The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 115 Shrinking Harvest

However, such losses will not have much impact on these foreign banks. Even if they suffer huge losses this time, it is far from being a serious blow to these foreign banks with rich foundations.

The only thing that made Teng Yuzhao feel regretful was that these domestic money houses and bill offices that were affected were likely to go bankrupt after this loss.

Although Teng Yuzhao felt a little bit reluctant about the money houses and bill offices that were affected, there was nothing he could do. It was impossible for him to return the money that Hu Daqiu and Li Yaoting had confiscated. If he did that, he would be admitting his guilt, which would be equivalent to telling the powers clearly that I was the one who robbed all your banks.

The losses of these domestic money houses and bill offices that suffered heavy losses can only be compensated in the future.

At this moment, I must not be soft-hearted, Teng Yuzhao secretly warned himself in his heart.

"Xingfu!"

Li Yulin's excited voice sounded again, interrupting Teng Yuzhao's thoughts.

"Yuxuan also brought back a lot of good stuff on Haidadao. Although there was basically no money in those foreign companies, there were a lot of good stuff. Not only did several of the big foreign companies have a lot of arms and medicines, but also all kinds of foreign watches, pens, telescopes, telephones, copper wires with rubber sleeves, self-lighting, and silver Western tableware. There were hundreds of pieces and sets, as well as a lot of high-quality woolen materials and cloth, canned food, and foreign wine."

A self-starter is a lighter, which is what the Chinese people called lighters at that time.

"The largest items are still arms and medical equipment, as well as Chinese and Western medicines. Arms and medicines are stored separately. Among the medicines, Western medicines are mainly anti-inflammatory, analgesic and hemostatic, while Chinese medicines are mainly tonic and precious Chinese medicines, such as ginseng, Panax notoginseng, safflower, cordyceps, etc. purchased by foreign merchants from Northeast China, North Korea, Yunnan, XZ and other places in China. There is also a large amount of American ginseng, and a small amount of hemostatic and anti-inflammatory herbs."

"The weapons and things obtained from the foreign companies are all stored in other warehouses. I haven't had time to sort them out. There are still a few hundred-year-old ginsengs among the ginsengs. I put them away separately!"

Li Yulin became more and more excited as he spoke, and took a booklet from the table and handed it to Teng Yuzhao.

"Although the exact number of these items has not yet been counted, the list of these goodies has been counted. I estimate that the total value is close to 20 million, at least 17 or 18 million. Take a look for yourself."

Nearly 20 million, or at least 17 or 18 million. What a huge number!
According to the current number of nearly 10,000 vanguard troops, the monthly military pay would be over 100,000 taels. If the super-good food expenses of the vanguard troops are taken into account, it would be about 130,000 to 140,000 taels. Add to that the military uniforms and bedding, and another 100,000 to 200,000 taels of silver will have to be added, which means 1.6 to 1.7 million taels a year.

This is for the time being as he does not need to spend money to buy weapons, ammunition, and food himself, as he has the Xigu warehouse as his treasure trove to support him. Otherwise, the number would be even greater.

The money he had now was enough for him to use for a long time. Even if the army was expanded to 50,000 people, the military expenditure for one and a half years would be secured. How could Teng Yuzhao not be excited?

So much so that after Li Yulin said this terrifying number, Teng Yuzhao's eyes went dark and his head felt dizzy, making his body a little unstable. Wei Jinghai hurriedly supported Teng Yuzhao and let him sit on a chair beside him.

"Platoon Leader Li, bring a bottle of wine." Wei Jinghai shouted to Li Yaoting who was eating a steamed bun beside the warehouse door.

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoting hurriedly grabbed the remaining half bottle of wine and ran over. Seeing that the three of them had nothing else to do, he put down the bottle and went back to eat his food. Wei Jinghai took a few cups on the table, poured more than one or two bottles of white wine for each person, and then handed the cups to Teng Yuzao and Li Yulin, also unable to hide his excitement.

"Sir, General Manager Li, I have always been worried about our military expenditure. The Vanguard Army is constantly expanding, and money is being spent like water. I am afraid that Yu Zhongtang cannot come up with much money."

"I also heard that our Vanguard Army has the support of Yu Zhongtang, so we don't have to worry about military pay. However, Yu Zhongtang doesn't have much money from the Beiyang government. Not only the training army, but also the Wuwei Vanguard Army owes two months' pay. Now we don't have to worry about military expenses anymore. For this, I also want to toast you with a bowl of wine."

Trying hard to suppress the great joy in his heart, Teng Yuzao stood up and said, "Great! This is indeed worth celebrating. Let's do it."

The three of them clinked their glasses briefly, then raised their heads and drank the wine in one gulp.

At this moment, Teng Yuzhao felt extremely happy and had the urge to drink up the wine and then smash the cup in his hand!
"besides."

Wei Jinghai then said excitedly, "Sir, this time, I also found a new type of pistol among the confiscated supplies. There are 286 of them in total. They look very good. Come and have a look."

As Wei Jinghai spoke, he dragged a box from behind the table with great effort, as if by magic, and opened the lid. Inside were neatly arranged Browning 1889s, the same type of pistols that Liu Shijiu had given to Wu Peifu.

"These pistols are well stocked with ammunition, about 500 rounds per gun."

There was a smaller suitcase inside the big box. Wei Jinghai took out the small suitcase and put it on the table.

"Sir, there are two pistols in here, one inlaid with gold and the other inlaid with silver. They are a pair of pistols. They are very suitable for you to wear. You can keep these two guns."

Teng Yuzao did not open the small suitcase, but shook his head and said, "Guns are used to kill enemies, not for show. Put these two guns away first. It would be nice to keep them as gifts."

In order not to embarrass Wei Jinghai, Teng Yuzhao waved his hand to signal the two to sit down, and then he sat on the chair himself.

"This Browning pistol is quite good. I think that officers above the battalion level, including those in the General Staff Office, should all switch to Browning."

Teng Yuzao looked at Li Yulin again and spoke in a serious and regretful tone.

"Qionglin, in order not to arouse suspicion, all the foreign currencies, silver dollar certificates and gold in the money we got this time are not allowed to be used, including those Western-style jewelry. They must be properly preserved. They can only be used slowly after the war, and even dispersed to big cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hankou to be exchanged for silver dollars."

Teng Yuzao's words made the two of them stunned. If what Teng Yuzao said was true, then there would not be much left of the huge amount of money they got this time. There would only be about 3 million taels of silver and silver dollars!
However, after thinking about it carefully, the two felt that Teng Yuzhao's words made sense. At this time, if the vanguard army used a large number of silver dollar coupons or exchanged foreign currencies for silver, it would definitely be suspected.

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