Late at night on April 22nd, just as the capital was counting the day's golden loot, new transactions were also taking place in the war-torn south.
A dark train slowly stopped at the Zhuozhou platform. This was the southern limit of the Beijing-Hankow Railway for the time being. The railway further forward had been blocked by the rebels, and Chinese trains could only go here.
There were rebel soldiers on the third and third floors of the station, but judging from the tough temperament of these soldiers, it was obvious that they were the rebels from the core of the Sixth Japs, rather than the victims of the disaster who had been dragged in.
A Chinese officer stepped off the steam locomotive, and as soon as he jumped onto the platform, several figures came up to him!
"Shimazu-sama...you really miss me. I thought you wouldn't come. I don't know who I'm selling to!"
The one who came up was Ronglu's slave Rongfu, and the rest were all direct descendants of Ronglu. And the one who stepped off the train was naturally Dairo Shimazu of the Railway Corps Special Forces!
On April 13th, the bloody battle in Zhuozhou ended. Shimazu Dalang had an arduous task of cleaning up the battlefield. Originally, this was an impossible task, but Shimazu Dalang unexpectedly convinced Guiziliu.
Yixin gave him seven days to collect the corpses. At that time, there were more than 10,000 dead in the imperial court on the battlefield. More than 3,000 corpses had to be burned every day for seven days. This was a very difficult task.
The Japanese Six only allowed the Shimazu Twelve Warriors to recruit a thousand civilians. What could these people do? Not to mention the rebel leaders such as Ronglu and Zaicheng, who still come to cause trouble from time to time.
In the end, Shimazu was forced to think of smuggling antiques in exchange for special care!
The war was full of destruction, but the destruction also gave birth to the opportunity to rebuild the heart. The Chinese people started to protect these antique artworks that were damaged by the civil war in the Qing Dynasty.
Xiao Letian is a museum fan. He liked to visit various museums in his previous life. Now in this parallel world, he simply started to build a museum by himself to collect and protect precious works of art that have existed for thousands of years!
What is good from the top must be followed by the bottom. The museum craze among the Chinese people led by the head of state is getting stronger and stronger, and eventually a huge demand market for cultural relics is formed!
Not to mention anything else, half of the cultural relics unearthed in ancient Egypt are going to European and American museums, and the other half are smuggled to Asia by Xiao Letian's Xianzi Lantern.
Many cultural relics unearthed from the Mayan, Inca, and Aztec civilizations in South America were smuggled over by Tietoutuo who stayed in Chile and Argentina.
The Chinese have become one of the countries with the largest collection of cultural relics in South America!
Shimazu Dalang used the high profits of smuggling to seduce Ronglu and other rebel officers. In exchange, he received privileges one by one. The number of civilians who originally numbered one thousand increased to three thousand.
The original seven-day mission deadline was extended to the 22nd, which is already nine days. However, the flames of the crematorium are still burning and the work continues.
Yi Xin also knew in his heart what the Chinese were doing. He turned a blind eye at the moment and was not willing to offend the Chinese for a day or two. He had only one goal at the moment, to capture the capital!
This gave Shimazu Dairo enough time to move around, and he could even take time to go back to the industrial area to coordinate the cultural relics smuggling business.
Shimazu Dalang stretched out his hand to shake hands with Rongfu Ronglu and others. He looked up at the vast ruins outside the platform. The destruction of the war has made it difficult to see clearly what the original great plain with crisscrossed streets looked like. Even you can't tell the difference. Clear traces of past farmland.
There are signs of fire everywhere, and piles of ashes are all traces left by burning corpses. More than 10,000 cremation piles are connected together, and you can't see them all in the wilderness!
It was already the ninth day, but the flames had not been extinguished. Now not only the imperial army had to collect the corpses, but also the rebels had to collect the corpses when summer arrived to avoid a serious plague.
The rebels are not as particular as Shimazu Dairo and others. They will burn them individually for you, and they will also count the identity tags and relics.
The rebels just threw more than ten dead soldiers together, piled up the firewood, poured kerosene on it and started burning!
Black smoke towered into the sky, and ashes filled the air. As far away as the train station, ashes were scattered all over the sky like snowflakes!
Shimazu Dairo had only stood for a few minutes, and there was already a thick layer on his shoulders and military cap!
"Shimazu-sama... I wonder how our transaction will be conducted this time? Should we follow the previous rules?" Eifuku asked cautiously, seeing that Shimazu-sama remained silent.
Shimazu Dairo sighed, "Today should be the day when our last batch of bones is refined, and our people will be withdrawn... As for our deal?"
Shimazu Dalang deliberately lengthened his voice, and now all of Ronglu's men looked anxious.
Shimazu Dalang smiled, "Well... I contacted the big businessmen and wealthy people in the country in Tanggu Industrial Zone... They said..."
"Ouch... my Shimazu-sama, please stop teasing us with your long voice... What's going on? I'm so worried, brother..."
"Hey...the God of Wealth said...it still depends on the quality of the things. If you can't come up with good things to attract them, then this deal will have no flavor..."
"Ouch..." Rongfu clapped his hands and laughed loudly, "Shimazu-san, you really shocked me... What do I think? Isn't it just that the goods must be good and the goods must be in the same version?"
"Understand, understand! The big shots in our Chinese clan are all superior gods of wealth...ordinary worldly things cannot be discerned by those gods!"
"The warehouse has prepared wine and food for you all to see off the gentlemen. Of course, the new batch of goods is also in the box. You can just take a look..."
The station warehouse had long been requisitioned, and Ronglu and his men occupied the largest one. When Shimazu Dalang entered, he found that his twelve warriors had already assembled here, and no one used their chopsticks to guard the food and drinks.
Seeing Shimazu Dairo appear, everyone stood up and saluted. Shimazu Dairo returned the salute, "Sit down! Have the urns of the last batch of corpses been installed?"
"Sir, all of them have been loaded. Nine hundred and seventy-six of them... will be loaded into the carriages in a moment and can be sent to the capital..."
"Sir... what should we do with the three thousand civilians working with us? We have to take them away..." someone asked eagerly.
Shimazu Dalang nodded, "I can't forget those children... This time there are six carriages that are empty. We will pick the youngest children to get on the carriage first, and we can squeeze in as many as we can..."
"The remaining older ones will walk north with the train... Since they have worked hard with us, we can't leave them all here to die!"
"Yes! Let's do it right now..." The Twelve Warriors ran out without drinking or eating, and soon the whistle for assembly sounded outside.
"Gather...gather...the final ashes are loaded into the truck..."
"The younger ones will go to the six empty carriages at the back... Let the children fill up first, and then the adults will follow the train north on foot!"
"Don't worry...we won't abandon you!"
"Xiangbei...the Chinese have left you a way to survive!"
At that moment, the world seemed to stand still for three seconds, and then thousands of people cheered like a tsunami.
"Long live...long live the Chinese nation...long live the head of state!"
"I'm alive... I'm finally alive... I finally have a way to survive..."
