The villainous second male lead at the beginning? No! He's the white moonlight!

The news that Japan opened its market to China with zero tariffs, and gave China a large amount of advanced technology, 200 tons of gold, and that it would remove the descendants of all Class A war criminals from government departments, and even a video of Emperor Naruhito kneeling and begging Li Mingyuan to let China "nuclearize" Tokyo, spread all over the world in less than ten minutes, and even China's internet exploded.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Has the Thousand-Day Kingdom just given up?"

"Really? They even said the Emperor himself went to the capital to kowtow?"

"It wasn't kowtowing, it was begging on your knees! On your knees!"

"Hahaha, last year they were all swaggering around, and this year they're begging for mercy on their knees. This reversal is so satisfying!"

"Upstairs, what's this called? This is called karma!"

"Brothers, my grandfather was captured by the Japanese and forced into labor. Today, I can finally burn paper money for him!"

"My family's ancestral graves are practically emitting auspicious smoke!"

"Hahaha, this is so awesome! It's really so awesome! I've decided, I'm going to eat three big bowls of rice today!"

"Same here, we're not leaving until we're drunk!"

"Let's go, brothers, today's a good day!"

"..."

Suddenly, the top ten trending topics on Weibo were all about the Thousand-Day Kingdom!

The top trending topic: #JapanUnconditionallySurrenders#

Second trending topic: #TheKingKneels#

Third on the trending topics list: #TwoHundredTonsOfGold#

Fourth on the trending topics: #ChinaIsAwesome#

Fifth on the trending list: #TodayIsAGoodDay#

The comments below were even more lively.

"Two hundred tons of gold! How much money is that? I've only ever seen that in TV dramas!"

"Hey upstairs, two hundred tons of gold is worth over a hundred billion US dollars, enough for everyone to give out red envelopes!"

"Giving out red envelopes? That's too narrow-minded! Wouldn't it be better to use that money for infrastructure development?"

"Infrastructure construction? That's too narrow a scope! Wouldn't it be better to use that money to build aircraft carriers?"

"Building an aircraft carrier? That's too narrow-minded! Wouldn't it be better to use that money to build lithography machines?"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. It's all ours anyway!"

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, it's all ours now. We're using the Japanese devils' money to develop ourselves, how can this be so great, hahahahaha..."

In the afternoon, at a press conference in the capital of China, spokesperson Wang Jianguo stood on the stage with a standard smile on his face.

"Regarding the situation in the Thousand Days Country, we have decided to extend a helping hand in the spirit of humanitarianism."

Reporters in the audience raised their hands frantically.

"Spokesperson Wang, what are the specific conditions for this aid?"

"Well..."

Wang Jianguo smiled, as if he were talking about something insignificant.

"The Kingdom of Chihiro voluntarily provided two hundred tons of gold as a token of gratitude for our rescue operation."

The audience erupted in uproar.

Two hundred tons?! That's way too much!

"My God, is what's being said online true? I thought it was an AI-generated video."

"If the two hundred tons of gold are real, then wouldn't the rest be real too?"

Hearing the murmurs below, Wang Jianguo chuckled and continued.

"Is that too much? I don't think it's enough, so to compensate for our losses, the Kingdom of Qianri voluntarily transferred all of its cutting-edge technologies to us unconditionally."

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.

"All cutting-edge technologies? Including semiconductors and new materials?"

"include."

"What about precision machine tools and biotechnology?"

"Also includes."

This caused an uproar among the reporters in the audience.

This is equivalent to seizing all the advanced technologies that the Thousand-Day Kingdom has accumulated in one fell swoop!

At that moment, a reporter from the United States stood up, held up a microphone, and loudly questioned Wang Jianguo.

"Minister Wang, isn't your Dragon Kingdom being a bit too ruthless? Aren't you just draining the Thousand Sun Kingdom dry?"

Wang Jianguo's expression turned serious, and a cold glint flashed in his tiger-like eyes.

"Squeeze dry? Reporter, please watch your words. This was voluntary on Chiri-koku's part; we never forced them."

"But......"

"No buts, next question."

The reporters looked at each other, at a loss for words. This was no aid; it was blatant exploitation!

But it was actually pretty cool!

In Haicheng, Longguo, at the Xiao family's manor, Ye Linyuan watched the press conference on television and laughed out loud.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is really enjoyable."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruoxi chuckled and stuffed the peeled orange segments into Ye Linyuan's mouth.

"Brother Yuan, what do you think those people from the Thousand Sun Kingdom are feeling right now?"

"How do you feel? I feel like dying."

Ye Linyuan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said nonchalantly.

"But it's none of my business, they brought it on themselves."

Xiao Ruoxi nodded; she also felt that the Thousand Days Society wanted to die...

"That's true. By the way, Brother Yuan, how much of those two hundred tons of gold will we get?"

"Divide? What's there to divide? That's the country's money. Besides, we don't lack that little bit of money. Don't forget, we've already completely taken over Mitsubishi."

"Indeed, our eight great families have really taken a huge dose of nourishing pills this time."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ruoxi looked at Ye Linyuan with a shy expression.

My great-grandfather said that this was the purpose of the original marriage agreement, and now that the purpose has been achieved, the marriage agreement...

Although he didn't understand why Xiao Ruoxi was acting so shy and had completely lost her usual briskness, Ye Linyuan didn't care and just smiled.

"Alright, Ruoxi, get ready. In a couple of days, you'll be going to Shuicheng with me and Qinghan. You're my driver, after all."

"Water City? What are we going there for?"

"A small personal matter."

Meanwhile, in the temporary command center of Senri Province, Yamamoto Ichiro's hands trembled as he looked at the agreement in his hand.

After a long while, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhang Han, the representative of the Dragon Kingdom, across from him, his heart bleeding.

"Two hundred tons of gold...all cutting-edge technology...zero tariffs...you...you're trying to drain our Thousand-Day Kingdom dry!"

"Mr. Yamamoto, please watch your words."

Zhang Han, the representative from the Dragon Kingdom, remained expressionless.

"This was voluntary on your part; we did not force you."

"Voluntary? Do we even have a choice?!"

"There was no other choice."

Zhang Han is very honest.

"So that settles it? Sign it."

Yamamoto Ichiro was trembling all over, but he still picked up the pen and signed his name.

Zhang Han put away the agreement, stood up, and looked down at Yamamoto Ichiro, who was almost slumped on the ground, his tone extremely contemptuous.

"Alright, the agreement is in effect. Also, we will arrange rescue as soon as possible. Please wait patiently."

"Wait! When are you coming?"

"When? We'll talk about it once the gold arrives."

After saying that, Zhang Han left without looking back, leaving Yamamoto Ichiro slumped into a chair, completely dumbfounded.

"It's over... the Thousand-Day Kingdom is completely finished..."

Having lost face, population, technology, economy, capital, and land, the Thousand-Day Kingdom is utterly finished this time...

The nation is about to cease to be a nation!

Aiichi Wanmei, you bastard, why did you have to get involved in this mess of biological weapons? Do you know that your biological weapons project has completely destroyed the entire Thousand Days Kingdom?!

In fact, Ye Linyuan did not expect that Aishi Wanmei had taken the blame for him. She was actually working on a biological weapons project, and it was being carried out in secret. Very few people knew about it. However, there was basically no cost involved, and the money mostly went into the pocket of Commissioner Kobayashi. Moreover, all the relevant personnel were wiped out in the previous undead catastrophe. As for the data, only a little bit remained, as the vast majority of it was lost in the operation to nuke Tokyo.

Therefore, the investigators from the Thousand Days Kingdom later drew a conclusion based on the little information remaining.

All of this was caused by the accidental leak of Aiichi Wan'ai's biological weapons project!

Looking at Yamamoto Ichiro's ashen face, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces cautiously asked.

"Your Excellency, what should we do now?"

"What to do? Just wait to die."

Yamamoto Ichiro gave a wry smile.

"But before that, let's gather the gold."

"But Prime Minister, two hundred tons of gold! Where are we going to get that?"

"Go to the bank and take it. If that doesn't work, melt down the Dog King's golden Buddha statue!"

"That's a national treasure!"

"National treasure? Can you eat national treasures? Go get them!"

"......yes!"