Due to the monopoly of foreign trade, the Thirteen Houses of Nanguang became the richest place in the entire Eastern Country.
The thirteen lines mentioned here did not mean that there were only thirteen trading companies. It was the general name of some famous trading companies in Nanguang at that time.
Among them, Pan, Wu, Lu, Ye and the other thirteen trading companies were the wealthiest.
Wu Bingjian was one of the 50 richest people in the world in the past thousand years.
This old man, along with Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Liu Jin, He Shen, and Song Ziwen, were known as the six richest people in Asia!
There was no need to mention the Mengqi Empire that Genghis Khan founded. At its peak, its territory stretched from the eastern countries to the west. It was the largest empire in the history of the world.
Everyone is familiar with He Shen. One billion taels of silver was equivalent to fifteen years of tax, which was more than 200 billion in modern times!
Although Wu Bingjian did not have as much money as He Shen, his net worth was four times that of the richest man in the Bald Eagle Empire!
Even if he lost a lot of money, when he died, he still had 26 million taels of silver.
This was real cash! It did not include assets and bonds!
What did this amount of money mean?
In the 1880s, Li Hongzhang purchased two ironclad ships, Dingyuan and Zhenyuan, which formed the main force of the Beiyang Fleet. They were also the largest warships in Asia, with an average cost of 1.2 million taels of silver per ship.
Wu Bingjian's assets were enough to buy sixteen ships, enough to make the Beiyang Fleet one of the top three in the world.
Lin Zexu's annual salary of 20,000 yuan was enough, but to save up Wu Bingjian's wealth, he needed to not eat or drink for a thousand years.
It was evident that Wu Bingjian's wealth was terrifying. Not only did he have huge assets in the country, but he was also the " banker " and the largest shareholder of the East India Company. He also invested in the railway, stock exchange, and insurance business in the Bald Eagle Empire. He was undoubtedly the richest man in the world at that time.
The most important thing was that even though he was humiliated, he did not forget to donate money to save the country!
During the Fushou Ointment War, he invested in the construction of fortresses, warships, and cannons.
The entire Manchu Dynasty was defeated. After signing the " treaty ", they ordered the merchants to pay off the foreign debts of 3 million silver dollars, and Wu Bingjian alone bore 1 million silver dollars!
Regrettably, from the beginning of the war, the merchants who dealt with foreigners were painted with the shadow of "traitors" by the Chinese.
No matter how much money they donated, they could not erase this shadow.
If it wasn't for the strategic need, Shen Feng wouldn't have ordered the bombing of Thirteen Rows.
There was wealth everywhere. It would be a pity to capture these merchants and make them submit.
Shen Feng's army landed on the beach. Their actions were very big and quickly attracted the attention of some people.
The fishermen in the Sharp Sand District looked at the huge war machine in shock. When they came out of the transport ship, their eyes were wide open.
The wheels were taller than a person, the body of the car was like a giant, and the majestic cannon barrel was extremely shocking.
Even the foreigners didn't have such a terrifying weapon!
Although they often looked at the island, they didn't feel anything because it was too far away.
Now that they were not far away, they realized how terrifying these war weapons were.
All of them were big things made of steel. Tanks didn't use wheels, but tracks. They had never seen such a magical car.
"This carriage is so big. It must eat a lot of grass, right?”
"It must be a lot. At least ten cows, right?”
"Stuff it in through that tube?”
"I heard that there is an animal further south. It is tall and big, and its nose is very long.”
These fishermen had never seen such a scene before. They couldn't help but exclaim, thinking that tanks were herbivores.
It was just like the first time Cixi saw a car.
The Apocalypse tank slowly drove off the transport ship. The majestic double barrels and anti-air cannons on both sides of the hatch were extremely intimidating.
Its solid armor could withstand large-scale attacks, and its dual barrels could hit the sky and the earth. Moreover, it had great lethality and could automatically recover blood. It was once rated as the MVP (Most valuable) unit.
The Apocalypse Tank's scouting equipment was also very advanced. As soon as it landed, it discovered the fishermen not far away. It immediately turned its cannon and locked onto them from afar.
As long as Shen Feng gave the order, these fishermen would become corpses.
These people were so scared that their souls flew away. Their faces were pale and their lips were green. They screamed and scattered, rolling and crawling into the house.
These people had seen the explosion of intercontinental missiles and the bombardment of Xiang Island by tanks.
They knew how powerful these weapons were, and now that they saw the cannons aimed at them, they were all scared out of their wits.
Seeing that the fishermen had escaped, the Apocalypse Tank immediately returned to its original position.
Basically, tanks with strong firepower and thick armor were at the front. The further back they went, the lower their combat strength was. The infantry at the back followed closely.
The rumbling sound of Shen Feng's chariot woke up the scouts who were dozing off with their eyes half-closed.
They rubbed their eyes in shock when they saw Shen Feng's main force move out. That's right, the dual-barrel combat vehicles and the multi-purpose infantry vehicles with multiple muzzle missiles were all unique to Shen Feng's side.
He was mobilizing his entire army!
"This is bad!" Shocked, the scout quickly mounted his horse and galloped towards Nanguang City.
He wanted to inform Deng Tingzhen of this news before Shen Feng arrived.
Shen Feng's large-scale mobilization of chariots and soldiers was definitely not a friendly visit.
Nanguang City was about to start a war!
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