C921 colonial wealth (1/2)

He forced open the iron door of the basement. It was a 30-square-meter room. It was the place where the guards were supposed to be on duty, but it was empty.

At the end of the room, there was a heavy oak door with iron hoops. There were a series of six large locks hanging on the door. It was estimated that all six keys were kept separately, which was also a way to guard against burglars.

”Prepare the explosives, shatter him …” With the order given, some soldiers who were proficient in blasting naturally started to lay down the explosives with detonators. Not long later, a loud explosion could be heard from the basement. Smoke and dust were sprayed out of the door for a good five minutes before dispersing.

After the smoke dissipated, Qiu Wei led the marines into the vault, but he was shocked on the spot.

”Oh my god! Had the French killed all the elephants in Africa? Why are there so many tusks? ”

”Sir, look, there's a box full of gems here. Is this a diamond?” ”This is ruby …”

”Gold coins …” Gold Ingots... Look, these big chests are all full of gold, they are all gold coins and ingots that have been forged! ”

He was rich. He was definitely rich. The treasury was over 90 square meters and there were shelves made of hard wood everywhere that were lined with all sorts of special items from Africa.

Ivory, rhinoceros horn, diamond, ruby, sapphire... There were also all sorts of special ores that were unknown. There were even naturally formed dog-head gold.

At the bottom of the shelf was a huge wooden box. After opening it, there were all kinds of gold inside. There were at least 50,000 to 60,000 ounces of gold. This was almost 1500 kg of gold!

Qiu Wei swallowed hard and said, ”Oh my god, how can these Frenchmen be so rich?” Just the treasury of a Dakar has so much gold? ”

A Prussian soldier at the side answered, ”It's not only the Dakar's gold. The Dakar is the most important port where France rules over West Africa, and all the wealth in Senegal can only be transferred to Paris if they are gathered here …”

”One of the two black slaves that we interrogated just now could actually read, and was even a supervisor amongst the black slaves in General Governor's Mansion. According to his testimony, the entire General Governor's Mansion has a year's worth of taxes, as well as ten years of financial surpluses …”

”Why didn't you get to Paris in time?” Qiu Wei asked.

”Because of the railways, the Dakar is preparing to build a railway heading north. This money should be enough to fund the railway construction …”

Qiu Wei laughed. ”The railway?” Hahaha … Our Prime Minister also wants to build railways, the Tanggu's railways at Kaiping and Luanzhou have already begun to be investigated on the spot, and now is the right time to do so! ”

”Go!” ”Catch a group of slaves and bring them over. Whatever can be moved away from here, take away …”

Not long after, the marines captured hundreds of strong men from the street, and under the pressure of the bayonets, none of them dared to resist. In addition, the black slaves had been enslaved for three or four hundred years.

As long as they could survive, they would not consider resisting, not to mention the water ghost s had promised them ten gold coins as a gift.