他手握1000万两以上的巨额现金，是去办洋务，还是倒卖生丝，竟一时踌躇。

With over 100 million silver dollars in his hands, he remained in hesitation about whether to join Westernization Movement or speculatively resell raw silk.

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他手握1000万两以上的巨额现金，是去办洋务，还是倒卖生丝，竟一时踌躇。

With a huge sum of cash like over 10 million Liang silver in his pocket, he should momentarily wonder whether he would conduct westernization or regrate raw silk.

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他手握1000万两以上的巨额现金，是去办洋务，还是倒卖生丝，竟一时踌躇。

With over 10, 000 tael of cash at hand, he should hesitate on whether to engage in foreign affairs or resell of raw silk.

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