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Chapter 277 Fifty Tons of Gold

On the second day, Wu Tianyuan followed Baihua and Lao Guo to inspect Songzhuang for a whole day, and he gained a lot. It gave him a more intuitive understanding of the creation and life of modern domestic artists.

In the next step, the two of them will dig out more newcomers, select the next batch of seeds according to the most popular aesthetics in the western market, focus on training, and when the model matures, they will output strongly.

"Six hundred tons of gold in the country?"

Wu Tianyuan just received the latest research materials compiled by Niu Feng today, and now he is the think tank behind Wu Tianyuan!Help collect and sort out a lot of secret materials in the National Archives, lock some feasible treasure hunting routes, and let Wu Tianyuan take action.

A yellowed file complained: "In Northeast Asia, Russia and Japan can be regarded as a pair of old enemies. In addition to the grievances and grievances of several military encounters in history, there are still many old disputes between the two countries. One of them An unsolved case, the Russians are still brooding on it for more than 80 years, nearly 600 tons of tsarist Russia’s gold reserves mysteriously disappeared in China, and the last handlers of this gold were precisely the Japanese.”

Wu Tianyuan is very interested, gold is good, it is the easiest to cash out, and polar bears like gold the most!

"After the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Russian army retreated steadily on the battlefield. By 1915, the German army had approached the Russian capital, Petrograd. For safety reasons, the Tsar ordered the national gold reserves to be transferred to the rear. Soon about 600 Tons of gold bars and coins were shipped to Kazan."

"At the beginning of 1918, this batch of gold had been stored in Kazan for three years. At this time, Soviet Russia had been established, but the domestic situation had not stabilized. In March 3, Soviet Russia signed the Brest Peace Treaty with Germany and withdrew from the World War I. Allied countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Japan were terrified of this socialist revolution in Russia. They used Russia's independent peace as an excuse to dispatch troops to intervene in Soviet Russia. The counter-revolutionary forces in Russia also took the opportunity to create chaos. Several white bandit armies have occupied a large area of ​​the country."

"Under the turbulent situation, the value of the gold in Kazan is even more evident. Both the Red Army and the White Army realized that these golds may have an important impact on the course of the civil war, because it can buy a large amount of military equipment and supplies, thus changing The balance of power between the two sides. In August 1918, the White Bandit officer Petrov led an army to raid Kazan and seized the gold."

"After learning the news of the lost gold, the Red Army quickly attacked Petrov's troops. In order to keep the gold, Petrov handed the gold to Kolchak, the leader of the White Army. Kolchak was One of the largest white bandit leaders in Russia, he claims to be the supreme governor of Russia, and has been recognized and supported by the West, Japan and other countries."

"After getting this batch of gold, Kolchak was overjoyed. He quickly transferred the gold to his hometown of Omsk. According to the records left at the time, the batch of gold totaled 583 tons. However, the Russian supreme governor could not stop the Red Army The pace of advancement. Soon the Red Army advanced to the vicinity of Omsk. At this time, the Japanese inquired about the gold, and they proposed to Kolchak that if Kolchak agreed to let the Japanese army protect the Russian gold, the Japanese army would He sent troops to repel the Red Army, but Kolchak rejected the Japanese offer. On November 1919, 11, the Red Army captured Omsk, but according to archives, the Red Army only found a few tons of gold in the city.”

"It turned out that a few hours before the Red Army occupied Omsk, Kolchak and Petrov fled to Irkutsk by train. There were 63 boxes of gold on the train. Facing the pursuit of the Red Army, the people on board They hoped to exchange gold bars for food or bullets at critical moments. To their surprise, Kolchak was captured alive by the local Red Army as soon as the train arrived in Irkutsk. Petrov and the train escaped by chance. But on the way, "black eats black", the train was stopped by another Cossack white bandit army near Chita. The Cossacks tried to confiscate the gold, and the two sides almost fought. In the end, Petrov had to make a compromise and confiscated 30 boxes of gold. It was handed over to the Cossack, and the remaining 33 boxes of gold were taken to Chita by him."

"Desperate, Petrov drove the train to Manchuria in Northeast China, seeking the protection of the Japanese troops stationed there. Petrov thought that the Japanese who supported Kolchak would agree to his request, but he did not expect that the Japanese would not eat at all. This set. Faced with the huge amount of gold, the Japanese had long forgotten Kolchak, not to mention that Kolchak had already been executed by the Red Army at this time."

"While the Japanese sent troops to occupy the train, they set harsh conditions for Petrov: only by handing over all weapons and treasures to the Japanese government can they be allowed to take refuge. In desperation, Petrov had to give the remaining The gold was handed over to the Japanese, and all they got was a receipt signed by someone who didn't know."

"However, the Japanese were not satisfied. When they heard that 30 boxes of gold had been taken away, they immediately sent troops to raid the Cossack white bandits in Russia and took back the gold. Almost all of the nearly 600 tons of gold fell into the hands of the Japanese army. It is estimated that these The value of gold was twice the national fiscal revenue of Japan at that time."

"The Japanese army stationed in Manzhouli did not hand over the gold to the Japanese government. In their report, they did not mention Petrov's gold at all. They just wrote: On April 1920, 4, the troops encountered bandits near Manzhouli. Enemies were annihilated and numerous trophies captured. These trophies have been disposed of to pay for day-to-day expenses."

"In fact, a considerable part of the gold was divided up by the commanders of the Japanese army. According to historical data, a senior Japanese military officer became rich overnight after returning from China, became the leader of Japan's largest political party, and began to compete for the prime minister. China embezzled Russian gold, but the prosecutor who investigated the matter was mysteriously assassinated and killed, and the case was finally closed.” War
"The remaining gold was transferred by the Japanese army to a warehouse in the north of Tokyo. However, it was unknown who set the warehouse on fire one night, and the whereabouts of the gold was completely unknown after that."

"You mean there is still a part of the gold left in the country? Just sinking in the sea back to Japan?"

"That's right. There were wars all over the place, and several senior military officers were afraid of losing the gold, so they prepared to transport it back to Japan overnight. But on the way, their own people started cheating again. In the end, the ship exploded during the fighting, and all the gold sank to the bottom of the sea."

"Old Joe, let's go!"

Wu Tianyuan immediately contacted Lao Qiao, and three days later, the Tianyuan salvage team set off for the second treasure hunt, this time on the high seas, without any scruples, they drove directly to the sunken ship to salvage gold.

"Boss, this time it's developed!"

Old Qiao said excitedly: "A total of fifty boxes of gold bars! At least fifty tons, I have never seen so much wealth in my life!"

Wu Tianyuan nodded. It's not bad to find 150 tons of [-] tons. The rest were taken away by the Japanese. Fifty tons, counting [-] billion, I kept [-] tons as a spare, and the rest were handed over to the polar bears?

"Wait, ask Sir William first."

Wu Tianyuan suddenly had an idea. The last time he went to Switzerland, he heard Sir William mention that he couldn't hang himself from a tree, so ask William.

"You have forty tons of gold?"

William on the phone said excitedly: "Keep it for me! As much as you want, the money will be directly transferred to your Swiss account in US dollars!"

Wu Tianyuan hung up the phone and thought to himself: "It seems that the polar bear is also taking the underground route of the Swiss bank, but William is even better. After all, he is a banker and has a lot of resources. Forty tons of gold must not be eaten by a polar bear."

Three days later, the gold was taken away by William, and the 25 billion US dollars was immediately credited to the account. Wu Tianyuan sighed, it seems that there are both black and white ways of smuggling!

(End of this chapter)