Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

"Hey, uncle, do you really want to borrow my head?"

Minister Wang apologized because if others said that, he might think they were joking. But who is that person in Dragon Boat Festival? This guy kills people when he says he will. And he believed that if Duanwu took his head off, he would only be scolded by the chairman.

So after a while of apologetic laughter, Minister Wang quickly said: "Uncle, it's useless for you to lend me my head now. If you don't believe me, my secretary will come in later. Ask her how much money is left in the Ministry of Finance's books?"

Duanwu thought for a moment and felt that Minister Wang was not lying.

But he still has to get the money.

Duanwu asked: "Is there no other way? Minister Wang, you must know that the chairman of the committee has spoken out about the purchase of weapons."

Minister Wang said aggrievedly: "I know, I'm also thinking of a way, but the Ministry of Finance really doesn't have much money, and it can still collect up to half a million US dollars on its books. But it's obviously not enough, and I have to owe you Two million and seven million U.S. dollars, the Central Army's military pay for next month, as well as their food, clothing, housing and transportation, will cost tens of millions of dollars. And now that the weather is getting warmer, spring and autumn military uniforms have to be prepared again, and Sun Yat-sen of the Munitions Department The minister has urged me many times. But how dare I touch the little money in my hand?"

"Debt?"

Duanwu murmured something at this time, because the matter of being in debt is no longer interesting. Although Duanwu himself has never owed anyone money, he now wants to owe some.

So Duanwu said: "Minister Wang, can we issue some international bonds internationally? This has already been done in Europe."

"International bonds?"

Minister Wang was surprised, because why didn't he think of it? But then I thought that this was not possible. With China’s current situation, who would buy the international bonds it issued?

So Minister Wang shook his head and said: "With China's current international status, even if it can issue international bonds, I'm afraid no one will buy them. But if they are sold cheaply or the interest rates are high, it is better to issue national bonds!"

Duanwu laughed dryly and said: "We can issue 12-year international bonds. If they want to recover the principal and interest within 12 years, we will pay the interest and principal according to the international interest price. But if within 12 years, they will recover the principal and interest." If they don't redeem the principal and interest within the year, we will double the principal with interest on the repayment date. That is, we will lend them one dollar and return them two dollars when the time comes. We will lend them twelve years. What do you think? "

Minister Wang thought about it and seemed to think it was feasible. But after a moment, he asked strangely: "Uncle, why is it twelve years? This is usually ten years?"

Duanwu was a little embarrassed, but he thought quickly and said quickly: "Can't we use it for two more years? Anyway, we will double the principal with interest by then. Do other countries have such high interest on bonds issued?"

Minister Wang nodded and said: "Yes, what I'm saying is that if we give them such a high interest rate, why can't we let them use it for two years in vain? It's just that the interest rate is still a bit high. How will we pay it back then?"

Duanwu said: "As long as we have weapons and equipment, the little devil will not be able to survive for a few days. When the time comes, we will take back the great rivers and mountains, and then let the little devil cede the land to compensate. What is the little money we borrowed?"

Minister Wang thinks about it. When the Japanese are defeated and taxes increase, the little money borrowed from foreigners will not be paid back in seconds?

Thinking of this, Minister Wang said: "Uncle, I will give you an approval of 500,000 U.S. dollars for you to use first. Then I will go to the International Stock Exchange to list the company and lend him 100 million U.S. dollars first."

"・・・"

Dragon Boat Festival was speechless and thought to himself: Are you an old boy more ruthless than me? Do you not want to pay it back or something?

However, Duanwu felt that this was inappropriate because the amount was too large and might scare away many funders. Thinking of this, Duanwu stopped for a moment and said: "We will issue it in multiple times. Let's try to issue 10 million first. If there are more people buying it, we will issue it slowly."

Minister Wang nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, my uncle is right. Let's borrow the money slowly."

"Hehehe, that's right."

Duanwu laughed dryly, and then took out the application materials for Minister Wang to sign. With Minister Wang's approval note, half a million US dollars could be withdrawn from the bank.

Half a million US dollars is enough for the Dragon Boat Festival for the time being. After all, the German planes can only transport one regiment of weapons and equipment at a time.

However, when Duanwu and Wei Qin left the Ministry of Finance, Wei Qin said curiously: "Director, I am actually very surprised. International bond transactions use five, ten, or twenty years as the repayment period. Why do you Does it have to be 12 years?”

Duanwu smiled and said: "Haha, didn't I explain it just now? Our interest rate is so high, what's wrong with using it for two more years? Now just wait for the good news from Lao Wang. If we can borrow ten million US dollars, it will solve a lot of problems. Big question.”

At this time, Duanwu was in a good mood. At least for the time being, he had a small goal. He would lend him 100 million first.

Moreover, he also has half a million in cash, so August doesn't need to worry about it for the time being, waiting for the arrival of his next batch of weapons and ammunition.

However, he couldn't take any time off during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although he didn't go to Philip's press conference, he asked Zhou Jun and Sun Fumei to watch.

One of these two people represents the military commander and the other represents the central commander. Going to the press conference first will make Philip feel that Dragon Boat Festival is important. Although he did not go there himself, he asked his subordinates to support him. The second thing is that Dragon Boat Festival needs to know what Philip said at the press conference, what the reporters asked, what happened, and so on.

Duanwu was worried about what would happen to Phillip. After all, it was a division's fine equipment.

In addition, there is another thing during the Dragon Boat Festival that must be watched closely, and that is Zheng Yaoxian's fishing operation.

Duanwu took out a regiment of German weapons and equipment for Zheng Yaoxian to fish. Don't catch the fish by then, but the bait would be gone.

It was precisely because of this incident that Zheng Yaoxian called Duanwu. Zheng Yaoxian had a brother named Zhao Jianzhi. This man was very powerful and had excellent lurking and counter-reconnaissance capabilities. He was considered to be half of Zheng Yaoxian's apprentice.

He discovered that someone was actually monitoring the latent personnel of the military command outside the weapons transfer station of the Munitions Department. In other words, they have long been exposed. And the two traitors who led them to the Zhang family were probably just bait thrown by the Japanese.

So the matter became complicated. Zheng Yaoxian said that the commander of the other party was very cunning, using abandoned items to attract their attention, and then secretly planned to blow up the weapons warehouse in the transfer station. And once they succeed, they will not only lose weapons and equipment, but also morale.

Because you can imagine that the German weapons and equipment you just purchased were bombed before they arrived on the battlefield. What would the outside world think? It can only be said that the Chinese are too incompetent. The weapons and equipment they just bought were bombed by the Japanese before they could be used.

Therefore, there is no room for loss in this batch of weapons and equipment, otherwise Zheng Yaoxian would not have called Dragon Boat Festival immediately! .