Chapter 531: What a big pit

The commander of the British army, General Percival, saw that the general situation was turning, and had to send an envoy to sue for peace, and after receiving Ma Zhongying, "do not kill or abuse prisoners of war, and do not take personal property." He led more than 150,000 British Commonwealth troops to lay down their arms, but to Ma Zhongying and even Hu Weidong's anger, the ships of the Far East Fleet and more than 10,000 British naval officers and sailors had all been evacuated ahead of schedule, making his illusion of capturing warships frustrated

As a result, although the prisoner policy could not be violated, it was inevitable that some dirty work would be specially picked up during the labor reform to be hospitable, and the British lords who were high in the past were actually forced to help the common people build bridges and roads, which had a huge psychological impact on the people of Central and South China, and they were even more in awe of the Red Party and the People's Liberation Army, which was undoubtedly very beneficial to Hu Weidong's digestion of Jihua in the Indochina Peninsula as soon as possible

The news that the Chinese army had swept across the Indochina Peninsula in just a few months shocked the whole country, and the foreign powers had different attitudes towards it, and the governments of Britain and France, the direct victims, naturally "strongly condemned" and threatened to send more troops to Asia to punish the "aggressive acts" of the red China, but Hu Weidong was completely dismissive of this, because he knew very well that France was now enough headache to deal with the Krim rebels, where could they send troops to Asia? Without the cooperation of the French army, the British, who were under-armed, were naturally unable to counterattack Indochina, and they should be thankful that they could keep India. And as long as the mustache attacks Britain and France, it will be difficult for Britain and France to protect themselves, and it will be strange that they can still be hard

As for the other major powers, the United States, which is worried about China's strengthening, is naturally strongly opposed. However, Uncle Sam, who is accustomed to sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, does not dare to directly intervene in the armed forces now that the European war has broken out, and can only tighten the blockade of China's economy and jishu. However, after obtaining the oil and rubber of the Indochina Peninsula, all of China's resources can be self-sufficient, and there is even a lot of surplus for export, and the economic blockade of the rice demon is no longer of much significance; As for the jishu blockade, the many jishu, talents and equipment that Zhongfu International has tried its best to introduce before is enough for China to digest for a period of time, not to mention a large number of projects of Sino-German cooperation.

But then again, if Hu Weidong hadn't asked Mao Zemin to send the purchased materials, jishu materials, and even hired scientific and technological talents back to China as soon as possible, the loss would have been great. It is precisely because of the early preparations that the US government's measures to freeze the assets of the Red Party in the United States, that is, to block Zhongfu International, are actually meaningless and even worth the loss. Because Zhongfu International is now in a state of insolvency. It's just that the good earnings prospects have supported investors' confidence, and now the U.S. government has exposed all kinds of problems.

What's more serious is that after the closure of Zhongfu International. How can it pay off its huge debts? When the U.S. government gets its hands dirty. The net debt on the books of Zhongfu International is about 500 million US dollars. Its total liabilities are as high as more than 3 billion US dollars (caused by the rapid expansion of the enterprise), and the price of its assets has depreciated rapidly after Zhongfu International was shut down by the US government (a similar situation can refer to the auction of bankrupt enterprises, which is generally not sold for a few dollars). It's not at all comparable to the value of healthy operation. Even if it is sold all, it will be exchanged for hundreds of millions of dollars at most, and even if Zhongfu International's limited liquidity is added, the debt that cannot be repaid is still as high as more than 2.5 billion US dollars.

What made Roosevelt vomit blood even more was that those creditors were not ordinary people, they were almost all the leading figures on Wall Street, and there were many black and white bigwigs, if they could not be satisfied, even if Roosevelt was the president of the United States, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not be assassinated by a certain "madman" a few days later

And if this huge amount of money is paid by the US government, it will cause an additional fiscal deficit, and may even plunge the United States, which has just emerged from the Great Depression, into the abyss. In addition, because of the closure of Zhongfu International, many affiliated enterprises have led to cash flow constraints, and even began to bankrupt one after another, if we sit back and watch the situation develop, it is likely to cause hundreds of thousands or even more people to lose their jobs, and this impact is even more worrying to Roosevelt than the huge debt owed by Zhongfu International itself

Roosevelt, who had no choice, had no choice but to order the resumption of the normal operation of Zhongfu International, but Mao Zemin demanded that the US government compensate for the economic losses during the lockdown period in accordance with US law, totaling 1,1652.8 billion US dollars

Only then did Roosevelt realize that this was a bureau set up by Mao Zemin to deliberately create such a big deficit and let the US government fill it for them. However, it is understandable to think about it, rather than paying off billions of dollars of debt, it is better to take the opportunity to throw away this burden, and at present, China is in a state of ruins, and it is better to return to China to build the economy than to stay in the United States to help foreigners make money.

Even though Roosevelt has always been very well-educated, he can't help but be a little angry at this time, but although he is the president of the United States, he can't directly kill Mao Zemin and others like those dictators to vent his anger, because everything Mao Zemin did not violate the laws of the United States, and even used the company's funds to purchase materials for the country in the name of investing in China, and the United States is a society governed by the rule of law, at least for the upper class, although Mao Zemin harmed the interests of the United States, he is also a foreigner, But he has already squeezed into that circle, and if the US government uses the method of suppressing the lower classes of people to deal with him, it will inevitably upset the balance between money and power, and directly undermine the foundation of the United States

In the end, Mao Zemin and others were expelled by the U.S. government on the grounds that they might endanger national security, but the overseas branch was not disbanded, and some comrades who had hidden their identities took over the burden and continued to work silently for the revolutionary cause of China and even Shijie at the risk of danger, mainly overseas Chinese, but also some out-and-out foreigners, including many blacks and whites

After returning to China, Mao Zemin, who had made outstanding contributions and was an economic expert, was soon reused, although Taizu himself objected, but with the strong support of Zhou Gong, Hu Weidong and others, Mao Zemin was still appointed as the first vice premier of the Government Council, concurrently served as the Minister of Finance and was in charge of foreign trade, and made irreplaceable outstanding contributions to China, which was extremely lacking in economic talents at that time (to be continued......