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"I have roughly negotiated with the Germans, and the Germans also agree to finish this matter first, and then talk about the future cooperation between Britain and Germany in the financial field." Pamela Mountbatten finally expressed a relieved expression to The husband informed the news that this time Yingde would join forces to bring back the US's still-abundant gold reserves.

The first thousand and 370 eight chapters currency reform

"It's not bad. Germany finally forgot about its Axis allies, and didn't go to the Japanese like an idiot." Alan Wilson took a deep breath, which was also a blessing in misfortune.

"Actually, Japan's economic aggregate is approaching that of the United Kingdom. It can be regarded as a powerful country." Pamela Mountbatten shook her head. It's just a pity that some things cannot be done.

"It's not because the population of Japan is twice that of the United Kingdom." Alan Wilson mumbled, "On the surface, Japan is indeed powerful, but this country has been reorganized by the United States. It is no longer a country internally, and many things are important to a country. In fact, Germany also has this problem. Germany’s luck lies in its different strategies in Europe, Britain, the United States and France. Germany still has some room to play. Just look at it, Japan will find it difficult sooner or later.”

Japan dare to disobey the United States?Financial loopholes were secretly discovered, and Japan quietly accumulated a little gold. Japan can do things in this category, but if it is to go further and realize its national power, it depends on how far the United States can allow it.

In fact, Japan has really tried its best to break away from the development path set by the United States. Many industries developed by a certain big country in the 21st century have been tried by Japan, and even achieved with the power of the whole country, but they were stopped by the United States at a critical moment.

It can be said that all technologies that can be transformed into strategic capabilities have been developed by Japan. Aviation engines, rocket engines, self-developed missiles, self-developed fighter jets, chips, hydrogen fuel, and large passenger aircraft have either been stopped or contained, and they have been contained. If not, replace the standard directly.Hydrogen fuel Japan is doing well, and the United States will directly change the track.

Now Allen Wilson is just using Malaya and Japan to carry out fixed-point sniping. When Japan really has technical strength and wants to improve, it will not be his turn to worry about Japan. The United States will tell the Japanese what is professional. Nothing comes in vain, the United States will not open its market indefinitely to feed Japan.

In fact, Allen Wilson really wants to understand one thing now, how much capacity is left in the so-called huge market in the United States.

If the capacity has peaked, it may be more difficult for South Korea to develop than the original history. If the market capacity remains the same, where is South Korea's position when Malaya and Japan compete for the market?

"Find an opportunity to talk to the emirates in the Persian Gulf and settle the matter of the food company. Then we can consider allowing the emirates of Qatar and Dubai to achieve nominal independence." Alan Wilson stretched his waist, "Retain the military base To maintain the circulation of the British pound, the UK can ignore other matters."

"Understood, do I count as dedicating myself to the supreme authority?" Pamela Mountbatten's phoenix eyes glanced, connoting the secretary-general of the cabinet who only spoke but did not work.

"Actually, I still have an aerospace project that I want to talk to you about." Alan Wilson stretched out his hand and squeezed his wife's little hand. The devotion to supreme authority can be demonstrated with practical actions.

Financial operations are naturally promoted by professionals. Alan Wilson's biggest goal at present is to promote the service of Typhoon and create public opinion to protect the face of British aviation power by using the news that Typhoon fighter is the first third-generation fighter jet to serve.

The news that the UK is about to enter service with its first third-generation fighter jet will certainly attract the attention of enemies and suspicious allies alike, but if public opinion is not created, a sleazy Labor government may slow down the emergence of classics.

Let the United States be content. If Alan Wilson didn't remember, even the F18 carrier-based aircraft wanted to clone it. Now it is waiting for the technology accumulation on Typhoon to be used in the Royal Navy.

He also spared time to check the progress of the composite armor. Alan Wilson didn't know to what extent the composite armor was considered qualified. Anyway, the scientists of the research institute thought it was not qualified. Warsaw Pact and NATO's armor power has always been useless, and it has always been at the bottom, so there is no need to rush to work hard.

Then I plunged into the achievements of semiconductors, not about riding a rocket with my sister-in-law, but actually visiting the staged achievements of semiconductor development. Computers have developed to the third generation.

Integrated circuit computer, the logical components of the computer adopt medium and small-scale integrated circuits; use semiconductor storage devices instead of magnetic core memory, adopt assembly line, multi-program and parallel processing technology; software is gradually improved, time-sharing operating system, conversational language, etc. A high-level language, proposed modular and structured programming.

At the same time as the development of mainframes, "minicomputers" began to appear; the variety of computers began to diversify and serialize, and the application fields continued to expand.

The main features are smaller size, fast speed, high precision, powerful functions, and further reduction in computer costs; the software is developing towards serialization and diversification.

"It's still inconvenient. It's unrealistic to use this size for home office." Alan Wilson shook his head in front of Turing, and said to the father of computers in front of him, "This batch of computers still can't meet our standards, but It can be used for export, while continuing to update technology, I think this batch of computers can be exported to engineering departments in Malaya, Xiangjiang, and the Middle East.”

"Don't you need it locally?" Turing was a little disappointed. He has been bothering about semiconductors, and of course he still wants to serve the UK, not for other reasons.

"My friend, you know that after the camera appeared, the world's painting schools began to lean towards abstract style. The emergence of a new thing may subvert everything that is currently known." Alan Wilson made an analogy, when the camera appeared In the past, the painting in Europe also tended to be realistic, and the poverty of Van Gogh was an obvious example.

When Picasso appeared, the Western painting school had turned to abstraction because of the appearance of the camera. You can’t compare with the shutter of a camera in realism, so you have to change the track. The era has made Picasso famous.

Obviously, the current batch of one-man-tall computers are not unusable, but they can only be used in various universities and government departments. Local promotion, because the size of computers under Moore's Law is obviously irrelevant to these one-person-high computers.

Now the most cutting-edge computers may fall behind in two years. Alan Wilson thought for a while and said, "I will let Xiangjiang and Malaya place an order to buy this batch of computers for public services. As for the local area, Let’s use a typewriter first. By the way, a batch can be sent to Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister will definitely agree, and I can fight for this expense.”

"Okay, what you said makes sense." Turing nodded, "But it always sounds weird that the most advanced computer is used in other places first."

"It's more than weird. Let the public know that they may think I know Hui, but in fact the public understands Moore's Law." Alan Wilson grinned. People in all countries are the same on this point, just want to If you want to take advantage and not suffer, you don't want to think about why you want to do this.

The so-called public domain naturally includes all areas of public service. The obvious one is medical treatment, which can be used in surgery, especially head surgery. In the past, visual surgery was bloody and difficult to deal with.

It requires flipping a large chunk of the skull open, exposing the brain directly.The doctor first needs to find the mark on the surface of the brain, and then place his electrodes inside the brain.If the electrodes were placed deep, he would occasionally cut open the brain with a knife before inserting the electrodes into the ventricles.

These are complex processes that cannot be sloppy.The operation was long and arduous, and the patients never had a satisfactory cooperation.

Now, computers have changed all that.It enables you to precisely determine position in three-dimensional space.Initially, researchers in the Neuropsychiatry Laboratory and others in the field attempted to link the location of the ventricles to the structure of the skull.They locate the surgical site through the orbit, ear canal, and sagittal suture.

This of course doesn't work, people's brains don't grow in the same fixed place in the head.The only way to determine which brain location lies deep is in relation to other brain locations—and the logical landmarks are the ventricles, the fluid-filled spaces inside the brain.According to this new system, everything was determined to be connected to the ventricles.

It is best not to let the British citizens know about this, otherwise the local citizens find that the surgical techniques they enjoy are not as good as those in the colonies, and Whitehall will definitely find it difficult to explain.

On TV, Harold Wilson is impassioned in the House of Commons, explaining the significance of currency reform, converting the British pound into a decimal system, and the current British pound is equal to twenty shillings; and one shilling is equal to twelve pence.In other words, one pound equals 240 pence.

Coins are divided into: quarterpence, halfpence, onepence, threepence, sixpence, one shilling, two shillings, half crown, which is two shillings and sixpence, one crown and fivepence.

The last time coins were minted was in [-]. In fact, most of the coins have been out of circulation. Only three pence and six pence are left to hinder the decimal reform of the British pound. When the circulation of small currencies is stopped, the British pound can already start the decimal system. Reformed.

"The Ministry of Finance said that this reform will promote the regulation of British imports and exports." Alan Wilson said to his wife, "In fact, there is still a plan to devalue the pound, but we haven't communicated well yet. After all, we also have to prevent the United States from being After the run on gold, the pound was pulled into the water. Although the oversupply of the pound is not comparable to that of the dollar, it is always right to be careful.”

"Using currency reform to promote devaluation, I have finally told the citizens in advance. Once the devaluation is announced at that time, I believe the citizens also have certain psychological expectations." Pamela Mountbatten nodded, "But it depends on the US dollar in the next two years. Performance."

The first thousand and 370 nine chapters of the dollar crisis

"The U.S. dollar is still quite strong, but the monetary policy based on the gold standard is enough to make the United States fail. In fact, we all know that the U.S. dollar will fail sooner or later. It is not what we want to do to the United States now. In this way, it is nothing more than getting the last fortune."

While the Bretton Woods system allowed the United States to take advantage, it also restricted the United States. In fact, compared with the petrodollar, this is quite conscientious.There is no reason why Yingde can't win if they act together.

Pamela Mountbatten nodded. This time, Britain prepared a large amount of US treasury bonds and Federal Reserve bills to block the financing channels of the United States.As for Germany, Germany's economic strength is far stronger than that of France. If the two countries join hands, the dollar bonds will be under unprecedented pressure to realize cash.

"It has nothing to do with me, you are the professionals." Alan Wilson yawned, "I still care about how to serve the public. I wish you and Germany both get what you want."

The foreign debt of the United States has far exceeded the value of the gold reserves of the United States today. This is the result of the Vietnam War. Such an unbalanced ratio actually only lacks the first person to shoot.

It's just that France was a little too hasty and underestimated the fragility of the dollar too much, but more than two years later, everything is different again.

When a billion-dollar sell order appeared in the market, it marked the official start of the dollar crisis this time. After France was pushed down, challengers appeared again in the financial market.The European market suddenly became dark and turbulent, and signs of a run on gold for value preservation have already appeared.

The U.S. dollar reserves held by the governments of various countries can replace the U.S. gold reserves, so when the U.S. economy goes wrong, countries will sell U.S. dollars one after another to obtain gold. This is a double or even multiple blow to the U.S. economy.

After many efforts, the Ministry of National Defense finally came up with a report on the evaluation of Typhoon fighter jets. In the report, it believed that the order of 450 million pounds was within the acceptable range.

As the secretary-general of the cabinet, Allen Wilson naturally wanted to avoid suspicion. He could not directly inquire about the Air Force's orders. After all, the manufacturer belonged to Pamela Mountbatten's industry.

The supreme authority can't do this kind of thing, so Ma Jinsi told the news to the richest woman, so that it has nothing to do with him.

This kind of deception is useless, but it must be done. The purchase price is quite high. One of the army's bidding for new tanks is that the unit price cannot exceed 100 million pounds, although it is no longer the period of World War II. When tanks are more expensive than fighter jets, it can also be seen from the current purchasing power of the pound.

This unit price is still three times that of the Soviet MiG-23. After all, the British pound is a strong currency. The cost of manufacturing in the UK is here, and it cannot be as high as the Soviet Union. The unit price of 450 million pounds also exceeds Alan Wilson's memory. The cost of the newly released f16.

"This unit price is actually okay. In the eyes of countries with manufacturing capabilities, such things as arms are far less valuable than people imagine." Alan Wilson persuaded his wife that if everything goes well, they should not take too much from the British government. It's cheap, you have to know how to accept it when you see it.

The fundamental reason why the arms industry is considered a profiteering industry is that arms are not worth much at all, they are just expensive, and it is purely an industry of cutting leeks.

"If this is changed in the United States, I think 2000 million dollars is not too much, right?" Pamela Mountbatten looked at her husband angrily, "Don't you know how poor you are? You have to feed so many employees."

"Your military industry is positioned to protect other industries." Alan Wilson replied with a calm expression, "It's okay to mention other countries, but don't mention the United States. How many dollars has the United States issued? This run Although gold has just started, won’t the United States find opportunities to retaliate in the future? The country is the power to protect you, don’t think about competing with the country for profit.”

Pamela Mountbatten opened her eyes wide, stared at her husband for a long time, and then muttered in disbelief, "You are so noble, it's amazing, it gave me a new understanding of you."

"I'm doing it for your own good." Alan Wilson changed the subject, "Your military enterprises have been reorganized and all employees hold shares, and you won't get much if you sell it expensively. It's better to be a trusted weapon supplier. The air force has a large amount of equipment, so the logistics support still depends on you? Don’t always think about the unit price.”

Maybe in the next 40 years, Britain will rely on this fighter jet to support the scene. Isn't this much better than a one-shot deal?Alan Wilson also wanted to keep the purchase price down if possible.

"Hurry up and go to work!" Pamela Mountbatten pushed Alan Wilson. In the past few years, she found that her husband was more and more interested in letting her subsidize the country. What is this?Anti-Keynesianism?If the Keynesian economy is not good, the country will be on top, but if the country is in trouble, she will be on top? "I'm going to Hoxon Manor. I have some bankers to meet."

"Isn't it being renovated? Why do you want to go there? I hope those bankers are not too old, otherwise nothing will happen." Alan Wilson babbled like a gossip until he was pushed out of the room.

The Hawkson Manor is being renovated, and the door panels have just been painted. The pattern of the paint is completely imitated according to the grain and unevenness of the wood. The imitation is so similar that it is almost impossible to distinguish.Judging from the knock on the door just now, there was no doubt that under the bewildering paint, it was indeed a wooden door.As tall as a man, two round knots are painted side by side,

Much like two large eyes—more precisely, a pair of glasses.These two circular tree knots are drawn with fine detail, which is not usually drawn so finely in this kind of fine art; but the painting technique is realistic though.

These two round tree knots have too perfect lines to exist in objective reality; and because the images of these two round knots are too harmonious, as if accidental phenomena must obey laws, they appear It is man-made.

It is, however, rather difficult to prove the apparent impossibility of such an image in nature by extracting individual details from the whole drawing.

"The actions of some British bankers are subverting the special relationship between Britain and the United States." Before resigning from office, Donald still decided to stand for the last shift and protested to a small group of British bankers who ran on gold. He believed that the British government should consider Think of ways to.

"Of course, we resolutely defend the special relationship between Britain and the United States." Alan Wilson assured with a blank expression, "Personally, I will do everything possible to maintain the unity between Britain and the United States."

The matter is naturally impossible, but the promise must be given. Alan Wilson suddenly asked in a low voice, "I heard that some veterans affected by Agent Orange hope to receive government compensation? Is there such a thing?"

"Sir Wilson." Donald seemed to be knocking on the table. He came to protest, not to explain the difficulties facing the United States. "The president will take care of this matter."

"That's good, you're making trouble with tanks? Don't be polite." Alan Wilson said solemnly, "It's not like you haven't done it before. Isn't MacArthur an expert?"

The report on Agent Orange really made India stand out during this period. As big as India’s limelight, the United States will be ashamed. Nixon is a very face-saving person, otherwise he would not have debated with Khrushchev. Now the United States uses chemical orange. The drug produced a large number of deformed children, and also affected many soldiers. It can be said to be quite embarrassing, which must have made Nixon very uncomfortable.

After Donald left, Alan Wilson picked up the microphone and asked the Permanent Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance to come. When Frank came to the office of the cabinet secretary, he heard the complaint from the supreme authority, "Let me find a way? I can think of a way, maybe Americans think my head is worth 100 billion, even if I cut off my head, it will not prevent the dollar crisis from happening.”

"The Americans may also feel the signs of the outbreak of the dollar crisis, so they hope that we will find a way." Frank smiled wryly, "But this is really beyond our capabilities."

"Even if we can control the UK, can we control other European countries?" Alan Wilson pouted, "As for the result, I believe everyone can see it in two months at most."

The first U.S. bond to sell is like a ripple in a pond. Its appearance makes the pond no longer calm. Sometimes facing the towering snow-capped mountains, just shouting can cause the world to collapse. The U.S. hopes to avoid the U.S. dollar The hope of the crisis was finally shattered by the cruel reality.

After two years, the gold trading market has once again become the busiest place. As the largest gold trading market in Europe, London's financial status is unquestionable. The United States actually has gold in the UK to support gold trading. In the year when they ran on gold, they also attacked the London gold trading market.

But this time, the trading volume of the London gold trading market quickly exceeded the usual trading volume. The next day, the gold trading doubled again, and at the same time, the bonds of various countries also flew like snowflakes.

Unlike two years ago, this time the United Kingdom itself was the main force running gold. The gold stored in London by the United States had been exchanged in a few days. Then this wave of dollars crossed the Atlantic Ocean and rushed towards the core countries of the Bretton Woods system. go.

The selling orders of US dollar bonds have already reached tens of billions, making the entire Federal Reserve panic. Compared with the run on the US dollar initiated by France two years ago, this time the US dollar crisis is more like a tsunami. No one knows the huge amount of US dollar bonds. Behind the scenes, how many countries' banks are involved.

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According to the usual response, the first step is to raise funds to fight this run. First, we declare that nothing happened.

The emergence of the US dollar crisis must not be known to the citizens at the beginning, otherwise it will cause panic, and once it spreads to all parts of the world, it will only make the US dollar crisis more unstoppable.

"Once the gold reserves increase, will there be appreciation pressure on the British pound? You must know that our British gold reserves also have more than 5000 tons. If this time the results are good, there may be old events in the franc two years ago, and the appreciation pressure will increase. trade pressure."

Alan Wilson does not think that spending a sum of gold is a good thing with no harm. Everything has two sides. The problems caused by the appreciation of the franc in France are not far away in the past.

Currency appreciation is related to many things, such as industrial scale, industrial quality, gold reserves, and even political stability. The situation in the UK is good now, but it is still necessary to prevent it. The Ministry of Finance discussed the depreciation of the pound before. If the run this time forces the United States to bow its head, pressure for appreciation will come.

"According to Keynesianism, once the private demand is not strong, the country should take the lead. If the appreciation of the pound leads to a decline in the competitiveness of British products, maybe we should formulate some plans." Frank nodded slightly, which was also the consensus of the post-war economics circle.

"Keynesianism!" Alan Wilson pondered for a while, "There are two paths between foreign investment and industrial production. It seems that we can think about it and invest more in the military industry."

In fact, during the period of Harold Wilson in history, Britain faced the pressure of depreciation. What is the response plan of the Labor Party government?Nationalization, currency devaluation, military spending cuts, etc.And if there is pressure on the appreciation of the pound, for example, to find a way to resolve it, Alan Wilson is ignorant and unfortunately thinks of an arms race.

In other words, when the United Kingdom excludes Malaya, as well as Rhodesia, which is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, and Newfoundland, which is dominated by the gaming industry, its mainland is equivalent to a quarter of the level of a superpower, and counting the pound sterling area Then there is one-third of the influence of a superpower. The specific data cannot be calculated by simple addition and subtraction, but the foundation is still very good.

"The Royal Navy needs to upgrade its auxiliary ships, the Royal Air Force needs a new generation of fighter jets, and the Chieftain tank is also struggling to face the Warsaw Pact armored cluster." Alan Wilson tilted his head and asked, "How about investing in the military industry to relieve the pressure of appreciation? Maybe Let’s do this first, and then there will be a turnaround.”

"Looking at it now, Bangladesh should really intervene and invest to relieve the pressure of appreciation." Alan Wilson thought about it and felt that the third India-Pakistan war could also be an opportunity. It is a good thing that 6000 million Bangladeshis are included in the sphere of British influence.

During the period of British India, the Kolkata industrial area was the textile center of the British Empire. In the 21st century, Bangladesh still relies on the textile industry for food.

It’s very simple. The industrial revolution started with the textile industry. The textile industry is not difficult for any country to get started. The start-up cutoffs of late-developing countries will choose the textile industry, such as Japan, South Korea, a certain big country, and Vietnam.

For example, Bangladesh relied on the textile industry in the 21th century, and the [-]st century is also a place where the textile industry is located. The category of full stomach.

Even in the current Kingdom of Egypt, the development of import substitution is centered on the textile industry. It is a labor-intensive industry. The demand is large and eliminated quickly, and it is an excellent industry for employment.

Generally, the most direct consequence of participating in a war is the hostility of the local people, but if it is a war between India and Pakistan, first of all, the Bengalis on the Indian side and East Pakistan are not of the same religion, while the Pakistani government forces are of the same religion but suppress the national consciousness of the Bengalis , the Bangladeshis of these two countries will certainly not have much favor.

This reduces the risk of the United Kingdom picking peaches to almost nothing, and there will be no scenes of the United States in Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan.

To offend the local residents, India has finished replacing the UK with Pakistan. The UK only needs to intervene as a mighty and civilized teacher. Of course, this must first be guaranteed, and India must be frightened and let it Don't act rashly.

Nixon made an overseas call to Harold Wilson, hoping that Harold Wilson, in the name of prime minister, would play an important role in maintaining the international financial order, for example, taking out Britain's gold reserves.

Harold Wilson attached great importance to the request of the President of the United States, and specially invited the Secretary of the Exchequer James Callahan to discuss this matter, "Once the gold reserves are used to help the United States, it will bring inflation."

The currencies of all countries are linked to gold. Once the UK releases its gold reserves, this may not be a problem of the dollar, but a problem of the dollar and the pound.

Alan Wilson arrived later, and after listening to the discussion between the No. [-] and No. [-] figures in the UK, he said with a look of embarrassment on his face, "We don't know who we are facing. In fact, many British banks have participated in this run. , even if we stop the banks from doing that, we can't stop the Germans, the Swiss, the Belgians, the Austrians, the Dutch, etc."

To be honest, in the era of Bretton Woods, European countries still had the ability to resist the United States, and France alone could make the United States very uncomfortable.Not to mention that Germany has driven far more countries than France. If Britain must stand firmly by the United States?It's nothing more than one more corpse...

"To be honest, no one can have such prestige and can stop the banks of various countries at this time." Alan Wilson said with a wry smile, "This is a flow of tens of billions or hundreds of billions of funds. Anyone who stands in the way, regardless of Whether it's the president or the prime minister, it will be easily crushed."

Alan Wilson can't do anything about it. He wants to tell the participants in the UK to stop now. There are policemen outside, and they may be shot in the back, and this is not the problem of the UK itself, but also other European countries.

"We can't stop anything, but if we try to stop it and fail in the end, we can still do it." Alan Wilson thought about it, "For example, the Prime Minister made a speech in the House of Commons that noticed the overheating of the economy. It means that the government is ready for the battle."

Ha Zhongtang can do this now, anyway, he is usually regarded as a Soviet spy in the eyes of many people, so don't even think about maintaining the special relationship between Britain and the United States at this time.

Can the less than 200 billion gold reserves in the United States withstand the next large sell-off orders?

The potential sale of bonds, not to mention the UK, even if the gold that has been mined all over the world is added together, it is impossible to achieve balance. Anyone who thinks that the UK can stop anything is a traitor.

But one day later, Washington notified the news that US Secretary of State Kissinger was going to visit London, expressing that the US hoped that the UK's IQ would not be online.

"What is this? Is the U.S. military retreating to fire flares on the British positions?" Alan Wilson muttered after hearing the briefing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but even so, he could not delay his get off work.

The current situation is very clear. This time the US dollar crisis cannot be prevented by the forces on the earth, and the prevention is [-]% buried with it.

"What promises can Kissinger bring this time?" Pamela Mountbatten was puzzled, but since Kissinger was going to come, he would definitely set out conditions.

"Maybe it's a blank check for Britain and the United States to jointly control the world's financial order." Alan Wilson pouted. "The Bretton Woods system has its own problems. Could it be possible that the United States can maintain it by giving some power? It is nothing more than two more years. This A realist secretary of state, while full of tricks, is not invincible."