Chapter 1439 A Win-Win Deal

There is no problem in tightening the belt in order to achieve more ambitious goals. The British paid a price no less than anyone else in the Industrial Revolution era.

But after more than a hundred years, the pillar industries of many countries are the same as they were a hundred years ago? Isn't this it? It makes sense that technology has stagnated, but it’s our own problem if we haven’t received any dividends from the new era.

The UK is naturally at the top of the world. This is not about any industry, but the UK's financial industry. Although at this time, the financial hegemony is dominated by the United States and the United Kingdom, but there is still a part of it, that's it. A part of financial hegemony is enough for Britain to print money and exchange it for goods from other countries.

Having sent Alexeev back to Moscow, Alan Wilson now faced the question of whether to tell the Prime Minister or the love of his life, Lady Pamela Mountbatten, first. After thinking about it for a short period of time, the Prime Minister could wait and discuss it with his wife first.

"Is there such a good thing?" Pamela Mountbatten's eyes lit up. The last time the Soviet Union took out more than 300 tons of gold, although it ended up in the British treasury, after going around the London financial market, Pamela Mountbatten The share that Ramon Button received was no less than the market price of gold, or even more! Is there such a good opportunity again this time?

Pamela Mountbatten simply wants to thank God. Alan Wilson listens to the mantra of God bless him. What does it have to do with his old man? Obviously I should thank God even more for calling me the man of God.

"Dear, I understand that it was you who strongly suggested that I should make achievements in agriculture." Pamela Mountbatten immediately changed into the tone of a little daughter-in-law and expressed her respect for the supreme authority, but the supreme authority did not There was no response, so I couldn't help but poke it lightly, "What's wrong?"

"This is the importance of information advantage. The information you master at your level, even one day faster than ordinary people, will lead to hundreds of millions of transactions. Power and money cannot be separated, but some countries are understanding There are differences in who is in front, but basically everyone agrees that the combination of power and money is the consensus, but that is not what I am thinking about.”

Even an ordinary patriot in the East End of London would be able to make a fortune if he had an information advantage exceeding even one day, not to mention that the top leaders of a country would definitely have an information advantage of more than one day.

Even if a person is reborn in the novel, no matter how ordinary his family background is, he will become a millionaire in the future, which will leave readers with no doubt.

Coincidentally, Alan Wilson happened to be in the appropriate information advantage position, coupled with his own memory, doing business was like fighting the right war in the right place at the right time.

After Alan Wilson said some philosophical words, he fell into thinking and said to himself, "I'm wondering how many ways to make this dish."

"How do you say it?" Pamela Mountbatten became interested, and she immediately knew that her husband must have an idea. She hadn't seen her husband look like this for a long time.

"I haven't thought about it yet. You can just listen to whatever I say." Alan Wilson had an immature idea at this time. Regarding whether the Soviet Union's purchase of grain this time could achieve a win-win or even a triple-win result, he put it Own thoughts and Pamela Mountbatten said.

The person he should trust the most in this world is the woman in front of him. He should trust her.

Now the pound is still the world's main currency in circulation. Besides the US dollar, it is the pound. In other words, the financial hegemony is still there. The UK can print pounds to solve some problems.

In fact, the UK does this, but Whitehall has been firmly opposed to doing so locally, but it is not opposed to quantitative easing on specific matters.

The main reason for opposition is that the over-issued currency of the Bretton Woods system is really convertible into gold. This is the main reason why Alan Wilson and all senior civil servants opposed it.

It cannot be said that all senior Whitehall officials support him as Cabinet Secretary-General. Those who do not naturally have the positions of High Commissioner to Fiji and Chairman of the War Commission waiting for them.

So far so good, compared to the U.S. dollar,

The excessive growth of the pound can be called restrained, but now it has been tacitly acknowledged that the Bretton Woods system cannot continue. Does it seem to continue to be so restrained?

Taking advantage of the drastic changes in international finance, it is possible to slightly expand the scope of quantitative easing. Once the Bretton Woods system ends, it will not be the UK's default, and all responsibility will lie with the United States.

It was the United States that got rid of the Bretton Woods system. What can the UK do?

"We will receive the gold from the Soviet Union without delay, and then we will print a batch of pounds in Asia, mainly for the two most populous countries to purchase food. In this way, we will receive the gold, but we will only pay the cost of printing pounds. We can also collect less. Gold. Let the Soviet Union replace it with raw materials, such as exporting steel in exchange for us. Then we will send food to the Soviet Union from Asian ports and transport the raw materials exported by the Soviet Union to Bangladesh. This is equivalent to using the industrial production capacity of the Soviet Union. Bangladesh’s endorsement of reconstruction, as for manpower, South Korea also lacks foreign exchange. South Korea itself has no resources and relies heavily on foreign countries. We hire Korean workers to build Bangladesh’s foreign exchange. The Korean government has received pounds, and can still purchase energy from the Middle East. , buying iron ore from Australia.”

Although her husband's words were a bit confusing and she was still in the stage of thinking about it, Pamela Mountbatten stretched out a finger and kept gesturing to quickly understand what her husband meant, "In other words, we only need to print pounds and we will get The Soviet Union exported steel materials to rebuild Bangladesh, as well as the Soviet Union's gold reserves, and then used printed pounds to sign contracts with South Korea and borrowed a group of laborers to speed up the reconstruction of Bangladesh. The food the Soviet Union needed, in addition to part of our own purchases, also It can be purchased from two populous countries that are in urgent need of foreign exchange reserves."

"Basically, you don't have to pay anything!" For a long time, the couple spoke almost at the same time, and then looked at each other and smiled. What a good deal.

"It will definitely not be that simple, but it is theoretically feasible. Among the two most populous countries involved and South Korea, who recognizes their currencies?" Alan Wilson said to himself smugly, "If the target is not too big, it may cause the United States to The violent reaction made me want to imitate India’s ruble-rupee settlement.”

The two major currencies currently in international circulation are the U.S. dollar and the British pound. Any country will definitely want to use its own currency to settle trade, such as the famous and powerful India, but who recognizes this?

What anchor does India have that other countries cannot do without to stabilize the value of the rupee? Use sustainable consumables Dalit?

If a currency has no anchor and is a purely sovereign currency, and the credit of your sovereign country is not very good, then you can just wait for inflation to explode.

Alan Wilson could not imagine what India would use to negotiate the ruble-rupee exchange rate with the Soviet Union. Could it be that one-fifth of the steel production in the Malayan colonies was used to prop up the strength that the Soviet Union could take seriously?

The United Kingdom will not accept Soviet currency, but at the critical moment of rebuilding Bangladesh, it can also use Soviet raw material exports to balance its accounts. If it only uses Malayan production capacity to support Bangladesh's reconstruction, it will also affect Malaya's economic development. .

If the Soviet Union could accept this, then Britain could agree that part of the gold could be replaced with raw materials provided by the Soviet Union.

For the reconstruction of Bangladesh, Alan Wilson said from the bottom of his heart that he did not want to take a penny. It was purely to give the high commissioners from various places an opportunity to settle the accounts. At the same time, he used a debt trap to trap Bangladesh's 60 million labor force. Who allowed the British to own the country? In this regard, enterprises are better than others, and state-owned enterprises have been opened to other countries.

"However, two countries with large populations may not have much food surplus." Pamela Mountbatten did not know about the food gap in the Soviet Union and asked her husband if he knew.

Alan Wilson also shook his head, "If you believe me, just use pounds to purchase, and you will definitely be able to buy food. With our contribution to the two countries, it makes sense to take advantage, not to mention that they need foreign exchange to conduct foreign trade. "

The precious vocabulary of foreign exchange often appears in old documentaries, which shows the degree of thirst for foreign exchange in a specific period. As long as it can be exchanged for foreign exchange, food will definitely be exported.

Alan Wilson's contribution to the two most populous countries is that the Mountbatten Group provided improved seeds. Both countries accepted the support of the Mountbatten Group in agricultural technology. This contribution is shown here. Exporting some grain also safeguarded each other's traditional relationship.

If nothing else, the traditional black pigs of the Far East may be grateful to the eight generations of British ancestors. Now they are definitely in a bad situation being crowded out by the foreign monks, the white York pigs.

Pamela Mountbatten said an evaluation was needed, and Alan Wilson told his wife, "I will ask the Treasury to bring over the average price report for Soviet exports to help you evaluate it."

Two days later, the Mountbatten Group's finance staff had roughly calculated the operating costs, and Alan Wilson went to No. 10 Downing Street to inform the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union's negotiations on food imports, and also informed him of the response supported by data. Method.

The core idea is that for the reconstruction of Bangladesh, the London government does not want to take a penny from now on, but it must be rebuilt into a benchmark. Borrowing from the Soviet Union's desire to import food this time, let the Soviet Union reimburse the British for the cost of printing pounds. .

At this time, Alexeyev received praise from Andropov, "We really shouldn't be too anxious. You are right to maintain a cautious attitude. We will report a gap similar to previous years and it will not cause any problems." The fluctuations in international grain prices will make the British believe that the Soviet Union's harvest is consistent with previous years. First, fill in part of the grain gap."

"If the international food prices do not fluctuate and are overshadowed by the news of a bumper harvest, we will take action to clear the goods." Alexeyev did not know at this time that the old father in London also came up with the idea of ​​letting the Soviet Union save gold. The Soviet Union has plenty of reserves and raw materials, and the Soviet Union ranks first in the world in steel production.

If Alexeyev could save the Soviet Union's gold reserves, it would definitely be another great achievement from heaven and a highlight in his life resume.