Chapter 101 (1/2)

Ye Qian didn't fully understand w.a.n.g De Shen's character, after all they had only ever met twice. Perhaps w.a.n.g De Shen wanted to do this to gain some sort of benefit for himself. But to form an alliance with w.a.n.g De Shen would do no harm to the Wolf Fang, in fact it would yield them a enormous invisible profits, as long as they could dig it up, then he would be able to gain more than w.a.n.g De Shen. He showed a smile and replied, ”It's just what this little brother was hoping for.”

”Come, Brother Ye, let's get rid of those customs, let's trade this tea for liquor and be close friends.” w.a.n.g De Shen raised the teacup in his hand and said.

”Cheers!” Ye Qian raised his teacup and said.

After he set his cup down, Ye Qian paused for a moment then said, ”Senior Brother, so you really have no plans to go back to China?”

”Saying that I don't think about it would be a lie, but, what would I do when I got back there? Would I just become somebody's guard at their door?” w.a.n.g De Shen guffawed and replied, ”But returning to the topic, this place is quite good too. At least there is more freedom. Little Boss, have you ever thought about coming here and managing an estate? A lot of rich people like it right now.”

”Oh? We'll see!” Ye Qian was suddenly interested.

”It's really equivalent to those European ranches, but the biggest benefit isn't in that, but because it can help with invasions. According to the laws of Burma, each person that purchases an estate has the right to outfit themselves with a fixed-size militia. The number of people allowed is not a lot, around 20-30 people, but it is still a very good opportunity. A lot of people from the underground in other countries use this method to get in Burma, breaking up their territory into pieces.” w.a.n.g De Shen said, ”Little Boss, do you know why these powerful people are so interested in Burma?”

Ye Qian shook his head and said after a while, ”It must be for the large profits. I think, they probably do this to facilitate their underground activities, or to form a satellite station?”

”That's one reason” w.a.n.g De Shen replied, ”Little Boss, do you know what resources Burma is rich in?”

”Green jade, red jade, shaddock!” Ye Qian replied.

”Correct.” w.a.n.g De Sheng said with a faint smile.

Ye Qian appeared to understand a little better. Green and red jade could yield enormous profits. In this market-oriented economy, a lot of underground powers were not only doing illegal business now, but we're also striving to find ways of doing clean business. Just like the Wolf Fang who had a diamond mine in Africa, not only was this an easy way to earn money, it was also a way for them to be in a mutually beneficial relations.h.i.+p with the local government, this way plans would be easier in the future. Ye Qian smiled faintly then said, ”If I have time I really must study it, after I retire I can come here and live in ease and comfort, hehe.”

w.a.n.g De Shen chuckled and said, ”Not gonna lie Little Boss, I have two ore mines here, although the annual output is not a lot, it can still maintain our current expenditures. If Little Boss is interested, I would be happy to help.”

Of course Ye Qian knew that w.a.n.g De Shen was just being modest. Both the ore mines could only support an army of a thousand expenditures? Even if you beat Ye Qian to death he wouldn't believe it.”