Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 6 Falling out? It's not certain who will beg for mercy!

In fact, the price of opium was far beyond Lu Yuhua's imagination.

Because the price has increased.

With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, transportation and sales were interrupted, and prices naturally soared.

Originally, one tael was only three dollars.

Now it has risen to four dollars.

In some areas, the price even rose to six dollars.

It is said that the price is doubled when it reaches the terminal.

Lu Yuhua's twenty boxes of opium, or twenty dan of opium, weighed one hundred jin each dan.

"Dan" has long been used as a unit of mass, with the standard usually being 120 jin, and there are also cases where 100 jin is one dan (but this kind of 1 dan is Sima jin, 1 jin is equal to 600 grams, which is actually 60 kg).

At that time, 1 jin was equal to 16 liang, and 1920 dan was equal to liang.

So his twenty boxes of opium, each box was exactly 1600 taels, and twenty boxes meant taels of opium.

If we calculate it at 4 dollars per pound, that would be 128,000 dollars.

Sound like a lot?
Actually, for me personally, it is a lot.

This is why Long Wenjian was able to bribe his superiors with a box of opium, attend a special officer training class, and eventually become a lieutenant.

After all, a box of opium is worth more than 6,000 yuan.

By replacing a lieutenant, they would not lose anything, and might even make a huge profit.

At this moment, Long Wenjian was looking at the silver dollars piled up like a mountain in front of him and his heart was pounding.

He knew that Lu Yuhua was rich, but he didn't expect him to be so rich.

No wonder, the songs sung by the 714th Garrison Regiment are all about the money our Gui Army has.

Twenty boxes of opium were indeed a lot for Lu Yuhua, but for the greater Shanghai, it was really not much.

Because about 600 dan of opium are consumed here every month, so twenty boxes are too much?
Half of the Yunnan Army’s funding came from opium.

Without opium, the Yunnan Army would not be able to support so many troops.

"I'm so stupid. Why did I just think of stealing one box of opium? I should have stolen at least ten or eight boxes." Long Wenjian muttered as he looked at the silver dollars in front of him.

"Tsk tsk, you are really brave. You even want to steal half of my opium?" Lu Yuhua walked in at the right time and heard what Long Wenjian said. He said with a unfriendly look on his face.

Hearing this, Long Wenjian's scalp tingled. Why was he always caught when he complained behind someone's back?
Can't you just complain behind someone's back?
"Commander, why did you come back so soon? Have you recruited all the soldiers?" Long Wenjian immediately changed his expression and said in a flattering manner.

Looking at Long Wenjian's face, Lu Yuhua was speechless. No wonder Yu Xiaoqing said that he was born in the year of the dog.

It's really a dog year.

"Have you sold all my opium?" Lu Yuhua was too lazy to pay attention to him and asked while looking at the box beside him.

"Yes, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars, all here." Long Wenjian replied quickly.

hiss!
Lu Yuhua took a deep breath and quickly walked forward to open the box. What he saw was a bunch of dollars sealed in red paper.

He picked up a stack of dollars and weighed the amount.

"Fifty dollars a stack?" Lu Yuhua asked casually.

"Yes, they're all in stacks of fifty yuan. These big guys are really rich. I was worried that these twenty boxes of opium would not be easy to sell, but as soon as I let the news out, they were snatched away by those big guys." Long Wenjian nodded, with a look of emotion on his face.

It turns out that gold bars, dollars, and opium are all hard currency these days.

Lu Yuhua was not surprised. Since his predecessor had accumulated so much opium, he must have had his reasons.

What he didn't expect was that these twenty boxes of opium were sold for 128,000 yuan.

It was indeed beyond his expectations.

He originally thought that ten thousand dollars would be a lot.

Now it seems that I was careless.

With this money, the ore refinery has a place to go. If a mining truck completes a mining operation in two hours, the profit is 500 yuan per operation, which means 12 operations a day, which is 6,000 yuan.

Three mining trucks cost 18,000 yuan.

There are already quite a few.

That's nearly half a million dollars a month.

Six million dollars a year.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuhua felt excited.

According to the cost given by the system, I am afraid that I can mobilize several divisions of troops within a year.

It was not until later, when he saw the cost of heavy equipment and the price of ammunition, that he realized his carelessness.

"The Japanese invasion led to a disruption in sales, and the price of opium naturally rose. Those big dealers are not fools. As long as they stockpile it for a while, they can definitely make a few tens of thousands of dollars more from twenty boxes of opium." Lu Yuhua said casually after putting the dollars down.

"No wonder everyone says that our 714th Garrison Regiment has a lot of money. It's absolutely true." Long Wenjian couldn't help but sigh.

"Okay, stop sighing. I asked you to spread the word about recruiting soldiers, have you done it?" Lu Yuhua did not dwell on this issue. With the base vehicle, he no longer had to worry about money. Now he just had to wait to recruit enough soldiers and then go south to fight the Japanese.

"If they release you, you will be given five dollars for settling in as a soldier, and five dollars a month in military pay. There should be a lot of people coming to sign up." After Long Wenjian finished speaking, he asked with difficulty.

"Commander, what about the brothers in the original garrison regiment?"

Hearing this, Lu Yuhua did not hesitate at all. On the way back, he discussed it with Lu Yuyan.

Let him inform those uncles and brothers who are willing to go south with him to fight the Japanese, and he will naturally not treat them unfairly.

If you don't want to, just go home.

After all, having a wife, children and a warm bed is a nice enjoyment.

This is how to deal with the Lu family.

The reason why they didn't give severance pay was because they had made a lot of money in the past two years.

Selling illegal salt and reselling opium, everyone is making a lot of money.

Before, Lu Yuhua wondered if they were being treated unfairly.

Now that he sees how fat he is, his uncles and brothers are definitely no worse than him.

This was said by Lu Yuyan himself.

As for the other members of the garrison regiment, they will definitely be given severance pay.

"Those who are willing to fight the Japanese can stay and be trained as regular soldiers. Those who are not willing to fight the Japanese will be given severance pay, and everyone can part ways in peace." Lu Yuhua had already thought of the excuse.

Who knows? Long Wenjian shook his head.

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. Your uncles and brothers will not agree to it first."

"Don't worry, they will definitely agree." Lu Yuhua said confidently.

"Commander, I'm afraid they will mutiniate. At that time, I'm afraid no one will listen to you, and they may even threaten your life." Long Wenjian felt that Lu Yuhua was thinking too simply.

Just one sentence like this will make them give up the benefits they have obtained?
How can it be!

The wages of avarice is death!

They will definitely fight back.

If it were in the past, Lu Yuhua would probably still be worried.

Wait until tomorrow, when the fully armed clone soldiers arrive.

Just these second-rate soldiers?
Dare to cause trouble?
Easily suppressed!

If you are obedient, I will give you two sweet dates.

If someone doesn't listen to you, don't blame him for being cruel.

"Threat my life? I'm afraid they will have to kneel down and beg for mercy then." Lu Yuhua sneered.

Tomorrow I will publish two chapters of the new book at the same time, which will affect the viewing experience! I am also adjusting my work and rest schedule to try to write during the day, but I don’t feel anything during the day! Every day is like I didn’t sleep well!


(End of this chapter)