My client Li Yunlong

"What's the purpose?"

“What is the purpose of devaluing the silver dollar?”

Rarely, as a small businessman, Wang Yiwu had this idea in his mind.

What is the purpose of gradually devaluing the silver dollar in the base area?
He knew that the purpose of the base area releasing a large amount of silver dollars to the market was to maintain the stability of the Jinan currency, promote the economic development of the base area, and facilitate businessmen like them.

It is convenient for ordinary people to farm - farming also requires funds, selling excess grain, buying seeds, buying fertilizer and so on. As well as selling raised chickens, ducks and other poultry.

A stable currency value is too important for economic development.

But recently, the new Hebei Nan currency has been very stable and has almost not depreciated at all.

It is much more stable than the legal currency back then.
One yuan of Jinan coin can buy as many things as it could have bought in June last year.

If it weren't for the fact that legal currencies, border currencies, joint currencies, etc. had been falling continuously before, falling dozens of times in one year, and now there was no end in sight to the war, I'm afraid ordinary people would have to store Hebei Nan coins on a large scale.

I have money in my hand and don’t panic.

However, now is the time of war, so I have food in hand and don't panic in my heart.

"Promote the outflow of silver dollars?"

"Tell the market that I have a lot of silver dollars in my hands!"

Wang Yiwu could only think of this.

"So, the Eighth Route Army has a huge amount of silver dollars that can't be spent all?"

Eventually, he came to this conclusion.

Wang Yiwu is just a small businessman with thousands of working capital, but he has come to this conclusion without any doubt. .

···
a few days later.

American Exchange.

“Will silver really rise?”

"Definitely. This time, the Ministry of Finance is serious about it. It is said that it has allocated funds again, and the amount is quite large."

"How many?"

Someone sounded alert and curious.

In silver trading, their leverage is very high. If they don't pay attention, it will be the end of the rooftop.

Now a huge amount of silver is pouring in from the Republic of China. The amount is shocking - that ancient country has experienced over a hundred years of plunder by various countries, but there is still such a huge amount of silver.

Simply incredible.

As a result, the Ministry of Finance’s three-phase silver acquisition plan, totaling US$500 million, failed to push up silver prices.

These are very delicate times.

Because, as the price of silver continues to fail to rise, it is very likely that the Z government will abandon the silver bill. Once this happens, silver is afraid that it will plummet and fall back to the level of 30 years.

Then they really have to go to the rooftop.

But it is also possible that the Z government will continue to allocate funds to further push up the price of silver.

after all,

The amount of silver flowing into the United States from the other side of the continent every month is about 800 tons to 1,000 tons. This amount can actually be absorbed by the domestic market.

After all, the previous US$500 million has already cost
It depends on whether the Ministry of Finance has the courage.

However, everyone is a veteran and can see that there is another possibility.

Several years of silver bills have caused the Treasury Department to store a large amount of silver, with tens of thousands of tons of silver in its hands. If the silver bill is abandoned, the losses may be in the billions of dollars.

It seems unrealistic to continue to advance the bill and increase the price of silver.
Therefore, it is very likely that the Ministry of Finance will make false news and say that it will continue to advance the bill to induce silver prices to rise, and then secretly sell the silver in its hands, and then private investors and institutions will take over to reduce losses.

So they are very cautious.

Afraid of being swallowed.

"I don't know, but the first tranche is US$100 million."

The leaker lowered his voice.

The total amount of funds for purchasing silver coins this time is an absolute secret of the Ministry of Finance. Except for the minister and secretary, no one else knows.

"One hundred million!"

The amount of funds made the eyes of the businessmen who heard it flicker.

This amount of funds is enough to cause large-scale fluctuations in silver in the market.

"How much follow-up?"

The businessman tried to inquire further.

The first batch is 100 million.

Then, the follow-up is very likely to be 300 million or even 500 million.

Of course, it may also be a trap that attracts institutions and retail investors to enter the market, raise the price of silver, and sell it. With the methods of the Ministry of Finance, it is entirely possible to do this.

"do not know."

The person who leaked the news spread his hands:
"If I had known, the news wouldn't have been free."

Although the follow-up is unclear, the market always follows money. When 100 million funds poured into the silver market, it had been filled by the previous 500 million US dollars, and the silver market that was becoming saturated immediately became splashed with water.

started to rise.

Silver prices regained sixty-five cents an ounce and began to rise further.

People also began to hoard and buy silver.

···
at the same time.

China Lake.

U.S. Army Weapons Training Range.

"Develop a rocket that is guided and controlled by radar, can automatically find targets, is launched by an aircraft, and has a range of fifty kilometers?"

"Think of me as a wishing shooting star, right?"

Colonel Kemal looked at the weapons research plan from the military department in his hand.
He laughed angrily on the spot.

Throw it directly into the trash can.

As the military's technical project leader, he could see at a glance the technical data of the Shenma rocket and the required technical parts.

First, a search radar is needed to find the target.

Then a fire control radar is needed to control and guide the rocket to fly to the target.

Then an autonomous driving system.

And a rocket theme.

The last and most difficult thing is to integrate this set to form a weapon system. Kemal, who has experienced the development of new weapons, knows best that the integration of subsystems is often the most difficult.

Not even one.

In particular, rockets are weapons with small space, fixed volume, and extremely high integration requirements.

However, the most advanced reconnaissance and detection radar in the United States, which can detect and locate warships, is the lightest one weighing 130 kilograms and is as large as an adult.

The performance is powerful enough to detect warships fifty kilometers away.

It weighs four tons and is as large as a B24 bomber with an antenna.

The fire control radar is much simpler, weighing only more than 200 kilograms, but it is also large and can locate warships only five kilometers away.

How big of a rocket would it take to carry these things?
Even if it could be manufactured, the cost would probably be comparable to a dozen heavy bombers still under development, and its performance would be extremely unstable.

Unless technology advances on a large scale, there is no possibility of practical use of this weapon.

···
Although the surface impact of the attack in the Sea of ​​Japan in January fell silent and discussions gradually ceased, it caused an underground undercurrent among the major powers that became increasingly turbulent.

It's February.

North China finally ushered in a war.

Several divisions assembled under the command of Okamura Ningji launched a large-scale attack on the Jinan base area.

Although he knew the plan of the base camp, Gangcun was not willing to sit still and wait for death. He naturally planned to launch a fierce attack to strive for the almost impossible possibility.

just,

The development of things was beyond everyone's expectations.

···
Ze County.

Su family.

As one of the first landlord families to defect to the base area during the food war, the Su family had sold all their rented land and built a factory instead.

Soap factory.

Produce soap needed by the base,

The soap factory has simple technology and imported equipment, which is also relatively cheap.

After several months of development, the Su family has finally achieved profitability and is optimistic about the future.

But at this time, the war broke out.

At this time, decision-makers including the old man of the Su family and the second young master of the Su family gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

In the conference room, there was another person from the base.

"The Japanese are coming with great force this time, we..."

The words were full of worry.

The Japanese did not conceal this attack at all. They directly claimed that they used four main divisions to launch an attack on the southern Hebei region. Although the claim may not be true, it also shows that the Japanese forces are very strong this time.

Even if the Eighth Route Army blocks it, the southern Hebei region will suffer heavy losses.

"Will the Eighth Route Army help us move the factory?" Mrs. Su looked at the people coming from the base area.

Recently, heavy-duty trucks have appeared frequently. Their powerful transportation capabilities and the off-road load capacity of a single truck of 65 tons shocked everyone and gave Mr. Su hope.

Only a few of these large trucks can transport the Su family's soap factory.

As long as the machinery and equipment are preserved, we can make a comeback in the future.

"We don't have enough capacity."

The people from the base refused at first, and then said:

"However, we can buy your factory."

"purchase?"

The expressions of Mrs. Su and the young masters of the Su family changed.

He looked at the person with sharp eyes.

Taking advantage of the situation?

Take advantage of the Japanese attack, lower the price, and forcibly sell the Su family's factory?

"Here's the price."

Someone from the base handed Mr. Su the price.

As a result, when he saw the price, Mrs. Su's eyes widened immediately. Several other people also looked over and had the same reaction, all with their eyes widened.

Apparently, things were beyond their expectations.

It's not that the price is too low.

But the price is very fair, it can even be said that the price is very high.

"why?"

Mrs. Su couldn't help but ask.

After he took this price, even if the Japanese occupied the southern Hebei region and destroyed all the factory equipment, they would be fully capable of making a comeback.

"Does Mrs. Su sell it?"

"You can choose U.S. dollars, silver dollars, or Jinan coins."

someone from the base asked.

In fact, he didn't know why his superiors asked him to purchase these machines and equipment, and sent out many working groups to buy various factories at high prices, or even super high prices.

Almost all private factories in southern Hebei were acquired by the base area.

But when his superiors ordered him to do so, he naturally had to do his best to fulfill it.

"Dollar."

Mrs. Su did not hesitate.

The Japanese are about to attack.
Although strong dragons cannot overwhelm local snakes, although the Eighth Route Army is very strong, the Japanese are also very strong. Your Eighth Route Army has planes and artillery, but the Japanese also have them, and there are more of them.

There are even tanks.

It’s hard to say who will win in this battle.

If the Eighth Route Army loses, the Hebei Nan currency will definitely plummet, and may even become useless paper.

Silver dollars are very strong, but not suitable for carrying, so the only option is US dollars.

The US dollar is very popular internationally.

"Row."

"According to the ratio of one to eight, I will send someone to trade tomorrow."

Someone from the base said.

U.S. dollars,
As a part-time bank asset staff member, he is very aware that the current U.S. dollar reserves in the base are 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.

enough.

"it is good."

Mrs. Su was overjoyed.

As long as they have US dollars, the Su family can easily make a comeback and even go to the mountain city.

"Grandpa, the Luo family's factory has also been bought."

Not long after, the housekeeper ran in and reported to Mr. Su:
"There are several other factories, and they all seem to have been bought."

"Why did they buy a factory like this?"

Mrs. Su was puzzled.

···
Also at the same time.

Okamura Neji looked at the information in his hand and frowned.

At this time, the information in his hand was summarized by Suzuki Fanji. The economics class had statistics on the recent import of industrial equipment from the Eighth Route Army base area.

According to a high probability estimate,
Recently, a large amount of old or even damaged industrial equipment has been imported into the southern Hebei region, and many factories have been forcibly established.

These factories cannot produce any products at all, and even have no function.

But those people still worked tirelessly to build the factory.

It's puzzling.

But these actions must have some meaning.

It's like, after the great earthquake in the empire, those guys made a show of trying to defraud subsidies?
"Report."

At this time, a staff officer ran in and reported to Okamura Neji:

"The Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei is arranging transfers."

"Transfer?"

"Transfer what?"

Okamura Neji's eyes flashed.

"population."

"They are transferring a large number of people to Taiyue and Taihang base areas, especially people from cities."

The staff officer replied:

"The total scale probably reaches seven figures."

"Seven figures."

Okamura Ningji's real-name system is envious.

seven-digit transfer,

Not only is it difficult to organize, but it also requires a lot of material resources.

This shows that the Eighth Route Army not only has huge material resources, but also has unimaginable huge organizational capabilities, and it also has very strong control over the base areas.

"Million Militia."

Okamura Neiji quickly understood the basis of this transfer plan.

Basically, most families in the Tubal Road base area have people joining the militia. With the militia as a breakthrough point and strong funds and materials as the backing, it is not difficult for the organization to transfer.

"why?"

Next, we come to a core issue.

Why transfer.

"Has the factory been moved?"

Okamura Neji asked.

"No."

The staff officer replied:

"According to the propaganda slogan of the Eighth Route Army, they say that machines and equipment are not as important as people."

"Every machine and equipment is gone, but I haven't bought any more. I'm still building it, but if the people are gone, it's really gone."

The staff officer's tone was a bit envious.

What a difference.

On the empire's side, people can be eliminated, but machines must be present, especially heavy artillery, tanks, crawler tractors and other rare equipment.

That is a direct order. The operating troops must protect the machinery and equipment with their lives. If the machinery and equipment are lost, there will be no need for the people to exist.

"I see."

Okamura Neji didn't feel good.

There was an unpleasant premonition in his mind.

will not,

Really

Can those people on Tubal Road build an arsenal with an annual output of 500 million rounds of ammunition, more than 500,000 firearms, and thousands of artillery pieces?

No way!
He could not confirm Okamura Neji's ominous premonition.

However, with the large-scale Japanese attack, the output of silver dollars was forced to suspend, and the silver dollar market in the United States began to skyrocket.

As of late February after the war began.

Silver has risen to seventy-five cents an ounce, reaching an all-time high. (End of chapter)