Chapter XVII

"First of all, it's about money!"

"In the early days of our United Emirate, we all thought that because we didn't have the ability to issue our own currency, we didn't have the financial management talent, we didn't have the experience of currency issuance, and we didn't even have the machinery to make money, so we chose the pound sterling as our currency!"

"But now it seems that it was a terribly wrong decision!"

"We imagined the British just too well!"

"It seems to us that we have exchanged real gold and silver with the British government for its colourful pieces of paper, and to use its currency in the domestic market, which can be said to have paid great sincerity and friendliness, and there is no reason why the British should not support us, and there is no reason to smash our jobs!"

"However, in the past three years, we have seen an outflow of 2 tons of gold and 3,000 tons of silver due to exchange rate losses! We all say that Mexico to the south is weak and incompetent, and that President Santa Ana is corrupt and degenerate, but in the same period, Mexico's gold is a net inflow! Even the country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean can become a net inflow of silver by relying on a group of mud legs to burn porcelain! ”

"And what about us? I forgot my life, got up early and worked hard for three years, and I became a British worker for nothing! ”

"We're not even as good as Mexico! It's not as good as the Qing country where the whole people smoke big mulberry! ”

"So, we have to issue our own currency!"

"No matter where we are now, we have to have our own currency! Otherwise, we won't be able to develop in a hundred years! ”

"We overestimated the difficulties and underestimated the determination of our people to be independent and self-reliant, and thus made such a big mistake, and we need to review it!"

"Actually, now it looks like we have gold and silver, and even if our future bank president is only at the level of a schoolboy, he can run our central bank well!"

"Foreigners say we are stupid and stupid, a bunch of monkeys who have just run out of the primeval forest, and do not deserve to have an industrial life!"

"Foreigners also say that we can't govern such a country well, and we have to grovel to them to give me guidance while suffering their insults!"

"So far, foreigners are superior to others when they walk on the land of my Americans! Moreover, there are quite a few people who take it for granted! ”

"I co-authored Lao Tzu who took you to make trouble for so long, spilled blood, died so many people, and finally established this country for these foreigners, right?"

"Little Andrey, is there a problem with you being the first president of the Pivot Bank?"

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Little Andre silently picked up the teacup in his hand and took a small sip gently.

Since taking over from Sekoya at the age of 16 as the wise priest of the Indian Union, his horizons have suddenly opened up and his abilities have grown rapidly.

By now, the original wise priest who was flying and jumping out of the aggressive has become calm and introverted.

He will not easily open his mouth to promise anything, but once he opens his mouth to do something, that style, even the beaver has to cry out when he hears it!

When the crescent moon was in a secret meeting with the turtledove, he once jokingly commented on little Andre, saying: "Sure enough, he is a cultural person, as long as he moves his mind, there is nothing like me who can only make white knives and red knives - turtledove, if you want to liquidate me in the future, I think it must be little Andre who harmed ......."

After a minute, little Andre said: "I'll do it, you can!" But I need to do one thing in advance, turtledove, you promise me, I can do it, if you don't agree, I can't do it! ”

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"You say!" Turtledove said.

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"I need the help of the Crescent Moon's Intelligence Service to complete the property registration of all officials and employees! Once that's done, I'll be able to do it! ”

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The turtledove was silent for a moment.

Little Andriy's request seems to have nothing to do with the establishment of the Pivot Bank, but with the depth of Andrey's thoughts, how can he do anything useless?

The power and responsibility of the wise priest is extremely heavy, not only as a central bank, but also as a series of things such as education and education, ritual propaganda, science and religion, etc., and it is not a special and separate position.

None of the four priests is a special officer, but a comprehensive role that needs to consider the overall situation and determine the strategic direction of the United Arab Emirates - in other words, if the turtledove has any three strengths and two weaknesses, the four priests are the top figures who can take over the power at any time in order.

For such a character, throwing a stone without killing two birds at the same time is a loss, and if you can't pick up money when you go out, then there is no need to go out.

And the reason why turtledoves are silent is that 'property registration' is a double-edged sword!

Regardless of the fact that the United Arab Emirates is now very poor, and some Indians have a standard of living that is not even as good as it was before the establishment of the country, there is a certain number of high-ranking Indians who have formed a new group of nobles and have their own basic plates.

Not so active!

It was precisely because Turtledove knew what little Andre wanted to do that he hesitated.

First, can the foundation withstand the turmoil of purging?

Second, no one knows better than the turtledove how powerful money is. Letting the wise priest take charge of the central bank is already a tilt of power, and if he is allowed to control the handle of the officials again, the power system of the four priests will soon be out of balance!

Turtledove mentally revisited the beaver, fifteen dollars, and the ox, and had a new idea in the flashβ€”perhaps, the time needed to add a fifth priest!

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"Then do it!"

"The core of the problem is that the wealth we create should not be easily plundered by others!" ”

"In the past, we used guns and gunpowder to defend this land and the people of the land, but in the future, in addition to guns and gunpowder, our currency is also our weapon!"

"If this weapon is in the hands of others, then our years of suffering will be in vain! Our blood is shed in vain! Our lives have been lost! ”

"Whether it's rationing, currency issuance, or borrowing...... These are means, not ends! The Pivot Bank is not a private bank, and we are fundamentally different from the country to the east! ”

"Go for it!"

"I'm still relieved that you do something!"

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The two did not talk about where the money for the construction of the railway would come from, and no one here mentioned it.

But it is clear that this problem is no longer a problem.

As the rule-makers of the power body, it is impossible to cobble together in such a meeting, like a young Indian couple who want to buy a house in White Rock City, pay a penny here and feel a peso there, and how much is the difference in the final total......

For them, the essence of money is just a tool, not a resource.