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When Gu Qi heard that the people from the Republic of China who came with Xiao Leiwen said that he was Xu Enzeng's brother-in-law, Gu Qi immediately regained his spirits.

The other party is a shareholder of Antaifeng Insurance. In order to avoid being said to be a private retaliation, the military command did not specifically arrest him in the previous arrest operation, but he did not expect to encounter it again here.

But what did the other party come to Meifeng Bank for, could it be for that account, so he couldn't let it go, Gu Qi was thoughtful, and waved again to let the little spies arrest him directly.

The brother-in-law, who was knocked to the ground by the spy, was in a hurry. He called for help and begged Xiao Leiwen to save him. His humble appearance was really embarrassing.

But little Lei Wen just watched the other party being dragged away coldly, and didn't make a stop action. A small partner is not worth his own hands.

He raised his hand and clapped his hands, and the empty bank lobby kept echoing. A moment later, a dozen guards suddenly ran out from the corner, pointing their guns at everyone.

"Gentlemen, you can take this person away, but please keep the account books. Although my name is not in the shareholder register, there are American citizens among the employees of Meifeng Bank.

If you can rein in the precipice and stop this kind of behavior that undermines the diplomatic relations between the two countries, I will let you leave safely, and you must not disappoint my friendship, otherwise”

Xiao Leiwen issued an ultimatum, and it seemed that he had already won the game. He did not believe that the civil servants of the Guo party dared to shoot at American citizens. He was sure of this.

More than ten years ago, the United States issued too many U.S. dollars. Since the U.S. implemented the gold standard at that time, U.S. dollars could be exchanged for gold at will, which led to the collective selling of U.S. dollars in Europe and demanded that they be converted back to gold.

As a result, the value of the U.S. dollar plummeted, which led to a run on banks. U.S. banks closed down one after another due to insufficient gold reserves. 2000 banks across the United States went bankrupt, and even the Federal Reserve Bank had to temporarily close.

In order to stabilize the value of the U.S. dollar, the United States came up with a solution that was not enough gold reserves, and the silver reserves were used to make up for it. The president signed a "Silver Acquisition Act" for this purpose.

The intention is to attract global silver into the United States by increasing the international silver purchase price, increase the silver reserves of the United States, and strengthen the value of the US dollar.

Against this background, the international silver price soared from US$1932 per ounce in 0.25 to US$1934 per ounce in 1.29.

However, this kind of selfish behavior hurt the Republic of China, which was far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. At that time, the Republic of China implemented a silver standard system, and the main currency in the market was silver dollars.

Under the lure of high prices in the United States, from 1934 to 1935, a huge amount of silver flowed out of the Republic of China, and the silver reserves dropped from about 6.02 million yuan to 2.88 million yuan.

The large outflow of silver directly led to a serious financial panic in the Republic of China. First, banks, banks, and industrial and commercial enterprises collapsed on a large scale, and then evolved into a general economic depression in various industries.

Preserving the value of the U.S. dollar by luring the Republic of China into a financial crisis is only the first step. In order to maintain its export advantage, the United States does not allow the government to devalue its own currency without authorization.

In 1935, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury warned the ambassador of the Republic of China that for the public and future considerations of "both sides," the best way for the two countries was to link the silver dollar to the U.S. dollar.

The two sides maintain a fixed exchange rate, and the government needs to obtain the permission of the United States to change the exchange rate, so as to avoid unnecessary "misunderstandings" and affect the good relationship between the Republic of China and the United States.

A weak country has no diplomacy, and the ambassador of the Republic of China has to agree if he refuses. In this era when the strong are respected, the government can compromise even if the economic lifeline is controlled, let alone a suspect.

Little Lei Wen looked at Gu Qi with great interest, wanting to see how the other party would leave Meifeng Bank in disgrace. No one knew better than him the virtues of these Republic of China officials who bullied the weak and feared the hard.

Gu Qi glanced at the bank guards from the corner of his eye, and the four characters of the deputy director's order sounded restrained and reasonable. He silently lifted the corner of his clothes and took out his gun to aim at Xiao Leiwen, giving the order coldly.

"The military command was blocked by unknown persons during its official duties. In accordance with the "Regulations on Punishing Obstruction of Official Duties", I now order everyone to close the insurance and be ready to shoot back at any time."

"you can not"

"shut up!"

Gucci yelled angrily and interrupted little Lei Wen. With the thumb of his right hand, he pulled the safety on the left side of the back of Walter's pistol slide, and his index finger rested tightly on the trigger, his eyes full of killing intent.

With a hint of disdain, he paused every word: "Mr. Lei Wen, I also have something to tell you, this is the Republic of China, I have the right to arrest anyone, this is the right given to me by law.

It is not me who should rein in the precipice, but you. Your government will not go to war with the government because of you as a businessman. If you don't believe me, you can take a bet on whether my men and I dare to shoot. "

Before the words fell, the spies pulled the bolt and the slide, and took two steps forward without hesitation. The military order was like a mountain, let alone more than a dozen guards in front, even if it was a sea of ​​swords and fire, they must abide by it.

Little Leiwen looked at the black muzzle of the gun, his face turned red, he hesitated for a while and didn't speak again. One side is his own life, and the other side is the client. How to choose is a very good decision, isn't it.

The bank guards also fell into panic. They were holding short guns. As for others, they had everything from long guns to short guns, and the number of them was several times higher. They were not so stupid to fight for the bank.

"take away!"

Seeing the other party's reaction, Gu Qi spat out two words contemptuously, and pulled out Bai Wenzhi who was hiding aside, and gave the other party a glorious task-checking the passports of the Americans present.

As the saying goes, the teacher is famous. Today, the military commander came to Meifeng Bank to investigate the espionage case and check the passport. It has nothing to do with Xu Enzeng and the Zhongtong. No matter who comes, he always answers this way.

After a while, Mr. brother-in-law was stuffed with a cloth strip, put on a hood and dragged out. The bank guards seemed to have not seen this scene, and continued to start a "confrontation" with the spies not to be outdone.

Besides, Little Lei Wen, who lost face in front of so many people, glanced at the spies present with his gloomy eyes, turned around and left along the stairs, wondering if he had asked for help from the high-level officials of the government.

When something like this happened, Gu Qi felt that it was not safe to just freeze the account. The bank was actually under the control of the Americans, and the other party was fully capable of forcibly unfreezing the account and transferring the funds.

Without any hesitation, he directly ordered the bank staff to wire all the money in the account to the central bank of the government. In case his worries came true, the military commander really had nothing to do with these Americans.

The so-called telegraphic transfer means that after handling the transfer business, the accepting bank will write a notice to the bank where the receiving account is located, and the receiving bank will contact the accepting bank after receiving it to increase the balance in the account.

As for cash delivery, generally every quarter, the two parties will take out the receipt and payment list to calculate the difference, and once the required physical cash is delivered, the accounts match the facts, and the transaction is completed.

In order to ensure that the funds were transferred to the account, after Meifeng Bank’s wire transfer advice was issued, Gu Qi asked the little spy to drive to the central bank to handle the business immediately, while he watched Meifeng.

At the same time, he used his own channel to contact the staff of the central bank, asking the other party to send someone here to hand over the wire transfer notice immediately, so that he can rest assured when the cash is in hand.

Two hours later, the accountant of the central bank came out of Meifeng Bank's vault with several large suitcases, and returned under the escort of a team of special agents. Xu Enzeng's small vault was completely emptied.

That's not right, Gu Qi also left a French coin with the other party, he was very particular about this, and then led the team to leave Meifeng, Bai Wenzhi threw away the passport, and then fled away.

The two exchanged a few words at the gate of the bank, and the frightened Lao Bai jumped into the car and ran away without a trace, for fear that the military commander would let him and his subordinates do something to offend others.

Looking at the smoke and dust rolled up by the police car, Gu Qi also got in the car and said something about going back to the bureau. The matter of Xu Enzeng's brother-in-law and Xiao Leiwen must be reported immediately, especially the latter. The blame is too big for him to bear.

In fact, his guess was very accurate. When he came to Zuo Zhong's office, the Deputy Chief Zuo, who was going to be strong all his life, was standing at the desk, bowing his head and talking to the other end of the phone.

"Yes, commissioned, we are law enforcement."

"Well, it's indeed related to the case."

"Okay, humble job understands, and I will never do it again in the future."

After Zuo Zhong had finished his good words, he fooled someone over. After the other party hung up the phone, he sat back on the stool and rubbed his face. He pointed his finger at Gucci weakly, and asked helplessly.

"Old Gu, didn't I tell you to be restrained and reasonable. Why did you make such a big scene and confront the Americans with guns? You can't do this in the future, but the committee member gave me a good reprimand.

If this kind of thing happens again in the future, if there is no one around, then we will deal with it all. Anyway, the law and order in the mountain city is so chaotic, and Lao Bai will be responsible for the accident. "

Gu Qi leaned over slightly, and replied: "Okay, deputy director, it's really Xiao Leiwen who is too arrogant, knowing our identities, and still letting his subordinates block the action, there is no way for a humble job.

There is no real conflict at all, and the task you assigned was successfully completed, but for safety reasons, I asked Meifeng Bank to transfer all the funds in the account to the central bank┴.

The amount is not small, with a total of 50 legal currency, 4 U.S. dollars and 1 pounds. According to the account books, this is probably only a month's income, and the previous one was transferred away by Xu.

The account of our bureau is used to collect the money. Without the permission of you and the bureau, no one can touch the money. In addition, Xu Enzeng's brother-in-law was arrested by us. How should we deal with it? "

Zuo Zhong had a weird expression. Speaking of this brother-in-law, he was also lucky. The second sister was Xu Enzeng's wife, and the eldest sister was Xu Enzeng's favorite concubine.

After thinking for a while, he gave the answer: "Let's leave it to Gui Youguang, and get back all the people's fat and people's cream collected by the other party. The bureau is going to buy a batch of radio stations recently, and it just happens to be short of funds.

Take it from the people and use it for the people, it is Xu Enzeng and his family’s contribution to the anti-Japanese cause. I will ask the committee to ask for credit for Lao Xu. This person must be kind. "

After speaking, he and Gu Qi looked at each other and laughed out loud. The office was filled with joy immediately. There is no happier thing in the world than using the money of the central government to do military affairs.

When they were happy, Xu Enzeng's head was buzzing, and his main room and the outer room knelt on the ground on the left and right, holding on to his pants, crying for him to rescue his younger brother.

Deputy Director Xu did not leave this time, nor did he not leave. He could only look up at the ceiling and choked speechlessly. After a long time, he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Sin!"