The next day, Tang Shaoyi took his wife Zheng and two daughters to Tianjin to prepare for a ship to the United States.

Before this, Tang Shaoyi went to the new army yamen in Zhili to meet Wang Chenhao.

When the lower official sees the superior, he has to hand it over as usual. After Tang Shaoyi handed over the fold, Wang Chenhao was about to summon him but was stopped by Wang Shizhen.

"My lord, Tang Shaoyi is an upright person, this time the money robbery plan is a bit sideways, and his subordinates are worried that he will refuse, so it is not easy for adults to come forward directly, and it is better for his subordinates to teach him face-to-face. The subordinates do it best, and if they can't do it, the adults also have time to find another way to buffer it. ”

Wang Shizhen is worthy of being Wang Chenhao's right-hand man, thinking about Wang Chenhao's interests in everything and considering it extremely thoughtfully. In case Tang Shaoyi is unwilling to do it, he is also dissatisfied with Wang Shizhen and will not implicate Wang Chenhao. And Wang Chenhao can also find someone else, save an unpleasant quarrel with Tang Shaoyi, and miss a talent in vain.

Wang Chenhao understood what Wang Shizhen meant, so he nodded and said, "In this case, there is Lao Shizhen." ”

Wang Shizhen was ordered to go out to see Tang Shaoyi, but Wang Chenhao didn't have the heart to work, anxiously waiting for the result.

Two hours passed, Wang Chenhao couldn't sit still, stood up and paced back and forth, and asked Li Guodong to explore the situation from time to time. However, this kind of thing is confidential, Wang Shizhen also negotiated with Tang Shaoyi behind closed doors, and even those who delivered tea and water were not allowed to approach, so Li Guodong naturally returned in vain.

The morning passed, and when Wang Chenhao couldn't bear to go out to find them, he saw Wang Shizhen walking in with a spring breeze on his face.

"How? Did you do it? ”

Wang Chenhao couldn't wait to ask, but Wang Shizhen deliberately sold the pass, and then said, "Congratulations, my lord!" ”

"It's done!" Wang Chenhao laughed a few times, and the big stone in his heart finally landed, and said: "Tang Shaoyi has been abroad for a long time, and his thinking can't be so old-fashioned. Besides, we are going to rob the money of foreign devils, and there is no reason why he should not help. ”

Wang Shizhen didn't argue, just smiled and said, "My lord is wise." ”

Then, Wang Shizhen roughly told Wang Chenhao about the conversation between him and Tang Shaoyi. And Tang Shaoyi didn't know that this plan was proposed by Wang Chenhao, and only thought that Wang Shizhen and other strategists were combined, so even if Tang Shaoyi disdained this plan, he would only complain that Wang Shizhen and these strategists had bad ideas, and Wang Chenhao would not be involved.

Wang Chenhao calmed down and praised Wang Shizhen: "There is no big mistake in being careful, it is better for Shizhen to handle it." Then I'm going to meet Tang Shaoyi now? ”

Wang Shizhen waved his hand and stopped: "If the lord goes out to see him now, it is not the best, in the opinion of his subordinates, the lord may wish to take his wife to the post house to see Tang Shaoyi's family, this Tang Shaoyi has a good face, and the lord and his wife will go to make him grateful to Dade and do his best for the adult." ”

Wang Chenhao said happily: "Shizhen is high, it is worthy of my ovary in the world, so I will listen to you." ”

In the afternoon, Wang Chenhao took Li Youyi and prepared some gifts to go to the official post together.

"In the morning, I was busy with official business, and I couldn't receive Lord Tang, so I was tired of Lord Tang running in vain."

"Your Excellency is polite, I am already grateful to Dade for being promoted by my lord to serve as minister to the United States, but now I am really ashamed to bother my lord and my wife to visit my lord."

After some politeness, Tang Shaoyi ushered Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi to the seat, he stood aside and resolutely did not sit down, and called his wife Zheng out to greet the two.

Zheng was born in a large family in North Korea, and Tang Shaoyi met during his work in North Korea, and the two were very affectionate and had two daughters.

"Concubine Zheng greets Lord Wang and Mrs. Wang, the two are auspicious." Zheng is dressed in Hanfu, if she doesn't know the details, she really can't tell that she is a North Korean.

Wang Chenhao said goodbye, and Li Youyi beside her looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Lord Tang's wife was born in a famous family in North Korea, and now I see Mrs. Tang is really a beautiful woman who is really beautiful and wise." ”

Zheng smiled and replied: "Mrs. has won the award, the concubine's posture is not as good as one-ten-thousandth of Mrs., and it is even more difficult to be elegant, but Lord Wang is famous and talented, and Mrs. Wang is as beautiful as a fairy, it is really a match made in heaven for talented women and women." ”

Modest and polite words, everyone laughed and passed without saying much.

Li Youyi knew that Wang Chenhao had something serious to talk to Tang Shaoyi, so she got up and said to Zheng: "Mrs. Tang is the minister's wife when she arrives in the United States, this social is essential, my sister brought some dresses and jewelry to give to my sister, but I don't know if it fits, let's sisters go to try on clothes elsewhere." ”

"How does this work?" Zheng was a little flattered, but she also knew that the men had something to talk about, so she took Li Youyi to another room.

After the second daughter left, Tang Shaoyi said another humble word of thanks.

With Zhan Tianyou and Wang Shizhen paving the road successively, Wang Chenhao didn't have to hide it anymore at this moment, and asked directly to the point: "Presumably Shizhen has already told Shaochuan about the situation, I don't know what Shaochuan thinks?" ”

Tang Shaoyi replied respectfully: "When Lord Wang Shizhen told Shaochuan about this plan, it really surprised Shaochuan, and he really had a long eye. The purchase of Bank of America bonds was handled immediately after Shaochuan arrived in New York. It's just that Shaochuan doesn't know whether to say it or not? ”

Wang Chenhao looked at Tang Shaoyi with a smile, knowing that he would definitely ask questions, if he couldn't give him a satisfactory answer, Tang Shaoyi's surname would definitely not help Wang Chenhao wholeheartedly.

Regarding Tang Shaoyi, Wang Chenhao knows that in 1953, the 31st President of the United States, Hoover, published "Memoirs (thememoirsofhorberthoover)", which mentioned his friend Tang Shaoyi many times. He was described as "an upright person, a talented person, and a man with great ambitions for the future of China." ”

In response to this evaluation, Wang Chenhao must bring this person to his side.

"Although Shaochuan asks, I must know everything and say everything!"

"Thank you, sir!" Tang Shaoyi then asked, "Shaochuan just wants to know how the adults conclude that the stock price of US bank bonds will plummet and then skyrocket?" ”

Wang Chenhao had already prepared a rhetoric in his heart, so he analyzed it for him.

"The crisis begins with the Argentine crisis of 1890, which brought the Bank of Bahrain back to the mortal world."

Wang Chenhao then talked eloquently and explained: "Due to the Argentine financial crisis, the Bahrain crisis occurred in London. The Bahrain crisis of 1890 undermined foreigners' confidence in dollar securities. The backlash of the Bahrain crisis led to a crisis in the first half of the nineteen-nineties, and became an important factor in the sharp deterioration of the economic and financial situation in the United States. Prior to this, the silver camp of the United States, which implemented the gold and silver standard, won an important victory, and it was this victory that finally killed the American silver standard. ”

Tang Shaoyi interjected: "My lord is referring to the "Sherman Silver Purchase Act" passed by the U.S. Congress in July 1890. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and continued: "The bill stipulates that the U.S. Treasury must purchase silver every month, and the purchase amount must reach $50 million a year. This figure is one times higher than that established by law in 1878. Moreover, the Treasury was to pay for the silver purchased in a new banknote, the 1890 U.S. Treasury. This kind of paper money is completely a currency that is guaranteed by law, and according to the order of the US Secretary of the Treasury, it can be repaid in gold, which lays a huge bane, and the holder of the banknote issued by silver as the standard can claim gold for payment. ”

Tang Shaoyi thought and said: "European countries are basically on the gold standard, and the Bahrain crisis has caused Europeans to throw out silver to cash out American gold, so that the gold standard in the double standard system of the United States will collapse, right?" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled slightly, it was easy to talk to Tang Shaoyi, and it was easy to understand it. And then he said, "That's right! Another condition for the 1895 gold payment crisis was soon met, and the U.S. Congress approved a huge amount of money to fix the bill. The fact that the United States Treasury was already unable to maintain a balance of payments would result in the loss of a large amount of money from the United States Treasury and the uneasiness of the holders of silver-pledged banknotes, who began to demand from the Treasury the cashing of the banknotes - in gold. The Europeans also began to fall into the trap, not only liquidating their holdings of American securities, but also converting the principal profits into their own currency, which meant shipping the gold back to their home countries. ”

Tang Shaoyi nodded, he had basically understood at this moment. said: "If gold is run, US bank bonds will definitely plummet, and the US political axe will not collapse the gold standard, and it will definitely save itself." Adults buy when U.S. bank bonds fall to the bottom, betting that the U.S. political axe will quickly rebound to save itself, and the difference in price may be more than ten times? ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "After you arrive in New York, it's almost the lowest time to fall, you just have to buy it all and wait for the appreciation." ”

Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "No wonder the adults call this plan a money-grabbing plan, Shaochuan has learned it!" ”

As he spoke, Tang Shaoyi took a long look, obviously admiring it, and Wang Chenhao's answer was satisfactory to him.