Bai Layi's wealth was nothing more than an appetizer for the Russian Expeditionary Force. Based on the principle of jujube and no jujube, plus a little temptation to provide information to Molière, Stet Vansky and many Russian officials chose to modify the original march plan.
But I didn't expect that the harvest brought by this small modification would be so great, and the results were so rich that it is unimaginable.
"A total of 10,930 ounces of gold in various forms, 2,060 kilograms of silver, twelve boxes of various wonderful oriental treasures, and 136 pairs of fine porcelain..."
"Wait!" Moliere couldn't help but chuckle when he heard the Russian logistics officer read this. "Fine porcelain? Bring it over and let me see..." When the so-called fine porcelain was placed in front of Molière, the grim-faced knight He was laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten up his waist. He looked at the Russian captains around him with angry expressions on their faces.
"That's so rude, you pervert! What are you laughing at?" Vinya, the captain of the Diamond, slammed the table and stood up.
"Sorry, sorry..." Moliere smiled enough and waved his hands to apologize to everyone, "I suggest you throw these so-called fine porcelains into the sea. If you really want them, I think they should be given to ordinary soldiers... This kind of trophy is not worthy of your status at all!"
"We all know that the English name of China is porcelain! The most famous treasure of this country is porcelain. There is no doubt that its reputation is even higher than that of silk and tea..."
"In the Middle Ages, we Europeans didn't know how porcelain was made. We thought it was a natural jade. But how did the beautiful patterns on the jade get there? No one knows. Even Europe can’t figure out this secret!”
"It wasn't until later that we learned from the Arabs that porcelain was originally made from clay, but we Europeans still don't understand how to make it so beautiful..."
"Later, the Portuguese obtained the secret recipe for firing kaolin porcelain from Japan. From then on, Europe really understood how to make white porcelain. Those things that were fired before were simply garbage..."
Not to mention that the court education in France is indeed the best in Europe. It is definitely not an accident that Paris became the fashion capital of Europe. The cultural heritage accumulated here is really something that the bumpkin Russian bears have never seen before.
Captains such as Stefanski and Vinya can be considered high-level intellectuals, but they are completely unfamiliar with these historical allusions and secrets hidden in luxury goods.
This is a bit like a later cannibal from a primitive African tribe who accidentally ran into the Galeries Lafayette store in Paris and had no idea what was inside.
Grimace Molière used easy-to-understand and humorous words to tell every detail of the introduction of porcelain into Europe. Many of the secret stories are not accessible to ordinary people.
Who knew that during the Kangxi period, French missionaries went to Jingdezhen as spies to steal the formula? Who would have known that the Japanese obtained the secret of kaolin clay formula thanks to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea. It was the retreating Japanese samurai who kidnapped a large number of Korean porcelain craftsmen, which opened the history of Japan's use of kaolin clay to bake porcelain.
The Russians were fascinated to hear these little secrets. This has been the case from ancient times to the present. Barbarians always laugh at the weakness of the civilized world, but while laughing at them, they also envy the prosperity of the civilized world.
In the bitter cold land of Russia, people imagined life in Paris as a paradise. The cavalry warriors of the Liao and Jin kingdoms laughed at the cowardice of the Song people, but they always dreamed back to the prosperity of Bianjing more than once.
What Molière showed today were some common topics of discussion among people in the upper class of Paris, but the wealth and style inside them have already made these Russian captains envious.
"You mean the king actually owns a porcelain palace? A palace built of porcelain?" Wennia asked in surprise.
Molière nodded, "It was built by the great Sun King Louis XIV. It's called the Chinese Palace...it's actually part of the Palace of Versailles. It's filled with a lot of porcelain from China, as well as porcelain imitated by France at that time." !”
Molière pointed at the so-called fine porcelain in front of him, suddenly stood up, grabbed a porcelain bottle and smashed it on the deck of the ship with a bang. "Does this kind of rubbish deserve to be called fine? You ignorant people, nine years ago When the British and French invaded the summer palace of the Qing emperor, the porcelain there was considered exquisite!"
"The faint glaze color is like clouds, exuding precious light, the white body is as delicate as that of a pure saint, and the paintings under the glaze color show the beauty of heaven..."
"Light cyan porcelain, colorful porcelain, golden porcelain... My God, if you had seen such treasures, you would also throw these junk porcelain on the ground and smash them like me!"
The Russians were all dumbfounded. "You, you, you...you participated in the war nine years ago?"
"Unfortunately, I have not participated, but I was fortunate enough to see the best trophies in Paris, which are treasures preserved by the Chinese emperors... not only porcelain, but also more gold, silver, jade, calligraphy and painting, etc. , are all priceless top treasures!”
"Does anyone still doubt my intelligence now? Does anyone still question the intelligence of Golden Island? In just one Bailayitun reclamation area, we purchased more than 10,000 ounces of gold and two tons of silver. This is just A small port based on an agricultural area!”
"Dear gentlemen, distinguished captains! Do you still question my intelligence? There are no fewer than thirty such settlements in Southeast Asia! You can only imagine how much money Xiao Letian has on hand!"
"What are you still questioning! We rushed forward to rob Xiao Letian of all his wealth. As long as we lose this wealth, Xiao Letian will never be able to succeed even if he is not dead!"
Stefanski and all the captains stood up excitedly, "Yes, you are right. More than 10,000 ounces of gold did not move me... What frightened me was the 120,000 tons of rice. This is simply terrifying! Xiao Letian’s financial resources are already comparable to those of a medium-sized empire!"
"I have no doubt about the information on Golden Island at this moment! Gentlemen, let us drink this cup to the full!"
"Go north! Steal all the gold from the Chinese and give it to the great Tsar! Ula! Ula! Ula!"
With the burning Bai Layi as the background, the Russian fleet turned around and headed north. They were preparing to cross the South China Sea and attack the Taiwan Strait, and kill the target, the mysterious gold-hiding island.
The figure of the robber disappeared into the sea. The Chinese guards in the Tutung Reclamation Area and other areas began to counterattack to rescue Bai Layi like crazy. All the indigenous monkeys were massacred along the way. The Chinese's revenge came fast and hard. .
But people underestimated the monkeys' escape skills. Countless monkeys fled into the tropical rainforest with bloody wealth. The silver coins and treasures were enough for them to survive for ten years.
Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed to the Bailayi grain depot. They were forced back by the raging fire. The flames shot into the sky with a strong smell of grain. Five years of hard work were completely wiped out at this moment.
Countless soldiers knelt on the ground and howled, and the fanatical soldiers began to recruit death squads. "Cry your ass! Take revenge! Those Rakshasa ghosts will be punished by the prime minister, but we have to pay for the blood debt of the indigenous monkeys ourselves!"
"Gather all the young men, distribute weapons, and counterattack... counterattack immediately!"
The great Chinese uprising in Borneo that changed the history of Southeast Asia started today.
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