
Security personnel hired by oneself.
If this matter is hidden from Hao Long, there will definitely be estrangement between them in the future. It is better to forget about it. After the matter is over, I will give them a sum of money each and let them choose whether to stay or not. However, Zhuang Rui believes that
, they will all stay.
Two hours later, Zhuang Rui and his party of five boarded a flight to Yunnan. However, Zhuang Rui looked a bit disgraced because he was severely punished by Zhuang's mother when he left home.
Although Ouyang Wan didn't care much about his son's affairs, today was the New Year's Eve. Even Zhuang Min and Zhao Guodong rushed to Beijing. The family could have reunited to have a meal together, but they didn't expect that their son would go out again. This made Ouyang Wan
I was very unhappy. Although I was finally let go, I still relived the scene when I was a teacher teaching students.
After getting off the plane, it was already afternoon. Zhuang Rui and others did not go to Ruili. Instead, they found a hotel in Mangshi and registered for a few rooms. Then Zhuang Rui told Liu Chuan and others the purpose of their trip.
After Zhou Rui and others heard about this, they felt as if they were hearing a fairy tale, but they were already in Yunnan, so Zhuang Rui would not lie to them.
It is not something that was lost from China, and there is no psychological burden after taking it. So after being shocked, Zhou Rui and Hao Long quickly adjusted their mentality. It was not the first time for them to go abroad to perform tasks.
As for Liu Chuan, he was even more excited. After hearing Zhuang Rui say that he had shot a leopard, he kept clamoring to go to Myanmar to hunt a tiger. Naturally, Zhuang Rui chose to ignore his words.
"Okay, now let's divide the work. There must be a car to go to the helicopter. Let Peng Fei handle this.
Brother Hao and Brother Zhou, let's go to the mall together and buy four backpacks, as big and inconspicuous as possible, and also buy some foldable boxes..."
After telling a few people the ins and outs of the matter, Zhuang Rui began to assign tasks.
Because the boxes in the cave have Japanese characters on them, the gold in the iron box must be taken out and put back into the box he brought. Zhuang Rui knew that there was a foldable canvas box with wheels for
It's perfect for holding gold.
As for buying a backpack, Zhuang Rui considered the jewelry.
Zhuang Rui didn't take a closer look that day, but the so-called thirty boxes of jewelry may have been mistranslated by Peng Fei, who called them about thirty boxes. Each box was not big, and was similar to the lacquerware boxes used by ordinary people in Pingyao, Shanxi.
Zhuang Rui didn't want to give those jewels to Hu Rong, because some of them had Burmese characteristics, and Hu Rong would definitely be able to recognize them.
Fortunately, there were not many things and they were all small, so Zhuang Rui prepared a few backpacks and put one on each person's back.
When he came to the largest shopping mall in Mangshi, Zhuang Rui took a fancy to a kind of box. It only had a thin layer when folded, and it was made of green canvas. There was also a layer of soft leather inside, which was temporarily used to hold gold. It was still very comfortable.
Applicable.
According to the salesperson's introduction, many people who come to Yunnan to bet on stones use this kind of box to store rough stones. Zhuang Rui asked and found that they still had fifty in stock, and Zhuang Rui ordered them all.
This kind of box is also big enough. Zhuang Rui measured it and found that it would not be a big problem to put one or two hundred pieces of gold in one box. Those gold bricks were not small. Although I didn't weigh it with my hands, Zhuang Rui estimated that one piece weighed two or three kilograms. It should have been the original one.
In order to facilitate transportation, the Japanese re-melted it and made it out of molds.
However, even if these boxes were folded, they would still take up a lot of space. In desperation, Zhuang Rui called Peng Fei and asked him to find a car that could be used both for passenger and cargo.
In the evening, when the mall was about to close, Peng Fei drove a small truck that could seat four people in the front and a container in the back, and he put dozens of boxes in it.
After a night of silence, a few people drove to the China-Myanmar border at around four o'clock the next morning. Zhuang Rui had already obtained the coordinates given to him by Ouyang Lei. Peng Fei knew the terrain here well. After looking at the coordinates and directions, he even connected with the map.
Forget it all and drive directly to that place.
However, when we were still more than ten kilometers away from the coordinates, we were subjected to several interrogations. The reason was that a small-scale military exercise was going on around here, and several main passages were guarded by soldiers.
After Ouyang Lei knew that Zhuang Rui was going to directly digest the other seven tons of gold in Myanmar, he formed a written document and handed it over to several big guys in the Military Commission for approval. The subject was naturally a certain patriotic person donating a batch of gold to the country.
, requiring some cooperation from the troops.
This matter was initiated by Ouyang Lei, so he was naturally responsible for it, so the xxx Special Division had this exercise.
After Zhuang Rui reported the password given to him by Ouyang Lei, the journey was smooth and he arrived at the coordinate location.
"Damn, wow, such a big helicopter?"
Before getting off the car, Liu Chuan shouted excitedly after seeing a helicopter in front of him from a distance. In front of everyone, there was an open space covering an area of several hundred square meters, surrounded by weeds.
, a helicopter parked there quietly.
This helicopter is really not small. It is at least twice as big as the shabby helicopter Zhuang Rui took in Myanmar. It is all military green.
However, outside the cabins on both sides, where the five-star and Bayi signs should have been, they were painted with a layer of black paint, which looked a little out of place.
There is nothing we can do about it. After all, this matter is not so aboveboard. If the helicopter is discovered by the Myanmar military in Myanmar, there will be some room for maneuver without the sign.
Of course, the chance of being discovered is quite small, because there are only a few troops stationed on the China-Myanmar border. Even the Myanmar military government, which was unable to defeat the Kuomintang when it retreated, also knows that no matter how many troops are stationed on the China-Myanmar border,
It was of no use, so we simply moved our heavy troops to the border between northern Myanmar and India.
"There are very few helicopters like this in the country. Old squad leader, do you drive it or should I?"
Peng Fei parked the car next to the helicopter and turned to ask Zhou Rui. Since the car could only seat four people, Zhou Rui, Hao Long and Peng Fei were crowded in the back row.
"Come on, I haven't touched this for several years, I'm so stupid..."
Zhou Rui knew that in terms of military quality and use of these equipment, he was still inferior to Peng Fei. When he changed his career, Peng Fei was already recognized as the king of soldiers.
Zhuang Rui got out of the car first and exchanged the password with a captain officer guarding the helicopter. The password was very complicated. Of course, it was not something like the King of Heaven, the Tiger, the Pagoda, the River Demon, etc. It was a combination of numbers and English.
After hearing that Zhuang Rui's command was correct, the officer handed over the helicopter to Zhuang Rui without even looking at his ID, and told Zhuang Rui the helicopter's configuration, fuel capacity, and flight time.
Some friends may think it is too rash. In fact, the army is like this. Orders and prohibitions are the discipline of the army, unlike the local police. Everyone who has been a soldier knows that in the army, orders are orders, and there is no room for bargaining.
There were also some plastic explosives on the plane, which were specially requested by Zhuang Rui. Since the time was too short and the domestic control of these things was very strict, even if Peng Fei had the ability, he would not be able to get these things, so Zhuang Rui asked
Ouyang Lei asked for some, but he couldn't use shovels to dig out the collapsed hole, right?
After the captain completed the handover, he drove away. The order he received was to return here after 24 hours. As for the purpose of the helicopter and who would pilot it, that was none of his business.
After several people moved the boxes and backpacks onto the huge helicopter, Peng Fei sat in the driver's seat, started the helicopter, and slowly took off.
The door of this helicopter is closed. After closing the door, the sound of wind and propeller rotation outside immediately becomes quieter. It is not like the shabby helicopter in Myanmar where you were filled with air as soon as you opened your mouth.
"It's cool, it's cool, holy shit, Mu Mu, it turns out your kid's life is so exciting. No, I want to move to Beijing too, so I'll move to your courtyard house. I'll follow you wherever you go from now on..."
It was Liu Chuan's first time flying a helicopter, and he was dancing around in the cabin. He regretted not bringing a camera, otherwise he would have taken a photo, how majestic it would have been.
"That's cool, why don't you follow me when I sleep with my wife?"
Zhuang Rui glared at Liu Chuan angrily. He would have told Ouyang Lei to build a broken plane so that Liu Chuan could experience the turbulence.
Peng Fei drove the helicopter along the edge of the Savage Mountains and flew into Myanmar. The dense jungle appeared in Zhuang Rui's eyes again. Looking at the familiar scene below, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but touch his left shoulder, but there was still a dull pain there.
"Old squad leader, please help me visually inspect the landing location..."
After two hours of flight, the helicopter had arrived at the hillside of the cave where Gold was located. Fortunately, there were no tall trees here, so the helicopter could barely stop.
The strong wind driven by the propeller blew the yellow weeds on the ground tightly to the ground, and the smaller rocks rolled. After correcting several times, the helicopter landed slowly.
At this time, Peng Fei's head was also covered with beads of sweat the size of peas. You must know that flying an airplane in mountainous areas is definitely a huge test for the pilot.
Zhuang Rui looked at his watch. At 10:20, he had no way to contact Hu Rong here. He could only carry the gold and go directly to the mine. I believe Hu Rong would arrange for someone to wait there.
Several people got off the helicopter, took engineering shovels, and cleared away the weeds next to the blown-up cave entrance according to the direction pointed by Zhuang Rui. Peng Fei measured the height of the cave and set up firewalls at the four corners.
A blast.
"boom!!!"
A huge explosion sounded, and the rubble at the entrance of the cave shot out, hitting the helicopter with a "crackling" sound, and white spots appeared on the outer shell of the helicopter.
After the dust in the sky dispersed, a dark cave entrance more than one meter high appeared in front of everyone. Liu Chuan was stupid and bold. He dropped the shovel and ran towards the cave entrance. Peng Fei didn't hold him back.
He shouted from behind: "Let's go in later. The cave has been closed for too long. Let the wind flow inside..."
"Mom, what a big snake..."
Before Peng Fei finished speaking, Liu Chuan ran back in a state of peeing and pointed at the entrance of the cave. He looked very frightened.
The Burmese python that Zhuang Rui saw last time crawled out of the cave with a swaying body. It seemed that the explosion just now made it not clear-headed. It hovered at the entrance of the cave for a while, and then slowly got into the grass.
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This cave is not very big, only one to twenty meters long. After waiting for more than half an hour to clear away the gravel at the cave entrance, Peng Fei took the light and walked first, and several people filed in.
After entering, Zhou Rui stayed outside to guard.
"Ahem...this...is all gold in this?"
After several people entered the cave, they shook the dust off the mountain wall. When Liu Chuan opened his mouth, he choked and coughed.
This cave had obviously been modified by Japanese soldiers. Although it was not long, it was very wide, and three or four people could stand side by side in it. At the end of the cave, more than ten boxes stacked together appeared in front of several people.
The specifications of each box are the same, about two meters long, and the height and width are about one meter. These boxes are not entirely made of iron sheets. You can see some wood at the joints. The two boxes are stacked together, and the height is about
More than two meters.
There was a seal on each box, but it had long since turned into dust, and some marks could barely be seen.
There is an iron lock hanging on the box facing Zhuang Rui and others, and it is also rusty.
"Liu Chuan, no, be careful!"
Liu Chuan took a shovel and pushed it against the iron lock. It didn't matter, the two boxes stacked together suddenly fell apart.
The broken box and the palm-sized gold bricks shone with dazzling golden light under the lights, and they were smashed towards Liu Chuan.
