The crowd, like ants, moved away the huge mountain of supplies piece by piece.
All the artillery shells and explosive and valuable materials including gold and jewelry were loaded on the carts, which filled more than 130 carts.
Including the braying donkey rescued by Niu Er, they all carried nearly 150 kilograms of grain on their backs and became part of the Great Wall Regiment's baggage troops.
The procession, which stretched for more than ten miles, left Chengde and headed towards the Great Wall Mountains 200 miles away.
Chengde, after experiencing a bustling morning, completely turned into an empty city.
There were only a dozen wild dogs left, still patrolling beside the corpses of 54 Japanese soldiers that were hanging to dry on West Street.
If and when their bellies are no longer full, the corpses of Japanese soldiers will be the best meat for them.
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According to Liu Lang's military order, the entire army from him on down must carry 30 kilograms of supplies in addition to necessary combat equipment. Each soldier, including Liu Lang himself, must carry more than 50 kilograms.
It's just that Liu Lang looked a little more bold. In the eyes of the little foreign girl and the big black man, who looked quite toothache, the dignified Colonel Liu was carrying a long gun and an infantry gun barrel weighing 30 kilograms. In addition, he was carrying a box.
There is a bullet box with 3,000 rounds of ammunition weighing 30 kilograms.
With a weight of more than 100 kilograms on his whole body, the inconspicuous fat man actually ran for twenty miles like that.
Only then did the man in the suit and the little foreign girl realize that when Lieutenant Tyson said that Liu Lang was the most terrifying opponent he had ever encountered, it was by no means a compliment to Liu Lang, who was the supreme commander of hundreds of soldiers. He was just relying on his strength.
In terms of endurance and stamina, the cute fat man showed a tendency to crush Lieutenant Tyson.
At least some of Lieutenant Tyson, who wanted to secretly compete with Liu Lang, carried something that was almost as heavy as Liu Lang for less than ten miles, and it was already as if it had been fished out of the water.
Even the soldiers who were responsible for the battle also carried supplies, but most of the supplies were actually borne by the common people.
According to the agreement between Liu Lang and the merchants, whether it is ordnance or food and grass, all materials will be remunerated based on weight. As long as each household can safely transport 50 kilograms of supplies to the south of the Great Wall Mountains, each household will receive 50 kilograms.
The basic reward of rice and noodles is then paid according to work. Above the basic reward of 50 kilograms, each adult man is counted as one person according to the labor provided by each household, and women and the elderly are each multiplied by one-half, and 14 years old
The following children are multiplied by one-fifth, and 10 kilograms is used as a level to calculate a remuneration of 2 yuan. The total number of laborers is then multiplied by the excess of each household, and finally multiplied by four-fifths of the remuneration given by the merchant according to Liu Lang, that is
The final income of each household is now vast.
Take the family of seven that Liu Lang met as an example. Their family has one strong laborer, three women and elderly people, one child aged nine, and two children under the age of seven, so their family has a labor force.
2.7 people. The old man’s family carried a total of 150 kilograms of supplies, which is more than 100 kilograms. In the end, their family will receive 50 kilograms of rice and noodles and 2.7 times 20 and then multiplied by four-fifths, for a total of 43.2 yuan.
43 yuan of cash plus 50 kilograms of rice and noodles, plus some of the family's meager produce they brought with them, was basically enough for them to survive near Pingjin for a year.
At the same time, Liu Lang has also thought about some resettlement policies for these people. Even if the Northern Military Commission does not resettle them, he will use this method to return nearly 20,000 yuan to these sixteen merchants each, which is enough for them to make a comeback in the Pingjin area. They want to
Doing business requires hiring manpower, and these more than 10,000 Chengde civilians were the ones they hired.
Even if they can't digest it, Peiping and his future father-in-law who runs a textile factory should be able to digest part of it.
At least the group of people who retreated with him will not eventually become refugees with no fixed place and no source of income. This is what Liu Lang was angry with the sixteen merchants before he promoted the retreat. Otherwise, Han Tianhao and the others would sell the goods.
You can get the money out of Liu Lang's hands again without even thinking about it.
For the transportation fee alone, Liu Lang had to spend a total of 280,000 cash. He did not have to pay for rice and noodles to each family. The consumption of 180,000 kilograms of grain thrown on the road was enough to pay for nearly 20,000 Chengde citizens.
Receive use.
This is also the reason why Liu Lang only gave Sun Yongqin 60,000 kilograms of grain. Otherwise, Liu Lang would rather give him all the more than 200,000 kilograms of grain so that his troops can persist in the mountains longer.
But Liu Lang did not lose money. On the way, Chen Dongxuan, a man with a goatee who claimed to be able to account for half of Chengde City, had already calculated for Liu Lang the seizures and expenditures in Chengde City.
It wasn't until this moment that Liu Lang knew why they all said, "A horse won't get fat without night grass, and a man won't get rich without windfall." Not to mention the twenty boxes of gold, silver and jewelry that he robbed from the Eighth Division, 2,000 kilograms of gold was blinding.
Human eyes. Chengde City is the capital of Rehe Province, and the sixteen merchants headed by Han Tianhao are simply a cornucopia. From Han Tianhao's family alone, the second-rate man dug out another 2,000 taels of gold bars and 30,000 cash, and the remaining ten
The five companies were not very economical either. They were dug out by bad guys in total, nearly 300,000 yuan in cash and 2,000 taels of gold.
In other words, the entire wealth of Chengde City, including most of the wealth in Rehe that the Japanese army looted, is now in Liu Lang's hands.
After excluding more than 2,000 kilograms of gold, Liu Lang had 330,000 yuan in cash. After paying the transportation fees for the people in Chengde, he still had 50,000 yuan left.
Coupled with the seized guns and ammunition, it can be said that Liu Lang's battle on the Great Wall was simply more than the life savings his father gave him and the profits he made from cooperating with Du Yuesheng to produce fertilizers for half a year.
"Mr. Chen, how many oceans can one tael of gold be exchanged for now?" Liu Lang asked Goatee very rustically after his eyes flashed with golden light countless times.
There was no way. Although he knew that gold was used as hard currency all over the world, but because it rarely circulated in the market, Liu Lang still felt that his understanding of wealth would be more intuitive if he could exchange it for money that could be spent.
To put it in plain language, Liu Lang felt that no matter how good the gold was, it couldn't just be left there to look at. It had to be spent.
There is no way, who makes him poor now?
In the Battle of the Great Wall, not to mention the two regiments of Qi Guangyuan and Dong Shengtang, his independent regiment alone lost more than 1,000 people and seriously injured nearly a thousand people. According to the pension regulations established before the war, the war dead will receive a pension of 200 oceans.
The disabled receive 100 oceans and monthly allowances.
Liu Lang had the urge to sell his pants to pay off his debts just thinking about the pensions and subsidies for nearly 2,000 people. As far as he knew, before leaving, the cash left on Liang Wenzhong's account at the base would never exceed 10,000.
, the rest were all replaced by food, grass and various ammunition for the army.
If we want to win over the more than 1,300 people in the two regiments who have fought for the rest of their lives, their comrade Liu Lang must also receive additional pensions. They are all men who sacrificed their lives for the country and the people. Liu Lang will definitely not be able to fight with them.
The independent group was treated differently, which cost nearly 4,000 people and nearly 600,000 oceans.
In other words, the post-war pensions for officers and soldiers before Liu Lang were an astronomical figure of nearly 900,000.
In the face of this number, let alone Liu Lang who couldn't wait to start taking inventory before he even reached the end of the field, even the bald man would probably have to rub his bare forehead a lot.
Obviously, the title of Mr. Liu Lang really frightened Goatee, who could only hear the word "counter" at most. He was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing. He hurriedly bowed and bowed to Liu Lang, saying that he didn't dare to call him "Mr."
call.
Liu Lang had no choice but to call back to Accountant Chen, and Goatee returned to his senses, "Gold has always been the reserve of major merchants and is rarely exchanged. However, in the 18th year of the Republic of China, for example, one tael of gold was exchanged for one tael of gold when my boss went to Peking to exchange for the ocean.
The ocean is 35 foreign dollars. In the 19th year of the Republic of China, the kilogram system was reformed and determined to be 500 grams per kilogram, which is twelve taels. Our Great Wall Group currently reserves gold..." Goatee blinked and quickly calculated in his mind, "Liang
Fifteen thousand and sixty-three taels.”
"How many oceans is that?" Liu Lang felt a little dizzy.
"Nine hundred and forty-seven thousand two hundred and five yuan..." Goatee stopped doing arithmetic at this moment. He took out a small abacus he carried with him and fiddled with it for a long time. His lips trembled and he reported an answer for Liu.
Lang's eyes circled the astronomical figure. "That was the exchange price four years ago. Based on the current price situation, it might exceed one million..." Goatee murmured and continued to remind Liu Lang in a low voice.
Of course, Liu Lang didn't hear what was whispered behind the goatee about more than a million. There is basically no difference between more than 900,000 and one million.
When the number reaches a certain level, it is just a number.
But now Liu Lang is definitely surrounded by happiness.
The gold alone was enough to pay the pensions of the soldiers who died in the battle. He also had so many jewels and seizures. This time, he was definitely rich.
No wonder people say that when they are rich, they have to order two cups of soy milk for breakfast, drink one cup and pour another cup. Damn, I can do it now. Liu Lang's loud laughter echoed throughout the mountains and fields.
This caused the little foreign girl over there, who had been frightened by Liu Lang sent by "Beast" to stay away from him, to unconsciously move further away from him. Is the beast going crazy?
What's more, there are people rushing to give gifts to Commander Liu.
People say: It is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to provide help when the time is right.
But what do you do when you meet people who just like to do easy things?
Liu Lang will definitely tell you loudly, I will accept this flower.