Chapter 61: Plan Ahead
"Boss, is it really okay for us to do this? I'm afraid that that will affect our entire plan. Zhuo Fei returned to Berlin with a team of guards and more than a dozen boxes. After the printing house in the containment center was able to print small amounts of counterfeit pound sterling banknotes, Zhuo Fei has been paying close attention to the printing of counterfeit Mark banknotes, and this time the boxes he brought back to Berlin contained counterfeit Mark banknotes, but Norlandon, who was responsible for implementing the Mark counterfeit banknote plan, was still a little worried.
"Arnold, as I said, you don't have to worry about the Germans finding out that these counterfeit banknotes have something to do with us, because they can't tell the authenticity of the money yet." Out of his own bad taste, Zhuo Fei has always called Norlanton Arnold, although Norlanton's size is not as good as the governor in later generations, but the size of Europeans still looks much stronger than Asians. "Hitler had agreed that we could hire German ships to help transport the Jews, and although Hitler wanted them to buy supplies from South Asia on their return trip, we could not afford to waste such a good opportunity."
"The settlement of hundreds of thousands of Jews in China is no small matter, and the Chinese government is so busy resisting the Japanese aggression that it cannot and cannot provide substantial help to these Jews. I will continue to moderate these Jews, but they must serve me temporarily, I will build factories, build roads, and build armies, all of which will require a huge amount of material as a basis. From the very beginning, the counterfeit project was prepared for this purpose, and now that we have printed counterfeit banknotes, we must proceed according to the original plan. ”
Norlanton still wanted to insist on his opinion, but seeing Zhuo Fei's face at the moment, he forcibly swallowed back the words that had already reached his mouth. Xu sensed Nolanton's apprehension, and Zhuo Fei smiled, "Arnold, you may have forgotten that the Poles are also good at counterfeiting, and I heard that the SS has seized several cases of counterfeit currency and documents in the Czech Republic last month. Personally, I think it seems that you can find a Czech, a living Pole, to act as a proxy, and as long as they are given enough benefits, I think they should be more than willing to give everything of their own. ”
Zhuo Fei's reminder made Nolanton suddenly realize that indeed, there is no need to come forward in this matter at all, as long as you find an agent. "Boss, I see, I know what to do." Nolanton's answer made Zhuo Fei quite satisfied, if the Mark plan can be successfully implemented, Zhuo Fei can use a large number of counterfeit money to buy the materials needed in the market, and the special steel of the Germans has always been the highlight of Zhuo Fei's coveting.
"Money, money, I'm really short of money right now." On the way back to Bremerhaven, the groggy Zhuo Fei had been thinking about his family wealth all the time, if he didn't count the counterfeit banknotes piled up in the secret room of the containment point, the funds that he could mobilize at will in his hands would be less than one million US dollars. In this era, millions of dollars should be regarded as a huge amount of money, but the number of Jews gathered in Bremerhaven is increasing day by day, and the cost of eating, transporting these Jews to China, and settling in China must be paid in advance by Zhuo Fei, so that the millions of dollars are not enough at all.
What's more, Zhuo Fei also had to take advantage of the opportunity to transport Jews to secretly purchase materials and send them to China, compared with feeding the Jews, the funds required to purchase materials are even more expensive. Penicillin has nothing to do with him, and Blackwater Oil has become a special tool to help the German government explore for oil, if it weren't for the funds raised by the American Jewish League, Zhuo Fei might have declared himself bankrupt long ago. The thought of money gave Zhuo Fei a headache, the movement of transporting Jews could not be stopped until the end of next year, especially after Germany's northward expansion, there were more than a million Jews waiting to leave Europe.
The only person Zhuo Fei can turn to now is Andy, but the funds provided by Andy still have to be paid to Wood Forest Company as a purchase money, so the reality forces Zhuo Fei to implement the counterfeit money plan in advance. Under Zhuo Fei's instructions and planning, the secret room in the containment point was finally opened, and counterfeit banknotes totaling more than $60 million from various countries were moved out of the secret room one after another, and quietly transported to other countries through Anthony's smuggling network in the United Kingdom.
"Don't worry about it, and after the money circulates in the market and then flows into the account we have formulated, it will become a genuine banknote that is recognized by the bank. Guys, think about your families and children, and in order for them to have a good life, I want you to put all your energy into coping with this. "Anthony is no longer the underworld boss, and Anthony, who has made some famous names in the UK, has already been a guest at some drinking parties, for no other reason than because Anthony is rich.
Anthony's minions have long been washed ashore with the leader, and they are present in grocery stores, fruit stands, laundries, and even movie theaters, which are closely related to people's daily lives. Abandoning brothels and casinos, the Anthony family's life has long been far away from the black industry, but no one will know that while gaining a good reputation and rich profits, these industries under the Anthony family are helping Zhuo Fei to launder money at a rate of hundreds of thousands of pounds a day.
Grocery stores, fruit stands, laundries, cinemas and other places were the main places where small bills were circulated, and Anthony used the counterfeit money provided by Zhuofei to establish similar chain industries across the UK. When someone comes to buy something, the shopkeeper will take the opportunity to exchange small counterfeit notes as change for shoppers, and Anthony has a special staff who are responsible for spending money, and what these people do every day is to use counterfeit money to spend money in various places, and then send the real change to the grocery store.
Through grocery stores, fruit stands, laundries, and movie theaters, Anthony has set up a money laundering network that sends counterfeit banknotes mixed with real money to the bank for storage every day, and then uses the advantages of the chain industry to convert the counterfeit money stuffed into the bank into the account and concentrate it in the account of the head office. Finally, in the name of the business activities of the head office, the amount in the account was used to purchase all kinds of materials needed by Zhuo Fei all over the UK, and this whole set of money laundering process was impeccable to the investigation of the tax officer.
In the United Kingdom, France and the United States, Zhuo Fei has arranged for people to establish money laundering networks one after another, if it were not for the fear that the German government would find out, Zhuo Fei might have implemented a counterfeit money plan in Germany long ago. The counterfeit money plan will not have any effect in the short term, but as long as it lasts for a month, Zhuo Fei will receive a steady stream of various supplies sent to Bremerhaven, Zhuo Fei does not know how many supplies can be purchased with tens of millions of dollars, but he knows that these materials are enough to feed the Jews and carry out his own plan.
As the days passed, the fleet that transported the first group of Jews to Canton had returned to Europe after Angela's second group of Jews had successfully arrived in Burma. According to Zhuo Fei's prior arrangement, the fleet returning to Bremerhaven carried a large number of German mineral raw materials, including tungsten ore and rubber, which pleased the receiving team sent by the German Ministry of Industry to Bremerhaven. "Zhuo, thank you very much for what you have done for the Empire, and when I return, I will report your selfless help to Germany to the Führer."
In the face of the praise of the receiving team, Zhuo Fei behaved decently, but I don't know if Hitler would be so angry that he couldn't even eat after learning that Zhuo Fei was secretly using Mark counterfeit banknotes in Germany to arbitrage. Declined the invitation of the receiving group, Zhuo Fei seized the time to organize the fourth batch of Jews to board the ship and leave, in front of the receiving team, Zhuo Fei could not load too many supplies into the cabin, so he had to temporarily increase the number of boarding places, he planned to directly transport 20,000 people to board the ship and leave this time.
The departure of 20,000 people gave the already overcrowded shelter a temporary relief, and even the food supply that made Rijian nervous was also relieved, Zhuo Fei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this would be the case, the number of boarding people in the first few batches should be increased. With the experience of the previous attempts, the 20,000-man embarkation went smoothly, and the crew took a short break in Bremerhaven before carrying 20,000 Jews on the journey again.
"That's just 20,000 people, and the German ships we hired will arrive in Bremerhaven the day after tomorrow, and I estimate that at least 16,000 more will be carried the day after tomorrow, depending on the loading of the ships. With more than 30,000 people in three days, the containment site should be able to sit quiet for a while, and I hope that your escort team will find time to train the selected militia briefly. On the way back to the containment site, Zhuo Fei called Huffman to his car, and the two discussed the training of the militia.
In addition to the militia selected by the escort team, there are at least 600 people here in Bremerhaven, and 600 people to form a battalion is more than enough, Zhuo Fei does not want to waste the next free time, and the training of the militia is put on the agenda by Zhuo Fei. The red armband on the right arm of the Jewish militia, known to the outside world as camp volunteers, was known to the SS soldiers who visited the shelter on a daily basis.
It was just a group of ordinary people with vegetables in their faces, but they had an extra red armband on their arms, and the SS troops stationed in the area paid no attention to these Jewish civilians who couldn't even line up, and in their opinion, even if they were given weapons to these Jewish civilians, they were just forcing the timid rabbits to be tough guys. The SS contempt upset the Jewish militiamen, but Zhuo Fei wanted this effect, while the SS ignored the militia, the escort secretly trained the Jewish civilians in auxiliary arms.
Auxiliary troops are all-encompassing, and strictly speaking, not only pilots and ambulances can be regarded as auxiliary troops, but in fact, even artillery, communication troops, and engineers should be regarded as auxiliary arms. Zhuo Fei didn't expect the Jews to fight with the Japanese soldiers with bayonets and hand-to-hand combat, but the Jews with a higher level of education were very good auxiliary troops, at least the highly professional arms such as artillery and communication troops needed educated people to do a good job.