"We." Geng Chaozhong replied, because he knew that in the future, one of Asia's largest fleets would be stationed here.

"I hope so!" Zhu Muyun sighed and turned around.

"From 1898 to the present, this land has been constantly changing its owners, and everyone seems to have adapted to this kind of life, they have no pursuit, no faith, some are just the pursuit of interests, and live a life of milk and motherhood."

"In the summer of 1914, the tragic siege of the city came to an end, the British and Japanese had surrounded Signal Hill, and the desperate Germans surrendered after sinking all their ships in the opposite port." Zhu Muyun spoke of history in a heavy tone.

"Boss, are you going to talk to me about Gu today?" Geng Chaozhong asked with a hippie smile.

"Xiao Geng, do you have faith?" Zhu Muyun suddenly raised his head, and his whole person became extremely serious.

"A little." Geng Chaozhong replied.

"One thing is already stronger than most people." Zhu Muyun smiled bitterly and nodded, "The difference between humans and animals is that people don't choose to eat and wait for death, but many people equate themselves with animals, aren't you this kind of person?!" ”

"Of course not, I have my insistence." Geng Chaozhong surprisingly did not have a hippie smile.

"Here, I'll show you something." Zhu Muyun solemnly took out an oiled paper bag from his arms, and after opening the bag, it was a crusty notebook.

"Look at it." Zhu Muyun handed over the notebook, the yellowed skin, the brittle paper, and the title page after opening it had four words written on it: Siege Diary. Signed by Ho Shiqian.

Geng Chaozhong opened the notebook suspiciously, and a period of bloody and bloody years flowed out of the lines of crazy handwriting:

This morning, Qingdao was bombarded with extreme intensity, and shrapnel fell like hailstones. The enemy shelled our infantry positions and artillery batteries from the sea. From a distance, bombs could be seen falling and exploding on the heights on the southwest side of the mission house. Then an ugly, yellowish smoke rose, followed by shrapnel scurrying through the trees in the courtyard. The earth trembles beneath our feet. (September 28, 1914)

At a market near the girls' school, a poor coolie had his legs blown off. On the road through the sea, I saw a large hole blown out by a Japanese shell, the cave was circular and up to one and a half meters deep. (October 8, 1914)

In order to facilitate the transportation of the siege artillery units, the Japanese built a two-way narrow-gauge railway from Wanggezhuang to Liuting and Li Village, and Chinese coolies dragged about 100 small carriages to and fro the tracks. (October 20, 1914)

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"A diary?" Geng Chaozhong raised his head suspiciously, "This is the war in which the Japanese took Qingdao from the Germans in 14 years. Who is He Shiqian? ”

"He was a German missionary, a sinologist." Zhu Muyun said.

"So, where did he go afterward?" Geng Chaozhong asked.

Zhu Muyun did not answer, but continued to narrate:

"The desperate Germans could sink a warship into the sea, but their holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and securities did not. You flip to the end of the diary. ”

Geng Chaozhong turned to the last page of the diary:

All of them were in despair, and it was impossible for the precious gold and silver to escape the clutches of the Japanese and the British, and if they were to be sunk to the bottom, there would be no doubt that the angry Japanese would wield their butcher's knives. So they can only put paper treasury bonds and negotiable securities in a small box and entrust me to help them bury them in a safe place for their children and grandchildren to obtain them. (November 4, 1914)

..........

"That's what you say, a freighter full of gold and silver treasures?"

"That's right, and a lot of the securities in this are invested in the U.S. market. At that time, the United States was an emerging power in the world, and all the savvy businessmen in the world were investing in American Treasury bonds and stocks, and now, 15 years later, American Treasury bonds and securities have risen to an unbelievable level. Zhu Muyun said.

"So, how much money is there?" Geng Chaozhong's eyes began to glow.

"I don't know, the value at that time should have been 100,000 taels of silver, and now it should not be less than 3 million taels of silver. It depends on what securities they buy, because some stocks have multiplied by as much as a hundredfold. Zhu Muyun said.

"it!" Geng Chaozhong's heart is about to jump out of his throat, a Yuan Datou contains six cents and seven coins of silver, 3 million taels of silver is 5 million Yuan Datou, you must know that the annual tax in Shandong in 29 years is only 14 million Yuan Datou! 3 million taels is 450 million yuan if converted into RMB!

"This, this..."Geng Chaozhong's throat was a little dry, "What about He Shiqian?" ”

"Dead."

"I should have known that if this money was easy to take, you would have taken it a long time ago, how could it be my turn?" Geng Chaozhong lamented, "How did he die? ”

"On November 16, the Japanese army entered the city, and on November 17, he jumped off the signal hill, where I am sitting now." Zhu Muyun said.

Geng Chaozhong circled around Zhu Muyun's big stone several times, but he didn't find anything different.

"Don't look for it, I've been here almost once a week for fifteen years." Zhu Mu looked at Geng Chaozhong with mocking eyes.

"Well, if you can't find a miser like that, then I don't think anyone will." Geng Chaozhong gave up the search, also sat on the big rock, and continued:

"But why did he write a diary in Chinese and not in German, and why would all German businessmen give him things."

"First, he is a sinologist, and writing in Chinese has long been a habit. Second, he was a priest, the most respected priest in Germany in Qingdao at that time. Zhu Muyun didn't pay attention to the ridicule in Geng Chaozhong's tone, and explained calmly:

"Also, after the surrender, the German merchants who lost all their valuables such as gold and silver searched for this asset, but in the end they were all gone, and in addition, 100,000 taels of silver was only a few hundred taels for hundreds of German merchants at that time, so in the end they gave up the search."

The magic of the stock market is really powerful, but if Geng Chaozhong remembers correctly, the most protracted, deepest, and most severe cyclical world economic crisis in the history of capitalist economy erupted in October 1929, first in the United States.

Therefore, the sooner this property is found, the smaller the depreciation will be, and if it is long enough, 3 million taels is likely to change back to 100,000 taels........

This task is really interesting.

"However, we have no clue other than this diary, and there are not many people who know this secret, and I suspect that many German businessmen at the time were still thinking about it. Especially when they understand that the U.S. stock market has risen so high. Geng Chaozhong said.

"So, now it's a matter of who can find this wealth faster. What's more, I know something they don't know. Boss Zhu said firmly.