Road to becoming the wealthiest: Starting From Treasure Hunting in the Cabinets
Chapter 1205 - 614 Good Items Gone!_3

Chapter 1205: Chapter 614 Good Items Gone!_3

Of course, maybe the peace he was seeing now was what he desired most—although he might have also had a distinguished military record.

"All right, I’ll make a phone call back home and order the equipment first," Sean Knight said. "Eight factories, that’ll keep those domestic machinery equipment factories and technicians busy for a while."

"Aren’t we waiting for the cultural relics to arrive?" Elijah Hastings asked from the side.

"No need to wait. Whether they come or not, we have to build. In any case, we won’t be at a loss," Sean Knight said. "Currently, many capitals are in wait-and-see mode, and this ruling organization is also filtering suitable partners for cooperation. We’ve got the advantage, so let’s start building.

After all, we’re not greedy. Reasonable profits will suffice. We haven’t planned on being too greedy; thus, our cooperation can proceed more smoothly. It’s the ones who want to swoop in and swallow a big piece that will probably have a hard time.

Don’t believe me? Just ask Elder Hassan. If a large investment does come but with demanding conditions, let’s see if he agrees to it or not."

Elder Hassan hadn’t expected to be dragged into the conversation, but now, as he was among friends, he spoke openly:

"If this had been the past, maybe I would have agreed. Honestly speaking, we were lacking everything, especially food. It’s not just the past; even now, our domestic food supply is insufficient. But it’s not the case here anymore.

So yeah, if there had been investment offers in the past, we might have agreed. But with Mr. Knight’s cooperative model as a precedent, if there are future investments demanding this and that from us, we would probably decline."

His response reminded Sean Knight of the lingering problems created by many foreign merchants making investments in China during the nineties of the last century. He didn’t delve deeper into that analysis to avoid being tagged as a traitor.

With the domestic economy also struggling to move forward, when Sean Knight made a phone call to familiar contacts about building several mid-sized factories and needing a batch of equipment and technicians, the initial replies were about offering to inquire around.

Soon after, Sean Knight’s mobile phone became a hotline.

One call after another came in, hoping to cooperate with Sean Knight, hoping to sell their equipment here.

The conditions were very generous, some hoping Sean Knight would come over for an investigation, and some even considering sending the equipment over directly.

Sean Knight declined all of them.

No joke—if the equipment really was shipped over and it proved to be substandard, it would definitely cause disputes to have it returned. It might even lead to accusations of being a traitor.

He didn’t dare agree to any of those offers.

After all, if equipment with problems really did come over, his reputation here would be ruined.

Realizing his rashness, Sean Knight flew back home and, through Professor Nelson of the Agricultural Science Academy, found a group of experts to help introduce suitable machinery factories. After all, the factories that needed to be built had a close relationship with daily life, and the words of these seasoned professors carried weight.

Only then did Sean Knight confirm several equipment factories, place the orders for equipment, and send the initial team of technicians to Afghanistan to start constructing the factory buildings.

That’s when Craig Davis got involved. After all, although the factory buildings could be managed locally in Afghanistan, for professionalism at least, it was better to rely on one’s own people.

Back and forth with these matters, and half a month had passed.

Henija had said the airplane carrying the cultural relics had been at the base’s airport for some time now—this place was completely different from the rudimentary runway that Sean Knight had seen before. Here, helipads had been continuously built, along with a small terminal; expansion was ongoing, with plans for a second runway.

"The airport here will get busier in the future, one runway is obviously not enough," Hassan explained to Sean Knight.

It turned out that the second runway was planned by Hassan. Not just the second runway, but several hangars had also been built.

These tribes did have substantial resources. Now, with Sean Knight’s help and new development opportunities, building a runway and some hangars really wasn’t a big deal.

More importantly, the changes brought by Sean Knight’s arrival had given them hope for the future, as if a happy life was beckoning.

"All the cultural relics are on the airplane, guarded by six soldiers around the clock," the head of the base’s security team explained. "They don’t leave the plane, nor do they allow our people to board."

Guarding the old military transport plane, the soldiers went through a special verification when Sean Knight approached.

Once they confirmed it was Sean Knight, the guards let them through, and he and his group boarded the plane.

Inside the plane’s "big belly" were boxes. After Sean Knight entered, the six guarding soldiers began to open the boxes.

Sweeping his gaze, Sean Knight felt a sense of disappointment.

Indeed, these cultural relics were individually bulky, either stone sculptures or made of copper. Moreover, there was a prevalence of stone sculptures, pretty much as Sean Knight had anticipated; the valuable items had almost all been repurposed by then.

This country was at a stage similar to China forty or fifty years ago when cultural relics, as long as they were not holy objects, could be exchanged for resources.

As Teacher Luo Xiang said, when you’re starving to death, even pandas are edible. When the common people are still struggling below the poverty line and the country is impoverished, talking about cultural relic protection is quite challenging.

Seeing Sean Knight’s displeased expression, Elder Hassan who accompanied him became somewhat apprehensive.

If these cultural relics didn’t meet Sean Knight’s tastes, the factory construction could still proceed, but it might come with some trouble.

Elder Hassan was aware that Sean Knight had already made many concessions. If these cultural relics turned out to be unsatisfactory, it would indeed be somewhat unfair to Sean Knight.

Henija had gone back home, leaving matters here to Hassan.

After all, from his perspective, since Sean Knight had already sent the technicians over, those cultural relics were probably just for symbolic purposes.

As Sean Knight looked at these ancient relics, ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand years old, he truly felt they held historical value. However, as for commercial value, there wasn’t much.

They were comparable to the pottery from the Hemudu period.

Sky Eye continually scanned over, growing more disappointed as it went—until suddenly, his gaze brightened, and it landed on the last small box.

The items in this box, although not containing as much energy as the other items he obtained previously, were obviously tarnished with energy.

It seemed there really was something of value—just not brought along!

Thinking this, Sean Knight resolved: he must acquire it!