novelhk Chapter 257 The destroyer of doom.
Chapter 257 The destroyer of doom.
Two months passed.
Finance Minister Zhou Muhan walked quickly into the living room and saw Qin Ruihua sitting on the sofa with a list in his hand.
He stepped forward and respectfully reported to Qin Ruihua: "Your Majesty, after statistics, we estimate that we have taken away about 5000 tons of gold from Dongyang State."
"In addition, there are a large number of precious items such as antique calligraphy and paintings, the number of which is difficult to count."
"As for the remaining gold, it has been sold by Dongyang to Lijian."
Qin Ruihua frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Can you speak? What do you mean by robbing? These originally belonged to us!"
Zhou Muhan quickly nodded and admitted his mistake: "Yes, yes, yes, I made a mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Qin Ruihua continued, "However, Dongyang and Lijian have purchased a large amount of resources, so they must sell so much gold to pay for it. It's a pity..."
Zhou Muhan asked carefully: "Your Majesty, do we need to respond to the Great State?"
"After all, most of these properties come from..."
Qin Ruihua sneered and replied disdainfully: "Don't pay attention to them."
"If they had not taken such measures against our country, perhaps I would have considered returning some of the property."
"But now that it has fallen into our hands, it belongs to us."
Zhou Muhan asked again: "Then, Your Majesty, how should these properties be dealt with?"
Qin Ruihua pondered for a moment and said, "Gold is naturally used as the country's gold reserve."
“And all other miscellaneous resources can be put into domestic industrial production.”
"For those antique calligraphy and paintings, if they are extremely valuable, they are collected in our museums."
"If it's just ordinary stuff, you can consider selling it in the Special Administrative Region."
Zhou Muhan nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise. I heard that the Dongyang Kingdom's navy has been completely annihilated."
"But there is still one destroyer named 'Yukikaze' that is safe and sound. It is currently being incorporated into our fleet."
"What did you say just now?" Qin Ruihua asked.
"The Dongyang Navy was completely wiped out." Zhou Muhan replied.
"I'm not asking you this, but the following one." Qin Ruihua continued to ask.
"One destroyer, the 'Xuefeng', is safe and sound." Zhou Muhan repeated.
"Not only can this destroyer not be incorporated into our fleet, it is also not allowed to enter our territory."
"Blow it up or sell it as soon as possible. Anything is fine with it." Qin Ruihua gave the order decisively.
“But in Dongyang Country, this ship has a name that symbolizes good fortune,” Zhou Muhan reminded.
"Bullshit about auspiciousness! Get rid of it immediately!" Qin Ruihua said without hesitation.
"Yes, sir." Zhou Muhan responded respectfully.
However, what was unexpected was that the next day the destroyer Xuefeng joined Yan Country.
A destroyer sailing with it unexpectedly experienced several small-scale explosions without any warning!
In desperation, the unfortunate destroyer had to return to the shipyard for repairs.
A week has passed, and since the destroyer Yukikaze joined the Yan Kingdom fleet, all kinds of bizarre accidents have occurred one after another.
First there was mechanical failure, then communication interruption, then the crew members became ill...
It seemed as if all the misfortunes were concentrated on this fleet.
The Yan Kingdom Navy began to reflect that since the joining of the destroyer Yukikaze, they have been plagued by various accidents.
Is this what is called "auspicious sign"?
How could this be a good omen? It is clearly a ship that brings misfortune!
Therefore, Yan Country took quick action and decided to deal with the Yukikaze destroyer.
In the end, Dazhou State bought this controversial destroyer for a mere 100,000 Yan State coins.
However, when the President of the Great State of Dazhou bought back the Yukikaze destroyer, something even stranger happened.
The war was going smoothly for Dazhou Kingdom, but suddenly everything went wrong.
First, the warship was damaged by a storm at sea, and then a fire broke out in the port.
Even the President himself encountered some inexplicable troubles.
The scene switches to a pawn shop in the Special Administrative Region of Yan State.
At this time, a young man and woman slowly walked into the store, followed closely by an elderly grandfather.
The waiter came forward enthusiastically and asked politely, "What would you like to buy? We have a wide variety of items!"
The man replied: "We want to buy a painting."
The waiter smiled and said, "You three have really good eyes! We just got a batch of new goods in our store a while ago!"
Then, the waiter led them to the calligraphy and painting area and let them choose freely.
However, when the three men carefully looked at the signatures on the calligraphy and paintings, they could not help feeling confused and angry.
Because they discovered that most of the calligraphy and paintings here actually came from their own country.
The old man couldn't help but ask the waiter: "Excuse me, can you give us a reasonable explanation?"
“Why are there so many Chinese calligraphy and paintings in your store?”
The waiter responded indifferently: "Sorry, we can't tell you the origin of these calligraphy and paintings."
"If you don't want to buy, please leave and don't interfere with our business."
Although he was full of doubts, the old man still said firmly: "Buy, buy, buy! Even if you only buy one, it can be regarded as contributing to the national treasure."
The three men had no choice but to randomly pick out a few calligraphy and paintings from the pawnshop.
Although these antique calligraphy and paintings may not be valuable in turbulent times, they are worth a lot if placed in peacetime.
Their prices may double, dozens or even hundreds of times at any time.
In fact, in this pawn shop, almost all items can be sold or bought as long as they can be brought into the store.
The store never asks about the origin of the items.
Therefore, the store has a wide variety of items, ranging from ordinary items worth a few dollars to priceless treasures.