Chapter 341: An Island No One Wants

Over 300 tons of gold, a large quantity of oil paintings and artworks.

Several dozen boxes of amber products that have been taken apart into pieces.

That is what is called Hupogong.

More importantly, there are silver-white boxes.

No one knows what is inside them.

We can only take them back to study slowly.

Lin Feng even wondered whether inside might be a nuclear bomb.

If opened…… boom!

Then it's game over.

Boxes of gold were hoisted up.

They were packed in ammunition boxes.

When holding bullets, they weighed only a few dozen jin.

But when holding gold, they weighed over two hundred jin!

Each box contained more than twenty gold bars, each bar weighing ten jin.

How to transport these gold bars back?

Lin Feng and Ouyang Moli had already planned this.

On the night of March 30th, two large trucks took advantage of the darkness and drove to the vicinity.

Opening the truck's cargo area, one could see it filled with small oak barrels containing red wine.

Each oak barrel's volume is about 30 liters.

Opening the oak barrel's lid, a piece of gold was placed inside each wooden barrel.

Because the oak barrels vary in thickness, the weight difference of about ten jin does not attract attention.

A large truck can pull two barrels at once.

Two trucks can carry away 5,000 jin of gold in one trip.

Over a hundred trips would be enough to haul it all.

The red wine in the trucks was all low-quality wine purchased nearby.

The oak barrels are recyclable, so they need not be counted as part of the gold transportation cost.

And the purchase price for 30 liters of red wine is still under 20 euros.

Even if we dump all the wine after bringing it back, the loss would be only over a million euros.

Before dawn, the two trucks drove off.

They were taken directly to the port of Bualamei for storage.

Other items, such as oil paintings and artworks, are easier to transport.

Even the disassembled pieces of Hupogong are the same.

Just attach a fake label to them.

Unless one encounters a keen-eyed scholar.

"If this treasure is taken back, it would be a huge loss!"

In the night, watching the two large trucks drive away, Ouyang Moli furrowed her brows and said.

At current gold prices, 320 tons of high-purity gold can be exchanged for 170 billion US dollars,

After going through a middleman and adding taxes, the amount actually received would be estimated at no more than 120 billion US dollars.

Lin Feng asked: "Didn't you say a few days ago that you could buy an island?"

Ouyang Moli had only mentioned the island casually.

The island she spoke of is located in the Taipingyang, near Feilvbin, and is a private island.

Its area is about ten thousand mu.

Because it has not been developed, this island cannot be found on maps.

The owner of this island is an American.

He wants to sell it for 100 million Mi yuan.

But the island is barren, all stone, with no freshwater resources, and is several hundred nautical miles from Feilvbin.

Development costs are high, and it has been on the market for a long time without a buyer.

The island's name is Kaqiluodao.

Seeing Lin Feng bring up the island again, Ouyang Moli widened her eyes and said, "You really want to buy it?"

Lin Feng nodded and said: "You said before that this island does not belong to any Guo Jia, but is a high-seas island."

Ouyang Moli nodded and said: "For Americans, it has no development value; building a base would be too small, not even enough length for an airport runway."

On top of lacking freshwater resources, the weather is harsh, especially in summer when a storm hits almost every few days.

More importantly, even after development, it would not be very safe.

Because it is not under any country's jurisdiction, if something happens one can only bear the responsibility oneself; at least the Guo Jia have no obligation or responsibility to handle troubles on the island.

"Do you have a map?" Lin Feng asked.

"Yes!" Ouyang Moli nodded.

Then she picked up her phone, preparing to open and look.

Lin Feng glanced around and said, "We'd better go back and have a look!"

Back in the stone house, Lin Feng went into the storage room and took a look.

All the miscellaneous items originally in the room had been thrown down into the treasure cave.

A house of several dozen square meters, piled full of boxes holding gold.

Above the three-meter-wide pit leading to the treasure cave, a mechanical hoisting device has been set up.

It is electrically controlled; deep in the treasure cave, a generator is running.

Using too much electricity will also attract attention.

Even standing at the cave mouth, the generator inside the treasure cave makes little noise.

Ouyang Moli had already opened the 3D map of Kaqiluodaxiu and handed the phone to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took the phone and looked at it.

Kaqiluodao is elongated, with a raised middle, standing over three hundred meters above sea level.

The whole island is stone, with water‑protruding reefs visible around it.

Seeing such an island, Lin Feng instantly envisioned a renovated version in his mind.

Level the island's top.

The cut‑off crushed stone is filled in at both ends of the island, allowing a runway to be built.

Completing this work would at least increase the island's area by one third.

As for storms, if the buildings are sturdy enough, they need not be feared.

Can a one‑meter‑thick concrete wall withstand a typhoon of several dozen levels?

If not, then two meters, three meters…

As for fresh water, at worst we can build a seawater purification system.

This is truly a place where the heavens are high and the emperor far away, a land of no oversight.

One can do whatever they want here.

As for the problem of being coveted…

Buy some missiles, cannons and such, place them on the island, and even if an American aircraft carrier comes, we won't fear it.

Of course, this island must also be put under Ouyang Moli's name.

Lin Feng estimated that investing several billion dollars would be enough to develop this island.

"Let's store this batch of gold in the warehouse for now! Have someone guard it carefully and don't leak the news. Once we've secured the island, then…"

"Then what?"

Ouyang Moli asked curiously.

Lin Feng gave a hehe smile, "Then we'll build houses for rent, with each apartment priced at ten thousand…"

That was obviously a joke.

Ouyang Moli turned and walked away; Lin Feng is too improper.