Siheyuan, my new life

After hearing Lin Yu's words, Deputy Commander Fang was speechless. It was just as Lin Yu said. Some people in the army now believed that there was no need to waste time and money to set up special forces. They also did some calculations and found that the cost of medicinal baths, material consumption during training and other expenses to train a qualified special forces soldier was enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary army platoon. Therefore, they believed that there was no need to set up special forces in a high-profile manner.

Most of those who hold this view are leaders who were once political cadres in the army. Although the CMC leaders approved the establishment of special forces at the insistence of veterans who had experienced life-and-death battles, the voices of opposition have never been eliminated.

Deputy Commander Fang was extremely anxious at this time. Based on his understanding of Lin Yu, he was obviously really discouraged to say these words in front of him. Putting himself in his shoes, Deputy Commander Fang also felt wronged for Lin Yu. An excellent soldier who was dedicated to the development of the army was forced to leave the army to avoid the calculations of the General Logistics Department, and then was accused in person without reason. It is said that a clay man still has three points of temper, let alone a man of iron and blood with some flesh?

Now Deputy Commander Fang no longer wants to stay here, he must report to his superiors immediately.

So Deputy Commander Fang said a few words of consolation, and after promising to send someone to deliver the list of martyrs from Lin Yu's vanguard battalion who died for the country tomorrow morning, he left in a hurry.

After watching Deputy Commander Fang's car go away, Lin Yu went straight back home and casually performed the "cleaning technique". The smell of cigarettes and alcohol that had filled the living room disappeared instantly.

After returning to the paradise, Lin Yu did not enter the Qiankun Tower to practice immediately. Instead, he asked people to send him a pile of cooked food and started to eat with relish. The meal he had just eaten with Deputy Commander Fang and others could only be regarded as satisfying his appetite. If he wanted to obtain enough spiritual power, he had to eat food cooked with spiritual beast meat, spiritual rice and spiritual herbs.

These foods were roasted and stewed in advance by the protector and placed in the Qiankun bag so that the owner could enjoy them at any time.

After enjoying the delicious food on the table, Lin Yu poured himself a cup of spiritual tea and fell into deep thought.

After a series of recent events, Lin Yu also felt that he was a bit too hasty. Although he was influenced by the original owner's subconscious, he also hoped to make the army stronger quickly with his help, but he overlooked an extremely important point, that is, the economic foundation.

Given the current predicament of the New Dragon Kingdom with so much work to do, it actually has no ability to afford to form a large-scale special forces force that has been bathed in the concentrated liquid of Guben Peiyuan Decoction.

The opinions of those political cadres are not without reason, especially after the New Dragon Kingdom had just experienced the Korean War, the country’s top priority now is to develop the economy.

After careful consideration, Lin Yu decided to let himself be the bad guy. Taking advantage of the incident of Director Feng from the General Logistics Office, he drastically reduced the amount of Guben Peiyuan Decoction Concentrate provided to the military in order to control the size of the special forces. Although doing so would likely offend some bigwigs in the military, Lin Yu didn't care. He was just refining his mind in the mortal world, and he didn't come here to deliberately endure inexplicable bullying. Once someone crossed the line, Lin Yu didn't mind letting the other person know what "a cultivator should not be insulted" meant.

Lin Yu suddenly remembered the batch of Heshen's treasures that he had collected from Prince Gong's Mansion, so he called out: "Zhou Tian."

Zhou Tian immediately appeared beside Lin Yu. He bowed respectfully and said, "What do you want, Master?"

Lin Yu casually fiddled with the crystal clear teacup made of top-grade spirit stone in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Zhou Tian, ​​how many US dollars, British pounds, Japanese yen, and Hong Kong dollars are in our Qinglian Palace warehouse?"

Zhou Tian is still the chief steward of Qinglian Palace, so Lin Yu asked him.

Zhou Tian answered without hesitation: "More than 1.3715 billion US dollars, more than 286.9 million British pounds, more than 924 million Japanese yen, and more than 192 million Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Yu silently calculated the treasures he had taken away from Prince Gong's Mansion. It was estimated that there were hundreds of tons of gold alone. According to the current national recycling price, each gram of gold is between six and eight yuan. That is to say, the gold alone in Heshen's treasures in Prince Gong's Mansion is worth 600 to 800 million dragon coins. Adding those jewelry and cultural relics, the total market value is about 2 billion new dragon coins. According to the current conversion rate between new dragon coins and US dollars, one US dollar is equivalent to 2.5 new dragon coins, so this batch of treasures is converted into US dollars, which is about 800 million.

Lin Yu planned to end this cause and effect as soon as possible. After all, he was about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. For cultivation, the breakthrough from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage was a qualitative change, and it was also an important starting point for officially entering the ranks of high-level cultivators. Therefore, the breakthrough process was extremely dangerous, especially the stage of the inner demon, which made cultivators shudder.

In order to successfully break through the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Yu planned to deal with some things that might cause the original owner's mood to be turbulent in advance, and also to properly resolve the causal entanglements that had arisen in him. This was also the reason why he asked Deputy Commander Fang for the list of martyrs who had died for the country in the vanguard camp where the original owner was.

Lin Yu was going to visit the relatives of the martyrs one by one soon. He learned from the original owner's memory that he and his comrades had an agreement that no matter which one of them could return home alive, he must visit his parents and relatives at home on behalf of the comrades who died on the battlefield of the Northern Dynasty, and try to give them some care if conditions permit.

Because he had been in the Shijingshan sanatorium all the time, Lin Yu had no chance to visit the families of his fallen comrades. Now, after Lin Yu prepares the first batch of Guben Peiyuan Decoction Concentrate at the training base, he will set off immediately and go back to Tianjin to visit his mother and sister.

Just now I thought about the current economic development of Xinlong Country, and vaguely remembered that in my previous life I saw a set of public data on the country's foreign exchange reserves from the 1950s to the 1980s on the computer network. Starting from 1952, the country's gold reserves were 5 million ounces and US$100 million. It increased to US$200 million in 1955. After that, the foreign exchange reserves continued to decrease, and even reached zero in 1960. In addition, the gold reserves were reduced to 3 million ounces in 1962, which is a mere 85 tons.

Although the New Dragon Kingdom defeated the 17-nation coalition led by the Bald Eagle in the first battle against the Northern Dynasty and forced the other side to sign the Panmunjom Armistice Agreement, Western countries strengthened the economic blockade of the New Dragon Kingdom, not only strictly prohibiting the introduction of various advanced technologies, equipment and processes, but also restricting various imported materials urgently needed in the country.

In addition, the New Dragon Kingdom had gone through years of hard war, and the country was in a state of disrepair and extremely short of foreign exchange.

Now Lin Yu was ready to deal with the matter of Heshen's treasure in Prince Gong's Mansion, which could also help the country increase its foreign exchange reserves. He instructed in a calm tone: "Zhou Tian, ​​please prepare 800 million US dollars in cash, deliver it to Haizi in person, and hand it over to the main leaders in person. Bring the calligraphy in my Qinglian Palace study with you. You can handle the specific matters as you wish."

Zhou Tian agreed without any hesitation and walked out.