. In the center of New York's Chinatown, there is a pure Chinese-style building, with blue bricks and blue tiles, cornices, and painted beams and carved buildings. Under the majestic gatehouse, the four golden lacquer characters of the "Anliang General Hall" are engraved on the wooden plaque on a black background, and the handwriting seems to be written by Chen Jiongming.

At the gate of Anliang Main Hall, there were two rows of men dressed in Chinese-style short beats, all of them were full of energy, their faces were grim, and they looked very difficult to mess with. A tall Chinese man of about 60 years of age, wearing a crisp suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and a kind smile on his face, was standing in the middle of the open door with his hands behind his back. He is the leader of the Chinese community in North America, and the prime minister of Anliang Church, Situ Meitang.

Accompanying Luo Yaoguo to the pier was Kong Xiangxi, who had already been here once before with Song Ziwen and knew Situ Meitang. As soon as he got out of the car, Kong Caishen gently pulled Luo Yaoguo beside him and said in a low voice: "That old man with glasses is Situ Meitang, and the Chinese in the United States call him uncle." Oh, he's the same generation as the president, and he has a big temper, and he talks ...... In short, don't offend him. ”

Hearing this, a trace of helplessness flashed on Luo Yaoguo's face, this Kuomintang is too much about the elders and the young, right? It's clear that you're already a political enemy, so what are you doing so politely? But although he thought so in his heart, he could only smile like a spring breeze on his face, took two steps forward, bowed down and said: "Junior junior, Luo Yaoguo, Meixian County, Guangdong, has seen my uncle." ”

"Well, young man, yes, yes." Situ Meitang also smiled and returned the salute, although he couldn't get used to the **** of the Kuomintang rightists, but since he posted a post to invite people to come to the door, naturally the etiquette still has to be taught. After a few words of greeting, Situ Meitang made a gesture of inviting inside, and said with a smile: "Fuwen and Yongzhi, two brothers, please, today I have prepared a table of wine, which is for the two of them." ”

In the spacious living room, a table of drinks has been set up, and a table full of all kinds of exquisite Cantonese lo-mei cold dishes. It was another routine kind talk, and the guests and hosts sat down separately, Luo Yaoguo sat on the left of Situ Meitang, Kong Xiangxi sat on the right, and there were several overseas Chinese leaders who looked like white and fat businessmen to accompany them. Everyone chatted while eating, but they also talked happily.

Although Situ Meitang is in the United States, he has been paying attention to the changes in the domestic situation, and naturally knows a lot about the situation of the young marshal of the National ** Army in front of him. knows his great exploits in the Civil War and the Middle Road War, and even knows that the Luo family's uncle and nephew are now hugely powerful in the Kuomintang. I also know that many of the policies adopted by the Kuomintang at the moment are related to the promotion of this person. As for the purpose of Luo Yaoguo's visit to the United States this time, he has already grasped a rough idea through his eyes in the Consulate General, and it seems that it is the most disgusting foreign debt.

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While Luo Yaoguo and Situ Meitang were drinking and talking, it was already late at night in Beijing, China, thousands of miles away. From a distance, this glorious ancient capital is already quiet under the shroud of night, except for the occasional few houses still flickering faintly with lights, including the official residence of Vice President Zhang Zuolin, Shuncheng County Palace.

Located in Xicheng District, Beijing, it was the palace of Shuncheng County, which originally belonged to the eight iron hat kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Le Kedehun, and is now home to Zhang Zuolin, the vice president of the Republic of China and the marshal of the Fengjun. Tonight, the lights are brilliant here, and in the main hall, a night banquet has just arrived when the guests and hosts are happy.

"Zhang Dashuai, judging from what has happened so far, it seems that the power of the Kuomintang has reached its limit, and there is no longer any expansion of strength. And it is clear that they are now in a financial crisis, and can only rely on massive borrowing from the Great Powers to get by. According to the information of the Kuomintang leftist comrades, the current issuance of legal tender by the Kuomintang has soared from the initial 1 billion yuan to the current 20 billion yuan, and in just three years, it has soared by 20 times. And on the territory of the three of us, there are still these currencies in circulation, which will soon become waste paper, once the fiat currency collapses...... We are afraid that our economy will also be dragged down, I don't know if the marshal, the young marshal, Mr. Pan, and Jing Gong (Chen Jiongming) have any ways to deal with it? ”

Speaking is the leader of the Chinese GCD, Zhou E, who came to this time and space, and the history is really interesting. Now that the civil war is over, the original enemies have sat down to drink and talk merrily, discussing how to crush the Kuomintang reactionaries by means of economic competition. After several months of competition, the gods of China and G finally discovered that the original currency issuance right is also an important item of economic competition. If their currency had been controlled by the Kuomintang, they would have only needed to print a little paper money to plunder all the wealth created by the hard work of the people in the Soviet areas...... It's just too reactionary

"Xin Hang, what do you think?" Zhang Zuolin took a sip of wine and looked at a white and chubby middle-aged man beside him, wearing a Chinese-style robe and a pair of round glasses. This person's name is Pan Fu, who was a man in the late Qing Dynasty and was known as "Jiangbei Genius". In the 15th year of the Republic of China, he replaced Wang Yongjiang, who retired due to illness, as the general office of Fengtian Guanyinhao, and now he has become the prime minister of the Fengjun Military Government (the local government that rules the territory of Fengjun).

Pan Fu hurriedly smiled: "Back to the big handsome, the Kuomintang is currently negotiating with the United States, preparing to decouple the fiat currency from the silver dollar and peg it to the US dollar." In this way, we are afraid that there will be a big impact on the economy of our north, so the military government has also been looking for countermeasures. ”

At this time, Zhang Xueliang on the side suddenly interjected: "The United States has a prosperous economy and strong national strength, and it should not have any impact on the economy if it is pegged to the dollar, right?" ”

Pan Fu sighed softly: "The young marshal doesn't know that now our Chinese currency is the 'silver standard'. Whether it is the legal tender of the Kuomintang, or our bills, or the banknotes of the Soviet government, they are all pegged to the silver dollar, and the silver dollar is also a legal currency in circulation. But now, once the Kuomintang's fiat currency is decoupled from the silver dollar and pegged to the dollar, the comparison between various currencies will all be chaotic, and the exchange rate of the dollar is not as stable as the silver dollar, and it has been jumping up and down. ”

Zhang Xueliang nodded with a smile, as if he understood, his eyes glanced at Zhou Elai, and said with a smile: "Brother Elai, since the value of the fiat currency is unstable, then we in the north naturally can't let it circulate anymore, it's just ...... What currency should be used to replace fiat currency, and does your party have a good proposal? This seems to be a bit of a "currency war".

Zhou Elai shook his head with a smile: "The current economic aggregate of our Soviet area cannot be compared with the territory of your Feng Department, even compared to Shandong under the leadership of the Zhi Gong Party. The idea of currency reform should still be taken by your party, and our party should only participate. ”

"Xin Hang, do you have an idea?" Zhang Zuolin smiled, and asked Pan Fu beside him: "Right now, our vote sorting is almost complete, right?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, it's done." Pan Fu replied with a humble face: "The official silver account has exchanged sixty pieces of Fengdayang bills for one silver dollar or fiat currency, and has recovered all the tickets that are in circulation. Next, we have plans to issue new ocean bonds. ”

Zhang Zuolin smacked his wine and smiled undiminishedly: "Well, well, new banknotes should be issued to promote economic development." It's just that...... Do the common people still believe in our official silver number? ”

"This ......" Pan Fu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "There is a certain degree of difficulty, but fortunately, the fiat currency is also starting to be unstable at the moment, and it is also decoupled from the silver dollar to peg the dollar...... Well, the people of our eastern province (referring to the northeast) don't know much about this United States, and it will be even more difficult to do it if it is pegged to the yen. ”

Zhou Elai saw that the heat was almost over, coughed lightly, and slowly said Zhong G's proposal: "It's understandable that the common people don't believe much in Fengtianguan Silver now, after all, this Fengtian official has hurt them." In fact, not only the Fengtian official silver number, but also any banknote issued by the 'central bank' that is controlled by our various factions alone, the common people are suspicious. What our party means is that the currency issuance in our north should be organized by the various factions in the north to form a 'banknote issuing bank', and then accept the supervision of democrats and national capitalists. The board of directors of the banknote issuing bank adopts a three-three system, that is, the Feng department controls one-third, we and the Zhi Gong Party may also have the Al-Shabaab Party control one-third, and the democratic parties, non-party personages, and national capitalists control one-third. In this way, the 'banknote issuing bank' will naturally not issue banknotes indiscriminately, and there will be no possibility of indiscriminate issuance. Naturally, the common people will be relieved to use the banknotes we issue boldly, and their fiat currency will be withdrawn from the northern market. ”

As soon as Zhou Elai's suggestion came out, everyone at the banquet suddenly felt that their eyes lit up. In the final analysis, this banknote is a credibility, as long as the credibility can be established, waste paper can also be used as real money. To build credibility, you must first make sure that the money is not misissued, or that the person who uses the money is convinced that it will not be misissued...... The establishment of a "banknote issuing bank" under the joint control of all parties seems to be the best means to ensure that banknotes are not issued indiscriminately

Seeing the wonderful expressions on everyone's faces, Zhou Elai knew that this matter was half of the success, in fact, this idea was not thought up by Zhongg, but the proposal of Zhang Naiqi, general manager of Shaanbei Energy Co., Ltd. The core idea of the "joint banknote issuing bank" put forward by Zhang Naiqi is that independent operation fundamentally puts an end to the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes. The initial idea was to gather the various factions in the north to form a "joint note-issuing bank" to issue a strong banknote linked to silver that would not depreciate in order to compete with the unstable exchange rate of fiat currency. Strive to expel fiat currency from the northern market in a few years, and even compete with fiat currency for the southern market......

"The dollar may not be well-known in Northeast China, but it is as strong as gold in Beijing and Tianjin, and in fact the dollar is on the gold standard, which is much more solid than the silver standard." At this time, Chen Jiongming suddenly opened his mouth, and listening to his words, it seemed that he was pouring cold water. Just as Zhou E was coming to think of an explanation, Chen Jiongming suddenly changed his words and said with a smile: "But...... At the moment, the issuance of fiat currency is so large, I don't believe they have enough dollar reserves in their hands."

"What does Jing Gong mean ......" Zhou Elai frowned slightly, and looked at Chen Jiongming with a puzzled face.

"Run on fiat currency" Chen Jiongming smiled coldly, and a trace of coldness flashed on his face.

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"I don't know how much foreign debt Brother Fuwen plans to borrow when he comes to the United States this time, and what will he use as collateral?" On the other side of the world, the wine banquet in the Anliang General Hall has already passed three rounds of wine, and the dishes have passed five flavors, and they have begun to get into the right topic.

Luo Yaoguo gently turned the wine glass, pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from 'uncle'" Yesterday, the little nephew just negotiated with the Rockefeller family's little Rockefeller about the business of listing the four major companies in the United States: arms, shipbuilding, iron and steel, and non-ferrous metals, and also used the official shares of these four companies, the coal mines in Henan, and half of the shares of the 'Xinhaida Railway' under construction, which can raise a total of 600 million US dollars, of which the listing can raise at least 200 million US dollars. Does 'uncle' think this business is a loss or not? ”

"Of course this is not a loss, not only is it not a loss, but it also makes a lot of money" Kong Xiangxi on the side seemed to have drunk a little too much, and then waved his arm and interjected:

"'Uncle', do the math, 200 million US dollars, that is, 700 million legal currency, a full 700 million, and the total expenditure of their armament department in the three years since its opening is only 700 million yuan. The money invested in these four companies, including 500 million yuan in commercial stocks, is now sold half of the shares of the shipyard, and 30% of the shares of the steel plant, the arms company, and the non-ferrous metal company. That's 200 million dollars. And it is the lowest estimate, if the issuance is better, it may be 250 million US dollars, that is to say, we use the cost of at most 200 million legal currency, in exchange for at least 200 million US dollars, and a listing will earn 500 million legal currency, which is almost more than 300 million taels of silver...... This is the beginning, in addition, there are a lot of large companies such as railway companies, power companies, and banks that want to come to the United States to collect money, I estimate that when our companies are all issued, almost all the silver lost by the Qing Dynasty will be deceived back by Brother Fuwen...... Hahaha......"

Situ Meitang was stunned and stunned, and a pair of sharp eyes swept over and over the faces of the two "traitors". No matter how you look at it, you don't think the two people in front of you are good people...... It's not a traitor or a liar who cheats American investors out of their money, but that little Rockefeller is so easy to deceive? Situ Meitang shook his head: "Brother Fuwen, as far as I know, that little Rockefeller is no less shrewd in business than his father, will you ...... if you make a deal with him?"

Luo Yaoguo smiled and waved his hand: "Uncle doesn't know, this little Rockefeller is not stupid At present, the US stock market is soaring wildly, and the stock price is high, and those companies of ours have indeed good assets." Therefore, when it is issued, it will definitely be sought after by investors, and their fair trust company is not a little risky. Moreover, with 200 million US dollars of stock underwriting, they are afraid that their profits will only be more than 10 million US dollars. ”

"Oh, I knew Rockefeller Jr. wasn't going to make a loss-making deal...... It's just that you have a circle of 200 million, so why do you have to borrow money from Americans? Is their money easy to borrow? In case it can't be repaid......" Situ Meitang shook his head and said again.

Luo Yaoguo smiled and looked at the Hongmen boss in front of him: "If it can't be repaid, what can the Americans do with us?" If we owe the Americans four million dollars, we can't pay it back...... That's our problem. But if we owe the Americans $400 million, or even $4 billion, then that's the Americans' problem, and if Japan and the Soviet Union want to bully us, I'm afraid the United States will have to find a way to help us in order to recover their loans, right? ”

Is there such a thing? Situ Meitang's eyes widened, not knowing what to say? But when he thinks about it, it makes sense. It seems that the same is true of the usury business of their Anliang Headquarters, if the lord who owes a lot of debts is hunted down by the enemy outside...... I really have to send my brother to bring the guy to protect it, otherwise the money will not be recovered.

Situ Meitang pondered for a moment, and his face gradually improved: "Brother Fuwen, I won't tell you that my brother invited you here today, just to ask, what is the situation of those Chinese companies that are busy listing in the United States right now?" Can you invest? As soon as these words came out, the overseas Chinese leaders who looked like businessmen suddenly all had their eyes lit up and stared at Luo Yaoguo tightly.

Luo Yaoguo was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. It turns out that the real purpose of this Situ Meitang to come to eat is to make stocks, and the current U.S. capital market seems to be very prosperous, as if everyone has made a fortune. These wealthy overseas Chinese businessmen who have a lot of savings are also moved, I wonder if this "uncle" Situ wants to fry it too? It's just that this question is really difficult to answer......

"'Uncle'" stock trading is speculation after all, and since it is speculation, there is no such thing as making sure you don't lose money. And...... I'm afraid that the pricing of the stock market is not exactly the same as that of the company, right? If you want to know whether the companies that the Ministry of Armaments has listed in the United States are worth the price, my answer is that it is worth it, but I can't guarantee that you will make money if you buy them, I can only guarantee that these companies will make good profits every year and pay a certain amount of dividends. In addition, I would like to give you some advice, in fact, it is better to invest in companies that have already been listed, than to invest in companies that have not yet been listed, but have good development prospects. For example, there are many coal mines in Henan Province waiting for real investors, and there are many power plants in various parts of South China waiting for everyone to invest, all of which are sure to make a profit. In addition, we have some joint venture projects in the United States this time, such as tomorrow with Andrew Brown. Among the projects that Mr. Mellon negotiated was the Guangxi Aluminum Company, which is a joint venture with Alcoa, which is controlled by his family, and if you are interested, I can make a decision for everyone to take a stake. ”。