Chapter 204: I'm going to be gold
Seeing that Wang Lei did not let go of the conditions of biting 100 million silver dollars, Nanzao Yunzi sighed helplessly. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBefore she came, the emperor gave her an order to promise Wang Lei all conditions, and she must rescue Kawako as soon as possible. And now she is talking to Wang Lei for half a day, because she received an order from the Tokyo Special High School to try her best to reduce the losses of the empire.
But when it comes to now, Wang Lei has been insisting on his conditions, and Nanzao Yunzi is not willing to continue to stimulate Wang Lei, after all, in the materials of the North China Special High School, Wang Lei is famous for his moodiness in treating the Japanese, and she is not like Wang Lei who died in vain. So she decided to agree to Wang Lei's conditions.
"Wang Leijun, we can agree to your conditions, but 100 million silver dollars is at least more than 1,000 tons, and it will take at least 3 trips to carry it by train. And I remember that on the afternoon of November 3, 1935, Minister of Finance, Minister Kong Xiangxi, convened a meeting of the banking circles in Shanghai, and announced that your government would implement the "Emergency Monetary and Financial Measures" from the next day, that is, to implement the policy of legal tender and paper money, not to exercise the silver dollar, and to exchange the silver dollar with legal tender. If you want such a large amount of silver, you are not afraid of destroying your country's financial and monetary system, or we will exchange it for the equivalent fiat currency for you. ”
Wang Lei sneered: "Nanzao Yunzi!" Are you really brainless when I do? From the outbreak of the war to the present, the Kuomintang government has been adopting an inflationary policy, and the printing press has been printing money non-stop. And since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1937, in order to sabotage China's rear economy, you Japanese forcibly exchanged the currency issued by Japan for legal tender in the Japanese-occupied areas, plus smuggled materials to obtain legal tender, and sent them to Shanghai to exchange foreign exchange for the Nationalist Government. As a result, the Nationalist Government received more than 10 million pounds and 50 million US dollars in loans from the United Kingdom and the United States respectively during this period, but it was still not enough to support the exchange rate of fiat currency. How long do you think fiat money can last like this? ”
Hearing Wang Lei say this, Nanzao Yunzi's face froze, she couldn't have imagined that Wang Lei was so clear about these things, he hesitated for a while and said: "But Mr. Wang Lei, we don't have so many silver dollars now!" ”
Nanzao Yunzi told the truth, although Japan had plundered a large amount of China's resources in recent years, most of their silver dollars went into the pockets of the Americans in order to invade China's strategic materials.
You must know that after 1933, the new President of the United States, Roosevelt, in order to get rid of the domestic economic crisis, increased the issuance of currency, increased the issuance of currency reserves and increased silver reserves, and successively issued a series of laws and regulations such as the "Silver Purchase Act" and the "Silver State Ownership Order". After the United States raised the price of silver and purchased silver in large quantities, the silver dollars plundered by Japan also flowed into the pockets of the Americans and exchanged for strategic materials.
Wang Lei thought for a while and said: "Then I will suffer a little bit and replace it with materials, for example, iron ore, lead, copper, nitrocellulose, etc., I can make a list for you, you prepare in advance." ”
Hearing Wang Lei's words, Nanzao Yunzi's face turned pale, they have the things Wang Lei mentioned before, but these are important strategic materials, and they are also production materials for various weapons. If they had been given these things before, they would have been given to them. But in front of her is the director of the arsenal, and as long as these materials are in his hands, it will not take long for them to be turned into weapons and ammunition.
Seeing Nanzao Yunzi's pale face, Wang Lei sneered: "Why can't this work, then I will give you a plan in the end, how about settling in gold, 100 million and 100 million silver dollars are exchanged for equivalent gold, and the exchange ratio is according to the current gold price in the United States, how about it?" ”
Nanzao Yunzi thought for a while and said: "This is okay, but this requires the consent of His Majesty the Emperor, and I hope that Mr. Wang Lei can agree." "Nanzao Yunzi has received news before he came, His Majesty the Emperor is ready to use gold to buy silver from the United States, such a big gold transaction will definitely be made by the United States to earn a lot of difference, it is better to trade directly with Wang Lei, but these need the approval of His Majesty the Emperor.
Wang Lei thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Seeing that Wang Lei had no opinion, Nanzao Yunzi continued: "In addition, I don't know how Wang Jun wants to exchange hostages and ransom, and there are at least 100 tons of 100 million and 100 million converted into gold!" ”
"It's simple, you first transport the gold to Ping'an County, and then we will have a final hostage exchange outside the Shili store, where we can both rest assured!" Wang Lei said.
"This ......" Nanzao Yunzi was a little hesitant, she was afraid that Wang Lei would not let him go after getting the ransom.
Wang Lei squinted his eyes and looked at Nanzao Yunzi, "What?" Don't believe me? Feel relieved! The people of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are in your hands, how can I consider them! Wang Lei said this completely to tell Nanzao Yunzi his handle, but it didn't matter, he didn't think about not letting him go from the beginning.
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Nanzao Yunzi left after discussing some more details with Wang Lei, and she had to return to Fengxiang County immediately to report the results of this negotiation to the country, and some things still need the approval of His Majesty the Emperor.
Two days later, Wang Lei received a letter sent by Nanzao Yunzi. The general content is that the emperor of Japan agreed to all the conditions, and the gold will arrive in Ping'an County in two days, and at 10 noon in seven days, the two sides will exchange hostages outside the Shili store, and no more than 20 people will be present at that time.
After Wang Lei received the letter from Nanzao Yunzi, he immediately notified Yu Yang, and Yu Yang had some complaints about Wang Lei's unauthorized negotiation with the Japanese, but it was also limited to Wang Lei not telling him in advance, so that he had to urgently write a report to the border district government. He didn't care about the rest, anyway, the Party Central Committee's previous intention was only to rescue his own comrades who had been arrested. Now Yu Yang was just surprised that Wang Lei actually took out so much gold from the Japanese.
As for the Kuomintang's Gongsun Jing, he was selectively forgotten by Wang Lei, and what they did about the so-called party-state made Wang Lei still resentful.
Wang Lei did not look for Gongsun Jing, but Gongsun Jing came to the door, and also brought a telegram from the party-state: "The National Government notices that Wang Lei of the Niujiazhuang Arsenal of the Eighth Route Army has no party-state and colludes with the Japanese, and the National Government will regard him as a traitor and traitor from now on and notify the whole party, and at the same time immediately cancel all cooperation with the Niujiazhuang Arsenal, hereby notify!" ”
After listening to Gongsun Jing's announcement, Wang Lei laughed angrily: "Why am I a traitor, it seems that I have to inform the Japanese to exchange those 22 Kuomintang generals for gold!" ”
Hearing Wang Lei say this, Gongsun Jing, who was about to leave, turned around and glared at Wang Lei angrily: "Shaft Zier dare to !! ”
Wang Lei crossed his hands in front of his chest, with an indifferent attitude: "Why don't you dare!" I've won the title of traitor, how can I be worthy of this title if I don't do something! (To be continued.) )