Chapter 42: So Much Silver
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"Oh my God...... So much silver? Wu Yang and the others looked at the whole room full of gold and silver, and their frightened mouths were long enough to stuff a fist, and after a long time, they still didn't react.
According to records, after the destruction of Beijing, the Japanese army, because of its geographical advantage, took advantage of the fact that the coalition forces had not yet been divided, and first ransacked the Internal Affairs Office and robbed about 4 million taels of silver.
But what was placed in front of him at this moment was by no means only four million taels of silver.
There were thirty-six wagons, each of which contained ten large boxes, a full three hundred and sixty boxes. Just now, Wang Sirui and the others counted one of the boxes, all of which contained silver ingots of fifty taels of silver, and one box contained three hundred ingots of silver, that is, one box alone contained fifteen thousand taels of silver.
(Don't blame the party, as for how much silver can be in a box, we won't study this, but for the time being, he can hold 300 ingots.) )
And there are more than two hundred and sixty such boxes, and these alone are already four million taels of silver.
Most of the other chests in the back were some silver ingots, and some scraps. How many Wang Sirui did not calculate carefully.
But in these boxes, Wang Sirui also found some other things, for example, the jewelry occupies more than 20 boxes, if placed in the future generations, the value of these jewels alone will be more valuable than these silver.
In addition, two chests of gold were found, and if you convert it, it is not an exaggeration to say that you stole 10 million taels of silver from the Japanese.
At the moment when they saw so much silver, not only Wu Yang and them, but even Wang Sirui and Wang Shuqi were stupid.
Earning so much just by doing one vote is really a bit brain-opening.
"All right, carry the silver to the cellar first." It was Wang Sirui who reacted first, looking at the boxes in the yard, if the coalition forces suddenly came over at this time, it would be a big bad luck.
"Alas, all right!" Wang Shuqi agreed, and immediately beckoned the soldiers to walk in the direction of the cellar entrance.
This courtyard is one of the many courtyards that the Wang family has purchased in the capital, and Wang Sirui originally wanted to choose the courtyard close to the city wall, so that it would be convenient for them to leave.
But then I considered that after the loss of the capital, the coalition forces would definitely garrison the city wall, and at that time, wouldn't every move in the courtyard still be under the monitoring of the coalition forces? With so many silver taels and so many people, can they escape the surveillance of the coalition forces?
The answer was definitely no, so I chose this courtyard in the middle of the city. And this courtyard already has a cellar, which was set up by the Wang family after buying it in order to keep the property, of course, there will be some private soldiers living in it on weekdays to guard the property.
If this era can be as advanced as the later generations, then you will be surprised, because this six-point courtyard has already been hollowed out underneath, and even extended to the other side of the street.
As for the problem of collapse, the Wang family found more than 20 trees that were enough for one person to hold on to such a thick tree, which was supported by palm-thick planks.
The entrance to the cellar is even more secret, if Wang Sirui hadn't asked the housekeeper in advance, he would never have been able to find this entrance even if he had dug three feet into the ground.
In about a quarter of an hour, more than 300 chests were carried into the cellar, and after carrying them into the cellar, it was discovered that the cellar was so large. More than 300 boxes have only just occupied less than half of the space.
After doing this, Wang Sirui instructed Wang Shuqi to lead the third company to be stationed here in person and personally look at the silver.
After all, the amount is huge, and if there is no henchman to take care of it, Wang Sirui will not be at ease.
As for Wang Sirui himself, he called the four company commanders and the deputy company commander of the first company to a room.
"You have also seen the enemy's combat effectiveness, as long as we have the right tactics, it is still easy to annihilate them. Now that we have two heavy machine guns, we've added a lot in terms of strength, so let's talk about what you think. Wang Sirui sat on the chair and asked with a solemn expression.
Through this battle, he saw the morale of the soldiers that was returning, which was a good sign.
But it's undeniable that not everyone wants to stay. And now that the team is just starting to build, it is normal for people to be unstable, Wang Sirui just wants to unify his thoughts through these company commanders under his hands, if even these company commanders can't unify their thoughts, then how should this road go in the future?
"! I have never been so angry as I am today, and with the clatter of a heavy machine gun, hundreds of Japanese devils fell as if they were cutting wheat, not to mention how cool that feeling was. Wu Yang said first, today's battle gave him a great feeling.
Before following Wang Sirui, when did you fight such a battle? Looking at the present, everyone knows that Wang Sirui has robbed so much silver, so there is no need to worry about running out of money to pay their salaries.
If you have the money to take and you can win the battle, why don't you stay?
"Yes, just do it!" Tian Zhichao also clenched his fists excitedly.
"But we can't do this all the time, we are now short of manpower, and although this battle is a big victory, we still have lost more than 30 brothers. Since we want to do it, we have to do it big, we not only have to do it ourselves, but also pull more brothers in to do it together, only when there are more people, we can leave some deep memories for the foreign devils. Wu Zixuan nodded and said.
Wang Sirui nodded secretly, he still agreed with what Wu Zixuan said, but he didn't completely agree with it.
What Wu Zixuan thinks in his heart, Wang Sirui knows very well.
Participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and then broke up with the Boxers, what happened here? Wang Sirui already has a rough idea in his heart.
All in all, Wu Zixuan is the kind of big man who wants to be a big man and has tens of thousands of people under his hands. Naturally, the Boxers would not give him so many people, and they would not even let him be a small leader.
So Wu Zixuan escaped with someone, and finally ran into Ma Sanru, who was scouting outside.
And along the way, Wu Zixuan is constantly persuading Wang Sirui to expand his troops, taking advantage of the good time when there are routs everywhere now, if he doesn't expand now, there will be no such a good opportunity in the future.
Now that they have money and guns, Wu Zixuan's heart is active again.
"Expansion is certain, but it can't be done blindly. This time, we have seized more than 300 devil rifles, and after changing the equipment of our brothers, there are more than 200 more. Therefore, at the moment, we can only expand by more than 200 people at most. Moreover, quality is the most important thing, like those who have bad habits, do not do it. Wang Sirui said.
"But now the expansion also needs to consider one point, that is, whether the people recruited in are the traitors of foreigners? As far as I know, the foreigners have already contacted many of our first-level officers before attacking the capital, and if a traitor enters our ranks, it will definitely be a devastating blow to us. ”
"Also, no one can come here in the future, if the foreigners discover the secret here, then we can only drink the northwest wind."
Wang Sirui's words made several people deeply agree, although the Wang family is rich, no matter how rich it is, it is not in the capital. When the capital had not fallen before, the Wang family's business could still pay Wang Sirui some silver, but now that everyone has run away, who will give you money?
Therefore, this courtyard is the hope of these people, and they can lose everything, but the silver cannot be lost.