Mei Wenhua only replied lightly: "No need." ”

In another time and space, the gold jewelry worth 10 billion yuan has been obtained, the main task has been successfully completed, and the next step is to return to 2039 and start a happy life of promotion and fortune - Mei Wenhua is looking forward to this.

The other party's indifferent attitude did not surprise Yang Zhengjin.

"See you later, then."

Communication was cut off.

"Farewell." Yang Zhengjin went on to say that there was already a snowflake in the window of the videophone software.

An hour later, Yang Zhengjin watched from the top terrace of the Ministry of National Defense building as a spherical flash of light suddenly rose from the northwest and disappeared into the dark sky in the blink of an eye.

"According to Plan No. 1, all of them will start acting." Yang Zhengjin gave an order to the transmitter of the A4 portable communication terminal.

The three hundred Haw Par Battalion soldiers and three thousand selected Praetorian Guards, assembled twenty kilometers south of the task force base, were ordered to flock to the huge circle that had sprung out of the forest, and they would see a mythical sight that they would never encounter again in their lives.

In the early morning of the next day, Yang Zhengjin arrived at the scene by helicopter, just above the rising sun, the fog in the forest dissipated without a shadow, and a huge circle with a diameter of more than one kilometer was just 200 meters below, and there was not a single grass growing in the circle, and the only remaining scenery was only six bomb craters with a diameter of tens of meters and hundreds of neatly stacked wooden boxes.

In the dust, the helicopter slowly landed near the center of the circle, and an officer fully equipped with 2025 special operations equipment ran over quickly and presented Yang Zhengjin with a palm-sized gold ingot, with a dragon pattern cast on the front of the gold ingot, and a line of words under the dragon pattern: "Imperial Chinese Treasury Gold".

"Have you counted it?"

"Yes, two hundred and seventy-six chests of gold, twenty chests of pearls, fifteen chests of white gold, twelve chests of assorted gems, and four chests of diamonds, exactly as on the bucket list."

The wooden boxes were less than a hundred meters in front of Yang Zhengjin, stacked neatly, and some of the lids of the boxes were opened, and the treasures inside were scattered with a dazzling heavenly light under the light of the clear morning sun.

"Seeing all this, it became clear to me that their experiment to plunder valuable resources from branching historical planes had also failed...... The miracle of the mating of the great time machine, the industrious and selfless bureaucrats, and their royal scholars, has so far never brought any benefit or even an account to the taxpayers who financed it (without their knowledge...... except to fulfill the dreams of a group of traitors and criminals."

Yang Zhengjin wrote in a rather literary and artistic written report submitted to Liu Yun on the same day.

Is it over?

In the sky above Jundu Mountain, in the vast depths of the universe covered by stupid daylight, in the gaps of those parallel universe subspaces, how many atoms that used to be human bodies wandered?

Liu Yun's party had no interest in this.

After receiving Yang Zhengjin's report, some members of the "Liu Yun Rebel Group" in Tianjin gathered in the conference room on the second floor of the Tianjin Municipal Assembly Hall to discuss the aftermath of the contingent incident.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Han Lang first submitted a bill:

The total military expenses (including casualty benefits and special police expenses) for the garrison and operations of the contingent are $6,000,000;

The total cost of evacuation, resettlement, repatriation and compensation for about 6 million people in the Beizhili area is estimated to be 82 million yuan;

The loss of the difference in price caused by the emergency purchase of gold jewellery to meet the requirements of the contingent was $1 million;

The total cost of filling an area of four to eight kilometres around the arrival point of the contingent in a special manner is estimated at $31 million.

The above total of 120 million yuan was more than 15 percent of the total fiscal revenue in 1902.

"Damn X, the task force ate us so much money." The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Niu Jin, couldn't help but hold his round belly and scolded his mother.

"Fortunately, the eleven million gold jewels remained." Home Secretary Mourning nonsense.

"Can this money be settled smoothly in Congress?" Liu Yun asked.

"Yes, the advance payment has already been realized from the 'Kita-Naoli Earthquake Disaster Emergency Appropriation Bill' project passed by the National Assembly on May 1, and in this case, it is reasonable to pass another 'Earthquake Disaster Aftermath Appropriation Bill', but it is ......."

Han Lang tilted his crumbling hemp stalk neck and paused, and reported another bill.

"Speaking of money, the following figures cannot be left unmentioned: From September 9, 1903 to May 15, 1904, the total war expenditure of our country against Russia amounted to 1820 million Chinese dollars, or about 350 million pounds, not including the special expenditures incurred by the contingent incident and the emergency investment in the construction of the railways for the purposes of the war. The final war budget approved by Congress before the war was only 350 million Chinese dollars, and even then it was more than 50% of the total imperial revenue in fiscal year 1902. During this period, we raised 800 million yuan through four tranches of domestic borrowings, including self-subscription and apportionment of war bonds, as well as tax increases. In addition, it borrowed a total of 150 million pounds sterling, or about 780 million Chinese dollars, from Britain and the United States and other countries. The total of the above is 1.93 billion yuan, and in addition to the 1.82 billion yuan of war expenses mentioned earlier, 60 million yuan has been transferred from it to deal with the contingent incident, that is to say, there is only 50 million yuan left in the balance of war budget reserves, and this war can only be carried out for less than half a month. ”

"Less than half a month? Is there any mistake? "The chief of operations of the General Staff, General Hook, was taken aback.

"There's already a solution." Liu Yun was obviously confident in Han Lang's talent.

Han Lang nodded: "Yes, I have already planned to borrow two more batches of domestic debts totaling 400 million yuan, and borrow another 100 million pounds (520 million Chinese dollars) from abroad." At the same time, as a condition for foreign borrowing, we must buy foreign arms and materials at a high price with part of the borrowing, and due to the continuous decline in the price of silver, soon after, the Chinese dollar will face a serious depreciation crisis, and we will have to pay the loan with more silver, and then our country's debt credit will also be questioned, and it will become very difficult to borrow from abroad, and the continuous inflation of currency since last year will also limit the further issuance of domestic debt. In addition, even if the war were to end in four months, the total national debt of our country would rise from $500 million to more than $3 billion (£577 million), and the annual interest payable would exceed $120 million, which would inevitably be a heavy financial burden. ”

"In other words, the war must end by September of this year." Hook added.

"Yes, now the pound sterling in the black market has risen to 1 to 5.8, I discussed it with senior officials of the Imperial Bank a few days ago, and came to the conclusion that the official exchange rate must be adjusted to 5.75 Chinese dollars to 1 pound sterling in September this year, and then it will be further adjusted according to market conditions, and it is conservatively estimated that by the end of this year, the official exchange rate of 6.3 to 6.5 Chinese dollars to one pound will have to be implemented. In addition, due to the continuous increase in the amount of domestic debt issuance, since the outbreak of the war, the overall price index of domestic general daily necessities has risen by 25%, although it has not yet reached the point of complaining, but it has also made some people complain, and people in the financial circles pointed out that if the war continues, the empire will fall into a long-term financial predicament, and the huge foreign debt will overwhelm the country, and now China has recovered most of the lost territory in the northeast, waiting for the fall of the fortress of Vladivostok and the defeat of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet. Peace talks with Russia should be considered immediately......"

Han Lang, who has been the chancellor of the Exchequer for eight years, is naturally incomparable in his influence and connections in the financial circles, and the "financial people" he mentioned are certainly not among the top celebrities, and should be able to represent the mainstream opinion of the financial circles.

"The conquest of Vladivostok and the elimination of the Second Pacific Fleet should be a prerequisite for China's peace talks with Russia, and it would be good to explain this to the US and French ministers who are trying to mediate between them." Liu Yun confirmed.

"Now that the task force has been recovered, the next step is the troublesome issue of the return of evacuated residents from the military district, and I think it would be better for this matter to be coordinated by a special person." Wen Yi interjected and proposed.

"It's up to Minister of the Interior Mo Ning to take full responsibility." Prime Minister Zhang Zhigao suggested.

"Let's do it." Liu Yun agreed.

Mo Ning was prepared and immediately reported a schedule:

On May 24, he returned to Beijing with the imperial family

From May 25, arrangements will be made for the National Assembly and government agencies to return to Beijing

From May 26, ordinary Beijing citizens will be arranged to return to Beijing

From May 30, arrangements will be made for residents from other parts of the Beizhili Military Administrative Region to return

According to the schedule, 140 locomotives, 1,500 wagons, 20,000 animal-powered wagons, 50,000 mules and horses, and 300 cars must be dispatched by 24 May, and the government must mobilize more than 100,000 military police and laborers, with a total budget of $29 million.

"To add, due to the disruption of industry and commerce, the economic losses of the entire Beizhili Military District are expected to exceed 230 million yuan, and the tax losses will exceed 15 million yuan." Han Lang continued.

Task forces are a goddamn big nuisance!

The above emotions were reflected in the eyes of everyone in the audience.

"Monin, are the scapegoats ready?" Wen Yi asked.

Originally, the implementation of martial law in Beijing, military management in the Beizhili area, and the evacuation of residents in the Beizhili area were based on the government's pretext that a major earthquake would occur in the entire Beizhili area.

"Yes, several experts from the Imperial Geological Society and the Imperial Academy of Sciences have been brought under control, and hypnotic indoctrination will be carried out by NSA agents, and they will take responsibility for it at the congressional hearing, and if it doesn't work, I will resign and apologize." Mo Ning held his huge black-rimmed glasses and said, "It doesn't matter if I go to hell, in fact, he never understands that as long as the entire group does not fall and he himself is not abandoned by the group, it is not easy for him to go to hell.