Chapter 317: With your Chinese level, you can at least play the role of a colonel in Hengdian

Xiao Peng had good reasons for not salvaging the Radziwiłł family's treasure ship.

In fact, it’s just two words: No!

He was not making excuses but telling the truth.

River salvage and seawater salvage are completely different things.

A ship sunk in the ocean can remain in the same position for thousands of years unless it encounters an undersea current. But what about a shipwreck in a river? The current is turbulent and the sediment is heavy. A shipwreck is either torn apart and drifted away, or simply buried by the sediment, or first torn apart and then covered by the sediment, only to be seen again when the river is cleared.

When it comes to salvaging shipwrecks in the river, equipment like multi-beam sonic scanners are not even as useful as metal detectors. The equipment on Xiao Peng's ship is completely useless for salvaging shipwrecks in the river, so Xiao Peng can only answer them with two words: No!

Belarusian officials are also helpless. It is impossible for them to clean up the entire river, right?

But they also knew that Xiao Peng hadn't lied to them. His words were almost identical to those of their domestic water conservancy and archaeology experts. They were also forced by the situation to try their best.

But they also had a difficult request for Xiao Peng: they planned to send a ten-person research team to the Black Sea to study and observe its marine ecosystem. The team would consist of three leading professors and seven students, a collaboration with various Belarusian universities.

Xiao Peng wanted to refuse this, but the Chinese ambassador to Belarus intervened: "Look, there's a Confucius Institute at a Belarusian university. We should show some appreciation." Our country is paying for these people's stay on the ship!

After hearing what they said, what else could Xiao Peng say? He could only let them go back and make a list.

Anyway, there are three rules: first, these people must obey his command when they go to the sea; second, Xiao Peng will not be responsible if any problems occur to them; third, they can only leave for a maximum of one month, and they must leave when Xiao Peng asks them to.

I heard that several universities in Minsk are fighting hard to get the places, but the list cannot be finalized.

But that wasn't Xiao Peng's concern; he was focused on reading. It would be best if you couldn't come up with a list by the end, so I could relax a bit.

What a bunch of lunatics, rushing to go to the sea to suffer!

Wouldn't it be better to learn from me?

I love reading. Reading makes me happy!

However, what Xiao Peng was most satisfied with during this trip to Belarus was the Belarusian Library.

Nine million books! Lots of them on the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Baltic Sea.

Because of the different focus, information about the ocean here is basically unavailable in China. Xiao Peng wanted to move this library back home!

This was of course impossible, so he could only absorb the knowledge here like a sponge.

"boss!"

Xiao Peng was still reading there. Kasim walked over to him and greeted him quietly.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Peng was stunned. He looked at his watch and replied softly, "It's not time for dinner yet. Are you hungry? If you want to eat, go ahead and eat!"

Kasin shook his head: "Something happened."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Peng asked puzzledly.

"Teacher Lei Mai called you and said he's coming to see you. He should be at the library entrance soon." Kasin handed Xiao Peng's phone back to him and said, "Also, Pascal called you and seemed to have something important to tell you. He asked you to call him back quickly."

After hearing this, Xiao Peng said "hmm", returned the book he had borrowed, and then followed Kaxin out of the library.

The staff member in charge of returning books breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Xiao Peng leave.

Their attitude towards Xiao Peng was really unfriendly at the beginning - in their eyes, Xiao Peng was here to cause trouble!

Who reads like they eat books? Borrow a few books and finish them in no time!

This library was a Belarusian state-owned enterprise, with a large staff, including one specifically responsible for returning books to the shelves. However, with so many staff members, Xiao Peng was exhausted, his back ached, and his legs cramped.

They initially wanted to kick Xiao Peng out, but they didn't expect that he had "connections above". People from the Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of the Interior watched Xiao Peng reading here every day.

You can't afford to offend this person. Not only can you not offend him, you have to serve him well!

Fortunately, Xiao Peng did not cause any trouble except reading. He was very polite and gave tips to the staff every day. Belarusians do not have the habit of tipping. Xiao Peng's behavior made him look like a rich and stupid person with a lot of money.

Damn, am I pretending to be rich? I am rich!

As soon as he walked out of the library, he saw two Oriental men standing at the door.

"Mr. Xiao!" The one who greeted him was naturally Lei Mai.

Xiao Peng was stunned: "Teacher Lei, why are you here so soon?"

Lei Mai smiled and said, "It's close! It only takes a few minutes to drive here."

Xiao Peng said, "I wonder what you want to talk to me about? If you have something to say, why not just call me?"

He said this from the bottom of his heart: "Why are you running here in this cold weather? You're interrupting my reading and making me cold."

Lei Mai waved his hand after hearing this and said, "No, no, no, it's so rude to talk on the phone. Mr. Xiao, I heard you were going on an expedition to the Black Sea, right?"

"Just salvage a shipwreck. Calling it an expedition is just flattering yourself." Xiao Peng said honestly.

Lei Mai pointed at the young man beside him and said, "Mr. Xiao, I have a student who begged me to go to sea with you. I have no choice but to bring him to you."

Xiao Peng looked at the young man next to Lei Mai. He was in his early twenties, with neatly combed hair and dressed in a suit. He was about 1.75 meters tall and wore a dark blue suit. When he saw Xiao Peng, he bowed to Xiao Peng and stretched out his hands to shake hands with Xiao Peng.

"Oh, young man, you're so polite!" Xiao Peng said cheerfully, "What's your name?"

The reason why he liked this young man was because he was darker than Xiao Peng...

The young man introduced himself: "My name is Yinengwu. I am currently studying abroad at the Belarusian State University of Economics, studying with Professor Lei."

Xiao Peng didn't think much of it. "Well, it's good to learn some Confucianism. Do you have a brother named Yi Nengwen? The two of you are both talented in literature and martial arts."

Lei Mai coughed twice and said, "Mr. Xiao, Yi Nengwu's surname is 'Yi Neng', he is from Japan! You know that actress Yi Nengjing? They have the same surname, just like Takeshi Kaneshiro's surname is 'Jincheng' instead of 'Jin'. He learned Chinese from me!"

Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this: "Japanese?"

"Yes!" Yi Nengwu nodded.

Xiao Peng smiled. "A Japanese person goes to Belarus to study and learn Chinese from the Chinese? That's a new thing! You're quite hardworking. With your Chinese level, you'll at least be able to play a colonel in Hengdian! Do you want to board my ship?"

Inowu nodded vigorously with a smile on his face.

The smile on Xiao Peng's face suddenly froze: "No! I don't take Japanese people on my ship!"