Due to the urgent time, Takahashi Shiqian himself had no time to come to the United States, but the MacDonald Consortium also had a lot of business in Europe, so naturally there were many institutions. For example, regarding financial matters, Katherine McDonald's relatives have been acting as agents of the MacDonald Consortium in Europe.

So Takahashi directly found Catherine's nephew Paul and made a request to entrust the issuance of new government bonds.

"This is not easy to deal with. Mr. Takahashi. You know, your army has been very worried on the battlefield recently." Paul said with a frown. "Now everyone is worried that if the Russians transport more poisonous gas bombs to the Far East, the ** team may collapse quickly. So at this time, it is really a risky thing to buy your country's national debt. And the conditions given by your country are not enough to let us take such risks. To be honest, if a week earlier, when your country's situation is very good, a 4.5% interest rate would be enough, but now, such an interest rate is completely impossible. I think Mr. Takahashi, you should understand this too."

"Yes," Takahashi said helplessly, "we are willing to raise interest rates to a higher level. How about seven percent interest rates?"

Nowadays, the first urgent thing is to purchase a large number of gas masks, as well as more other weapons and equipment, as well as other things necessary to support the war. For this reason, the domestic government has even increased the number of government bonds issued again. Now, Takahashi has sold at least 300 million yen of government bonds, and the sales proceeds must be purchased immediately into urgently needed materials and sent back to Japan as quickly as possible. Especially gas masks, they must be purchased at the fastest speed and transported at the fastest speed. They must be transported before the Russians obtain new poison gas bombs.

Regarding the source of the Russian gas bombs, there is a piece of news that misleads the Japanese. It is that earlier, the Russians built a not-sized pesticide factory near St. Petersburg. The pesticide factory is of course used for civil use, but almost everyone knows its relationship with chemical weapons. Although the factory has not yet been officially put into production, it is said that the factory still has many technical defects, such as the supporting other things that are not perfect, and many raw materials used to produce pesticides need to be imported from abroad. With the influence of these factors, it is estimated that even if the factory is put into production normally, the pesticides produced will be difficult to be competitive.

It is also a judgment that anyone who has a little understanding of the market can make. Since this factory cannot make money by pesticides, but someone must build it, the purpose of building it is likely not so simple. Therefore, after being attacked by chemical weapons, the Japanese immediately made a judgment that this pesticide factory is actually a chemical weapons factory, and the chemical weapons that attack the Japanese army came from here. The factory has not been fully put into production, so the chemical weapons in the hands of the Russian army should be very limited. Otherwise, in the previous battle, the Russians could rely on this to completely break the siege of the Third Army on Lushun, and even defeat the entire Third Army in turn.

But at this time, you can understand with your heels that the Russians will definitely produce these things at all costs and transport them to the front line as quickly as possible. So, if you can't hurry up,

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) In front of the Russians, sending the gas mask to the soldiers on the front line, the battlefield may collapse at any time. In fact, a few days ago, something happened that caused the Japanese soldiers to misjudgment and almost collapsed because the Russian army used smoke bombs.

There is another damn rule in the market economy, that is, when something is, the more urgently needed, the more it is, the more expensive it is. At first, Takahashi found the British and hoped to buy gas masks from the British. After all, in this world, the British people who have the most experience in using poison gas on a large scale are the British. Therefore, there are many gas masks ready-made in the British team. In the eyes of the Japanese, Britain and Japan are allies, and Japan is also fighting against Russia now to safeguard the interests of the British, so it should be easy to buy some second-hand gas masks from the British.

The British did agree, but the British offered this batch of gas masks a sky-high price, which was even more expensive than the brand new gas masks. Of course, there was a reason for the British to do this, because it required them to collect the distributed gas masks from the troops, which increased a lot of costs.

Ordering new gas masks? None of them will increase the price, and most of them are too late to go in time. So, although they were cut by their allies, Takahashi decided to grit their teeth and admit it. However, to buy these things, money is a big problem. Due to setbacks on the battlefield, the difficulty of borrowing money has increased again. Even if the interest rate is raised to 7%. There are very few companies willing to sell Japanese government bonds. If you can't get money, it is almost equivalent to the failure of the war.

"Seven percent interest rate?" Paul smiled. "You must know that interest rates are not important now. What is important is that we need reliable collateral. Otherwise, if your country is defeated and cannot afford money, can we still pull the Japanese people out to pay off the debt like they were selling slaves back then? We are willing to help your country, but we also need to ensure the safety of our funds. Therefore, we need some reliable collateral."

"What is the reliable collateral you are talking about?" Takahashi asked, his heart full of bitterness. If it weren't for the damn army's red deer, the Japanese Empire is now in a difficult situation. If we cannot get the money as soon as possible and prepare gas masks for the soldiers as soon as possible, the war may collapse. At that time, not only will the entire Manchuria be lost, but the Korean Peninsula will also be lost. Considering the strategic location of the Korean Peninsula, once the Korean Peninsula falls into the hands of the Russians, it will be a nightmare for Japan. It can even be said that once this battle fails, Japan has been restored since the Meiji Restoration.

The national fortune you have obtained is about to end completely. Originally, at this big dining table in the world, I was qualified to be a diner who stood by and had something to eat. Although I could not compare with those gluttons who could sit there and have a feast, I was considered a carnivore at least. If I continued to work hard, I might have my own chair. But if I failed this battle, I would not even be able to keep the chairs next to the dining table. Even if I was not well done, I would be thrown on the table and become a delicious meal for the gluttons. Compared with such a terrible prospect, any concession is acceptable.

“In Japan, including Taiwan and North Korea

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) The right to prospect and mine minerals on the Fen Peninsula, or to use Japanese tariffs as collateral. In addition, the money we get from us can only be used to purchase items designated by the MacDonald Consortium. You know, it is not easy for us to accept the mortgage of prospecting and mining rights on the Korean Peninsula, because in a period of defeat, those places belong to the Russians." Paul said.

"Okay, we can discuss this. But sir, we must order a batch of gas masks as quickly as possible. If we can only order products specified by McDonald, how long will McDonald deliver them?" Takahashi knew that the time was urgent and he had to solve those imminent problems immediately. As for the loss in business, he could only forget it after the national fortune was covered.

"McDonald built a rubber treatment factory in the Philippines, using labor from China and local resources to produce some rubber products. Mr. Takahashi, you should also know that gas masks are actually not technically difficult, but they only require a lot of rubber. Therefore, the production of MacDonald's gas masks was transferred to the Philippines a year ago." Paul explained, "I think they may have some inventory there. In addition, transporting from the Philippines to Japan can save too much time than transporting from Europe. So if the demand is about 10,000 pieces, even if the order is now, the time to ship to Japan will be faster than shipping from Europe. What's more, you can adjust the inventory first. In the present time, it is life and death. I think Mr. Takahashi, you should understand."

"I understand." Takahashi breathed and asked again, "How much stock is there to ship immediately?"

"As far as I know," Paul said, "the Valley Coal Company ordered us about two thousand gas masks for underground operations with high gas. If you need it, we can give these to you first. But for this, you need to pay the part of the liquidated damages that we have to pay for the delayed delivery to us. I think this is a very reasonable requirement, what do you think?"

Takahashi smiled unnaturally and replied, "It's true." But Takahashi knew that the so-called "Guiji Coal Company" should not have too close relationship with the MacDonald Consortium, and even, this company is simply the holding company where McDonald turns. But now the time is urgent, Takahashi really can't spend time bargaining at this time. If these gas masks are transported to the battlefield one day earlier, the situation will stabilize one day earlier. And Valley Coal will order

With so many gas masks, Takahashi has some bad associations. The main mines of Xigu Coal are in the Philippines, and the workers are mainly native to the Philippines. According to reason, American mine owners do not care how many Filipinos died underground. Changing workers is much cheaper than equiping gas masks. Could it be that these Americans have long known about the chemical weapons in the hands of Russians? Or, which Russian pesticide factory's technology actually comes from these Americans?

"We know that because of your country, the market price of gas masks has risen a lot now. But since we are old friends, we are still willing to give your country a more reasonable price. I think that 10% off the current market price should be very good at expressing our sincerity." Paul said with a smile.
Chapter completed!