When the coalition forces were conducting a large-scale search, all the materials had been transported to the base through the dock of the steel base for storage, and for a long time, the Nanhai was not suitable for outdoor activities, and it was difficult to ensure that someone saw the Nanhai, and it would become the first object of suspicion.

"Chief, according to preliminary statistics, the total amount of gold and silver and other property exceeds 78 million taels, and the number of cultural relics of various kinds is 128,610." Lü Min reported to Lü Liang the harvest of this operation.

"All the gold and silver are smelted through the steel base, and the artifacts are temporarily stored in the base until they are made public at a suitable time in the future." Lü Liang did not feel very happy, these were only a small part of the plundering of China by the great powers, and his task was heavy and long.

In March 1901, the first phase of the Huizhou Munitions Factory was completed, which was already able to provide sufficient weapons and ammunition, and the second phase of the project was being intensified, and after the completion of the construction, it would be able to meet the needs of 100,000 soldiers. The completion of the munitions factory meant that Heyuan was ready for a large-scale Qing attack, and the first large-scale battle was about to begin.

"General, the little one got the news from Jardine Matheson that they have a large number of weapons ready to be shot, including more than 20,000 foreign guns, more than 10 million rounds of ammunition, more than 30 artillery pieces, and more than 2,000 shells." Su Can ran back and forth during this period of time, preparing for the extermination of the Heyuan Rebellion, not only contacting most of the large-scale bandit gangs in Guangdong, but also actively looking for ways to buy guns and ammunition. After learning that Jardine Matheson had such a large number of weapons and equipment through the relationship, he immediately ran to Bao Nian to make contributions.

In 1894, Guangdong sent 2,000 new and old Mauser guns to Beiyang, and in November, Li Hanzhang, the governor of Liangguang, played a game, and successively transferred 16,000 foreign guns from all over the country, and then successively transferred more than 2,000 carbines, rifles, and more than 3 million bullets, and at the end of the year, 30 steel cannons. Up to now, with the advanced weapons and equipment that have been allocated and purchased one after another, Bao Nian has more than 30,000 rear-loading repeating rifles, 40 steel cannons, and countless ammunition, basically enabling more than 30,000 Qing soldiers to modernize their weapons and equipment. The problem is that this is the number on the books, just like eating empty salaries, most of the advanced weapons in the army have been sold privately to the gentry and bandits by the generals from all over the country, and the proliferation of guns in Guangdong is not the reason why there are no local garrisons, and the biggest leader in the reselling of arms is Bao Nian!

Now when it's time to use weapons, Bao Nian has to buy them from foreigners at a high price, and he still pays for his own money! It's too late to let the pottery mold play and apply for allocation, and now that the court is in a mess, I can't take care of this trouble, and the most important thing is that it's too late to cover the news of the chaotic party, how can I report it!

"Grandma's, this money can't just let us pay out of our own pockets, Tao Mo and Deshou have to pay for it, as well as those merchant gentry, we are to keep them safe, how can we stand idly by? As long as you want to save your life and official position, you have to pay for it! Bao Nian thought about the number of weapons needed, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, although the weapons in the hands of those foreigners were good, they were really not cheap, a foreign gun cost dozens of taels, and they didn't send bullets! Tens of thousands of people need equipment, so you can't empty yourself!

"General, the small one met with the manager William of Jardine Matheson, he said that this batch of weapons and equipment was sold to us at a seven-percent discount, and each gun came with ten bullets, and the small one was afraid of fraud, and he went to check it out, it is indeed a good gun, although it is not brand new, but it has not been used, and the maintenance is OK."

"There are so many guns in foreigners that you can't sell them? Those gentry and bandits can't wait to buy it! Bao Nian suddenly came up with an idea, this batch of weapons is so cheap, if it is true, then he can pay for the next batch, and then take it out and sell it to the gentry, he will definitely make a lot of money. Bao Nian's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, I didn't expect that there would be such a good opportunity to make money!

Everyone can see the big moves of the Guangdong army, and the purpose is also clear, it is easy to talk about the extermination of the chaotic party, so didn't Huizhou Tang Chun and Lu Sanda die in the suppression of bandits, so the chaotic party really cannot be underestimated. If the chaotic party grows bigger, then I don't know how long the chaotic situation will last, and whether we can do our own business at that time? Can the land be saved? Will those tenants take advantage of the mess? In a state of confusion, the notice of the New Year's Eve was passed to the hands -- in order to purchase arms to exterminate the rebellious party, please subsidize the military expenditure. Lose his old wood, I knew there would be such a show! You should spend money to buy peace, otherwise with thousands of guns in the family, you can't stop the chaos in any case, and the war has to be handed over to the imperial court.

The gentry and merchants obediently paid the money, and the officials such as Tao Mo and Deshou also donated generously, and they usually deducted like an iron rooster, and this time they all gave the silver as soon as possible. The rusty silver was dug out of the cellar and sent to the General's Mansion in Guangzhou, and after inspection, it was found that there were three million taels of silver, which was enough, and there was no need to pay for it yourself! Of course, what he bought privately does not count.

Jardine Matheson made a good deal this time, and the large number of weapons and equipment captured by the coalition forces in the north and the Tianjin arsenal could not be processed in addition to those used by the coalition forces, and if they were transported back to China, they would not be enough for freight. The Japanese want to, but they don't want to take the money, and they are not willing to give it to them for nothing. In the end, Jardine Matheson bought these weapons and equipment at the price of cabbage, they knew how great the demand for foreign guns in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was, and they could buy them at a high price willingly. Sure enough, news came from Guangdong not long after, and someone was willing to buy in large quantities, and Jardine Matheson could make a lot of money from it.

Bao Nian jumped up and down in Guangdong, Lu Liang also arrived in Guangdong, the dust of the national treasure was settled, and Heyuan was also urgently preparing for war. After a while, he came to Guangdong to inspect the construction of an industrial base, which was unrivaled in the Far East, and if it was completed and put into operation, its output would exceed that of the entire Manchu Dynasty and that of Japan in a very short time. Coupled with Huizhou's heavy industry base, more than half of Guangdong's population will enter its own sphere of influence.

"The grass people meet Master Tao, please forgive the grass people for living abroad for a long time and not having good etiquette." Lu Liang bent down and gave a salute to Tao Mo, this was the first time he came into contact with Manchu officialdom in this era, and it was the gentry who used to take care of those relationships for him, but this time he had to come forward anyway.

"Mr. Lu doesn't have to be polite, you have lived abroad for a long time, but you miss your homeland. The official has also heard of what he has done during this time, and it can be called a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and there is a little miscellaneous courtesy, so you don't have to care about it. Tao Mo said with a smile, the reason why he is so happy is not that he is broad-minded, there are no more than 1 in 100 million people in this world. He was happy because he was carried in with Lu Liang with the more than one meter tall Yuan Qinghua, which Lu Liang bought from Wu Shimin and specially used to give the pottery mold. Some of those national treasures were more valuable than Yuan Qinghua, but they were not suitable for appearance now. Tao Mo is a person who loves antiques, and he is old, and since he has achieved the position of the governor of Liangguang, he does not want to go further in the officialdom, so he spends most of his energy on collecting antiques. This piece of Yuan blue and white is a treasure, very rare, it seems that Lu Liang has taken great pains to see himself.

After Lu Liang sat down, the two chatted for a while, including the chaos of the party, the formation of group training, factory construction, school construction, etc., among which Tao Mo was very interested in those schools, this kind of people are actually cultural people, and they are very concerned about this kind of promotion of culture.

"Mr. Lu built a school and recruited students, this kind of work is in the present and beneficial in the future, and such a public welfare act is admired by the official. I wonder what happened to Mr. Lu this time? After talking for more than an hour, Lu Liang really hates this kind of rule, he has always liked to go straight, but there is no way, this time he came to ask for help, and he can only speak after listening to Tao Mo.

"My lord, the grass people cooperated with many squires in Guangdong to set up factories, but the roads were impassable, which made it difficult to transport goods in the factory. That's why I want to raise money to build roads under the jurisdiction of adults. ”

"It's a good thing to build roads, I heard that you have built a lot of ash roads in Huizhou, do you also build them in other places?"

"My lord, the gray road needs to be repaired, but it is not the most important thing, what the grass people want to build is the railway."

"Railway! Hahahaha, Mr. Lu's tone is not small, this official knows the difficulty of building railways, Xiang that foreigners have also built some railways in Guangdong, but they are very short, I heard that it costs a lot of money, and the imperial court is very taboo about foreigners building railways on the land, so there is no large number of construction, how did I hear that your company has an American background? ”