The Chinese New Year's Eve of Shenwu's eighteenth year came earlier than usual, which was actually a difficult day for Yang Rui in the year. It's not because of the red envelopes, but that on this day, as the head of the family, he got up early in the morning to worship his ancestors, bathed and changed clothes, and arranged for Zhang Luo, making it like a war.

However, on this day, while the folk musicians were blowing, the two cars quietly arrived at the Duke's palace, and the guards outside were about to stop them, but when they saw the pass presented by the other party, they had to let it in. Twenty minutes later, Yang Rui, dressed in an ancestral worship dress, met Zhang Shi, director of the Intelligence Bureau, and Zhang Kun, president of the State Bank, in a corner of the ancestral hall.

"Sir, the situation is roughly clear. It was the Schiff family who now took over the bonds of the Japanese government in the securities market. Zhang Kun was the first to speak. Since the suspension of Sino-Japanese negotiations, he has been tracking down who is behind the loan to Japan.

"Is the message exact?" Yang Rui pondered. He used to believe in the conspiracy theory that the Rothschild family planned World War I and World War II, but now he doesn't believe it at all, how can a family with total assets of only 10 million or 20 million pounds be qualified to manipulate World War I and World War II? At this time, the people who can really influence the direction of world politics are the Wall Street financial industry magnates and the political families from the Mayflower, who are using the United States as a lever to leverage the world.

"Exactly, this is the news revealed by Mr. Warburg in Hamburg, Germany......" Zhang Kun said.

"Warburg ......" Yang Rui flipped through this person's information in his mind, and smiled when he remembered the background of this, "This person actually revealed this kind of news to us, it won't be so simple." ”

"Yes, sir. I think the move is ...... the Rothschilds, of course. Not only the Rothschilds, but also other Jewish families who do not want to offend us have made overtures to us. Zhang Kun looked at Yang Rui, who lit a cigarette, and said.

"Hmm. They were afraid that the Americans would know, so they didn't dare to let the blind man from HSBC reveal it, so they had to go around Germany for half a circle. Yang Rui smiled, "Okay, you have a chance to tell that blind man." We have made a note of the favor, and we will return it if we have the chance. ”

The head of HSBC Bank of China is named Lixier, who has been in Beijing for 46 years, but his eyes were blind more than 20 years ago, and he is known as the blind Taipan (this person should have died of pneumonia in 1924, but because of penicillin, he has survived until now).

After talking about the Rothschild family's favors, Yang Rui looked at the intelligence director Zhang Shi again, and said with a smile: "You guys say it." What is the plan? ”

"The plan is ......" Zhang Shi coughed, and finally said: "It's better to say Xingjian, I don't understand financial things." ”

"Let's talk about it." Yang Rui looked at Zhang Kun again, the two of them came to Tonghua without being at home during the Chinese New Year, and they always had big plans.

"Sir, after Japan gets this sterling loan, it is ready to return to the gold standard." Zhang Kun's beginning made Yang Rui think deeply, "...... According to insider information. The Hamaguchi Cabinet is not going to price the current yen, but to return to the pre-war European yen rate. That is, one hundred yen to forty-nine .eighty-five dollars or ninety-nine .7 Chinese dollars......"

"This is equivalent to a 10 percent increase in the value of the yen." Yang Rui bit the cigarette butt and actually took out a pencil and calculated it.

"Yes, sir." Zhang Kun was not surprised, but Zhang Shi was a little surprised, but he didn't understand this thing, so he had to listen to it. "There is a possibility of speculation if the value appreciates by 10 percent. In particular, the Japanese Ministry of Finance only has more than 1,200 tons of gold reserves, but she now has 100 million pounds in hand, and in the event of a run on the yen, she can pay the pound externally, so this possibility is almost zero......"

"Hmm. And then what about ......" Zhang Kun's analysis is extremely reasonable, the yen with the sterling shield is not afraid of a run at all, and he wants to know more and more what Zhang Kun's plan is.

"But if the pound suddenly collapses......" Zhang Kun said that the next plan was extremely secret, and his plan was written on paper in case the wall had ears.

"Is this possible?" Yang Rui read the thing on the paper three times before burning it, and then asked very suspiciously.

"Seventy percent sure." Zhang Kun said that it was seventy percent, but his appearance was ten percent, and he was very confident in the plan.

"Hmm." Yang Rui nodded with difficulty for a while. "What will happen to Japan after that? Will you continue to negotiate with us? ”

"This ......" Zhang Kun also coughed in the same way as Zhang Shi, he looked at Zhang Shi and said, "It's still ...... It's better to say. ”

"Sir, according to the analysis of the bureau, if the Hamaguchi cabinet collapses because of this, those behind Hamaguchi will take the stage in person, such as Kato and Takahashi. However, at this time, Japan's economy is in a mess, and if they don't turn around and beg us, it will really be a misery for the people. Zhang Shidao.

"What if the Japanese would rather be a mess?" Yang Rui asked.

"Then ......" Zhang Shi glanced at Zhang Kun on the side, gritted his teeth and whispered: "...... Coup! ”

"Can it be done, relying on those people of the Black Dragon Society?" Yang Rui looked at him and asked. In the past few years, there have been frequent non-governmental exchanges between China and Japan, and the big and small ronins have envied the Chinese government and are dissatisfied with the Japanese government -- the Northwest Governorate and the Outer Northeast Region are completely jungle worlds, where the bad guys of all China are fighting fiercely, and those who have the ability to do so are all mixed up with their heads and faces. Seeing this, the Black Dragon Society also wanted to concoct it in New Japan, but it was suppressed by the Japanese government, so the resentment in my heart......

"No, sir, the Black Dragon Society can't do anything. On the contrary, the young officers of the navy and the junior officers of the army, many of whom came from the countryside, were increasingly dissatisfied with the Japanese government and the chaebols. Zhang Shidao.

"The Imperial Sect?!" Yang Rui suddenly shouted out a name, and his face changed several times. However, this name is only a summary of later generations, at this time the imperial school is called the Faith School, advocating national transformation, planning to implement land reform, military merit separation, property nationalization, and then unite China, expel white animals, liberate Asian colonies, and realize that Asia is Asian's Asia. Their ideological mentor was Kita Kazuki, and the leader of the army was Lieutenant General Shinzaburo Mazaki.

On the other hand, the shogunate reformists, or later the Shogunate Reformers, advocated the outside before the inside. That is, the implementation of a controlled economy at home, the external alliance with China's independent Poland and other countries, the Soviet Union, and the annexation of Siberia, the Caucasus and the Volga Valley, which is westward; Another strategy is to go south. Unite China and White Animals to have a Tsushima naval battle, and realize that Asia is Asian's Asia. It was Ishihara Kaner, chief staff officer of the Operations Department of the New Japanese Army, who proposed the strategy of westward expansion, and it was the navy officers headed by Admiral Kato Kanji who advocated going south.

In Yang Rui's view at this time, the Imperial Daoist faction was actually the Japanese version of the Bolsheviks, and the control was the Japanese version of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, both of which were not in line with China. The difference between the two is only whether it is internal or external. Although the Imperial Dao faction also says that it is external, it is first internally and then externally. However, if the internal transformation (national transformation) is really carried out, the people who have divided the money and land will inevitably lack interest in the outside world, and in addition to the internal chaos caused by the revolution, the foreign war will definitely not be over; Although the unification faction said that it would first deal externally and then internally, once a foreign war was carried out, the Japanese would admit death and not surrender in their nature: either they would win or perish, and they would not be able to carry out internal transformation regardless of victory or defeat -- the resurrection of Japan from the dead under the great reform of the United States in later generations was entirely due to the Cold War confrontation between the East and the West.

"The Imperial Sect is not a good choice!" Yang Rui thought about the information related to Japan. If you do not approve of the Imperial Sect coming to power and engaging in the Bolshevik movement, it will be a great chaos in the whole of Japan.

Yang Rui said that the Imperial Daoist faction, Zhang Shi roughly remembered that those radicals of the Faith Sect were indeed extremely respectful of the emperor, so he said, "Sir, if you can consult with them and restrict some of their practices, then maybe it will be ......."

"The Imperial Daoists are all low-level officers from poor backgrounds. The hatred of the rich is not stopped, and his mind is full of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land. How to restrain the emperor who has a tendon? Yang Rui asked rhetorically. He remembered that it was precisely because of a tendon in 226 that the Imperial Dao faction did not come to power. "When these people came to power, they must have nationalized like the Bolsheviks, and the power of the chaebols was not small, and one bad thing was the civil war. In addition, Japan is an island country. The navy is the weight of victory or defeat, and if the British and American forces stir up peace again at this time, how will they fight a war after a few years of chaos? We raise dogs to ward off enemies, not for dog-eat-dog. ”

"Sir, you mean to let the Imperial Dao faction stir things up first, and then sell them?" Zhang Shi thought for a long time. Finally, I couldn't help but ask.

"I didn't say it, you said it." Yang Rui smiled with a teacup, only to feel that he was dizzy.

"I said it, I said it." Zhang Kun on the side also smiled, and then Zhang Shi understood.

"If the Japanese hold on, then stir up public opinion and cause civil unrest in Japan, and all these things done by the international faction will be published in the newspapers, so that the angry young people in Japan can see how the officials have betrayed Japan's national power, and naturally someone will jump out and assassinate them." Yang Rui said. "Japan has always implemented a low exchange rate, and now it is deliberately raising the exchange rate for the sake of face, and exports have decreased sharply and imports have increased sharply, and the people can't stand it at all. If our plan succeeds, the next cabinet will definitely withdraw from the gold standard and continue to implement low exchange rates, which will fill up the warehouses with hot money, soar prices, and make life difficult for the people. ”

Silently thinking about the consequences of the Japanese people not being pro-China, Yang Rui finally nodded and said, "Just follow your plan." Japanese girls go to bed and don't take off their clothes, so let's give them a hard slap first. ”

It's good that the plan is agreed, and Yang Rui also came up with an excellent analogy, which made Lu Mei, who just came in, blush, and she rushed out in three steps and two steps, while Zhang Kun and Zhang Shi, who stayed in place, wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and their faces were red with grievances.

"Am I wrong?" Yang Rui was not embarrassed at all, but asked, "You can laugh if you want to, there is nothing to take care of." ”

Yang Rui said that the two didn't dare to laugh, and Zhang Kun, who was blushing, said again, "Sir, the role of the economic crisis is getting bigger and bigger, the United States is ......, and we still have a lot of dollars left after purchasing, can we go to the United States to exchange some gold?" ”

The dollars earned in the European war over the years plus this large purchase have basically been spent, but most of the trade surplus surplus over the years is in dollars, which adds up to nearly one billion, and now they are only used as reserves for the issuance of Chinese dollars, but after the next Roosevelt came to power, the United States soon withdrew from the gold standard, and the dollar became a dollar banknote.

"What will France choose? Also out of the gold standard? Yang Rui didn't answer Zhang Kun's question, but asked a related question.

"France has too many foreign loans, and once the gold standard and the franc value are abandoned, those banks will lose a lot, so from this point of view, France is likely to stick to the gold standard to the end." Zhang Kun said, "However, if Britain and the United States give up the gold standard and the currency depreciates, the franc is equivalent to a disguised appreciation, and at this time, she will be like Japan, with exports greatly reduced and imports greatly increased." I think it's time to give up on the gold standard. ”

"But as you said last time, abandoning the gold standard is tantamount to acknowledging the hegemony of the dollar." Yang Rui said.

"Yes, sir. Everyone abandoned the gold standard. Whoever can provide more goods will have more credibility in their banknotes, and the United States is the first in this regard. Even if the U.S. doesn't bet on buying gold and silver from the world, the U.S. dollar will be very strong. Although our goods are better than those in the United States, many things cannot be increased, and once the quantity is up. That Huayuan will also be strong, which is one of the reasons why the United States is very jealous of us. Zhang Kun said.

"If the United States really abandons the gold standard and buys gold and silver at a high price in the future, my suggestion is to cash out the dollar in hand first, and temporarily abandon the gold standard when the dollar and pound exchange rate are unstable, and then restore it when it is stable, and then both the number of commodities and gold reserves will be enough to support the Asian dollar."

"How much are you going to cash out?" Yang Rui asked. Then he asked reluctantly: "Can Huayuan, who does not exchange gold, yearn for gold?" ”

"Sir, we don't have as much gold as the United States, and the purchasing power of Huayuan is insufficient. Zhang Kun said. "If gold is not cashed, it can only be supported by commodities. But the scale of our commodity production is not enough, so ......"

"Alright. I know. "It's not that Yang Rui didn't understand what Zhang Kun said, he just didn't give up." Tell me how to cash out. ”

"In the open, you can exchange dollars for gold in the New York foreign exchange market with banks in Britain, France, Europe and other countries, and this amount will not be very large, about 100 million US dollars, about one or two hundred tons of gold; Others are mainly exchanged for gold at high prices on the private black market. Of course, the amount in the early stage will be small, but if the United States really declares that the gold is owned, this volume is likely to exceed 500 tons. Zhang Kun said. Not only did he say, but he also handed out a rough plan.

"The key is how to get it out?" Yang Rui did not nod or shake his head. This is indeed a good exchange opportunity, but if it is discovered by the United States, not to mention diplomatic disputes, it will be lost. "There's no other way, how can it sound like it's all speculation!"

"Sir, that's all I can do. After all, the United States is not Japan, and if a large number of dollars are rashly thrown into gold in the foreign exchange market, the US government will definitely intervene. Only when the United States declares El Dorado can it take the opportunity to buy a batch at a high price. Zhang Kun smiled bitterly, "If five hundred tons are to be shipped out." You can only ...... by sea," he said, looking at Zhang Shi, and finally said, "In order to be foolproof, it is best to ... It's better to transport submarines, the intelligence bureau is not a ...... now, so I don't know if it can transport gold......"

When it came to transporting gold by submarine, Zhang Kun stammered, he was first worried that Yang Rui would not be happy with him meddling in actual military affairs, and then he was worried that the submarine would sink. In fact, the submarine snorkel is not a great technology, the General Logistics Department began to develop it during the European war, and now the infiltration submarine used by the intelligence bureau is a transport submarine equipped with a snorkel, this kind of submarine has a displacement of 2,000 tons, and one can transport 600 tons of gold, which is indeed an excellent tool for smuggling gold.

After Yang Rui glared at Zhang Kun, he began to think about the idea of taking advantage of the United States' decree on El Dorado. Since the founding of the country, increasing gold has been a national policy, in addition to external purchases, domestic gold mines are also actively looking for gold mines to expand production, so gold has soared from less than 20 tons at the beginning of the founding of the country to more than 120 tons now - 80 percent of which is realized in Central Asia and the Outer Northeast, of which the Muruntau gold mine in Khiva produces 85 tons of gold per year, becoming the second largest gold mine after South Africa. But even so, there is a big gap between the gold stock and the United States' more than 6,000 tons, and the more than 3,000 tons is only the second in the world. If you can get 500 tons from the United States and dig for another three or five years, it will probably be 5,000 tons......

"Once something happens, not to mention that it is very troublesome diplomatically, there will be no return to all the money." Yang Rui actually retreated a little after thinking about it.

"Sir, but after this village, there will be no such shop." Zhang Kun regards gold as his life, and he can't wait to lock up the world's gold in the vault of the National Bank. "In the future, if China and the United States have a bad relationship, if we have too little hard currency in our hands, this will be ......."

"Sir, as long as you're not at sea, the Intelligence Bureau makes sure it's safe." Zhang Shi interjected. At this time, the United States only had the FBI, but Americans were immigrants, and there was no household registration system, and the ability to resist infiltration was extremely low.

"What about the sea?" Yang Rui asked, "More than 10,000 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco to Hawaii to the Philippines, are all within the patrol range of the US Navy. ”

Yang Rui's rebuttal made the two people who were eager for money speechless, the submarine was a 2,000-ton ship, and it was still a lonely boat. A bad 500 tons of gold will become an undersea treasure. If it's in the shallow sea, it's fine, but if it's in the deep sea, you can't catch it. They were embarrassed here, but they didn't want Yang Rui to say: "But it's true that there is no such shop ...... this village, so let's ask Shen Chengzhang of the Navy to see if the captains who have been to the Americas are sure about this matter." If you're not familiar with the sea conditions over there, if you're sure, then try ......."

As soon as Yang Rui said to try it, Zhang Kun's bitter face smiled, and Zhang Shi said: "Sir, if it is feasible, how can the General Staff go around?" And what about submarines, privately put the Navy on duty? ”

"Of course, the General Staff has to go around it." Yang Rui thought about the tightly designed military order system he had designed, and felt that it seemed impossible to bypass the General Staff. However, he suddenly thought of the upgraded XXI submarine being developed, so he said: "In this way, since Xingjian wants to do so, then sponsor some money for the Navy to develop new submarines, and then the bank will order two unarmed submarines for transporting special cargo, and then ask the Navy to send an excellent crew to help the bank drive the submarine." ”

"Sponsor the Navy...... Order a submarine ......" Zhang Kun didn't expect the solution to be like this, and Zhang Shi thought that he would not install weapons, he was a little stunned: "Sir." If you encounter ...... What to do if you encounter the US Navy? ”

"Will you still be able to sink her if you encounter the U.S. Navy?" Yang Rui didn't laugh angrily, "Weapons." Let the crew bring their own machine guns and bazookas, and encounter the intimidation and intimidation of anti-smuggling boats; If you are unlucky, you can only hide when you encounter the US Navy, the underwater range of the new submarine is several times that of the old one, and there is a snorkel, so it is very possible to run away. ”

"Understood." Zhang Shi didn't understand the way, he couldn't imagine what extraordinary performance the new submarine had.

"Sir. But the submarine bank will only be used once, so you can't keep these two submarines in the future, right? Otherwise, the bank will sponsor the Navy to develop new submarines, and the new submarines will be built by the Navy to help us transport gold once, so that everyone will not suffer......" Zhang Shi has no opinion, and Zhang Kun is worried about the cost of raising submarines. In fact, he is more worried about the cost of buying submarines, the navy is not as good as the army, a ship can easily cost tens of millions, who knows how much a new submarine costs.

"And how much money are you going to give to the Navy?" Yang Rui looked at him and wanted to scold the money addict a little.

"This ......" Zhang Kun was a little stunned, he really couldn't figure out how much money he had to pay, so he stretched out two fingers after a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Is two million enough?" ”

"Pounds?" Yang Rui wanted to laugh when he saw that he was so painful, and deliberately said that it was pounds.

"Sir......" Zhang Kun was really in pain, his face wrinkled and patted his thigh at the same time, "Who will pay for two million pounds." ”

"And how much can you afford?" Yang Rui happily lit a cigarette and threw another one to Zhang Shi, "If you have traveled thousands of miles across the ocean, five hundred tons of gold are worth six or seven billion, even if you count two points, there will be thirteen million." ”

"Sir's right." Zhang Shi also smiled, he spit out a smoke ring, and stood on Yang Rui's side to help, "The United States may not be able to make money, but Japan can make a lot of money." Now, you know, military spending is tight, and the intelligence bureau is not as good as it is every year......"

Originally, it was to discuss how to add gold to the treasury of the National Bank, but I didn't expect the Intelligence Bureau and the Navy to ask for money, Zhang Kun listened to Zhang Shi's complaints, and calculated the cost in his heart, and only sweated for a long time, "The bank has done all the work for the Navy and the Intelligence Bureau, 10 million, just 10 million, no more." ”

"Twelve million!" Zhang Kun saw that Yang Rui didn't say anything, so he shouted the price, "Eight million to the navy, four million to the intelligence bureau." ”

"What are you ......" Zhang Shi added two million as soon as he opened his mouth, although from the information provided by Yang Rui, he knew very well that the United States also made money -- when it was announced that the gold country was in gold at 2.67 US dollars per ounce, it was announced that it would rise to 35 US dollars per ounce, with a difference of 14.33 US dollars per ounce. If he could really ship 500 tons of gold at 2.67 US dollars per ounce, he would make a net profit of 27.73 million US dollars, which was much higher than the looting of Japan, but Zhang Kun still deducted every penny.

"Well, the key is how to exchange more gold from the United States, and then how to ship the gold." Yang Rui saw that Zhang Kun was very reluctant, so he had to speak in person. "You now judge that the American people have at least 2,000 tons of gold, and most of them are likely to exceed 3,000 tons. The money given to the intelligence bureau must be more than that of the navy, and the navy can't always get 500 tons and then ship it out, right? Definitely lucky a few times. I see it this way, fifteen million for the Navy and twenty-five million for the Intelligence Bureau, adding up to 40 million; If the amount of gold exchanged exceeds 500 tons ......,"

Before Yang Rui finished speaking, Zhang Kun fell to the ground with a 'bang', '40 million' or 'if', is this a rip-off? (To be continued.) )