Volume VIII 1154 Gold Charming Eye

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The military discipline of the new army is very strict, and if it is a soldier who has been nourished by the Ryukyu recruits, when the topic involves sensitive military aspects, then the conversation will stop immediately, even if the new army is drunk, there is a bottom line.

Of course, with the strict military discipline of the new army, it is impossible for the soldiers to be greedy and drunk.

It is a pity that the Prussian soldiers became a breakthrough for many intelligence officers, not because of the lack of discipline of these soldiers, but because of the embarrassment of their status.

Their main mission in Asia is to help the Chinese drive the battleship back, and carry out a series of hand-to-hand activities on the way, so that these inexperienced Chinese people can quickly become familiar with the operation of the battleship.

Although they were ordered to accompany the Chinese soldiers in battle, and to obey the orders of the Chinese captain, there was a big flaw in that order, that is, whether the authorization was until the Ryukyus or until they returned home.

This was an oversight on the part of Bismarck, and as a result, such an embarrassing situation arose, when the Zhiyuan docked at the Ryukyu Military Port, neither these Prussian soldiers nor Xiang Ying and other Chinese knew whether the earliest subordinate military order was counted.

It seems that it is right to obey the Chinese, and it seems that it is okay not to listen, and in the end there is no way but to ask Xiao Lotian to send a telegram to Prussia to communicate and negotiate this matter, and in these days of waiting for the callback, the Prussian soldiers have become very free VIPs.

It may be that this state of non-care made the Prussian boy relax his vigilance, and after countless times of alcoholism, a lot of information about the Zhiyuan was leaked.

Every piece of obscure information about the Zhiyuan is precious: what is strong wind pressurization? What is the ultimate range and accurate range of the 210-caliber main gun? How much coal is consumed every day? What is the capacity of the ammunition depot?

The Prussians could not give accurate figures, but they would have given some reference to the spies when they were drunk, and these vague numbers seemed confusing to the layman, but it would be difficult to give them to the bullish engineers.

The shipbuilding masters trained by the Royal Naval College in the United Kingdom can completely deduce all the numbers of the Zhiyuan through these vague numbers, and even the size and strength of the keel can be deduced from ten.

Not only was the intelligence concentrated on the military number of the battleships, but also a lot of information that the political government cared about was also leaked out by these unlucky Prussian children.

How much gold and treasure did the French lose in Dakar? How much war commission did the Chilean side give to the Zhiyuan? This information is too precious for politicians.

In the 19th century, the European financial community absolutely believed in the supremacy of the gold standard, and the pound and the franc and the US dollar were strictly locked in the price of gold, and it was difficult to hear about inflation in those days, but deflation was very common in the opposite way.

Why is the dollar called the dollar by many people, and why is the franc introduced by Napoleon III called the gold franc? is because the banknotes are strictly locked with gold.

In the eyes of Europeans, silver is only an industrial precious metal, which can be used as a kind of auxiliary to gold, but more often than not, it is a precious metal used as a means to arbitrage the wealth of Asia.

Large quantities of silver mined from North and South America, simply refined and minted and then flowed to Asia, and before the Opium Wars, silver remained in Chinese mainland in exchange for shiploads of silk, porcelain, tea, rhubarb and even bristles.

After the Opium War, the game of white-eyed arbitrage was further deepened, and they not only used silver to obtain physical wealth, but also used silver to exchange a large amount of gold for China.

Asia has been controlled by the silver standard for too long, and the people and politicians have already had a unique obsession with silver, and in the minds of Asians, silver is money, and money is silver taels.

They had no idea that the Europeans had discovered countless high-grade silver deposits around the world, and that the price of silver had actually begun to avalanche, but the news was blocked.

Xiao Letian conducted silver trade in the Pacific Ocean, and the British didn't care at all, because the British knew very well the number of silver mines controlled in their colonies, and saying it could scare Xiao Letian to death, and Xiao Letian's silver trade was just a drizzle.

But the British would never allow anyone to get involved in their gold trade, and if Xiao Lotian had a very strong interest in gold watches, which the City of London could not allow.

"The Zhiyuan actually looted five tons of gold from Dakar? There must be moisture in this figure, but no matter how much moisture it is, this is a very bad sign...... Send a report to China immediately, and at the same time send a report to the ambassador in Beijing!"

"Do you think the Chilean side will also provide Xiao Lotian with gold? I think the possibility is very high, this momentum is very bad, we have to teach him a lesson......

The British spies were the first to know the information about the gold, and it was their wanton dissemination that made the war between the Chinese and the Russians suddenly become golden, and a war of revenge turned into a strange battle for gold.

In the coastal waters of the Great Qing Kingdom, dozens of thick submarine cables were busy at once, and countless top-secret signals flew to the southeast, northwest, and northwest.

Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Lion City...... Even the Indian subcontinent has the Lion State of Sri Lanka, and almost all the British intelligence agencies in Asia have received this golden tip.

"Oh my God, Chinese robbed France of five tons ......of gold?

"The Chilean side used gold ore and silver ore to pay for the employment of the Zhiyuan......?

The entire British spy network was mobilized, and then for some political reasons, this information began to be shared with the French, and the French governors in Vietnam and the Bay of Bengal soon received this information.

Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't believe their eyes, and then there was the roar of countless Frenchmen, "Revenge! Revenge! vile robbers, thieves, that is the gold of our France...... There are eight tons, eight tons of gold are actually cheap Xiao Letian, I will never allow ......"

Facts have proved that the intelligence agencies sometimes exaggerate, and it is completely impossible to verify whether the gold stolen by the Zhiyuan has changed from anyone's mouth to three tons, and from whose mouth it has become five tons or eight tons.

But one thing is certain, this gold has completely ignited the greed of Western colonizers, and the money grabbing is ongoing.

It's not just these few tons of gold, but with the help of some people, the rumors of Xiao Letian's private vault in the Pacific Ocean have once again flooded.

Many people say that they have noses and eyes, they say that Xiao Letian robbed the secret vault of the Manchus outside the Guan, the gold looted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for 200 years, and the wealth that should have been used by the Manchus for the last emergency has all become Xiao Letian's private wealth.

Xiao Lotian is like the legendary Pirate King of the Caribbean, hiding countless riches on the islands of the Pacific Ocean, which are the start-up funds that Xiao Lotian will use for his rebellion in the future.

Since ancient times, gold has been fascinating, and the whole of Asia has made the intelligence of these tons of gold a miasma and messy.