Chapter 78: The Money Power of Smugglers
“Are you sure they gave the horses to the Mapuche?”
When Lieutenant Philip spoke, his tone sounded a little anxious, even full of anticipation. Why was he so expectant?
It’s nothing but money!
Viedma is a very remote little place with no opportunity to make money. For Philip, he can only watch others make money. In Buenos Aires Province, there are many smugglers engaging in smuggling trade with the Mapuche people. The same is true in the Confederation. How do those smugglers conduct smuggling?
The local officials will definitely need to turn a blind eye.
However, few smugglers chose Viedma because it was too small and the few small merchants there were only engaged in small businesses. Naturally, he could not make much money.
Well, this opportunity came out of nowhere.
Although the scale of this event is large, the bigger the scale, the more opportunities and wealth it means!
"Hehe, Bailey, did you think no one would notice you? But you still couldn't escape my attention in the end!"
Philip, who had made up his mind to get a share of the benefits, gave Romario some reward and promised that he would promote him to sergeant soon, then he couldn't wait to meet Pele.
"Bailey!"
After seeing Bailey, Lieutenant Philip said directly,
"You should know who is the master of Viedma!"
"Of course you, sir."
Bailey said respectfully.
"If you knew that, why did you go around me? Mr. Bailey, I need your explanation."
"Explain? What do you mean?"
"What?"
Before Bailey could play dumb, Philip sneered.
"You only have one chance now. If your answer satisfies me, I think we can still be friends. But if..."
The voice stopped abruptly. Philip stared at the stack of bills on the table. He pursed his lips and spoke after a long while.
"This is……"
"This is a gift between friends, Lieutenant Philip. The reason why I chose this place is because it is more suitable for doing business here, don't you think?"
"Of course, of course..."
At least two hundred pesos!
Lieutenant Philip calculated in his mind, this time I have 200 pesos, what about the future? Maybe from now on I can earn a few thousand pesos every year, and by then, I will be rich!
"Well, Mr. Bailey, you're very polite."
Lieutenant Philip laughed.
"Why should we be so polite to each other? If you need anything in the future, you can always ask me for help..."
Bailey smiled as he looked at Lieutenant Philip who had changed his expression.
"Of course, I need your help. Believe me, you will feel that your help is worth it. Second lieutenant, it won't take long before you can become a lieutenant, a captain, or even a major!"
"Major..."
After hearing what Bailey said, Philip naturally thought of his old friend, Major Bellucci, in his fantasy.
"By the way, Mr. Bailey, since you are doing business there, you must know some powerful people. I mean, I have something I want to ask you, is that okay?"
Bailey chuckled after Lieutenant Phillips left.
"Okay, the fish is hooked!"
Then he gave instructions to the people around him.
"Go, send a letter to the company immediately."
…
Easy!
After receiving Bailey's letter, Zhu Xianhai was relieved, but also a little surprised.
"Major Bellucci..."
Zhu Xianhai frowned and then spoke.
"Does he know Philip?"
The answer is obvious. If they didn't know each other, there was no need to ask him for help. Even so, Zhu Xianhai still couldn't help but sigh at how small the world is.
Of course, he had no idea that there were two old friends in Viedma - the Bellucci sisters, and the reason they appeared there was to rescue Major Bellucci.
"Let's see if there's a chance to help them in the future!"
While talking to himself, Zhu Xianhai lay down on the recliner and started a new round of simulation. Facts have proved that the biggest role of the simulator is to help him avoid future "pitfalls".
[Simulation starts!]
The simulation time this time is very short, only twenty days.
Everything was just as Zhu Xianhai had guessed. Sure enough, after putting on the "shell" of the Mapuche, things became much smoother. Pele became a smuggler, and Philippe also got the money he wanted. As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a big deal.
Relying on the "cash power", the exposed crisis was successfully resolved.
In order to further improve the "smuggling channel", Zhu Xianhai even specially arranged several smuggling businesses such as cloth. On the surface, the goods were shipped to the tribe, but in fact they were handed over to the "pretenders". After Philip got the benefits, he naturally turned a blind eye.
…
[End of this simulation]
When the simulation ended, Zhu Xianhai frowned slightly and muttered to himself.
“They actually got to Viedma!”
Originally, Zhu Xianhai thought that Lieutenant Philip and Major Bellucci were old acquaintances, so he offered to help. But who would have thought that the Monica sisters actually came to Viedma.
“It’s such a small world!”
Recalling the pretty appearance of the lotus pair in the simulator, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but mutter softly.
"It seems that little Monica has grown a little bit bigger, almost catching up with her sister, and will soon be even better..."
As he was fantasizing and looking at the flashing light screen, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but curl his lips.
[Gains from this simulation: The user further concealed his own existence by "disguising his identity" in this simulation. The user understood that "growing up in a sleazy way" is the first rule of survival when weak. This simulation rewards 200 experience points. I hope the user will continue to work hard and seriously understand the way for the weak to survive. This life simulation time is too short, no other rewards.]
…
MMP, there are no other rewards. Zhu Xianhai suddenly felt that it was not so good. There were no additional rewards.
"Could it be that this is how short-term simulations work? Spending dozens of points, you can only gain a few hundred experience points?"
His brows were furrowed, but suddenly Zhu Xianhai smiled again.
"But even so, the experience points gained are ten times as much!"
While laughing, Zhu Xianhai said again.
"Okay, we've passed this stage. The most urgent task now is to build a house to accommodate the new guests as soon as possible!"
