Luo Huo pondered for a moment and whispered, "I'm not an economist, and I don't know much about these currencies, but I've never eaten pork and I've seen pigs run away!"
"Nowadays, Europe, especially the United Kingdom, is locking up gold and releasing silver because silver production is high and gold is scarcer!"
"After the Franco-Prussian War, our compensation was like this. The British did not hesitate to use force to threaten us, but they did not allow us to transport the French gold back to the country!"
"The British make it very clear that you can transport silver as you like, and you can transport purchased materials, but if you want to transport gold, you absolutely cannot!"
"Those financiers in London want absolute control over global gold... Only in this way can the super stability of the European main currency, the pound, be guaranteed!"
"When a country's currency is stable and confidence is established, it is impossible for the country not to be strong!"
"In this way, the pound has become a currency that is trusted by the whole world. Even if you hate this empire on which the sun never sets, you still have to buy pounds for storage. This is called hedging!"
"The more people pursue the pound, the higher its credibility and stronger financial control... This is a trick that has been played for hundreds of years. Foreign devils have come to China to do business since the Ming Dynasty, and they have always used silver. , will never use gold..."
"They will even look for opportunities to illegally exchange some Chinese gold and transport it back to Europe... They love gold too much!"
"We know the wealth of the Manchu family. There is no gold at all. The national treasury is all silver. I can't believe it when you say you can buy it with gold. Why do you fool me like this?"
At this time, Fu Yin'er said, "I can guess what uncle means. Is my senior brother planning to force the people to exchange gold?"
"People are not allowed to store gold privately and are prepared to use silver to force exchange... Senior Brother knows that we Chinese are greedy for gold, so he uses this method to seduce us?"
"This is also a way to break the situation. China's gold has been scattered among the people since ancient times and has not entered the legal level to become the national reserve currency... This is the only way to save the situation!"
"The size of China is unimaginable, and the depth of its heritage is unimaginable... In the treasure land of the capital, the imperial capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties, how much gold can be hidden among the people?"
"This game of chess might really let my senior brother master it... It's awesome, it's awesome!"
Fu Qing smiled awkwardly, "Actually, it wasn't Long Live Master's idea... In fact, it was Li Tuo who suggested it. This method is quite controversial in the court!"
"Nephew! And Lao Luo... We don't have much time. Just tell me clearly. Is it okay for me to use gold to sign a treaty with you?"
If there is anything else to say, Luo Huo and Fu Yin'er said in unison, "Okay! It will definitely work... No matter how violent the Great Council is, it will not stop the flow of gold. This is the Achilles' heel of that group of people!"
Fu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good...that's good. Now I want you to make a memorandum from Luo Huo! I know you don't have the right to sign a treaty, but you have to sign a memorandum. Let's reach an intention first!"
"With gold, within a few days after you return home tomorrow morning, you will be able to put pressure on these officials and businessmen in Tanggu so that they cannot cut off our supply of materials to the Qing Dynasty. Special trains of food, arms, and materials are sent every day. Give me ten trains, each with no less than twelve carriages..."
"Don't call me dogmatic, I want the sight of a steady stream of trains to stabilize the hearts of the people in the capital!"
Memorandum is a common document form in diplomacy. It is to prevent everyone from cheating and put some verbally agreed things in black and white. It does not have much binding force, but with this, it can condemn some treacherous people.
After a thick stack of purchase lists, there was a memorandum that Li Tuo had drafted a long time ago. The clear provisions basically contained the things that had just been discussed in secret. Luo Huo looked at it and was tempted. He took out the pen from his arms and wanted to sign!
But at this moment, Fu Yin'er held Luo Huo's hand and said, "Uncle, wait a minute... I still have a few words to say to uncle!"
Fu Qing looked at his nephew in confusion. The beautiful Fu Yin'er smiled and said to his uncle, "Uncle... there are no outsiders here. My nephew said a few unpleasant words, uncle, don't be angry!"
"If my nephew's guess is correct... is my uncle trying to hide the truth? This trick is really deep. I'm afraid Uncle Luo didn't think that carefully!"
"Does my senior brother really want to use gold now? Yes, no! Because gold is an imaginary number. No one knows how much it can be exchanged from the private sector. We can only say that one batch is exchanged for one batch, but materials But it has to be transported every day, and it cannot stop..."
"This is life-saving. I think the final treaty will be written clearly!"
"Well... in the beginning, there will definitely be no shortage of gold, because the royal treasury has it, and the private noble families also have it. After a period of exchange, it will definitely have to sink to the private sector..."
"But what if it cannot be exchanged? And the war has not stopped...how can the treaty continue then?"
"I'm afraid the Manchu Qing court will default on its debt, right? Could it be that our gold is temporarily short of exchange, so how about mixing it with some silver?"
"If there is not much silver in the future, will we default on our debts? Will the court use high interest rates to lure the Chinese to continue supplying goods?"
"If such a scene happens, we will be trapped in it!"
"That is a very embarrassing situation. You can say that you have betrayed your trust, but this kind of treaty is already a semi-alliance. If we can't get the gold or give you materials, you will definitely tell the world that we are unethical and will not save you until we die. , and even said that we are obsessed with money!"
"But if we accept the silver, or simply accept your IOU..."
"Then there is no difference between this and before! Won't it just become the trade model from long ago? The key point is that the Chinese Congress does not want the past trade model. They passed the treaty because they were greedy for gold. !”
"It's difficult! It's really difficult! Uncle Luo Huo will be sitting on the candle when the time comes!"
Just these words made Fu Qing's face turn red. He had this evil idea, and Emperor Tongzhi also had this evil idea!
Now the Manchu Qing court knew very well that the anti-Qing members of the Chinese Great Council just didn’t want to take care of the court, and just wanted to sit on the sidelines and watch the Qing Dynasty die!
At this time, if you buy it with silver, they may not sell it to you!
Then you can only use gold to cheat. They will give you gold in the first half month, but then they will use various excuses to exchange it for silver or simply IOU.
Of course, IOUs also pay interest!
This is embarrassing. What if the Chinese Council runs out of stock because they don’t give gold?
On the surface, you are acting in accordance with the contract, but you have to bear the name, especially Luo Huo, who has to bear the name!
The Manchu Qing Dynasty would feel aggrieved to the whole world and say, "Look, how unreasonable are the Chinese people? We either don't give you money or we just change the payment method..."
"We've run out of gold. Can't we even use silver? Can't we even pay interest? Is this all out of stock?"
"We want to unite Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Austria, Spain, Italy... Anyway, all countries will unite, and everyone will curse you to death!"
"Nail your Chinese race to the pillar of shame of a money-grubbing villain!"
