China has countless good things since ancient times, but the destruction during the war was devastating. The fate of this archway was changed by a smuggling transaction.

If there was no such transaction, the archway would be likely to be destroyed by artillery fire or demolished fortifications, but it is more likely to leave traces of war and then slowly grow old and eventually die in the years that followed.

The most terrifying thing is the right thing and the change of people is the most terrifying. The old stonemason saw it right. This archway has been very complete and has not been destroyed since the early Ming Dynasty and has not been destroyed. That is because the clan in this village is still there. Even if only one is left to pass on the story, descendants will remember and protect it.

This Qing civil war that swept across the Zhili Plain has left Shipai Village completely empty. According to the method of Guizi Liu, who is forced to be a enemy of thousands of miles away, those who survive must be rebels.

Once the village has no protection from people in the past, people will not know the inheritance of the objects, and will not know the preciousness of this thing.

Without anyone to protect it, the ending of this cultural relic will sooner or later fall apart!

The price levels of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were different because of the different market circulation volumes of Chinese silver in different historical periods. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was no large inflow of silver, so the silver discount price of this kind of archway may only be 10,000 or 20,000 taels.

However, the Ming Dynasty was the craziest and bloody era when Europe colonized South America. A massive amount of silver was imported into the world, and a large part of it was transported to China through trade.

During the late Ming Dynasty, including the Qing Dynasty, silver continued to flow in and out again!

Nowadays, according to the market price, such a archway cannot be raised without 150,000 silver. These exquisite carvings alone will account for half of the cost!

When Ronglu heard that this archway was so valuable, his eyes shone out, "Disassembly! Demolition it for me to dismantle it... The archway is sold, haha, don't even think of bargaining for 150,000 yuan per silver..."

"I will allocate you a handicap for you. If you lack tools, I will find tools for you. It will take only one day. Tomorrow evening, this stone archway must be dismantled into pieces and then packed onto the train!"

"If you waste time, you will all die under this archway... Hahaha, Shimazu Sang, as long as you do this business with me, you will have as many good things you want in the future!"

"Master, I'll grab it for you... Fangshan, Liangxiang, Gu'an, Xianghe, Wuqing, Anxin, Xiongxian... These surrounding counties are all my things!"

"I'm not too much for a county town to collect two million, right? I still keep half of my subordinates. After the war is over, if the foreigners don't save ten million taels of silver in their account, I will be in vain!"

"Damn, all the good things in the past were sold cheaply, and they were all deceived by those profiteers from Shanxi and Jiangnan..."

Ronglu's plan to sell stolen goods was officially launched, and these experienced stonemasons from Quyang began to dismantle the stone archways in full swing. No one cared about the sadness of these returning villagers after the war ended in the future. The most important thing is to survive at this moment.

But Ronglu didn't know that there had been a detailed work sent by Zai Cheng in the direct line he brought, and in the middle of the night, a detailed work reported to Zai Cheng about 150,000 silver.

When Cheng Beile heard this, he overturned the blanket on his body and sat up, "What? A broken stone archway can sell 150,000 yuan in silver? Will those Chinese people really give it? Are you really afraid of being suckers?"

"Go back to Mr. Beile... that's what he said. Ronglu said in person that he would ask Shimazu Sang for 150,000, and he would not be able to lose one silver. He also ordered the train tonight!"

"Okay...you go and inquire again, you must keep an eye on the whole process. If it is really a 150,000 yuan payment...haha, this is really a good deal!"

"You can search carefully. Are there any ancient tombs, ancient temples, Taoist temples, etc. around you... Don't pass the valuable antiques and cultural relics to those from Liulichang!"

"The bastards in Liulichang are all Shanxi merchants and Jiangnan profiteers. They are all very unscrupulous... Over the years, they may have sold so many good things to the Chinese!"

"The price difference is too harsh..."

Zai Cheng said it is true. The Chinese people are using sufficient funds to buy top Chinese cultural relics and antiques. The higher the price, and they will not suffer any loss, so they will protect these cultural relics from being damaged by war.

It is a matter of immeasurable merit to allow cultural relics to be preserved in museums for a long time!

Losing money? It doesn't exist, and the losses in the east are made up for the west... How much is the profit of the Chinese people minting a cannon? In the mid-19th century, the most profitable commodity of mankind was not opium, but heavy industrial products!

What is the jewel in the crown of heavy industrial economy? It is naturally the arms trade!

Foreign guns and cannons are all basic products. In the future, high profits will have to compete with airships, warships, and especially steel warships. This is the huge profit of huge profits!

The night gradually became quieter, and the rebels of the Japanese Six gradually became quiet. The wilderness was full of rebels sleeping in the open air, with a little straw curled up together, and the flames of the bonfire were dimmed and almost extinguished.

Only Shimazu Dairo's cremation site is still busy. Since he had the possibility of cooperation with the rebels, Ronglu opened the door of convenience and secretly sent hundreds of victims to Shimazu Dairo.

Now the crematorium is 2,500 and a half old. If anyone is sleepy all night, he will go to sleep for an hour, and then shout and continue working immediately!

As one after another, the first batch of ashes were loaded on the empty carriage of the train and slowly drove northward!

The wonderful drama on the battlefield in Zhuozhou has come to an end for the time being, and the capital was completely stunned at this time. The people were still sleeping peacefully in the middle of the night, but all the officials and families with their own abilities received this shocking news.

"What? Prince Dun returned from defeat? Lord Fuqing vomited blood and fainted? Now the defeated army has retreated to both sides of Lugou Bridge?"

The capital was in a state of extreme fear.

On the morning of April 13, the gunfire finally stopped in the Battle of Zhuozhou. Li Tuo and the generals began to retreat little by little with their troops, but the news was blocked, and people were still very closed in that era.

In the afternoon of that day, it was the negotiation between Shimazu Dairo and Prince Kyo, and then the disaster victims were selected to start relief. The time for Ronglu to demolish the stone archway was already early in the morning of April 14th.

And these officials from the capital, who have their own skills, received shocking news at three or four o'clock in the morning on April 14th!

What about Emperor Tongzhi in the Forbidden City? At this time, he locked himself in the Taimiao and didn't come out at all!

At four o'clock in the morning on April 14th, the Taimiao was dark, and the main hall gate that worshiped the ancestral tablets was closed, and people could only see a little light through the cracks of the door!
Chapter completed!