Since Xiao Zhenlei held a meeting with officials from the industrial and commercial departments, the relevant departments have contacted and communicated with Western countries, and learned that almost all of Europe has a large shortage of living materials, and the wars of the past few years have indeed fought Europe very badly, and the industry and agriculture in large areas have been devastated, and the war has just ended, and the industrial and agricultural production in various parts of Europe has not yet recovered, and the output is limited, which cannot meet the needs of the general public, so the demand for living materials in Europe is huge, and this is a huge consumer market.

After receiving the news and receiving government support, Chinese businessmen raised materials and shipped them to Europe for sale, and a large number of high-quality and inexpensive daily necessities were welcomed all over Europe, and some luxury goods were also favored by nobles and wealthy people.

The United States could have taken advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune, but the civil strife in the United States has deprived it of this opportunity, and due to the civil strife in the United States, production has been greatly affected, and industry in many parts of the country has almost come to a standstill, and factories and companies are almost unattended. Now the United States not only cannot send supplies to the outside world, but also has to buy materials from outside, and the money that the United States earned from European countries in the war cannot be used, because there is no surplus materials in Europe to sell to the United States.

Ships coming and going between China and Europe are flowing endlessly on the sea, and in the ports along the coasts of Europe, there are busy scenes everywhere, a large number of grain, clothing, shoes and socks, toothbrushes, towels and other various daily necessities are unloaded from the huge ships and transported to all parts of Europe. Only banknotes with a relatively high credit rating, such as the British pound, franc, mark and other currencies are accepted.

Time. A large number of unsellable commodities produced at the end of World War I in China were all stuffed into Europe, and Europe also needed a large number of such commodities. This was beneficial to both sides, as Chinese merchants sold their hoarded goods for cash, and the Europeans were relieved of the pressure to survive because of the arrival of these large quantities of goods.

The meeting of finance ministers will be held in Huashan, and the meeting will be held in mid-November, more than a month before the current time. Xiao Zhenlei was preparing for this matter, and at this time, the Americans came to the door.

Foreign Minister Lu Zhengxiang reported to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, US President Wilson sent special envoy Wright to China."

Xiao Zhenlei was quite surprised: "What did Wilson send someone to do at this time?" Isn't the United States now in civil strife? He doesn't care about domestic affairs in the United States, so why did he send people to us? ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "President." I have already met with Wright, and from Wright's words, I can deduce that the purpose of his visit to China this time is just like that of other countries, which is to take out loans! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was even more puzzled when he heard this: "The Americans want to borrow money from us? No way? They had made a lot of money in the First World War, so why would they want to borrow from us? ”

Lu Zhengxiang explained: "President, since the beginning of the civil strife in the United States, industrial production and agricultural production in most areas have almost come to a standstill, so the United States not only does not have to export excess materials, but also has to buy a large amount of materials from abroad to tide over the difficulties. Other than that. The Americans made a lot of money in the war, but all that money was earned from European countries, and that money could only be used in Europe, and most of it was borrowed from European countries. European countries are now taking care of themselves, how can they have the money to return to the Americans? Not to mention paying back the money, there is not even a little extra material. The Americans from the European side do not want to return the arrears. They also couldn't get the materials to pay off their debts, so they had to borrow money from other countries to buy supplies. And now it is possible to borrow on a large scale, and there are a large number of materials to be exported, only our country has such a large production capacity! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded after listening to Lu Zhengxiang's explanation: "Not bad." But isn't the U.S. next to Canada? Although Canada's industry is not very developed, it is quite passable, and Australia, although they are not as good as European countries, they have a much better industrial base than other poor countries, why don't Americans find a way from these two countries? ”

Lu Zhengxiang said: "President, Canada and Australia are both members of the British Commonwealth, of course they supply Britain first, how can there be more for the Americans?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei heard this: "That's not bad. Okay, you go down first, as for the US presidential envoy Wright coming to China, let him wait first, I don't have time to see him now, wait until I have a few days to see him when my work is more leisurely."

Lu Zhengxiang said: "Understood, I'll go first!" ”

After Lu Zhengxiang left, Xiao Zhenlei called Song Shijie, Yang Du, Liang Qichao, Yang Shiqi and others to discuss the matter of Americans borrowing money from China.

After Song Shijie, Yang Du, Liang Qichao, Yang Shiqi and others came to the presidential office, Xiao Zhenlei beckoned them to sit down, and asked the secretary Xiao Gao to arrange for the staff to serve tea to these people, and set up a stove in the office.

Song Shijie saw that there was no fire in the stove in the president's office, and couldn't help but say: "President, you are a little stingy, you don't even have a stove, no wonder you feel that it is very cold in this office as soon as you come in, and it doesn't cost a lot of money!" Why do you bother? ”

Xiao Zhenlei beckoned a few people to tea, and said with a smile: "It's not stingy, it's thrift, what do I do with a fire when I sit alone in such a big office?" It's a waste, besides, a little colder temperature can keep your mind a little clearer, not drowsy, come on, come on, you drink tea, you can't get to sit in my office, and I don't have any good tea to entertain you, that is, some ordinary teas on the market."

Several people hurriedly thanked each other, and they were all a little ashamed in their hearts, Xiao Zhenlei has been thrifty as a president, and the warm fires in their offices are rising, drinking top-notch tea, and eating Manchu and Han banquets.

Yang Du couldn't help but sigh: "President, why do you treat yourself so harshly? Now it's not when we were just in power, the material is poor, and we don't want to use it, now we have money, and the materials are abundant, there is no need to live a hard life! ”

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Yang Du's words, silently took a sip of tea, and said indifferently: "Hehe, in our position, the country has given us everything we need for life, all of which are from the state, no matter how good we eat and drink, it is just to satisfy the desire of the tongue, as long as it can meet the nutrients needed by the body, it is enough." Speaking of money, when it comes to our position, what role does money do to us? The richer we are, the poorer the common people will be, this is inevitable!

I am also a human being, I also have seven emotions and six desires, for money, I have nothing to ask for, because we people don't need it anymore, life in the world, nothing more than fame and fortune, I only hope that after I leave office, I can see that the country is strong, foreign enemies dare not peep, and the people in China live a rich and stable life, I only hope that the people can give me a good evaluation! ”

Yang Shiqi hurriedly said: "No one can erase the merits of the great president, and without the great president, there would be no current Huaguo, which no one can deny."

Xiao Zhenlei waved his hand and said with a smile: "Whether it is right or wrong, only future generations will comment!" Forget it, this is a bit heavy, let's get down to business! ”

Xiao Zhenlei said and sorted out his thoughts, and looked at a few people: "Lu Zhengxiang came over just now, and he reported to me that US President Wilson sent a special envoy Wright over, and he has already talked to Wright, and according to his inference from Wright's words, Wright's purpose of this trip is likely to be to borrow money from China."

Yang Du said: "President, this is very likely, the United States is now in chaos, production has almost come to a standstill, and only by asking for help from the outside world can we obtain enough materials from the outside to stabilize the situation."

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Yes, the question is whether we should lend them or not?" If we lend money to the United States, will it allow Wilson to stabilize the situation at home? If he borrowed money from us to stabilize the United States, wouldn't that be contrary to our international strategic intentions? ”

Song Shijie said: "President, I don't think it's very likely, you must know that we have been planning for several years, and now the contradictions in the United States are not just a contradiction, but the convergence of various contradictions can make the United States civil strife, these contradictions include the contradictions between whites and blacks, the contradictions between the poor and the rich, the contradictions between commoners and farmers and factory owners, and the irreconcilable contradictions between workers and bosses, the South and the North. And this powder keg is by no means what Wilson wants some supplies bought from outside to calm down, besides, there are only 100,000 troops in the United States, and it is impossible to stabilize the situation in the United States, and the American troops who went to France in World War I are still stranded on the west coast and cannot return to China, if Wilson can't find any good way to let the 600,000 American troops who are still stranded on the west coast of France return home, those American troops will cause a big disaster sooner or later! ”

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "So, can we lend them money?" ”

Song Shijie nodded: "Yes, I think you can borrow it!" ”

"Any other suggestions and ideas?"

Yang Shiqi said: "President, I don't think you can borrow it!" Our goal is to bring down the United States, and if we achieve our goal and the American authorities collapse, won't we be able to recover our money? ”

Everyone looked at each other, how could they forget this stubble? Yang Shiqi said: "But I think we can do a business with the Americans, and this business depends on how short of money the Americans are!" (To be continued......)