As for the negotiation with Batavia, Liu Pei also has a priest locked in the house to use. Just before the battle began, the priest was imprisoned by Liu Pei. He didn't know anything about the battlefield. So he's the best messenger.

At this time, another officer came up to report and said: "Commander, I just received the news, this time we have made a fortune!" ”

Liu Pei can't hear the word "money" now! After others cross over, there is an endless amount of money to spend, and there are troops that can fight tough battles after recruiting. But Liu Pei has had a book deficit for three consecutive years! If it weren't for a rich brother who took out some money from time to time to help him solve his problems, I'm afraid Liu Pei would have the heart to commit suicide!

Although the Academy of Sciences knows the direction of future scientific and technological development, it is useless to just know, and it still requires a large number of experiments to replicate those results. It was all made of silver! Needless to say, the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of the soldiers in the army. A lot of military factories, plus shipyards and whatever, it's very simple that there are only inputs and no outputs.

But this is not Liu Pei's biggest trouble. Liu Pei's biggest expense on the book is the money that keeps subsidizing farmers! The land in the world that is well developed has almost been reclaimed, and the victims collected by Liu Pei can only open up another wasteland. And wasteland is a place that is not easy to cultivate, so no one wants it. If you want to open it, you have to spend a lot of money!

If you are lucky, there will only be a certain harvest in the second year, which may not be enough for the farmers to make a living. If you are ordinary, you will have a harvest in the third year. It doesn't cost much to raise a farmer's household, and a farmer's household can afford to open up the wasteland, and it's only a few dozen trucks of silver a year. But if the unit of this farmer is calculated in 10,000, it is definitely not a small number!

And the most terrifying thing is that the number of displaced people continues to join, and the number of farmers clearing land is increasing every year! Although the farmers in the first two years have produced output, it is still far from recovering the input! Then they have to pay another amount of money to feed the newly opened farmers.

As for the shells, gunpowder, pensions for personnel, and repairs for ships consumed in successive battles, everything needs money! Liu Peichou's hair is about to turn white! So as soon as Liu Pei heard that he had made a fortune, his eyebrows were stretched out at that time!

Liu Pei immediately said eagerly: "Quick."

Tell me, what good things have you caught? ”

The officer flipped through the paper in his hand and said, "Now we have found several warehouses, one of which is a vault, and in addition to a small amount of gold coins, part of it is smelted gold nuggets, and a considerable part is golden sand. This part is about 3000-4000 taels. The rest is silver. This part is about 60,000 taels to 80,000 taels, and it has not been measured yet. In addition, we have found a batch of silver ore. I asked the Dutch who was guarding the warehouse, and he said that it was rough silver ore, and that a lot of silver could be obtained by refining it again, and the exact amount of this part was not known. There are also various types of furs that cannot be counted for the time being. Most of them are deerskin. It is estimated that there will be about 10,000 to 13,000 tickets. There are still many materials that need to be counted in detail before specific data can be available. ”

Liu Pei smiled happily after hearing this, and couldn't help shouting: "This time the military budget has fallen!" ”

After Liu Pei finished speaking, he looked at several officers in charge of logistics and smiled bitterly. Liu Pei used reserve materials to force the war this time! To put it mildly, no matter whether this battle is won or lost, he can't even pay out the pension money!

Therefore, Liu Pei hopes that after winning the war, he will copy the bottom of the Dutch treasury and sell a batch of materials for discount. But this time, with the Dutch people having a lot of cash in hand, there are no worries at all!

Liu Pei got up and said, "Let's go, take a look!" I've never seen thousands of taels of gold stacked together! ”

The other officers also followed Liu Pei to the warehouse with great interest. A group of people came to the warehouse, and there were already soldiers guarding the door. The soldier opened the warehouse and invited Liu Pei and his party in. Sure enough, the gold and silver mentioned in the report were found!

To be honest, in Liu Pei's opinion, if you don't consider his value, that pile of gold is not attractive to people! Because the refining level was not very developed at this time, the gold that was refined was not pure. So the gold bricks look dull in color, like old bricks that have just been removed from the city walls!

A small pocket of golden sand is a little better, and you can see the natural yellow color of gold. But it's also as unaffordable as sand

Eye. As for the silver plates and silver nuggets that are also gray, they look like moldy tofu. There is also a large and small bubble hole on it. As for the huge pile of crude silver ore, it was no different from stone.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Liu Pei's heart felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. When Liu Pei stretched out his hands to pick up a heavy gold brick, Liu Pei's heart became active again. He smiled and said to a few officers behind him: "This thing looks inconspicuous, but I don't know how many people have sacrificed their lives for him?" And the gold of these invaders has fallen into my hands, and I will build ships and cast cannons to fight them, which is a very happy thing! Be sure to find a way to do it again in the future! ”

A few officers naturally did not discourage Liu Pei's interest, of course, it was a tide of sycophants. When Liu Pei had enough of playing with gold bricks, he turned around and came to another warehouse for leather goods. This warehouse is even more shocking!

The hides and furs in the warehouse were stacked in a haphazard manner, and the entire warehouse was almost full. According to rough estimates, the deer skin in it alone is worth at least 100,000 taels of silver if it is sent to the Wa Kingdom! Not to mention other precious furs.

Liu Pei took a big turn in the warehouse, looked through all kinds of skins, and found that they were relatively well preserved. He directly instructed the guards and said, "Choose a few of the good ones and send them to the lady." Pick a few more and put them in my study, I'm going to give them away. ”

The guards hurriedly agreed. Not to mention the ones given to Mrs., the other ones are for Yu Lina. Because of the continuous preparation for the war, it has been a long time since I returned to modern times, and of course I have to bring some gifts back this time.

When he came out of the warehouse containing the skin, Liu Pei was not interested in looking at these things anymore. Because there are so many things to keep busy. He turned around and went to the wounded barracks again to comfort the wounded soldiers. After the support, he returned to the temporary headquarters to deal with post-war affairs.

Early the next morning, Liu Pei returned to the temporary camp. When he entered the camp, he ordered the guards to bring the priest to his tent.

The priest has been locked up in a tent for the past few days, and he has already fidgeted after listening to the sound of gunfire for several days! But the people guarding him carried out Liu Pei's orders very strictly, so the smell inside the tent was quite unpleasant.