Chapter 245: Currency Wars
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Since European and American countries want to block the Xia Empire's issuance of paper money, then Zhang Wei is not welcome, with the help of the system, he can exchange gold at any time, now he is not afraid, and hopes that through this currency war, the economy of European and American countries will be completely hit, establish the status of the Xia Empire in the international economy, and make the paper money of the Xia Empire become the world's common paper money. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The business department of the Central Bank of the Xia Empire is located opposite the Prime Minister's Office, it is a three-story office building facing the street, the first floor is a huge business hall, the second and third floors are the backyard of the business hall office, and there is a three-story office building in the courtyard, which is the office and conference room of the president and others, and the second courtyard is the treasury, and a battalion of Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers are stationed here.
This will be the main battlefield and command center for the financial war with European and American countries.
Early in the morning of August 1, Zhang Wei arrived at the office of the governor of the central bank, ready to watch the war up close.
At 8 o'clock, the bank office opened and opened for business.
Throughout Victory Boulevard, there was a long queue of horse-drawn carriages, each loaded with silver, waiting to exchange banknotes for five carriages side by side, stretching in two directions, east and west.
In order to ensure safety, a battalion of officers and soldiers was transferred to be responsible for security patrols, and there was also a regiment of soldiers on standby.
At 8 o'clock, under the arrangement of the bank staff, 10 wagons entered the vault in the backyard each time to appraise the quality and quantity of the silver, and 10 wagons were waiting for the vault, which was divided into 20 working groups, and there were 500 baggage soldiers who were responsible for carrying the silver in the place, and it only took 5 minutes to identify the quantity and quality of the silver on the 10 wagons, and issue a list of the silver entering the vault, and then the customer took the list to the bank's business hall to withdraw banknotes, or exchange them for bank passbooks.
At this rate, only more than 100 tons of silver can be identified per hour, and bank staff cannot complete the task without rest 24 hours a day.
Soon, the director of the sales department reported the situation to the vice president of Chu Quanli, who was in the business department, and soon the president Gao Jinyuan also knew the news. After Gao Jinyuan thought about it, he decided to ask Zhang Wei to come out in person.
"Your Majesty, the current speed is really slow, please ask Your Majesty to help identify and accept the silver!"
Zhang Wei agreed without thinking.
Zhang Wei came to the door of the vault, opened the system panel, adjusted to the exchange bar, as long as the carriage was confirmed in consciousness, the fineness and weight of the silver were immediately displayed on the panel, and then the staff communicated with the customer responsible for the exchange on the carriage, and after the two sides confirmed, they immediately opened the documents and unloaded the car, which greatly accelerated the speed of identification.
By the end of the afternoon business department, a total of more than 3,000 tons of silver, 90 million imperial dollars, including Nathan arranged by the people exchanged, there are also Xia Empire residents on the same night, the bank accounted for the exchange of paper money and silver into the warehouse, after confirming that it is correct, Zhang Wei put all the silver into the system warehouse for safekeeping, the central bank's vault is not in place, the current defense measures are not in place, can only be used as a turnover warehouse and cover up.
After more than 10 days, 80 million to 100 million yuan of banknotes could be exchanged every day, which did not exceed the expectations of Zhang Wei and others, but they were sure that the storm must be behind, and all the currency exchanged was exchanged by Europeans and Americans, and it was not enough to launch a financial attack on the Xia Empire.
Sure enough, by August 16, the exchange volume suddenly doubled, reaching 180 million yuan per day, and it was not less than 130 million yuan in the following days.
The huge exchange volume made Gao Jinyuan's heart tremble, and he suggested to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, why don't we limit the maximum exchange amount per day?" In this way, they will not be able to exchange enough banknotes, and there will be no way to launch a financial attack on us, so that their financial war will end without a problem. ”
"No, that will destroy our reputation, and there are already a lot of paper money exchanged, but it is not enough to reach the amount needed for the decisive battle, continue to exchange, how much they want, we will exchange as many paper money as we want, anyway, our paper money cost is low, just exchange all their silver, this is a great opportunity for us to make a fortune."
"Your Majesty, we plan to issue 500 million yuan in banknotes, which is already three times the amount we plan to issue, and we must think of countermeasures."
"I have long thought that when this exchange is completed, Europe will definitely implement the action of silver depreciation next month, and we will take this opportunity to exchange a large amount of silver, and after the exchange is completed, we will directly announce that the exchange ratio of gold and silver will be adjusted to 1:10, so that the European countries involved in this operation will lose their money."
"Your Majesty, that can't happen, it will lead to internal turmoil in the empire."
"Don't be afraid of this, anyway, every exchange bank has a record, which can compensate the residents of the Xia Empire, so that they will be happy."
"Your Majesty, this will lead to chaos in the financial market, and European and American countries can ask for compensation from the people of the Xia Empire."
Zhang Wei glared at Gao Jinyuan and said, "Why are you so stupid? You won't wait until you have dealt with the affairs of Europe and the United States to compensate these exchange households, you will bear the infamy for a while at most, and then your reputation will be restored, and through this incident, you can still establish your good reputation among the people, don't worry. ”
Gao Jinyuan was very worried in his heart, and he was afraid that Zhang Wei would sell him.
On August 20, at the Governor's Palace in Singapore, Nathan was checking the exchange accounts, and had exchanged 1.3 billion yuan of Xia Empire banknotes, which had not yet been clearly stated, which made Nathan very puzzled.
However, doubts are doubts, Nathan still ordered to continue the exchange, and also increased the number of exchanges, increasing the number of exchanges per day to 200 million yuan, advancing the charge time.
By August 25, Nathan Rothschild had exchanged 2.3 billion yuan of Xia Empire's banknotes, and the Xia Empire was still calm, so Nathan was also unpredictable about the attitude of the Xia Empire, anyway, no matter how much silver was transported every day, it could be smoothly exchanged for paper money.
Nathan still has 1.7 billion yuan of silver exchanged for the Xia Empire's banknotes, he knows that he has no way out, he must move forward bravely, he can only win, not defeat, he represents not only his own family, but also most of the countries in Europe and the United States, if he loses, not only will he be bankrupt, but even the participating countries will also suffer a great economic impact.
Moreover, all the members of the committee believe that the economic strength of the Xia Empire must not be able to compete with the entire European and American countries, and now the Xia Empire must be a foreign power, or they are not aware of the danger at all, as far as they are dirt buns, they have never issued banknotes, they do not understand the internal laws and skills of issuing banknotes, and they must still be complacent about issuing so many banknotes.
Nathan had no other choice, and ordered to buy 300 million yuan of Xia Empire banknotes every day, and use all the reserve funds to buy Xia Empire banknotes. To be continued.
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