When the boat passes by Dongting Lake, stop for a night's rest.

In the middle of the night, more than 20 sturdy men quietly came up.

The men unloaded half of the grain, leaving ten men on the ship, and continued west with the big ship.

In the darkness of the night, someone whispered, "Why don't you unload more?" Don't you know that we are short of food?"

Han Jiang said: "You can't break your word. When I came, I promised Mr. Qin that I would send 200 tons of grain over, and it would not be enough to unload it!"

"Hmph, if it's not enough, it's not enough, anyway, that person is far away in the magic capital, and the ship is full of our people!"

"No, Mr. Qin treats me with sincerity and gives me this batch of guns, which is interesting enough. ”

"He's a big capitalist, why did he give you a gun?"

"With a gun, you are not afraid of being robbed by bandits. ”

"I think this is a strange thing! From east to west, he traveled thousands of miles, and sent a boatload of grain to western Sichuan? Did he burn too much money? What could Ruoergai have? The population is sparse, and even if there is an earthquake, there will not be a few deaths......

Don't say that these people don't understand, even Han Jiang himself is confused! If it weren't for the guns and half of the food, he wouldn't have bothered to come here!

The boat went up the Yangtze River, entered the Minjiang River, unloaded the grain at Chongzhou, hired twenty carts, and headed northwest.

However, the further you go, the more desolate it becomes, first the mountains, then the grassland wetlands, and the more difficult it becomes for the carriage to be towed.

The group walked for more than a month, and finally came to Ruoergai.

Ruoergai is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Sichuan Basin transition zone, there is a wetland, 500 miles long, across 300 miles, a black river, a hundred rivers, during the vertical and horizontal, the river is tortuous, the fork of the river is clustered, the terrain is low-lying, forming a swamp.

Han Jiang finally found a small village on slightly higher ground, rented a few houses, put grain in them, and then most of the people left, only Han Jiang and the four workers stayed there.

Not to mention bandits in the small village, there are not even a few wild dogs!

The four workers stayed there and sighed: "Alas, what are we doing here? Uncle Han, why are you taking on such a task? We are the vanguard of the working class, not the lackeys of his Young Master Qin!"

Han Jiang kept silent with a bitter face, and he was also unhappy in his heart.

However, he gave away 19 of the 20 machine guns and most of the rifles, even if he worked for the capitalists, it was a lot of money.

He only hoped that the "natural disaster" would pass as soon as possible, and he could return to the Demon Capital to do business, but according to Qin Dashao's intentions, he might have to stay here for a year!

After Qin Di sent Han Jiang away, he left this matter behind.

Anyway, he has already done what should be done, whether he succeeds or not, there is no need to say more, so as not to be detected by Heaven and accuse him of being nosy.

In September 1934, Qin Di exchanged silver dollars and ingots worth 65 million yuan for US dollars and pounds sterling in several banks in the magic capital, and at this time, an ounce of silver could be exchanged for 1 US dollar. If in a few months, the international silver price will reach a maximum of 1.292 US dollars, but because the government of the Republic of China has changed the tax law, it has to pay a 10% export tax, and the magic capital is too far to London and New York, so the silver price will rise limitedly, even if it is taken for a few more months, there is not much benefit.

Some may feel that it is unwise to exchange silver for dollars.

And Qin Di did this for a reason.

First of all, silver is not the best investment item, if you want to invest in precious metals, you can only invest in gold! This is like the stamps of the 12 zodiac signs, why are monkey tickets so expensive, and chicken tickets and dog tickets are much different? This is because of the dragon head effect.

In addition, the stock of gold in the earth's crust is small, and the geological reserves of silver are large.

The world's gold adds up to fill about a swimming pool. And God knows how much silver there is, so investing in silver is far less important than gold.

Second, the price of gold was fixed at $35 an ounce by the U.S. government, and it was not until 1971 that the Bremer Woods system collapsed, and the price of gold began to change. From 1934 to 1971, that's more than 20 years!

As for Qin Di's collection of more than 300 tons of gold, he didn't bother to toss it anymore, lest the movement be too big and be detected by the Japanese.

After this silver turmoil, the Qin family's wealth has reached a higher level.

Qin Di roughly calculated, even if 300 tons of gold are not considered, all his assets add up to more than 900 million US dollars!

And what is the value of 300 tons of gold? At $35 an ounce, that's about $330 million. If Qin Di lies down and sleeps and takes this gold to the 21st century, at $1,600 per ounce, it will be $15 billion.

Therefore, Qin Di in 1934 was already at the top of the world, at least ranking among the top few richest people in the world.

However, the money was dispersed, and some of it remained abroad, and he took advantage of the Great Depression of 1929 to short a number of businesses, including two art investment firms, three real estate investment firms, Ivy League Pharmaceuticals, and John Sr.'s business consulting firm, as well as MacDonald and Douglas Flying Machines...... After five years of growth, with the gradual recovery of the U.S. economy, this part of the investment alone has reached 230 million US dollars.

The domestic component adds up to about $400 million. Among them, Qin's grain store accounts for half, plus Guotai Pharmaceutical, medical equipment factory, 30 Ci'an Surgical Hospital, Dukou Iron and Steel Factory, Mingzhou Home Textiles, Minsheng Automobile, Shenlong Bicycle, Wanguo Watch Factory and other enterprises, the mess adds up, it is still considerable.

In addition, he also has a lot of cash, including the money left over from the large-scale shorting that year, plus the money earned from speculating in silver futures in London and New York, as well as the export of Cathay Pharmaceutical, together with the licensing money of several patents, a total of 250 million US dollars, deposited in a number of foreign banks, including Citigroup and Mahman Bank in the United States, Standard Chartered and HSBC in the United Kingdom, and Union Bank of Switzerland......

This time, after he exchanged silver for US dollars, he invested most of his funds in Qin's Grain Bank, Fangjia Sugar Store and Mingzhou Home Textiles, and continued to increase the reserves of grain, sugar, cotton yarn and other materials.

A small part remains, about $20 million, in the Bank of China, the Central Bank, the Bank of Communications, and the Farmers' Bank, which were the four major banks during the Republic of China.

Some people may ask, what is Qin Di doing with all these bells and whistles? With only $20 million, he was put in four banks, isn't this taking off his pants and farting, and doing this more?

However, Qin Di did this in order to give an explanation to the Nanjing government, saying, "I have used most of the cash to buy grain!"

He sold 350 properties, returned a large amount of money, and exchanged some silver coins from the Bank of China, which could not be concealed, even if he could hide it from the people, he could not hide it from the upper echelons, so he simply showed a small amount of money and half-covered his face.