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After attending the opening ceremony, Yang Qiu stepped on the train to Washington. The most regrettable thing for him was that because New York Governor Roosevelt went to Georgia for recuperation due to poor health, he regretted not being able to meet this strongman who was destined to be born, but this also strengthened his idea of blocking the New Deal.

The welcome ceremony on the south lawn of the White House was grand but not enthusiastic, perhaps because New York had already swept away the enthusiasm, or perhaps because the "Hoover Village" all over the United States had begun to disillusion Americans with their president, so not many people came to watch the ceremony. But this tranquility also gave Hoover a good opportunity, and immediately invited Yang Qiu and his wife to lunch, not only leaving Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of Commerce Luo 653 Yang Mou Tianxia (2) Bert to attend, but also letting his wife Luo Henry cook herself, intending to use the small atmosphere of the family kitchen to get closer.

Compared with a few years ago, the 56-year-old Hoover is really much older, and when the United States met in Germany for the first time, he was dashing and running around to raise funds for the relief of the Soviet Union, and the severe economic crisis and political career were not smooth, not only destroying his spirit, but even the political popularity accumulated in his early years was exhausted as the crisis deepened.

It is also unfortunate for him to say that as a political star in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, both his skills and connections were enough to rise to the presidency, but he did not expect to encounter an unprecedented economic crisis after only one month in office. In order to promote consumption and increase exports, he hoped to persuade Britain and France to postpone the payment of German war reparations for one year, and also proposed a draft to the Congress to save the crisis, but for various reasons it was not passed in the end. The worst thing is that he hoped that the unemployed workers would take the initiative to help themselves, so he opposed the state aid to the unemployed, so he was criticized by the whole country, and if it were not for the support of the big business groups in the Republican Party, he might have been impeached and removed from office long ago.

With only two and a half years left in office, the crisis is getting worse and worse instead of alleviating, and if there is no way out, I am afraid that there is no hope of re-election. Chapter 653 Yang Mou World (2) So when Yang Qiu released the signal to throw out the temptation of a huge order, you can imagine how urgent he was. If Yang Qiu hadn't decided to visit the United States earlier, maybe he would have visited China first.

After the meal, Mrs. Henry began to clean up the table, Miao Luo also got up to help, and several big men sat down in the shade of the lawn and began to talk formally. Although Hoover was anxious, he had a good sense of self-cultivation on the surface, and first asked about the recent disaster in the Republic of China: "Yang, Jensen told me that your national disaster has been very serious recently, is it true?" ”

Yang Qiu replied: "It is indeed very serious. From May to the time of my departure, more than 1.3 million households and 5.1 million people had been affected, threatening food production. So we're trying to find a way to replant and we're going to buy a batch of food from you for disaster relief. ”

"It's terrible. Rest assured, I will immediately allocate the grain to the ship. Hoover's words sounded good, but his mind had already drifted to the word "procurement", so he immediately glanced at Robert, who accompanied him.

Robert. Lamont was his longtime aide and was instrumental in raising food and money during the Soviet famine a few years ago, so Hoover appointed him secretary of commerce as soon as he became president. When he saw the eyes, he understood the meaning, and deliberately asked, "Mr. President." What is needed besides food? Rest assured, the United States is more than willing to help the people affected by the disaster, regardless of the country. ”

"Thank you and the American people for your help, although it is difficult, my country is also trying to save itself, and I believe that it will be out of this difficult situation soon." Speaking of this, Yang Qiu did not hide it, not to mention that he had already said that he would purchase, so he asked Gu Weijun to take out the prepared procurement list and hand it to Robert: "In order to solve the disaster as soon as possible, my country does hope to purchase a batch of machinery and equipment." ”

Seeing the list, Robert's palms trembled, and he quickly took it and looked at it quickly, and quietly discussed it with Hoover and Stimson from time to time.

The list is very detailed, involving a total of more than 10,000 kinds of goods. Including the purchase of a total of 150,000 machine tools from the United States in five years, including 80,000 automatic machine tools and 23,000 high-precision electric machine tools! In addition, there are 19 automated assembly lines, 38 sets of complete sets of equipment for large-scale shipbuilding, metallurgy and chemical industries, 50,000 trucks and 20,000 construction machinery, and finally a total of 37 large-scale laboratories with a full set of equipment! According to the procurement process, the total value of the first batch of orders in the first year alone was as high as $1 billion! For the next four years, it was $200 million a year!

If this huge order had been placed before the economic crisis, it would have been worth at least about $4 billion, but now it only needs $1.8 billion because each factory has a large backlog of funds that urgently need to be recovered, and the bank has repaid the debt and recovered a large amount of machinery and equipment. In the year before last, a single order of 1.8 billion US dollars was absolutely sky-high, and you must know that the total trade volume of the world in 1929 was only about 70 billion US dollars. But now Hoover still felt that it was not enough, such a small amount, even the inventory and bank confiscation could not be dealt with, let alone let the factory open to increase employment opportunities.

At this time, he also had to go shirtless and asked: Yang, China has a population of 500 million, and its industrial demand is three times that of the United States, is this really enough? ”

Definitely not enough! In terms of population, if China wants to industrialize, the country's industrial scale must reach at least 200 billion yuan, or 100 billion US dollars. But now even if swallowing 4.2 billion US dollars of foreign investment, it can only reach 20 billion US dollars, to realize the concept of industrialized China, the gap of various machine tools alone is as high as one million. However, the problem is that even if expansion does not depend entirely on imports, China is no longer the China of 20 years ago, and after the three five-year plans, the rate of industrial self-production has risen from less than 3 percent to 85 percent, and even the remaining 15 percent of precision equipment and equipment have reached the stage of being on the verge of death. If it were not for the big war in 10 years, the United States would not have been given this order at all.

Of course, these words cannot be said in front of people.

So Yang Qiu picked up the teacup, exchanged glances with Gu Weijun, who accompanied him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Hoover is really like a torch, and there is indeed an order with a total amount of about 2 billion US dollars!" But this order is risky. ”

Hoover and Stimson were stunned by this sentence before they were happy, what is a risky order? The three of them looked at each other, and after remembering Yang Qiu's speech in New York, Stimson asked carefully, "Is Mr. President referring to that discrimination bill?" If yes, then I assure you that Mr. Hoover has urged Congress to remove the discrimination bill, and he will pledge to complete the work during his term of office. The Chinese Exclusion Act is a thorn in the hearts of all Chinese and Yang Qiu, but the initiative in this matter is not in his hands, so his speech in New York is just a gesture, hoping to attract attention and eventually cancel. Yang Qiu smiled at first, thanked Hoover for his efforts to ban the Chinese Exclusion Act, and then looked at Gu Weijun.

This gaze did not hide from anyone, and even Mrs. Henry Luo, who was chatting with Miao Luo next to her, pricked up her little ears. Gu Weijun took a deep breath and said what was in his heart When he learned that Yang Qiu was going to use the income from speculation in the United States to support the establishment of Saudi Arabia and obtain a special status in Saudi Arabia for the next 60 years in one fell swoop, he also admired the five-body land. can control a country for 60 years without spending a penny of his own money, and I am afraid that only Yang Qiu can do this.

Gu Weijun began to introduce the plan to the three Hoovers, telling them all about the agreement between China and the Saudi family. Of course, he won't tell the truth and hide a lot of key things. Let's just say that the Gulf Oil Company and the Saudi family signed an agreement for $2 billion in exchange for the right to expand oil exploration. But the problem is that Yang Qiu can't come up with $2 billion in hard currency at once, so he is ready to use the $2 billion treasury bonds he holds as collateral to purchase all supplies from the United States, and the most important support for the founding of the country is also clearly proposed, because only the establishment of the country can ensure the validity of this contract.

Not to mention Stimson and Robert, even Hoover was taken aback!

Support Saudi Arabia to establish a state, and then China will provide a $2 billion loan to the Saudi family to build the country, and all the loans will be used to purchase the materials and equipment needed by the United States!

Amazing business methods! Because from a business point of view, it's something that is profitable for all three parties. The U.S. gets huge orders to clear its stockpiles and continues to release funds to increase liquidity, China gets an oil deal to solve the awkward situation of the country's lack of world-class oil fields, and Saudi Arabia can build its own country with the support of two major powers. But the problem is that first of all, Yang Qiu has to take 2 billion US Treasury bonds to pay, which means that the US government has to redeem this national debt. The second is the special geographical location of Najd, although the United States has little interest there, because the exploitation of oil in the Persian Gulf is not as convenient as the nearby exploitation of Mexican and Venezuelan oil, not to mention that the Persian Gulf is still a traditional British and French-controlled area, and meddling in Najd will inevitably put the United States on the opposite side of Britain!

Hoover even wanted to leave Yang Qiu alone to win the order. But this idea was abandoned after only a few flickers, because if the United States took the lead, firstly, it would completely tear its face with the United Kingdom, and secondly, the previous $1.8 billion order would also be gone, and Sino-US relations would also be completely broken. As the New York speech said, the United States, with a market of 470 million people, is unlikely to give up.

Seeing that the three of them had serious faces and didn't speak, Yang Qiu understood what they were worried about. Suddenly, he leaned forward and strengthened his tone with body movements: "Mr. Hoover, two." Since it's a family gathering, we might as well be more honest! I know that you are worried about the conflict between Britain and the United States, but even if there is no such thing, is there less of a contradiction? I won't say much about what happened before the crisis, and the faces of some people at the Paris Peace Conference can only make people sick! What about after the crisis? I'm sure you know better than I how many people have been evacuated from the United States to the United Kingdom? How much gold and silver to take away? After the British Empire and France raised all domestic and colonial tariffs, where else could American goods enter?

Africa is British and French, South America's largest investor is the United Kingdom, Australia is independent but they listen to the British, and Japan is more inclined to the British. The Netherlands in the East Indies was supported by the British, and India was also British! The French East Indies and the Persian Gulf were colonies of Britain and France! I would even go so far as to say that more than half of the world's population is unlikely to buy American goods! That is why, after the outbreak of the crisis, the United States, the world's largest manufacturing country, has the largest gold reserves, but the country with the most gold reserves is even more serious than Britain and France! Just because the market is gone!

Moreover, unlike China, the United States has already completed industrialization, and the main fiscal revenue of the country depends entirely on industry and exports. China is still in the stage of agricultural economy, although the agricultural economy is growing slowly, but it is very stable. And because all countries have raised tariffs and broken the principle of free trade to the fullest, your own hematopoietic ability has completely disappeared. If you don't want to find a way to open the market, don't want to find a way to make more blood, this crisis will definitely last for a long time, and you. He raised his head to stare at Hoover, implicitly admonishing, "Is it possible to win the next election?" ”

This sentence pierced the deepest thorn in Hoover's heart! If the economic crisis is not reversed, then everyone knows what the outcome of the election in two years will be, even with the support of the Republican consortium. But before he could speak, Yang Qiu had already continued: "In fact, in addition to providing two orders, I also brought some ideas to rescue the crisis. ”

Hearing that there was a way to relieve the economic crisis, Hoover even put aside the matter of Saudi statehood and hurriedly asked, "What kind of proposal is it?" ”

Yang Qiu took a deep breath, raised two fingers and said heavily: "There are two choices. First, it is necessary to enact a strict gold and silver law to forcibly collect gold and silver throughout the country, prohibit all such transactions, and use gold reserves to increase the money supply. Second, open up the free exchange of treasury bonds and release $150 billion of backlogs! ”

"What!"

Hoover jumped straight to his feet......!!!