Respectfully

Chapter 220

At the end of December, intelligence agents from the six northern provinces who had sneaked into Russia got in touch with Irina in the Winter Palace.

In addition to the news of the royal family and nobles, some familiar names also began to appear in their telegrams, Kerensky, Trotsky, Vladimir, Kirov...

The tsar lost his authority, and the queen also caused dissatisfaction among many ministers. Even if the royalists killed Rasputin, they could not restore the lost prestige of the tsar and his wife.

Before being killed, Rasputin wrote a letter to the tsar at the front. In the letter, he made a final prophecy that he was about to be killed. If he died at the hands of the people, the tsar’s rule would be acceptable If it continues for several years, if it dies at the hands of nobles, the tsar's family will not survive for two years.

After Rasputin's "prophesied" death, the Tsar became terrified.

At this time, the situation in Russia was terrible. Farmland was barren, factories were shut down, food was scarce, and hospitals and institutions did not have black flour bread.The Russian army fighting on the front line is seriously short of guns and ammunition, food is very scarce, and some soldiers don't even have shoes!The results of the Brusilov offensive were only short-lived. The huge casualties made more soldiers feel war-weary, more and more deserters, and even the officers began to disappear inexplicably.

China's "remuneration" for using the Trans-Siberian Railway has almost become the most important source of supplies for Russia's combat troops on the Eastern Front.The frontier army fighting against the Chinese army in Eastern Siberia has no fighting spirit. They are fighting for the country, but they seem to be abandoned by the country. After fighting hungry, they can't even drink a bowl of hot soup.On the contrary, those who became prisoners of war of the Chinese army can still eat their stomachs.

This is simply ridiculous!

The enemy of Russia, the old emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire passed away not long ago, and the new emperor has just ascended the throne, and his control over the huge empire is not strong. Coupled with the Hungarian independence movement, the European empire, whose land area is second only to Russia, is also facing many crises .

Today's Austro-Hungarian army and the Tsar's army are almost the same. The only thing better than the other is that the soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire do not need to go to war hungry.

The frontier troops in the six northern provinces have not stopped attacking. When they arrived near the Jugjul Mountains in early January, most of the Russian military fortresses encountered along the way were already "empty". Where did the Russian soldiers inside go?no one knows.

The only thing that is certain is that they did not die at the hands of the Chinese army, nor did they become prisoners of the border guards.

Most of the villages and towns established by early Russian immigrants in Eastern Siberia also became barren, the woodcuts were empty, and even the curtains hanging from the windows were torn down and taken away.

The soldiers searched a village and finally found two bearded Russian men in a house. They looked very weak, covered with blankets of indistinguishable colors, and their beards were tangled together. , after giving them a bowl of hot soup and two potatoes, the Russian-speaking soldier learned their identities.

"Reporter seat, these are two deserters."

"deserter?"

Liao Xiwu frowned, and asked again, and learned that the two fought on the European Eastern Front, and there were many people who escaped with them, but now there are only two of them left.

Thanks to the Trans-Siberian Railway, they were able to escape all the way from far away Europe to Siberia, otherwise, if caught, they would only be shot.

From the intermittent narration of these two Russians, Liao Xiwu judged that Russia was about to "be unable to hold on", but all he could think of was the failure on the battlefield. What kind of storm will happen inside the empire, not to mention Liao Xiwu, most people can't think of it.

Of course, there is one exception, Li Jinyan.

After a short rest, the frontier troops continued their march.Today's Eastern Siberia has almost become an "undefended" area. Liao Xiwu's troops did not come to fight, but rather used their footsteps to measure the vastness of this land.

The further north we went, the colder the weather became. Even soldiers from the north, wearing thick cotton-padded clothes and cotton-padded shoes, could not resist the biting cold wind.The internal combustion engine was frozen and stopped working, tanks and other vehicles could not move forward, and even mules and horses froze to death.

The border guards had to stop, and after placing the boundary marker, Liao Xiwu ordered the troops to turn around.

Before leaving, Master Liao yelled in front of the vast snowfield: "I will come back!"

What kind of people bring what kind of soldiers, Liao Xiwu roared, and the frontier soldiers responded in groups. Thousands of people shouted "I will come back" together. Got it, probably no one cares.

The Russian captives who had been honestly following behind didn't know what these Chinese people were shouting, and now there was no soldier brother in charge of guarding them, but no one escaped.Only those who follow Huaxia will not be hungry, and fools will run away.They will also take the initiative to lead the way for the border guards, and state that they are Ukrainians, not Russians.Brother Bing, who was temporarily acting as a translator, couldn't figure out the difference between Ukrainians and Russians. In his opinion, they were all yellow-haired, blue-eyed, and full of beards.

In Siberia in December, the lowest temperature can reach minus 100 to [-] degrees, or even a terrible [-] degrees. Such a low temperature has almost reached the limit of human survival.The cruelest example is the more than [-] million people who mysteriously disappeared on Lake Baikal together with the Tsar’s gold. All available evidence shows that they were all frozen to death on the ice, and as the ice and snow melted, they sank into the The bottom of Lake Baikal, hundreds of meters deep.

There is no doubt about the deaths of these people, but whether the gold is really at the bottom of Lake Baikal has always been an unsolved mystery.When safety cannot be guaranteed, no one will venture into the bottom of the lake several hundred meters to search for the treasures that have been missing for nearly a century.

Gold is tempting, but life is more important.

In another historical time and space, the Tsar once shipped [-] tons of gold abroad in order to buy weapons. The gold obtained by Japan alone was worth billions of dollars.Afterwards, the gang used their brains again and stole at least five tons from Kolchak's gold delivery team. After the tsar was overthrown, the Japanese immediately broke their promise, not only did they not hand over the weapons ordered by Nicholas II to Russia, and did not return the gold paid in advance.

There is no strong evidence, and another century has passed. Regardless of whether the Japanese scorpion admits it or not, this batch of gold cannot be returned through diplomatic channels.However, in the historical time and space that turned a corner, the gold that was supposed to be sent to Japan did not arrive as scheduled. Nicholas II was not a fool. Can Japan now manufacture the weapons he wants?Pure fantasy.

When the tsar was throwing a lot of gold, the Japanese could only watch with jealousy. Without China's resources, only relying on North Korea, the development of Japan's heavy industry has stagnated, such as Yawata Steel, which has long ceased to operate.Han Yeping was in the hands of Song Qining and Song Zhou, even if Xiaozi came to the door with banknotes, he might not be able to buy ore and pig iron.What's more, where did they get the money?

The Tsar was willing to buy warships from Japan, but unfortunately, these warships were the only remaining capital of the Japanese. Even if they were parked in the military port and became moldy, they would never take them out.

The failure of the Japanese weapons business also cut off their way to rise through World War I to some extent.

The war dividend will be divided between China and the United States.

Li Jinyan has realized his "dream". Since the start of the European War, the money he has earned has been astronomical. The gold stored in the underground warehouse of the Guanyin Bank in the six northern provinces has filled three rooms.

The first time he walked into the underground warehouse, his eyes were full of golden light, Li Jinyan's mouth was wide open, and his eyeballs almost fell to the ground.

He can't be blamed for this. Anyone who sees so much gold at one time will want to lean against the wall and faint for a while.Perhaps Nicholas II, the golden maniac, was an exception, but Li Jinyan can guarantee that the expression of Marshal Lou who walked into the basement with him was "frozen" for a few seconds.

Ren Wuchu once joked that anyone who wants to make a fortune, as long as he is not afraid of death, goes to the underground warehouse of the official bank, and for the rest of his life, he only needs to lie in bed and do nothing.

Hearing Ren Wuchu's words, Li Jinyan couldn't help but want to roll his eyes, no matter how afraid of death, he might not dare to take advantage of the official banks of the six northern provinces.

Not to mention that the underground warehouse is dug secretively, the three iron gates are solid, and there are soldiers on the ground guarding it, but only the mechanisms set up between the iron gates, and the "good things" developed by Ding Zhao, all of us have to worry about entering .Afraid of taking a wrong step, he fell on the road.

The traps here are all made by people from all over the world, and the people who designed the traps, like Uncle Dumb, also lost half of their tongues in their mouths.

Li Jinyan didn't know his identity, and Uncle Dumb only told him that this person's ancestors were dedicated to repairing tombs for people.Li Jinyan clicked his tongue when he heard that, the Dumb Uncle's subordinates are really talented people, and the Dumb Uncle owed God's favor, and the second master Li, who is convinced by his heart, is really not a god?

President Lou Da and Bai Baoqi also learned about the existence of this batch of gold not long ago. After learning about the approximate amount, President Lou Da's first reaction was that the Lou family won not only bring back a golden doll, but a mountain of gold.

Bai Baoqi revised the plan to issue banknotes again, and then hurriedly sent a telegram to Guan Bei.

"Uncle and I want money."

After receiving Bai Baoqi's telegram, Li Jinyan went directly to the young marshal Shanglou, and the meaning was very clear, this batch of gold would be given to him sooner or later, but not now.Sending intelligence personnel to sneak into Russia, what Li Sanshao wants to touch is not a small fish, but a great white shark.

What he was aiming at was Nicholas II's gold.

Kolchak couldn't take over, so he had to start with the Tsar's family.Yi Lianna is the maid of the Grand Duchess Takyana, and she has won the trust of the Grand Duchess, which makes it easier for Li Jinyan to implement his plan.

"Young commander, this batch of gold still needs to be kept secret."

If the plan is successful, China's gold reserves will be the largest in the world for at least the next 50 years.

Marshal Lou didn't ask Li Jinyan why he did this in detail, he just called his adjutant and sent a telegram to the capital.

After Li Sanshao heaved a sigh of relief, he simply revealed his plan to Young Marshal Lou.After all, if you want to get that batch of gold, the risk is too great to rely on only a dozen intelligence personnel.With the help of Marshal Lou, maybe the tsar’s family can be rescued from the gunpoint of the guards, even if not all of them, as long as the tsar’s daughter or the crown prince can be rescued, the chaos in Russia will last longer.

The Russian royalists, who were dissatisfied with both the bourgeois provisional government and the Bolshevik regime, coupled with the White Army led by Kolchak, coupled with the intervention of Western countries, Russia will only be more chaotic than in another time and space, maybe even worse. There will be a situation of separation of powers from all sides.

But what about that?

You always have to pay back when you come out.

Compared with the suffering that this polar bear once inflicted on Huaxia, what Li Jinyan did was just taking advantage of the situation.Moreover, in addition to the capital, the interest recovered is not much.

Now, it's time for this polar bear to pay off his debt.

It is no secret that the Tsar has a huge amount of gold. In history, not only Japan, but Britain, France and the United States have all had the idea of ​​this batch of gold. Otherwise, why did they spare no effort to support Kolchak's White Army?

The so-called social form is only one aspect, and interests can determine everything.

After hearing Li Jinyan's plan, Young Marshal Lou pondered for a while, "Who else knows about this?"

"Only the young commander," Li Jinyan didn't even say a word to the dumb uncle, "I don't know whether this matter will be successful."

"En." Young Marshal Lou clasped his hands and put them on the table, the money is tempting, let alone such a large amount of gold.Li Jinyan's judgment on the situation was somewhat beyond his expectations.Even if the fall of the Romanov dynasty is not explicitly stated, if the tsar had not been overthrown, how would the gold have been shipped out?

"Give me the list of intelligence personnel who have sneaked into Russia, and I will do it."

"Do you want to tell the President?"

Young Marshal Lou stood up and picked up his military cap, "You can't say it in the telegram."

"Then send someone to the capital?"

"No need." Putting on the general hat and straightening the brim of the hat, Young Marshal Lou walked up to Li Jinyan and brushed his fingers over his ears, "Father and mother will return to Guanbei for the New Year."

"New Year's Eve?"

Li Jinyan slapped his head, how could he forget that the Chinese New Year is less than 20 days away.On New Year's Day, Mrs. Lou called from the capital, saying that she originally wanted to celebrate his birthday, but she missed it due to too many things.Fortunately, Bai Lao personally took the characters for him, which can be regarded as making up for some regrets.

"I remembered. Mother said she would be back in a few days."

"kindness."

"Second brother will come back too."

"kindness."

"I haven't seen you in a few months. I don't know if they have grown up. Children of this age grow up fast, right?" Li Jinyan said to himself, "I don't know if Fifth Sister will come back together, I really miss that little fat man. "

"..."

"Young commander?"

Young Marshal Lou looked at him silently, bent down, and lifted Li Sanshao onto his shoulders.

"Young commander, don't you want to go out?"

"not going."

"Young commander. Where are you taking me?"

When the two came out of the study, Young Master Lou stepped forward with his long legs and walked all the way to the door of the bedroom. Li Sanshao automatically silenced the sound.

When he was thrown on the bed, Li Jinyan looked at Lou Xiao who was taking off his military cap and unbuttoning his armed belt, and swallowed, "Young commander, that..."

Before he could finish speaking, his lips were blocked.

A big hand covered his eyes, feeling the weight on his body, Li Jinyan raised his head slightly, and heard the sound of buttons collapsing in the darkness.

Sure enough, even if it wasn't a long gown, Young Marshal Lou would still tear it up...