Huang Xigon held the wat board in his hand and bent forward: "Your Majesty, the silver taels that are taxed in Jiangnan this year are all transported from afar across the ocean. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Weichen was in the capital, and he also saw that he was bigger than Jackie Chan, and Lord Yu returned from overseas wilderness and brought out dozens of local Confucian students. Although the locals are uncivilized barbarians, they can be educated. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Yongli became interested, "I don't know where Jackie Chan is?" ”

"Lord Yu traveled thousands of miles to escort gold and silver into Beijing, and is still in Tianjin. When all the gold and silver are loaded onto the boat, and there are enough guards and soldiers, they will naturally go to the capital. Huang Xigon replied.

On the canal dozens of miles away from the capital, treasure ships full of goods and deep draft sail on the canal. I saw that on these small canal boats, there were elite soldiers in fine armor and swords hanging from their waists, and many musketeers stood behind the sword and shield bearers, staring at the movements on the shore and on the water.

In order to protect these treasure ships, a river gunboat with black smoke at the front of the fleet cleaved the waves to clear the way for the treasure fleet, and the four breech-loading rifled guns on the gunboat held high, and any pirate ship that dared to approach would be sunk mercilessly. At the back of the flotilla, there was also a river gunboat, also emitting black smoke, which was tasked with pressing the formation.

The officers and men of the naval division escorting the fleet were joined by the inland water division of the Qiongzhou Army and the Lin Xingzhu naval division of the Wu army to protect the safety of the treasure fleet on the water; On both sides of the bank, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, the most well-equipped Wu army was dispatched, along the two banks of the canal all the way away, and there were Wu cavalry patrolling back and forth on the river embankment.

"What kind of fleet is that? So heavily guarded? "The people on both sides of the strait did not dare to approach, and watched the fleet pass by from afar.

"Could it be that the emperor is on patrol? Otherwise, how can there be such a posture? A middle-aged man said.

"Not like that!" A white-haired old man said, "There is no canopy of the emperor, no brocade guards and no royal guards, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the emperor's holy car, but like escorting gold and silver treasures." ”

"It's gold and silver treasure!" A sharp-eyed young man exclaimed, "I see the flickering light on the ship!" This ship is full of gold and silver! It's a treasure ship! ”

Looking in the direction of the young man's finger, I saw a ray of sunlight shining through the gap between the canvases and shining on the cargo in the cabin, the cargo shining in the sunlight shone with a dazzling golden light, as the ship sailed, the angle changed, the golden light reflected several seven-colored rainbows, it was obvious that the ship was not transporting brass, but gold!

"Gold! That's a lot of gold! Someone screamed.

"Twelve boats, how much gold should there be!" The old man was stunned just now.

"A boat can hold at least 50,000 catties, twelve boats, this is at least 600,000 catties of gold! How many taels is 600,000 catties? It's almost 10 million taels of gold! It's 10,000,000 taels of gold, not silver! A middle-aged man shouted.

The comparison between gold and silver in this era was one to ten, close to 10 million taels of gold, which was equivalent to hundreds of millions of silver.

"There are so many gold and silver treasures, and I don't know if there are so many in the imperial treasury." The old man said.

At this time, someone in the crowd said: "I heard that all this gold was transported from a place called America on the other side of the sea, and I heard that that place was full of gold, and there were mountains of gold and silver everywhere, and it was impossible to dig it up." ”

"America? In what place? The young man asked.

"Crossing the sea and going all the way east, it is said that the fastest boat will take a month to arrive." The man just said.

The news that a fleet of treasure ships loaded with gold and silver treasures was going to enter Beijing spread like a flight on both sides of the canal. Outside the east gate of Beijing, the end point of Caoyun is here. The wharf was already full of heavily armed Wu officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers who maintained order blocked the passage into the wharf, and there were horse-drawn carriages parked on the wharf, which were ready to transport gold and silver treasures into the city. Outside the wharf, the onlookers were crowded.

"Nine million taels of gold, fifteen million taels of silver, and more than a hundred chests of various other treasures? The total value is more than 10,000 taels of silver? When Yongli heard the news, he couldn't believe his ears.

Huang Xigon solemnly picked up the wat board and bent over: "Where does Weichen dare to bully the king?" If there is the slightest falsehood, please also ask Your Majesty to cure the crime of deceiving the king! ”

"So much gold and silver treasure, all from America?" Yongli repeated the question again.

"Not bad! Later, Lord Yu will come, Your Majesty, you can ask him personally. Huang Xigon replied with certainty.

About an hour later, Yu Chenglong walked into the Forbidden City with his thirty-six Indian students. They were followed by a group of Han generals, carrying heavy wooden boxes full of gold and silver treasures.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Thirty-six Indian Confucian students knelt on the ground with Yu Chengchan, and the mountain shouted long live.

"Everyone, love Qing Ping!" When Yu Chenglong and the others stood up, Yongli couldn't wait to ask: "Yu Aiqing, are all these gold and silver treasures really from the place called America on the other side of the sea?" ”

"It's true! Weichen didn't dare to deceive the emperor! Yu Jackie Chan replied.

"Is America really a mountain of gold and silver?" Yongli asked again.

Yu Chenglong nodded: "Back to the emperor, it is indeed a rich land!" Before Wechen left for the Americas, the King of the South told Wechen that the American continent was the chosen country as the Tessians said. At first, Weichen didn't understand what the chosen country was, and when Weichen got there, he found that it was indeed rich, although it couldn't really be a gold and silver mountain to dig casually, but the gold and silver mines there were extremely widely distributed, and the items used by the local natives were gold. The land is fertile, with vast plains and endless lakes......"

In fact, the chosen country that Wang Yu said refers to the excellent geographical location of North America, because of the barrier between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, if you concentrate on the development of this land, you do not need to worry about being threatened by strong enemies, and this land is rich in resources and fertile land. The food produced by this land alone can support the needs of a large country and can be exported. And the various minerals contained in this land allow this place to achieve industrialization without the help of external forces. Once developed on the American continent, one of the most powerful countries in the world will emerge.

North America is God's chosen nation, and the descendants of British immigrants have taken advantage of their geographical advantages to eventually turn it into an industrial power. After that, the country took advantage of the two world wars to become the world's largest power.

Wang Yu naturally wanted to avoid this from happening, so he wanted to turn this land into the land of the descendants of Huaxia.

Yongli, Wu Yingqi and Wu Shifan listened with great interest to Jackie Chan's description of what he saw and heard when he was in the Americas, and everyone was amazed by the richness of this land.