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    Hoover walked away satisfied with the check. For the sake of the $300,000, he needed to return to Washington immediately to report the matter to President Coolidge.  Looking at his back, Yan Yuqiu snorted from his nose: "A greedy person!"

    Gu Weijun, who has been stationed in the United States for many years, is very aware of the virtues of American officials. He smiled and said: "He is already pretty good. Compared with President Harding who gambled money and played cards in the office and openly asked for bribes, at least he can do something with the money."

    "The president gambles money and plays cards in the office?" Even Miao Luo, who walked in, shouted in surprise: "Is this true?"

    After becoming the head of SDIC, Bei Zuyi often traveled to the United States. He heard anecdotes about President Harding and said with a smile: "I testified for Ambassador Gu, and he was not kidding this time."

    The dignified president gambling money and playing cards in the office sounds like a legendary novel.  Yang Qiu only knows that during this period, the U.S. industry and commerce are growing rapidly. Coolidge's inaction has contributed to the golden development period known as the "Roaring Decades". However, at the same time, domestic crime and corruption are also very prevalent, but the president's gambling  It¡¯s the first time I¡¯ve heard of playing cards.

    After chatting for a while, Bei Zuyi was still worried about what Yang Qiu had just said: "Vice President, did you say what you just said? Hoover is a well-known political speculator. He will definitely ask the President of the United States immediately.  report."

    Yang Qiu smiled, asked Yan Yuqiu to make a cup of coffee, and said disapprovingly: "So what if you know? Britain and the United States are not fools. They know more about the Nanyang Chinese community than we do. The reason why we Chinese are allowed to grow bigger and control the sales of goods is actually to trap us."  Get up and be raised as sheep, and they will be responsible for shearing the sheep. I want autonomy. What do they not understand?"

    "Changing the free trade zone requires management rights and self-defense rights. Isn't this changing the soup without changing the medicine." Miao Luo frowned and interjected in confusion: "Can the United States support us if we change the name?"

    Yang Qiu took the coffee from Yan Yuqiu.  Pointing to the bag, she asked her to take out a piece of information and put it on the table: "This is the data compiled by Wen Jing and Xu Xiujun. You can take a look. It doesn't matter whether I support it or not. President Coolidge actually didn't say it either.  It depends on whether the people here are willing to invest in nothing, or continue to make a fortune.¡±

    Gu Weijun picked up the document and started reading it. After a while, a hint of joy appeared on his eyebrows.  Above are the trade data between China and the United States over the past ten years.  Data shows that U.S. investment in China has increased fivefold in the past decade, reaching US$3 billion.  Among them, the fastest growth rate was in the five years after the silver crisis, which almost doubled.  Key investments are concentrated in seaports, manufacturing and resources and minerals.  The largest projects are the Hangzhou Bay transformation, two joint million-ton petrochemical projects in Yumen and Beihai, and the Huludao Shipyard project. The total investment in these four projects alone is as high as US$210 million.

    In addition to direct investment, thanks to the domestic economic growth that has completely failed to stop after the two five-year plans!

    By the end of the second five-year plan last year, the total value of the country¡¯s workers and farmers had increased to 136 billion yuan, equivalent to 68 billion U.S. dollars!  To achieve such a large increase, agriculture and land actually made the greatest contribution!  With the deepening of immigration, the Northeast and Northwest have initially stabilized, tractors and other mechanical agricultural tools are widely used, and the national cultivated land area has increased from about 1.3 billion acres in 1911 to the current 1.7 billion acres.  An increase of nearly 30%. After the promotion of high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and American hybrid soybeans, the output of grains (including high-yield coarse grains and miscellaneous grains such as sweet potatoes and potatoes) has increased from 140 million tons in 1911 to 200 million tons now, and other cash crops have increased by 33  %, all agriculture accounts for 75% of the total value, and initially solves the problem of feeding 450 million people!

    Although the proportion of industry and commerce (including service industry, handicraft industry, etc.) only accounts for 25% of the total economic value, of which manufacturing is only 15%. From a structural point of view, it is still a traditional small-scale peasant economy country, but the proportion is significantly increasing.  In the second five-year plan, the country has completed a total of 5 billion yuan (approximately 2.5 billion U.S. dollars) of state-owned and private investment.  The manufacturing industry has grown by 62% in five years.

    Because the economy continues to grow, the country finally has the money to invest in large-scale infrastructure construction. In the past five years, the total investment has reached 11 billion yuan, which is more than the total of the previous ten years!

    Stimulated by this string of hot data, in the just-announced third five-year plan, there are as many as 169 various government investment projects, including 47 such as Chita Steel Plant, Guangxi Aluminum Plant, and Belga Aluminum Plant.  Industrial projects, 72 infrastructure projects such as provincial ultra-high voltage power grids, as well as more than a dozen super-large projects including the Ili River, Songhua River, Heilongjiang, Angara River, Fuchun River, Pearl River, Yalu River, Jialing River and even the Yangtze River and Yellow River  Hydropower projects have been proposed, and it is clear for the first time that the total value will exceed that of the United Kingdom in five years, and the scale of the manufacturing industry will exceed that of France.

    What is beauty?  What is madness?  That¡¯s it!

    Yang Qiu¡¯s hard-line suppression of all domestic opposition forces and the achievement of basic stability in the country finally came to fruition. After all forces were suppressed, he resolutely implemented the industrial investment plan from 1911.  The European War reversed the national destiny, the Chengcheng Act, the Social Security Act, the Patent Act, and the Currency Reform ActAfter the introduction of dozens of other social reform bills and the feat of regaining his territory, his personal prestige has reached its peak, even more powerful than Stalin's today!

    Prestige is a holding stone, just like the Yongzhen Mountain and River Monument erected at Lushunkou!  Stabilize the country, reuse industrial and commercial talents, and gradually help the Chinese people adapt to the new economic model. After more than ten years of training, the citizens who have benefited from it finally woke up and began to roll up their sleeves and work hard.  more importantly!  Compulsory education, which has been suffering for 15 years and has saddled the country with a huge fiscal deficit, has finally reached its harvest period. Starting from this year, millions of junior high school graduates and tens of thousands of college students will join the craze of nation-building every year.  This is an era of unrestrained dreams. Young people are dreaming of grand goals. The public has even begun to be filled with slogans of "China rises and surpasses the United States." Tractors and trucks, railroad tracks and telegraph poles, and thousands of ships are all seen.  Tonships and warships, dams blocking rivers, inter-provincial highways

    Under the economic data that has been unstoppable like a bull, there is a crazy demand for machinery, equipment and raw materials.  The urban renewal plan proposed by the Shanghai government alone requires an annual investment of 1 million tons of steel and other raw materials.  In this context, it is not surprising that Sino-US trade volume has surged.

    According to the statistics.  The total tariffs at Shanghai Port last year alone were as high as 100 million yuan, and the total trade volume between China and the United States last year was as high as 600 million U.S. dollars!  Wall Street to meet "demands across the Pacific."  Steel production is 7 million tons more than in the parallel world during the same period, and oil production is 55 million barrels more.  The annual output of automobiles increased by 100,000 units, and the average annual export of various types of ships was 47 ships In order to seize the Chinese market and make "big customers" afford American goods when deflation has become particularly obvious, the two companies  The country also reached a huge deal last year to raise funds by issuing $500 million in national construction bonds on Wall Street by the Chinese government.

    Europe's "Ten Years of Chaos", the United States' "Roaring Ten Years" versus China's "Golden Decade", the chaos of old European countries is in stark contrast to the complementary prosperity of the two emerging economies in the Pacific!  Thousands of American business owners frantically expanded manufacturing.  In order to provide "ammunition", financial oligarchs frantically carry out various types of lending and increase the credit ratio without limit. The financial market is so hot that it is unimaginable!

    Exuberant.  Vigorous, still vigorous!

    On one hand, the demand is strong, and on the other hand, the manufacturing is strong. However, after reading this string of frightening numbers, Bei Zuyi suddenly turned pale and sweatdropped from his forehead.

    "What's wrong?" Gu Weijun felt very strange. Being prosperous is a good thing. It shows that domestic construction is extraordinary, and China and the United States are complementary to each other. The American capitalists definitely don't want to see a war break out at this time, and change the "autonomy" that has too much impact.  The probability of being on China¡¯s side behind the coat is already very high.

    Everyone was surprised by his behavior.  Only Yang Qiu nodded secretly, glad that he finally had a good economic expert by his side.

    Bei Zuyi couldn't help but be nervous.  Now half of the world's gold and silver is locked up in the United States, and the silver clause in the currency reform bill of the Republic of China has caused the silver that continued to depreciate after the European war to flow into the country, be exchanged and then issued into hundreds of millions of yuan!  Coupled with the massive purchase of domestic value-insured gold and silver bonds by wealthy Nanyang Chinese, another US$1 billion in gold and US$1.5 billion in silver have been squeezed into the bottom of the box by China!

    This means that unless the gold standard system is completely changed, the only truly circulating currencies in Europe and the world are only US$3 billion in gold and US$2 billion in silver.  China and the United States alone need hundreds of millions of dollars in currency every year to supply trade volume. No matter how depressed Europe is, it will need at least 2 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, the domestic demand for currencies of the two countries and the trade needs of other countries money supply  The gap has reached an unimaginable level!

    The water in the world economy has overflowed the tank of monetary demand several times.  What's more serious is that this water tank has been damaged by the European War and has already been covered with cracks.  Faced with ever-increasing water, the oligarchs ignored the cracks and continued to fill the water tank in order to maximize profits.  Now as long as a crack bursts, the water in the water tank will be completely empty, eventually leading to deflation!

    "Vice President" Bei Zuyi saw it and hurriedly stood up to speak, but was interrupted by Yang Qiu: "I know! Can you predict when it will happen?"

    Bei Zuyi shook his head: "Maybe tomorrow, maybea few years."

    Yang Qiu became solemn, put down the coffee cup and thought for a long time before raising his head: "How much did SDIC make?"

    During the franc crisis, SDIC made a huge profit of US$200 million for the first time. Excluding the transfer fees to the Jews, all were transferred to the United States. The strong US manufacturing industry promoted the boom in the stock market and bulk futures market. The principal has doubled in the past two years.  Reaching a huge US$400 million!  The safety of this huge sum of money is crucial, so Yang Qiu made a decision immediately after getting the figures: "To acquire a travel company, it is best to have a Jewish background and inject 50 million US dollars for use. I will give you two years for the remaining money.  Then find a way to withdraw them all from the United States"

    Bei Zuyi¡¯s heart trembled, and he acquiredThe tourism company also injected huge amounts of US dollars, which must be in preparation for the purchase of Guam. When the huge sum of money from the State Investment Corporation withdraws from the United States two years later, it may be the moment when the crisis breaks out.

    Whether it was Gu Weijun, Miao Luo, or Yan Yuqiu present, they were all confused by the riddle-like conversation between the two.  All eyes were focused on Yang Qiu, but he did not give any explanation. He waved and said: "This is the golden period for us and the United States. We must take advantage of it! You all go! No matter what method is used, the items on the list must be completed within a month.  For all purchases, if 1 million U.S. dollars is not enough, then 2 million dollars; if 2 million U.S. dollars is not enough, then 3 million dollars! Especially high-end equipment must be purchased no matter how high the price is."

    Miao Luo couldn't help it. How could he spend money indiscriminately like this?  If the country knew about it, he didn't know how to accuse him, so he quickly reminded him: "Chen Hua. Do you want to discuss it with the country?"

    "No, if you don't buy it now, you won't be able to buy a lot of things when chaos breaks out in Nanyang. Britain is not a fool. Once the United States intervenes in Nanyang to support us and force a compromise, they will also ask the United States to contain us. Maybe it will be issued in a few months.  The bill restricting exports blocks our high-end manufacturing industry. The U.S. economy is clearly overheating, and President Coolidge will definitely agree in time to control the excessive expansion of the manufacturing industry and at the same time curb our rise. Consolidate the advantages of the United States."

    "The low-pitched words have brought everyone into a new world structure. After two five-year plans, Europe and the United States are definitely not willing to continue to let China continue to get rich, especially the high-end precision manufacturing industry that they value most.

    Seeing everyone¡¯s faces becoming serious, Yang Qiu smiled slightly: ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous. Even if there is a bill, it will only last for three years at most. Three years later the world will be different!¡±

    ¡°No one knew where he got his confidence, only Bei Zuyi vaguely understood.  When depression comes, China, with its huge cash flow, will become a hot commodity.  In the next few days, the entire delegation was dispatched. For a time, the entire Great Lakes and East Coast were covered by delegations, ranging from the 12,000-ton free-forging hydraulic press of the United States Steel Company to the 8,000-ton aluminum molding press of the Merlin Consortium, to the high-power hydraulic press.  Water pumps, as well as two production lines of the Dodge Truck Company, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, etc. Even though these equipments have begun to study and establish projects in China, and some of them can even be produced by themselves, they are still being sent back to the country on cargo ships.

    After Yang Qiu arrived in Washington.  President Coolidge, who was known for being a man of few words, changed his character and entertained the Chinese delegation with witty talks and a grand welcome dinner.  When talking about the West Borneo crisis, Hoover's advance report achieved good results. After Yang Qiu made it clear that he would not develop a free economic and trade zone outside West Borneo and promised that the United States could enjoy the same treatment as China in the free trade zone.  , President Coolidge made it clear for the first time at the subsequent press conference that "the United States recognizes that the human rights situation of the Chinese in Nanyang is abysmal and that racial conflicts are serious, and urges the Dutch government to sit down and negotiate with all parties to improve it as soon as possible."

    Although the wording is conservative, there is no direct support.  However, this statement still aroused strong protests from the UK and the Netherlands. The Times even mockingly published a new title "Alignment of New Powers". The article was jealous of the huge trade volume between China and the United States, and believed that  Old Europe has reached a critical moment.

    Snapped!

    In No. 10 Downing Street, a paunchy Churchill with a cigar in his mouth burst open the door angrily, leaving the newspaper in his hand still on Prime Minister Baldwin's office.

    "Winston? What's wrong with you?"

    His Excellency Winston Churchill, who had been Lord of the Admiralty, a self-styled "national hero" who had been gilded in the Boer War and the European War, a pillar of the Conservative Party, and a wealthy family, was once again appointed as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was furious at Baldwin's actions on the Far East issue.  It was unbearable that China and the United States were getting closer due to their lukewarm approach. He pointed at the newspaper so that the entire Prime Minister's Office could hear his voice: "Stanley, have you seen today's newspaper? What are you waiting for! Livingston should be ordered to fire.  Those damn Chinese warships were sunk! Encourage the opposition to overthrow Yang Qiu and turn it into a colony! For the sake of God, England must not lose the Netherlands. If they give in, they will be won over by the damn French and Germany!"

    The roaring words attracted countless staff members to look through the door. His Excellency Winston Churchill¡¯s bare forehead was extremely dazzling at this moment.

    Prime Minister Baldwin really has nothing to do with this guy. In terms of qualifications, he is not much worse than himself, and he has huge connections and reputation within the party.  He could only suppress his temper and said: "Winston, are you crazy? Do you know how troublesome it will be to start a war with China? The United States, France, Germany and even the Soviet Union now want us to have a war with China! As the Minister of Finance  , you should know better than we can afford an expedition now."

    Churchill was emboldened and continued to rage: "Prime Minister, you should understand! The Netherlands is an ally that the British Empire must never give up. If the Chinese are allowed to govern themselves, it will encourage all the monkeys in the colonies to stand up and fight for us."Trouble, gcism will also take the opportunity to spread to India and the Persian Gulf!  This is inexcusable, either we make a decision today or we are doomed!  "

    Baldwin didn't know that this was a trouble. It was impossible to declare war on China, so he could only take out the diplomatic telegram from Washington: "Winston, the Chinese have changed their tune. They have given up their autonomy and are preparing to propose to the Dutch government that the West  Borneo was changed to the China-Dutch Free Economic and Trade Zone"

    "Freedom! What's the difference between giving freedom to those Chinese and autonomy? This is a word game and a conspiracy!" Churchill saw through it at a glance, looked at the uncertain Baldwin, and jumped up excitedly: "Stanley, you are not going to agree.  Bar?"

    "No! The British Empire cannot accept this request, but our allies are considering it. They do not want war."

    ¡°Damn, damn, damn!¡± Churchill was so angry when he heard that the Dutch government was considering the American proposal to accept a free economic and trade zone.  Prime Minister Baldwin is also very embarrassed. Ultimately, the West Borneo crisis is a matter between the Netherlands and China. The UK is only responsible for ensuring the security of the Netherlands and ensuring British control of the South China Sea. If both sides are unwilling to fight, the UK will not be able to take the lead.  gun.

    "I have called Bridgeman. No matter what, we must ensure that the interests of the empire and allies are not infringed, but I will not order a war that requires the entire empire to bet!" Baldwin  The Prime Minister walked to the window, picked up his pipe and took a deep breath: "The best way now is to delay, because the Chinese also do not want the situation to expand. They do not have enough maritime capabilities to defeat Livingston. We can let time pass away the impact of the crisis.  Power untileveryone forgets about it.¡±

    (To be continued)

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