293: Chapter 291: The Treasures Fished Out 293: Chapter 291: The Treasures Fished Out After leaving a few people to guard the door, Gao Yang and Li Jinfang found a place to sit down at random.
Both stared blankly at that large door, lost in thought.
After sitting in silence for a while, Li Jinfang suddenly said, “Brother Yang, should we be leaving now?”
Gao Yang nodded and replied, “Yes, we should.
If possible, we’ll leave tomorrow.
You’ve had a lot of things to deal with these past few days, and I haven’t talked to you about it, but our own security company has already started its trial operation.
Antoncel is over by the Red Sea, and Bob is in the east.
He’s urged me several times to meet up with him.
Oh, and there’s an old acquaintance with Bob too, Destin has come and he’s working with Bob.”
Li Jinfang nodded and said, “It’s time to go.
After several months here, I’ve really grown tired of this place.
But now that it’s really time to leave, I find myself somewhat reluctant to go.
I’ve developed a bond with the soldiers I trained, and with dozens of people dead after this battle, seeing their bodies, well, I’m at a loss for words.
My heart feels so heavy.”
Seeing Li Jinfang’s saddened face, Gao Yang sighed, patted his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, “In war, there are always casualties, don’t think too much about it.
At least they fought for their own cause and died with value.”
Li Jinfang sighed and changed the subject, “Let’s not talk about that.
How are things with Rabbit and the others?
Also, has Mokadi’s body been found?”
“The team we sent has already taken control of the two cargo ships.
The people aboard didn’t open fire, it was pretty easy to get them.
Rabbit is guarding those hostages.
By rights, the hostages are our spoils of war.
Moreover, the Old Russian, who is interrogating the prisoners, says that the ransom for the two ships hasn’t been settled yet, but the shipowners will definitely want to redeem their ships and people.
He mentioned that the ransom for the hostages and the two ships combined must be at least ten million.
We’ll wait for Maide to arrive, then hand over the ships and people to him and see how he handles it.
As for the salvage operation, nothing of value has been brought up yet.
The shipwreck has been found, but it’s quite troublesome to salvage bodies and items from the ship’s hold.”
After a moment of hesitation, Li Jinfang shook his head and said, “I believe Maide probably won’t continue to demand a ransom.
He’s likely to release the hostages and the merchant ships.”
Gao Yang nodded and replied, “It doesn’t matter to us.
We certainly can’t be the ones demanding a ransom.
Whether to release them or keep them for a ransom, that’s for Maide to decide.
If he decides to release them, he will probably give us something in return.”
As soon as Gao Yang finished speaking, he heard Frey’s excited voice through the earpiece, “Boss, we’ve brought up Mokadi’s body, and there’s some money too.
Do you want to come over and take a look?
I’ll have both the body and the money delivered to shore.”
Upon hearing Mu He’s call, Gao Yang stood up again and said, “Let’s go, we’ll head to the docks to see our bounty.
A few men staying here to keep watch will be enough.”
Li Jinfang left a few soldiers behind, instructing them to forbid entry to anyone before Maide’s arrival, and then he headed to the docks with Gao Yang.
Mokadi’s body and a bag were delivered ashore, with Mu He personally guarding the body.
Upon seeing Gao Yang, Mu He saluted him first, then pointed to a body with glee and said, “Sir, this is Mokadi, and this is the bag, which is filled with cash.”
Mu He was still happy about having unintentionally killed Mokadi; ever since he learned that it was he who had shot Mokadi, the smile hadn’t left his face.
Although he had not captured Mokadi alive, killing him was certainly a million times better than letting him escape.
Gao Yang looked at the body, that of a black man who appeared to be in his fifties, with a massive wound in his stomach where the intestines had been haphazardly stuffed back in.
His face was frozen in an expression of terror, his mouth wide open, which was quite disturbing to behold.
After inspecting the corpse, Gao Yang spoke in a heavy tone, “Have we confirmed the identity?”
Mu He nodded and said, “Confirmed, confirmed.
I had many people come to look at the body, including our people, locals who had seen Mokadi, and Mokadi’s subordinates.
They all say there’s no mistake, this is definitely Mokadi.”
Gao Yang nodded and said, “Good, find something to cover it with, and we’ll deal with the body later on.”
Mu He pulled over a travel bag, unzipped it, and revealed the bag stuffed full of cash.
Then Mu He pointed to the bag of money and said, “Sir, we’ve found this bag of money for now; I’m not sure how much there is.
My men are still salvaging, maybe we can find even more cash.”
According to the agreement, at least seventy percent of the money in the bag was Gao Yang’s.
Although there might not be too much in a single bag, it provided Gao Yang with some comfort—less was still better than none.
In reality, the seizure of the two cargo ships and the crew at the port that Mokadi had hijacked was the main haul of this operation, but how to deal with those crews and ships was still up for discussion.
So although the cash was a small amount, after fighting for day and night, Gao Yang and his team finally got to see some tangible money.
Seeing the profits that were his, Gao Yang didn’t feel much excitement.
After giving it a brief look, he simply gestured to Mu He to zip up the bag, and spoke in a deep voice, “Let’s just set the money aside for now and continue salvaging to see if we find more.”
After saying that, Gao Yang said into the walkie-talkie in a grave tone, “Rabbit, Big Dog, if there’s nothing going on your end, come to the dock.”
Although there were a lot of issues to deal with in Bosaso City, unless there was something particularly urgent, Gao Yang would leave it to Maide to handle the final details.
Of course, it wouldn’t have mattered if Gao Yang had taken on the opportunity to bask in the limelight, but he didn’t want to stay in Somalia, nor did he really want to join the Skull Gang.
Besides, he was eager to leave soon.
Now that the situation in Bosaso was under control, it was an excellent opportunity for Maide to build his personal reputation in Bosaso.
Therefore, the chances to win over people’s hearts and establish authority should be left to Maide.
Besides Maide establishing his influence, the Skull Gang’s newly prominent officers and soldiers also needed to build their credibility to construct a positive image and position for the Skull Gang.
Therefore, Gao Yang felt that at least after all military matters were on the right track, apart from rescuing the wounded Bruce, he needed to call everyone else back.
The remaining issues could be handled by the Skull Gang themselves.
Gao Yang and Li Jinfang hadn’t been standing on the dock for long, watching eagerly to see if anything new would surface from the sea, when Frey’s excited voice rang out again.
“Boss, found another bag, haha, it’s even bigger than the last one, and it’s full of money, stuffed to the brim!” (To be continued.
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