Chapter 571: Currency Wars, Diamond Standard.

As soon as Meng Chen's words came out, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei were all slightly surprised.

Indeed, many years ago, after Pan Feng ambushed Hua Xiong at Bishui Pass, he only transferred the "Yuhuan Bu Mandarin Duck Legs" of Water Margin Wu Song to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Wu Song's infantry combat strength is quite strong, and for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the exercises also have a little reference value, but this value is really small for a general of their level.

Moreover, at that time, Guan Yu had already given back his "Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashes" to Pan Feng, and even the little favor that Zhang Fei had already paid off.

At this moment, the three Liu Bei brothers didn't expect that the white-clothed god would come in person this time just to send them exercises.

Meng Chen's side didn't say much, he flipped through it with his left hand, and had already taken out three thin classics.

With a mana urging, the top book had already flown in front of Zhang Fei out of thin air.

Zhang Fei's eyes widened, looking at the classics suspended out of thin air, and he couldn't help but stretch out his palm and pull twice under the classics.

He obviously couldn't figure out why this book could be suspended out of thin air.

"Don't hurry up and thank the white-clothed god for his generous gift!"

Liu Bei, who was on the side, hurriedly scolded in a low voice.

"Oh...... Thank you to the god in white. ”

Zhang Fei agreed, and at the same time carefully picked up the classics and opened them to watch.

Meng Chen didn't wait, and directly sent the second book to Guan Yu.

What was given to Zhang Fei was the same method of spears.

Needless to say, the level of the exercises given by the "Bodhi Ancestor" is definitely not something that ordinary people can imagine.

And what was given to Guan Yu was the "Complete Version of the Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashes." ”

Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashing Exercises, Guan Yu only created more than half, and the last part was actually just his own speculation and deduction, and he didn't practice it at all.

Later, Meng Chen used the Pearl of Heavenly Yan to re-strengthen the Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashes.

After the strengthened, the Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashes have both muscle power skills and mana use skills.

However, the book given to Guan Yu only has complete muscle power skills, and cannot be used. Even if you add the use of mana, it is in vain, Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms World has not cultivated the Dao Law.

"Martial Saint Three Absolute Slashes?"

After taking over the exercises, Guan Yu was even more surprised.

Flipping through the pages quickly, he looked at the second half of the book. Just after checking it casually, Guan Yu's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly flashed with a hint of surprise.

"Thank you for the generous gift from the white-clothed gods!"

Guan Yu straightened his robe and respectfully saluted Meng Chen again.

On the other side, Zhang Fei was also immersed in the book of spear and spear combat techniques given to him.

The exercises sent by Meng Chen are full of pictures and texts, which are very easy to understand, and although the exercises are of a very high grade, they are not difficult to cultivate.

Seeing the second brother and third brother behaving like this, Liu Bei's eyes on the side also flashed with a hint of expectation.

Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms World also has force.

According to the normal world trajectory of the Three Kingdoms, there is "Tiger Prison Pass Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu". Liu Bei's force, since he can participate in the Sanying Battle of Lu Bu, can at least show that his force can barely be used.

"Xuande, your foundation is too poor, this classic book for you starts with refining your body and strengthening your body. ”

Meng Chen smiled and sent the last classic in his hand to Liu Bei.

"Zhiyang Jue!"

It's just the first-level introductory technique of the Zhiyang Jue that Meng Chen has modified.

"Thank you, God in White!"

Liu Bei first saluted Meng Chen again, and then respectfully took the classics with both hands and looked through them.

After watching for a moment, Liu Bei's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise.

"Okay, I have other things to do. The other rewards for pacifying the Nanban this time will be given by your Majesty personally. ”

Meng Chen finally dropped a sentence, and then his consciousness connected to the spirit interface, and he chose to leave the Three Kingdoms World.

......

Returning to the Earth World, Meng Chen continued to sense the messages left by the protagonists of other worlds.

That's it for Liu Bei.

The first layer of the "Zhiyang Jue" introductory exercise given to Liu Bei was modified by him. Liu Bei's cultivation according to this can indeed increase his physique.

But at the same time, the side effects of Zhiyang Jue will also be magnified several times.

Moreover, Liu Bei cultivated according to such exercises, and he would never be able to break through the first layer. In the end, Liu Bei could only become a man-making machine like his ancestor Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, and spend his whole life in peace.

And this is actually one of Liu Bei's dreams.

In the normal world trajectory of the Three Kingdoms world, the Eastern Wu envoy planned to marry Liu Bei, and married Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei, and in the end, Liu Bei was not addicted to the land of gentleness and no longer thought about what to compete for domination in the world?

If it weren't for Zhuge Liang giving Zhao Yun three tricks, I'm afraid Liu Bei would have stayed in Jiangdong to enjoy it safely, and the matter of competing for hegemony in the world would have long been irrelevant.

In later generations, Liu Chan's "here is happy, don't think about Shu", in fact, there is already a fixed number. It's also his father's genetics, but it's just a magnification of shortcomings.

......

After combing through the messages left by the protagonists of each world again, Meng Chen finally chose to contact his cousin Su Can in the late Qing world.

The changes in the world in the late Qing Dynasty in the past seven years were basically concentrated in the Lanfang Republic.

Today's Lanfang, the population has exceeded 10 million, and most of them are immigrants from the land of China.

In addition, the number of high-end talents in all aspects of Lanfang has also exceeded 100,000. Among them, nearly 10,000 are scientific and technological talents who can stand at the forefront of a certain category in this world.

The reason why so many scientific and technological talents gather in Lanfang is, of course, because of the massive amount of knowledge left by Meng Chen, basic books and materials of science and technology, and scientific and technological samples that are beyond the era.

It can be said that in the current late Qing world, at least thirty percent, or even forty percent, of the top scientific and technological talents with names and surnames have gathered in the Republic of Lanfang.

Talent is the primary productive force, and with the various development materials left by Meng Chen, Lan Fang's development in the past seven years has really advanced by leaps and bounds.

In addition, in the past seven years, there have been three major events related to Lanfang and Huaxia.

First, not long after Su Can returned from traveling around the world, Dongying sent an army to avenge the sinking of the Fusang.

Of course, there was no suspense in the result, Su Can used the hot weapon left by Meng Chen, and almost didn't spend any effort, he beat Dongying's fart and urine, and only a few dozen of the thousands of people barely escaped back.

Second, in 1893, the Sino-Japanese Naval War, which was originally in the trajectory of the world, broke out again. And yes, it broke out a year in advance!

This has something to do with Dongying's big loss in Lanfang. After Dongying was deflated in Lanfang, he began to raise the strength of the whole country to vigorously develop the navy. and turned his attention back to the problematic Qing court.

After the outbreak of this naval battle, the performance of the Beiyang Navy was stronger than in the original world trajectory, but it was not much stronger.

Facts have proved that just getting rid of the old woman still can't stop the deterioration of the Qing court, and the princes and nobles in the Eight Banners still give Li Hongzhang a lot of obstacles to the development of the Beiyang Naval Division.

As a result, the Qing court was defeated, the Beiyang Naval Division was still annihilated, and the Dongying side suffered greater losses than the original world trajectory, but it was still victorious.

After the victory, blackmail is indispensable. Dongying proposed a huge war compensation of 500 million taels of silver to the Qing court......

Third, after Lan Fang's side got the news, Su Can immediately convened an emergency meeting.

The results of this meeting were unprecedentedly unanimous, and Wang Wu, Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, Ha Tong, Luo Jialing and others all supported and immediately sent troops to Dongying.

Twelve large and small warships of Lanfang sailed to the battlefield on the same day.

The real battle lasted less than three hours. The navy that participated in this battle was completely wiped out, and there was not a single one left.

On Lan Fang's side, only one ship was wounded, and there was almost zero battle damage.

The advantages of technology crushing.

But in this battle, there was a discordant voice that made people feel like eating flies.

The Qing court is neutral!

In addition to Li Hongzhang and others, as well as a large number of logistical materials sent by Hongmen behind the scenes, the Qing court was crisply neutral......

This made Su Can's mind, and the blood that had just risen immediately became cold.

After the Lanfang fleet returned the recaptured territory and military facilities such as the Dagukou Fort to Li Hongzhang, it immediately left and returned to Lanfang.

Of course, Dongying's negotiations on the 500 million taels of war compensation extorted by the Qing court also failed to continue.

......

Just as Meng Chen was thinking about these messages, Su Can sent a reply.

"Cousin, what has happened in the past seven years? Are you okay? Why don't you leave a message and tell me?"

Su Can's voice was excited.

"It's not important, anyway, my cousin is fine...... Now you gather together Hartung, Luo Jialing, and Lan Fang's ministers in charge of finance, trade, and development, and I will give them a meeting. Well, remember to ask them to prepare the current information on all aspects. ”

Meng Chen said directly.

"This ...... Cousin, I really don't want to go to war. It's boring, it's boring to call around...... On Lanfang's side, he had been discussing the merger of the Lanfang Republic into the Chinese territory, but in the past two years, ...... Alas, don't talk about it......"

Su Can was silent for a while, and then sent a message again.

"Well, it's really not interesting to fight a war alone...... This time, let's have something interesting, you can do what I say, and gather all the people in charge of finance, trade, and development as soon as possible. ”

Meng Chen nodded.

The world of the late Qing Dynasty has its own particularity, and it is true that the affairs of this world cannot be handled by fighting alone.

"Okay, okay then, I'll do it right away. ”

After seven years, Su Can has also matured a lot, and after thinking about it for a while, he immediately went to gather the people Meng Chen wanted to meet.

......

About two hours later, Su Can sent another message.

The people Meng Chen wanted to see had already gathered in the conference hall.

Without any hesitation, Meng Chen chose to descend to the late Qing world.

"Buzz!"

As soon as things changed, he was already in a beautifully decorated and extremely large conference hall.

In the middle of the conference hall, there was a large round table on three sides, and there were already twenty or thirty people seated.

After a general glance, Hartung, Luo Jialing, Huang Feihong and others were all there.

At this moment, everyone was stunned, looking at Meng Chen, who suddenly descended out of thin air from the black vortex above the hall.

Although Su Can had already explained to everyone before, and that day in the "Battle of the Sand Barbarians", Meng Chen had incarnated as the "Western Grim Reaper" and came once before everyone.

But at this moment, the people in the conference hall couldn't help but be shocked.

"Okay, Su Can must have already said something...... I need to know the general economic situation of Lan Fang now. Who's going to start first?"

Meng Chen didn't delay, and went directly to everyone.

This is a habit he developed before, after coming to another world, he never wastes time, he has always had something to do, and never be verbose.

"Ahem......" Huang Feihong on the side coughed dryly twice, and was the first to speak: "Chief Meng, let me start first." ”

Huang Feihong is a martial arts master after all, and Su Can has already told him before that a large number of exercise books for him, Wang Wu, and Huo Yuanjia are all provided by Meng Chen.

It was Huang Feihong who was the first to react among the crowd.

A bit unexpectedly by Meng Chen, Huang Feihong, a martial arts master, was now in charge of the foreign affairs of the Lanfang Republic, as well as some foreign trade affairs.

"Well, Foshan has no shadow feet, let's start with you. ”

Meng Chen nodded and smiled at Huang Feihong.

"Don't dare to get an axe in front ......of Chief Meng" Huang Feihong was slightly embarrassed, and then opened the information in his hand.

Meng Chen's strength, he only knew a scale and half a claw, but it was shocking enough.

In terms of martial arts, he really didn't dare to get an axe in front of Meng Chen.

......

After Huang Feihong's general report, Hartung was followed by Luo Jialing......

About an hour later, everyone present had already roughly reported Lan Fang's current economic situation to Meng Chen.

Lanfang's current economic strength is very strong, and it is already one of the top three in the world in terms of per capita alone.

This is also due to the fact that there is a continuous influx of immigrants from the Republic of Lanfang, and in a short period of time, the per capita production value has been continuously reduced.

If nothing else, let's talk about monetary policy.

On the whole, Lanfang has also adopted the monetary policy that has been adopted by various countries in the late Qing Dynasty.

Foreign trade, international trade settlement, etc. based on the "gold standard"......

The so-called "gold standard" means that the currencies of various countries are linked to their own gold reserves, and the content of gold reserves corresponding to each unit of currency is used to measure the value of each country's currency and participate in international trade.

Holding the currencies of various countries, you can exchange gold for the corresponding currency value from the hands of each country, or you can hold gold and exchange the corresponding amount of currency from the hands of each country.

Gold is the final payment currency, gold coins and gold bars, which can be circulated between countries without restrictions.

In addition, with the help of the massive super-era scientific and technological materials left by Meng Chen, as well as the joint promotion of a large number of top scientific and technological talents, Lanfang is at the forefront of the world in many fields.

However, since the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the great powers have also become more fearful and vigilant about the development of Lanfang. Many powerful countries have begun to secretly use their own means to restrict and slow down the development of Lanfang.

"Overall, Lanfang has developed rapidly in all aspects, and if there is another 20 years of stable development, we will be economically the world's strongest!"

In the end, it was Huang Feihong who opened his mouth and made a brief summary to Meng Chen.

"There won't be that long of stable development. Meng Chen shook his head and said, "From today onwards, Lan Fang will no longer use the 'gold standard' system. ”

"This ......"

As soon as Meng Chen's words came out, not only Huang Feihong, but also Hartung, Luo Jialing and others also showed extreme surprise on their faces.

Glancing at most of the people with shocked faces, Meng Chen continued: "In the future, Lanfang's currency will be pegged to 'diamonds'. We will use the 'diamond standard' for international trade. ”

He, like Su Can, didn't want to continue to fight in this world. But the "war" will go on. He wanted to launch a war in the late Qing world, without gunpowder.

Currency Wars, Diamond Standard!