FBI detective

Chapter 837: Shipwreck, Clues, Action
"SS Central America?"

Hearing this word, Luo An's expression changed slightly. Lacey, Chenille and Mona were all confused. They had almost no knowledge in this area, so they could only turn to look at Michelle, who read the most books in the room.

"SS Central America?!"

Compared to the "unlearned" Lacey and the others, Michelle's eyes widened in shock when she heard Winslow's words, and she couldn't believe it:

"Winslow, are you sure?"

Winslow spread his hands:
"That's what the trace examination department said."

Seeing the shocked expression on Michelle's face, Lacey looked around and asked:
"What's the situation with this SS Central America?"

"It was a steamship that sank accidentally in a storm in 1857."

Michelle took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in her heart, and explained seriously:

“The sinking of this ship is one of the world’s biggest maritime disasters.

The losses it incurred triggered the Panic of 1857, the first global financial crisis.”

Hearing Michelle's words, Mona, Chenier and Winslow's faces all became extremely serious. Lacey was slightly stunned and asked:

“A ship sank to the bottom of the sea, causing a financial crisis… Was there a lot of money on the ship?”

"It's not much money, just some ordinary double eagle gold dollars."

Michelle smiled and said:

"But the ship was loaded with a little gold, about 19 tons."

"!!!"

"What?!"

"19 tons?! Gold?!"

Lacey's eyes suddenly widened in disbelief, Chenelle and Winslow stood up suddenly with heavy breathing, and Mona even gasped.

Since the establishment of human society, gold has always been the most hard currency. Whether in peacetime or wartime, the value of gold has never fallen.

For most ordinary people who have a little money, the only thing they do with gold is buying gold jewelry, which is usually measured in grams.

Rich people may buy some gold bars to store just in case, but not too many. After all, countries around the world strictly control gold, and it is impossible for ordinary people to obtain huge amounts of gold.

For ordinary people, the chances of associating tons with gold are too small. Lacey, Chenil, and Mona just feel their scalps tingling.

Winslow took a few deep breaths to suppress his turbulent emotions, then turned around and found that Luo An was still very calm, and was a little surprised:

"Roan, do you also know about the SS Central America?"

"Know something."

Seeing Lacey and the others looking at him in surprise, Luo An took a sip of coffee and said with a smile:

“In fact, the amount of gold currently on the SS Central America is not as much as 19 tons.

In the 1980s, this sunken ship was discovered, and a batch of gold was salvaged from the shallow surface.”

"Yes."

Michelle nodded and said:

"At the time, an engineer from Ohio led a team to salvage about 5% of the total gold and made a lot of money."

Mona slowly calmed down her agitated mood, thought for a moment and asked:

“Why was only 5% salvaged? Was it because the technology was not good enough at the time or there were difficulties?”

"There are reasons for this."

Michelle nodded and added:
"On the other hand, the engineer didn't have any money at the time, so he raised funds from others to go overseas.

After getting the gold, the guy ran away with the money, and then it became a story of law and lawsuits.”

"..." x4
Ding--

Just as Chenier was about to say something, Michelle's computer suddenly rang. Several people quickly turned to look at the screen, only to see that the other party had replied, saying:

"Very good, give him to me. I will pay the balance immediately if he is alright."

Michelle looked up at Roan and asked him what he should say next. Roan turned his gaze to Mona, who danced on the keyboard with her fingers, and said:

"give me some more time."

"OK."

Luo An thought for a moment and said:

"Let me repeat, several of my men were injured because of this incident. They are all my half-brothers."

Michelle polished the text and sent it out. The other party was silent for a few seconds and asked, "What do you mean?"

Luo An chuckled:
"Add money."

"can."

To Michelle's surprise, the other party agreed very straightforwardly and replied:
"I'll add another $10, but you have to guarantee that the person is fine. We'll hand over the person and the money at the same time."

“$10 is not enough.”

Luo An narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"I want $20, and I get to decide where the transaction takes place."

"impossible!"

This time the other party refused very straightforwardly and said that the temporary price increase was already excessive enough and we should not push for more.

Michelle looked at Luo An with a strange expression. Luo An looked at Mona again and asked:

"How are you doing here?"

"Successfully located that guy!"

Mona smiled, raised her hand and made an OK gesture, and introduced:
"The other party is not in Atlanta, nor in Georgia, but in Charleston, South Carolina!"

"I know Charleston! I've been there before!"

Lacey showed excitement, stood up straight and said loudly:

"It is one of the oldest cities in the Union. Before 1790, it was the capital of South Carolina and the richest small town in the Southern Union at that time. Now it has one of the most popular leisure resorts in the Union.

In addition, the transportation there is convenient and the port is large, which is very suitable for going out to sea! ”

"In other words, the other party is already preparing to go out to sea to salvage the sunken ship?"

Luo An's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Michelle and said:

"Michelle, continue negotiating with the other party to delay time. The money doesn't need to be increased, but the transaction location must be decided by us, that is, Klaus!

The rest of you, pack up your things immediately, we are heading to Charleston!"

"understand!"

"no problem!"

The agents accepted the order in unison and immediately started packing up their belongings.

After a simple tidying up, Michelle continued to hold the computer and argue with the other party. Luo An and others took Michelle and quickly went to the airport.

Forty minutes later, at 9:30 in the evening, everyone arrived in Charleston safely by plane.

As soon as she walked out of the airport, Michelle's face suddenly changed. She walked quickly to Luo An holding her computer and said:
"Luo An, the other party is no longer replying to messages, it seems that they have discovered a problem!"

Lacey and Winslow's faces changed slightly, and Luo An waved his hand to signal them to calm down:
"It's okay. As I said before, since the other party may know Klaus, it's normal for him to find something wrong."

Luo An had never thought that he could deceive the other party forever. He turned to look at Mona and asked:

"How are you doing here?"

"The IP address has not changed. It's in the suburbs of Charleston."

Mona's face was full of seriousness, and she quickly replied:

"That area doesn't have much surveillance and has convenient transportation, making it a good place to hide and escape."

"Good."

Luo An nodded and then asked:

"Winslow?"

"SWAT teams are ready."

Winslow covered his phone and grinned, revealing his white teeth:

"You can act at any time!"

"very good."

Luo An smiled with satisfaction and ordered:
"Michelle, contact the local police and ask the patrol officers to cooperate in temporarily blocking the road. Mona, pay attention to the surveillance and police network, and report any situation immediately.

Winslow, notify the SWAT team, we will meet at the scene, Lacey, Chenelle, pack your weapons, we are off!"

"Understood!"xN
At the same time, in a villa in the suburbs of Charleston, a white man's face was full of anger. He kicked another man to the ground, pointed a gun at his head and cursed:

"You son of eat more!"

(End of this chapter)