Commander-in-Chief Pengeo, who was about to leave the palace, suddenly stopped and looked at a small stand beside the aisle.

The dark red wood and the golden outline are not gold, but a kind of gold paint.

Sometimes some things are magical, such as people's fascination with gold objects.

For example, people will make gold paint in unison!

This is not just because of its color. When smelting technology was not yet developed, copper and brass performed much better than gold with low purity in terms of color.

But people still use gold to make various utensils instead of brass.

What stopped the commander-in-chief was not the gold paint, but the stand itself.

It was a four-legged stand that looked about 1.2 meters tall. It was a typical Gevra medieval style, with beautiful craftsmanship and luxury.

He walked to the stand and picked up a vase placed on it with his hand. It looked very beautiful.

But his attention stayed on the stand.

He touched the embossment formed by placing items there for a long time, then compared it with the vase in his hand, and his expression became serious.

Not right.

He put the vase back and it was smaller. It was obvious that the vase was not originally placed here.

Emperor Pengeo did not order the palace to be moved, so they kept the palace as it was as much as possible, and then they took photos to keep in the archives.

After the news comes from the country, they will dismantle the things here and send some of the items selected by His Majesty the Emperor back to the country.

Then, not far from the Pengeo Imperial Palace, a small palace was built based on the prototype in the photo to prove the empire's conquest of it!

From the moment the landing ship docks, everything in this country is the wealth of the empire!

Right under his nose, someone stole things from here and stole the wealth that belonged to the empire.

"Bring the Secretary of War over."

The Commander-in-Chief knows very well that if anyone has the ability to steal the things here, it must be a person with great power.

He heard that the Minister of War had controlled all access to the palace before he arrived. Apart from him, it was impossible for more people to do such a thing.

The Minister of War arrived here soon. He is now working in the palace and is responsible for assisting Penteo's army to further plunder the empire's wealth.

He didn't know what happened, and he felt a little uneasy.

"Commander-in-Chief..."

The commander-in-chief glanced sideways at him and said, "Follow me."

As he spoke, he walked towards the flower stand between the two stands. Behind the flower stand was an oil painting.

He stood in front of the oil painting and looked at it for a while, then reached out and touched the oil painting.

Just such a small action made the Minister of War break into a cold sweat!

Oil painting, the accumulation of colors, is not a flat art of smearing, but an art of accumulation of oil.

The surface of the paint that was obviously higher than the canvas had solidified and hardened, but as the commander pressed down hard, it gradually began to collapse and deform, and the solidified paint on the surface also began to crack.

He glanced sideways at the War Secretary again and walked to the next stand.

This time, he didn't even need to look carefully to see that the thing on the stand was just a worthless handicraft.

Although there are some overlaps between crafts and works of art in nature, crafts are just crafts and can never become works of art.

It directly threw the handicraft to the ground!

At this time, he turned to look at the Minister of War, "I need an explanation."

The Minister of War was silent. Not speaking at this time was the best choice.

Say you don't know?

Then maybe the Commander-in-Chief will ask him to investigate and give him a time limit.

If he "can't find it", there may be worse results.

Apologize for this?

This is not a good choice. Since you have chosen to surrender, you still want to make profits from it. This is not cunning, nor is it smart.

This is fucking asking for death!

His best answer now is silence. With his current importance, at least the Commander-in-Chief will not embarrass him too much.

After all, it is still somewhat troublesome to find someone who can replace him.

The silence lasted for more than ten seconds. The commander-in-chief's eyes remained on the Minister of War. He was under great pressure!

Fortunately, his bet was right, and the commander-in-chief quickly looked away and continued walking outside.

"The federation announced that Fula would stop settlement, and our original plan fell through, but that's not important."

"Do you know the new order I issued this morning?"

He refers to confiscating all valuable things from the people, gold, silver, jewelry, art, anything of value!

Even some luxury cars were driven to the port to be transported back to the country.

The Minister of War nodded, "Yes, I heard about it."

The commander-in-chief stopped as he spoke, turned around and looked at him, the whip in his hand pressed on the shoulders of the Minister of War, "Don't do anything you will regret."

"We need to collect these things as soon as possible, then we can't wait too long!"

The Minister of War lowered his head.

"Go to work, there will be time to rest!"

After the Minister of War left, the commander-in-chief looked at his adjutant and said, "Gather all the painters in this city, including those from the royal family."

"There are also those craftsmen who make art. I want to know who is stealing the wealth of the empire!"

The adjutant took the order and left.

In fact, for the Commander-in-Chief, these works of art are not necessary. The price of works of art during the war can almost be described as cheap!

Just like now, the prices of the genuine works of art in the palace are very low.

But it's one thing if they're not valuable, it's another thing if someone steals them!

He vaguely believed that the Minister of War must have done this, but there was no evidence for the time being, but he thought that was it.

He also heard from other channels that the Minister of War once said the "preservation theory". He believed that temporary refuge was to preserve strength.

After the war is over in the future, the country's strength can be restored more quickly.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Originally, the Commander-in-Chief was not interested in what he said, or he did not care.

A traitor will always have thousands of reasons to make excuses for his betrayal. He will not let those who betrayed this country lose their last fig leaf if they cooperate with him.

But now, he must let the Secretary of War understand that he has done a stupid thing——

If he is the thief!

The Minister of War who walked out of the palace was obviously a little angry. His little thoughts were discovered, and of course it was because everything happened too fast.

He didn't have much time to prepare, less than a month. In such a short time, he actually couldn't reproduce all the artworks well.

Except for the top ones, the others basically just look similar, and are essentially imitation crafts.

He also had a sense of urgency. He was not sure whether there would be anything wrong with this matter in the end. After all, there were too many things involved.

He has dealt with everything he thinks should be dealt with, and the rest can only be left to God's will!

It took four days to open the vault of the Royal Bank of Gefra.

The moment the door opened, everyone held their breath.

In Gefra, the largest national bank is the Royal Bank, where everyone from commoners to nobles and even the royal family store their wealth.

It is said to have the strongest treasury in the world, and indeed it is.

The special alloy process allowed the demolition team to drill a hole in the vault for four days.

Countless gold bricks are neatly placed together, and each gold brick is stamped with the Royal Bank of Gefra, purity, and the number 440.

Each pile consists of one hundred pieces, arranged in a staggered manner. Everywhere you look are piles of gold bricks, and the entire treasury is suffused with gold.

The commander-in-chief quickly came to his senses and said, "Immediately arrange for people to pack the boxes. No problems are allowed. These things must be sent back as soon as possible."

"Check out what else is in the safe, transport the valuable ones back, and destroy the worthless ones..."

This much gold should be enough for the empire to temporarily relieve the economic pressure!

On the ground, loudspeakers are broadcasting new urban management policies.

In the new policy, all doors in the premises where everyone lives must not be locked, and all doors and windows are only allowed to be fully open or fully closed.

It is not allowed to leave doors and windows ajar, and it is not allowed to stand casually behind windows, doorways, etc. in shadows and blind spots that are difficult to be seen.

If someone does that, the soldiers patrolling the streets can shoot them down at any time!

In addition, from now on, the city will have a complete water outage and power supply will be provided in stages.
To be continued...