Chapter 338: Vault
Yuan Jiang has not yet accepted his fate, and the Vietnamese have already accepted his fate.
When the Lancang River and the Yuan River converged and the water swelled further, they had no choice but to accept their fate. When the flood comes, come, those who can escape should flee quickly, and those who cannot escape can only pray for God's blessing.
I tried my best to keep Hanoi from flooding, but when the real thing came, I didn't think it was a big deal. Is it rare for the capital to be flooded? It's really nothing rare, take Southeast Asia as an example, last year there was a catastrophic flood in Thailand, and the capital Bangkok was flooded miserably, but a year later, didn't the Thais survive? Direct damage is billions of dollars, reconstruction costs are billions of dollars, and floods last only a few months......
The Vietnamese chief laughed at himself with a few in a row, saying that our Vietnamese people are great, even Thailand can survive it, and our Vietnamese people will definitely be able to survive it, how difficult it is to prosper the country, although he does not want to see this "difficulty" at all.
"Chief, that's not what you said!" "Our flood this time is far worse than last year's flood in Thailand, at least tenfold, or even tens or hundreds of times. ”
The Vietnamese chief smiled bitterly, although he is not a water conservancy expert, how can he be a fool if he can climb to this position? Of course, I understand the particularity of this flood, this is the Lancang River taking the Yuan River into the sea!
Once stabilized, the Red River Delta will experience annual catastrophic flooding, while the Mekong Delta will dry up, ending two of Vietnam's most important regions. This is a matter of billions of dollars, and this is a terrible loss that cannot be compensated for by hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.
Still, the chief was confident. "When the floods pass, I will ask the Lao government to immediately dredge the Mekong River, even if it floods Laos, they must do it, otherwise, hmph, it is not our Vietnamese family's business," he said. ”
The Vietnamese chief was right. Even if Laos are reluctant, they must do so, and Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia will join forces to persecute Laos. Even though the Mekong River floods a few times a year, no country wants to lose it completely.
This matter is related to Vietnam's core interests and the survival of the country, and Laos is ignorant of current affairs. That would only wipe it out. Thinking so, the Vietnamese chief couldn't help but glance in the northeast direction, shouldn't the hateful strong neighbor in the north resist Vietnam and aid the elderly?
At 10 p.m. on October 12, Hong Feng arrived in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, and wreaked havoc, leaving Banyi's hometown of Hoan Kiem Lake to disappear directly, and even if the flood waters subsided, Hoan Kiem Lake would no longer exist, because Hoan Kiem Lake was originally a small tributary of the Yuan River, but later the river was blocked. It turned into a lake, and now the flood has surged through and forcibly dredged it, and it has naturally become a tributary again, and it was immediately under the control of Ao Tang.
Floodwaters rush through the landscape, rivers and streets of Hanoi. Although the residents of Hanoi have been evacuated for more than two hours, what about six or seven million people, how can they be evacuated so easily? Most people can only climb upstairs in despair, listening to the roar of the river in the dark night, listening to the torrent destroying the storefronts on the ground floor, and the people in the few electric blocks are even more terrified. Because they can not only hear, but also see, and even see that the torrent directly destroys a certain house in the vicinity, causing the house to collapse and the people who have taken refuge upstairs to disappear into the torrent.
"Oh my God, why did we have to deal such a blow in Vietnam?"
"Why does the Mekong River flow to the Red River?"
"I must immigrate to the United States after this time, Lord, please bless me."
"Move the capital and move the capital, sure enough, only we Ho Chi Minh City are worthy of being the capital."
"Hey, you're from Ho Chi Minh City? You idiot, why don't you think about it too much? Now that the Mekong River has come to this side of the Red River, you have lost the water source in the south and will become a desert. ”…,
"Damn, are you cursing us?"
Heavy rain and floods, Hanoi, an ancient city known as the "Spring City of Hundred Flowers", was hit in pieces, Ao Tang smacked his lips and said: "There is only one Spring City." Uh, wait......"
He seemed to have seen something just now, so he quickly stopped the Dragon Palace and searched on the map of the water system, which turned out to have passed by the central bank of Vietnam just now.
Ao Tang's heart moved, the central bank is not a bank in the usual sense, but a government agency, if you want to grab money, there is no way to go to the central bank to rob it, even if you go to other banks in Vietnam, but the Vietnamese dong, hum, when waste paper? Not even waste paper!
Even if there are some foreign currencies in other banks, Ao Tang is too lazy to rob them, he doesn't need to make money by robbing money, and his aquatic company can already bring him endless wealth for a lifetime.
But the central bank has another function, gold reserves!
Normally, most of the official gold reserves of various countries will be stored in the underground vaults of the central bank, just like a news from the Bank of England some time ago, the photojournalist was allowed to enter the Bank of England to shoot a documentary, and saw 4,600 tons of gold in the underground vault!
Speaking of which, the UK's statistics in international gold reserves are only 310 tons, is it 310 tons or 4,600 tons? Actually, it's all right, or it's not true.
As a hard currency, the real reserve data of gold is originally a secret of various countries, and it will not be absolutely accurate whether it is officially announced or let you see it.
Not to mention the United Kingdom, only Vietnam, many countries like to deposit gold in the United States, or do not like it, but have to deposit it in the United States, but Vietnam because of its historical origins, it is less. As for how much gold is officially in Vietnam, that is only known to the upper echelons of Vietnam, and the central bank of Vietnam has never officially disclosed it, but Ao Tang once saw a news that, according to experts' estimates, is close to 500 tons.
Of course, experts are often not credible, but in any case, there must be gold in the underground vaults of the Central Bank of Vietnam, and gold in the vaults of the central banks of the vast majority of countries in the world, the difference is only a few things.
Ao Tang didn't rob money, but he wanted to grab gold, and he didn't rob gold for money, but to lay gold bricks for the Dragon Palace. What's more, as long as these hundreds of tons of gold are snatched, it will also be a major blow to Vietnam.
As soon as he thought of it, Ao Tang immediately turned around and came to the outside of the Central Bank of Vietnam in the flood.
His dragon's eye is unobstructed in the water. But it's not really a perspective eye, you can't see the situation inside the central bank, but what if you can't see it, you think it's inside, underground, as long as you destroy the building of the central bank, you can naturally find the mystery of the underground.
The flood flowed from west to east. But in the area of the street where the central bank is located, it slowly began to accumulate, and Ao Tang began to build a dammed lake again. To do this, he first broke down several buildings in the surrounding area and used them as a dam to dam the lake.
"Chief, it's not good!"
"What's wrong?"
At this moment, the number one leader has already left Hanoi. I came to the southwest city of Hedong, of course, whether it is Hanoi or Hedong, it is borrowed from the ancient place names of China.
As for the No. 2 chief, he has already flown to Laos at the behest of the No. 1 chief to discuss how to return the Mekong River to its original course, which is a more important matter than the current floods.
Chief No. 1 looked at the central bank governor who hurriedly came to report, and wondered if all the major banks in Hanoi had been robbed by criminals? This is also normal, the more critical moments of this kind, the more such villains jump out. However, in troubled times, he had already ordered the troops left behind in Hanoi, and any such mob he found would be killed at the first moment.
The governor said anxiously: "Chief, several buildings near the central bank have been washed away. It falls down to form a dammed lake, and as the flood continues to pour in, more and more water accumulates, in case ......"...,
Chief No. 1 was also anxious suddenly, why did you say that you caused so many dammed lakes in one flood? And every time there is a dammed lake, there is no good thing, it is simply bad luck. For example, if the first dammed lake breaks to the south, there will be no reverse flow of the Nankang River at all; The second dammed lake, if it had not broken to the east, would not have rushed to our Vietnam.
Now the third dammed lake has appeared, the dammed lake is not a regular lake after all, as the water storage becomes larger, sooner or later it will burst, it is said that the southeast and northwest are in all directions, and you will not endanger the central bank if you break in the other seven directions, at most it will suffer from some pond fish, but what if it just breaks in the direction of the central bank?
Of course, the central bank's building grade is not mentioned, and it is even higher than the level 8 earthquake resistance of the Peace Dam, even if it is affected by the flood discharge of the dammed lake, most of them can be blocked, but what if? You have to prepare for the worst.
People are unlucky to drink cold water and can stuff their teeth, the No. 1 leader faintly feels that something is wrong, but to be honest, now that the floods in the city of Hanoi are going to flood people, it is impossible to send troops to dredge it, after thinking about it, he ordered: "Let the helicopter transport the best troops to occupy all the commanding heights around the area, if nothing happens, it is naturally the best, otherwise, if anyone enters this range, one shot will be killed with two shots." By the way, you have people left behind in the central bank, right? ”
The president nodded gloomily, the central bank is so important, even in a critical moment, it will not withdraw everyone, in fact, not only the central bank, the head offices of those commercial banks, and some other important departments, will leave the personnel on duty, after all, in normal thinking, the flood cannot completely inundate those buildings, at most one floor, the personnel on duty can be stationed on the second floor, waiting for the flood to recede can guard the unit as soon as possible, so as not to encounter some bandits who take advantage of the chaos to rob.
But once the dammed lake collapses the central bank building, most of those who stay behind will feed the fish and shrimp.
Half an hour later, the bad news came, the dammed lake really broke from the direction of the central bank!
Chief No. 1 smacked his lips and sighed, what else could he say? He decided that when the flood waters receded, he would burn incense and worship the Buddha to pray for the country's fortune and wash away bad luck for Vietnam, but as the leader of the Vietnamese party-state, was it appropriate for him to engage in these superstitious activities? Besides, do you pray to Buddha or God? Or ask for a Chinese immortal? If you ask for Chinese immortals, will you be attacked by domestic forces?
Not to mention, although Vietnam is hostile to China, there are many Chinese gods and goddesses enshrined in its country, such as the Hoan Kiem Lake Scenic Area, which enshrines Emperor Wenchang and Emperor Guan, but unfortunately it was washed away by Ao Tang in the flood just now.
Bad news was followed by good news, and the governor excitedly reported to the chief: "Blocked, blocked!" The central bank building was unharmed by the impact of the breach of the dammed lake. ”
But they apparently rejoiced too soon, and in less than half a minute, the bad news came again.
The central bank building collapsed!
In the flood, the red dragon flicked his tail and returned to the Dragon Palace, feeling very proud: I should be able to transfer to the demolition team, right?
The Dragon Palace poured into the ruins of the central bank building along the water, don't look at the vaults that are said to be "impassable", but they are like Cao Chengxiang's 800,000 army. The "claim" since ancient times has never been trustworthy, and water has seeped into the underground vault!
Ao Tang didn't even need to forcibly destroy the entrance of the underground vault, and directly followed the trickle of water to let the Dragon Palace drill into the underground vault, only to see that there was already a few centimeters of water inside.
How can a few centimeters be enough? And maybe there's a working camera in the hidden corner of the vault, with mist? But there is fog in the underground vault for no reason, and everyone knows that there is a problem.
"Then flood it!"
After all, the underground vault is very well sealed, and the water flowing from above is extremely subtle. Even if Ao Tang struggled to dispatch, the speed was not fast enough, but there was naturally enough water in the Dragon Palace Dragon Pool. As Ao Tang's mind moved, the water of the dragon pond flowed backwards to the outside, filling the vault in an instant. …,
Ao Tang couldn't help but say with pity: "The water in my dragon pool contains a trace amount of spiritual energy. Isn't there going to be any delicious mushrooms or moss growing in this vault? Can moss be eaten? ”
In the Dragon Palace, most of the Laotians who have just arrived today have not slept yet, especially the high-ranking officials, you say that we are ministers and mayors, how can we sleep on the ground casually?
But there is no way, Ao Tang has not made sufficient preparations in advance, and at present, there are only two tents for Ji Wen and Mu Qingshan, but there are still a few sets of luxurious bedding on the dragon bed in the main hall of the Dragon Palace, but of course it will not be used by slave laborers.
The newcomers to Laos have to sleep on the ground and in their clothes, but luckily the night at the Dragon Palace is quite warm. It doesn't catch a cold.
Of course, except for a few who fell asleep peacefully as they met, most of them were thinking about the future, should they be slave laborers? To be honest, when I saw the terrifying body of the red dragon of more than forty meters before. Their resistance has been completely eliminated, and even the elite guards of the Lao Security Bureau will never dare to oppose the red dragon.
But not resisting does not mean not escaping, just like bathing in the green mountains, the Laotians also wonder if they can escape by swimming to that layer of water curtain? Of course, not all Laotians want to escape. Laos is a country that generally believes in Buddhism, although this Lancang River Dragon King does not seem to be the Dragon King in the Buddhist system, but there are still some Laotians who think that this is a Dragon King Bodhisattva, since they are destined to enter the Dragon King Bodhisattva's dojo, then why flee? This is the unbelievable Buddha's fate, to work for the Bodhisattva, that is our three lives of luck.
The Lao people whispered in twos and threes, and the original two people couldn't sleep either, as soon as Mu Qingshan closed his eyes, he would think of the "hideous" appearance of the red dragon, and he didn't dare to sleep at all. And Ji Wen is also turning some inexplicable thoughts.
At this moment, the dragon palace suddenly remembered the bang, and Ji Wen thought to himself that Ao Tang had arrested someone again? When he turned his head to look, he was dumbfounded.
All the people in the Dragon Palace were dumbfounded, even a few Laotians who had already fallen asleep also rubbed their eyes and got up, watching in amazement as gold bars were falling from the sky.
It's not raining, it's gold bars!
Not one by two, but dozens of dozens.
Soon it was hundreds, and after a while it was thousands, and it was still going on.
"Did Ao Tang rob any vault?" This was Ji Wen and Mu Qingshan's thoughts.
"Is the Dragon King Bodhisattva doing it?" This is the thinking of some Laotians.
"......" The other Laotians' minds were blank, and they didn't have any thoughts at all.
After a while, Chi Long returned to the Dragon Palace, and roared happily, saying that the gold reserves of the Central Bank of Vietnam are close to 500 tons, and there is another theory that Vietnam's gold is mainly in the private sector, and the central bank's reserves are very small, but he found 600 tons tonight!
How do you say he knows the exact number? This is easy to do, because Vietnam makes standard gold bars, and the grams are engraved on them, and the number of grams is multiplied by the number of bars.
600 tons of gold, even if the previous Awa Maru only brought 40 tons of gold and 12 tons of platinum to Ao Tang, even if Ao Tang and the aquarium have found many treasure ships and a few gold lakes in South America, but all of them add up, and all the platinum, silver, gold and silver products are converted into gold, and now it is only 120 tons.
But there are 600 tons of gold in Vietnam alone, and it is really better to rob the country than to search for treasure.
It's a pity that there are too few opportunities like this, Hanoi is within the scope of his river, so it can be easily invaded and captured, and other capitals are not in his water system, so it's not easy for him to go in, if he can't take the Dragon Palace with him, even if he can go in, it's not easy to move away.
600 tons of gold, at the current price of almost 190 billion yuan, but for Ao Tang, joy is joy, but gold will not be counted as money, after all, it is just a brick for stepping feet.
He instructed Qingjia Qingxin: "600 tons of gold, you will start directing the laborers to stack them in the square tomorrow." ”
Aren't there no jobs to be done? Start by carrying gold bars, and when this is done, let them work as builders, and it's time to build some houses.
Let's talk about the latter first, this flood, Ao Tang stopped manipulating it in the early morning of the 13th, and what he should have done has been done. However, the Lancang River merged with the Yuan River, and the follow-up water potential was endless, which naturally continued the flood.
Last year, Bangkok is said to have soaked for three months, but Bangkok is not really bad, and this time, Hanoi soaked for a whole month, initially more than a head, and then there was a meter, until a month later, the flood really receded, this is because the Lancang River and the Yuan River have entered the annual dry period, in the absence of Ao Tang interference, the dry period naturally can not form enough torrents.
From the depth of one meter, the Vietnamese side had already sent troops to garrison the ruins of the central bank, until November 12, after pumping out the water from the underground vault with a pump, finally discovered that the vault was stolen, but it was so long that it was impossible to say who stole it. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )