On June 14, 1944, the next day, the European Community Leaders Meeting was to be held, and the political leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, Croatia-Hungary, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Romania, Ireland, Bulgaria and Greece had gathered in Europa Castle. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The formal meeting has not yet begun, but private meetings between the big names have been going on for two or three days.

Imperial Marshal Hersmann also came to Fort Europa with his wife, Chloe, and on the afternoon of the 14th, he sat with Dr. Schacht in a conference room in the European Commission building to meet with guests from France and England.

Arriving from France and England was the president of the Paris and London branches of the European Union Bank. Fourne, a fat man with a round body and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looked like a scholar. He was the former president of the Banque de France, France's central bank, and after the "Franco-German solidarity" he became president of the Paris branch of the European Union Bank, and also served as a member of the Joint Monetary Committee, the highest decision-making body of the European Union Bank, with members from Germany, France, England and Bezy and other European Community countries.

The president of the London branch of the European Union Bank was also an ex-officio member of the Monetary Council, and he was an old acquaintance of Hersmann and a well-known figure in later generations. Maynard. Keynes.

I don't know if it's because the mess of the British economy is too difficult to deal with, but Keynes, who is only in his early 60s this year, looks very old and depressed. But Hersman's words lifted the spirits of the old man, who was almost hopeless about the future of the British economy.

"You want the United States to make reparations?" Keynes seemed to have considered the issue of war reparations, and he immediately said, "If it can really be realized...... I think this is the best way to save the British and European economy. However, we must not ask too much, it would be unwise to impose another Treaty of Versailles on the United States, and the reparations should be within the limits of what the United States economy can afford. ”

"How much gold is there in the United States?" Hersman asked Keynes.

"Between 14,000-17,000 tons." Keynes gave an approximate figure: "Before the outbreak of the war, they had most of the world's gold reserves, and this number continued to increase after the war began." ”

"France also has 2,000 tons of gold in the United States!" Pierre. Gritting his teeth, Fournier added, "This is the vast majority of the gold reserves that France has accumulated over the centuries, and it was shipped to America before Franco-German unity, but these damned Americans refuse to return it to us!" ”

The gold was actually transported to the United States in batches by French warships under the auspices of Fourier himself. Originally, it was just a contingency plan to prevent the gold from being robbed by Germany, but the Germans did not rush into Paris to rob the money, and the United States refused to return it for various reasons, until France followed Germany and declared war on the United States.

"That's 16,000-19,000 tons...... That's a lot! Keynes said with some emotion, "In addition, the United States has a huge amount of silver, which was purchased in the 30s under the silver purchase law. ”

"And probably Soviet gold and silver." "This also includes more than 600 tons of gold that the Soviet Union swindled from Spain during the Spanish War, and the total will not be less than 1,500 tons." ”

"If you count the gold accumulated during the war, more than 20,000 tons are there." Keynes folded his fingers and calculated, "If the United States can hand over 10,000 tons of gold and at the same time cancel the debts owed by European countries, the European economy will be stable, and the American economy will not collapse......

"Why leave 10,000 tons for the United States?" Hersman looked at Keynes, "Do you think the big names on Wall Street and Washington will be grateful for our tolerance and happily hand over 10,000 tons of gold?" ”

"It's impossible," Keynes shook his head, "and no one is going to hand over 10,000 tons of gold easily, but if we take all the gold from the Americans, the dollar will lose its base, and with the huge overseas interests that the United States has lost because of the defeat of the war, the American economy will probably collapse, and it will be the same as ...... Same as in Germany in the early 20s! ”

"So what?"

"How?" Keynes smiled mockingly and looked at the Frenchman Fourne, "What do you say, Monsieur Fourne?" ”

"No, there won't be any problem." The French fat man shook his head with a smile, "Mr. Keynes, you are too worried, our military power is extremely strong, and we also have a super bomb that can destroy the United States, so we don't have to worry about anything at all." ”

"I want the Americans to pay 500 billion euromarks!" "Do you think the Americans can take it?" ”

"500 billion!? That's impossible. ”

Even the French were stunned at this point, and 500 billion euromarks were equivalent to about $200 billion at the current official exchange rate (in gold). And 20,000 tons of gold are worth less than $26 billion. Even if you count the silver in the hands of the Americans, they will be able to come up with a maximum of $30 billion, and where to find the remaining $170 billion?

Hersmann glanced at Dr. Schacht, in fact, Schacht did not approve of asking the United States so much, but both Hitler and Hirschmann were a little "insatiable", and they did not seem to be worried about an American version of Hitler in the future......

"The United States can also pay with oil, grain, livestock, cotton, various non-ferrous metals and ships." Dr. Schacht said helplessly, "If the U.S. can't afford to pay it all at once, let them repay it in installments." ”

"Just like Germany back then?" Keynes asked coldly.

"Yes," Hersman nodded earnestly, "just to give them a taste of the bitter fruits of the Treaty of Versailles!" But the United States will not become another German Third Reich. ”

"Because there aren't that many blonde supermen in America?" Keynes asked sarcastically.

"Because the era of conventional warfare is over," Hersman said, "and now this currency war between us and the Americans will be won and lost with the atomic bomb." And in the future...... There will be enough atomic bombs to destroy the world. Even if the United States becomes a militaristic state, the threat to Europe will be limited. And we can't let go of the real enemy because of the risks of the future. In order to ensure that the Euromark can become the world's currency, and that London and Paris can become the world's financial center again, the United States must suffer.

In fact, the terms of compensation of 500 billion euromarks are still very favorable. If it were our Germany that lost in this world war, I am afraid that the United States would destroy our entire Aryan race. ”

Germany now has a limited number of atomic bombs, which are not enough to destroy the United States. But taking into account the changes in the number of nuclear warheads in the history of the United States, Germany would certainly have had thousands of atomic bombs in the mid-50s. And ballistic missiles that can hit the east coast of the United States from Europe have definitely appeared and are equipped.

So Hersmann's idea now is to make a one-shot deal and extort a lot of money from the United States, so as to get enough wealth to settle all kinds of troubles within the European Community.

As for whether the United States will turn into a fascist, Hersman does not care at all.

Keynes and Fourneer looked at each other, and Keynes said, "I thought you Germans wanted to lead the world, but I didn't expect you to just want to take care of Europe." ”

"It would be nice to be able to manage the affairs of Europe," Hersmann raised his eyebrows and spread his hands, "after all, the German-speaking population is not the largest in Europe, and if North America is included in our world empire, we Germanic people will really become a minority." ”

Hersmann did not mind turning the world of the future into a "Göchburg world", but the reality was that the German people were already complaining a lot about the Slavic peasant workers from Eastern Europe and the Balkans (because of the relatively loose movement within the European Community and the large number of war refugees, there were many cheap laborers from Eastern Europe and the Balkans in Germany and France), and Hitler and the Nazi Party were even more frightened of the prospect of complete integration with Russia.

Add to that the 100 million English-speaking American workers, and perhaps the working people of Germany will dissolve the European Community on their own......

"Mr. Keynes," said Dr. Schacht, President of the United European Bank, then asked, "under what circumstances do you think Wall Street would accept a Treaty of Versailles?" ”

Schacht's problem was precisely what Hersmann and Hitler couldn't grasp, because they didn't know enough about the people at the top of the American hierarchy. Although Keynes was British, he was a big man in the Anglo-American economic and financial circles in the 30s and 40s, and he knew the United States and Wall Street better.

"Well......" Keynes shrugged, "I don't know, why don't I go find someone and ask?" ”

"Ask someone?" Hersmann was very surprised by this answer, and he looked at the Frenchman Fourne.

Fournier smiled gracefully and explained: "Your Excellency the Reichsmarshal, the capital of the United States is not the same as that of Germany, they have no borders...... So they will not choose to perish with the United States. Although the sinking of the United States is not a good thing for these transnational capitals, they still have ways to minimize their losses. ”

"They will leave and abandon the United States." Hersmann already understood the thinking of two British and French economists, "and then choose a new investment direction, maybe invest capital in France and England, right?" ”

Fournee and Keynes nodded at the same time.