Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 832 Silver Mountain
"We hereby appoint a commissioner to collect the money deposited in your bank, 800 million taels of silver! Song."

This is the number written on the white paper by General Song.

800 million taels, this almost exaggerated figure may make people a little confused and unable to realize how much there is. If converted into tons, it is 400 tons of silver.

What kind of concept is this?If they are piled up, it will be a mountain, a silver mountain shining with silver light.If you want to transport, with the capacity of a train wagon carrying 30 tons in this era, you need thirteen wagons, that is, a whole train.

It is a silver train that is transported all over the country, just thinking about it is very exciting.

"How much ocean is this?" The little tongue in Tang Dao's throat was trembling.

"Not much, if converted into silver, it's only 2000 million!" Admiral Song seemed to be understating it, but the twitching of the muscles on his face still revealed his true feelings of pain.

That's not true, it would hurt everyone to change it.

Tang Dao didn't know what to say for a while, he must have saved the earth in his previous life!Otherwise, why did such a good thing fall on his head?

The almost exaggerated number of 2000 million, let alone an astronomical figure in this turbulent era, even in the next 100 years, it will definitely be a number that dazzles ordinary people.

You know, this is the 2000 million ocean of this era. If the purchasing power of future currency is used, this is equivalent to billions of yuan.

If he could really have this wealth, Tang Dao wouldn't have to work hard to earn any money at all, and he could support ten four-element groups by lying down.

After all, the 67th Army, an infantry army with a staff of 300 to [-], will never spend more than [-] million silver dollars a year, including material consumption, military pay, etc.

Seeing that Tang Dao was stunned by the number he wrote on the paper, showing the appearance of a young man for the first time, Admiral Song's heartache was relieved a lot, and he showed a bit of complacency, and smiled slightly: " How about this figure, is Captain Tang still satisfied?"

"Mr. Song, this ceremony is a little too heavy." Tang Dao swallowed hard, and swallowed the word 'can't move' back into his stomach.

His four-line regiment has nearly 3000 people, as well as hundreds of pack horses and more than 100 carts. He almost didn't get tired when he transported the equipment of the two infantry regiments.
Perhaps, it may not necessarily be able to move.

Tang Dao did not ask where the wealth came from. Based on his understanding of these bigwigs, although they have a strong desire for power, they are by no means like some people in later generations who like to draw big cakes with empty teeth. I will definitely give it.

"Is it heavy? Then you really underestimate the influence of your big brother Zhang in North China." Admiral Song obviously misunderstood the meaning, and shook his head slightly, with a trace of melancholy on his face. "If he hadn't made a concession at the beginning, I am afraid that the No.1 position in North China would have been his Zhang Jinchen. Facts have proved that his original decision may have been wrong."

Tang Dao remained silent.

He knew that what the old man in front of him, who was over sixty years old, might just want to listen to, not him, a young man who didn't know a lot of inside information, interrupted and communicated.

"If you think about it, you don't know how the money came from, so I'll tell you."

Following General Song's reminiscence narration, Tang Dao finally knew the ins and outs of the money, and matched it with a famous event in history.

It turned out that this money was the source of the "Pingjin Silver Incident" in the future.

China's financial industry began to flourish decades ago. As Yanjing is the political, cultural and commercial center of northern China, the financial industry is indispensable.

The government's official banking institutions include Bank of China Yanjing Branch, Central Bank Yanjing Branch, Bank of Communications Yanjing Branch, Postal Savings and Remittance Bureau Yanjing Branch; Beijing Branch and other private commercial banks; and Yanjing Branch of HSBC Bank and Yanjing Branch of Citibank in Western countries; even Japan has Yanjing Branch of Zhengjin Bank.

It is not clear whether it is serious or not, but the Japanese had already extended their tentacles from the financial industry to North China before the war started, which also means that they were ready for financial plunder early.

After the July 30th Incident, more than [-] banks in Yanjing closed down successively, and the four major state-owned banks either moved to Jiangxia or completely closed down.

As long as it is a bank, there must be cash silver or gold as the bottom of the box. At that time, China followed the silver standard thinking, and the four major banks closed down, but the silver stored in the vault was not so easy to transport, not only in Japan. There are also local powerful factions like Admiral Song who are trying to make a comeback. With such a delay, as the situation deteriorates sharply, they can't leave even if they want to.

Almost all of the silver that eventually led to North China's financial industry reserves remained in North China.

And how much is this wealth?Or even this 'North China No.1' himself is not very clear.

Tang Dao vaguely remembered that according to historical records, the total amount of silver stored in the concession was worth as much as 5700 million silver oceans. However, with the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army attacked the concession and seized this huge amount of wealth.

In the end, this jaw-dropping wealth became the accomplices of the Japanese. The pseudo-China United Bank embezzled nearly 1250 million yuan as bank equity and plundered the wealth of the people in North China. The remaining silver was packaged and shipped to the Japanese military camp. The weight of the packed wooden boxes has a total weight of thousands of tons.

Isn't it sad that such a huge wealth, because of some people's personal interests, eventually fell into the hands of the Japanese and became a bargaining chip for them to rebuild the giant ship and cannon?

Fortunately, in this era, with Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, there has been a turning point. The No. 1 who once ruled North China is willing to hand over part of the huge wealth that is still in the concession.

Although 2000 million is only a small part compared to the 5700 million in the record, but in the spirit of being able to dig a little bit, Tang Dao doesn't mind. Maybe there is any discrepancy between the record and the historical facts?

But soon, Admiral Song extinguished Tang Dao's good wishes.

Perhaps seeing Tang Dao's doubts about the 2000 million yuan and the tens of millions of millions of banks and bank accounts in North China, Admiral Song sighed slightly: "Of course the silver left by the banks and bank accounts in North China is more than 2000 million. But you think that this huge wealth is all owned by our 29th Army? Then you are really thinking too simply, there are other forces in it. Don’t look at them without guns, but as long as they are entangled, my so-called The King of North China has to give them three points, not to mention there are people backing them up."

Tang Dao was silent.

Of course he knew who Admiral Song was talking about. Most of the spokespersons of those people were at the top of the current Chinese political arena, and their relationships were intertwined. It seemed that they belonged to different political groups. Their interests are incomparably the same, and whoever wants to touch their interest cake, they will pounce on it like a pack of wolves and tear it to pieces.

Facing such a huge interest group, let alone a general like General Song with a command of [-] troops, so what if he commanded a million troops?
After all, their biggest spokesperson is No. 1 in China's political arena today. It is because of his care that the so-called four big families have become the biggest blood-sucking worms in China.

Even when the country is ruined and the people are in dire straits, they have never forgotten the "great" cause of "making money".

Selling materials donated by overseas Chinese at high prices is nothing but a small way. It is their routine practice to directly withhold the aid money from the Western world that the government begged grandparents to grandma, without even entering the Chinese border.

Even the beautiful Chinese soldiers who have made a lot of war fortune can only use the word "incredible" to describe the chaos of the gang of capitalist compradors they saw in China.

Corruption and bribery are not terrible. This kind of thing happens in any era and under any system. Even when the old Zhu hit hard and used the method of "skinning and filling in grass" to crack down on corrupt officials, corruption also emerged in endlessly.

But if a person is about to lose his country, under the wise words of the ancestors who said "If the skin doesn't survive, the hair will be lost!", that group of people are still so obsessed with money, it is really only in this era. Phenomenon.

There is an old saying in China: "If you want to perish, you must first make it crazy!"

This may also be the biggest reason why that team was able to reach the peak in the end. Not only did history choose them, but the greed of their opponents destroyed themselves first.

"2000 million is already the maximum amount that someone in Song can use!" Admiral Song stretched out two fingers. "It's just that the silver is hidden in the concession, and the volume is huge. Unless you can lead your troops to capture Jincheng, I really can't think of any way for you to transport such a huge wealth out of there."

Yes, just like the batch of arms stored in the Jincheng Concession, how to transport this batch of silver out is the biggest difficulty.

Just like what Tang Dao said about "heavy" rituals before, "heavy" doesn't just refer to great wealth, it really means it literally.

How can I transport hundreds of tons of silver?Bribe the Japanese to help them recite it?What do you think the Japanese would do?
100% of the money will be accepted, and the silver will be returned to your own barracks!Anybody in their right mind would do that!
"However, Chen Chen has full confidence in you. For this reason, he even gave up my hatred for such a betrayal. I am really curious. I wonder if Captain Tang can solve my confusion?" Admiral Song's eyes flashed. With a strange light, he looked at Tang Dao.

This is definitely what he said.

At the beginning, the war situation changed so fast that he couldn't go to Jincheng to extract the wealth accumulated by the 29th Army for many years in North China. In the past few months, he had exhausted his efforts and couldn't figure out how to get out of the concession surrounded by the Japanese army. Why did his brother believe that Tang Dao would be able to take out the silver?

Tang Dao was taken aback for a moment, there seemed to be something in his words.

"Hey, it seems that you still don't quite understand the relationship between me and Chen Chen. Although I am the number one person in the 29th Army, as the commander of the 38th Division, Xi Chen commanded the most elite infantry division of the 29th Army. , The military strength is as high as 4. In Yanjing, besides me, he is the one who speaks the most. Otherwise, how could the Jinling man appoint him as the mayor of Yanjing to negotiate with the Japanese?
This batch of silver does not belong to me personally, Song, but to the entire 29th Army. Do you think it can be done with just my warrant?Before leaving Yanjing, our 29th Army had already made an agreement with Citibank. If we want to take the silver, we need a warrant signed by both Chen Chen and me, as well as a secret word that Liu Ruming personally agreed with him. Take it out, and if one of the three is missing, none of them will work.

He came to this letter, but he just told me that the condition for him to settle the feud with me is to deliver this batch of silver to you Tang Dao and the Four Elements Group.

And he really knows my personality too well, knowing that I, Song, have obsession with returning to glory, so he attaches great importance to this batch of silver, so he will easily give others the capital to make a comeback?But now"

At this point, the army general looked out the window to the north, full of disappointment.

"But brother Zhang knows better that although you have some selfish intentions, sir, you will definitely give in when facing the interests of the country and the nation. This may be one of the reasons why brother Zhang dared to write this letter." Tang Dao's heart was surging Under the circumstances, he looked at the general who was about to disappear from the stage of Chinese history very seriously and said.

It's not that Tang Dao is farting on the rainbow just because of 2000 million silver, but that the person in front of him is indeed like this.

Even though his performance was a bit clumsy during the July [-]th Incident, no one can deny his achievements in the Battle of the Great Wall and the fact that he led troops to defend North China for several years and refused to be wooed by Japan. It also gave the whole of China a rare few years Breathing time.

If North China had been lost two years earlier, the island nation that occupied the Northeast Plain and the North China Plain would not only obtain rich mineral resources such as iron, coal, and copper, but also obtain a large amount of food reserves, and the troops stationed in North China may far exceed the current scale Therefore, China, which is fighting on two fronts, will face a more embarrassing situation than it is now.

"You dare to tell the truth!" Hearing Tang Dao's praise, Admiral Song showed a slightly bitter but proud smile on his face, but his originally sharp eyes softened a lot.

If it was changed to before, who would dare to say that he has selfish intentions in front of him?Even if this is something he himself knows well.However, although Tang Dao's words were slightly harsh, they were better than the truth, which is why he dared to be proud.

His selfishness comes from himself, but it is true that he loves this country and the nation.

But Tang Dao didn't know that this former "North China No.1" had a deep mind. When he received the letter, his state of mind was so complicated and changeable. First he was excited, then angry, then depressed, and finally calm.

The excitement naturally stemmed from the olive branch that was handed over by his confidant subordinates. It not only repaired the brotherhood between the two, but also represented the support of a general in command; He handed over the capital for a comeback, even if it was something he couldn't get out of his head;
Dejected, he finally admits that North China is no longer his North China, and if he doesn’t give it to others, that huge wealth can only lie moldy in the vaults of Western banks; frankly, it is the inner psychology that has overcome selfishness, and the nation’s thoughts for big.

What Tang Dao said just hit the heart of the army general after defeating himself, and Tang Dao's eyes were naturally much softer.

Of course, for Tang Dao, his heart was surging not because of the admiral in front of him, but because of his infinite gratitude to the newly recognized elder brother.

It is not only the deep friendship that he does not hesitate to give up his grievances to help him raise huge sums of money, but also the trust.

That may be No.1 who trusted him so unconditionally after coming to this world.Whether it is Deputy Head Xie or Comrade Wu who met for the first time, they all have reservations about their trust in Tang Dao because of their personalities and situations. It was not until the battlefield changed over time that they finally believed in Tang Dao without reservation.

It takes a process to truly believe in a person, and 90.00% of people in this world will do this, otherwise, they will be called fools.

But Commander Zhang is one of those "fools" who is one in a hundred, but after spending an afternoon together, he trusts Tang Dao so much, even surpassing Tang Dao's own imagination.

Or, only a long time later, what the general who had been promoted to the commander of the army group to Tang Dao said in a personal letter could explain the confusion of many people.

"Brother Tang, you don't have to thank me so much. My vision has been proved to be bad. Therefore, I didn't use the so-called eyes to see you, Brother Tang. The reason for this is all forced by the situation. The 29th Army has In the face of success or failure, no matter how difficult it is for the army to unite, the day of collapse must not be far away.

Use this money for money, don't use it, or it will be someone else's property, or it will be a dead thing; give it to the four elements, no matter whether you can take it or not, the Japanese will encounter a big enemy, and the younger brother will be the leader of the Japanese invaders in the future At the time of ten thousand, congratulate Brother Yao for high-fiving the Four Elements Group! '

The words are very smooth, tell Tang Dao that it is just the choice of the times, the 29th Army is no longer good, China needs a strong army in the north of China to cause big trouble for the Japanese, the Four Elements has this potential, so he helps Tang in this way Knife.

Even, the silver worth 2000 million silver he threw out was just a bait, luring the Four Elements Group to fight the Japanese more resolutely.

It's just that the lieutenant general who didn't want Tang Dao to appreciate him forgot that the recognition of the strength of a mere infantry regiment is a sense of trust almost 'stupid'.

You know, the Japanese army in North China has more than 30 troops, and there are nearly a million second devils to help out. Besides "fools", who would regard an infantry regiment with no more than 3000 people as the seed of hope?
But, that's how he chose to trust.

Moreover, this time, he did not believe in the wrong person.

Of course, Lieutenant General Zhang, who is so righteous to Yuntian, also made a big or small mistake. The ten thousand heads he said was really too conservative.

Even if the Four Elements Group did not attack frequently, as long as they got back the batch of silver, 1000 yuan to buy a Japanese head, they could buy 2 back.

Not to mention the Chinese, if it is not done well, the Japanese themselves want to chop off their own heads and send them over.

As for the answer that Admiral Song was curious about how Tang Dao could quietly transport this batch of silver out of Jincheng, Tang Dao might not be able to answer him.

It's not that I'm afraid that this person will change his mind if he finds out, it's really such a secret, the less people know about it, the better.

Tang Dao's brain may have been transformed by traveling through time and space for a hundred years, and it turned much faster than ordinary people. After learning that the condition for Commander Zhang and this man to abandon the previous suspicions was this huge wealth, he knew the answer instantly.

Because, the only person in this world who can quietly digest this batch of silver weighing hundreds of tons is Tang Dao.

In the world, there were no more than two people who knew about this matter, but now there is one more.

(End of this chapter)