Fajeev was not afraid of the "Tephin" in front of him because the garrison in the Far East had already summarized all the information of the greedy general and sent it to him.

Why did Gogol and Fumanov take away seven thousand ounces of gold before? It was not to pay tolls to the local people, their purpose was to bribe the general.

On the list of bribery by the Tsarist Russians, there is absolutely no name for Hunchun, not just because Hunchun hated the Tsarist Russians and did not establish any relationship at all.

It is also because Hunchun’s defense zone is on the south bank of Heilongjiang. Once the Cossacks pass through Heilongjiang, they will no longer have to look at anyone’s face. The powerful Cossacks will naturally destroy all mantis who dare to block the way.

In front of Fajev, the scene that Tephin presented was just to squeeze more oil and water. An official who could sell his motherland for gold, and a general who could even export his own people as goods. He had no bottom line and principle.

Creating difficulties and raising prices is the norm for Qing officials. Once these cords meet tough opponents, when the steel knife is placed on their necks, they will immediately become dogs wagging their tails.

The gold I give you now will be doubled one day to recover. Not only that, you will also take away your land and population. Everything in the Far East is ours.

Of course, Hunchun understood the threat from his opponent, but he didn't want to reveal his true identity. He pretended to be frightened and said, "You... dare you to threaten me? Don't think I'm afraid of you. Your vanguard troops are already fighting hard with the Volunteers! If you don't want to borrow the road, get out quickly. I don't believe that you don't care about the lives of those soldiers!"

Fajev snorted coldly, "Happy, how much do you want? I don't have time to talk to you!"

Hunchun blinked and asked, "How much gold can you pay? I don't have time to waste it with you!"

Fajeev pinched the lambskin gloves and squeaked, which showed the anger in his heart. Facing these greedy Qing officials, if he hadn't asked for them, he would have wanted to cut open the other party's head with one knife.

"Okay... I'll give you 20,000 taels, this is the limit for our army to carry gold! I won't give you one more point, and I won't have gold anymore!"

"Twenty thousand taels are 35,000 ounces of gold, which is already an astronomical amount! In our Europe, we can buy two or three yachts, and four or five manors!"

"I don't care how you distribute it, even if you, Tephin, embezzled all the gold, I don't care! I need 30,000 people to eat and a lot of horse feed, the more the better..."

"I know you have a way. What you shameless officials are best at is making fake accounts. You can level the accounts in just one year and report losses! You have done a lot of such things!"

"Hahaha... the gunpowder you sold to our garrison was not the loss in the end?"

Hunchun was so angry that his eyelids shivered and thought to himself that Tepxin must die and must not be kept. He even dared to smuggle gunpowder to the Rakshasa ghost. He really wanted money but didn't have to live.

This is the fact. When Tsarist Russia opened up the Far East, the Siberian Railway was not built at all, and Tsarist Russia's industrial equipment was in the west of the empire. It was definitely a very difficult task to transport it to the far East and West Siberia.

The supplies from Moscow to Vladivostok in the Far East are basically 10,000 gold rubles of equipment and materials, and the freight costs of 20,000 gold rubles. This is not a joke. In the era of no railway transportation, the resources consumed by materials crossing mountains and ridges is amazing.

For example, in the Caucasus Mountains, people often have to carry supplies little by little by little. On the cold snowy nights of the northern desert grasslands, a blizzard may swallow up an entire transport team, and even the Tsarist Russian Empire cannot afford this loss.

Therefore, soldiers who survived in the Far East cherished supplies very much. They would never rely on Western Europe if they could solve local supplies. They would never eat bread if they could hunt. Even consumables such as gunpowder would not rely on the imperial military factories if they could be smuggled from the Qing Dynasty.

Fajeev knew that without the smuggling network formed by these corrupt officials outside the Qing Dynasty, the garrison in the Far East would not have been able to persist in the present, including gunpowder, iron tools, salt, condiments, spirits, and wounded medicines... all kinds of supplies needed to be provided by the Qing people.

This situation was not completely resolved until the Siberian Railway was completed. It can be said that corrupt officials and profiteers within the Qing Dynasty helped these Rakshasa ghosts through the most difficult period.

Hunchun stomped his feet and said fiercely, "Add another two thousand taels! I will agree to your conditions!"

Fajeev's lungs were about to explode, "God! Why are you so greedy! These golds were exchanged for our brave Cossacks' lives! It's only 20,000 taels, not even a little more!"

"Hahaha... let's be honest! I'll still rob it! The Mobei Grassland will let you rob it... Okay, just do what you said, let your soldiers bring the gold up, I have to count it in person..."

The northwest wind whistled, the torches on the ice were blown, and the figures were long reflected by the torches on the ice, just like groups of little ghosts.

Twenty thousand taels of gold, equivalent to 35,000 ounces, one thousand kilograms, and one ton!

Such a mass is enough to collapse a piece of ice, so the soldiers must be dispersed for transportation.

The soldiers on the north bank divided the gold into different packages and leather pockets, and then carried them on their backs like thieves to walk towards the middle of the river while the night was dark. There were also many accounts and soldiers on the south bank waiting to be counted.

Just in the heart of the Heilongjiang River, a transaction is underway.

Packs of gold were scattered, and the torches shone golden light. The shopkeepers and accountants of all the merchants in Aihui City were invited out, and then the fire began to count the gold.

I don’t know if I don’t look at it, but I was shocked when I saw it. This is not what kind of gold is it. This is the evidence of murderous crimes caused by the unjust souls. All kinds of gold ornaments are available in gold hairpins, gold collars, gold cups, and gold plates.

There are also jade, agate, gemstones, and even a small amount of gold and silver inlaid with handicrafts.

What's even more terrifying is that there are blood-stained gold teeth inside, and there are even a few fingers with gold rings in it. The accounting account almost vomited out at that time.

You can see that this is the finger cut from a human hand. When these robbers robbed gold, they may be too pursuing efficiency and are too lazy to strode down and cut off their fingers with one stroke. They threw the gold into the pile of spoils with flesh and blood.

The accountant wanted to take the finger out, but a CIA official next to him shook his head, "Put it back, these golds will be evidence of a lawsuit in the future! Keep it..."

It took a full hour to complete the gold counting work, a total of 20,800 taels. Hunchun nodded with a smile and waved his hand. The soldiers behind him began to retreat to the south bank with gold on their backs.
Chapter completed!