Chapter 367: The ......... of the Dreadnought Admiral Kolchak 1,600 tons of gold
"Hmm......... Well...... yes, that's the location, yes, yes..."
Lying in his purpose-built lounge, Yan Guang made a rippling sound while receiving the services of Secretary No. 3 and Secretary No. 4.
And not far away, looking at the scene in front of him, Zhu Erdian's face was extremely ugly. If you look closely, you can even see a hint of humiliation and shame on his face.
Don't think crookedly, at this time, Yan Guang is just receiving massage services from secretary No. 3 and secretary No. 4, and he doesn't do anything discordant, and he can make a sound just because it's too comfortable. What's more, even if he does something discordant, Yan Guang has no habit of doing it in front of outsiders, especially men.
But the recreation room he built was about the size of a football field, and it was the first time that a man was allowed to come in.
At this time, Yan Guang, who was comfortable, also seemed to feel Zhu Erdian's anger, so he gently patted Secretary No. 3's buttocks and got up.
"No. 3, ah no, who is that, I have business here, you guys go down first..."
Hearing Yan Guang's order, the brown-skinned No. 3 and the blonde No. 4 bowed down.
After No. 3 and No. 4 stepped back, a smile finally appeared on Zhu Erdian's face.
"Mr. President, what a blessing..."
From what he knew about China's rulers, the Chinese seemed to prefer East Asians. For example, Yuan Shikai had a lot of Korean concubines in the past, and Sun Yat-sen, for example, who already belonged to the past tense, also had a relationship with two women, and married one of them as his wife.
However, the man in front of him is both Chinese and foreign, and such an appetite is unique even in China, which has a population of more than 400 million.
And after hearing Zhu Erdian's praise, Yan Guang also said with a smile while drinking the juice that had been added with ice cubes.
"I think so..."
As he said this, Yan Guang flicked the ice cubes in the glass twice.
Secretary No. 3 is a 17-year-old belly dancer from Egypt who was copied from the home of a large Turkish nobleman in the occupied territory. When Ben came to the age of 18, Secretary No. 3 was going to serve his master. However, her original master was too ignorant, and after the expeditionary force occupied Erzurum and other areas, she still planned to resist, and in the end, this beautiful belly dancer was cheaper than Yan Guang.
As for the blonde secretary No. 4, she is the daughter of a Russian nobleman on the banks of the Don River, and she is even younger than secretary No. 3, only 16 years old. It was caught by the local expeditionary force during the capture of the rebels, and finally sent to Yanguang by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Unlike ordinary white women, Secretary No. 4's skin is very delicate, which is not inferior to Secretary No. 1 and No. 2.
What the? You said that the military discipline should be neat and orderly, and there should be no offense with Minqiu?
cough, what you said seems to be only during the Vietnam War, the People's Liberation Army that still insisted on the military and civilian fish and water conditions, and was finally shot in the back by those Vietnamese [people] can slightly meet the standard, and the rest of the people who fully meet the standard seem to be the only Yuejia army that "freezes to death without demolishing houses, starves to death without looting" can fully comply.
And the Yue family army or something, it's been almost 800 years since now, who knows what's going on...
As for the absolutely upright groups of soldiers and officers, cough, not to mention the difficulty or anything for the time being, such troops simply do not exist...
At least in Yan Guang's memory, such a force has never existed.
Therefore, the military discipline of the Wehrmacht is relatively lenient in some respects, especially the expeditionary force, which is more lenient than the Wehrmacht in China in terms of military discipline because it has to conduct long-term operations. If you change your guard, no one cares even if you run to the kiln, after all, no one knows if you will have a chance to go next time.
However, the discipline of the Defence Forces is still very strict in the areas of corruption, wanton brutality and killing of local civilians, even in the occupied areas. After all, Yan Guang is seeking to occupy forever, not to quit after a decade or two, and he may be a little cruel to the local nobles, but to the local people...
But then again, going back to Secretary No. 3 and Secretary No. 4, although Yan Guang's body bones are also strong, but if you count No. 1 and No. 2 to four at a time, Yan Guang is somewhat unable to hold on......... Ahem, it seems that you missed something that shouldn't be said?
"Mr. President..."
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"Mr. President..."
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Looking at Yan Guang, who was still thinking about Yanfu a few days ago, the anger in Zhu Erdian's heart seemed to have increased a lot.
However, in the end, Zhu Erdian could only be helpless.
After all, after more than four years of development, the current China is no longer the China of the past, in addition to economic strength, whether in military strength or industrial strength, the current China in the Entente bloc is only below Britain and the United States, even if Germany is counted, it is only below these three countries.
And in the case of Germany's imminent defeat, it may not take much time for China to officially become the top three powers, at this time, China has really become a pivotal power, not the world's seventh-largest navy in the former Qing Dynasty...
Therefore, in the face of Yan Guang's rudeness, Zhu Erdian could only try his best to endure it.
What's more, Zhu Erdian still asked Yan Guang to come this time, so no matter how rude Yan Guang was, he could only endure it here.
And Yan Guang, who was still thinking about the affair just now, also reacted at this time.
"Oh, Mr. Ambassador, what did you just say? Kolchak: yes? β
"That's right..."
Zhu Erdian sighed and said, if there was a Chinese official who dared to be so rude in the former Qing Dynasty, he would have xxxxxxx it a long time ago, but now, let's swallow it...
"Kolchak..."Hearing that it was serious, Yan Guang also became serious. I remember this guy..."
Yan Guang did have some impressions of this guy, for example, in later Russia, he once made a movie called [Fearless Admiral Kolchak] for this person, of course, the movie is not important, the most important thing is that the legend says that the Russian emperor once gave Kolchak almost more than 1,600 tons of gold.
Yan Guang remembered that the 500 tons of gold he took with him when Kolchak was defeated, which was equivalent to 500 million US dollars, that is to say, all the more than 1,600 tons of gold that Kolchak had in his hands were equivalent to 1.6 billion US dollars...
1.6 billion dollars, almost the equivalent of 5 billion silver dollars...
"More than five billion silver dollars, if I can get them all, I'll send them..."
Thinking of the more than 1,600 tons of gold that Kolchak had in his hands, Yan Guang's saliva almost flowed.
Don't look at Yan Guang, who is known as the richest man in China, there are places to make money everywhere, especially the factories and enterprises opened in China have made a lot of money for him. But there is a lot of money to be made and a lot of money to spend, and now Yan Guang's total assets are only a little more than a billion...
Five billion silver dollars? This is already five times the total assets of Yan Guang!
"Five billion?"
Zhu Erdian was also stunned when he heard this word, but then he reflected it!
"Sixteen hundred tons?!"
This 1,600 tons naturally refers to Kolchak's 1,600 tons of gold, but Jurdian was able to react so quickly, not just because he was a smart man. What's more, the British and the Americans on the other side of the ocean have been eyeing Kolchak's gold for a long time.
It's just that in Britain, this 1,600 tons of gold is neither called "5 billion" nor "1,600 tons", but "500 million pounds".
In history, when Kolchak used this gold to buy weapons from Britain and the United States, the British and Americans, who had been eyeing this gold for a long time, once offered a black price for the weapons sold to Kolchak, and Kolchak at that time could only endure it silently.
However, at this time, Vladivostok and other ports in the Far East had already been occupied by the Wehrmacht, and it was impossible for Britain and the United States to transport weapons from Northern Europe through the entire Bolshevik-occupied zone to the Urals, so the deal was obviously unnegotiable.
And this is one of the reasons why Zhu Erdian came to Yan Guang...
"weapons, now General Kolchak in the Urals needs enough weapons ..."
Standing in front of Yan Guang, Zhu Erdian said.
Leaving aside the 1,600 tons of gold, the most important thing for Britain and the United States now was to get rid of the Bolshevik regime in Russia. Therefore, in the eyes of the British, if they could not sell weapons to Kolchak, then Yan Guang would sell them.
As for the money from the sale of weapons?
Even if enough weapons were sold to Kolchak to arm 100,000 men, it would be only a few million pounds, although the British were now in financial difficulty. But millions of pounds in profits, the British have not yet taken into account.
Moreover, the delivery of weapons from Britain used to be time-consuming and laborious, while China had garrisons in Central Asia and south of the Volga River, and there were even a large number of arsenals and spare weapons and ammunition there, which could be directly handed over to Kolchak for use.
That's why Zhu Erdian will find Yan Guang.
And just when Zhu Erdian was asking Yan Guang, Yan Guang was also thinking about a problem.
That is how to swallow all of Kolchak's 1,600 tons of gold, 1,600 tons of gold, these gold worth 5 billion silver dollars. As long as this gold is in hand, not to mention the financial problems that once plagued Yan Guang, such as mechanized divisions and motorized divisions, even if dozens of them are formed, it will be no problem...
However, at this time, Yan Guang couldn't expose his mind too much, after all, strictly speaking, the current Kolchak also belongs to his own allies, and it is not a good reputation to spread the word about his friendly armyββββββ although in the last period, Kolchak was sold by the Czechs in the Czech Legion...
But even if Yan Guang doesn't make a move, Kolchak will fail in the end.
As long as he gets all the gold in his hands when he fails, it's all right...
"Hum, hum..."
In his heart, Yan Guang sneered.
That is, when Yan Guang sneered in his heart, Zhu Erdian continued to speak.
"I heard that Mr. President is very fond of antiques?"
"That's right."
Yan Guang nodded, he didn't like antiques, and he didn't know what antiques were. All he likes is to collect antiques and put them all in museums for people to see.
However, because of his reputation for liking antiques, there are many people who want to please him, and they bring him a lot of rare cultural relics, which can be regarded as enriching Yan Guang's collection.
And after seeing Yan Guang nodding, Zhu Erdian also said with a smile.
"In addition to discussing Kolchak, I also came here to give a gift to Mr. President."
"Oh?"
Yan Guangyi raised his hand and motioned for Zhu Erdian to take it out.
But Zhu Erdian said with a smile.
"Mr. President, do you think I can come in with a gift, it's in my entourage right now..."
"That's it..."Yan Guang nodded. Then invite him in..."
With Yan Guang's permission, a person walked in with a long thing.
Looking at the entourage who walked in, Yan Guang touched his chin with his hand and smiled evilly in his heart.
"I didn't expect this Zhu Erdian to be quite stuffy..."
It's no wonder that Yan Guang thinks so, but because the person who came in was actually a young woman who looked to be in her 20s. Her plump figure makes the gown she wears bulging at the chest area, and her beautiful red hair is extremely eye-catching.
Such a beauty is a strange thing that does not make people wonder about something.
Although she was a beauty, and she was brought by Zhu Erdian, when she walked into the entertainment room, several female bodyguards surrounded her, and then conducted a strict search.
These are all personnel sent by the Military Defense Bureau, the Military Intelligence Bureau, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and although they are not as good as Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, they can at least be called beautiful. But the most important thing is that their skills are quite good, even Yan Guang, a big man of 185cm, can't deal with one, so these people are the most suitable to be responsible for Yan Guang's personal safety.
However, the chastity of these female bodyguards is so bad that there is no need to worry, because after having No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4, Yan Guang is no longer very interested in these vulgar fans.
At this point, the woman brought by Zhu Erdian had already passed the inspection with the scroll-like gift, and was walking up to Yan Guang and asked in a more standard Chinese.
"Can I put it over there, please..."
After getting permission from Yan Guang, the woman walked to a table with the scroll in her arms, and then slowly unfolded the scroll...
"This is..."
Looking at this picture scroll more than one meter long, Yan Guang asked with some curiosity.
Of course, he was more curious, what was so peculiar about this painting with five cows on it?
"This is the picture of five oxen, which is said to be the work of the Tang Dynasty painter Han Rong..."
"Oh? A work of the Tang Dynasty?! β
Hearing this, Yan Guangzhi was really curious, although many people have sent him paintings over the years, but the arrival of the Tang Dynasty is really rare, of course, the most important thing is that he doesn't know how to paint.
But because he doesn't know how to draw, it doesn't mean that the people around him don't understand either, so...
"Go, take Secretary No. 1, ah no, call me who..."
"Yes!" Although Yan Guang didn't call out his name, the female bodyguard who was responsible for protecting Yan Guang had already understood, and not long after, the secretary No. 1, who was beautiful and had a height of more than 1.7 meters, had already walked over with a pair of glasses to taste.
"This is the Tang Dynasty Han Rong's five oxen picture, this and the end of the paper has Zhao Mengfu, Sun Hong, Xiang Yuanbian, Hongli, Jin Nong and other fourteen inscriptions, it is rumored that at the end of the Qing Dynasty had flowed into Zhongnanhai Yingtai to preserve, but in the Gengzi Incident when the Eight-Nation Coalition sacked the Forbidden City, this painting was also plundered..."
Although the four secretaries have their own characteristics, their role is not known to be used to warm the bed.
For example, Secretary No. 1 is involved in all aspects, and it is right to ask her about things like Wuniutu, which is the Baidu by Yan Guang's side. Although No. 2 looks like a junior, he is actually similar to a junior, but he is the most powerful bodyguard around Yan Guang, not only proficient in fists and feet, weapons and shooting, but also can drive airplanes and speedboats. As for No. 3 and No. 4, the former is a belly dancer, and her full-time job is naturally to watch Yan Guang dance, and the latter is a good piano, but recently Yan Guang is also letting her learn to blow the flute...
"So..."
Although the Eight-Nation Alliance made Yan Guang very unhappy, Yan Guang still nodded and said to Zhu Erdian.
"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador."
In fact, what Yan Guang didn't know was that the Five Ox Picture was not only a treasure, but also the earliest extant famous painting painted on paper in later generations. The reason why No. 1 did not introduce this point is simply because unlike later generations, there are still many cultural relics preserved in the world, and no one knows if there is an earlier existence than the Five Bull Diagram...
For Yan Guang, this painting also reminded Yan Guang of something.
"Five cow figures..."Touching his smooth chin, Yan Guang said softly. I remember that there seems to be a more precious painting than the Five Oxen Picture, which is being kept in the hands of someone who does not fit..."
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Although the relationship between China and the Entente is not as good as before, China is still a member of the Entente after all, so after talking with Zhu Erdian for a while, Yan Guang also agreed to provide Kolchak with some weapons and ammunition.
Of course, these are all in exchange for money.
Zhu Erdian has no objection to this, after all, now Kolchak has more than 1,600 tons of gold in his hands, prosperous antiques, troubled gold, this is the hardest currency in troubled times, not to mention that Zhu Erdian does not feel the need to save money for Kolchak, after all, Britain and Kolchak are only using the relationship.
"General, news from the British, the Chinese have agreed to sell weapons to us ..."
In the Urals, Kolchak, who had just staged a coup d'Γ©tat and overthrew the previous regime, was on official business when a local official suddenly approached and said.
Hearing the official's words, Kolchak put down the pen in his hand.
"Gratuitous?"
The official smiled wryly.
"How is that possible?" As he spoke, he glanced at Kolchak cautiously. "What the Chinese mean is that they can give us any weapon we want, and we give them gold..."
With that, the official handed Kolchak a form on which the weapons and prices of the national axe were intended to be sold to the Kolchak regime were clearly listed.
"Are these Chinese very fair..."
Looking at the price on the form, Kolchak nodded slightly.
At a time when the national government axe had not yet taken Vladivostok, Kolchak also asked Britain and the United States about the price of weapons, and at that time, Britain and the United States offered a black-hearted price, compared with the price of Britain and the United States, the price given by Yan Guang was much cheaper.
"yes." The officer just nodded as well. "But these Chinese occupy the most land in our country..."
When he said this, the official's voice suddenly became more resentful, and even Kolchak's expression became much more gloomy.
However, in the face of the national and social regimes that invaded the largest number of Russian territories, Kolchak and others had no choice. Although after the establishment of the Provisional Political Axe, Kolchak's [Supreme Commander of All Russia] had been recognized by the Entente and generals such as Denikin and Yudenrich, but now Kolchak's strength is only more than 50,000 Czech legions, a part of the former Russian [***] team and newly recruited troops.
This kind of strength is simply not comparable to the current China or other Entente and Allied countries, and even Soviet Russia, which is far away in Moscow.
Moreover, although China has only more than 700,000 troops in Central Asia, southern Volga, Iraq, and other regions, it is the most well-equipped part of the National Defense Army, and there are even a large number of heavy artillery groups, more than 30,000 light and heavy machine guns, and nearly 1,000 tanks in the Volga River and other places.
In addition, the expeditionary force now mainly relies on the two Central Asian railways connected with the Dilan railway, as well as the Tigris River in Iraq as a transportation and supply line, there is no problem at all in the supply, not to mention the little troops in the hands of the Russian Bolsheviks, such a huge force, even a strong country like Britain and Germany dare not touch the head a little...
ββ¦β¦β¦ Forget it, the most important thing now is to eradicate the Bolsheviks occupying Moscow, and the question of the Chinese will wait until the reunification of all Russia..."
Shaking his head, Kolchak said.
"A wise decision..."
It didn't take long for Kolchak to submit a list to the national social and political axe by telegram, which not only listed enough Mauser G98 rifles to equip 200,000 people, but also more than 100 mountain guns and field guns with a caliber of more than 75 mm and more than 300 light and heavy machine gunsββββββ.
After all, if Kolchak was too strong and so strong that he finally destroyed Soviet Russia, it would be more than worth the loss for Yan Guang.
But even so, in the end, these arms were sold for a high price of 10 million poundsββββββ and although the price offered by Yan Guang was not as black as that of Britain and the United States, it was by no means cheap.
Kolchak certainly did not have pounds sterling in his hands, but he had more than 1,600 tons of gold, so later on the existing Sino-Russian border, the White Army represented by Kolchak handed over 30 tons of gold worth 10 million pounds to the expeditionary force in Kazakhstan, and the local expeditionary force delivered all the weapons to Kolchak's White army.
The process of the deal was rather short-lived, as Kolchak's Ural base was not far from Kazakhstan, which was also Kolchak's reluctance to anger the expeditionary force. After all, there were nearly 600,000 expeditionary forces stationed in Central Asia and south of the Volga River, and such a large force could wipe out Kolchak's White Army at any time.
However, after the gold arrived, Yan Guang was even more worried about Kolchak's 1,600 tons of gold...
(To be continued)