Chapter 160 Something Worth More Than Money
Shang Zhen and the others finally set out on the road again, and this time the direction they were heading was in the south, and they needed to find a large army again.
They were nicknamed Broom Star by Wang Qingfeng and others, which shows how many times they have experienced running away, but whoever is willing to escape under the pursuit of the Japanese army is also annoying!
But this time it was different. Everyone became excited, not just because they had a carriage, but because of what was being pulled on the carriage.
When Shang Zhen and his group met the horse monkey and their cavalry company, they originally wanted to get on the first chariot, just because the first chariot was a big chariot pulled by three horses.
But when people didn't let them get on, Shang Zhen only thought that the soldiers in the car looked down on them.
But now they knew that it was not because of that, but because the thing that was pulled in the first carriage was the three words Ma Monkey and Wang Laomao said - the big opium, a total of more than 500 kilograms of big opium!
Is it still necessary to say what the opium is? The scientific name is opium, and after purification, it is heroin.
Shang Zhen and the others didn't know that they were pulling opium, so how could they let them get on the carriage?
Ma Houzi and the others escorted the more than 500 kilograms of opium to Chifeng City.
But who would have thought Chifeng was occupied by the Japanese army?
They were hunted by the Japanese army, and by chance, Shang Zhen and others got the carriage, which got more than 500 kilograms of opium in the carriage.
"Is this game worth throwing?" Shang Zhen, who was sitting in the carriage, asked Wang Laohu as he patted a bag he was sitting on.
"Is it still valuable?" Wang Laomao curled his lips, but his answer was, "It's not very valuable."
Shang Zhen was stunned when he heard Wang Laomao say this. Although Shang Zhen had never been exposed to the opium, he also knew based on common sense that this game was very valuable.
Seeing Shang Zhen stunned, Wang Laomao smiled and said, "This game is not very valuable, because it is money!"
Shang Zhen was a little confused when he heard Wang Laomao say this. He didn't smoke big smoke and did not have enough understanding of big opium.
When Wang Laomao saw that Shang Zhen didn't understand, he explained: "Based on the cheap, one or two large opium is enough for a family to live in a month. Then, do you calculate, how much is the value of just over 500 kilograms of big opium?"
After Wang Laomao asked this, Zhang Zhen really lowered his head and started to make up, muttering: "500 by 16 is 8,000 taels. In December of a year, 8,000 will be divided into 12, which seems to be more than 600--"
(Note: 1 jin was equal to 16 taels during the Republic of China.)
After this, Shang Zhen felt a sense of confusion: "These big opiums are enough for the family to spend more than 600 years on living expenses? Oh my god, how valuable is this!"
Shang was shocked, but then he denied his statement: "No, people don't live that long, so that's what it means, that's the living expenses of more than 600 families!"
After saying this, Shang Zhen completely stopped talking. He reached out and touched the cold sack under his butt.
When Mahouzi said that it was filled with opium here, Shang Zhen had already seen it. The opium was a small black cake, which looked so ugly, but this thing was so valuable. How could Shang Zhen not sigh?
"This game can change anything, can change guns, cannons, cannons, cannons, cannons, and cannons, and cannons, and cannons, and needles, and threads. There is nothing he can't change. So do you think he has money?" Wang Laomao said again.
When Wang Laomao said this, Shang Zhen could only nod.
Yes, in the Northeast or China today, although the opium is not money, it has been given the function of money, just because there are too many people smoking big cigarettes. According to later statistics, there are more than 80 million people smoking big cigarettes!
And the population was larger during the Republic of China? During the War of Resistance Against Japan, someone called on compatriots across the country to rise up to fight against Japan, saying that 45,000 compatriots were 450 million.
Dividing 80 million by 450 million is 0.17, which means that in the Republic of China at that time, nearly two of the 10 people smoked big cigarettes!
Men and women also smoke.
Look at the strong man smoking big cigarettes and sucking himself into skin and bones. Look at the young woman also lying on the kang and sucking big cigarettes, and after sucking, she fell into a psychedelic world there.
The rich draw, and the poor draw.
The rich man smoked his family all over the bank, and the coolie who was picking his feet did not go to drink water after being tired of taking jobs, but instead set up a cigarette gun, picked up a big smoke cannon, and sucked a bag beautifully.
Even the young commander of the Northeast Army smoked smoked smokers, but he later quit.
This situation occurred because since the late Qing Dynasty, China has lacked a unified and powerful central government. Warlords from all over the country need money to compete for territory and get military spending, and selling opium is an important one.
"These big smokes are so valuable. So, do you think we want to share all the big smokes, can we all marry a delicate young wife?
Then, tsk, I sat cross-legged on the big kang, and my wife was serving the wine beside me. Oh, how beautiful is such a life!" Hu Zhuzi, who had been listening to the conversation, began to shine.
Hu Zhuzi's sudden interruption made everyone in the carriage laugh.
"Don't look at me, I have new pursuits in life." Chen Hanwen said from time to time.
With a "coaxing", everyone laughed.
"Hehe, it's natural to marry a wife and sow seeds and give birth to babies. Otherwise, how did you come?" Hu Zhuzi was Hu Zhuzi. He spoke like a monk said, pointing to the hearts of the people. In Northeast dialect, that's called a provocative chat!
He sounded rude and was involved in Chen Hanwen's parents. This is the case!
Chen Hanwen was straightforward but couldn't answer the words. This was really just that the scholar had no reason to explain when he met a soldier.
After holding it in for a while, Chen Hanwen said, "You think so beautifully! You can find a wife and beat the Japanese away first!"
"Then what's the delay in beating the Japanese and marrying a wife?" Otherwise, his head would not have turned around.
"You are stupid!" Qin Chuan interrupted at this time, "A ready-made example! Why is the dead monkey gone now? Isn't it because of his wife and children?"
Qin Chuan's words made the bus that was still lively just now silent, and everyone remembered Hou Kanshan.
Now everyone can't figure out what Hou Kanshan brought them.
They raised pigs for the 626th Regiment for a year, and this was the thing that Hou Kanshan did. What Hou Kanshan brought them was hatred.
But after they got the information about Hou Kanshan, they found that Hou Kanshan had married and had children. This brought them a little bit of envy, not only shocked them, but also a little bit of envy.
Hou Kanshan became very brave and charged forward in order to save his wife and children, which made them sigh at the changes that women brought to men.
But as soon as Hou Kanshan had just passed a year of stable life, his wife and children were killed by Japanese invaders, and they felt sad for Hou Kanshan.
The carriage was moving forward, and everyone stopped saying those happy words and became a little depressed.
Chapter completed!