Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

"polite!"

Xia Weiwei said, "The commander said that since you have helped us so much, he would write you thousands of calligraphy pieces, let alone just a few."

"Haha, that's not necessary!"

Ma Hongwei looked at the large wooden crate and asked, "What's inside?"

"Why don't you just open it and you'll see?"

Xia Weiwei deliberately kept everyone in suspense.

"Crunch~"

Ma Hongwei slowly opened the box and was immediately stunned.

Inside the box, there were 35 large yellow croakers and 138 small yellow croakers.

As for the rest, they are all Yuan Shikai silver dollars.

Holy crap!

Upon seeing so much gold and silver, Ma Hongwei couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

He casually picked up a large yellow croaker and couldn't help but ask, "Are these all real?"

"Of course it's true."

Xia Weiwei nodded and said, "Besides, they are yours now."

"puff!"

Ma Hongwei choked on his food.

This huge box, how much does it cost?

These gold bars alone must be worth hundreds of millions, right?

Ma Hongwei took a deep breath and shook his head, saying, "I can't accept these!"

You must know that the Eighth Route Army soldiers in another time and space are fighting a bloody battle against the Japanese devils. How can you take their precious gold and silver for yourself?

I doubt anyone with a conscience would do that.

"That won't do!"

Xia Weiwei said, "Commander Liu said these must be given to you; they are a thank-you gift from them!"

"Even if you want to thank me, you don't need to give me so much. These things are too valuable; I can't accept them!"

Ma Hongwei shook his head and said, "Besides, the calligraphy they gave me is already a token of my gratitude!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Weiwei couldn't help but ask, "How valuable are these things?"

Ma Hongwei pointed at the large and small yellow croakers and said, "With the current price of gold, one gram costs over nine hundred yuan, so a single small yellow croaker costs tens of thousands of yuan. Can you calculate how much that would be?"

"hiss!"

Xia Weiwei was also shocked.

Although she knew that gold was certainly not cheap, she did not expect it to be so expensive.

During the Republic of China era, a gold bar weighing one tael could generally be exchanged for 30 silver dollars, which could only buy 750 catties of rice.

In this future world, one gram of gold costs over 900.

Even if we calculate it at 900 yuan, that can buy about 350 jin of rice, and 2 grams of gold can buy nearly 700 jin.

This is simply an unbelievable disparity!

Xia Weiwei asked, "How much should I give you?"

Ma Hongwei thought for a moment and said, "One small yellow croaker is more than enough."

"That's far too little!"

Xia Weiwei shook her head.

She remembered her superior's instructions: she must win over the other party so that they would be motivated to help them.

They can't expect the other party to help them for nothing after they've benefited from it, can they?

They will not mistreat any of their friends.

Moreover, it seems that "activities" here also require money.

Xia Weiwei thought for a moment and said, "How about this, we'll split it in half. You take half, and the other half will be exchanged for supplies!"

She felt this was a good deal, as it made both sides equal.

"Really, you don't need to!"

Ma Hongwei said, "I've already made a profit with this one small yellow croaker."

"The commander said that we are in a mutual relationship."

Xia Weiwei said very earnestly, "You helped us, so we'll definitely help you improve your life!"

She paused, then continued, "Besides, didn't you say that to meet with higher-ups, you need a certain status?"

"In your time and space, people laugh at poverty but not prostitution. Money is very important; without money, where do you get your status?"

"How about this..."

Ma Hongwei thought for a moment and said, "Then let's give 5%. That's already quite a lot."

"Okay, then 5%!"

Xia Weiwei nodded.

Ma Hongwei looked at the other person and asked, "So, shall we take stock of the goods first?"

"I'll listen to you!"

Xia Weiwei felt that the other party would definitely be able to handle these matters well.

Ma Hongwei counted the large yellow croakers and said, "There are 35 large yellow croakers in total, right?"

"Um?"

Suddenly, Xia Weiwei frowned.

She said to Ma Hongwei, "That's not right. I remember there were 40 large yellow croakers in total. I counted them clearly back then!"

As she spoke, Xia Weiwei checked the storage space and found that there was no large yellow croaker inside.

"Let's look again."

Ma Hongwei flipped through the croakers and found that there were indeed no other large yellow croakers.

"Could it be..."

Ma Hongwei's expression shifted, and he voiced his guess to Xia Weiwei: "Weiwei, could it be that the storage space devoured five large yellow croakers, which is why it grew bigger?"

Since the location was clearly marked before the transmigration, and the storage space wouldn't be lost, there's a very high probability that it was swallowed up by the storage space.

Xia Weiwei asked, "Then why weren't the other large yellow croakers eaten?"

"I don't know then."

Ma Hongwei pondered, "Currently, only large yellow croakers are scarce, which suggests that large yellow croakers are the most likely culprit."

Then he asked, "Are the rest all in silver dollars?"

"right!"

Xia Weiwei said, "This time I only brought some large and small yellow croakers and silver dollars. There are quite a lot of silver dollars, but not much less, so I can't tell."

Ma Hongwei nodded and said, "Then bring less next time and see if you'll run out of money."

"This is the only way."

Xia Weiwei looked at the silver dollars in the box and asked, "Gold is so valuable, what about silver?"

"In modern society, silver is worthless."

Ma Hongwei opened his phone and searched: "Look, today's gold price is 913 yuan/gram, and the silver price is 15.96 yuan/gram. This is an increase; silver used to be only a few yuan!"

"Why is silver so cheap?"

Xia Weiwei was very puzzled.

Ma Hongwei said, "Things are valued for their scarcity. There are plenty of silver mines in the world, and silver can be obtained by electrolyzing copper, lead, and zinc, so the price is naturally much cheaper."

Xia Weiwei sighed, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have brought these silver dollars."

"Silver is cheap, but Yuan Shikai silver dollars aren't necessarily cheap!"

Ma Hongwei said, "It has been more than a hundred years since the Xinhai Revolution. In our time, this Yuan Shikai silver dollar can be considered an antique and has collectible value."

As he spoke, Ma Hongwei grabbed a handful of Yuan Shikai silver dollars, placed them on the table, and used Douyin (TikTok) to take pictures and identify them.

"Um?"

Upon seeing the information displayed on Douyin, Ma Hongwei's eyes widened immediately.

Because the information shown above indicates that a Soviet version of the Yuan Shikai silver dollar sold for 350 million yuan at auction!

Ma Hongwei looked down and saw that one of the silver dollars on the table had the words "Soviet" printed on it.

"Weiwei, look at this!"

Ma Hongwei handed the phone to the other party.

"Oh no!"

When Xia Weiwei saw the introduction on Douyin, her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened in surprise.

Her expression was exactly like the one Adam gave the hotel owner in the movie "The Million Pound Note" when he pulled out a million-pound check and handed it to the owner.

Xia Weiwei looked at the Yuan Shikai silver dollar in Ma Hongwei's hand and said incredulously, "Just this one Yuan Shikai silver dollar is worth 350 million yuan?"

350 million yuan is enough to buy hundreds of vans or millions of kilograms of rice.