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"Let me support him in the Olympics?"

"Or the World Industry Fair." Little Henry Morgenthau held the cookie box in one hand and placed the telegram on Roosevelt's desk with the other, and the corners of his mouth were still raising strange lines: "You know what? Franklin. I think he's a good opponent, and if he can come to Wall Street, I'm sure he'll be super-rich. ”

"Dear Henry, he's a rich man now." Roosevelt slowly pushed the wheelchair and looked at little Henry eating biscuits and counted them one by one: "Chongqing, Jiangnan, Hanyang, Huachen Petroleum, Gulf Oil." ”

"These damn cheese crackers make me think stiff and fat." Little Henry joked, and deliberately reached the cookie box in front of Roosevelt: "Got a piece?" It is the masterpiece of Mrs. Oliver. Of course, he made me stupid. ”

"I don't want to get fat." Roosevelt smiled and pushed open the cookie box and picked up the telegram that Huddle had sent back. The moment the finger touches the paper, the smile gradually fades, and only the solemnity and deep thought of each moment between the lines are savored. When he saw Yang Qiu suddenly offer the conditions of the Olympics and the Industrial Expo, Roosevelt could even feel Heddle's surprise at that moment.

In fact, Roosevelt was also surprised, he thought that Yang Qiu might ask for the redemption of the remaining half of the shares in the Sakhalin oil field, or the amount of the loan equivalent to Japan, or some guarantee to the Soviet Union, in short, he could come up with a thousand kinds of trading chips, but he did not expect that in the end, in exchange for the support of the Olympics or the World Expo!

Did he not get the intelligence or was he dismissive? Or does he think that the face project is more important? Roosevelt turned around, seemingly carelessly, put the telegram on the table, and asked little Henry, "Henry, are you ready?" ”

Little Henry wiped off the cookie crumbs and regained his shrewdness: "It's ready." The $6.5 billion loan was all packaged to Morgan and them, who lent them out. Both Japan and the USSR were in kind, but Germany demanded part of the cash. Among them, the Soviet Union will have $2 billion, Germany 3 billion, and Japan 500 million, and the rest will be provided to Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela, so as to use this loan to expand the sales market of China's goods as much as possible. ”

"And what about gold? How much money can you secure? ”

Roosevelt's greatest concern was the financial markets. Especially now, there is basically no bank in the United States that can ensure credit, and gold and other hedging products have no market, which has seriously interfered with the economic plan he envisioned, and if financing is not solved as soon as possible, gold and other speculation will not be cracked down. No matter how many banknotes are issued, they will be devoured.

Little Henry also felt tricky. Due to Hoover's stupid early release of the national debt, which led to a large amount of cash flowing into the gold and silver markets of the United States and Europe, coupled with the withdrawal of funds from various countries, in fact, he could only rack his brains to ensure the release of about 60 billion dollars, which is too far from the $200 billion needed for the New Deal. But he also knew that this was Roosevelt's most urgent thing, and if this round of bailouts had no effect, then re-election would be in vain, so his face became more and more serious.

"Japan will come up with 100 tons. The Soviets had already negotiated 200 tons, and as soon as they got a loan, they would immediately sell them to suppress the price of gold, but Japan demanded that they be allowed to recover their losses from the low market price after the fact. Mr. Morgan agreed to cooperate with you when he received the $6.5 billion contract. But you have to convince Congress as soon as possible to adopt an emergency banking bill that would ban any kind of gold speculation, otherwise no amount of gold will be thrown. And China and Britain still have enough money in their hands to eat gold! ”

"Does Japan really have such a request?" Roosevelt was a little annoyed, and the loan of 500 million was already equivalent to hundreds of tons of gold. Unexpectedly, the Japanese government actually planned to recover the loss of the 100 tons of physical goods that they had sold, and this kind of greed and stinginess made him feel a little unhappy in his heart.

But for the sake of the big plan, he still forcibly pressed down. It is a last resort to exchange loans for Japan and the Soviet Union to suppress the gold price, because he cannot bypass Congress to mobilize the Federal Reserve's gold reserves, and the current world gold price is inflated.

But this plan to exchange government credit loans for outside funds to save himself reminded him of a scene a few years ago. With a wry smile: "Henry, is this the second Saudi plan?" ”

"Yes, I must admit that I am fascinated by Yang Qiu's Saudi actions and methods. This perfect operation helped him get oil. $3 billion was transferred and friendship was gained throughout the Arab world. God, you don't know, now how many Arab sheikhs expect him to wave a check again. ”

Roosevelt frowned quietly at these words: "Henry, I found a problem. Don't you think he's influencing us? Including decision-making! ”

"But that's a good idea." Little Henry looked at Roosevelt and felt helpless. Cutting off gold and silver, controlling foreign exchange, regulating finance, transferring funds, and promoting government projects to save almost every economic reform plan were all used by Yang Qiu. It is indeed very angry that all the economic means of the world's largest economic power are leftovers from China, which was backward and looked down on in the past.

In order to change the subject, little Henry went back to what he had just done and asked, "Franklin."

, Huddle is still waiting for your reply. ”

Roosevelt sat dumbfounded, his fingers crossed on his lap weighing the pros and cons. Although it can enhance the influence of the country, the Olympic Games are just sports events, and the World Industry Expo is a window for the world to understand the industry and national strength of each country, so it was decided: "Then the Olympic Games." ”

"But Berlin has been promised the right to host the '36 Olympics."

Roosevelt forgot about this and said with a wry smile: "I was fooled, he actually wanted to hold an industrial fair." "That's for sure." Henry Jr. agreed: "Berlin's position must be guaranteed, and he knows that only the next industrial fair has no country willing to take over, and the organisers are trying to convince Amsterdam and Brussels." ”

"Then promise him. The condition was for MacArthur to lead the officer corps to observe their Dragonblade exercise this year. ”

"Dragon's Blade Exercise?" Little Henry was startled. The Dragon's Blade is the code name of the annual military exercise of the Chinese National Defense Force, which has not changed for more than a decade. The problem, however, is that so far no country has been able to observe and engage with the exercises on the spot, which shows that the level of such exercises is even higher than that of the US Navy's "fleet problem."

Will Yang Qiu willingly open up this kind of exercise to the United States?

When little Henry was skeptical, Roosevelt laughed: "He'll be open, please tell Huddle." I will try to help him convince China to host the 1935 World's Industrial Exposition and support Beijing to host the 1940 Olympics! ”

"Okay." Little Henry answered and walked out of the office. When the door closed, Roosevelt picked up Huddle's telegram again. Why is he holding the World Expo and the Olympics, and what the hell does he think? Deliberately giving Japan and the United States time to recover? Has he forgotten that Japan is the worst enemy? As long as it lets go of the Philippines, the recovering Japan will inevitably go south, and once Britain and France cannot hold the southeast peninsula, the Sino-Japanese conflict will not be able to be stopped!

Did he make a strategic mistake, or was there something he didn't understand?

The thought lingered for a long time

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Huang Yufei jumped off the boat, shook the wrinkles in his clothes, and boarded Naha Port with his bag. After the loss of Taiwan, the status of the Ryukyus suddenly became important, and even if Japan was in economic difficulty, it had to spend huge sums of money to build seaports and fortifications, and it was envisioned as a bridgehead for future wars.

So after going ashore, you can see a lot of Japanese soldiers, there are also many obvious traces of excavation on the mountains in the distance, and there are a large number of oil storage tanks near the Pacific side.

"Hey, come over and check."

Two Japanese dock patrol officers appeared in front of everyone, Huang Yufei put down his bag generously, accepted the other party's inspection very happily, and took out a handing note and asked vigorously: "Excuse me, is there a shuttle bus to Nishihara Town?" I want to find this place, how do I get there? ”

The patrol saw that he was wearing a student uniform, with all the documents, and that the boat was from Yokohama, so he thought that he was a student who came from China to find his relatives, so he didn't make any trouble. After leaving the pier, Huang Yufei learned that there was no public shuttle bus in Ryukyu, so he had to hire a rickshaw to go to Nishihara Town. The observation along the way made him frown secretly, although the Japanese army strengthened the defense of the Ryukyus, it was obvious that they did not have the energy to continue the construction of the city, so there were low wooden houses and grass huts everywhere, and many fishermen even lived directly on the boats. Except for a few small factories with signs for processing sugar and fish, there is no trace of industry, but there are countless izakaya where the garrison usually amuses, and the women at the door can tell what they are doing at a glance.

Nishihara Town is located five kilometers from Naha Port and is a small residential area. Like the docks, the streets here were narrow, and the smell of sewage everywhere had not been dredged for a long time, and the brown mud quickly soaked his shoes. After a long search, Huang Yufei finally met Tokuda Qiuichi.

If it weren't for the photos and codes, it would have been hard for him to believe that this middle-aged man who looked like an old peasant was actually the leader of the Ryukyu Liberation Movement, the mastermind of the rice riots, and a core member of the Japanese National Socialist Party.

"Mr. Tokuda, there is an important matter that I need your help with right now." After a brief greeting, Huang Yufei took off his coat, tore open his collar and took out a thin piece of naval gun information: "This is an important piece of information, and I hope to send it to the Japanese Navy as soon as possible." ”

Like Huang Yunfei, Tokuda Koichi also wondered why he handed over such important information to the Japanese Navy, and even brought a complaining tone: "Comrade Yufei, why should such important information be handed over to those executioners?" If they build this kind of cannon, more Ryukyuan people and Chinese will suffer! ”

Huang Yufei knew about this person before he came, although after the Sino-Japanese war, Japan compromised and promised not to harm other parties, but in fact, the attack on the Kuomintang and the poor party of the Soviet Union has not stopped in recent years, and the Japanese National Society has sacrificed many comrades for this. So he waited until Tokuda finished speaking before smiling, "Mr. Tokuda, I understand your feelings. But you should know better about Japan's domestic situation, and you should also know how much it costs to build this cannon and build a warship that can carry it.

The navy has already had too many advantages, and now that this threat has appeared, it will definitely occupy more resources and funds, so what will happen if this continues? ”