Chapter 358 The Nord Stream pipeline was bombed, and South African gold shocked the world
South Africa, Rothschild Gold Mine.
As a country in the Eastern Second District, it is six to seven hours later than the Dragon Kingdom Imperial Capital time, and it is dusk at this time.
As the saying goes, if you are poor, travel to Southeast Asia, if you are rich, go to Europe and America, and if you are rich, see Africa. This is definitely a place that can arouse the most primitive desires of human beings.
Of course.
Not lust, but hunting.
Anyone who has ever hunted knows that the thrill of squatting on the prey and killing the hunt, as well as the soaring adrenaline during the waiting process, bring pleasure that is incomparable to dopamine.
There is only one value in Africa, and that is money first.
Here you can spend one million dollars to hunt a lion, or you can spend five million dollars to hunt an elephant. All the animals you can see have clearly marked prices, and even humans can also clearly mark their prices, as long as You can afford the price.
In addition to the most primitive animal nature, humans also have the desire to reproduce and feed themselves.
Needless to say, reproduction, let alone Africa, there are underground service places in every country. As for food and clothing, modern times have transformed it into something valuable.
To put it bluntly.
That’s gold, diamonds, and oil.
These things that can solve the problem of "subsistence and clothing" can be found in Africa. Even because of their own insufficient mining conditions, local African countries welcome global businessmen to invest in mining.
The three primitive desires of animality, reproduction, and food and clothing can be satisfied. It is no wonder why Africa is called a playground for the rich.
Southwestern South Africa.
Rothschild Gold Mine.
American New York Times reporter Sam Schild took a military pickup truck and finally arrived at the mine of the "whistleblower" after many twists and turns.
I saw him and the photographer get out of the car and excitedly told the camera: "At six o'clock in the afternoon, South Africa time, we returned to this mysterious gold mine again. This time I did A bold decision to go down and take a look inside the gold mine.”
“Who?”
As soon as he introduced his purpose to the camera, several black guards holding AKs surrounded him, pointing their black guns directly at Sam Shields.
In this "primitive" place, when faced with AK pointing at your forehead, the most effective way is to immediately raise your hand and explain clearly.
Sam Shelder raised his hands directly and said in fluent English: "I know your leader and we met this morning."
"Squat down!"< br>
“Hold your head with your hands and squat down!”
“Squat down, you damn white pig!”
Several black guards obviously didn’t understand and still raised their guns. Shouting.
The quarrel here also attracted a black leader to check the situation. When he saw that it was Sam Shields and his photographer, he immediately gave the black guards two whips and used The local language stopped and said:
"You idiots, can't you see that this is the guest invited by the boss? We just came here to take photos of the gold mine in the morning. You idiots, give me your guns quickly." Put it down."
The words fell.
The muzzle of the held AK moved downwards.
The black guards who were kicked did not complain at all. In Africa, strength is the last word. If there are some people who talk about Jesus literature, 7.62 will teach them what the final destination is.
It is no exaggeration to say that what the nature of primitive human beings is like is what is shown here.
As for nature being inherently good?
This is almost nonsense.
Throw two men and one woman into a desert island, and time will tell the world whether human beings' primitive instincts are evil or good. The reason why modern society is harmonious is because there are rules and regulations to restrain the dark side of people's hearts, even if they are literary. No matter how high a professor is, he would not dare to say that he is inherently good.
As the AK muzzles were all pointed downward, the guard leader looked at Sam Shields and asked: "Dear guests, what is the purpose of your return?"
"We want to go down and see inside the gold mine, okay?" Sam Shields asked.
"This..."
The guard leader did not respond.
After pondering for a few seconds, he took out the walkie-talkie on his waist and said: "Let me ask for permission first, because this is a private owner's mine, and it is not a good thing to allow others to mine in violation of regulations."
Just as he pressed the button The intercom key was pressed, and a cheerful voice came from behind him: "Sam Schild, my friend, why are you back again?"
The appearance of Karl Rothschild made Sam... Schelder's eyes lit up and he immediately stated his intention: "We want to shoot a video of an underground gold mine. This will be explosive news. Look..."
"No problem."
Karl Rothschild readily agreed.
Sam Shields came to South Africa on a business trip and undoubtedly discovered large-scale gold mining sites, all of which were fueled by black hands.
If it were normal circumstances, the moment Sam Shields discovered the gold mining site, he would have been washed by 7.62.
But everything has been arranged, and the goodwill everyone exudes towards him is just a show for the occasion.
As a recent graduate and an intern at the New York Times, Sam Schilder never knew that he had become a part of the plan.
In his opinion, the people of South Africa are simple and kind-hearted, and they do not burn, kill, and loot at every turn, as advertised.
After getting permission, Sam Schild geared up and said, "Then when will we go down to the mine?"
"Right away."
Karl Rothschild smiled.
Just after he finished speaking, he confirmed knowingly: "But I want to remind you that if you go into a gold mine, your personal safety cannot be guaranteed, because there is a danger of landslides at any time."
< br>“I understand.”
“That’s good, let’s go.”
Karl Rothschild leads the way, while Sam Schilder looks at the camera from time to time give his explanation.
This place seems too crazy to him.
AK guards can be seen everywhere.
There are also ores that have just been transported, piled on one side of the camp, like waste rocks.
When Carl Rothschild and Sam Schild arrived inside the camp, after walking for a few minutes, they stopped in front of the lift.
"You can go directly to the inside of the gold mine by taking the lift. I have something else to do, so I won't go down with you. Hyena, you can be your guide." Carl Rothschild looked at the black leader.
“Understood.”
The hyena responded immediately.
Karl Rothschild did not go to the mine, Sam Schild was ecstatic, and there would be more room for maneuver.
"Then let's go down and have a look. Brother Carl, thank you very much."
"Haha, it's a small thing."
Carl Rothschild smiled.
After a few people exchanged greetings, Sam Schild, the photographer, and the hyena took the elevator and descended into the mine.
When the three people completely disappeared in front of him, the smile hanging on the corner of Carl Rothschild's lips immediately faded, and he said with an indifferent expression: "Only a fool will accompany you to the mine."
As a member of the Rothschild family, he was born to enjoy the world. He wished he could use 48 of the 24 hours in a day. Life is so pleasant.
Go to the mine?
Is the mine still at risk of landslide?
He will only go down when his brain is too weak. Isn’t this just making fun of his own life?
Besides, if he didn't go down, it would be convenient for Sam Shields to go to the restricted area to take pictures. He also gave instructions to the hyena to guide Sam Shields to the restricted area intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Karl Rothschild didn’t know the family’s intentions and why they sent reporters here, he didn’t need to ask. The patriarch was his belief and the source of his power and wealth. He only needed unconditional support. .
This is like the eunuchs of the ancient Dragon Kingdom. Their power came from the emperor. The eunuch group naturally wanted the emperor to control the government and the public more than anyone else. The more concentrated the emperor's power was, the more their power would naturally increase.
If the emperor can't speak, who will regard the eunuch group as a human being?
This is the principle of beating a dog to see its owner.
……
Going down to the inside of the mine, Sam Schilder looked at the huge entrance and the faint golden color of the surrounding walls. He couldn't help but touch it and said, "Are these also gold?"
"The mining here has been completed. ”
The hyena responded.
This sentence made Sam Shields feel incredible. He just clicked a button and found a gold grain one-tenth the size of the tip of his little finger. Do you think this has been mined?
Huh? ? ?
Finished? ? ?
It’s just a little bit, about 1-2 grams.
“Let’s go inside.”
The hyena didn’t explain.
He has been mining here and knows how big this gold mine is. It is no exaggeration to say that this is an underground gold mountain.
Sam Shields threw away the gold nuggets silently, fearing that his secret collection would be discovered.
Then he followed the hyena's footsteps and entered the inside of the mine. Mining lights had been installed above, and the walls on both sides had a faint golden glow under the light.
I can’t imagine it.
Before going down into the mine, Sam Shields couldn’t imagine it at all.
If he was allowed to drive away with a truck, he would probably never know what poverty means in his life.
The three of them wound their way to the first mining point, where more than 20 black miners were mining gold mines with picks and impact drills. There was no top support at all.
This means that during the mining process of gold mines, the top stones can easily be pressed down, causing mining accidents.
But no one seems to care here. Black miners have never seen a mine with top support. In private mines in South Africa, there is no support, because the money saved by not using support is enough. I'll pay for the lives of thousands of gangsters.
“This is the newly mined gold ore.” The hyena came to the transport truck and picked up the fist-sized gold nugget inside.
Sam Shields quickly approached, and he was suddenly shocked and speechless.
Gold ore the size of a fist is actually quite small. There are gold ores as big as a human head, and it has filled three entire carts. The photographer also quickly recorded it.
“Is this crazy?”
Sam Shelder couldn’t help but sigh.
He watched for a few minutes and saw the pickaxe placed on the ground. He looked at the hyena and said, "Can I try mining?"
"Of course."
The hyena shrugged shrugged.
Sam Schilder picked up the pickaxe and smashed it against the wall of the mining site. The feedback from the force made his arms numb. However, when he hit the pickaxe, the wall actually turned golden. It was a gold ore the size of a head, and the gold inside was revealed due to the damage done by the pickaxe.
"You are lucky."
The hyena quickly stepped forward to praise.
The moment he saw the gold, Sam Scheldt's human desire for "food and clothing" was aroused. He hit dozens of pickaxes in a row. The tiger's mouth turned red and he was breathing heavily, but the gold ore also fell. , causing Sam Shield to ignore the rest and immediately pick up the gold mine and check it quickly. "This is crazy. It weighs at least 40 to 50 kilograms. If calculated according to refining, there are only 20 kilograms left, which is 10,000 grams. The current international gold price is 1,236 US dollars per ounce. In my hands This gold mine is worth $430,000, which is crazy.”
Sam Shields kept talking about madness.
Only when he came to South Africa did he realize that it wasn’t that he didn’t love money before, but that he didn’t have the opportunity to come into contact with it.
It is no exaggeration to say that now he really wants to take this gold ore away, because 420,000 US dollars is his salary for ten years.
No one can resist the temptation of earning ten years’ salary in ten minutes.
But Sam Shields is not stupid either. There are guards with guns everywhere in the gold mines. If you rob them openly, you will have to spend the money at the expense of your life.
The photographer recorded the whole process, and he also swallowed hard while filming.
"Shall we continue to go inside? Or go back up?" The hyena asked looking at the panting Sam Shields.
“Can we still go inward?”
Sam Shield was stunned.
The hyena shrugged and said with an indifferent expression: "Of course, we are the only ones here, aren't we?"
Sam Shelder naturally heard the overtone and quickly expressed his intention to go inside. When people left the mining site and entered the long tunnel, Sam Shield secretly stuffed a wad of U.S. dollars into the hyena, which amounted to more than three thousand U.S. dollars.
Three thousand US dollars here is definitely a huge sum of money. As the hyena put it in his pocket, he led the two of them directly to the fork in the road, and then walked into the mine on the left.
Ten minutes later.
Sam Shields and the photographer were dumbfounded.
"Omag, my God!"
"What did I see?"
The two of them looked at the scene in front of them and were stunned, because in front of them, it was really In a mine with exposed pure gold ore, there was a huge exposed gold ore of tens of meters on the right side that made Sam Shields couldn't help but step forward and touch it.
“Crazy!”
“That’s crazy!”
"You can't see the bottom at all."
This mining area is so scary. Sam Schild has never seen so much gold. There is gold in all directions here. Even after walking hundreds of meters inside, it still doesn't matter. This look and this amazing reserve made them exclaim.
The hyena looked at the dull two people and reminded: "Don't say I brought you here, this is our secret."
"Of course."
< br>Sam Shields responded quickly.
He couldn't even imagine how ridiculous the price of gold in the world would fall if this place was exposed.
As far as the eye can see, there are gold mines all over, and they stretch for hundreds of meters.
The photographer kept taking pictures, and neither of them noticed the smile on the corner of the hyena's mouth or his eyes. He seemed to be looking at two fools.
……
And on the other side.
Nordic region.
As African countries continue to fall into darkness, Northern Europe has just reached noon at this time, and in the Baltic Sea, Mao Xiong is dispatching warships to perform daily patrol missions.
Since the Baltic Sea is an important maritime trade hub in Northern Europe, there are many ships sailing here, and naturally they need to be escorted.
The surrounding countries are all small Nordic countries, and their maritime power is weak.
As a major importing country, Mao Xiong's trade with the Nordic countries is the main source of its domestic economy, so it will dispatch warships from time to time to perform maritime patrol missions.
Just when the Mao Xiong soldiers thought that today was another calm day, a sudden loud noise caused the entire warship to shake.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
"Who attacked our warship?"
Another cry There was a loud noise, and the entire sea surface continued to shake. Some soldiers on the warship's plywood had accidentally fallen into the sea.
At this time, the entire sea area was shaking, like the roar of an approaching storm.
When the warship came to a stop, the Mao Xiong soldiers just wanted to check the damage, but when they looked at the sea, they were dumbfounded. There was a large amount of white foam on the sea, and the surrounding sea was filled with the stench of natural gas. .
“Oh my God!”
“What happened?”
The soldiers were collectively confused.
When the captain stepped out of the plywood to check the situation in the sea, he was also shocked by the scene in front of him. The entire sea was filled with white foam, accompanied by the stench of natural gas.
Just when they were at a loss, a merchant ship happened to pass through the sea area, and someone happened to record the scene.
The merchant ship sailed for half an hour and docked at a nearby port.
A large number of media received news claiming that Mao Xiong blew up the Beixi pipeline, causing a large amount of natural gas to leak, and also took photos of Mao Xiong's warship.
For a while.
Countless media flocked to the event.
In less than half an hour, the Swedish Internet exploded.
"The Beixi Pipeline was blown up. Is Mao Xiong going to end the trade with Northern Europe?" 》
《The latest hot news, the Beixi natural gas transportation pipeline was blown up, and the Mao Xiong warship was photographed performing a maritime mission! 》
“Strictly condemn the wooly bear’s approach, destroying the Nord Stream pipeline is anti-human! 》
The continuous bombardment of media news not only exposed thousands of netizens, but also exposed the commander-in-chief of the United States in Northern Europe.
When he was interviewed by the media, he couldn't help but regretted: "We are deeply puzzled and confused by what the Mao Xiong military has done. The Nord Stream pipeline is not only the lifeline of the Nordic people, but also their defense We severely condemn the cold tactics and advise Mao Xiong to respond as soon as possible, otherwise we will adopt corresponding strategies to retaliate!”
With these words, the commander-in-chief of the US Army in Northern Europe pointed at Mao Xiong’s nose and said, it’s you who sent him! The Nord Stream pipeline was bombed by a warship.
Not only the Nordic media are reporting on it, but ABC, the New York Times, and the Washington Daily News in the United States are all grabbing the front page headlines, and social media platforms such as Little Blue Bird and Facebook are also reporting on it.
In just one hour, the entire West already knew that Mao Xiong sent warships to blow up the Beixi Pipeline. As for why it was blown up, no one knew the answer, and no one cared. They only cared about the Beixi Pipeline.
[Debbie Martin]: "This is crazy. The Nord Stream pipeline is an important natural gas transmission pipeline. If Mao Xiong doesn't want to fulfill the contract, the supply will be stopped at worst. Why should it be blown up?"
[Milosh ·Minic]: "This is a waste of human life. If it cannot be repaired in winter, the temperature of tens of degrees below zero is enough to kill hundreds of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled, and the wooly bears are murdering!"
[Joseph· Kantar]: "This is an act against humanity. We severely condemn the behavior of the woolly bears and must repair the pipeline immediately!"
Countless Western people are condemning it, and they stand on the moral high ground.
As they said, the Nord Stream Pipeline is an important natural gas transmission pipeline in Northern Europe and a guarantee of people’s lives.
This is like the north of the Dragon Kingdom. If there is no heating supply, how can ordinary people withstand the extreme cold of minus ten or twenty degrees, or even thirty or forty degrees?
Even if there are ways to keep warm and accumulate food for the winter, life is still inconvenient.
The same is true in the Nordic region, which has extremely cold weather and relies entirely on natural gas to survive the winter. It is already June, and there are still four to five months before the cold weather will turn completely cold. By then, you can rely on your "righteousness" to survive Extremely cold weather.
Just when Western netizens were denouncing the woolly bears, the New York Times published an exclusive news article with the eye-catching title "South Africa's Super Gold Mine Exposed," which attracted a large number of people to read it.
Gold mine photos.
Gold Mine Video.
Gold mine forecast data.
Expert analysis.
The New York Times has all arranged it, and experts have given a surprising guess.
That is this mysterious gold mine hidden in southwestern South Africa, with at least 100,000 tons of gold stored underground.
He not only analyzed the geographical location, but also analyzed it from the inside of the mine where the video was shot, making it impossible to find any flaws.
In an instant.
American netizens exploded.
[Thomas Corwin]: "What the hell, has the world finally gone crazy? Or is someone trying to use gold mines to cover up the Nord Stream pipeline."
[Stanley Eyre Lin]: "100,000 tons? Doesn't it mean that the current gold reserves of mankind are 240,000 tons, and it accounts for nearly half?"
[Miguel Quiroga]: "Is it possible that gold and diamonds are both scams. In fact, there are a large number of gold mines that have not been exposed, just like the De Beers Consolidated Mining Company, which was monopolized?"< br>
News about the super gold mine in South Africa spread like a plague, and the international gold price also plunged in panic.
The international gold price dropped from 1,236 US dollars per ounce to 1,226 US dollars per ounce in the blink of an eye. In the blink of an eye again, it dropped to 1,200 US dollars per ounce. Gold merchants around the world were selling in a panic.
Originally, because of the US dollar interest rate hike, the world was using gold to maintain its value.
But the sudden appearance of the "Super Gold Mine in South Africa" has put gold at risk of sudden depreciation. Coupled with the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline, the US dollar index has soared into the sky like a rocket.
Both those who have liquidated their positions and those who have not liquidated their positions understand that except for US dollars, nothing else in this world should be overly trusted.
As the U.S. dollar strengthens, the U.S. becomes stronger. Those small countries that were only hanging on for a breath under the impact of U.S. dollar interest rate hikes finally can no longer hold on. Domestic funds are flowing out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
......
And in the deep city of Dragon Kingdom.
Longxing Technology Headquarters Base.
Chen Xing had already negotiated with several representatives of the Neon Island Country. Both parties had even invited lawyers and were drafting a contract.
Halfway through the draft, the mobile phone of Jiro Anno, the Minister of Communications of Neon Island Country, rang. He took out his mobile phone, his pupils immediately shrank, he looked at Chen Xing, and he quickly apologized: "I'm very sorry. I need to answer a phone call."
"He needs to answer a phone call."
Miyazaki Sumie translated for him.
Chen Xing, who was originally discussing with the lawyer, heard this, nodded slightly and said: "Please do it."
"Please do it."
Miyazaki Sumie translated again.
After receiving permission, Anno Jiro quickly got up and ran to the corridor outside the door. When he came to the corner, he pressed the answer button.
Before he could speak, the person on the other end of the phone urgently told the matter.
“Hey!”
"Hey!"
"Hey!"
Jiro Anno nodded continuously, his expression becoming more solemn. Then he hurried back to the office, interrupted everyone who was drafting the contract and said: "The situation has changed. , terminate the contract!”
(End of this chapter)