"As the first ambassador to China, John's work was quite hard. He worked non-stop after he took office. Now we also understand some situations. In terms of scale, since 1949, they have achieved

It is undeniable that China has made great progress. Of course, once the market is opened, nothing will be left, which can be understood as a weaker Soviet Union in all aspects."

The ability of a certain big country to collect data has begun to show its impressiveness. Of course, it cannot be compared with the Soviet Union, which was the best at collecting data in this era. But from all aspects, it has definitely broken away from the category of a weak country. It can even be said that if during the war,

, that is also a resounding existence.

Its weaknesses are the same as those of the Soviet Union. No one dares to underestimate the total number. If it really opens up to competition, there will be no place to die. The total number in various fields can be equal to that of the UK, but the UK only has a population of 50 million, while a large country

The scale of industry has to cope with a population of 860 million, maybe 900 million next year or next year.

Alan Wilson raised the diplomatic document in his hand and said, "I made a prediction. They are now extremely short of foreign exchange, just like Europe was short of dollars after the war. Gentlemen, do you know what this means? Do you know? What will happen to the pound?

What does it mean?"

Is it the same as the lack of U.S. dollars in Europe after the war? This premise itself is a reminder. In fact, in the first ten years of the Bretton Woods system, European countries faced a U.S. dollar shortage.

The super-issuance of the U.S. dollar only happened in the 1960s. During the dollar shortage period, citizens of various European countries worked desperately to earn foreign exchange.

Of course, Britain and France are some exceptions. Although the two countries are also collecting U.S. dollars, they are mainly busy with their own affairs. France is doing it. Alan Wilson on the British side was exhausting his life's memory at that time, looking for natural resources from all over the world.

Backed by the pound sterling, scraping land in the colonies was also part of the rapid realization.

For other countries, nothing can be gained by scraping off colonies. Moreover, the sun never sets on all countries. The British can scrape off the territory and make the colonies independent, while other countries will scrap their colonies once and then disappear.

So countries naturally work hard to get rich for the sake of US dollars and foreign exchange. Is this kind of European-American relationship fair? That is naturally unfair, but at that time, sweatshops are needed.

As the number of European dollars increases, there is no shortage of dollars in the market. Only when Europe holds dollars does it begin to do something about the Bretton Woods system.

The trade deficit that lasted for more than ten years after the reform and opening up was actually similar to the dollar shortage period in Europe after the war. From a trade perspective, it was a loss, but in order to keep the economy running, we had to endure this unfair situation.

Regarding trade, only when there is no shortage of dollars can we have time to think about whether to do something.

Judging from the time, most of the dividends of unfair trade that lasted for more than ten years after the opening up should have been eaten by Japan. Why did Japan?

"Secretary General, now that Nixon is visiting China, the political obstacle has been lifted." Wick has now been appointed as the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is also the Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary.

Now he is the number two person in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he will become the Permanent Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the next step. The joy of promotion has not completely dissipated. After understanding the meaning of supreme authority, Wick directly puffed up his chest proudly and became a good person.

Gentlemen, don't let the diplomatic conference turn into a stand-up comedy. Even the supreme authority cannot say everything by itself.

Alan Wilson gave an approving look and said, "Yes, the biggest obstacle is gone. So based on the experience of post-war Europe and the assessment sent by John, from a respectful perspective, I regard them as war fighters."

In the future Europe, there will be trade dividends for at least ten years. Calculated on an industrial scale, the value of the pound will be more stable. Everyone knows that the pound, as a recognized strong currency in the world, is not conducive to exports but conducive to imports."

"Faced with the squeeze on the US dollar, we worked hard and with a little luck, we finally managed to maintain the dignity of the British Empire. Even now, with the scale of British industry plus Malaya, it is very difficult to support the circulation of the pound area.

"

But if you add a big country, this is not a problem. Alan Wilson knows that sooner or later a big country will feel that it is not fair to work hard in exchange for a pile of foreign exchange. In the long run, that is also a problem, but tomorrow I may

He has eaten enough, so he won’t eat today? That will be a matter for the future. He wants to live a good day.

"This year and even in the next few years, we have the following goals: maintaining the current circulation of pounds based on Bangladesh's demand, and cracking down on smuggling after Nixon's visit to China. We have allowed smuggling in Hong Kong for many years, and now we should collect some taxes.

.Then waiting for the start of free trade. I hope both goals can succeed, at least one, but we can’t both fail anyway.”

Alan Wilson once again put on his chin with his fingers crossed, "The potential competitor is Japan. Our advantage is that Malaya is not far away in absolute terms. Xiangjiang is even more important. The political obstacles are already there."

Lifting it is the time to comprehensively promote economic and trade relations, allowing MacLehose to fully promote entrepot trade, with this goal as the core."

"There are also many things that cannot be said directly, but should be done, that is, some restrictions should be lifted from the Paris Coordinating Committee's list. Of course, it should not be too obvious."

Currently, the Bretton Woods system exists in name only. It is just short of a formal meeting to say goodbye to the system. The UK must find the next anchor for the liquidity of the pound.

Whitehall has decided that from the perspective of productivity, Europe is not good anyway. The UK cannot let any European country endorse itself. Japan’s productivity is sufficient, but it is the exclusive territory of the United States. This is actually a choice.

If you don’t choose a certain big country, who should you choose?

After the meeting, Alan Wilson went to the Treasury, and after discussing it with Frank, he went to No. 10 Downing Street to find the Prime Minister, explaining the latest research results of Whitehall and the fact that the potential enemy in economic and trade is Japan.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Looking at it this way, should I visit after Nixon?" After listening to this, Harold Wilson said very solemnly, "You also know the significance of economic and trade relations.

That’s very clear.”

"Really? Don't be so anxious. We are not yet sure whether the U.S. policy is coherent. After all, there is some news that Nixon's running mate this time is Rockefeller. In this way, I will talk to the royal family. If Prince Charles can do something for the United Kingdom

Contribution? He should also make some contribution."

Alan Wilson put forward his own suggestions, and the Prime Minister nodded in agreement. Indeed, it was not known whether Nixon would be affected by the major adjustments in international relations, and it would be inappropriate for him to be so anxious.

It is difficult for the Cabinet Secretary to directly ask about this matter, but doesn’t he have a good wife? Pamela Mountbatten has such a relationship to discuss with the royal family. If it is rejected, it is better for the Crown Prince to be embarrassed than for the Prime Minister to be embarrassed in the end.

The impact will be smaller when traveling.

"He doesn't have to do anything, just go there, and the cabinet doesn't expect that big baboon to be able to negotiate anything. Even if Nixon visits China, we have to show that we are a country on the same level as the United States." Alan Wilson, who returned home, said

Immediately begin to unswervingly implement the instructions of the cabinet, especially the Prime Minister.

"You treat Charles completely as a tool." Pamela Mountbatten curled her lips and pointed out her husband's subtle shortcomings.

"Without me, the House of Lords is just a decoration." Alan Wilson puffed up his chest proudly. The House of Lords faced the pressure of the House of Commons, which was the root cause of the aristocracy's retreat in the face of the new capitalists in the development of Britain.

It's a question of economic strength.

Now that the nobles in the House of Lords have reversed the balance of economic strength, they dare not say that they will counterattack, and they cannot retreat while having their sausages sliced ​​into pieces.

At this point, I dare not say that Alan Wilson was a great benefactor to the British aristocracy, but using other words to describe it is not enough to summarize one ten thousandth of his contribution to the aristocracy.

Crown Prince Charles's trip took place several months later. Due to space limitations, it cannot be explained clearly. At the same time as the Crown Prince's visit, Alan Wilson was at the Royal Armored Research Institute in Chobham.

During the long-term research process, Royal Armor researchers discovered that oxide ceramics have high hardness and wear resistance, high compressive strength and excellent ballistic properties under high stress. They also realized that the ballistic resistance mechanisms of ceramics and metals have great differences.

The difference is that metal absorbs the kinetic energy of the projectile due to plastic deformation.

Ceramics absorb the kinetic energy of projectiles due to their rupture. In a series of studies and experiments, it was found that many performance indicators of oxide ceramics have a great impact on the defense effect, such as density, porosity, hardness,

Fracture toughness, Young's modulus, sound velocity, mechanical strength, etc.

"It seems that our armor force should also be updated." Alan Wilson commented with a smile. There has always been a quality gap between Western tanks and Soviet tanks.

It's fine if we have a numerical advantage. The numerical advantage belongs to others. Now we have finally broken the situation in a phased manner.

That night, after leaving the Watergate Building, a staff member at the headquarters of the United States Democratic Party accidentally looked back at his office. He was surprised to find that there were several light beams shaking in the office where the lights had been turned off.

The colleagues had already left, so who came into the office again, without turning on the lights, but using a flashlight to shine everywhere? He immediately returned to the Watergate Building and told the security guards about the suspicion. The security guards immediately searched the relevant rooms.

Five men wearing surgical gloves and acting suspiciously were caught.

One of them, James McCord, claimed to be a former CIA employee. In fact, he was the chief security adviser to the Nixon Presidential Re-election Committee and was ordered to install eavesdropping equipment at the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate Building.

"Brother Shen!"

"Um!"

When Shen Changqing walks on the road and meets familiar people, he will say hello or nod to each other.

But no matter who it is.

There is no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they are indifferent to everything.

Regarding this.

Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of Daqin.

The main duty is to kill monsters and monsters, but of course there are also some other side jobs.

It can be said.

Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.

The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.

Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.

Anyone who enters the Demon Slayer Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.

Then he will be promoted step by step, and eventually he is expected to become a guardian envoy.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Department, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.

Possess the memory of the previous life.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.

Different from other places in the Demon Suppression Division that are full of chills, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppression Division.

At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.

Enter the attic.

The environment changes in vain.

The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, causing him to frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
Chapter completed!