April 15, 2758 (1917). Hankyung, the treasury of the Central Bank.

A modified special train that pulls into the central bank's vault at night looks like an armored train, with the locomotives and sealed cars all armoured, and some of the cars have turrets on them, and machine guns are on each of them. The escort personnel on this special train are as many as one battalion.

"Boom...... Boom, ......boom, "The train roared and slowly stopped on the platform. At this time, the vicinity of the platform was also covered with heavily loaded guards, and there were even several ZW-1 Type 1909 "Weasel" general-purpose armored vehicles.

Many high-level ships in China's financial sector stood on the platform to greet them, including Liu Yang, chairman of the China Federation of Finance and Finance, who is known as the "God of Wealth in China". Liu Yang's expression was relaxed at this time, and he was obviously in a good mood.

As soon as the train stopped, a group of officers and soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition got off the train, and the lieutenant colonel led by them walked up to Liu Yang and saluted: "Report to Chairman Liu, I am Yi Shida, the commander of the No. 572 special train, and now I have reached the destination, and now I will hand over ...... to you."

"You've worked hard, Lieutenant Colonel Yi. Liu Yang shook hands with him, and the two sides began to handle the handover.

Train No. 572 has a locomotive in the front and rear, and there are twenty carriages in the middle, but only ten cars are loaded, and the rest are armored and armed carriages. After the cargo compartment door opened, the forklift on the platform drove over, and the sealed iron boxes were unloaded from the cargo compartment one by one. These iron boxes are about the same size as official suitcases, but they are very heavy.

The staff of several banks randomly selected a few boxes and moved them to Liu Yang and other high-level officials.

"Xiao Liu, open it......" Liu Yang nodded.

A young cadre next to him immediately took a pair of pliers and walked up and cut the lead seal on the box. Then take out a booklet from your pocket, check it with the number on the box, and then turn the combination lock on the box according to the code on the book.

With a "click...... click, the lock opened, and Xiao Liu immediately lifted the lid of the box, and a golden light suddenly flashed inside. The people around him all gasped involuntarily.

I saw that the iron box was densely packed with gold bars, and several staff members with instruments hurriedly went up to count and test.

After a while, that Xiao Liu reported to Liu Yang: "Chairman Liu, this box contains 100 gold bars of 20 ounces, and the purity of them is 24k, which is exactly the same as on the German list......" He looked at the German packing list that was as thick as a tome next to him, and said with some amusement: "Chairman, this German is really very meticulous, they even numbered every gold bar in each box, and marked the size, weight and purity of each gold bar and each gold brick on the list......

Liu Yang also smiled: "Well, this is very good, although the Germans are very rigid, their serious and meticulous spirit is still worthy of praise." ”

As he spoke, Liu Yang picked up a gold bar and looked at it, only to see a few lines of English engraved on the front of the bar: "20 ounces, February 1846, Norfolk." "There's also a noble family crest on the back. He smiled and said, "Well, it seems that this gold bar originally belonged to the Duke of Norfolk's family, and the Germans made a lot of money in London this time......

"Chairman, I'm afraid that the more than 400 tons of gold shipped from Germany this time are basically scraped by the Germans from the British side......" A cadre next to him said with a smile.

After Liu Yang put the gold bar back, he stood up and said, "This is inevitable, London is surrounded too quickly, and there is not much wealth they can transfer out." And most of Britain's wealth is concentrated in London. Hehe, the Germans have made the British bleed this time......"

The staff of the central bank worked in an orderly manner, they carried the iron boxes containing gold bars and gold bricks out of the carriage, checked the seals and numbers, and then loaded them into the battery cars next to them, sent them to the bank's vault, and then carried out unpacking and acceptance work inside.

A total of about 411 tons of gold was sent from Germany, which was part of the purchase price.

In addition to the gold, there were also antiques and works of art looted from London and Paris, which of course were not under the control of the central bank. Naturally, there is a special team of experts to be responsible for the acceptance and valuation of these things. Of course, "gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times", in this era of war in Europe, these antiques and works of art are not worth two of them, and the price cannot be high.

Moreover, many of the "experts" sent by China to estimate antiques and works of art this time are former senior pawnshop courtiers. Now that there is the support of the state, and the righteousness of "slaughtering foreign devils", the skill level of bargaining is rising even more. The courtiers were like taking drugs, and they ordered all their bargaining skills to lvmax, and in the next bargaining, they slashed the two virtues to the ground.

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Presidential palace.

"Mr. Wen, the 411 tons of gold sent by Germany this time have been inspected and received, and there are more than 20,000 antiques and works of art from all over the world, which have now been accepted, but the price is still being discussed. Prime Minister Zhang Lizheng reported to Wen Desi.

"The Germans have gained a lot this time...... "Wendeji smiled.

Zhang Lizheng said with a grin: "Yes, according to our intelligence, they looted in the occupied areas, and the coffers of the national banks and private banks of the three countries of Fabiru that they occupied fell into their hands. After they captured London this time, they did the same, and they ransacked all the vaults of the Allies' banks in London, as well as the private coffers of the great nobles. In addition, they robbed the British Royal Palace, the British Museum, and many other private museums......"

Wen Desi gloated and said: "Hahaha, the opium cow robbed the world back then, and probably never thought that he would be robbed one day...... However, before the fall of London, the British moved a lot of things out......"

"Yes, but the Germans were too fast, and they didn't have much time to move, and the main thing that was transferred was gold, precious stones, and antique works of special value or significance......"

Zhang Lizheng paused and said, "Mr. Wen, there is one more thing. This time, in order to maintain relations with us, Wilhelm II prepared to collect a number of antiques and works of art from Germany, Britain, France and all over Europe, and he specifically stated that they would be returned to us without additional charges. According to our information, this collection of antiques and works of art comes mainly from the Louvre Museum in France and the British Museum in the United Kingdom, as well as the royal collections and museum collections in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, totaling about 60,000 pieces......"

"Oh, it seems that Wei Er still hasn't gone crazy, he finally did something not so stupid......" Moon Tokuji also showed a happy smile. "Although this time he was mainly generous to others, I also remember this favor. Well, then say hello to those courtiers, so that they don't have to cut so hard in the bargaining later. We can also give them a little discount on what they want this time, and the ten 901-class submarines and three 905-class submarines that were completed this month will be given to them without charge. Even if this is the labor cost paid to them, it is very hard for the Germans to collect so many things, pack them and ship them, and we can't let people work in vain. ”

"Yes, Mr. Wen, do you want to take a look, many of the cultural relics sent this time are priceless treasures lost by our country. Zhang Lizheng said with a smile.

"Okay, it just so happens that there is nothing to do today, so let's go......" Wen Desi also became a little interested when he heard it.

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Hanjing, National Museum of China.

The National Museum of China, located in the south of Hanjing, is an antique building complex with the main building of a seven-story palace-like building covering an area of 80,000 square meters, which was officially opened to the public on July 15, 1911. In order to open up people's wisdom and increase national pride and cohesion, the National Museum, as well as most of China's current public museums, exhibition halls and libraries, are open to the public free of charge.

Of course, there are exceptions to pure ancient buildings like the Forbidden City in Beijing, because the maintenance of those ancient wooden buildings is too expensive, and it is necessary to maintain the original flavor, and it is really unbearable if you don't charge tickets. However, modern buildings such as the National Museum do not have such a problem, and the conservation fee is much lower than those of ancient buildings, so they can be opened for free.

Since its opening, the National Museum has received an average of more than 5,000 visitors a day, and on holidays, it doubles. The museum has been very busy these days, and thousands of experts in various fields from all over the country have been busy these days, appraising, classifying and preserving these antiques from Europe.

As soon as Wen Desi and Zhang Lizheng entered the hall, they saw a picture of enthusiasm. From time to time, I heard the cries of surprise from those "masters" and "experts".

"Wow Ka Ka Ka, this is a blue and white porcelain plate with a mandarin fish pattern in the Yuan Dynasty!"

"Oh oh oh, this is the Shang Dynasty's Shuangyang Bronze ......"

These experts were so excited that they danced so excitedly that they didn't even pay attention to Mr. Wen's arrival.

Director Zhou was about to remind everyone, but Wen Desi waved his hand, signaling not to alarm these intoxicated guys. "Director Zhou, let's just take a look for ourselves, don't affect everyone's work......"

"Yes, Mr. Wen. Then let me be the tour guide......" Director Zhou immediately became a tour guide and commentator himself.

Mr. Wen, the total number of cultural relics returned by Germany this time is more than 65,000 pieces, with a wide variety, from bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, to porcelain of the Tang and Song dynasties, and gold and jade products of the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are also paintings, calligraphy and paintings, embroidery of various dynasties in our country, unearthed cultural relics of various periods and so on. Most of them are rare treasures, and there are more than 20,000 priceless treasures...... "Director Zhou excitedly introduced.

"You see, this is Gu Kaizhi's masterpiece "Female History Atlas" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Well, its original has disappeared, and this is a facsimile of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is also recognized as the most valuable and closest to the original. It was lost in 1860 and finally found in the British Museum...... Of course, now it's back, hehehe......" Director Zhou pointed to a scroll more than three meters wide.

"Yes, this is the ...... of "The Female Historian" Wen Deji smiled. In the original time and space, this picture has been in the British Museum, insulated from China. But now, it's naturally different, and Wei Er didn't send it obediently after he grabbed it. Wen Deji likes the thrill of subverting history.

"Mr. Wen, this is the jade Ruyi made in the Kangxi period, and Wu Jingjin dedicated it to Qianlong, and it was also lost overseas in 1860...... This one is a bronze elephant statue from the late Yin Shang period, and the age of its loss is unknown......"

Zhang Lizheng said next to him: "The age of loss is not important, most of them were robbed by the Anglo-French alliance and ......the Eight-Nation Alliance."

"Yes, Prime Minister. The former Qing Dynasty is a waste, and even the old nest can't be guarded, hey, ......" Director Zhou continued: "This piece is "Forty Scenes of the Old Summer Palace", which was drawn by Emperor Qianlong in the first year of Qianlong to the court painter Shen Yuan and Tang Dai according to the real scene of the Old Summer Palace. It is a realistic depiction of the architecture and garden style of the Old Summer Palace in its heyday, which can be used as a reference if the government wants to rebuild the Old Summer Palace. ”

"Why rebuild the Old Summer Palace? Why rebuild it, it's good to keep the ruins. Wen Deji shook his head, he was not going to rebuild the Old Summer Palace. Even if you want to repair it, it's a brand new thing of your own, who is willing to wipe my ass for Daqing?

Next, Mr. Wen saw the gilded pagoda of the Old Summer Palace, the tiger in the late Shang Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty Kanghou Gui, Fan Kuan's "Visiting Friends with the Qin", Yan Wengui's "Peaks and Snow Ji", Su Shi's "Ink Bamboo Picture" and a large number of rare treasures insulated by descendants and China.

It wasn't until about eight o'clock in the evening that Wen Deji interrupted the visit.

"These artifacts have to be properly preserved, and when you have them ready, they can be opened to the public. Before leaving, he said to Director Zhou: "Every cultural relic must be archived, photographed, material, size and other parameters must be recorded in detail, and a three-dimensional model must be made for archiving......"

Wen Desi said to Zhang Lizheng again: "By the way, Lizheng, when it is open to the public, make a bigger noise, and especially emphasize that the return of cultural relics to our country this time represents the friendship between the Chinese and German peoples......

"Yes, Mr. Wen ......," Zhang Lizheng nodded knowingly.

Wen Desi's intention was obviously to knock something out of the Entente. You see, the German people have expressed their friendship to us, should you also ...... There is no need to say it too clearly, smart people know what to do.

In fact, because China established a strong country in 1910 under the opening of the General Wen Dynasty, and did a lot of work before reunification, many cultural relics lost in the decades between the end of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Datu Dynasty in the original time and space history have been preserved, such as the things in Dunhuang, as well as the oracle bone inscriptions and Yin Shang cultural relics in Anyang, all of which have been preserved. The main thing that is lost now is from the period from 1840 to 1910.