Chapter 281 Isn't it a good place?
When he heard Dou Jiande ask about "financial route", Zheng Baozhi did not answer directly, but asked: "We heard that the government was clamoring to let everyone go to Liaodong? Is anyone in our hometown going?"
Dou Jiande replied: "There are, but there are, but I didn't go much. Everyone was waiting and watching because I heard that the place in Liaodong is not for people, so I was afraid that I would not come back if I went there."
Zheng Baozhi: "That's right, I heard from the ship owners of Beiyang that the winter in Liaodong is really cold. People urinate outside, and they freeze before they even urinate. This is not as good as Australia."
Liu Heita became interested again when he heard this: "Australia? Erlu, do you have to say, what does this Australian mean?"
"It's not interesting. Although winter is not that cold, it's very desolate. Inland, large areas of deserts are slightly better. There are natives living in some natives. Some natives don't cover their bodies in summer... Oh, that's really not covering their bodies. One or two are black and two are naked, and they don't have decent clothes..."
Zheng Baozhi said this and wiped his mouth: "The man didn't even need a crotch cloth, so he used a tube to cover the words, and the woman used leaves to block the thing, shook two pieces of meat and went out..."
"It's really embarrassing to do business with you with kangaroo skin and crocodile skin. We don't know where to look!"
Such popular interesting news shocked Liu Heita and others. In recent years, through watching shadow plays, everyone has a vague understanding of the desolate Australian, knowing that local natives have magical darts "flying around", and knowing that Australian rats, giant crocodiles, etc.
Especially the giant crocodile is the huge Central Plains pig-po dragon. It is said that it can swallow a person in one bite, and it is a ferocious beast on earth.
Now I heard Zheng Baozhi say that local natives don’t cover their bodies, and women dare to go out with two pieces of meat, which is really unbelievable.
"Don't think so much. That female native is so ugly that she can make do with the lights..."
Liu Heita heard the implication: "Oh, Erlu, have you slept with all the female natives?"
"What if you don't sleep? You go to a tribe to visit and discuss business. The tribe's adults asked their daughter to come out to sleep with you, but don't sleep? OK, that's not a family, don't even want to know where the gold mine is... Ah, drink and drink."
Zheng Baozhi let out a word, and everyone was stunned when they heard this and looked at Zheng Baozhi one by one. Zheng Baozhi wanted to change the topic, but was asked by Liu Heita:
"Hey, you guys are so nervous! Gold Mine? Are you looking for gold mine?"
"No, no, no, you can't say this randomly..." Zheng Baozhi waved his hands repeatedly.
Liu Heita sneered when he heard this: "Oh, what other people in the countryside have just said? Now that he is looking for gold mines, he doesn't reveal a few words, are you treating us as a thief?"
When Dou Jiande saw that Liu Heita seemed to be drunk and said nothing, he quickly interrupted: "Heita! If you have something to say, you can't spread such things indiscriminately!"
Then he greeted everyone: "Come on, keep eating wine, eat wine."
Dou Jiande was smoothing out and no longer mentioned the "gold mine". Others knew each other and pretended not to hear it. Liu Heita and Dou Jiande were having a relationship between childhood and had to give face, without saying a word, and drink with their heads.
He was poor since childhood and lacked food and clothing. Seeing the rich slaves in the wealthy families look like they are so arrogant, he was indignant and thought that one day he would be the best man, and he would not be able to do anything.
When doing business, you have no capital and no way to serve others; when you are a mate, you can't stand the anger; when you are gambling, you are lucky enough; you can only make money by blocking the road and robbing.
Especially after the Yongji Canal was opened, the ships coming and going on the canal were fat sheep.
But this side-by-side business is not easy to do now. Not to mention the escort team, the guards of ordinary caravans are more cruel than the other, and they are really cruel. Liu Heita has been running around in recent years and has not made any name for himself.
Now seeing Zheng Erlu who was even worse than himself, Liu Heita was really envious, but not very jealous. After all, this was obtained by someone's life. He was convinced, but he was treated as a thief to guard against him. He was really angry when he thought about it.
Seeing Liu Heita's depressed look, Zheng Baozhi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and said to Dou Jiande: "Hey, brother, we are not stupid. This Australian is really not a good place to go, it's far away..."
"Although we are now engaged in a fur business in Australia and have to mining, we have to recruit people to Australia to help in our hometown, but it is not easy to recruit people we know. If we have to endure it, how can we have the confidence to come back..."
“That’s, that’s….”
Dou Jiande echoed, but unexpectedly Liu Heita threw the wine glass: "Fuck! The bullshit Australia is not a good place!"
Regardless of Dou Jiande's dissuasion, Liu Heita shouted: "In recent years, we have been on a boat and have gone to many places along the Yongji Canal. Seeing that Australian crocodile skins are growing and more and more rat skins are growing in the fur shop. One or two merchants who purchased goods snatched them like they don't have money. Do you think Australia is desolate?"
"Australia crocodile skin is so ugly, but it is as expensive as gold. The big rat... is so many kangaroo skins that I can pick them up casually. If Australia is desolate, where did this fur come from? Did you pick them up from the natives?"
"One or two said that Australia is bitter and dangerous, and then they kept transporting fur goods and even ran back to recruit people. Who are they fooling about?"
When Dou Jiande saw Liu Heita's hot temper, the scene was very ugly. He wanted to smooth things over, but he didn't know what to say. He could only look at Zheng Baozhi and find a way for him:
"Baozhi, you are the owner of Nanyang. If it is a secret, don't tell me."
Zheng Baozhi sighed: "Hey, this is not a secret, but that ghost place is really hard. If we recruit fellow villagers we know, where to endure hardships, we will be afraid of being poked and scolded in the future..."
"You keep talking about the suffering of Australia and the suffering of Australia. What kind of suffering is the way to suffer? You have to talk about it?"
Dou Jiande said in a calm tone, and the others also pricked up their ears and listened, wanting to know what kind of suffering is going on in Australia.
It’s so hard that even you, Zheng Erlu, has developed. It’s really hard.
"Don't hesitate, just talk about the gold mine, are you looking for it?" Liu Heita spoke again, and everyone's eyes gathered on Zheng Baozhi again.
"Oh, this... this is the company's mine, how can it be said that it is ours?"
Liu Heita continued to ask: "You are sleepy with the daughter of that tribe. If you get a gold mine, can you still not have a share?"
"But Australia is really not a good place. It is nearly thousands of miles away from the Central Plains. We set off from Huaikou and arrived in Australia. It took more than half a year. The road was bumpy and swaying on the sea. We were in poor health and we were already disbanding halfway."
Zheng Baozhi explained, seeing that he had already spoken, he simply spread out and said, "Yes, now there are gold mines in Australia, and there are some iron mines, but no serious people are willing to go to that ghost place to mine. The company finds ways to get people, but the Nanyang Islander barbarians are thin and small, and they will die after a few days of going to the mine, so..."
"So you come back and earn money to go to Southeast Asia?"
Dou Jiande blurted out when he heard this, and felt unbelievable: Could it be that the government advocated the pursuit of going to Southeast Asia to earn the people's slave labor in Southeast Asia?
Chapter completed!