Jiang Qiang is anxious about gold reserves in order to cope with the upcoming famous "Silver Act" of the United States. Because of this "Silver Act", the United States implemented a "gold, three, and one silver" monetary reserve policy, and the U.S. government purchased a large amount of silver, which caused The world silver price surged, and China was the third largest silver-standard country in the world at this time. A large amount of silver was outflowed, and the amount of currency in circulation was reduced. While the silver dollar appreciated, its purchasing power did not increase accordingly. At the same time, the United States purchased a large amount of silver. , causing the U.S. dollar to depreciate invisibly, the country's enterprises' export competitiveness increased significantly, and a large number of exports helped the U.S. economy rebound and get out of the Great Depression! This is an invisible war. China is both a silver-standard country and a A big country or a weak country is the loser!
Although the United States used this policy to revive its economy within a short period of time, in fact, they were also losers! A few U.S. financial institutions deeply involved in silver speculation, such as the U.S. silver interest groups and Citibank, once benefited greatly, but the U.S. fiscal A huge price has been paid for this. If other methods are used to create employment opportunities for workers in the silver industry, the cost will be much smaller. US-owned enterprises in China in the real economic sector have also fallen into a comprehensive depression, while US-owned enterprise executives and diplomats in China Officials generally blame the U.S. silver policy for this situation.
Even the benefits of the American Silver Group are only temporary. This greedy and short-sighted group tried to open up the Chinese market for American goods by raising silver prices and increase the use of silver. The result was that it destroyed China's long-term import capabilities and forced China, the largest The silver-using countries abolished the silver standard system that had lasted for nearly 400 years. China and the United States were both losers in the "Silver Purchase Act" crisis, and Japanese militarists were the only winners.
The Japanese were not only happy to see that the United States had greatly weakened the Nanjing government and shaken its fiscal and financial foundation, but also saw that the silver crisis had aroused strong anti-American thoughts in Chinese society, even among groups that had always been regarded as "pro-American" It is no exception, thereby weakening the United States' own East Asian diplomatic strategy and making huge profits from silver smuggling. Although Japan is increasingly aggressively challenging the interests of the United States and Britain in the Far East, and the United States objectively needs China to help them fight against Japan's challenge, but As China's economy tightens, the United States is doing everything possible to help Japan.
This is a bill that harms others and does not benefit oneself. It has caused heavy damage to China's economic and financial order. However, it also forced China to completely get rid of the silver standard. However, due to the lack of a strong government, although the silver standard was ended, the issuance of Although the issuance of legal tender currency has made a certain contribution to China's anti-Japanese cause, for a long time afterwards, gold and silver currency still remained It is a hard currency that circulates in the market! It was not until the founding of New China and the issuance of RMB that the chaotic financial order was truly effectively managed. But that was already twenty years later! The Japanese were attracted by the "silver" of the United States. Bill, wanton smuggling of silver and profit, this is not what the United States wants to see!
In fact, from the end of 2032 to the beginning of 2033, silver has fallen to an unimaginably low price. This is the time to buy silver at the bottom. If a large amount of silver can be imported at this time, and the Silver Act is implemented in the United States in the future, then it will be ruthless Make a fortune! The Japanese cannot take away this money like this. The Silver Bill has not yet come out, so the Japanese have not made any big moves. Jiang Qiang has a bold plan in his mind. That is to secretly steal all the physical gold in his hands. Buy silver and hoard it. Silver is also a physical currency anyway. It will only appreciate in value in the future and will not depreciate. Therefore, even if all the gold is turned into silver, there will be no loss for Shanghai! Of course, Jiang Qiang has no intention of absorbing silver in China. , his target is Japan and Southeast Asian countries. There are also Mexico and India, which are all silver-standard countries.
Secretly hoarding silver, then waiting until the United States implements the "Silver Purchase Act", and then selling the hoarded silver to the U.S. government, the profit will be several times higher by then! And as long as he can provide the United States with enough silver, the U.S. government's silver
When reserves reach saturation, China's outflow of silver will inevitably decrease, and Japan's profits from smuggling silver will be relatively smaller! Under the circumstances, China's economy may not be as bad as it was in history before the Anti-Japanese War.
.And the strength of the Japanese will inevitably be inferior! Of course, this may delay Japan's full-scale invasion of China. But maybe because of this, Japan will be eager to launch a war!
And this thousand-ton gold reserve gold mine gave Jiang Qiang the hope of a big fight. Originally, there was not much physical gold in Shanghai's hands, and together with the original official bank's reserves, the total added up to less than 800 yuan.
Ton! This kind of gold reserve is much inferior to that of later generations, which all have tens of thousands of tons of gold reserves. Gold has always been a precious metal in China, with low reserves and output. The exchange price with silver is higher than that of foreign countries.
Some countries are even higher!
Japan is a major silver-producing country, but because Japan has abandoned the gold standard, all currency in circulation in the country has been paper-based, and physical silver is just a precious metal. Only then can they make huge profits from the "Silver Purchase Act" enacted by the United States! Jiang
What Qiang wants to do is to reserve Japanese silver. Of course, if Shanghai does this on its own, it will definitely not work. It can only be done through the hands of others. For example, the overseas Chinese Meng Wuan and Bai Jing in the United States can do it through the establishment of agents.
In order to enter the Japanese silver market, he can completely use his own bank to purchase physical silver! With money, Jiang Qiang can acquire shares of major Japanese companies and then turn them into his private property one by one. It is conceivable that
, if this plan is completed, I am afraid that after the war, all core industries in Japan will fall into the hands of Jiang Qiang! Although he may not be able to make these companies go on strike and stop production, after the war, it may make Japan return to primitive society.
of!
Because he can pack up all these factories and move them back to China, and then claim a sky-high compensation from Japan, but Japan cannot use these companies as collateral. By then, even if Japan pawns all the crotch cloth, it will
Can't afford to pay! Therefore, this thousand-ton gold mine has become particularly important to Jiang Qiang and the Shanghai Hongkou District Government. His appearance simply makes up for the most critical link in all his plans! This link
Once this is done, the plan can be accelerated!
"Brother Jiang, Miss Yu sent someone to report that Dong Shengtang is awake!" Qin Siyu's report interrupted Jiang Qiang's thoughts. "Oh, when did you wake up?" Jiang Qiang paused and asked. "Half.
An hour ago, as soon as the person woke up, Miss Yu sent someone over!" Qin Siyu said. "Let's go and have a look!" Jiang Qiang said. Dong Shengtang had just woken up, and he and Zhao Momo were chatting with each other and talking about their hearts. At this time, they
Wouldn't it be a bad sight to go in the past? It doesn't matter if we go later! While eating, I met Huzi. "How is it? Is there any news from Matsuda?" Jiang Qiang asked. "Not yet, but according to the four city gates
The puppet soldiers said that they had never seen Songtian leave Qixia County!" Huzi said. "So it is possible that Songtian is hiding in Qixia County?" Jiang Qiang said in surprise.
"It's not impossible. I've sent people secretly to check the streets!" Huzi said. "How do you check?" "Check who raises pigeons!" Huzi said. "This is a good way.
, notify me immediately if there is any news!" Jiang Qiang nodded.
"How's it going, Mr. Dong, are you feeling better?" "Mr. Jiang, you're here!" Zhao Momo couldn't help being surprised when she heard this, and quickly stood up and came over. When she saw Jiang Qiang and Yu Yanluo walking in together, she hurriedly greeted her.
Dong Shengtang was lying on the kang, his face was still a little pale, and his lips had several cracks, but his condition was much better than when Wang Yong carried him out of the dungeon. "Old Dong, this is Mr. Jiang, our savior.
!" Zhao Momo explained for Dong Shengtang, who was still a little confused on the kang. When he heard that he was the savior, Dong Shengtang's face flashed with excitement, "Osmanthus, help me up!" "Hey!" Zhao Momo stepped forward and pulled Dong Shengtang away.
He helped him up, but who knew that Dong Shengtang not only wanted to sit up, but also wanted to get out of bed! "My benefactor, please accept my three bows from Dong Shengtang!" Dong Shengtang immediately knelt down in front of Jiang Qiang and nodded.
Bow down!
"Mr. Dong, this can't be done, it can't be done. Get up quickly, the ground is cold. You have just encountered a disaster, so you can't ruin your body like this!" Jiang Qiang hurriedly stepped forward and pulled the man up from the ground! Dong Shengtang wanted to bow down, but he couldn't.
He was seriously injured and had no strength at all, so he had no choice but to return to the kang under Jiang Qiang's strength! "Mr. Jiang, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I, Dong Shengtang, will own your life!" Dong Shengtang said excitedly, "
Also, Osmanthus, if it weren’t for Mr. Jiang, I’m afraid I would never see her again. I was so confused at the time that I mistakenly believed the lies of that naughty kid Matsuda and almost killed Osmanthus!”
Old Dong, what are you talking about?" A hint of shyness flashed across Zhao Momo's face, didn't she just like Dong Shengtang's daring character?
"Osmanthus, can you and Miss Yu go out first? Mr. Jiang and I have something to say!" Dong Shengtang pushed Zhao Momo aside and said. "Well, be careful, don't catch a cold!" Zhao Momo nodded and talked to Yu Yanluo.
We walked out together! "Mr. Jiang, I have heard Guihua tell me your identity and purpose of coming. I didn't expect that a big shot like Mr. Jiang with hundreds of thousands of troops would actually go to such a small place in Qixia County. It's really unbelievable."
It’s unimaginable!” Dong Shengtang sighed with neither humility nor arrogance. “Why can’t I come?” Jiang Qiang smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter whether I’m from Shanghai or my surname is Lao Bai. I am first of all a Chinese, as long as I am Chinese,
I've been to every place!" "Mr. Jiang, I believe Osmanthus fragrans has revealed to you that I discovered a very large gold mine vein?" "Yes, Miss Zhao told me all about it, and also said that this vein has reserves.
Exceeding the thousand-ton level!" "Yes, this is just my preliminary estimate, it may be more!" Dong Shengtang said excitedly. "The reason why the Japanese tried every possible means and even sent undercover agents around me is to get the mineral veins from me.
At this time, Jiang Qiang has confirmed that the specific location is the Zhaoyuan Linglong Gold Mine in later generations.
Linglong Gold Mine is 16km away from Zhaoyuan County. The Zhaohuang Highway passes through the mining area and the transportation is convenient. In the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885), Li Zongdai of Taiwu Lindau Road in Jidong, Shandong Province, with the support of Li Hongzhang, relied on his power to squeeze out Guo Deli and raised funds.
The capital was 450,000 taels of silver. While supervising the Pingdu Gold Mine Bureau, he sent people to Zhaoyuan for prospecting. Since then, three generations of Li Zongdai and his son have been mining gold in Linglong Mountain for 50 years, spanning the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Li Zongdai
He was a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, and was born into a wealthy businessman's family. At that time, it was Taotai in Taiwu Lindau, Jidong, Shandong. In 1885, he asked for permission to establish the Pingdu Gold Mine, and borrowed 180,000 taels of silver each from the government and the British HSBC Bank for the start-up.
Capital, hired foreign miners, and purchased a 60-horsepower mining machine from San Francisco. Shortly after starting work, it was discovered that the gold content of the mine was not high and the transportation was inconvenient. By 1888, it had a loss of 450,000 taels. In 1891, Ping
The Du gold mine went completely bankrupt. Li Zongdai and Li Zanfen (also known as Li Zanxun), the representative of Lin Daoju, an overseas Chinese in the United States, asked Chen Shichang, Xu Linguang and others to establish the "Zhaoyuan Mining Company" to mine the Hongshiya gold in Zhaoyuan Linglong Mountain that Li Zongdai had previously rented.
Mine. With the approval of Beiyang Minister Li Hongzhang, Li Zongdai was appointed as the supervisor, Chen Shichang and Li Zanxun were the general offices, Xu Linguang was the general manager, and Li Xigong was the general director. At the same time, he received 250,000 taels of official silver.
By the spring of 1892, the Linglong Mountain gold mine vein had been dug. In June, the Mining Bureau hired American miners to inspect the ore. After inspection, it was deemed that the gold mine was rich in gold and suitable for mining. Li Zongdai thought this was a great opportunity and immediately ordered American mines.
Machines were prepared to mine using new methods. However, Li Zanfen, as the purchaser of the machines, purchased useless things such as iron mills, which "have not been effective yet and have wasted a huge amount of money." The mining bureau had no choice but to switch to indigenous methods of production. Because only mining could not
However, due to backward management and backward mining and metallurgical technology, profits were minimal and hundreds of thousands were owed in public and private equity. In 1894, Li Zongdai petitioned the then Beiyang Minister Wang Wenshao to investigate Li Zanxun on the grounds of "arbitrary misconduct", while the Mining Bureau produced
It also came to a standstill due to excessive losses. In 1896, Li Zongdai obtained Wang Wenshao's approval and prepared to raise funds to mine gold mines in Zhaoyuan and other places. When the Japanese army occupied Weihai, Shandong, which had always been stubborn and conservative, was opposed to mining.
Governor Li Bingheng petitioned the Qing government to close all the gold mines and not allow them to continue operations, citing the fact that "the previous mining operations had not yielded any results" and "fear of conflict between the miners and the Japanese soldiers".
The mine failed completely. Soon after, Li Zongdai died of depression in Jinan.
At this time, imperialism also intensified its plunder of Yantai's gold resources. In 1899, the Shandong Provincial Government made a treaty with Germany to allow Dengzhou Minmetals to open. In 1900, German businessmen "Ronghua Yangxing" came to Linglong Gold Mine and proposed a Sino-German joint venture.
In 1907, Li Jiakai signed a 30-year joint venture contract with the American Development Company with an investment of 2 million pounds.
Later, due to the outbreak of the Japanese-German War in 1914, it was invalidated without government approval. In February 1924, Japanese capitalist Tatsujiro Nakayama signed a "temporary purchase and sale of ore contract" with Li Jiakai and established Zhongshan Mining Company. However, due to the incident with Japanese investors
Due to internal strife, the operation of the mine was in trouble. Later, through the mediation of officials from the Japanese Consulate in Qingdao, and with investment from Japanese capitalist Yuisaburo Yamamoto, Zhongshan Mining Company was reorganized into "Zhaoyuan Mining Co., Ltd." in May 1925. China's political situation at that time
Unstable, many Japanese investors hesitated to move forward, so Zhaoyuan Mining Co., Ltd. became a company with only a name but no real funds.
"Oh, I heard from Miss Zhao that you didn't tell anyone else the location of the gold mine except her?" Jiang Qiang asked doubtfully. "I did not disclose it to anyone, but I brought out a few pieces from the vein.
Nugget gold, maybe these nuggets were seen and the news was leaked!" Dong Shengtang said. "Noghead gold!" Jiang Qiang was surprised that a vein of nugget gold could be formed. That is not small, and the cost of mining and smelting are high.
It's relatively easy. This is great news. "Yeah, they just discovered a few pieces of nugget gold in my hand, and inferred that I might have discovered a huge mineral vein. Then they tried every means to capture me alive, but luckily
, If they hadn’t had this intention, I might have died a long time ago!” Dong Shengtang sighed. “If you had told me, I might have died a long time ago!” Jiang Qiang said.
"I know, so I won't tell you even if you kill me. I would rather rot in my stomach than let these idiots know where the mine is. This is the wealth left to us by our ancestors. Why should we let them?
"Take it away?" Dong Shengtang cursed angrily. "Mr. Dong is right, this is something that belongs to us Chinese. What qualifications do the Japanese have to take it away from us? Sooner or later, they bandits will be eliminated by us!" Jiang Qiang
Said. "The discovery of this mineral vein is quite accidental. It was when I sneaked into the gold mine secretly and discussed with a few brothers about a joint riot. As a result, I was discovered by the Japanese, so I ran away and they chased me.
It was a dark night and it was raining. I relied on my familiarity with the terrain to throw them away for a certain distance. Just when I was about to find a place to take shelter from the wind and rain, my legs slipped and I fell into a pit!"
"It's strange to say that when I woke up from the daze, I found that I was not injured. The cave was also very dry. I had a fire seal on my body. I didn't know if it had been wet by the rain. When I took it out, I saw
, It’s over. The entrance to the cave is at least seven or eight meters high, and there is no place to climb. If there was no one here, wouldn’t I starve to death in the cave?” “Later I discovered that the reason why I was not injured was because I smashed it.
On an injured black bear, the black bear was crushed to death by me, but I was unscathed! This was a really strange thing, and then I thought, if it weren’t for the injured black bear’s backing, I might have fallen too
Even if you die, you won't be able to discover this underground mine!" Jiang Qiang nodded. What happened to Dong Shengtang was really bizarre. From a height of seven to eight meters, the black bear was thrown to the point of death. If it were a human, it would have to have its arms and legs cut off even if it didn't die.
, in that environment where the sky and the sky are not responding to each other and the earth and the earth are not working, how can we die of illness or starvation?