How can you afford to spend chapter 524?

"People are not as good as heaven!" While Lao Chiang lamented there, the vanguard Huang Baitao's 57th Army had crossed the Yangtze River and taken over the defensive lines in the various areas after the devils had withdrawn.

With the evacuation of the devils, the Jiangfang around Wuhan was also taken over by the Central Army, and the broken devils were relieved to evacuate. But the vanguard army that rushed out from behind took over with the same speed and occupied part of the area.

Just make an opening, and the rest will be easy to do. More and more vanguard troops crossed the Yangtze River.

When Okamura Ninji heard about it, he also knew that he could no longer stop it, so he directly ordered the Japanese army to speed up the evacuation and retreated to Makufu Mountain, guarding Ruichang and Jiujiang. Those county towns to the west were thrown out and let the Central Army and the Vanguard Army grab them.

Meng Xiang was not polite at all this time, since Huang Baitao's army had passed, he directly made it clear that he was robbing. Several county towns that had already been occupied by the central army drove directly over and besieged the city. Those central armies rarely fought with the vanguard army, and some even sacrificed their hands to join the vanguard army. Two of the county towns were taken over by the puppet army appointed by Lao Chiang, but as soon as the vanguard army arrived, they directly surrendered to the vanguard army. They did not dare to oppose the vanguard army, and the liquidation of the vanguard army was also known to everyone. There is no doubt that between the Central Army and the Vanguard Army, everyone is still optimistic about the Vanguard Army.

This time, the attitude of the vanguard army was unusually tough, and Huang Baitao simply drove the army into Wuchang. The army in front advanced all the way to the vicinity of Yueyang, so that all the land north of the line from Mufu Mountain to Tongcheng and Linxiang was occupied, and the footsteps stepped on Linxiang for the first time to step into Hunan.

"Uncle Li is very angry, and the consequences are very serious!" Fan Chong didn't know what Meng Xiang meant by the words he was talking about at the beginning, but he knew that Meng Xiang was really angry this time, broke the original plan, and ventured into the army.

In the beginning, the hastily arranged vanguard army was only seven or eight thousand men equipped in that area. At that time, if it were not for the retreat of the main force of the Japanese army, the defensive strength of the personnel after the break was weak, I am afraid it would not be easy to attack. Relying on the support of the guerrillas and the intelligence department, it was also a fluke to frighten the people and the Central Army that came to receive it. If people reflect and turn around and kill back, I'm afraid the vanguard army will suffer.

This is a battle that Meng Xiang is not sure of. However, where the vanguard army is accumulating, people only think about withdrawing and throwing the trouble to the central army, but let the vanguard army get away with it. As the army crossed the Yangtze River, Meng Xiang was even more fearless and directly took over more territory.

"The devil overestimated Lao Jiang's ability to control his subordinates. If you throw it at them, you won't lose it to us. Meng Xiang said disdainfully.

"Jiang Zhongzheng doesn't have much money in his pocket, and he still has to maintain an army of one million, so naturally the level of treatment has declined, and he can't control it. I heard that there are more and more unpaid ranks in the Central Army. Fan Chong said with a smile.

Lao Chiang wanted to maintain the authority of the Central Army, and although some troops ran to the vanguard army, he still pulled another strong man to make up enough for one million to maintain a certain numerical advantage. In this day and age, the number of people is an advantage. But unfortunately, he wants to modernize and strengthen the quality of the army. So, after buying some tanks and planes from the copycat company, his thin money bag was directly deflated.

The more territory occupied by the self-excursive vanguard, the less tax revenue the central government has at its disposal. The fiat currency was tossed around by people, and it was printed by Kong Xiangxi to make up for finances, which made prices skyrocket. When the pioneer coin became popular in the Kuomintang region, the value of the fiat currency fell sharply, and then dealt a heavy blow to Lao Chiang's central finances.

Money is needed everywhere, and the big mouths that are good at interception make funds even more tight. In the end, the arrears of military salaries increased, and even some elite troops showed signs of it.

On the one hand, the treatment of the Central Army has declined, and the Central Party has repeatedly suffered in the hands of the people and the vanguard army, and on the other hand, the preferential treatment of the vanguard army and the promising future of the people, which immediately gave everyone a secret choice. The vanguard army attacked, even if the number was small, but under the prestige, everyone took refuge.

"Violent machines are money-consuming holes. If you don't have any strength, how can you afford it? Meng Xiang said lightly. At this time, he suddenly thought of the British.

Even under the bombardment of the Germans, the British still seemed to be an unbeatable little powerhouse and kept persevering. Their persistence is also the result of their centuries of wealth accumulation. The strong strength accumulated in the primary industrial era became the strength of the British to support it, whether in terms of material, wealth, or personnel, even if the British were greatly damaged, they also came hard.

In order to survive, they will buy all the weapons they can buy at any cost. The Americans' eyes were hot on the large orders of the protection company, and they also jumped out from behind and directly participated in the competition for large arms orders. In order to win over the Americans, the British also threw a large amount of gold coins, and Meng Xiang was frightened. Billions of dollars of tickets are smashed down, and at most fireworks are set off for a period of time.

At the same time, the Germans also absorbed a large number of strategic materials from the territory occupied by Europe, from the country, from copycat companies, to fill the small English Channel.

While the strait was like a chasm, it was also like a bottomless abyss devouring the energies of both sides. An invisible millstone strangled and killed the fortune of two centuries-old empires on both sides of the strait.

However, all this is undamaged with Huaxia. Even if Meng Xiang still needs the Germans to maintain more strength to deal with the intervention of Soviet Russia and the United States, so that the fight limited to the air force will not prevent the expansion of the Germans' strength. Moreover, in the skies over Great Britain, the Luftwaffe was gaining the upper hand. Although some pilots fell, a group of novice rookies grew up in the war and became the new pride of the sky.

War is the best heroic catalyst.

The Germans lost more planes, and they only had to pass over the wealth accumulated in Europe to more from copycat companies. With the support of Shanzhai companies, some of their domestic factories no longer produce weapons, but industrial machines that China desperately needs. A small circle of wealth flowed between the Germans, copycat companies and the Chinese pioneers, in addition to washing this channel bigger and bigger, but also precipitating the gold sand of Europe's century-old wealth into the hands of Meng Xiang.

At this time, Meng Xiang's other hand was holding the gold coins that flowed directly to the Umbrella Company by the British.

In just a few months, the orders between the two sides in Meng Xiang's hands have exceeded one billion US dollars, and the cost paid by Meng Xiang is only a fraction.

"The army and the war really need a lot of money to support, Lao Jiang wants to fight with me, he is unlucky!" Meng Xiang secretly felt lucky that he could have the support of the base. With the base in hand, this world will suffer a big loss even if Lao Mei fights with him.

But Lao Jiang could only swallow the bitter fruit at this time, and he was a little helpless in the face of the money-swallowing machine of the army.

"In this way, it won't work in the long run!" Song Ziwen took advantage of the family banquet and said to Lao Jiang.

Although he was no longer the finance minister, he could not watch Chiang's regime collapse. Even though he had some contradictions with Lao Jiang and was slapped by Lao Jiang, several major families were all prosperous. Speaking of the four major families, in fact, in the face of power, there are more interest groups that extend out through blood, in-laws, teachers and students, friends, etc., and they need to advance and retreat together. Such interest groups have existed since ancient times, and they will not be broken in the future.

"The taxes levied in the rear are getting more and more, not only the taxes collected by commerce, but even some national industries are taxed to the sky! Heavy industry enterprises such as iron and steel not only do not support it, but collect high taxes. The pig iron tax on a ton of pig iron was only more than 1 yuan a year ago, but it reached more than 80 yuan in September. This is not raw, they all drove them to Meng Ribai's side. After all, Song Ziwen understands the roots of the economy, and although he encouraged light industry in order to accumulate wealth quickly in the golden decade, it does not mean that he does not know the importance of heavy industry to a country.

"At its peak, there were 14 iron factories in Chongqing, but at this time, only two were left. From the beginning of the year to the present, the entire area under its jurisdiction has produced only 5,000 tons of steel. On the vanguard side, their steel production in a single month in August reached a maximum of 50,000 tons. The more Song Ziwen talked, the more moved he became, if it weren't for the family's affairs, he couldn't wait to go to Meng Xiang to recommend himself.

"Without steel, where would the materials come from to make guns and cannons?" He asked rhetorically again, but he didn't see that Lao Jiang had already frowned when he heard him say "vanguard army".

It was still Kong Xiangxi who looked at it from the side, and said with a smile: "Wartime policies need special treatment!" We don't have enough money, so we have to use it wisely. We have negotiated with copycat companies, and their weapons are cheaper than foreign companies, and even cheaper than our own manufacturing. In the case of limited funds, it is better to buy it! The cost of investing in the steel mill can fully equip a few elite German mechanics! ”

"Everyone knows that the copycat company and the vanguard army are very close. Give people a handle, and you will suffer a great loss in the future. Song Ziwen was even less interested in this eldest brother-in-law, and immediately retorted when he heard this.

"We've been in touch with Umbrella and they've given us a great price as well!" Kong Xiangxi smiled slightly.

"But after all, we need a lot of money and foreign exchange to pay, and our gold and silver foreign exchange has become less and less, and we will gradually have to maintain the fiat currency system." Song Ziwen was very clear about the fiat currency system he had established, and at this time, the reserves of fiat currency had decreased, the issuance quota was large, and the currency pressure had increased sharply, which had exceeded the warning line very high.

"Ziwen has made a lot of contributions, and this time he has borrowed another $25 million from the United States, which is just a blessing from heaven!" Lao Jiang next to him interjected and sighed.

Song Ziwen's face darkened when he heard this, he had just borrowed some foreign exchange from the Americans, and Lao Jiang over there had purchased 50 million US dollars of arms to improve the army's equipment to cope with the attack of the vanguard army after learning about the Jiangbei battle of the vanguard army.

Song Ziwen suppressed his unhappiness, and tried his best to ease his tone and said: "The price of rice in Chengdu has doubled in half a year, and this year's crops in Sichuan have suffered disasters in many places. ”

"People have also negotiated with us, no more fiat speculation attacks! This fiat currency is still very stable. Kong Xiangxi said with a smile.

"But with that vanguard military ticket in comparison, the evil situation of fiat currency will intensify! If the vanguard were to deliberately spread it to the whole country, I am afraid that our entire economy would collapse immediately. Song Ziwen knew that the fiat currency system was the money printing machine in Lao Jiang's hands, and exchanged a blank piece of paper for the concentration of wealth in the world, providing him with a steady stream of wealth. If it is replaced by the metal military ticket of the vanguard army, it will be a disaster, and Lao Chiang's gold, silver and foreign exchange will not be able to support the transportation of the entire power system at all, and it will collapse in a short time.

"That metal military ticket, the next step is to issue a decree to ban their circulation!" Lao Jiang also knew the power of the vanguard army's military ticket, but he was afraid that Meng Xiang would give him such a hand.

Song Ziwen also sighed in his heart when he heard this, this method can't help it, it can only have a little effect, and it can only be delayed for a while. But at the same time, he also had some doubts in his heart: "Why hasn't that Meng Ribai used this financial run method all along?" It is impossible for him not to know, He Lian, Yao Qingsan, Fang Xianting and others are all there with him, I heard that they are all proud of the spring breeze and can show what they have learned, it is impossible for him not to know this way? ”

Of course, Song Ziwen didn't know that Meng Xiang knew more about these financial matters than him, but Meng Xiang knew better that this method would bring more disaster. If the metal military ticket is implemented too quickly and completely crushes the fiat currency, I don't know how many people will be ruined.

Ordinary people don't have much ability to exchange for gold and silver foreign exchange, and the little fiat currency they have accumulated in their hands has become a handful of waste paper in an instant. In the occupied areas, they may be able to tide over the difficulties through replacement and subsistence allowances, but in those nationally controlled areas, who can care about the lives and deaths of some ordinary people? The resulting tragedy is something Meng Xiang never wants to see, such a financial attack can be used abroad, but it can be used on his own people in China, and that is what he does not have to do to have a son.

He would rather take a gentle way to infiltrate slowly and let Lao Jiang moisturize for a while. Anyway, the joint theater has already occupied half of China, leaving the southwest so that Lao Jiang can't breathe for long. When the sub-bases in various places are properly arranged, Lao Jiang and Kong Xiangxi will have to vomit as much as they eat.

Some of the accounts need to be paid off. ro@。