Chapter 33: Legend of the inca treasure

The puppet guards brought Lustuat to Li Mingyuan's room. Lustuat stood alone in the middle of the room, with a bit of anxiety in his heart,
I was captured by the Chinese Independence Army for several days. Every day, I did the same heavy work as ordinary Peruvian prisoners. Lustuat had regretted his decision to surrender.
The work in the mine is not human at all. He can't bear it after a few days.
Although I used to be angry with Thomas, at least it was good to eat, live, and walk. Where did I suffer the sin in the mine?
If it wasn't for the last hope of survival, Lustuart would not be able to sustain it.
Fortunately, Lustuart waited for the good news. When he was working, the Chinese supervisor notified Li Mingyuan to see him, so with the luck and unwillingness of not having to do heavy work, Lustuart went into Li Mingyuan's room.
"Do it, you're welcome." Li Mingyuan stepped out of it and said in English with Lustuart.
Lustuart, as a senior Peruvian military officer, still speaks English, and now says in English, "Thank you, do you know that you accept my request for investment?"
"Mr. Lustuart, your soldiers have been my captives, and you are still saying that it will be effective, don't you think it's too late?" Li Mingyuan smiled and looked at him.
"Sir, you can't do this to me. Your subordinates promised to accept our investment. I ordered the soldiers to drop their weapons. You can't deceive someone who really wants to join your army." , He still did not die.
"You don't need to be effective. My soldiers are brave enough. I don't need foreigners who may rebel at any time." Li Mingyuan directly expressed his attitude.
"Why did you ask me here?"
"Oh, I'm giving you a chance to prove your worth. Whether you can grasp the last chance to survive is up to you." Li Mingyuan laughed, and the meaning of the threat in his voice was self-evident.
There was a cold sweat behind Lustuart. He didn't believe that Li Mingyuan was just talking. If he could not speak to his satisfaction, he might be tortured and killed.
Thinking of the torture of Umato, Lustuart was immediately frightened, and said in a hurry, "Sir, I have a lot of gold in my house, I can give them all to you, I just hope you can let me go back."
"You are just a general who defends the city, how much gold can you have?" Li Mingyuan did not believe.
"I have absolutely no intention to lie to you. Peru is rich in gold. The former Inca Empire was known for its massive gold reserves, and I led a soldier to siege a primitive Indian tribe more than a decade ago and seized a lot of gold. I It is only by seizing a portion of the gold to bribe the official to achieve my current position. There is still 500 pounds of gold in my family. As long as you promise to let me go back, I will give you all this gold. "
Twenty-five pounds of gold is now only about 130 million yuan. However, more than 150 years ago, the price of gold was still very high.
Before the 19th century, the level of gold productivity in human society was very low. Some people have suggested that in the history of thousands of years before the 19th century, humans produced less than 10,000 tons of gold in total. For example, in the 18th century, only 200 tons were produced. gold.
Due to the discovery of a series of gold resources in the 19th century, gold production has increased significantly since then.
Especially in the 50 years of the second half of the 19th century, gold production exceeded the total of 5,000 years before, and it was only after 1850 that as the mining of gold increased, the price of gold gradually decreased.
Gold is a universal universal currency. The Chinese Independent Army captured more than a dozen cities and captured a lot of materials, but less than one ton of gold was seized.
明 Before the Chinese independent army moved to Brazil, Li Mingyuan had to purchase a large amount of arms and materials from Prussia and other countries.
However, only the mineral resources such as saltpeter can be traded by the Chinese Independent Army with Prussia.
Mining saltite takes a lot of time. In order to get more saltpeter before moving in, Li Mingyuan put all the captured Peruvian soldiers into the mine.
After only one month, the Chinese Independence Army will move in. For more than a month, even if Peruvian captives try again, they cannot guarantee sufficient saltpeter production.
明 The reason why Li Mingyuan called Lustuart today is that he wanted to pass a message to the President of Peru and obtain a part of the funds to purchase arms and materials from Prussia through a transaction with the President of Peru.
After hearing Lustuart's words, Li Mingyuan's eyes lit up instantly. Although the value of five hundred catties of gold was not low, it was not the reason that made Li Mingyuan happy.
Through the Inca Empire in the mouth of Rustuart, Li Mingyuan remembered the legend of the famous Inca treasure.
The Inca people were indigenous people of Latin America. In the 11th century, they gradually annexed neighboring tribes, and by 1438 a powerful slave Inca empire was established.
Incas like to collect gold,
It is said that Inca Canada has been collecting gold from generation to generation since the 11th century. If all Inca gold is accumulated, its value is equivalent to the sum of gold in other parts of the world at that time.
Because of this, in 1531, Spanish colonial Pizarro led 180 brave and valiant soldiers, attacking the Canadian Empire with the most advanced weapons in Europe at that time.
After Pizarro captured the Emperor of the Inca Empire, the Emperor of the Inca Empire gave Pisaro 11 tons of gold for his life. After receiving the gold, Pizarro did not keep the promise of letting the Inca Emperor. After a few days, he took the The Emperor Inca killed.
信 Pizarro, who was abandoned, caused dissatisfaction with the Incas. They hid all the gold they had collected until the 21st century, and the Inca's treasures were not found.
明 Li Mingyuan remembered that some people in the past said that Peruvians had hidden gold in Lake Titicaca. Many tourists found gold cups and dishes in the lake.
The stingy Lake Titicaca is at the junction of Peru and Bolivia,
The Chinese Independent Army now controls the part of Lake Titicaca that originally belonged to western Peru. If the Inca gold treasures really exist in the lake, it will not only solve the problems facing the Chinese Independence Army, but also have a better chance of establishing a foothold in southern Brazil.
According to legend, the Inca treasure contains more than 400 tons of gold, so much gold is enough for the Chinese Independent Army to develop for a long time.
"His Excellency" Lustuart waited for a while, but Li Mingyuan still did not respond, so he said.
"Uh, five hundred pounds of gold can buy your life." Li Mingyuan reacted from his reverie, and then said, "In order to reward you for offering five hundred pounds of gold, I decided to give Mo Yanduo, Moquegua, Tacna three The city is entrusted to you ~ EbookFREE.me ~, are you saying that true? "Lustuart dare not agree.
"Of course it is true, but you have to do one thing for me," Li Mingyuan said seriously.
"Please say, as long as I can do it, I will promise you." Lustuart had only one city before, and the financial power was not in his own hands. When I heard that Li Mingyuan was about to hand over three seaside cities to him , Immediately excited.
南部 All the troops in southern Peru were wiped out by the Chinese Independence Army. If Lustuat controls 10,000 square kilometers of land within three seaside cities, then he will have a stable base.
With the mines and trade taxes in three cities, Lustuart could easily pull up a tens of thousands of troops, with 10,000 troops. Even if Thomas wanted to deal with him, he had to weigh his energy.
"My request is simple, as long as you act as a liaison between me and the President of Peru and help me persuade him to accept my conditions, after the completion of the situation, not only will the three cities be yours, but your men will remain intact. Back to you."
Then Li Mingyuan told Lustuart the terms of the deal with the Peruvian president.
明 Li Mingyuan's request was not difficult to handle. After hearing, Lustuart nodded and agreed.
"These are the conditions. Immediately I will send someone to visit your house to get the hidden gold back." Li Mingyuan was very satisfied with Lustuart's performance and finally ordered.
明白 "I understand Your Excellency, but I want to take my lieutenant Manuel and let him pass on the message between me and you."
"Yes, you can take him away at the mine now." ...
After Lustuart left, Li Mingyuan was not in a hurry to find the treasure, but intended to return to the cavalry regiment of Li Dawei and take the cavalry regiment together.