Mr. Sato looked at the two rows of real and fake banknotes in front of him for five minutes.
He raised his head, looked at Section Chief Aso and said: "Comparing the two, I can see that there are indeed some differences between them. But to be honest, if I look at them individually, I can't tell whether they are true or false. I want to say that they are well done.
,very good!"
Section Chief Aso smiled and said: "In about two or three days, a batch of banknotes from the row below will be sent to Changsha. The quantity is very large. Mr. Sato, I hope you can help my people use those counterfeit coins!"
We can no longer let the Chinese take advantage of us! We would rather disrupt or even destroy their economy! That’s what I’m here for!”
Mr. Sato glared at him sternly. To be honest, he really didn't want to do this kind of thing! What a bastard!
If you have the ability, just defeat them on the battlefield! Why use such despicable methods!
However, after only a moment, he vaguely noticed something from it! What it was, he couldn't say yet! To put it simply, it seemed to be an opportunity! If it is really an opportunity, I must take advantage of it!
12-8
Simao Village, in the warehouse.
Deng Baoguang proposed to take a look at Liang Jinkai's transactions at night.
So Liang Jinkai asked someone to buy dinner. They sat in a cubicle and ate dinner.
The senior official and his two children got off work, looked foolish, walked to the door of the cubicle, and looked inside.
Liang Jinkai said: "Guan Ren, if you want to sleep, sleep on your bed and don't interfere with our business!"
The official said with a smile: "Yes, yes, let's hang out for a while and then sleep." After saying this, he left.
Liang Jinkai said to the person next to him: "I arranged for three people to guard the warehouse to prevent it from being stolen!"
Gong Binsheng said: "There are so many things here, don't you consider arranging sentries? Guards or something!"
Liang Jinkai couldn't help but laugh, "I would like to arrange guards, but I'm afraid that I'll attract attention by myself!"
Gong Binsheng nodded, "That's a problem."
At this time, there was a silence in the cubicle. Everyone lowered their heads to eat, as if they had nothing to say.
This provided Chen Zifeng with a fleeting opportunity.
He looked at Deng Baoguang with great respect and said, "Sir Deng, I have a question that I would like to ask you."
Deng Baoguang smiled at him and said, "Captain Chen, I know who you are. If you want to ask me something, then it must be a serious problem! Just tell me and see if I can answer it."
Chen Zifeng had a silly smile on his face and said, "Sir, I am actually quite stupid. I have been thinking about this question for a long time."
Deng Baoguang looked at him with a gentle look, as if he was looking forward to hearing some earth-shattering question!
Next to them, Gong Binsheng and Liang Jinkai knew this Chen Zifeng very well, and they wondered if he had some evil ideas!
Chen Zifeng said seriously: "Sir, I heard such a news in Changsha that there is a large amount of silver hidden here in Changsha, that is, under the original Hunan Provincial Bank. Do you think this is possible?"
Deng Baoguang opened his mouth and burst out laughing, spitting a mouthful of rice on the ground and shouting: "That's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Gong Binsheng and Liang Jinkai also looked at Chen Zifeng with sarcastic eyes and said: "The people in the bank are not fools. I don't know how much money they have! The Hunan Provincial Bank moved away before the fire. They will not take away the money underground."
!"
Chen Zifeng also laughed with them, seeming a little embarrassed. Then he turned back and stared at Deng Baoguang calmly.
Deng Baoguang saw his eyes clearly and couldn't help but squint his eyes and think about the problem again.
He believed that this must be a serious problem!
After thinking about it for about two minutes, he said softly: "I was interested in economic issues when I was in middle school. In 1934, I was admitted to Japan Chuo University in Tokyo and studied economics. I will talk about economics now.
I hope you can understand. I can’t say, but maybe it will be helpful to you.”
Chen Zifeng had a silly smile on his face and said hurriedly: "Sir, tell me, tell me, it will be of great benefit to me!"
What Deng Baoguang said was quite concise.
He said seriously: "In October 1929, before the Great Depression broke out in the United States, China was the only country in the world that adopted the silver standard and used silver dollars for transactions. Therefore, after the Great Depression, the whole world was affected, but
It has little impact on China. However, the purchasing power of various countries has reduced, resulting in a large amount of silver flowing into China, causing domestic silver prices to plummet! This is actually currency depreciation, but it has promoted China’s exports.”
Everyone here has heard something about the Great Depression in the United States. It was an extremely serious economic crisis! It is said that some people were high-flying general managers one day and became beggars the next day! Bankrupt companies and enterprises,
There are countless more!
None of them expected that the Great Depression in the United States would be beneficial to China!
Deng Baoguang smiled at the people around him and said, "This is something no one would have thought of! Isn't it? But starting from the second half of 1931, all countries abandoned the gold standard one after another, which caused the price of silver in our country to skyrocket, causing serious problems.
The inflation caused a major blow to the domestic economy! In 1934, the United States passed the Silver Acquisition Act, which caused a large outflow of domestic silver. Our domestic production and exports were almost on the verge of collapse!"
At this time, the cubicle became quiet, and everyone paid attention to what he said.
They all couldn't understand what the U.S. economic crisis had to do with the money hidden in Changsha!
Deng Baoguang had a cunning look on his face, staring at them one by one, as if he could guess their thoughts.
He whispered: "So, at that time, the National Government had no choice. From the first half of 1935, it began to plan currency reform and abandon the silver standard. However, other countries only wanted to slaughter us and did not want to cooperate!
The United States refuses to cooperate and continues to purchase silver at high prices to attack our market! The United Kingdom hopes that China's legal currency can only be pegged to the pound and become their vassal! And Japan just wants to include our legal currency into the yen system! They
They even used force to prevent our silver from being transported to the south! Soon, the United States saw that we were getting closer to the United Kingdom, and was very angry, so it suspended the purchase of silver in the London market! This caused the London silver price and the domestic silver price to plummet again! The drop was very fierce!
In this way, we had to sign the "Sino-US Silver Agreement" with the United States! By November 1935, the legal currency we now use was finally introduced after paying a huge price! It finally reversed the decline of the domestic economy!
"
He looked at Chen Zifeng and Qiao Yanfang with a smile, and said softly: "You two, I can only say this much briefly. It's too detailed and boring, and you can't understand it. Now, what do you hear?"
Chen Zifeng understands everything, but he doesn't understand economics!
He blinked his eyes and listened to Deng Baoguang's words in a specious state, not fully understanding.
He had no choice but to look back at Qiao Yanfang.
Qiao Yanfang's big eyes moved around for a while, and finally she said with a smile: "Sir, I think so, if a large amount of silver is forgotten, it can only be when the silver price is at its lowest, right?"
Deng Baoguang also smiled and said: "Your conjecture is reasonable and very reasonable. Go on."
Qiao Yanfang continued: "From what you said, the price of silver plummeted twice. One was during the Great Depression in the United States in 1929. Although the price of silver fell, it was beneficial to exports! Another time, the U.S. government
The time to stop buying silver in London is before we have fiat currency.”
Deng Baoguang smiled and said: "Okay, okay, you are really smart and you really heard it. Then tell me, which time the silver price plummeted will make the Hunan Provincial Bank forget that it has a large amount of silver! Can you
Say it?"
At this moment, Qiao Yanfang was also speechless and speechless.
Liang Jinkai smiled and said: "Xiao Qiao, as far as I know, in 1928, Lu Diping was appointed chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government and changed the original Hunan Provincial Treasury to the Hunan Provincial Bank. In January 1929,
It opened on Liwen Street, Changsha, in the ruins that are now destroyed by fire. At that time, the Great Depression in the United States had not yet happened. Do you think they would not know where they had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver hidden somewhere?
?”
Several officers in the cubicle laughed. Chen Zifeng and Qiao Yanfang looked at them awkwardly and laughed together.
It seems that this topic ends here!
12-9
At this time, the official and his two children were sleeping on the wooden board at the door of the warehouse.
The two children have fallen asleep, but the official has not! He is older after all! Besides, he does have questions about this warehouse, questions that he has not yet clarified!
From his little thief's instinct, he realized that this warehouse was not only filled with goods, but also money! That's why there was an iron gate and a big lock!
Every night, one or two or three people come here quietly.
They talked quietly with Mr. Liang in the cubicle, and then left with one or two cardboard boxes! There couldn't be anything else in those cardboard boxes except money!
But that’s where the question lies! You shouldn’t make good money like this! It’s just like being a thief! But he can’t figure out the reason!
A few more people came today. He could see that they were soldiers, or even officers! They were talking to Mr. Liang in the cubicle, and their voices were always very low, so it was difficult to hear what they said.
However, what he occasionally heard was the word "silver"!
It is these two words that make the officials very vigilant! Qiantou is digging holes in Liwen Street, looking for money!
At this time, he turned inward, pretending to be asleep, and raised his ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.
In the middle of the night, two more people came. After muttering a few words in the cubicle, they also moved away two cardboard boxes.