"I'm hereby appointed a special commissioner to collect the money deposited in your bank, 8 million taels of silver! Song."

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

8 million taels, this almost exaggerated number may make people a little confused and unconscious of how much it is. If it is converted into tons, it is 400 tons of silver.

What does this mean? If it is piled up, it will be a mountain, a silver mountain. If you want to transport it, you will need thirteen trains, that is, a whole train.

The National Games is a silver train, which is exciting just by thinking about it.

"How much ocean does this take?" Tang Dao's little tongue was trembling.

"Not much, if it is converted into silver, it will only be 20 million!" General Song seemed to be understated, and the twitching of the muscles on his face still revealed his true thoughts of pain.

That's right, it's going to hurt anyone.

Tang Dao didn't know what to say for a moment. He must have saved the earth in his previous life! Otherwise, why would this good thing hit him on the head?

The almost exaggerated number of 20 million is not to mention that it is an astronomical number in this turbulent era, even if it is placed in the next hundred years, it will definitely be a number that makes ordinary people dizzy.

You know, this is the 20 million ocean of this era. If it is the purchasing power of future currency, it is equivalent to the currency of billions of people.

If he really could own this wealth, Tang Dao would not have to work hard to make any money. He could support ten four-line groups by lying down.

After all, the 67th Army, an infantry army with an organization of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, will never exceed 3 million silver dollars in one year, including material consumption, military pay, etc.

Seeing that Tang Dao was shocked by the number written on his paper, and for the first time he showed what a young man should look like, General Song's heartache took a lot of pain, and a little proud appeared. He smiled slightly and said, "How about it, is Commander Tang still satisfied with this number?"

"Sir Song, this courtesy is a bit too heavy." Tang Dao swallowed hard, swallowing the three words "can't move" back to his stomach.

His four-way regiment had nearly 3,000 people, hundreds of pack horses and more than 100 large trucks. He almost didn't get tired of transporting the equipment of the two infantry regiments. If it were replaced by silver...

Perhaps, it may not be possible to move.

Tang Dao did not question where these wealth came from. Based on his understanding of these big guys, although they have a strong desire for power, they are definitely not like some people in later generations who like to paint big cakes with empty talk and white teeth. They either don’t say it or say it, and they will definitely give it to them.

"Is it heavy? Then you really underestimate your Brother Zhang's influence in North China." General Song obviously misunderstood the meaning, shook his head slightly, and a hint of melancholy appeared on his face. "If it weren't for his helpless efforts, he would probably be the number one person in North China. Facts proved that his decision might have been wrong."

Tang Dao remained silent.

He knew that the old man who was over 60 years old in front of him might just listen, rather than the young man who didn't know much about the inside story, who interrupted and communicated.

"You don't know how the money comes, so I'll tell you..."

With General Song's recollection, Tang Dao finally knew the whole story of the money and also met a famous event in history.

It turns out that this money is the source of the future "Pingjin Silver Incident".

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

The banking institutions that belong to the government include the Yanjing Branch of the Bank of China, the Yanjing Branch of the Central Bank, the Yanjing Branch of the Bank of Communications, and the Yanjing Branch of the Postal Savings and Exchange Bureau; in addition, there are private commercial banks such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Industrial Bank, Yanjing Branch of Salt Bank; as well as the Yanjing Branch of HSBC Bank in Western countries, and even Japan has the Yanjing Branch of Zhengjin Bank.

It is hard to explain the seriousness and injustice, but before the war began, the Japanese had already extended their tentacles from the financial industry to North China, which also means that they were ready for financial plunder early.

After the July 7 Incident, more than 30 bank accounts were closed in Yanjing, and the four major state-owned banks were either relocated to Jiangxia or completely closed down.

As long as it is a bank, there must be cash or gold as the bottom. At that time, China was following a silver-based thinking. The four major banks closed down, but the silver stored in the vault was not so easy to transport. Not only the Japanese, but also local powerful figures like General Song who were trying to make a comeback. They were delayed and as the situation deteriorated sharply, they finally couldn't leave.

In the end, almost all the silver reserves in North China's financial industry remained in North China.

And how much of these wealth is? Or even this "No. 1 person in North China" himself is not very clear.

Tang Dao vaguely remembers that historical facts record that the total amount of silver stored in the concession is as high as 57 million silver oceans, but with the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army attacked the concession and seized this huge amount of wealth.

In the end, this batch of jaw-dropping wealth became accomplices of the Japanese. The pseudo-Zhonglian Bank occupied nearly 12.5 million yuan as bank equity capital and plundered the wealth of the people in North China. The remaining silver was packed and transported to the Japanese military camp. With the weight of the packaged wooden boxes, the total weight reached thousands of tons.

Is such a huge wealth, because of the personal interests of some people, eventually fell into the hands of the Japanese and became their bargaining chips for rebuilding giant ships and cannons?

Fortunately, in this era, Tang Dao, a little butterfly from the future, had a turning point. The first person who once ruled North China was willing to hand over part of this huge wealth that still existed in the concession.

Although 20 million is only a small part compared to 57 million in the records, Tang Dao doesn't mind in the spirit of being able to dig a little bit, so maybe there is any difference between the records and historical facts?

But soon, General Song extinguished Tang Dao's beautiful wish.

Perhaps it was because Tang Dao was puzzled by 20 million and the many banks in North China, and the total number of bank accounts reached tens of millions of millions of dollars. General Song sighed slightly: "The silver left by banks and banks in North China is of course more than 20 million, but do you think this huge wealth is all owned by my 29th Army? Then you are really thinking too simple. There is still a share of other forces in this. Although they don't have guns, as long as they are entangled together, I, the so-called King of North China, have to give them three points, not to mention that there are people above to support them."

Tang Dao was silent.

Of course he knew that General Song was talking about those people. The spokespersons of those people were mostly at the top of the current Chinese political arena, and their relationship was mixed. It seemed that different political groups fought each other incessantly, but in the way of sucking people's blood, their interests were extremely consistent. Whoever wanted to touch their interest cake would pounce on them like a pack of wolves and tear them to pieces.

Faced with such a huge interest group, let alone a general like General Song who commands 100,000 troops, what if he commands 100,000 troops?

After all, the spokesperson of their biggest brand is the number one person in China's political arena today. It is with his care that the so-called four major families have become the largest blood-sucking insects in China at present, and they are full of food.

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

The high price reselling of the materials donated by overseas Chinese is just a trivial path. They directly intercepted the Western world aid funds requested by the government to sue grandma. Even the borders of China were not in, so they deposited them into Citibank for interest. This is their routine operation.

Even the beautiful soldiers of the country who made a fortune in war could only use the four words "incredible" to describe the chaos of the capital compradors they saw in China.

Corruption and bribery are not scary. This kind of thing exists in any era and system. Even if Lao Zhu made a heavy blow to attack corrupt officials by "skinning and filling in weeds", corruption is emerging one after another.

But if a person is almost gone, and the ancestors have said that "Where will you attach to the skin without hair?", those people are still so obsessed with money, which is a phenomenon that only this era can have.

There is an old Chinese saying: "If you want it to perish, you must first let it go crazy!"

This may also be the biggest reason why that unit could finally reach its peak. It is not just that history chose them, but that their opponent's greed destroyed itself first.

"20 million is already the largest amount that I, Mr. Song, can use!" General Song stretched out two fingers. "But the silver is hidden in the concession, and it is also very large. Unless you can lead your troops to capture Jincheng, I really can't imagine that you can have any way to transport such a huge wealth out there."

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

Just as Tang Dao said before, "heavy" etiquette, "heavy" does not only mean huge wealth, it really means literal.

What kind of transportation should hundreds of tons of silver be given? Bribery to the Japanese and ask them to carry it out? Guess what the Japanese would do?

If you can get the money 100%, you can take the silver back to your own military camp! If anyone with a more normal mind would do this!

"But Xunchen is full of confidence in you, and even gave up on my hatred of betrayal of him for this. I am really curious. I wonder if Captain Tang can resolve my confusion?" General Song's eyes burst into his eyes and looked at Tang Dao.

This is definitely his truth.

The battle situation changed so quickly that he could not go to Tianjin City to extract the wealth accumulated by the 29th Army in North China for many years. He exhausted his efforts in the past few months and could not think of how to transport silver from the concession surrounded by the Japanese army. Why did his brother believe that the Tang sword would definitely be taken out?

Tang Dao was slightly stunned. It seemed that there was something in the words.

"Hehe, it seems that you still don't understand the relationship between me and Xunchen. Although I am the number one figure in the 29th Army, as the commander of the 38th Division, Xunchen commanded the most elite infantry division of the 29th Army, with a force of 40,000. In Yanjing, he is the one who can speak the most besides me. Otherwise, how could the Jinling man choose him to be the mayor of Yanjing to negotiate with the Japanese?

This batch of silver does not belong to me, Mr. Song, but to the entire 29th Army. Do you think my warrant can be made? Before leaving Yanjing, my 29th Army headquarters had already agreed with Citibank that if you want to get the silver, you need a warrant signed by Mr. Xunchen and me. You must have a code word agreed with him personally to take it out. One less of the three can't be done.

He came to this letter just to tell me that the condition that he wanted him to let me break up with his past grudges was to deliver this batch of silver to your Tang Dao and the Four-Section Group.

And he really knows my personality too well. He knows that I, Mr. Song, has some obsession with the glory of returning, and he attaches great importance to this batch of silver. Will he easily hand over the capital to make a comeback to others? But now..."

At this point, the Army general looked out the window and felt sad.

"But Brother Zhang knows even more that although you have certain selfish intentions, 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 dares to write this letter." Tang Dao was excited and looked at the general who was about to disappear from the stage of Chinese history extremely seriously.

This is not because Tang Dao slapped the rainbow fart just because of 20 million silver, but because the person in front of him is indeed like this.

Even though he performed a little badly during the July 7 Incident, no one could deny his achievements in the Battle of the Great Wall and his leadership of troops to guard North China for several years. He refused Japan's win over for several years, which also gave the entire China a rare respite.

If North China had lost two years ago and occupied the Northeast Plain and the North China Plain, it would have obtained a large amount of grain reserves in addition to obtaining rich mineral resources such as iron, coal, and copper. The troops stationed in North China may be far more than the current scale, and China, which is fighting on both sides, will face a more embarrassing situation than it is now.

"You dare to tell the truth!" Hearing the praises that Tang Dao had in praise and criticism, General Song showed a slightly bitter but proud smile on his face, but his originally sharp eyes were much softer.

If it were before, who would have dared to say that he had selfish intentions in front of him? Even if this is something he himself knew. However, although Tang Dao's words were a little harsh, they were better than the truth, which was also the reason why he dared to be proud.

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

Tang Dao didn't know that this once "No. 1 person in North China" was very thoughtful. When he received the letter, his mood was so complex and changeable. He was first excited, then angry, then depressed, and finally calm.

The excitement naturally comes from the olive branch that he once trusted subordinates took the initiative to hand over. It was not only the restoration of the brotherhood of the two, but also the support of the generals in commanding the army. However, the anger was that the former brother actually asked him to hand over the capital to make a comeback on the condition of restoring the relationship between them. Even if it was a mirror that he could not get out even if he wanted to break his head. However, he finally admitted that North China was no longer his North China, and he did not give anyone, and that huge wealth could only be lying in the vault of Western banks. Frankness was that inner mentality defeated selfishness and took the national idea as the most important thing.

Tang Dao's statement happened to be arguing about the thoughts of the Army General after defeating himself. His eyes looked at Tang Dao naturally softened.

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

Not only is the deep friendship that he did not hesitate to give up his grudges and help him raise huge sums of money, but more so is trusted.

Perhaps it was the first person who trusted him so unconditionally after coming to this world. Whether it was Deputy Commander Xie or Comrade Wu who met for the first time, they all retained their trust in Tang Dao because of their personalities and situations. It was not until the battlefield continued to change over time that they finally believed in Tang Dao without reservation.

It takes a process to truly believe in a person. Ninety-nine percent of people in this world will do this, otherwise they will be called fools.

However, Commander Zhang was the "fool" who was in one of them. However, after spending an afternoon together, he trusted Tang Dao so much, even surpassing Tang Dao's own imagination.

Or, only a long time later, the sentence said by this handwritten letter from the general who has been promoted to commander of the army to Tang Dao can explain many people's confusion.

‘Brother Tang, you don’t have to thank me like this. My vision has been proven to be unsatisfactory. Therefore, I did not look at it with my so-called eyes. The reason for this is all due to the situation. The 29th Army has succeeded and failed, and it is difficult for the morale of the army to gather. It will be not far from the day of collapse.

This money is used for wealth, not for others, or for dead things. If you can take it in the Four-Line Group, no matter whether you can take it, Japanese people will encounter great enemies. When my younger brother belongs to him, he will be beaten to the Four-Line Group to congratulate me when he kills thousands of Japanese invaders in the future!’

He said it very well, telling Tang Dao that was just the choice of the times. The 29th Army was no longer possible. China needed an elite soldier and powerful general in the north of China to cause great trouble to the Japanese. The Four Lines Group had this potential, so he helped Tang Dao like this.

Even the silver worth 20 million silver dollars he threw out was just a bait, tempting the four-way group to fight the Japanese more resolutely.

However, the lieutenant general of the army who did not want Tang Dao to be grateful for the strength of a mere infantry regiment, which was itself a sense of trust that was almost "stupid".

You know, the Japanese army in North China has more than 300,000 troops, and nearly one million Japanese devils to help. Apart from the "fool", who would treat an infantry regiment with only 3,000 people as the seed of hope?

But that's how he chose to trust.

Moreover, he believed in the wrong person this time.

Of course, Lieutenant General Zhang, who was righteous in the sky, also made a big mistake. The ten thousand heads he mentioned were really too conservative.

Even if the Four-Ring Group did not attack frequently, as long as they get back the batch of silver and buy a Japanese head of 1,000 yuan, they can buy 20,000 yuan.

Not to mention the Chinese, if you can't do it well, the Japanese will want to cut off their heads and send them over.

As for the answer that General Song was curious about how Tang Dao could transport this batch of silver out of Tianjin City, I am afraid Tang Dao could not answer him.

I'm not afraid that this person will change his mind if he knows it. It's such a secret, but the fewer people know it, the better.

Tang Dao's brain may have been transformed through a century of time and space, and it has been transformed much faster than ordinary people. After learning that the condition for Commander Zhang and this person to abandon past grudges was this huge wealth, he immediately knew the answer.

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