"Twenty thousand catties of gold!"

Like a thunderclap in the flatland, Wu Xiaoliang didn't expect this rumor to be true.

Mei Jinxue continued: "Big brother, my father did hide 20,000 catties of gold during his lifetime, but these gold were not obtained by corruption. ”

"Yes! My brother's life in the former Qing prefect's mansion was poor, as the saying goes, three years of Qing prefect's 100,000 snowflakes of silver, but his prefect is a two-sleeved breeze, and the only thing that has grown up for more than ten years is a handful of age and his precious collection of books. Mei Yunting echoed and talked about the story of his eldest brother's life, thinking that things are now different from people, and heaven and man are forever separated, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Mei Jinxue was infected by the third uncle, and couldn't help shedding tears, and continued to tell: "In the third year of Xuantong, there was a mutiny in Wuchang, saying that it was a revolution, and all parts of the country followed the trouble, and Yuezhou was no exception. Father had no choice but to sign, so he was able to continue to take charge of Yuezhou, but the world has been corrupted, and adultery and plunder in broad daylight are not uncommon, and he is worried that the treasury accumulated in Yuezhou for more than ten years will fall into the hands of thieves, so that he can order his henchmen and subordinates every night to secretly move the gold and silver out and hide. Unexpectedly, these subordinates never came back after they went out overnight, and the silver that was too late to be transferred had to be kept in the treasury. ”

Mei Jinxue sighed lightly when she said this: "Sure enough, within a few days, those thieves robbed the silver in the treasury, and my father fell ill in bed that day." After a few years of peace, half a year ago, the king of Ma Yama suddenly came to his father to ask for the gold of the treasury that disappeared a few years ago, and his father went to check the hiding place of the treasury gold after the disappearance of the Ya subordinates, and knew that the gold was still intact, so he shirked and was robbed by the rebels, and the king of Ma Yama was very angry, and left with people after making a fuss. Later, my father said that he should know the inside story, and it is difficult to guarantee that the disappearance of several government officials was also related to him. ”

Listening to Mei Jinxue's eloquent words, a touch of bitterness rose in Wu Xiao's conscience, is this the land of China after Wuchangyi?

"Within a few days, there were water bandits at home......" Mei Jinxue said this, her voice began to tremble, and two lines of tears remained, and she couldn't say any more.

Seeing that her niece couldn't cry, Mei Yunting took over and said, "Brigade Commander Wu, my brother is dedicated to the welfare of the people, but he was framed as a corrupt official, which is really chilling. I thought about it with Jinxue, this huge amount of money left in Hunan will sooner or later become a tool for those warlords and politicians to expand their territory, I think the general is a person who does great things for the people, and decided to inform the general of the whereabouts of the gold, and you will dispose of it. ”

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Wu Xiaoliang ordered Yin Chengfu to pick the most reliable platoon to extract gold with Mei's uncle and nephew, and the commander of the cavalry company came in with Ai Ai, "Brigade commander, I have been interrogated, He Fengju didn't come to Mishui at all, this is probably a trap......" He finished reporting the information he obtained, and added his own analysis, hoping to save some impression points in front of the brigade commander.

If what the cavalry company commander said is true, there is a big deal behind the matter, these people may not intend to kill themselves in one step, but they have opened up for their families to take advantage of loopholes, will people still show mercy? Thanks to the strong combat effectiveness of the battalion directly under the brigade headquarters, otherwise there would be no place to die today, and it would inevitably be ruined by these people's tricks like Mei Yunliang

The gold they dream of is obtained by themselves, which is considered a blessing in disguise, and there are many places to use money to make a difference in the future. 20,000 catties of gold converted into silver dollars is about 10 million, and Duan Qirui borrowed more than 10 million yuan from Japan at one time.

Thinking of this, Wu Xiaoliang was excited, and immediately sent a telegram to Fu Zuoyi, the temporary head of the Changsha Garrison Command, and immediately sent a special train, and he was ready to get on the bus from Mishui Town and return north.

Fu Zuoyi and Fang Qidao all called nonsense after learning the news that Wu Xiaoliang and the brigade headquarters would not return north directly from Changsha, and the two mistakenly thought that he had lost his temper when he oversaw the army, and it was not easy to persuade each other.

In the evening of the same day, the train arrived at Mishui Town, and a platoon sent to carry gold also arrived in Huihe with several trucks.

Boarding the train back to the north, Wu Xiaoliang was full of ambition, and he had the feeling of a wide sea and a fish, which was very different from the anxious mood when he led his troops south. But in the eyes of the local officialdom in Changsha, the young Brigadier Wu couldn't stand the setback, and rolled back to Beijing with his tail between his legs, and for a while clapped his hands and said that the feelings that had been suppressed for a long time were finally released, but they didn't expect that the soon-to-be-appointed Wang Overseer was not a weak overseer like Fu Liangzuo, and the strong Cheng Dù was no worse than Brigadier Wu.

Overnight, the special train arrived in Wuchang, and all the people in the battalion directly under the Fourth Mixed Brigade lined up to wait for the ferry, while Yin Chengfu and his henchmen waited by the golden cart and did not allow anyone to approach.

In the early morning, the Wuchang wharf was full of steamships, the chimneys were towering, emitting thick black smoke, and the whistle sounded, covering up the horns of the coolies on the shore, and the passers-by were even more hurried, and they did not look at the fully armed officers and men of the Fourth Brigade squarely, Wuchang was a big port on the Yangtze River, and the chaotic soldiers were like carp crossing the river, and it was difficult to arouse people's minds again.

The newsboy mixed with the crowd and sold the newspaper in his hand.

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The chief financial officer of the Beiyang government ...... favoritism and fraud"

"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Lin Baishui's wonderful commentary......"

Hearing that the scandal broke out in the newspaper by Duan Qirui's government, Wu Xiaoliang smiled bitterly, and a new round of competition began. Lin Baishui knew about this person in his previous life, and he wanted to see how this person commented on the facts, so he called the newsboy.

"Little brother, get a newspaper!"

Seeing that it was an officer in a straight military uniform, the little newspaper boy stopped him, was a little scared, and looked at Wu Xiaoliang nervously.

Wu Xiaoliang smiled slightly: "Don't be afraid, I'll buy a newspaper." He reached out and handed over a silver dollar.

Only then did the newsboy react, hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head, and said incoherently: "I don't need so much money, I don't need so much money!" ”

Wu Xiaoliang couldn't help but say, stuffed the silver dollar into the little newsboy's hand, and drew a newspaper himself, the little newsboy understood that he had met a good person, a silver dollar was his reward for selling newspapers for two months, which was a huge amount of money for him.

Spread out the newspaper, the whole page of the headlines was a scandal of the Ministry of Finance, and Lin Baishui's words were still so sharp that he scolded the silverfish. On Cixi's 70th birthday, Lin Baishui ridiculed: Today is fortunate to be in the West Garden, tomorrow is fortunate to be in the Summer Palace, and when will the Yuanmingyuan be fortunate again? 400 trillion bone marrow is all dry, how can there be only one person left? Fifty lost the Ryukyus, sixty lost the Taiwan Strait, and seventy lost the three eastern provinces! 50,000 miles of territory is full of frowning, and every longevity will be boundless!

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