Madrid, the capital of Spain!
Plaza de España!
After a long journey, Lu Hao and Jack finally arrived at the meeting point stipulated in the fax, driving their off-road vehicle.
"Just stop here, the Earl will send someone to meet us."
Jack stopped the car, then pointed to the lively square in front of him, and said: "Rarely come to Spain? Do you want to go shopping? I'll stay and wait for the Earl's people."
"Okay, I'll just wander around, you can notify me when the Earl's people come."
Lu Hao nodded with a smile, then pushed open the car door and got out.
The square was bustling with people, full of life. As the former world hegemon and the first British Empire, Spain has a large number of luxurious and elegant buildings, with unique styles.
People gathered here to sing and dance, cheerful music echoed throughout the square, and people coming and going had enthusiastic and happy smiles on their faces.
Lu Hao walked through the crowd, admiring this foreign version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".
At this moment, a gentle and mournful sound entered his ears. In the lively square, this slightly melancholic music seemed out of place.
He curiously followed the sound of the music and saw a beautiful Asian girl, dressed plainly, wearing many African indigenous-style ornaments, sitting quietly in the corner of the square, playing the clay whistle. On the street stall, she was selling various African handicrafts.
She had a feeling of being alone and friendless.
Lu Hao's heart moved, and he slowly walked over and squatted down to look at the small objects on the stall.
"Sir, please feel free to look."
The Asian girl saw a customer coming and immediately put down her clay whistle and greeted Lu Hao enthusiastically.
"Why does the reed flute have to complain about the willow tree, the spring breeze never reaches the Jade Gate Pass. A person wandering alone, inevitably feels lonely."
Lu Hao picked up a pitch-black small statue and said with a smile, "Miss, listening to your accent, are you from Japan?"
"Hai!!"
Hearing someone mention her hometown, the Asian girl subconsciously answered in Japanese. Then she realized and said with a beaming smile, "My name is Taozi, I'm from Japan."
"My name is Lu Hao, I'm Han Chinese."
Lu Hao answered in Japanese. Hearing the familiar language of his hometown, Taozi's eyes lit up and she enthusiastically chatted with Lu Hao.
Their relationship quickly became closer.
"These little ornaments are quite unique, did you make them yourself?"
"Thank you for the compliment, these are handicrafts sent to me by my friend from Africa."
In just a few words, the two became strangers who became friends.
When you're traveling, this simple relationship is the most common.
Even if they never meet again after this separation, it is inevitable that one would feel a sense of intimacy when encountering a fellow countryman in a foreign land.
"Tsk tsk, this kid has a few tricks up his sleeve."
Jack, who was leaning on the car window with one hand, watching Lu Hao's whereabouts, saw Lu Hao hit it off with a beautiful girl in a few minutes, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Lu Hao, can I ask you for a favor?"
After chatting for a while, Taozi suddenly put her legs together and looked at Lu Hao with a bit of embarrassment, embarrassedly asking for a request.
Lu Hao chuckled softly, "Do you want to use the toilet? Let me help you watch the stall for a while?" Having watched the movie plot dozens of times, he already knew what was going on.
"You're so smart."
"Go ahead, I'll watch it for you."
"Thank you."
Taozi blushed slightly, picked up her bag and ran towards the public toilet in the corner of the square, it was obvious that she was in a hurry.
"Yo ho, that's fast progress. You've only known each other for less than ten minutes, and she's already entrusted you with her stall."
Jack got out of the car, this was a rare opportunity to tease Lu Hao. Lu Hao shrugged and spread his hands, "No way, I have a great personality and I attract girls. Unlike some people, they can only find women with money."
"..."
Jack's old face turned black, he shouldn't have gotten out of the car, it was purely masochistic.
Although he wanted to say that he was also very popular with girls, the problem was that he had no evidence, and he was indeed single, which was awkward.
Of course, Lu Hao didn't just hit on Taozi for the sake of picking up girls, but because Taozi was very familiar with the location of the gold hiding place. If he could pry it out, even if Jack didn't take him, he could go to the desert to find the gold alone.
It's impossible for him to give up treasure hunting.
The current market price of gold is over three hundred dollars per ounce. Based on this calculation, a ton of gold is worth about ten million dollars.
The gold hidden in the desert is as much as two hundred and forty tons, with a total value of over two billion dollars, equivalent to the gold reserves of a medium-sized country.
The United States, the world's number one holder of gold reserves, only has over eight thousand tons of gold, while China's current gold reserves are only over three hundred tons, and even oil-rich Saudi Arabia only has one or two hundred tons of gold reserves.
So, you can see how much gold is hidden in the desert!?
It is impossible for him to give up such a huge fortune.
Lu Hao sat down at the stall, recalling the movie about the golden treasure.
As soon as he sat down, he saw a blonde woman, dressed in red cowboy clothes and wearing a sun hat, with delicate features, squatting down and playing with the small objects on the stall.
"These wood things are so interesting, they're from Africa, right?"
The blonde woman said, picking up the pitch-black small statue that Lu Hao had just played with to look at.
"How much is this wooden doll!?"
"This is a wooden doll imported from Africa, priced at six hundred pesos. If you like, buy two for only one thousand pesos."
Lu Hao didn't know how much these wooden dolls cost, so he could only quote a price based on Jack's "cheap" price in the movie, a bit higher.
"The price is okay."
"Then I'll pick two!"
The blonde woman said, picking and choosing on the stall. Finally, she chose a pair of wooden doll statues.
"Just these two, here's the money."
After choosing, the blonde woman stood up to pay.
"Miss, listening to your accent, are you German? Traveling in Spain?"
Lu Hao took the money and casually asked in German. The blonde woman looked at Lu Hao in surprise and said in German: "Sir, you guessed right, I am indeed German, but I'm not here for tourism, I'm planning to sell a property that my grandfather left behind."
"Selling a house!? What a coincidence, I'm planning to buy a house in Madrid. I wonder what the situation of your house is like? Can I go and take a look?"
Lu Hao casually joined the conversation.
"???"
Jack next to him was full of question marks, not because he was confused about Lu Hao buying a house, but because he was surprised that Lu Hao actually knew German.
As an experienced bounty hunter, he only knows English and Chinese.
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Thank you Yuan Hongdi for the 100 rewards