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Volume 2: My Country Chapter 572. Counterfeiter

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    Cairo after the Battle of El Alamein was completely different from before.  />

    The disastrous defeat of the Allies.  Everyone in Cairo, including the Egyptians, the French and the British living in Cairo, was worried that the German army would launch an attack on Cairo.

    Fortunately, such worries did not happen. The Germans seemed to have temporarily lost interest in Cairo.

    ¡°But God knows when those Germans will appear in Egypt.

    There were some faint rumors that Farouk I was very unhappy with the British, probably because of the war, but in the end Farouk I had to succumb to the coercion of the British.

    However, this caused dissatisfaction among the Egyptian military.

    As the Chief of General Staff of the Egyptian Army, Canlemo, who holds great power in his hands, has always been a hardliner and believes that Egypt should be more independent rather than completely obeying the orders of the British.

    On this point, he and Egyptian Defense Minister Emeen have completely opposite opinions.

    Emine believes that with the power of Egypt, it is absolutely impossible to withstand the German attack alone. It must adopt a one-sided approach in policy and rely on the power of the British to resist the invasion from Germany.

    Canlemu, on the other hand, retorted, thinking that Emun had completely forgotten the glory that Egypt had once had, and only knew how to be obedient to foreigners.

    Canlemu¡¯s attitude annoyed the British, but they had nothing to do with this powerful Egyptian figure.  Kanlemu has strong influence both among the people and the military. It is said that Queen Farida is his distant relative.  He enjoys widespread support among Egypt's middle and lower classes.

    Once his position is shaken, it will inevitably arouse great opposition from the Egyptians, and there may even be a mutiny in the army

    ? And Emine represents the interests of Egypt¡¯s privileged class, and he also has interests, although not extensive.  But the support is deep-rooted.  For example, King Farouk I was his staunch supporter.

    Of course, this time the British went too far. Not only did they ask the Egyptian army to directly participate in the war, but they also asked Egypt to assume the main supply task of the Allied forces in North Africa.

    Such a request made even Faruk I, who usually did not manage political affairs very much, feel extremely disgusted

    Everything was caused by the failure of the "Second Battle of Alamein".

    It is said that the Allied forces lost more than 80% of the supplies in North Africa during this battle, and the supply of the entire army suddenly had the most serious problem.

    Now, the Allies must rely on the Egyptians for a long time

    Without informing Farouk I, Kanlemu met alone with the British Ambassador to Cairo Storey, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in the Middle East, General Alexander, and the Commander-in-Chief of the British 8th Army, General Montgomery.  He expressed his strong dissatisfaction to them and demanded that the Allies must find a way to solve the supply problem themselves instead of throwing this heavy burden to Egypt.

    But whether it was Storey, Alexander or Montgomery, they all firmly rejected Canlemu's request and told the Egyptian chief of staff.  It was completely illegal for him to meet with them privately without the permission of His Majesty the King and the Egyptian government

    This is what the British are like, especially when Alexander and Montgomery, who are easily irritable, get together.  They even dared to refuse orders from British Prime Minister Churchill, let alone an Egyptian chief of staff.

    The face-saving Kanlemu left the British angrily. He believed that he had suffered huge humiliation from the British.

    In Cairo, and throughout Egypt, Canlem and his family have always been widely respected.  But now it seems that the British have not shown him the respect they deserve.

    The thing is like this, usually some conflicts accumulate there and are not easily noticed, but once a major event occurs, such as a tragic defeat in a war.  Such conflicts will completely break out.

    The disastrous defeat of the Allied forces in the "Second Battle of El Alamein" was the trigger for the conflict between Egypt and Britain

    Not only that, something that made the Egyptians even more worried happened without warning: a large number of Egyptian pounds and auxiliary coins Piaster and Milim appeared in Egypt!

    Lots of!

    This is by no means a good phenomenon in just a few days.  Egypt's currency plummeted as these currencies flooded the market.  Prices are skyrocketing.

    Originally, as the war progressed, the price of goods in Egypt had reached a very high level. Now, it has simply reached a level where ordinary people cannot survive

    These things happen very strangely.

    And in Egypt there was chaos.At this time, "Baron Andrew" Torkson - Wang Weiyi, and Mrs. Torkson - Elina re-entered the historic city of Cairo

    "Barbeque, thank you. How much is it? 1,250 piastres? God, it's so expensive"

    Wang Weiyi shook his head and took the Egyptian barbecue and handed a skewer to Elina: "God, the things here are so expensive. It's simply too much to bear"

    "It's so funny that a person who has done these things actually said such things." Elena took a bite of barbecue and said with a smile.

    "Elena, you may not know that one million pounds is enough to cause a coup in a country. Ah, I am not referring to bribery of senior military officials, but a spontaneously organized mutiny." Wang Weiyi was obviously interested in barbecue.  He seemed very satisfied and said with great interest: "For example, the Portuguese Alves dos Rees, he successfully used counterfeit banknotes to cause a terrible coup in Portugal Ah, I don't think it's right to call him a counterfeit banknote maker.  It's so appropriate, he uses genuine Portuguese currency"

    Alves dos Rees, the legendary counterfeiter.  What he made were genuine Portuguese Escudo banknotes. What he forged was just an official letter from the Central Bank of Portugal, which was used to entrust the banknote printing plant to print banknotes.

    How much money has he illegally injected into the market?  As of 1925, there were approximately 100 million escudo banknotes, totaling more than 1 million pounds, equivalent to 0.88% of Portugal's total GDP.  Reese, who became rich overnight, opened a bank, bought buildings, and farms and became prosperous, bringing a superficial prosperity to the Portuguese economy at that time.  However, these huge amounts of currency illegally injected into the market eventually led to the devaluation of the Portuguese currency and the decline in the government's credibility, which indirectly contributed to the military coup the following year.

    In 1930 Reese was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

    He single-handedly defeated a government with one million pounds

    "Isn't he a great man?" Wang Weiyi finished eating the barbecue with satisfaction: "The matter has been exposed. You may not find it surprising at all. You can do it too, but the first one dares to use the forged Central Bank of Portugal.  The official letter was used to entrust the banknote printing factory to print banknotes. The guy is really an amazing genius. The key is that he succeeded. "

    Elena nodded in agreement.

    "He used forged official letters from the Central Bank of Portugal to make banknotes. There is a guy in the United States who is also making counterfeit banknotes, but he has not been discovered yet." Wang Weiyi said with interest: "This is Emmerich Hutte.  This guy immigrated to New York from Australia. He worked as a building manager when he was young. After retirement, he made a living by collecting rags. In desperation, Yu Turner began to use the photo etching technique he learned as a child to make counterfeit coins.  Yu Turner was not greedy. He only made 1-dollar banknotes to meet his basic needs. However, his technology was not very good. He used cheap coated paper, the numbers and letters were blurred and distorted, and Washington's portrait was also blurred.  It was obviously distorted, and later some counterfeit bills even spelled "''" incorrectly. The counterfeiting skills were not high, so Yu Turner was very cautious when spending the fake money, only in subways, newsstands, bars, etc. during rush hours.  When shopping in grocery stores and other places where people come and go, merchants usually have no time to carefully check the authenticity of one-yuan bills, so that they can get away with it and make a profit of 95 cents by buying a 5-cent ticket.  Yutner used these small profits to pay for rent and other daily expenses, but he added up. Starting in 1938, Yutner produced as much as 55,000 US dollars in counterfeit currency, although the Secret Service had long noticed these counterfeit coins.  But I am still helpless"

    Elena was fascinated when she heard: "Have you never been able to catch him?"

    "It was never caught. It wasn't until a fire broke out in Turner's apartment at the end of 1947 that he was arrested in 1948. Maybe everyone sympathized with this poor, not greedy, careful old man, but he was only sentenced to 1 year and 1 day  , and a fine of 1 dollar, and he was released from prison and lived with his daughter after 4 months." Wang Weiyi sighed: "Can you say that this man is not a great guy?"

    After speaking, he glanced at the streets of Cairo: "So, we are also a group of counterfeit banknote makers, but we are more sophisticated than them. Elena, Egypt is in great chaos now. The Allies are short of supplies, Cairo is short of supplies, and prices are high."  It¡¯s rising again. If a large number of high-imitation counterfeit banknotes appear in Cairo at this time, Egypt¡¯s economy will completely collapse in the shortest possible time.¡±

    "By then, a mutiny like the one in Portugal is very likely to occur in Cairo" Elena quickly understood the meaning of Wang Weiyi's words: "There is now a sharp conflict between the Egyptian military and the Allied Command.  If they want the mutiny to succeed, they must get the support of a powerful force, and their only choice is Germany.¡±

    Wang Weiyi smiled: "That's right, if I can use the economy to defeat a country, I would prefer to choose this method, and the chaos in Egypt provides us with the best solution."An opportunity, now, we are a group of counterfeit money makers.  "

    Of course, these two counterfeiters can use genuine currency in Cairo!
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