<h4>Chapter 813: Cast the Net</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    Everyone had something they were good at, but as a leader, you had to be good at everything.


    Brother Wolf and Godzi were silent and capable of execution, so Li Du often arranged for them to follow him to do more private physical work.


    Lu Guan was good at spreading news. After Li Du told him the n, in just one day, a number of bars in town began to spread a rumor:


    The foreigner, Li Du, who bought the number 115 mine, had been duped by nchette. nchette had been digging on number 115 for five years without finding anything, but the foreigner sessfully dug out ck opal!


    News of Li Du being swindled had been circting in town for days, but the miners were not paying much attention to it because there was so much of that sort of thing all year round.


    However, after Li Du had been cheated, he managed to dig out ck opal. That news attracted the attention ofrge numbers of miners and ranchers.


    Most of them knew that nchette had taken over the mine five years ago. Historically, no gems had been found there. That kind of mine has a name, “dog sh*t mine.” It means the mine was as worthless as dog shi*t.


    The useless mine was about to just fall to nchette, but he was lucky enough to find Li Du and sell it for a good price.


    Five hundred and fifty thousand dors was not a lot of money for a big mine, but it was a great price for a dog sh*t mine.


    As the news got out, a lot of people were paying attention, but they didn’t believe it.


    In the evening, Li Du drove up to nchette’s house with Brother Wolf.


    The one who opened the door was still the old woman with the baby. She shook her head. “Sorry, sir. nchette is not at home.”


    “It doesn’t matter, madam. I havee to thank him,” said Li Du.


    The olddy had a lot of experience dealing with people like Li Du, probably because nchett had deceived too many people, so too many people came to find him. The more the olddy dealt with them, the more experience she had.


    She figured she couldn’t ept the “gift” because someone had probably put a homemade time bomb inside.


    It was nchette’s scam to get a gem from a miner, who would then be so angry, he would make a time bomb with mining explosives.


    Consequently, the old woman firmly refused. “I am sorry, sir, but I cannot ept your gift. Wait until my sones back, and let him ept your gift.”


    Li Du snapped his fingers. Brother Wolf opened the gift box. Inside were two big ck gold abalones preserved in ice.


    “That would be a pity. This is rare seafood that I’ve just sent by boat from King Ind to thank Mr. nchette for helping me.”


    Bob had said that nchette was a greedy and cheap man. The two ck gold abalones wererge, weighty, fresh, and valuable, and were hard to find in central Australia.


    The two ck gold abalones were like bait, which finally caught the big fish named nchette.


    When he saw the two ck gold abalones that Li Du had brought with him, he couldn’t resist. He came down from upstairs, slipped into the backyard, pushed the door from behind, and walked in, pretending he had juste home.


    Opening the door and entering the room, he looked at Li Du with a surprised expression. He opened his hand in an exaggerated manner and said, “Ha, Li, what are you doing here? Come on in. I’ve been to Burke recently, but it’s rude of me not to contact you.”


    If Li Du wanted to make trouble, he was not afraid. He had called the police station before he had gone downstairs. He had rtives working at the police station. His rtives would immediately rush over if he called them, so if Li Du made trouble, the police could arrest him. nchette wanted very much to see that happen.


    Li Duughed and passed the box with the ck gold abalones to nchette after he came in. “I’ve been here before, but you weren’t home at that time. I’m here to thank you.”


    nchette paused and said, “Thank me?”


    Li Du snapped his fingers again. Brother Wolf took out some photos and handed them to him.


    “Yes, thank you for selling me the mine,” he said. “I found this in the mine, ording to the information in Bob’s diary.”


    In the photo there was a neat array of minerals, most of which had been polished to reveal the encrusted gems.


    “God, what’s this?” he gasped.


    Li Du handed him the photo and said, “There are precious stones in it. My guys and I worked day and night. After a week, we finally dug up these things.”


    Looking at the picture, nchette said without thinking, “How is that possible? Oh, I mean, how could you find so many gems so quickly?”


    Li Duughed. “Bob left some information in his diary about his investigation. There are gems in the 114 and 115 mines. I followed his dairy and found the gems in the 115 mine area.”


    He added, “After I took over the mine a week ago, I went straight to the gemstones and confirmed the authenticity of the information in my diary. I wanted to thank you, but you weren’t home.”


    “Congrattions, mate. You’re lucky. You’re lucky,” nchette said. His mouth was twitching.


    Li Du spread out his hands andughed. “Actually, I bought the mine with a purpose. Do you own mine 114? You’re in luck, too. There are precious stones in that mine.”


    He hoped that nchette would believe him, and then go on digging the mine. He knew anyway from the little bug that only the southeast area of the 114 mine area had gems, and they had all been dug out.


    At this, nchette’s eyes became eager. He invited Li Du and the others toe in and asked his mother to make his prized coffee for them.


    Then, looking forward, he asked, “Where are the stones in mine 114? Can you help me locate them?”


    Li Duughed. “I can’t assume exactly, but there must be gems in it. I went and looked at it before, and there are some signs of gems, but you must look for them carefully.”


    Brother Wolf looked at the sky and said, “Boss, it’s time for us to go back for dinner.”


    nchette waved his hand and said, “Yes, it’s time for dinner, but you don’t have to go back. Just eat here, haha. We’ve known each other for so long, and I haven’t invited you to dinner.”


    That night, word around town began to change:


    The rumors were false. Instead of using deception to sell the number 115 mine to Li Du, Li Du bought it on purpose because it contained gems.