Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

What was money? In fact, money is a human to a variety of survival resources, the amount of money you are entitled to use the resources of the community.

Food and shelter, this was the basic resources, education, the law, the military … And social services were also a type of resource. Humans, on the other hand, naturally had the desire to own all sorts of resources. After all, human nature had always been branded into genes from the start of society.

Everyone wanted more resources, everyone wanted more, so there had to be a distribution method that was acceptable to the whole world and the whole nation.

This was the root of the birth of money. It could basically solve the problem of the distribution of the resources of the Earth from different nationalities, different countries, different cultures, different languages and different regions.

Regardless of your reasoning and explanation, you would need money as the final resource. This was a very cold-blooded and emotionless way of distributing the resources, but it was very fair!

Humans needed money, and gold was the most valuable metal that could be found on earth!

The physical characteristics were very stable, and there were very few of them on Earth. Most importantly, all of humanity recognized this value.

This was the origin of the gold standard. In this world, whoever could control the supply of gold would be able to grab the throat of the world's currency.

Not to mention the fact that the gold standard has not been abolished in this era, even after the 21st century, the United States dollar has been freed from the gold standard, and the United States will still be hoarding large amounts of gold.

After the Second World War, the countries of the world had deposited their gold in the United States in order to exchange it for dollars. In the end, they wanted to withdraw it back to the United States, but the United States blocked them completely.

I admit that the gold belongs to you, but I won't let you bring it back to your country.

If you don't want to give it to me, then don't want to give it to me. If you have a way to go, then don't want to die!

Not to mention the fact that gold had already declined, even if it was less useful in times of peace, once the world changed, gold would always be gold. It would forever be the last currency that humans trusted the most.

"Damn it!" Damn it! Damn it! How could I be so careless! "

After Xiao Letian finished listening to the analysis of the bearded man and the second violinist, combined with his memories from his past life, he immediately found the crux of the problem.

In the end, he had overestimated Britain's endurance. He had always thought that with Britain's current wealth, he wouldn't care about the small sum of 1.2 billion francs!

However, he had forgotten to consider the issue from the perspective of currency hegemony!

The Chinese were, after all, a new and emerging nation. Although they had exchanged letters of credence with the British, the British had recognized the Chinese as an independent and independent nation!

However, it was impossible to get into contact with them so easily. How could those old cunning foxes of the British Empire be fooled by their humble words!

The most important thing was that Xiao Letian was too tactful in France. For various reasons, Xiao Letian and the rest of the Paris Commune were very ambiguous.

This aroused the vigilance of the European capitalists, who were represented at the very top by the Bankers and the giant corporate powers. These people were in this age playing with gold!

"Xiao, my friend, I must remind you in a very pessimistic manner that the British are willing to do anything to protect the golden overlord … If you cannot show obedience, then Britain will not be at ease in letting you operate in Asia! "

The second Fiddler also spoke up, "Leader, I don't understand. Your monetary policy was obviously very outstanding before. You worked hard to forge silver coins and to issue a standard silver currency …" This is what England would like to see! "

"Why did you intervene in the gold business when your own strength is still very weak?" The Gold franc, the Gold franc … The francs of the France are like the pound sterling, they can be exchanged for gold, both are gold standard currencies! "

"You can keep these currencies in your European banks, but you can't take them away …" "It's even more impossible to ship them back to Asia!"

"If you insist on going back, I'm afraid the British will put you under house arrest …"

Xiao Letian was really afraid now. The war with France had made him relax a little, but he had actually forgotten about such a serious problem. How could he forget about the gold standard?

The moustache and the second violinist's reminder were very important, because the British had already made their move. There was a Dutch merchant ship sailing from Port Rotterdam this afternoon, with a large number of European antiques on board, as well as important technical literature from French universities.

Among them, there were even ten million yellow Gold franc gold coins!

As soon as the ship entered the Channel, it was detained by the Royal British Fleet. Up until now, the Chinese Embassy still did not know about this news.

Britain had finally revealed the ugly face of a pirate in the early days of the great ocean. As long as it harmed their interests, the so-called Royal Navy would immediately tear off her disguise and transform into a pirate ship on the ocean.

The complacent British captain looked at the boat full of loot and sneered, "Capture them to Huai Te Island. If the Chinese are willing to bow their heads, maybe these treasures can still be given to them. If they are unwilling …"

"Then these precious artifacts must belong to the Imperial Museum!"

Xiao Letian puffed on his cigar as he paced back and forth in the study to think. Only after a good fifteen minutes did he open the window to allow the cold night wind to blow in.

"I got it. Thank you for reminding me. It's too important …" "I lost my mind from victory and fell into a very low level situation of darkness under the lamplight …"

"Since I've found the root of the illness, I have a cure for it. Please rest assured that the problem of the Philippines and the problem of gold will be properly solved!"

Big Beard and his companion looked at each other and smiled, "Of course we believe in the leader's ability to solve problems …" However, we still have another problem that we would like to ask the leader for guidance on! "

"The failure of the Paris Commune has dealt a fatal blow to our proletarian revolution. Now, the world is filled with pessimism …"

"As a person who witnessed the civil war in Paris with his own eyes, you are a scholar and statesman of both the West and China! We need you to stand at a different height to give us some analysis! "

Xiao Letian was stunned when he heard it, "You're asking me? I'll give you advice? This... That's not good, right? "

He laughed bitterly and opened his hands: "You two should be very clear about this, although I am sympathetic towards the Workers' Movement, I understand the hardships of the lower class people …" "But …"

"But after all, I am a member of what you call the ruling class! I am also a capitalist, and I am also constantly exploiting the surplus value of the hired workers! "

"I'm basically no different from those exploiters!"

Just as he was speaking, Big Beard interrupted Xiao Letian. "No! "I don't think so. You are different from ordinary capitalists, because you are not a slave to money, you are not a puppet controlled by capital!"

"We've seen a lot of big capitalists in Europe, and a lot of them have more money than you do! However, when we look at those people, we actually feel very sad! "

"Those rich people have long been drained of their flesh and blood. Their value is to do everything possible to increase the value of their capital for profit, and thus, they have lost all their humanity!"

"Actually, if you look closely, those people are just slaves raised by the capital monsters. They are just adding fuel to the fire for the operation of the capital!"

"These parasites won't be able to enjoy even the slightest amount of pus secreted by this capital monster's body!"

"And you are different... Can a person who could kick aside an emperor and a king's throne be controlled by a capital monster? "

"Chief, even if we risked our lives to remind you of your kindness, please speak frankly and openly!"