Wealth can stimulate the morale of the army, but wealth can also weaken the morale of the army, especially when too much wealth is placed in front of the soldiers after the bloody battle. These soldiers who were fighting bravely to kill the enemy a second ago have a different kind of reaction at this moment. thought.
Boxes of gold, silver, and various jewelry were carried down in front of the soldiers. Due to tight time and heavy tasks, the Russian army did not have many boxes to hold these gold and silver ingots. Most of the time, they used Open ammunition boxes transport gold ingots to and from the mountains.
In the panic, people forgot to close the lid, and the gold shone brightly in the flames of war. The light shone in the eyes of the soldiers and they could not be pulled out. The sound of soldiers swallowing saliva was heard everywhere along the way.
"How much do you think we can get later?" A soldier asked in a low voice.
"God knows? But the commander previously said that soldiers who break through the enemy's fortress can be rewarded with one kilogram of gold!"
"Fart, where is one kilogram? I just saw these gold ingots. They are all cast into ten kilogram pieces. It should be ten kilograms per person!"
Soon someone else joined the discussion, "Stop talking nonsense, give each person ten kilograms? In the charge just now, we invested a total of ten thousand troops, should we divide the one hundred thousand kilograms of gold? To tell you the truth, these golds belong to Your Majesty." Yes, the empire's finances are very tight. I'm afraid this gold will be transported directly to the City of London for financing and debt repayment..."
The atmosphere suddenly became weird. If the gold was dedicated to the Tsar, then everything would be fine. The soldiers' emotions could still be stable. But when they heard that the gold was going to be sent directly to London, the financial center of Europe, to be given to the United Kingdom. Man, they were suddenly unhappy.
"Why should we give our gold to those damn pirates? Aren't they rich enough to occupy the trade routes on the sea? Greedy vampires!"
At this time, the education penetration rate in Russia was still very low. Not only was it incomparable with Southern Europe, but it was also a little behind compared with the Qing Dynasty. These soldiers who had just escaped from serf status were loyal, brave and really brave, but their brains were terrible. That's not a compliment.
They don’t know what a bank loan is, nor what a national debt is. They don’t understand the complicated calculation of interest. What is national credit? Can it be eaten or not?
This knowledge was completely unfamiliar to them. They just understood a question with the simplest emotions: How come the gold we snatched with our lives was given to foreigners in vain?
They simply didn't know that the Tsar had already drained the treasury in order to redeem their slave status, and also borrowed a lot of money from European bankers. Tsarist Russia had already fallen into a financial crisis.
Aikeson didn't know that rumors were spreading among the crowd like a deadly virus, and as more gold was transported down the mountain, the deadly virus spread more widely. In the end, almost all the 20,000 Russian troops in Tangwan Mountain were talking about this. topic.
People looked at Gold with increasingly unkind eyes, and their morale suddenly turned into an angry and angry atmosphere at this moment.
Why should the gold we bought with our lives be given to foreigners in vain?
Where are the rewards for early commitment? Didn’t you agree to give me gold?
This is His Majesty the Tsar's gold. Are these officers trying to embezzle?
Damn it, why is there so much gold that it can’t be shipped out?
Once the grass grows in the human heart, it will grow like crazy. In addition, Xiao Letian has hidden a lot of gold. It has been transported for an hour, and there is no sign of it being finished.
The soldiers with simple emotions were so distressed that they almost cried. They never dreamed that they would have so much wealth! Many people were so anxious that they almost cried, as if the gold would be delivered to the British pockets in the next second.
Under the influence of such complex emotions, the soldiers who attacked the Cziku Fortress and the mountaintop fortifications suddenly changed drastically. Their attacks were no longer sharp. Several charges that could clearly break through were beaten back by Chinese counterattacks. The war bear suddenly turned into a sheep.
It's a pity that Aikeson and others were already immersed in the joy brought by the huge wealth, and were completely unaware of the psychological fluctuations of the soldiers.
This may be the sequelae of aristocratic education! He was completely unable to understand the poor's desire for wealth. It was like a beggar who had never had a full meal in his life and was always struggling on the verge of death from hunger when he suddenly encountered a big meal. The greed for food could not be described in words.
These young people who were born as serfs grew up in extreme poverty from their infancy, childhood, and youth. Not to mention that they had never seen gold, they had never had enough to eat.
Children who grow up in such an environment cannot resist the greed in their hearts when they first see such a huge amount of wealth. Once their greed skyrockets, they will forget their mission and their current status. I have forgotten what I should do.
It was a dark night, cloudy, with no moon or stars in the sky. In an era before humans could use electricity, lighting could only rely on flames. The terrain of Tangwan Mountain is complex and covers a vast area. Even 20,000 people and two torches cannot illuminate this mountain.
The team transporting gold soon had an accident. First, someone stepped on the gravel with his foot in the air. The shell box they were carrying was overturned. The heavy gold nuggets were scattered on the ground, making a crisp impact sound.
"Damn it, how do you walk? Do you have eyes?" the officer yelled angrily.
"I'm sorry, sir! It's really dark here. I can't see the path under my feet clearly..." Just as the soldier was explaining, no one noticed that a hand suddenly stretched out in the darkness, holding a gold ingot. He was dragged into the bushes so quickly that no one noticed.
After a while, in a small forest not far from the mountain road, under the light of a kerosene lamp, three soldiers looked greedily at the gold ingot in front of them.
"Ten kilograms! Each of us can get a big piece. This will be enough for us to buy a lot of fields when we go home in the future..."
"But how should we take it away? We still have to go to the Far East to fight. This thing is so big and heavy, how can we transport it on the ship?"
"You're stupid! Find a place to bury it. After all, this island will belong to Russia in the future. Find an opportunity to dig it out!"
"That's right, you are still smart, dig a hole and hide the gold..."
Just as the three of them were digging the hole, one person suddenly said, "Wait? Why only hide one piece of gold? Since you stole it once, why not steal it three times? There is plenty of gold and there are many opportunities! Why don't everyone share a piece of gold? Why not? Why should three people share a piece of gold?"
A word to wake up the dreamer, yes! I am so stupid, gold is like a mountain, it looks like it will be transported at least until dawn, why should we hide a piece of it? Go ahead and steal.
The three of them looked at each other, chuckled, turned around and went back into the night.
This is the mentality of a poor man suddenly getting rich. He must release all the greed he has spent half his life. There is no sense at all at this time, and military law has long been thrown into the Pacific Ocean.
