"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I have just received a report from the consul in Taipei that Taiwan has implemented the gold standard and has begun to issue the first batch of currency." Someone immediately said.

And the British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, immediately became excited and said: "Taiwan is looking for its own death, then don't blame us!" The gold standard, where can they play in these small regions. They're looking for death, so we'll do it right away, you're welcome. ”

Of course, the Marquis of Salisbury knew very well that this was a good opportunity to disrupt Taiwan's economy, and if it could empty Taiwan's gold reserves, it would really directly cause Taiwan's economy to collapse. Even when the popular will built up in Taiwan will have very strict consequences with the failure of the gold standard. The banknotes in the hands of the people will also become a piece of waste paper, and at that time, I am afraid that Taiwan will collapse, this is really a soldier who surrenders without a fight! Taiwan "died" on its own, so don't blame Britain for being unkind.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. Although Taiwan has implemented a gold standard, this gold standard is very strange, and it even seems to be different from our gold standard. They were not free to exchange huàn gold, but what they called the bullion standard. ”

The Marquis of Salisbury heard the so-called gold nugget standard, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, Taiwan really does things well. If Taiwan plays the gold standard, then Taiwan's gold reserves and Taiwan's economic strength will certainly not be the opponent of the British, and Taiwan's economic aggregate will be too poor. However, the gold nugget standard that Taiwan is playing is completely a means to prevent foreign countries from arbitraging gold and then hollowing out Taiwan's economy. And this method, the British are equivalent to rats pulling wooden shovels, and there is no way to start! If the British exchanged Taiwan's currency at that time, they would not be able to empty Taiwan's gold, because if there was no certain amount of currency, it would not be able to convert it into gold. What's more, there is a lot of scrutiny in the process of turning huàn into gold, and it is impossible for the British to pass such strict scrutiny. Even after the huàn. Nor did they allow the outflow of gold. And Taiwan will not allow the outflow of gold, which is also a problem.

And immediately an economist took the initiative to say: "Your Excellency, this gold bar standard is not a pure gold standard, in fact, he is only holding a small amount of gold as leverage." The issuance of the entire currency can then be leveraged. As long as they put aside a small amount of gold to deal with the very few who exchanged it, then they could keep the gold standard from collapsing. And this is actually the essence of the gold bullion standard, although they are nominally on the gold standard, but in reality the currency is completely in the hands of their government. And they rely on the credibility of the government to issue money, and they can maintain the authority and credibility of the government with a small amount of gold. So this approach is completely feasible. I also have to admire Taiwan, at this time they actually came up with this method to carry out the gold standard paper money reform, so that they can save most of the gold, and then they can also use paper money. It's incredible who came up with this idea. ”

These British economists did not know that the so-called gold bar standard was their system after World War I, and this was the wisdom of countless economists in Europe and the collection, but it was directly used by Wang Guorui, and it has to be said that countless British people were shocked during this period.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I think this nugget standard. It will definitely become mainstream in the future. However, we can't do it yet! The economist said.

The Marquess of Salisbury, of course, knew that Britain could not implement such a bullion standard at present, because Britain was currently a government controlled by capitalists, and the capitalists would not allow the currency to be detached from the amount of gold. If the UK were to implement the bullion standard, it would be a de facto depreciation of the value of the pound. Moreover, once the gold bar standard is implemented, the currency will not be able to correspond to the gold in the vault, and it will not be able to be freely exchanged for gold, and the wealth of the capitalists may not be so secure. At that time, the power of the government will be greatly increased, and the wealth of the capitalists will increase the risk. Therefore, if it were a capitalist, they would never agree to do so. Originally, Britain was able to implement the gold bar standard because of the outbreak of the world war, which caused the strength of the capitalists to suffer a severe loss, and Britain's gold reserves were greatly reduced. That's why the British government was able to implement the gold bar standard in this way. But now the British have not suffered much, so there is no need for them to implement the gold bar standard in this way.

This is also the difference between China and the United Kingdom, China has always been the government to rule the people, and the merchants are also one of the people. In England, the capitalists rule the people through the government, and the government is only an instrument of rule, so they will inevitably not be able to go against the ideas of the capitalists. Therefore, although we know that this gold nugget standard must have a very important position in the future. But Britain can't do it.

"How much gold is there in Taiwan now?" The Marquess of Salisbury asked.

Immediately, a person in charge of intelligence came out and said, "First of all, Your Excellency, it is difficult for us to judge how much gold there is in Taiwan. And if we want to judge how much gold Taiwan has, it is better to judge the strength of the organization that supports Taiwan behind it. According to our investigation, their organization has sold a lot of ships over the past year. If we look at the list, the ships are simply huge. They sell not only civilian ships, but also warships. And they sell a large number of civilian ships of more than 10,000 tons, and the market price is only eighty percent of that of other places, so their sales are still very good. ”

"What? Are they capable of producing ships of more than 10,000 tons? The Marquess of Salisbury asked.

"Yes, they should be able to produce more than 10,000 tons of civilian ships, and even more than 10,000 tons of warships! Didn't our monarchy just copy one by them and send it to Taiwan? Moreover, Taiwan's navy has recently expanded very strongly, from the original one fleet to the current three major fleets, more than a dozen detachments, and there are not a few battleships. And these warships are produced at a rapid rate, countless times faster than our British Empire, and we really don't know how they are produced. I really doubt that their shipyards are all automated, and they don't have to create workers! The intelligence officer laughed at himself.

This intelligence officer said it in a self-deprecating tone, but he inadvertently said to the root, that is, Taiwan's Red Police dock does not need workers to survive, it is completely automated production, and of course the speed is very fast. Therefore, the cost of shipbuilding in Taiwan is less than one-tenth of that of the British, and the time is much faster. Taiwan sold it at 80% of the market price, and even did better than foreign shipbuilding companies in terms of quality and details, so many people also chose to purchase the so-called Hans ship.

In the past year, Hanse's boat business has spread all over the world, and their excellent quality and speed have made countless people choose to buy here. You must know that the most important thing about shipbuilding is also the rapid cost, quality and speed, Taiwan not only has 80% of the price of other companies, and the quality is much higher than that of foreign shipbuilding companies, because they are automated production, so the effect is naturally very good, and the details are very good. And the speed is even more measurable by other countries. Because Taiwan's shipbuilding speed is fast, it can produce ships at the fastest speed, and it takes them a year to build them, while Taiwan can deliver them in less than two months. And this saved time can be used to run one more Eurasian shipping transaction. So this is also a very important means, so now the so-called Hanse shipyard can be said to be very famous in the field of shipping all over the world. The speed of shipbuilding is simply against the sky, so fast is the speed and relatively cheap price, excellent quality, who doesn't want to buy it!

And this Hans shipyard not only built civilian ships, but even built a lot of warships. Of course, none of these warships are the latest, and the main models of Hans Shipyard are the eight long-range warships of the Beiyang Naval Division in the past, although these warships are nothing for naval powers, but at the beginning they are much better for those small South American countries. These warships are enough to change the local situation for small South American countries, so they will also rush to buy them. In addition, the price of warships sold in Taiwan is cheap, and the price of brand-new warships is only half of the price of that year, which is simply very cheap. Therefore, the sale of warships is also very large, which makes many people envious to death.

In the past year, the Hans shipyard alone has brought in more than 20 million pounds worth of income for Taiwan, and it has been able to convert more than 100 tons of gold into huàn. And Wang Guorui only took out a part of it to exchange it for gold, because if he directly exchanged all of it for gold, it would be discovered by the British. And the rest of the money passes guò some washing. The money came to European countries, and then purchased a lot of industrial technology and machinery and equipment to send back to Taiwan.

Of course, none of those countries will know that the cost of Taiwan's ships is only one-tenth of the cost of their ships, and if they knew this, they would definitely not be polite and would immediately rally against Taiwan. Because they have no way of knowing the true cost of Taiwan's ships, they can't know how much windfall profits Taiwan has made in it. Most of them also think that they just don't make much, which is why they can tolerate it.

"If there is any news from Taiwan, tell me about it!" (To be continued.) )