Beauty Comic Plane Trader

"This was left to me by my father. I took a piece and had it checked by someone. They said the quality was not very good and the purity was only about 80%." Qiao Xi pointed to the gold in the box and said, "Just go to the bank and exchange the gold."

In dollars, I can pay for this house."

"What? Bank? No, no, no, you can't go to the bank to exchange money." After hearing what Josie said, Margot said immediately.

"Why?" Qiao Xi asked pretending not to know.

"It's not cost-effective. The bank's exchange price is just a means for the government to make money and fool ordinary people. If it is a regular transaction, according to the current market situation, it will cost at least fifty US dollars per ounce." Margot explained.

Although she is a wealthy daughter and is not good at business, Margot is not the kind of fool who doesn't know anything. She still knows some basic economic common sense.

"Then where should I change?" Qiao Xi asked.

"This is a simple matter, leave it to me. Uncle John just needs a lot of gold, and he can easily take it from you." Margot took the matter on herself very confidently.

"Uncle John?" Josie was puzzled.

"The person who took over my father's jewelry company was also my father's partner. He had a very good relationship with my father. After my father passed away, because I was not good at business, I sold most of the shares to him and only retained

A very small part," Margot explained.

"That's great, but it won't be too much trouble for you." Josie thanked her.

"No trouble, this is a matter of mutual benefit. Don't look at it. The price of gold collected by banks is 35 ounces. But when it is sold to companies in need, although the price remains unchanged, various handling fees and approvals are actually included.

The cost of the procedure is not much lower than purchasing it from the black market at a high price, and it is also limited in quantity. Uncle John's business is not easy to do." Margot shook her head and said.

Hearing Margot's words, Josie nodded.

He is also aware of this.

The U.S. government is an expert at harvesting the wealth of the people and the world.

Even though Roosevelt's New Deal seemed to have saved the U.S. economy ten years ago, the government was actually heavily in debt at the time and did not have much money to implement the New Deal.

But the result was that the New Deal was implemented smoothly... The question came, where did the money come from?

The answer is to cut the people's leeks.

The first bill of Roosevelt's New Deal was the Emergency Banking Act, which devalued the U.S. dollar against gold and banned the export of gold.

Then the people were forcibly ordered to hand over gold at a price of 20.67 U.S. dollars per ounce, and U.S. gold mine owners were ordered to sell gold to the Treasury Department at the same price.

Then in just one year, the gold exchange price was raised to US$35 per ounce, devaluing the US dollar by 40% in disguise.

This means that the wealth in the hands of the people will directly shrink by 40%.

The country is rich, but the people are poor.

This ability to cut leeks is simply amazing.

Think about it again. In the future, the United States will depreciate the dollar at every turn and send money to the people when something happens.

Therefore, cutting leeks has become a traditional art of the U.S. government.

"I did you another favor, should you thank me?" Margot joked after the matter was settled.

"That's natural, so I'm going to cook it myself and invite you to have dinner." Qiao Xi said with a slight smile.

"Oh? You actually know how to cook?" Margot was very surprised when she heard Josie's words.

"Of course, just look at it, but we have to buy some ingredients first," Josie said.

"Oh, I'm already looking forward to it." Margot said with a smile on her face.

So the two went out again and drove to the nearest farmer's market.

In fact, there were already supermarkets in the United States in the 1940s, but supermarkets in this era basically only sold some national brand products, not fresh food and the like.

Because most supermarkets were built in relatively distant suburbs, in the early 1940s, refrigerators were not very popular and conventional food lacked preservation methods, so supermarkets that were relatively far away did not meet the shopping needs of residents in this era.

Therefore, when buying fresh food during this period, you still mainly rely on small retail stores, roadside stalls or farmers' markets similar to vegetable markets.

Basically, nearby farmers will sell fruits, vegetables, honey and other agricultural and sideline products produced on their own farms.

The two walked around the farmer's market, and Josie quickly bought some beef, a chicken, a salmon, lettuce, onions, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots and other ingredients.

He has no intention of cooking authentic Chinese food. It’s not that he doesn’t know how, but he doesn’t have the conditions.

Because here, you can’t buy onions, ginger, garlic and other essential condiments for Chinese food, and there is no soy sauce, vinegar and cooking wine. What you can buy are only rosemary, cinnamon, tomato sauce, pepper and other Western-style condiments.

There are peppers, after all, America is the home of peppers.

In addition to ingredients, kitchen utensils are also a problem.

There are no woks at home, just ovens, pans and grills.

So he could only prepare some half-Chinese and half-Western dishes according to local conditions.

For example, beef can be stewed with tomatoes and potatoes.

Chicken can be made with tomato sauce and starch to make General Tso's Chicken, which will be famous in the United States in the future, but is incomprehensible to Chinese people - this thing is actually a sweet and sour pork tenderloin method, just a chicken with sweet and sour tomatoes, simple

It's very special. It was invented by famous chef Wanwan in the 1950s to deal with the commander of the US Seventh Fleet at that time.

The salmon is grilled in a standard Western style, with a splash of lemon juice, a sprinkle of salt and pepper, and rosemary.

The last vegetables were lettuce, carrots and mushrooms, shredded and stir-fried casually in a pan.

As for the staple food... of course it's bread, two freshly baked baguettes solve all problems.

It can only be said that Xia people will definitely dislike this kind of dish.

But it's enough to fool foreigners.

If you really want to make authentic Chinese food, you can only wait until you have time to go to Chinatown to buy seasonings and kitchen utensils.

"Wow, it's so rich. This chicken is so delicious. Is it an Austrian specialty? What's its name?" Although in Josie's eyes, this was a very satisfying dinner, it was basically a little sour.

The sweet dishes obviously suited Margot's taste, and she couldn't help but enjoy them, especially the nondescript General Tso's Chicken.

"Well, that's right, this is an Austrian dish called Ferdinand's Chicken!" Taking a deep look at General Tso's Chicken, Josie said that she would never admit that this thing was Chinese food.

Moreover, it is completely unreasonable for an Austrian-born person to cook Chinese food.

So, it's an Austrian dish, Chicken Ferdinand, and there's nothing wrong with it.

As for why he was called Ferdinand, the main reason was that for a while, apart from the failed art student, Josie could only remember this fuse of the battle.

So, under the inexplicable and strange circumstances throughout Austria, a famous Austrian dish that would become popular in the United States in the future, Chicken Ferdinand, was born.