British Civil Servant

v2 Chapter 1439: win-win deal

It's okay to tighten your belt for a bigger purpose, the British paid as much as anyone 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? That's it, isn't it? The stagnation of technology makes sense, but it is my own problem that I don't get a little bonus of the new era.

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

Having sent Alexeyev back to Moscow, Alan Wilson now faced the question of whether to inform the Prime Minister or the love of his life, Ms Pamela Mountbatten, first. After not thinking for a long time, the prime minister can wait and discuss with his wife first.

"Is there such a good thing?" Pamela Mountbatten's eyes lit up. 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 The share that Ramon Barton got was no less than the market price of gold, or even higher! This time there is such a good opportunity?

Pamela Mountbatten simply wanted to thank God. Alan Wilson listened to the mantra of God's blessing. What does it have to do with his old man? Obviously, I should thank God more for calling me God's man.

"Honey, I understand that it was you who strongly suggested that I want to make achievements in agriculture." Pamela Mountbatten immediately changed into the tone of a young daughter-in-law, expressing her admiration for the supreme authority, but the supreme authority did not There was no response, so I couldn't help poking it lightly, "What's wrong?"

"This is the importance of information advantage. With the information you have at your level, even if it is one day faster than ordinary people, it will bring hundreds of millions of transactions. Power and money cannot be separated, but some countries are realizing In terms of who is in front of the difference, but basically agree that the combination of power and money is the consensus, but I'm not thinking about this thing."

Even for an ordinary patriot in the East End of London, having an information advantage beyond even one day is enough to make a fortune, not to mention that the top leaders of a country definitely have more than one day's information advantage.

Even the reborn person in the novel, no matter how ordinary his family background is, will convince readers that he will become a rich man in the future.

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

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

"How to say?" Pamela Mountbatten became interested, and immediately knew that her husband must have an idea. She hadn't seen her husband have such an expression for a long time.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll just say it and you can listen to it." 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 Own thoughts and speak with Pamela Mountbatten.

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

Now the British pound is still the main currency in circulation in the world. Apart from the U.S. dollar, it is the British pound. In other words, the financial hegemony is still there, and the UK can print British pounds to solve some problems.

In fact, the United Kingdom does do the same, but Whitehall has been firmly opposed to doing so at home, but does not oppose quantitative easing in specific matters.

The main reason for opposition is that the excess currency issued by the Bretton Woods system can really be exchanged for gold. This is the main reason why Alan Wilson and all senior civil servants object.

It cannot be said that all senior officials in Whitehall support him as the cabinet secretary. Those who do not support him naturally have the positions of Fiji High Commissioner and Chairman of the War Public Recruitment Committee waiting for them.

At present, everything is fine. Compared with the US dollar, the oversupply of the British pound can be regarded as restrained, but now that the Bretton Woods system cannot continue, it has been tacitly understood. It seems 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 is over, it will not be the UK's default, and all responsibility will be on the US side.

It is the United States that has played off the Bretton Woods system. What can the United Kingdom do?

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

Although her husband's words were a bit confusing, it was indeed still in the stage of thinking about it, Pamela Mountbatten stretched out a finger and kept gesticulating to speed up her understanding of her husband's meaning, "That is to say, we only need to print out the British pound, and we will get The steel exported by the Soviet Union was used to rebuild Bangladesh, as well as the Soviet Union’s gold reserves, and the printed British pound was used to sign a contract with South Korea, and a batch of labor was borrowed to speed up the reconstruction of Bangladesh. It can be purchased from two populous countries that urgently need foreign exchange reserves."

"Basically, there is no cost!" After a long time, the husband and wife spoke almost at the same time, and then smiled at each other. It was a good deal.

"It's definitely not that simple, but it's theoretically feasible. The two countries with the largest populations and South Korea involved, who recognizes their currencies?" Allen Wilson said to himself confidently, "If the goal is not too big, it may lead to the United States I want to emulate India's ruble-to-rupee settlement."

The two major currencies currently in international circulation are the U.S. dollar and the pound sterling. Any country will definitely want to use its own currency to settle trade, such as India, a big and impressive country, but who will approve it?

What anchor does India have that other countries cannot do without to stabilize the value of the rupee? Do you 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 just wait for inflation to explode in situ.

Alan Wilson couldn't think of what India would use to negotiate with the Soviet Union for the ruble to rupee. Could it be that it used one-fifth of the steel output of the Malayan colony to prop up the strength that the Soviet Union could face up to?

Britain will not accept the currency of the Soviet Union, but at the critical moment of rebuilding Bangladesh, it can also use the export of raw materials from the Soviet Union to settle accounts. If it only uses Malaya’s production capacity to support the reconstruction of Bangladesh, it will also affect Malaya’s economic development. .

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

The reconstruction of Bangladesh, Alan Wilson said from the bottom of his heart, he didn’t want to take a single penny, it was purely to give the high commissioners everywhere a chance to settle their accounts, and at the same time use a debt trap to trap Bangladesh’s 60 million labor force. In this regard, chemical companies are better than blue, and they have opened state-owned enterprises to other countries.

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

Alan Wilson also shook his head, "If you believe me, you can definitely buy food with pounds. With our contribution to the two countries, it makes sense to take advantage of it, not to mention that they need foreign exchange for foreign trade. "

There are often precious foreign exchange vocabulary 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 populous countries~lightnovelpub.net~ is that the Mountbatten Group provided fine seeds, and both countries accepted the Mountbatten Group’s support in agricultural technology. This contribution is here to export some grains , but also to maintain the traditional relationship with each other.

If there is no accident, the traditional black pigs in the Far East may thank the eight generations of ancestors in the United Kingdom. Now it must be in a bad situation to be run over by the foreign monk Big White York pig.

Pamela Mountbatten said that he would conduct an evaluation, and Alan Wilson told his wife, "I will ask the Ministry of Finance to bring the average price report of Soviet exports to help you evaluate."

Two days later, the Mountbatten Group's finances roughly figured out the operating costs, and Alan Wilson went to No. 10 Downing Street to inform the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union's discussion on grain imports, and at the same time informed him of the data-backed response. 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 as a benchmark. Borrowing the fact that the Soviet Union wants to import food this time, let the Soviet Union reimburse the cost of printing British pounds. up.

At this time, Alexeyev was praised by Andropov, "We really shouldn't be too anxious. You are right to maintain a cautious attitude. We report a gap similar to that of previous years, which will not cause any serious problems. Fluctuations in international grain prices must convince the British that the harvest in the Soviet Union is the same as in previous years. First, make up part of the food gap.”

"If international food prices do not fluctuate and are overshadowed by the news of a bumper harvest, we will be sweeping the goods." Alekseev didn't know at this time that his old father in London had come up with an idea to let the Soviet Union save gold As a way to reserve, the Soviet Union has plenty of raw materials, and the production of steel in the Soviet Union ranks first in the world.

If Alexeyev can save the gold reserves of the Soviet Union, this must be another great contribution from heaven, and a rich stroke in his life history.