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The Rise of China in the Rebirth of the Republic of China 5200 Volume 2 563 Selling Silver

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    The harvest of 12 million tons of crude oil, in terms of pure value, can already make up for the various losses of the National Defense Forces on the battlefield and post-war needs.

    "However, oil is oil after all. It cannot become an ocean, nor can it become other resources urgently needed by the National Defense Forces.

    Therefore, just two days after the negotiation ended, government chairman Li Zongren came to Li Guosheng's office with the news that the government's finances were about to go bankrupt, hoping that Li Guosheng could come up with a rescue method

    After placing the documents in his hand in front of Li Guosheng one by one, Li Zongren said directly as if he was putting down his pick: "Commander-in-Chief, if you don't solve the funding problem and find ways to increase the government's fiscal revenue, the government's finances will no longer be able to operate. By then,  I can no longer be the chairman of the government"

    Although Li Guosheng had roughly learned about the government's financial crisis through the intelligence king, what Li Guosheng did not expect was that the coalition government of Nuo Da had reached an embarrassing point where it could no longer operate.

    Taking a deep breath, Li Guosheng quickly picked up the documents Li Zongren put on the table and started browsing.

    Li Zongren, who was sitting opposite, was not idle either. While Li Guosheng was flipping through the documents, he introduced in a low voice.

    "General Officer, for the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia that has ended, I made the decision without your consent and allocated 20 million US dollars from the special immigration funds as war funds. In addition, I also used railway funds  Five million US dollars will be temporarily allocated from the Central Government to increase the production of several major arsenals to supply the needs of frontline operations"

    "Because the Ministry of Railways has abundant funds, and the hundreds of thousands of young men involved in building the railway are all prisoners of war, it can still maintain it for the time being. However, according to the current situation, it will take three months at the latest. The Ministry of Railways will also be affected by the loss of five hundred  Thousands of dollars and no food.¡±

    Having said this, Li Zongren changed his subject.  He continued: "The Immigration Bureau under the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have such strong funds. In addition, the Immigration Bureau is a pure consumption unit. Since I took away 20 million US dollars in funds, the work of the entire Immigration Bureau has been in a state of decline.  Stasis"

    Li Guosheng put down the document and asked Li Zongren bluntly: "Chairman Li, just tell me how big the current government financial gap is"

    Facing Li Guosheng's gaze, Li Zongren replied without hesitation: "General Sir, the situation is not optimistic So far, the government has only one million US dollars in emergency funds left. Not only that. The Ministry of Finance still owes  A large amount of money was received from various departments, totaling at least thirty-five million U.S. dollars."

    "Add the government office expenses and the monthly salaries of tens of thousands of officials, and you have to raise at least 50 million US dollars in a short time. Otherwise, in less than a month, the government will be completely bankrupt because of this sudden war  .¡±

    Hearing this, Li Guosheng¡¯s facial expression became solemn.  After taking a long breath, he smiled bitterly at Li Zongren and said: "Chairman Li, you are forcing me How could you ask me to obtain such a large amount of US$50 million in such a short period of time?"

    Hear this.  Li Zongren, who originally planned to continue to say something, simply shut his mouth.

    Seeing the unfinished expression on Li Zongren's face, Li Guosheng asked cheerfully.

    "Chairman Li, now that the problem has been laid out, feel free to raise any other issues you have. We will try to solve them all today. There will be no future troubles, lest you say in the future that I am thin-skinned and only focus on military affairs. I don't care about political affairs"

    "Yes, the chief"

    Li Zongren nodded.  He quickly pulled out a report from the documents in front of Li Guosheng and introduced: "General, this is a funding application just submitted to the government by the National Defense Forces Staff Department. It is about the pension for fallen soldiers and the subsidy for injured soldiers. The government finances have arrived.  At this point, where do you want me to allocate so much funds?"

    After quickly scanning the total number at the bottom of the document, Li Guosheng couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

    "How come there are so many As far as I know, since the reorganization of the entire army, the annual military salary spent on millions of troops is less than 200 million oceans. How come the pension for one battle reaches 150 million oceans?  Is there a mistake"

    Li Zongren shook his head and replied: "There is absolutely nothing wrong. It's just that our National Defense Force has never paid such a huge price since its establishment. In addition, the pension standard of our National Defense Force is the highest in the country, so the casualties of the troops have increased sharply.  After getting up, the pensions that need to be paid have become astronomical figures"

    Seeing that Li Guosheng still did not react from his shock, Li Zongren explained: "Because the main force participating in the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia is the 350,000 new divisions that have just been reorganized, so during the entire battle, our army's losses  Very big."

    ¡°The number of casualties alone exceeds ten?, the number of people disabled due to serious injuries also exceeds 20,000According to the pension of one thousand oceans for one fallen soldier of our army, the amount of pension that needs to be paid to more than 100,000 fallen soldiers is more than 100 million oceans, which is not even  Counting all the various subsidies we need to pay due to injury and disability"

    Li Guosheng nodded and said with a heavy face: "One hundred and fifty million oceans, if converted into U.S. dollars, is about 40 million. Adding in the government's financial gap, we need to raise 8,000 yuan in a short period of time."  Five million, which is about 100 million It seems that at this moment, we are really following the saying, 'a penny beats a hero'"

    After Li Zongren nodded in agreement, he replied with a wry smile: "General Manager, for such a large sum of money, I have thought of all the ways I can think of, but there is still no solution As a last resort, I have to  Put this problem in front of you and see if you can think of some solutions overseas"

    "Overseas" Li Guosheng's eyes suddenly lit up and he slowly fell into deep thought.

    However, what disappointed Li Zongren was that this expression only lasted for ten seconds before returning to sadness.

    As time goes by, among the various patents that have brought Li Guosheng a lot of profits from overseas, except for the high-tech penicillin, which continues to create wealth for himself, the remaining patents have been copied in large numbers abroad because their technical content is too low.  .  As a result, Li Guosheng, who has mastered the patented technology, has less and less income.

    Of course, Li Guosheng also thought about it.  Use the knowledge stored in your head to reproduce a new product and sell it overseas to obtain funds for yourself.  but.  After thinking about it, Li Guosheng finally gave up.

    First of all, Li Guosheng has not thought of anything other than penicillin that can create a huge amount of wealth for himself in a short period of time.  Secondly, even if you own this product, it is impossible to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars in just one month.

    Under such circumstances, Li Guosheng could only turn his attention to the country and to an issue that he had begun to think about during the decisive battle in Outer Mongolia.

    After a brief reflection, he asked Li Zongren: "Chairman Li, how about we set up a bank Through the bank, we can withdraw a large amount of funds in a short period of time and temporarily solve the government's financial crisis"

    Everyone knows that banking is the most profitable industry among all industries in the world.

    When the National Government was in financial crisis, it obtained a large amount of funds by establishing banks and issuing banknotes.

    Therefore, as soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, Li Zongren couldn't help but let out an exclamation with a heartbroken look on his face.

    "BankGeneral Manager, are you sure we really want to build our own bank"

    "Why can't a bank be established" Li Guosheng asked matter-of-factly.

    Seeing Li Zongren in front of him with his mouth still open and a look of shock on his face.  Li Guosheng said very arrogantly: "I not only want to build our own bank, but also issue our own banknotes"

    "Although I am not in charge of the economy, my daily experience has made it clear to me. After the Nationalist Government began to issue legal currency through banks, in order to increase its military expenditure, it began to print banknotes indiscriminately. As a result, the legal currency became devalued day by day.  I can say with certainty that if the Nationalist government follows this approach, sooner or later the Chinese economy will be destroyed."

    "Of course, this is why I have repeatedly emphasized that it is an important reason to prohibit the circulation of legal currency in the areas controlled by the National Defense Forces. Once legal currencies that may depreciate at any time are allowed to flow into the areas controlled by the National Defense Forces, the economy and people in the areas controlled by the National Defense Forces will definitely suffer.  The legal currency continues to depreciate and suffers huge losses"

    "Since legal currency cannot hold its value firmly, it should withdraw from the stage of history and replace it with a new currency. And our National Defense Forces currently occupy nearly one-third of China's land, and they can issue their own banknotes to replace  Legal currency, circulated throughout the country.¡±

    "Wonderful" As soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, Li Zongren shouted excitedly.

    "Mr. Sir, issuing banknotes can not only withdraw a large amount of funds in a short period of time, but also make huge profits that we can't imagine during the process of issuing banknotes."

    Having said this, Li Zongren, who quickly flashed a strange smile on his face, continued his analysis without finishing: "Not only that, setting up a bank and issuing banknotes nationwide will also have a huge benefit"

    "As long as the banknotes we issue are stronger than the legal currency issued by the Nationalist Government, and gradually replace the legal currency circulating throughout the country, we can use economic means to sanction the major warlords who are unwilling to surrender to us and fight economic war with the major warlord forces. At that time  , we can use both economic and military measures to unify the country at the minimum cost"

      Excited as he was, Li Zongren, who had experienced strong winds and waves, still woke up immediately.

    He asked Li Guosheng calmly: "General Manager, although establishing a bank is a solution. However, distant water cannot solve the immediate thirst. If you want to establish a bank that can compete with the National Government, it will definitely not be accomplished overnight.  . So we have to address the funding issues facing the government search from other directions."

    After another idea was shattered, Li Guosheng¡¯s face became solemn.

    Seeing Li Guosheng in a dilemma, Li Zongren tentatively reminded him: "Master, why don't we temporarily use some gold reserves. After the government's financial crisis is over, we will find a way to replenish the gold we used"

    "No" Li Guosheng refused without thinking.

    "Chairman Li, these gold reserves must not be used. They are the basis for us to form banks and issue banknotes in the future. Only with these gold reserves can the banknotes we issue remain stable and not depreciate. Therefore, unless it is a critical moment of life and death,  Otherwise, no one can touch the gold reserves"

    Although the gold reserves cannot be touched.  However, there is mention of reserve gold.  The first thought in Li Guosheng's mind was the shocking scene he had never seen in his life when he entered the treasury of Zhang Xueliang, commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army.

    More than two million taels of gold are cast into gold bricks.  Just like ordinary bricks, they are neatly stacked in the vault. Under the light, they emit a burst of dazzling yellow light.

    Of course, more than two million taels of gold is just the tip of the iceberg in Zhang Xueliang¡¯s treasury.  In Nuoda's vault, the most stored silver is the silver that has been circulating in large quantities in China.

    A total of 40 million taels of silver, like gold, were all cast into silver bricks for the convenience of storage.  They are neatly stacked in the vault, row after row, which is particularly spectacular.

    The gold reserve cannot be moved because it is the basis for its future currency issuance.  However, this does not mean that like gold, silver, which also has huge economic value, cannot be moved.

    More importantly, if you sell a large amount of silver, it will definitely have a huge blow to the silver-standard legal currency issued by the National Government.  At that time, the legal currency will undergo a large-scale depreciation.  If you take advantage of the situation to form a bank and issue new currency, you will definitely be able to conquer most of the domestic currency markets and even surpass the legal currency that has been in circulation for four to five years.

    Thinking of this.  Li Guosheng's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and he asked Li Zhongren, who was still frowning: "Chairman Li, in addition to storing gold, we also have a large amount of silver in our vault. I want to know the specific contents of our vault.  The amount of silver¡­¡±

    Li Zongren replied in confusion: "The silver in the vault comes from two directions: one is the 40 million taels we seized from Zhang Xueliang's vault. That is two thousand tons of silver"

    "Another source is that we captured it from the Japanese Kwantung Army after we moved closer to Northeast China. A total of 23 million taels, which is more than 1,150 tons of silver."

    "With the addition of some other sources, the total amount of silver stored in the vault is 3,600 tons"

    Li Guosheng nodded with satisfaction and said: "Three thousand six hundred tons of silver, according to the current exchange ratio of silver and gold, can be exchanged for three hundred tons of gold, which is three hundred million US dollars"

    "Chief, what do you mean" Li Zongren asked with a thoughtful look on his face.

    "We can't touch the gold reserves, but we can use silver" Li Guosheng answered in a good mood after a strange smile flashed across his face.

    Without waiting for Li Zongren to react, he directly ordered: "Immediately withdraw 1,200 tons of silver from the vault and sell it to solve the government's financial crisis"

    "In addition, among the 2,400 tons of silver remaining in the vault, except for 1,000 tons that are urgently needed for reserve, the remaining 1,400 tons of silver must be converted into gold and stored"

    Twelve hundred tons of silver is also one hundred tons of gold, or in other words, one hundred million U.S. dollars.

    Thinking of this, Li Zongren¡¯s sullen facial expression just now quickly disappeared.  He said excitedly to Li Guosheng: "With these 1,200 tons of silver, at least for the next year, the government will no longer have to worry about money Chief, I will arrange for someone to go there as soon as I get back.  manage¡­¡­"

    Just when Li Zongren was anxious to leave, Li Guosheng suddenly spoke.

    "Wait a minute, Chairman Li, your problem is solved, but you haven't solved my problem for me yet"

    Under Li Zongren¡¯s puzzled gaze, he said: ¡°You should know that during this Sino-Soviet negotiation, we received a total of 12 million tons of crude oil from the Soviet government. According to the National Defense?As well as the current local consumption rate, after all the crude oil is refined, it will be enough for our needs for more than two years.  "

    ¡°However, no one knows what accidents will happen in the next two years, or whether our National Defense Forces will expand again Therefore, we cannot pin all our fuel hopes on these 12 million tons of crude oil  "

    Li Zongren frowned and asked Li Guosheng: "General Manager, you mean to find a way to continue to import crude oil in large quantities from other channels"

    Li Guosheng shook his head and replied: "Importing crude oil requires money. The money we spend on crude oil every year has reached 50 million US dollars. We must not increase it any more. Otherwise, the government will simply not be able to bear it"

    ¡°If you can¡¯t import it, then the only option left is self-production¡­¡± Li Zongren replied after a brief silence.

    "This is what I mean, find a way to produce oil on a large scale We must not hold oil, the source of power, in the hands of others. Otherwise, once the lifeline of oil is cut off by others, our war potential will be greatly weakened  ." Li Guosheng replied firmly.

    Li Zongren nodded affirmatively and said in support: "The president is right, the lifeblood of oil must not be in the hands of others"

    "However, looking at the whole of China, oil has been discovered only in Shaanxi, and Shaanxi is the territory of the Red Party. How can we hold this oil field in our own hands"

    "Two directions" Li Guosheng affirmed loudly.

    "First, the government will immediately organize an oil exploration team to conduct oil exploration in all areas controlled by the National Defense Forces. At that time, I will give you a rough distribution map of the domestic oil that was seized in Japan"

    ¡°Second, expand trade with the Red Party and buy the oil fields from the Red Party. Of course, if the Red Party does not sell, we can also jointly exploit with the Red Party and give them a share Only in this way,  Only then can we obtain more oil at the minimum cost and hold oil, the lifeblood of the war, with our own hands." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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