Chapter 316 I won’t save this boat
Kaxin and Hua Chong's plan of "slaughtering the fat sheep" was a good one, but they didn't expect the script to unfold as they expected.
The two of them sat in the car, smoking cigarettes and looking at a blue building in front of them. Hua Chong sighed, "How can there be such an ugly building in this world?"
Kasin shrugged. "You're asking me? I want to know the answer, too! A few years ago, there was a world-renowned magazine called, what was it? Architectural Digest, right? They selected the '24 ugliest buildings in the world,' and this building was one of them."
Hua Chong said, "They are definitely being polite. I have never seen such an ugly building in my life!"
Kasim nodded vigorously: "It looks like an octopus made of building blocks!"
Hua Chong immediately reached out and high-fived him: "You still look like a lampshade!"
Their description is really correct. I wonder which genius designer designed such a building.
This is one of Minsk's landmark buildings, the National Library of Belarus, one of the largest libraries in the world. It has 23 floors and is over 70 meters high, housing a collection of as many as 9 million books!
There were a lot of reference materials in the information Lukashenko gave to Xiao Peng that needed to be looked up here, so Xiao Peng came here.
When Xiao Peng arrived here, he truly felt how great the welfare in Belarus was: no matter what country you are from, you only need to pay 2 rubles (5 RMB) to get an entry and exit pass, and you can read nine million books at will!
Reading is addictive, and Xiao Peng basically stays here every day now.
Although he let Kaxin and Hua Chong play with him freely, they did not dare to leave.
They left once and someone went to Xiao Peng's place to "check on him."
The group first claimed to be police officers investigating Xiao Peng's involvement in illegal prostitution. While Belarusian nightclubs are known for their high-energy scenes and striptease scenes, prostitution is a felony under local law! Those caught face a minimum sentence of seven years and confiscation of all property. Similarly, PIAO is also a felony. While buying and selling prostitutes is common in nightclubs and strip clubs, it's unacceptable. Getting caught is truly devastating.
After all, this is the 'Little Soviet Union'.
After knowing this, Hua Chong was still a little nervous and asked Kaxin what to do.
Kasim said the same line as "Leopard Head" in the movie: It's not PIAO if you don't pay!
The people who came to check on Xiao Peng found that he was a little confused when he was reading some documents in the room.
Is there something wrong with this Chinese guy? Are there Chinese men who go to Belarus and don't look for girls?
Since they couldn't find any problems, why don't you just leave? Then one of the people traveling with him claimed to be from the immigration department and came to check Xiao Peng's registration.
This excuse is even more ridiculous!
Although according to regulations, tourists from visa-free countries must report to the immigration department within five days when visiting Belarus, but if they stay in a hotel, they do not need to register with the immigration department!
These people's attitude is not friendly!
Xiao Peng was already furious at being interrupted while reading the materials, and now he was furious at the attitude of these people! At worst, he could beat them up and go to the embassy!
As a result, just when Xiao Peng was about to take action, someone stepped forward to stop the "violence" of those who came to check on the ward.
The man who stopped them was an old Belarusian who introduced himself as Yanka Savitsky. Well, he was the man who had robbed Xiao Peng's presidential suite. He apologized to Xiao Peng for the immigration department's brutal behavior and wanted to be his "friend."
Xiao Peng sincerely suspected that these people had watched too many movies to come up with such a nonsensical plot. Although he was young, he was not stupid, okay?
This guy must have colluded with Xiao Peng to cut off his head and let people kick it around like a ball!
In the hotel bar, Savitsky revealed his purpose in finding me: he wanted to raise funds for his own ocean salvage company. And he wanted to do it for free.
Well, it's not like he got something for nothing. He did pay something, but it wasn't money: a Mi-24 attack helicopter? A T-72B main battle tank?
Xiao Peng was completely bewildered. What the hell? A tank? An attack helicopter? What would I need that for? Founding a country and starting a war?
Besides, this thing is not worth much! Do you think I'm a sucker?
After countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia joined NATO, they began to use NATO standard weapons to replace their previous Soviet equipment. The original Soviet equipment could be directly marked as "scrapped" on official documents and then put on the market for sale.
A T-72 tank? A market price of 50,000 euros, but with the right connections, 30,000 euros. It's guaranteed to be identical to current equipment, minus the gun! A helicopter might be a bit more expensive, but it won't be more than 500,000 euros! So, even if you gave me every T-72B tank in Belarus, it wouldn't be enough to buy me a small sailboat!
However, facing a guy who dared to sell tanks from the army, Xiao Peng decided not to provoke him and said that he was discussing it with his partners.
Damn it, I don’t believe you can drive a tank to France to find me!
In the following days, people from different departments came to Xiao Peng, and his guess was correct: there were indeed official personnel who came to discuss cooperation with him, hoping to find a treasure ship of the Radziwiłł family in the Svisloch River.
There is also a landmark building in the town of Mir in Minsk, which is the Mir Castle. The Mir Castle originally belonged to the Radziwill family.
The Radziwiłł family is an old, upper-class aristocratic family originating from Lithuania. They enjoy great privileges in Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Germany and other countries. The sister-in-law (ps) of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy (the one who was shot), is from their family.
Today, Mir Castle has been listed as a "World Cultural Heritage" and the "Ratiwiłł Family Archives" has been listed in the "Memory of the World Register".
According to Radziwill family archives, Mir Castle was abandoned and severely damaged by the Radziwill family during Napoleon I's attack on Minsk. The Radziwill family's owner, along with their belongings, traveled along the Svisloch River to Ukraine to seek refuge with other family members. En route, they encountered a shipwreck, leaving no one alive or dead. Mir Castle was later sold by the Radziwill family to a man named Nikolai Svyatopolk Mirsky, and it subsequently became state property of Belarus.
The Belarusian side approached Xiao Peng hoping that he could find the sunken ship to divert public attention, and promised that one tenth of the wealth would belong to Xiao Peng.
That's really generous! What's the characteristic of the 'Little Soviet Union'? 'Rather die trying to gain advantage than suffer loss'!
As soon as they came up, they put a huge hat on Xiao Peng's head: "This is all the people's wealth! If we give you this ten percent, we will become sinners of the nation!"
Well, stop being criminals. I won’t salvage this boat!
(PS: Kennedy's sister-in-law's husband is a member of the Radziwiłł family. The couple was known as the "Prince and Princess of Poland." However, this was a false title. Poland was partitioned three times by Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795, resulting in the country's demise for 123 years. It regained its independence after World War I, but was divided again by the Soviet Union and the Nazis. It was restored again after World War II, resulting in the Poland of today. Poland's national anthem is titled "Poland Has Not Perished," which sounds quite heroic. However, after the restoration, the country became a "republic," thus lacking a royal family. The Radziwiłł family, however, did have succession rights in Poland, a matter that vexed the Polish government. Who would be willing to bring back the king without any hesitation? Ultimately, Poland had no other choice but to pass law a few years ago declaring that God was their king.)
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