Chapter 1721
Good and Evil Will Be Rewarded in the End
And you know what? The later group was really rich, much richer than the group that came from TS.
Wang An and his three companions took out a total of more than 12,000 yuan from the pockets of the 12 people, averaging more than 1,000 yuan per person.
Of course, such an average is wrong, mainly because such an average, like calculating per capita income in later generations, is completely unethical.
Because just from the pocket of what appeared to be the leader, a full 5,500 yuan was pulled out, which was almost half of all the money in the pockets of the other 11 people. The remaining 6,500 yuan was the total amount of money in the pockets of the other 11 people.
This shows that wealth is always in the hands of a few.
So, would it be appropriate to say without any reason that each of those 11 people always carried more than 1 yuan in pocket money before they died? That would definitely not be appropriate!
From these people, Wang An and his three companions not only swindled more than 12,000 yuan, but also a considerable amount of bullets.
The most numerous items were 7.62mm rifle bullets, with some also being double-barreled shotgun bullets. However, the people using the shotguns were using more powerful 12-gauge double-barreled shotguns, rather than the 16-gauge shotguns commonly used by the locals.
Furthermore, Wang An pulled out a Type 54 pistol from the leader and immediately rewarded Huang Zhong with it.
Now, Wang An and his three companions are truly all carrying two pistols each. Before, Huang Zhong only had one Type 56 semi-automatic pistol.
Aside from the ginseng buns, gold, diamonds, guns, watches, and money, Wang An and his three companions didn't take anything else, such as daily necessities and gold-mining tools. They didn't even take the two mortars.
The main problem is that mortars are useless down the mountain, and more importantly, they can't be sold; they're practically worthless.
As for daily necessities, such as pots and pans, Wang An and his companions already had everything; carrying anything else would be a burden.
As for the gold panning tools, such as sluices and wooden pans, he didn't even glance at them, mainly because Wang An had no further plans to go into the mountains to pan for gold.
Therefore, all of these are useless and should be discarded.
The most regrettable thing was those 12 horses, because Wang An and his three companions really wanted them.
As Wang An and his three companions led their horses, laden with goods, back home, they kept turning back to look at the grazing horses.
This shows how much Wang An and his three companions liked these horses!
However, although they liked it, no one said anything about killing the horse to eat its meat. The reason why no one said it was simply because they couldn't bear to part with it. They really couldn't bear to part with it.
In rural areas during that era, large livestock such as mules, horses, donkeys, and cattle were the most important source of labor for families. In some households, they were even treated better than the family members.
That's right, livestock are treated better than humans.
There was no other way, because in the countryside at that time, whether it was planting crops, pulling plows, grinding rice and flour, or transporting goods by pulling carts and plows, their hard work was indispensable. Without their presence, many production tasks would be extremely difficult to carry out.
Therefore, at this time, almost all rural people would subconsciously regard large livestock such as mules, horses, donkeys, and cattle as treasures.
It would be a great pity for anyone to be unable to possess such a fine horse when it is right in front of them.
Only when the four of them could no longer see the horses did they finally turn their gaze away.
As the saying goes, "Out of sight, out of mind," so if you can't see it, you won't miss it.
Back at their lodgings, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai wagged their tails excitedly when they saw Wang An and his companions return. Wang An and his three friends, having reaped a bountiful harvest, were also in high spirits.
After unloading the retrieved goods from the horses and letting them graze on the meadow, Wang An and his companions began to tally up their spoils.
There were 15 intact guns in total. Thirteen were confiscated from these later arrivals, and the other two shotguns were left behind by the TS group.
Most of the guns belonging to those people in TS were deformed by the bombardment, and some were even blown into parts. Only two intact double-barreled shotguns were recovered.
The only Type 54 pistol has been given to Huang Zhong; the remaining 14 are all long guns.
其中56冲3条，56半6条，12号双管猎3条，16号双管猎2条。
There are two sacks of ginseng buns, a total of 45 buns.
Upon closer inspection, there are 3 ginseng roots with 6 leaves, 5 ginseng roots with 5 leaves, 11 ginseng roots with 4 leaves, and 23 ginseng roots with 3 leaves (also known as "lantern stand").
The rest were mostly cheap second-grade coins and some worthless small coins, a whole bunch, probably a hundred or so. Wang An and the other three were too lazy to count them.
The main issue is that this huge bunch of ginseng is probably not even worth as much as a single lampstand, so counting it or not is meaningless.
It's worth mentioning, however, that some ginseng gang has actually dug up such worthless small ginseng roots, which shows that these ginseng gangs have gradually become completely unscrupulous in their actions.
However, judging from the way the ginseng was wrapped and how wilted it was, it was probably the harvest of four to five ginseng groups.
To put it bluntly, these TS people robbed four or five ginseng gangs in these mountains. It's just unknown whether the members of those gangs were also killed by them.
However, judging from how they treated Wang An and his group of four, those who joined the gang are probably in grave danger.
If that's the case, then what they did was really excessive.
They were blown to pieces, and all the good things they had accumulated were wasted. Perhaps this was divine retribution for their crimes, and they deserved it.
As the saying goes, "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded, and the cycle of karma is inevitable. Look up and see who Heaven will spare." This saying may be the most accurate description of this group of TS people.
Besides guns and ginseng, the most valuable thing is gold. However, the gold was already checked when we were at the gold mine. Now, all we need to do is put all the gold nuggets and gold powder that we found on those four bandits together.
The silver-plated gold statue was also placed into the small box containing gold by Wang An.
It was all jointly owned by the four people, so Wang An would not keep it for himself.
The diamonds seized previously, plus those obtained this time, totaled 80, and were all put into the box containing gold.
There were 27 watches in total. Some were found in that pile of things, and some were taken from the arms of dead people.
However, none of these watches were luxury watches, and they wouldn't be worth much money if sold, so no one paid them any attention.
Wang An even offered Huang Zhong a piece to wear, but Huang Zhong refused.
Only the 12,000 yuan was divided up by Wang An on the spot. (End of Chapter)