This chaos was really caused by Wang Chen. Just after the first batch of Chinese soldiers boarded the dock, this group of soldiers with unique temperament immediately attracted the attention of the locals.
Xiao Letian has always believed in the policy of elite soldiers. The Chinese army has always been a place with a very high elimination rate. There are soldiers who have been brushed off almost every day in the new barracks, and those soldiers who have passed the strict selection are waiting for them to be the best in the world. equipment and the best treatment.
Everything he wears is top-notch military products. Even the lowest-level recruits are paid three silver dollars a month as military pay. As for food, the cost is not taken into account.
The soldiers raised by the elite military policy were born with a unique temperament, and they attracted the attention of countless indigenous people when they appeared on the dock.
Smart businessmen will observe all the clothing on the soldiers, such as the quality of the boots, the type of tobacco they smoke, the occasional pocket watch chain exposed from the pocket of the military uniform, and even the quality of the buttons.
What surprised the natives even more was that they were all yellow-skinned people, but they had the same confidence as British soldiers, and their aura was even stronger.
These were a group of wealthy men, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with doing business with them. Soon everyone in the dock realized this. Bold vendors began to bring their goods and sell them in broken English.
There was no trouble before buying some drinks, eating some fruits and local products, until a gem merchant got in front of Wang Chen, which caused a big conflict.
Wang Chen has long had a woman in his heart, that is, the female principal he met on the island of Kalimantan. After that unsuccessful confession, Wang Chen, instead of being discouraged, became even more full of fighting spirit. He swore I must chase her in this life.
When he came ashore this time, a very important purpose was to choose a gift for his girlfriend. When the colorful gems were held in front of him, he was sure that this was the best gift for a woman.
Wang Chen didn't exchange too many pounds before disembarking, only a dozen pennies, because he didn't expect that he would spend so much money selling such expensive goods, but he had a lot of dragon-marked silver coins in his pocket.
I took out a dragon-patterned silver coin and talked with the vendor in English to ask him if he wanted this kind of money. Unexpectedly, the powerful Nanyang Chinese businessmen had already established their business here. Businessmen in the Galle region all knew this exquisite coin. Silver coins, everyone nodded.
After careful selection, Wang Chen fell in love with this beautiful sapphire, and the next thing was to negotiate a price.
"Hey...the problem lies in the bargaining. Neither of us speak English well, both have strange accents, and there is no translator around, so we have to rely on gestures..."
Wang Chen smiled bitterly and said, "The other person held out four fingers. How could I be fooled? I just held out one finger... But the guy definitely disagreed and shook his head like a rattle..."
"I also had a firm attitude. I turned around and was about to leave, but he got scared and turned into three fingers..."
Wang Chen tilted his head and said in a very arrogant tone, "I, Wang Chen, have also seen the world, want to kill me? Damn it, no way... I just reached out and took off one of his three fingers, hehehe... ...It hurt so much that he gritted his teeth!"
"I just said, that's all, do you want it? If not, I'll leave... Look, how domineering we are!"
"You're still bragging!" Ye Qiu next to him stabbed his butt boldly, "I'm even blushing for you! Don't brag about the next thing, don't think it's embarrassing..."
"Head of State, in the end, the vendor still nodded, very reluctantly... At first, I was sure that the animal was taking advantage of it, but when I paid, I realized that the vendor's face changed drastically!"
Ye Qiu blushed and said, "Damn, you actually counted out twenty dragon-marked silver coins! When you threw them one by one into the vendor's hand, the vendor's face turned pale!"
"At first... we thought the hawker was embarrassed at the loss, but when the twenty silver coins were counted, the black monkey-like hawker turned around and ran away, running faster than a donkey..."
"What's the end?" Xiao Letian finally understood and asked with a smile.
Wang Chen scratched his head, "In the end... later... anyway... oh, after more than ten minutes, so many jewelry vendors rushed out and surrounded us all..."
"Oh God! Hahahaha..." The British police sergeant who heard the story immediately bent over with laughter. "Oh my God! You are wrong...the fingers stretched out by the hawker represent single digits. Why did you do it yourself?" Has it been upgraded to ten digits?
"He meant two silver coins, not twenty...hahaha..."
At this moment, it finally dawned on them. Everyone looked at each other in embarrassment. The military policeman laughed enough and quickly ordered his Sikh turbans to go and maintain order.
Wang Chen said aggrievedly, "Who knew gems were so cheap here! In Ryukyu, you can't get a gem like this without fifty or sixty silver coins!"
At this time, Zai Chun, who was dumbfounded, saw Er Mao's figure behind him. He took the gem and looked at it carefully, "Well... if a gem of this quality is polished, it will cost at least two hundred taels to send to Liulichang!"
"Right?" Wang Chen waved his hand aggrievedly, "Who would have thought that there are so many gems in this ghost place? It's so ghostly!"
The commotion on the dock was not a big deal in the first place, but the result was that because of the participation of Xiao Letian, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the King of Ryukyu, the defenders in the Galle Fort were immediately alerted. Major General Jason, who had just landed, personally led the soldiers forward. Came to answer.
After listening to the sergeant's report, Major General Jason smiled, "Dear head of state, this is what this magical island is like. There are countless gems here. If you are interested, I can show you the way and let you visit!"
Before Xiao Letian could nod, King Shangtai, a king obsessed with exploration, was excited: "Great, master, let's take a look. I want to see with my own eyes how the gems are collected!"
Anyway, nothing happened. Xiao Letian finally nodded, and under the escort of Major General Jason and local people, a team of one hundred and fifty people began to drive towards the dense forest path in the north.
Before leaving, Jason said to the police chief, "Inform our friends in China and ask them to buy gems from licensed shops. Although they are more expensive, the quality is guaranteed, and such jokes will not happen!"
"Your Majesty, King, Head of State... The main gem mining area in Sri Lanka is in the city of Ratnapura, more than 50 kilometers north of Galle. Speaking of which, the Galle area can also be regarded as the edge of the main mining area. We must be I don’t have time to go anywhere, but there is a large gem mining area five kilometers outside Galle..."
