Leo frowned: "Why do you want to hold it so hard?" We have already taken out $300 million, and even some of the foreign exchange that we had in the early stage has been withdrawn, which actually exceeds $400 million. Add another $200 million in additional loans, and it's not good for us at all! ”

"You don't understand, you don't understand! Leo! Contini shook his head and said, "Is this an economic problem?" Is this simply a matter of foreign exchange rates? No! This is a matter of the credibility of the government, the leader has stated on many occasions that the Lila will not appreciate or depreciate, and will remain stable. Where do you put the leader's face? The credibility of the government, the prestige of the fascist stipto, will inevitably become worthless with the depreciation of the currency! Then the party will fall, the leader will step down, and then will the coalition still be able to stand alone? We must grit our teeth in this war! ”

"But it's useless to add another 200 million...... Judging from the current momentum, not to mention 200 million, adding 1 billion may not be usable. ”

"Nope! 200 million useful. Francisco interjected, "We have counted, the large amount of lira dismantled by Italian banks is a total of 18 billion, and it is only a short-term dismantling of 3 months, two months and a week have passed so far, as long as it lasts for another 3 weeks, the borrowed capital must be returned, without the lira, what do they continue to exchange for foreign exchange?" Foreign banks can't change lira!. ”

"But......" Leo just wanted to say that he couldn't renew the loan when it expired, and suddenly remembered the rule set by Contini at the beginning, that Italian banks in various countries cannot lend large amounts of money to the outside world, otherwise they will be severely punished! As long as it survives these three months, it can be declared victory like crude oil.

As soon as he was speaking, someone called: "President, I have received news from the Bank of Siena, they are ready to lend 3.5 billion lira to the outside world!" ”

Contini was furious when he heard it: "Who made the decision!" What is Volpi's attitude? ”

"The president of the bank! Volpi was doing his work on a long-distance phone call, but the other party argued that the interest rate on the loan was relatively high, and now that the Bank of Siena had a surplus of lira, he couldn't just watch the money lie down and pay interest in vain, right? ”

If it was the previous Contini, he would definitely have borrowed it himself without hesitation, what is the interest? But this time he was really angry, and slapped the table: "Such an unruly bastard, it seems that I am too polite to them!" ”

He called Mussolini on the phone: "Leader, I have to report to you an urgent situation in which the Bank of Siena dares to ignore your instructions and lend large sums of money in violation of regulations in a vain attempt to increase ammunition to the international hostile elements attacking the Italian financial system. ”

"Calais, you said it well! What do you think? Mussolini also remembered the turn of the Prime Minister's Office in the past two days, and the foreign exchange bottomed out day by day, and he also knew that the situation was serious, which was not good for the collapse of the financial system, and it had been done in vain for the past 5 years, not to mention that he would step down, so this time Mussolini has not dared to use the $100 million quota given to him by Contini - compared with money, his political future is more important.

Two days ago, he heard that the crude oil storage was also under attack, and he was also in a hurry, although he did not know how to collect and store, but there was no shortage of political sensitivity. If it is not collected or abandoned, it proves that Italy's national credit is completely a piece of waste paper, and along this inference, the promise that the value of the lira will remain stable must also be a piece of waste paper, so as soon as Contini said that he would requisition the lake to store crude oil, he agreed without hesitation, and sent engineers to help. Now that the lake matter has passed, the matter of the Sienna Bank cannot be left alone.

"Liaison with foreign countries, betraying the country's financial sovereignty, tantamount to treason, immediately arrested!" Contini gritted his teeth and said, "Immediately use the plane, send out the Leader's Guard to arrest the president and the board members of the bank!" Those who resist arrest will be killed on the spot! ”

"Is that good?" Mussolini was taken aback, "These members are not small!" ”

"Leader, in troubled times, you should use heavy codes, this is digging the foundation of the party, digging the foundation of your governance, if you can endure this, you will pay it back in the future!" Contini persuaded, "Besides, it's just an arrest, and there is no conviction, look at the later performance!" Kill or release, or you don't have the final say? ”

"Okay, that's it! I'll send troops right away! Gotta give these bastards some color to see! ”

Putting down the phone, Leo and Francisco were stunned, "Really want to arrest someone?" Arrest people for this kind of thing? ”

"It's not a trivial matter!"

"Problem: It's a private bank!"

"Private banks also have to accept the leadership of the party, what is unified management? Can private banks do whatever they want regardless of the safety of the country? ”

"But this is a violation of the principles of a free economy and the market."

"I have never agreed that we are practicing free economics and market principles." Contini waved his hand, "What is the name of that sentence I said?" Be rich and strong, not free! We must control the nonsense of the public intellectuals, the banking circles and the capitalists, and no one has the authority to go beyond the three banners, all individuals must obey this principle, and they must obey the needs of the national interests of Italy as a whole! ”

The reason why Contini was worried about using the local police force was that he was afraid of leaking the news, so at this time he had to use the Leader's Guard - if it wasn't for the political implications, he would have sent out the black paratroopers, Mussolini was also in a hurry, and after 15 minutes he gathered all the troops and pulled them to the airport - Balbo's transport plane, the United Airlines transport plane was ready to go, heading directly for the headquarters of the Bank of Siena......

In the afternoon of the same day, the banks of Sienna were swept into custody, and after investigation, it was learned that they were going to be dismantled to the British Jewish consortium with an annualized interest rate of 24% - a remarkably high interest rate, no wonder they were crazy about it.

"You arrested? Arrest all the high-ranking people in Siena? In the evening, Volpi called and asked menacingly, "I'm doing ideological work, why are you arresting people?" The impact is bad, you know? ”

"Earl, I know more about politics than you do, is it useful to rely on you to do your work without arresting people?" Contini also retorted unceremoniously, "On the one hand, there are high interest rates, and on the other hand, you think these black-hearted capitalists can take you seriously?" Am I helping you understand? In this way, the authority of the Ministry of Finance was established. ”

"I ...... I'm going to the leader......"

"Don't be stupid...... It's the Leader's Guard that's going! Don't you get it? Contini said coldly, "This is the time when the life and death of the party and the government are at stake, and you probably have a chance to continue to be Chancellor of the Exchequer after the leader steps down, but do you think the leader is willing to step down?" ”

Volpi was speechless.

"Now you can tell the top management of the major banks, if anyone dares to take risks, don't blame the leader for being polite, just arrest people today, and go directly to the machine gun next time!" Contini said coldly, "The authority of the party and the leader cannot be challenged, all loans to foreign countries will be terminated, all loans shall not be extended, extended, or renewed, and domestic loans and loans of more than 10 million lire must be approved by the Ministry of Finance one by one!" If they don't believe it, let them try the power of the Iron Fist of the Sisti dictatorship! ”

Francisco looked at this "son-in-law" who gritted his teeth with mixed feelings, and felt that he was indeed suitable to be a youth leader, at least with such a fierce trick, such a completely desperate courage that he couldn't take out!

"All the banks in Italy have stopped lending to foreign countries, and they are very cautious about loans, and they have also rejected the extension and extension of the previous payment!"

"It can't be! We offer an APR of 24%! ”

"Nothing is impossible, yesterday afternoon, the top management of the Bank of Sienna was arrested by the army as soon as he approved the loan of 3.5 billion lira to us."

"Army arrests? What a crime! ”

"Betraying the country's financial sovereignty is tantamount to treason!"

"Mussolini really dared to do it......"

"It's not Mussolini who dares to do it, it's his good son-in-law's idea! No, the guy who wants to drain the lake and inject it into the crude oil. ”

"Little Ziano?"

"Public opinion should be mobilized to impeach the head of government and remove the head of government from office......"

"Come on...... That's an American set, and it doesn't work in Italy! 70% of the media in Italy is controlled by the fascist family, and the little Chiano himself controls the newspaper and the radio, who will mobilize public opinion? As for the parliament? Sorry, I've never heard of any great power they have - it's full of Mussolini's echo worms. ”

"Didn't anyone protest against his destruction of freedom?"

"Of course not...... It's useless to have. Little Chiano's slogan is - be rich and strong, not be free! Not long ago, he had shut up hundreds of intellectuals, many of whom were heavyweights. ”

"It's a dictatorship......"

"You just know?"

"Forget it, prepare to retreat, there's no hope......"

On August 24th, although the foreign exchange army still exists for many days, it is more of the demand for foreign exchange settlement, the total amount of foreign exchange settlement on this day exceeded 80 million US dollars, and the net income and expenditure were offset by more than 20 million US dollars, and the second day, the third day, the net withdrawal volume of each day is rising.

"It looks like the opponent is retreating." Francisco said, "The exchange is sporadic, but the settlement is more concentrated. ”

"Increase the exchange rate by 1%, and the local currency will take the initiative to appreciate!"

"What, that's too risky?"

"Don't be afraid, you look at it, the more the local currency appreciates, the more foreign exchange the bank will have tomorrow......"

On August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, "Don't be afraid, you look at it, the more the local currency appreciates, the more foreign exchange the bank will have tomorrow......"

On August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, on August 27, the exchange rate increased by 1%, and sure enough, it did not come out