Rise of Australia

Chapter 130 The Value of Treasures (Happy New Year!)
No one greeted the port, and even under Arthur's sudden order, the port entered a one-day alert period, and no unrelated personnel were allowed to approach.

Although people didn't know what happened at the port, they all stayed away from the port very wisely.

After all, the warning period is only one day, and it doesn't affect their lives much.

Under the guidance of the leading frigate, two huge transport ships slowly docked at the port.

At the port, thousands of large boxes that have already been prepared will contain all these treasures, and transport them to a safe place for inventory with an unattractive appearance.

It took more than four hours just to put all the treasures into the box.

In order to transport these treasures, Arthur used hundreds of carriages and more than 1000 guards for escort.

In the end, all these treasures were temporarily transferred to Arthur's manor. There is a specially prepared underground warehouse here, which is large enough to store these treasures, and the security is strong enough.

Although people were very curious to see the horse-drawn carriage team heading for Arthur's manor, no one was planning to take a look.

Just the guards with real guns and live ammunition in charge of escorting around them are enough to make people lose their minds, let alone they are going to a heavily guarded manor?

In the manor, Barty Crouch also saw Arthur again.At this time, Arthur was smiling, patted Barty Crouch on the shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Barty, this task has been completed very well. These treasures are enough to support the royal family and Australia's next step." It's planned."

Although it is not clear how much value this batch of treasures has, it is completely fine to support Australia's industrial development plan for two or three years.

"It's all your information, Your Highness. If you hadn't told me that such a temple has a lot of wealth, no one would have thought about that temple." Barty Crouch shook his head, evading.

This is the power of intelligence.If it is not known in advance that there is a huge treasure inside the temple, even if thousands of people are dispatched for this operation, I am afraid that they will not be able to gain anything in India.

"Hahaha, having said that, your training of these intelligence personnel and command of the operation, this operation will not be so successful. Don't worry, although for various reasons, this operation cannot be disclosed to the outside world. Then you And there will be no less rewards for everyone, and I will never treat any hero in Australia badly." Arthur patted Barty Crouch on the shoulder again, and said in an irresistible tone.

Hearing what Arthur said, Barty Crouch could only nod his head.

"Okay, take your subordinates to rest for a few days! There will be more important tasks for you in the future, and the Royal Security Intelligence Service will also become one of my most important forces." Looking at Barty Crouch With swollen eye sockets, Arthur knew that Barty Crouch definitely didn't sleep well during this operation.

But it's normal to think about it. After all, this is the first operation of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, which Arthur placed high hopes on. Whether it is the theft of treasures in the early stage or the transportation work later, it needs to be very cautious.

As the commander-in-chief of the operation and the head of the Royal Security Intelligence Service, it is a strange thing that Barty Crouch was able to sleep peacefully during this operation.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Barty Crouch did not refuse either. The lack of sleep for many consecutive days had already made Barty Crouch very tired. What he and the current intelligence personnel needed was proper rest.

After all the treasures were transported to the underground warehouse of the manor, the work of counting was handed over to the soldiers of the Guards and the servants of the manor.

Because of the attractiveness of this batch of treasures, everyone participating in the counting operation must be accompanied by at least five other people they do not know.

If you are a soldier of the Guards, you must be surrounded by other soldiers of different establishments who do not know each other.

Because there are strangers around, it is very good to prevent the treasure from being hidden or even taken away without permission.

Of course, before and after the inventory, everyone will undergo a relatively strict search to ensure that no treasure is taken out or hidden.

Compared with the time required to transport this batch of treasures, it takes more time to count the treasures.

Although hundreds of people including guard soldiers and servants were used, the counting took more than six hours.

He was busy from the afternoon until the evening, before he made a rough count of the specific treasure figures and recorded them in detail.

How huge is the treasure of the entire temple?The total weight of gold and silver treasures is as high as more than 60 tons, and the weight of gold coins and gold ornaments alone is as high as more than 30 tons, as well as a large number of gems and treasures.

Among all the treasures, silver products are the least, with a total weight of less than ten tons.This is because under various considerations, some worthless silver products were all given up.

If you count the large amount of silver products, the total weight of the treasure will be at least eighty tons, and it will be more difficult for the transportation work.

The most striking thing among them is a golden Buddha statue that is slightly bigger than a real person. Although it looks like a real person, its actual weight is much larger, and it is the most troublesome to carry.

It weighs even more than the little golden elephant, and is the most attractive of all treasures.

To be honest, Arthur actually didn't know much about the treasures of this temple, it was just articles reported by some media.

But most of these articles have been exaggerated, and even the specific numbers on each article do not match.

The only thing that is certain is that the treasures in the temple are worth a lot, worth tens of billions of dollars in later generations.

Although more than 100 years ago, the price of many things will decrease to a certain extent due to the decrease in age, but such a huge treasure is definitely worth a lot, and it definitely meets Arthur's inner expectations.

For these gold coins and accessories, Arthur quickly issued an order to send them to be melted and made into gold bars for the issuance of new currencies in the future.

It would be a waste to keep such huge gold products in the warehouse, and Arthur didn't need these things to serve as his front desk, not to mention the origin of these things could not be clearly stated.

This more than 30 tons of gold is a huge supplement to the issuance of the new currency, and it can also increase the current few gold reserves of the Australian government.

Of course, this batch of gold belongs to Arthur and the royal family. Even if it is used to issue new currency in the future, its ownership is still the royal bank.

Seeing the estimated value of these treasures on the inventory record, Arthur was slightly surprised.

The value of these treasures is not to mention supporting Australia's industrial development for one or two years, even if it is supporting the development of three to five years, what's the problem?

　I wish you all a Happy New Year!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)