C3119 Where did the money go? (1/2)
Where's the money?
Taro Shimadzu's problem belonged to an extremely large group of issues. This was not something that could be explained easily with a single sentence or two, the depths of the problem could not be seen.
The early colonial empires such as Spain and the Portugal had all eaten the first pot of gold in the era of the Geography Great Discovery. However, they failed to seize this rare historical opportunity and ended up as a third-rate country.
What was the problem? Was it because of the unlimited robbery by the English and French's private fleet? Or was it because of Industrial Revolution's trade deficit?
There were all these factors, but they were not comprehensive enough. did not have the ability, nor the time to explain in detail!
After thinking for a moment, Sakamoto Ryoma said with a bitter smile, ”You should be right. The countries that replaced the first batch of colonized empires like Spain and the Portugal, including the Netherlands, have left.
”Logically speaking, Spaniard and Big Head Qian all entered into English and French's pockets … ”That's why the Führer always said that the French are extremely rich. They have so much money that it's hard for you to imagine!”
Scratching his head, Mr. Ryoma said helplessly, ”two-thirds is split in Britain? A third of France? ”I'm just randomly guessing. There's no evidence to prove it. I think it's about the same …”
”Hiss …” Everyone present sucked in a cold breath of air, ”A third of it? 800 thousand kg of gold? 900 million silver taels? In the hands of the French? ”
Sakamoto Ryoma was also stunned, the number also gave him a shock ”Should be... It shouldn't be that much, right? However … However, the Head of the Guards was certain that there was only so much gold and silver flowing into Europe from the South America … ”
”Perhaps …” There might be so much! ”Forget it, there's no need to think about this. The end of the battle is not over yet, so why are you all drooling?”
”Immediately repair the telegraph line, report this to the leader! ”Why are you all surrounding me …”
Cai Mao and Sakamoto Ryoma chased all the subordinates who were drooling at the floor out. In the hall on the second floor of the General Governor's Mansion, only the two of them were left.
”Mr. Ryoma, let me know the truth. This time, the Head of the Guards defeated the France, how much compensation will we get for the war?”
”Ever since I entered the Grand Council, I've heard more and more reports about the people. Our Chinese people have indeed won many battles in the past few years, but we've already squeezed out all the funds from the inside!”
”There are a lot of data that we don't dare to release to the public. Once it is released to the public, the entire Asian market will collapse! ”A rich man is hard to do without a rich man!”
”It's said that there will be reparations for the victory, but we've been negotiating for so long and there's no progress. The agenda has been set aside …”
”I'm really scared. If we can't get any money from the French, we won't be able to fill the hole in China!”
”The number of War bond that have been released is already as high as 70 million, and the number of banknotes that have been sold is a black hole … I... I don't even dare to sleep right now! ”
Sakamoto Ryoma let out a long sigh, ”I know that your council will have a difficult time, but no matter how difficult it is, you have to hold on … ”I don't know how much money the French side can fork out, but the Führer said it would definitely solve our financial crisis. I think a hundred million won't be a problem …”
”100 million? The Gold franc? That's more than enough … ”But you said just now that France was a rich country, and that Spain had looted a third of the wealth from South America to their own country …”
”That's a third of that. Over 800,000 kilograms of gold...” ”Over 900 million taels of silver …” Cai Mao's eyes were completely blue, his mind was filled with these few numbers.