Rise from the sword

Chapter 676

"A large number of silver dollars?"

Shancheng, Brigadier General of the United States, Wei Demei, a marginal man, spoke with surprise.

Because of the shift of the US strategic center, they concentrated all their efforts on dealing with Mustache, withdrew all the air force, and even stopped most of the aid. Coupled with the decline of Shancheng Guoguo, the chief of staff of the Republic of China theater, the status of Shancheng Dahongzi plummeted.

From crowded to empty.

And Wedemeyer himself did nothing.

It really reflects the history of the decline of Shancheng preserved fruit.

"Correct."

The only staff officer in the museum replied:
"A large number of silver dollars have appeared in various banks, and the number is quite large. The total is estimated to be more than [-] million."

Although the American forces have withdrawn and their influence has also dropped, the high-level people in Guofu went to the "free" country for "money" and still maintain a good relationship with Wedemeyer.

If there is any trouble, we will share the news.

"More than [-] million."

Wedemeyer looked surprised.

[-] million silver dollars is equivalent to [-] tons of silver, which is not a small amount.

Both the United States and Germany are buying silver on a large scale. Although he doesn't know the reason, this has really pushed up the price of silver, bringing it to a historically high price of $1.35 per ounce, far exceeding the $1.29 stipulated in the Silver Act.

Because the U.S. Treasury Department and the Deutsche Bank are still rushing to buy, silver prices are still rising slowly.

More than [-] tons of silver, according to the current price, is equivalent to about [-] million US dollars.

"Where did they get so much silver?"

Wedemeyer was puzzled.

After the Silver Act, the price of silver in the world rose sharply, and the face value of the Republic of China using the silver dollar currency was lower than the actual value of the silver dollar, which led to a large outflow of silver, a reduction in market currency, deflation, and severe economic losses.

Although the follow-up currency reform saved a little bit, it was just the official purchase of silver to exchange for dollars, and it had just recovered to half a bucket of water, followed by Japan's all-out war, and the country collapsed directly.

After more than seven years of war, how could the Republic of China still spend so much silver?
Is there a big silver mine?

Can't.

Wedemeyer directly denied that this kind of big news would spread all over the world before it was mined, and he was definitely the first to receive the news.

"It came from the people."

The staff officer explained.

In order to hide the truth from the United States, Zhao Gang dispersed this batch of silver out of the people, and buried part of it in the cellar of the landlord Lao Cai, so as to avoid the eyes of the Americans.

"..."

Wedemeyer was speechless.

This country has experienced decades of turmoil, separatism, and has been robbed countless times by countries all over the world. The Japanese have also occupied most of the wealthy areas, and there is still so much silver among the people.

"Why are you concentrated here?"

Wedemeyer still couldn't figure it out.

Like him, Shancheng Fruit Preserves is already dead in name only, and Congress has not contacted him for a long time, and the economic development of the base area of ​​that group is very good, and it is said that more than a dozen industrial bases have been built.

According to economic theory, this batch of silver should be concentrated in the so-called base of that group of people.

"The group's base prohibits the direct circulation of silver and restricts the exchange of silver dollars, and the official purchase price is very low, only one-third of the US dollar."

The staff officer explained.

"It should be for their own monetary policy."

Wedemeyer is not an expert in economics after all, so he can only make rough guesses.

Then, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

It is unavoidable that those people are powerful, and they will inevitably be the enemy of the United States in the future. There is no doubt about this. Then, it is time to plant a little hidden danger, no, it is to foster a little "democracy" power.

"Contact me the presidential palace."

Wedemeyer said to the staff officer.

With the resumption of the silver dollar currency and a group of die-hard military officers, the fruit has somewhat recovered its vitality. The four major families have also made a lot of money in the economic wave of the Republic of China by virtue of their foundations that have been rooted for many years. absolute control.

This batch of silver dollars will basically be collected by preserved fruits.

So···
It's time to lend a loan to the preserved fruit, and this batch of silver dollars will be used as collateral.

With the money, he believes that the fruit that has learned the lesson from this time will definitely be able to organize a considerable military force, and it will also be able to clear up the old illnesses and cause some trouble for that group of people.

Wedemeyer's eyes lit up.

He felt that the fighting spirit had returned.

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The news was transmitted quickly by radio waves, and it arrived in the hands of Mr. President in ten minutes. At this time, it was late at night in the United States.

the next day.

Also American time, early morning.

"A large amount of gold inflow?"

The White House, the president received a report after taking the imported drug.

Report from the Ministry of Finance.

"Correct."

The Ministry of Finance staff who reported said:

"It is mainly through the inflow of technical personnel from the Republic of China. There was one ton last week, and the number is still increasing. They directly reward gold for technical personnel who have made outstanding achievements in training talents."

"Both at home and abroad."

He and Boss Chen often talked about each other, coupled with the management base for so long, and the experience of the master, Political Commissar Zhao is well versed in management.

The same treatment is given to domestic and foreign technical personnel.

Of course, in terms of ability, the stronger the individual ability, the better the treatment. Everyone stands on the same starting line, and the country can freely choose, the dollar, 'food stamps', or gold.

It has to be said that there are still too few outstanding talents, especially capable talents, so that there is almost no financial pressure on the base area.

"So short of money?"

The president in the wheelchair was very puzzled.

After the last world war, most countries adopted monetary easing policies, abandoned the policy of directly exchanging currencies for gold, strengthened gold control, and fixed gold prices.

Direct payment with gold, even he can't do it.

The greatest value of gold is as a currency credit reserve. It is not impossible to use it directly as currency. Many international transactions use gold, but it is not cost-effective.

Also, who has that much gold to keep paying?
"Unclear, we know very little about their intelligence."

The Ministry of Finance personnel bowed their heads.

From a small force in a mountain corner to suddenly becoming a world-class powerhouse, the development speed is too fast, coupled with the fact that the opponent's intelligence control is very strong, so the United States has poor intelligence collection on the base area.

Moreover, they are also the Ministry of Finance.

"It is expected to consume about [-] tons of gold per month."

The Ministry of Finance staff added a sentence.

"Go get Donovan and the Secretary of the Treasury."

said the president.

As an excellent leader, Mr. President naturally understands that professionals need to find someone to judge.

Needless to say, Donovan, the president's right-hand man, swept away the disadvantages of the weakness of American intelligence, but recently he has been a little crotch, and there has been no breakthrough in the intelligence on Chen Fan and the source of German materials.

The Minister of the Treasury is also a great hero, right-hand man, and one of the main policy makers for the United States to get out of the economic crisis.

Soon, two American giants came to the White House.

The president did not ask the question directly, but showed the two the telegram sent by Wedemeyer.

"Mr President."

The Minister of Finance spoke first:

"According to the currently known intelligence, we cannot accurately infer the other party's purpose."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Mr. Donovan before continuing:

"But from a common sense analysis, referring to the situation of silver, it is likely to stabilize our own currency. Although we failed to get the other party to lower the price of medicines, we also forced them to agree to use settlement, which suppressed the other party's spontaneous currency system in disguise."

After all, they are newcomers to the base area, lacking experience and ability. After going abroad and coming to the world's financial battlefield, they were taught a lesson by the Americans and suffered a small loss. The medicines that were originally settled with food stamps were forced to agree directly USD transactions.

The international influence of food stamps has been greatly reduced.

The president nodded, agreeing with this statement in his heart, and then looked at Mr. Donovan.

Director of Intelligence Donovan's mouth twitched.

The Minister of Finance gave him a look before, and he was directly grilled on the stake, as if he was saying that all the difficulties were caused by his lack of intelligence work.

"There is no more detailed information."

Donovan's tone was helpless.

He can infiltrate the intelligence personnel of the German military unit and collect confidential information, but that group of people, the intelligence personnel he stuffed in got all the things on the street.

Might as well just buy a newspaper.

"Agreed to Wedemeyer's proposal to lend Shancheng [-] million U.S. dollars, with the central bank's silver as collateral."

Taking a deep look at Donovan, the President said.

Intervening in the country on the other side of the Pacific Eye is a must and must. This point does not need to be discussed. The only problem is how to intervene.

Simply put, it is to judge whether the preserved fruit has any utilization value.

After a night of analysis, his think tank has given the answer. Although it has declined, it still has a lot of influence, and it will not be swallowed and wiped out in a short time.

"Yes."

The finance minister nodded.

Donovan raised his head and moved his mouth as if to speak.

He instinctively felt something was wrong.

A large amount of silver appeared. Based on his intelligence experience of the Republic of China, the report said it was [-] tons, but in fact it was [-] tons or more. With such a huge amount, private hoarding is possible.

But after nearly ten years of war, it is absolutely impossible to pop up in a short time.

And judging from the unconfirmed information he has, the group on the other side of the Pacific Ocean does not lack any resources, whether it is oil, iron ore, copper ore, or coal.

There is no shortage of machinery and equipment, as well as top talents.

Cars, trucks, jeeps, and trains do not seem to need to be manufactured, as many as they need, and the quality and technology are better than those of other countries.

With these, the only thing that industrial development lacks is the low-middle-high third-level talent system and the market.

With a huge population and land, a rapidly developing national economy, and no shortage of markets, all countries are busy with wars, the economy cannot be estimated, and there is no external competition system. It is a paradise.

The booming and rapid development of the other party's industry and economy is the best proof.

There is no reason to need to suppress silver and sell gold to the market to stabilize the currency, so it is most likely a conspiracy against the opposite.

But there are many speculations about this matter that are not in line with common sense, and there is also a lack of evidence. Donovan finally chose to remain silent.

(End of this chapter)