Happy Tycoon

Chapter 387: Treasure?

As Kevin Martin and Carl Morris said during lunch, the Old Town of Gudamis is indeed a miracle created by God.

   The area of ​​this ancient city is not large, with a radius of about .5 kilometers. The entire old city is located on an oasis.

   Although the city is not big, the coconut trees and banana trees in the city are amazing. Except for an area in the center of the ancient city, 80% of the other places are covered by tall coconut trees.

   This is not another tree, this is a coconut tree!

   Many people may think that coconut trees can only grow in tropical or subtropical coastal areas. In fact, this is also the case. This evergreen palm plant likes places with high temperatures and plenty of water. Unfortunately, there are so many coconut trees in the Sahara Desert. What is it that this is not a miracle created by God?

"Even if you look at the entire Sahara Desert, this oasis is an extremely important water source. According to archaeologists, people lived here as early as the fourth century BC. The Roman emperor Augustus in the first century BC During his reign, the Roman governor Lucius Cornelius Barbu invaded the city, making Gudamis the first to appear in the history books. During the reign of Severus, due to the important strategic value of Gudamis, Rome The empire is permanently stationed here, and it is said that the emperor of the Roman Empire even visited the place himself. However, in the crisis of the Roman Empire in the third century AD, the ancient city was forced to abandon it. In the sixth century, under the rule of the Byzantine Empire, Guda Mies has its own bishop and is one of the central Christian towns in the Sahara Desert. However, with the advent of *** in the seventh century, local residents quickly converted to *** religion, which continues to this day. It played an extremely important role in the trans-Saharan trade that lasted for thousands of years. It was once very prosperous and left a lot of monuments."

   Kevin Martin is obviously very familiar with this ancient city. While accompanying Yang Jing to tour this ancient city, he introduced Yang Jing to the history of this ancient city.

   Yang Jing asked: "Kevin, why are you so familiar with here?"

"Hehe, if you stay here for several months, you will be like me." Kevin Martin smiled bitterly, "When the civil war broke out in Libya a few years ago, this ancient city was also affected. Fortunately, the buildings in the ancient city did not suffer as much damage. I had not joined Carl's team at that time. I performed the task here and spent several months in this city."

   A group of people strolled along the narrow road in the ancient city. There was no exact destination, just walking around randomly.

   Although it is deep in the depths of the Sahara Desert, when walking on the green streets, there is not much heat here. On the contrary, there is a very comfortable feeling. This ancient city has a history of more than 500 years. All the houses are connected together. The gap between the two houses becomes a street. These streets extend in all directions, like spider webs, and you get lost if you are not careful.

   It's just that the houses here are relatively short, and the doors have to bend down to get in.

   The group walked to the deep well in the middle of the ancient city, found a shaded place and sat down at will. Kevin Martin said these words.

Kevin Martin's words aroused Yang Jing's curiosity. He couldn't help but ask: "Are you working for IA at that time? Or were you working for a powerful organization?" Yang Jing immediately became aware of these words. Something is wrong. Each of these mercenaries has some secrets that cannot be said. It is very impolite and dangerous to inquire about their past.

   "Sao Rui, Kevin, I shouldn't ask you these things."

Kevin Martin shook his head, "BSS, it's all past things, there is nothing to hide. BSS, have you seen this well? This is a very important source of water in the old city of Gudames. The water drawn from this well passes through a special waterway and passes through every household for them to drink. So this well is like a central hub in the entire ancient city of Gudames. Haha, in fact, I used to be One such intelligence hub in the United States is IA."

"I was directly elected to the IA from the army. Because I spent four years on the Iraqi battlefield and had a wealth of experience in desert operations, I was targeted by the IA and directly asked me to retire and join the IA. Sorry, There are some things I can’t say much, what I can only tell you is that after I joined IA, I became a field staff resident in Libya."

Carl Morris on the side said angrily: "Kevin, it's about time now, are you still keeping secrets for the bureaucrats? Come on, have you forgotten how you were abandoned by those cold-blooded guys? Not us, I am afraid you are already dead here."

  As soon as he heard this, Yang Jing's eyes suddenly showed a thick gossip fire. I have only seen American agents who are almost omnipotent in movies before, but they are all artistic exaggerations and have no basis at all. Now, this strong man sitting next to him is a former IA agent, how can Yang Jing not gossip?

Kevin Martin smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Well, in fact, there is nothing to hide now. After I joined IA, I have always been based in Tripoli. Needless to say, you all know what you are doing. Provoking this and contacting that, anyway, is to make Gaddafi difficult. At the beginning of the 20th year, Libya really got his wish and the civil war broke out, and Gaddafi's 42-year rule of Libya finally came to an end in that year. ."

"However, I received a message in Tripoli at the time that part of Gaddafi’s treasure was hidden near Gudamis by his cronies. The news was specious, but my superiors still ordered me to come to Gudamischa. Check the authenticity of this news."

   "Gaddafi's treasure?" Yang Jing immediately became interested when he heard this.

   Gaddafi ruled Libya for as long as forty-two years. During his dictatorship, Libya’s economic lifeline was basically controlled by Gaddafi and his children, and the entire family was wealthy. According to estimates, since Gaddafi became the leader of Libya, Libya’s oil and gas revenues totaled more than hundreds of billions of dollars, of which about half went into Gaddafi’s pockets. An African financier once said, When Gaddafi was the leader, he never knew the difference between his country's money and his own money.

In addition to turning Libyan state property into his own private property, Zafi also invested heavily in overseas. Gaddafi owns 7.6% of the Italian Unicredit Bank, 2% of the Italian company, and Italian Juventus football. The club has 7.5% of the shares, the British publishing giant Pearson Group has 3.27% of the shares, and the Russian aluminum giant Rusal has a small share... There are many, many more.

In addition to the shares of some foreign companies, Gaddafi also bought a large number of real estate. For example, in the center of London, where Gaddafi owns a number of real estate shops and office buildings; he has a 70-square-kilometer property in Spain. The mansion, yes, it is not 70 acres, nor is it 70 acres, it is a full 70 square kilometers! In addition, Gaddafi also has a mansion with an area of ​​more than 10,000 square feet in New Jersey, USA; 12 kilometers west of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, he also owns a private resort town with a diving center, tennis courts, and swimming pools. , Football fields, restaurants and hospitals. Gaddafi’s children each have an independent villa. Some villas have a gym and swimming pool. A row of motorboats is tied to the beach, which is extremely luxurious.

  According to expert estimates, the Gaddafi family has more than 200 billion US dollars of wealth, which is absolutely wealthy.

But after the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War, Gaddafi and his son died quickly. Gaddafi’s huge amount of funds stored in major foreign banks during his lifetime was quickly frozen. Among them, the United States frozen 37 billion U.S. dollars, the United Kingdom 2 billion pounds, and Germany 7.3 billion. Euros, Italy 6 billion Euros, Netherlands 3 billion Euros, Canada 2.4 billion US dollars, Austria 700 million US dollars, Sweden 600 million US dollars, France 0 billion US dollars, Switzerland 900 million US dollars...just the funds frozen by the banks of various countries It is as high as $1 billion, and there are as many as 44 tons of gold in the vault of the Central Bank of Libya controlled by Gaddafi before his death!

   But these are not all of Gaddafi's assets~lightnovelpub.net~ These only account for about half of Gaddafi's assets, and half of the tissues are still missing.

   This part of the huge amount of unaccounted fortune is called the "Gaddafi Treasure".

   is just this treasure with a valuation of up to 100 billion U.S. dollars, and no one has found it until now.

Although in this huge treasure, nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars of assets are controlled by Bashir Saleh, the former head of Gaddafi’s office, known as “Gaddafi’s banker,” but this guy He is out of sight, even if he was on the Interpol's wanted list early, but until now, no one can find this "hidden" guy on the African continent.

   But even if Bashir Hulissa controls up to 40 billion U.S. dollars of property left by Gaddafi, there is still at least 60 billion U.S. dollars of property unaccounted for. Many people estimate that these properties should have been hidden in certain parts of the country by Gaddafi.

   And the news that Kevin Martin got about Gaddafi’s treasure is likely to be true.

Seeing Yang Jing's expression of great interest, Carl Morris on the side said with a smile: "BSS, just listen to it as a joke. If Kevin really knows where Gaddafi's treasure is hidden, Is he still doing his life here for you? That is a treasure of tens of billions of dollars. Even if only one percent of it is, it is enough to make Kevin a true billionaire."

After a pause, Morris continued: "Kevin was trapped here for several months because of this news, and almost died here, even his superiors abandoned him in desperation. If it wasn't for this guy in the past. I helped me a lot when I was in IA, so I didn’t bother to save him!"