Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

The harvest of 1000 to [-] million tons of crude oil, if purely in terms of value, can already make up for the various losses of the National Defense Forces on the battlefield and their post-war needs.

However, oil is oil after all, and it cannot be turned into the ocean, nor can it be turned into other resources that the National Defense Forces urgently need.

Therefore, just two days after the negotiation, the government chairman Li Zongren came to Li Guosheng's office with the news that the government's finances were about to go bankrupt, hoping that Li Guosheng could come up with a rescue method...

After placing the documents in his hand one by one in front of Li Guosheng, Li Zongren said directly: "Commander-in-Chief, if you don't solve the funding problem and find ways to increase the government's fiscal revenue, the government's finances will not be able to continue. At that time, I can no longer be the chairman of the government..."

Although Li Guosheng had roughly learned about the government's financial crisis through the intelligence king, what Li Guosheng did not expect was that the coalition government of Nuoda had reached the embarrassing point of being unable to operate.

Taking a deep breath, Li Guosheng quickly picked up the documents Li Zongren put on the table and began to browse.

Li Zongren, who was sitting opposite, was not idle, and introduced in a low voice while Li Guosheng was flipping through the documents.

"Boss, for the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia that has ended, without your consent, I took the initiative and allocated 2000 million U.S. dollars from the immigration special fund to use as war funds. In addition, I also used the railway funds Temporarily set aside 500 million U.S. dollars to increase the output of several major arsenals to supply the needs of front-line operations...."

"Because the Ministry of Railways has strong funds, the hundreds of thousands of young and middle-aged men involved in the construction of the railway are all from prisoners of war, and it can be maintained for the time being. However, according to the current situation, it will take three months at the latest. The Ministry of Railways will also be taken away because of 500 million U.S. dollars and no food."

Having said that, Li Zongren changed the subject.He continued: "The Immigration Bureau under the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have such strong funds, and the Immigration Bureau is a pure consumption unit. Since I took away 2000 million US dollars of funds, the work of the entire Immigration Bureau has stagnated state……"

Li Guosheng put down the document, and asked Li Zongren bluntly: "Chairman Li, just tell me how big the current government's financial gap is..."

Facing Li Guosheng's gaze on him, Li Zongren replied without thinking: "Boss, the situation is not optimistic... So far, the government has only 100 million US dollars in emergency funds left. Not only that, the Ministry of Finance also owes There are a large number of funds from various departments, all of which add up to at least 500 million US dollars."

"Including government office costs and the monthly salaries of tens of thousands of officials, you must raise at least 5000 million US dollars in a short period of time. Otherwise, within a month, the government will be completely bankrupt because of this sudden war..... "

Hearing this, Li Guosheng's facial expression also became serious.After taking a long breath, he smiled bitterly at Li Zongren and said, "Chairman Li, you are forcing me... How did you let me get such a large sum of US$5000 million in such a short period of time?"

Hear here.Li Zongren, who was going to continue to say something, just closed his mouth.

Seeing the unsatisfactory expression on Li Zongren's face, Li Guosheng asked straightforwardly.

"Chairman Li, since the problem has been laid out, feel free to ask any other questions. Let's try to solve all of them today. No future troubles will be left, lest you say that I am thin-skinned and only focus on military affairs. Regardless of political affairs..."

"Yes, Chief..."

Li Zongren nodded.Quickly pulled out a statement from the document in front of Li Guosheng and introduced: "President, this is an appropriation application just submitted to the government by the National Defense Forces Staff Headquarters. It is about pensions for dead soldiers and subsidies for injured soldiers. The government's finances have all arrived. At this point, where do you want me to draw so much money from?"

After quickly scanning the total at the bottom corner of the document, Li Guosheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"How come there are so many...As far as I know, since the reorganization of the whole army, the military salary spent on millions of troops every year is less than 5000 million oceans. How can the pension for one battle reach [-] million oceans? It's not a mistake..."

Li Zongren shook his head and replied: "There is absolutely no mistake, but our national defense force has never paid such a huge price since its establishment. In addition, the pension standard of our national defense force is the highest in the country, so the casualties of the troops have increased sharply." After getting up, the pension that needs to be paid has become an astronomical figure now..."

Seeing that Li Guosheng still hadn't recovered from his astonishment, Li Zongren explained: "Because the main force participating in the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia is the 35 newly reorganized divisions that have just been reorganized, so during the entire battle, our army suffered great losses. .”

"The number of deaths alone exceeds [-], and the number of people disabled due to serious injuries exceeds [-]...According to the pension of one thousand oceans for a soldier who died in battle in our army, the amount of pensions that need to be paid to more than [-] soldiers who died in battle is more than [-]." [-] million oceans, this is not counting the various subsidies that we need to pay due to injuries and disabilities...-"

Li Guosheng nodded, and said with a heavy face: "5000 million oceans, if converted into US dollars, it is about 4000 million. Including the government's financial gap, we need to raise 500 million in a short period of time. , that is about one hundred million... Now it seems that at this moment, we are really in line with the old saying, 'A penny can't beat a hero'.-..."

After Li Zongren nodded in agreement, he replied with a wry smile: "Boss, with such a large sum of money, I have already thought of all the ways I can think of, but there is still no solution...Unfortunately, I have to Send this problem to you, and see if you can think of some solutions overseas..."

"Overseas..." Li Guosheng's eyes lit up suddenly, and he fell into deep thought.

However, to Li Zongren's disappointment, this expression lasted only ten seconds before returning to gloom again.

With the passage of time, among the various patents that have brought Li Guosheng a lot of income from overseas, except for the high-tech penicillin that continues to create wealth for himself as before, the remaining patents have been imitated in large numbers abroad because of their low technical content. .As a result, Li Guosheng, who has mastered the patented technology, has less and less income.

Of course, Li Guosheng also thought about it.Use the knowledge stored in your head to reproduce a new product, and dump it overseas to exchange funds for yourself.but.After thinking about it, Li Guosheng finally gave up.

First of all, Li Guosheng has not yet thought of anything other than penicillin that can create a lot of wealth for him in a short period of time.Secondly, even if you own this product yourself, it is impossible to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars in just one month.

Under such circumstances, Li Guosheng could only turn his attention to the country, to a problem that he had begun to think about during the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia.

After thinking for a while, he asked Li Zongren: "Chairman Li, how about we set up a bank... through the bank to withdraw a large amount of funds in a short period of time, and temporarily solve the government's financial crisis..."

As long as everyone knows that banking is the most profitable industry among all industries in the world.

When the national government fell into a financial crisis, it obtained a large amount of funds by establishing banks and issuing banknotes.

Therefore, as soon as Li Guosheng's voice fell, Li Zongren could not help but let out an exclamation.

"Bank... Chief, are you sure we really want to build our own bank..."

"Why can't a bank be established..." Li Guosheng asked back as a matter of course.

Seeing the shocked Li Zongren with his mouth still open in front of him.Li Guosheng said very arrogantly: "I not only want to establish our own bank, but also issue our own banknotes..."

"Although I'm not in charge of economics, I'm also aware of what I've seen and heard. Since the national government began issuing legal currency through banks, in order to increase its own military expenditure, it began to print money indiscriminately. It made the legal currency depreciate day by day. I can say with certainty that according to the national government’s approach, sooner or later, China’s economy will be ruined.”

"Of course, this is why I have repeatedly emphasized. An important reason why the circulation of legal currency is prohibited in the area ruled by the National Defense Force. Once a large amount of legal currency that may depreciate at any time flows into the area ruled by the National Defense Force, the economy and the people in the area ruled by the National Defense Force will definitely be affected by it. Fiat currencies continue to depreciate and suffer huge losses...."

"Since the legal currency cannot hold its value firmly, it should withdraw from the stage of history and replace it with a new currency. The National Defense Forces of our country have occupied nearly one-third of China's land, so they can issue their own banknotes to replace Legal currency, circulated throughout the country."

"Wonderful..." Li Zongren shouted excitedly just after Li Guosheng finished speaking.

"Boss, issuing banknotes can not only withdraw a large amount of funds in a short period of time, but also earn huge profits that we couldn't have imagined during the process of issuing banknotes."

Speaking of this, Li Zongren, who quickly flashed a strange smile on his face, continued to analyze: "Not only that, there is another great benefit in establishing a bank and issuing banknotes to the whole country..."

"As long as the banknotes we issue are stronger than the legal currency issued by the national government, and gradually replace the legal currency and circulate throughout the country, we can use economic means to sanction the major warlords who are unwilling to belong to us, and fight economic wars with the major warlord forces. At that time , we can use both economic and military measures to unify the country at the lowest cost..."

Excitement is nothing but excitement, Li Zongren, who had experienced a lot of wind and waves, woke up in the first place.

Facing Li Guosheng, he asked calmly: "Boss, although establishing a bank is a solution. However, distant water cannot solve the near thirst. If you want to establish a bank that can fight against the national government, it will definitely not be completed overnight. .So, we have to look at funding the government search in other directions."

After another thought was shattered, Li Guosheng's face also became serious.

Seeing the embarrassing Li Guosheng in front of him, Li Zongren tentatively reminded: "Boss, otherwise we will temporarily use a little reserve gold. After the government's financial crisis is over, we will find a way to make up for the used gold..."

"No..." Li Guosheng refused without thinking.

"Chairman Li, these gold reserves must never be used. They are the basis for us to form banks and issue banknotes in the future. Only with these gold reserves can the banknotes we issue remain stable and not depreciate. Therefore, unless it is a critical moment of life and death, Otherwise, no one can move the reserve gold...."

Although the reserve gold cannot be moved.However, mentioning reserve gold.The first thought in Li Guosheng's mind was the shocking scene he had never seen in his entire life when he entered the treasury of Zhang Xueliang, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army.

Gold bricks made of more than 200 million taels of gold.Just like ordinary bricks, they were neatly stacked in the vault, and under the light, they emitted a burst of dazzling yellow light.

Of course, more than 200 million taels of gold is only the tip of the iceberg of Zhang Xueliang's treasury.In Nuoda's treasury, the most stored silver is still a large amount of silver that has been circulating in China.

A total of 4000 million taels of silver, in order to facilitate storage, was cast into silver bricks just like gold.They are neatly stacked in the vault, row by row, which is particularly spectacular.

Reserve gold cannot be moved, because it is the basis for future currency issuance.However, this does not mean that like gold, silver, which also has huge economic value, cannot be moved.

More importantly, if they sell a large amount of silver, it will definitely deal a huge blow to the silver standard legal currency issued by the national government.At that time, the legal currency will undergo a large-scale devaluation.Taking advantage of the situation to form a bank and issue new currency, it will definitely conquer most of the domestic currency market, and even surpass the legal currency that has been in circulation for four or five years.

Think here.Li Guosheng's eyes quickly shot out two bright lights, and he asked Li Zhongren who was still frowning: "Chairman Li, in addition to gold reserves, we also have a lot of silver in our vault. I want to know the specifics in our vault. The amount of silver...."

Li Zongren replied puzzledly: "There are two sources of silver in the treasury: one is the 4000 million taels we seized from Zhang Xueliang's treasury. That is [-] tons of silver..."

"The other source is that we seized from the Japanese Kwantung Army after we approached the Northeast. A total of 300 million taels, or more than 150 tons of silver."

"Combined with some other sources, the total amount of silver stored in the vault is [-] tons..."

Li Guosheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Three thousand and six hundred tons of silver, according to the current exchange ratio of silver and gold, can be exchanged for three hundred tons of gold, which is [-] million U.S. dollars..."

"Boss, what do you mean..." Li Zongren asked thoughtfully.

"We can't touch the gold reserves, but silver can..." After a strange smile flashed across his face, Li Guosheng replied in a good mood.

Without waiting for Li Zongren to react, he directly ordered: "You immediately withdraw 1000 two hundred tons of silver from the treasury and sell it to solve the government's financial crisis..."

"In addition, among the remaining [-] tons of silver in the treasury, except for [-] tons that are urgently needed for storage, the remaining [-] tons of silver are all exchanged into gold for storage..."

1000 [-] tons of silver is [-] tons of gold, or [-] million U.S. dollars in other words.

Thinking of this, Li Zongren's frowning facial expression just now quickly disappeared.Facing Li Guosheng, he said excitedly: "With this 1000 to [-] tons of silver, at least in the next year, the government will no longer need to worry about money... Chief, I will arrange for someone to handle it immediately after I go back." ..."

Just when Li Zongren was anxious to leave, Li Guosheng suddenly said.

"Wait a minute, Chairman Li, your problem has been solved, but you haven't solved my problem yet..."

Under Li Zongren's puzzled eyes, he said: "You should be clear that in this Sino-Soviet negotiation, we have taken a total of 1000 to [-] million tons of crude oil from the hands of the Soviet government. According to the current consumption speed of the National Defense Forces and local governments, these After all the crude oil is refined, it will be enough for our needs for more than two years.”

"However, no one knows what accidents will happen in the past two years, or our National Defense Forces will expand again... Therefore, we can't pin all our fuel hopes on these 1000 to [-] million tons of crude oil...."

Li Zongren frowned, and asked Li Guosheng: "Boss, you mean to find a way to continue importing large quantities of crude oil from other channels..."

Li Guosheng shook his head and replied: "Importing crude oil requires money. The money we spend on crude oil has reached 5000 million U.S. dollars every year. There must be no further increase. Otherwise, the government simply cannot afford it..."

"If you can't import, then the only way left is self-production..." Li Zongren replied after a brief silence.

"That's what I mean, find a way to produce large-scale self-produced oil... You must not hold oil, the source of power, in the hands of others. Otherwise, once the lifeline of oil is cut off by others, our war potential will be greatly weakened... . " Li Guosheng replied firmly.

Li Zongren nodded affirmatively and said in support: "The chief executive is right, the lifeblood of oil must never be held in the hands of others..."

"However, looking at the whole of China, the only place where oil has been discovered is Shaanxi, and Shaanxi is the territory of the Red Party. How can we hold this oil field in our own hands..."

"Two directions..." Li Guosheng affirmed loudly.

"First, the government will immediately organize an oil exploration team to carry out oil exploration in all areas controlled by the National Defense Forces. At that time, I will give you a rough distribution map of the domestic oil seized in Japan..."

"Second, expand the trade with the Red Party and buy the oil fields from the Red Party. Of course, if the Red Party doesn't sell it, we can also jointly mine with the Red Party and give them a share... Only in this way, Only then can we obtain more oil at the lowest cost, and hold oil, the lifeblood of the war, with our own hands.” (To be continued..)