Extraordinary Sailing

The group had a sumptuous dinner.

The Duchess Olivia feels sorry for the prime minister whose workload has doubled due to the start of the "Westward Action". After saying hello to Her Majesty the Queen, she ran out to help the old father with government affairs.

Others should work overtime, study what they should study, and practice what they should practice.

Only the two monarchs, Aiwen and Liwena, walked into the small side hall with exquisite decoration in White Swan Castle.

gurgling

Aiwen skillfully cooked this year's new tea, and organized the exciting grand blueprint in his heart:

"There are so many things in my mind during this period, if it wasn't for the little tricks of the bankers to remind me, I would have almost forgotten this good deal.

As long as the two of us agree and let the allies follow up, it shouldn't be difficult to accomplish this costless thing. "

Aiwen has long established a policy of "crossing the river by feeling the evil god", and is very concerned about everything that happens within the opponent's sphere of influence.

The news that the "Lowland Republic" issued banknotes due to the shortage of precious metal currency was passed back immediately.

As for how to intimidate those bankers, we can talk about it later, but a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has already been placed in front of him and Liwena.

Aiwen was talking, but found that there was no movement at all on the opposite side, but when he looked up, he couldn't laugh or cry:

"I said. Why are you so far away from me? Don't people even have this kind of trust?"

With a pair of long legs crossed, Liwena, who was sitting far away on the other side of the small side hall, stared at Ivan with a pair of beautiful lake green eyes, and nodded vigorously:

"um, yes!"

I also added in my mind: 'Especially when you mention money to me. '

But I saw Ai Wen took a sip of tea slowly, and said leisurely:

"Heh, this time it's not for you to spend money, but for making money, and it's making a lot of money!"

Liwena's face became more serious, and she gently lowered her raised legs, with a hint of suspicion in her eyes:

"Big money? How much money?"

The "Tulip Alliance", which has now established its dominance, has long been the pain of tightening its belt to catch up with Cyrus in the past few years.

Even if the wealth of successfully robbing the "Grand Treasure Fleet" was presented in front of her, Her Majesty, who was gradually pampered and pampered, could not be moved.

Ivan smiled mysteriously at her:

"Is it enough to loot the world?"

With a flash of the corner of the skirt in front of her eyes, Liwena had already sat in front of Aiwen with a burst of fragrance, straightening her waist like a primary school student.

"Okay!"

Aiwen:.Reality!

"Just now [Faceless Man] sent a message."

After hearing Aiwen's introduction of the actions of those bankers and the intention behind them, Liwena's expression gradually became serious, and she said thoughtfully:

"So... shall we learn from them too?"

Rivina also agrees that the issuance of banknotes will be a major trend in the future.

Because the quantity of money has to correspond one-to-one with commodities.

However, as the steam industrial revolution continues to advance, the economic aggregate of the human world is gradually growing exponentially. At this time, the reserves of gold and silver may not be able to meet the needs of economic life.

After all, the precious metals in the world are limited, but the growth of industrial products, transaction scale and frequency in human economic activities is unlimited.

If all transactions were to be mediated by precious metals, there would come a day when many transactions would not be able to take place.

and.

A long time ago, countries have discovered that because of the common phenomenon of "bad money drives out good money" in precious metal currencies, the currency of sufficient value is secretly collected by people, and most of the precious metal currencies circulating in the market are not worth much.

Finally, it seriously affects economic life, causing deflation and a vicious circle.

Paper money is different.

It not only has national credit and legal binding force, but also its value can be widely recognized, it is easy to trade and carry, and the government can print and distribute it as needed.

Replacing precious metals should be a historical necessity.

However, like the Low Countries.

Liwena couldn't help but have a strange expression on her face.

Setting up a private central bank, the government borrows money from bankers in the form of national debt, and pays high interest, making the whole country work for bankers, it is simply absurd!

Even ordinary citizens can't feel the mystery of it at all, but probably only when the banker is the real ruler of the country, such a ridiculous situation will appear.

Seeing that Liwena had realized the key to the problem, Aiwen refilled her another cup of tea, and revealed his grand plan with a smile:

"Yes, and no. Banknotes are indeed to be implemented, but they cannot be backed only by government credit. Instead, they must continue to be bound to precious metals like gold bills.

Let us call the currency of this tulip the 'golden pound'. "

Currency backed by gold and silver is not a "debt currency" that "overdrafts the future", but an "honest currency" based on the fruits of people's labor.

There is no need to fight at all. When the kind of thing launched by the "Lowland Republic" meets the "honest currency", there will be no second possibility other than being defeated.

But the key point that Aiwen wants to say is more than that. Staring at Liwena's eyes, he slowly spit out a word:

"I don't know if you have any idea about the word 'international currency'?"

"International currency? Gold and silver?"

As the name implies, compared to the currency circulating in the country, "international currency" is of course the currency recognized by various countries and used for international trade and international payment.

With the formation of a new world pattern, transportation conditions have become more convenient, and international exchanges have become more frequent. The birth of an "international currency" that is convenient for international settlement is becoming more and more necessary.

Seeing that Liwena was still unclear about the secrets behind it, Ai Wen didn't keep the secrets anymore, and directly dialed:

"What I mean is to use our paper-printed 'golden pound' to link gold and silver, so that this sovereign currency becomes an international currency, so that the international trade of all countries in the whole world uses the 'golden pound' to settle!"

Now the "Tulip Alliance" is already the most powerful coalition of countries in the entire material world. It has established its position as the "hegemon of sea power" through several successive wars, and it also has an excellent navy that has been honed for a long time.

The fourth-order peak transcendent below the demigod is not weaker than any national power.

What's more, the world's largest land and colony, most of the northern part of the New World, the small half of the southern part of the mainland, and the entire Peacock Islands have created a huge supply of raw materials and dumping markets.

After taking the lead in completing the steam industrial revolution, they have the most abundant industrial products, and any commodity that the countries need can be bought here.

The military, the economy, and the credit go hand in hand, and all obstacles to the "international currency" have been cleared away.

certainly.

If you want to truly become an "international currency", you must also allow this "golden pound" to circulate widely, and carry out economic output like the lowlands, so that the world will become dependent on the "golden pound".

At that time, it is possible that 60% or more of the currencies will be circulated and used abroad.

The financial handling fee and service fee alone will also give the "Tulip Alliance" a huge advantage in global resource allocation.

And the most ruthless move is to levy "seigniorage" on the world!

The difference between the actual cost of minting money and the face value of the money goes to the minter as revenue. This revenue received by minters is called "seigniorage".

Under the paper currency system, the monetary authority issues money and gets all the revenue!

At that time, all countries in the whole world can only curse: MMP, while having no choice but to continue to use gold pounds for settlement, and use their own labor to contribute to tulips.

"Can you still play like this?"

Liwena's face was gradually dull at this time, and she held her bone china teacup with her slender hands for a long time without moving.

Aiwen smiled, picked up his teacup and touched her:

"Civilized people like us who have washed their feet ashore don't bother to do things like fighting and killing. Civilized people naturally have a civilized way to put down the pirate flag and loot the world gracefully."

Liwena subconsciously took a sip of the cold tea soup, but it was as if she had taken a sip of spirits, her face was ruddy and she was a little drunk from excitement.

"That"

Leaning forward slightly, he lowered his voice and whispered to Aiwen for a while while biting his ear, completely completing the spoils sharing plan.

The two of them hooked their shoulders and couldn't help laughing out there.

unconsciously.

These two monarchs, who are young through and through the world, have grown to the point where a mere sneeze can set off violent storms around the world.

And this is a category 12 storm that is destined to affect the world for hundreds of years!

in addition.

The "international currency" project was not just about sustained economic growth and taxing the world, but about locking down the bankers' ambitions.

As long as this "international currency" linked to gold and silver exists for a day, they will not be able to quickly reap wealth by artificially creating a large-scale financial crisis.

The invisible government of "money rights" has been fully legalized by bankers, and Ivan knows what they want to do at a glance.

With the continuous development of finance, capital will prefer the financial speculative market with short cycles and quick money, rather than investing in the down-to-earth real economy.

And "inflation" is one of the most powerful weapons in the hands of capital.

In this way, the government can confiscate the wealth of the people secretly and imperceptibly, and it is difficult for one person in a million to detect this kind of theft.

But it is not the "elected" government that performs this function here, but the hereditary "eyes of wealth".

When the "golden pound" was all the rage.

Financial game? Things that never create value, let me work honestly in the plate of industry!

Then, Liwena suddenly thought of another question, and gradually stopped laughing:

"As the economy develops further, one day precious metals will be insufficient to use, causing severe deflation, and people will exchange gold and silver on a large scale. What should we do then?"

Then suddenly, like a real girl, she stuck out her pink tongue cutely, and gave an answer by herself:

"Repudiation? Giggle."

Of course, the "gold and silver standard" also has inherent limitations.

Although precious metals are temporarily sufficient, the total amount is limited. The speed of increase will gradually fail to keep up with the growth rate of commodities since the completion of the "steam industrial revolution".

This is obviously not a one-and-done perfect system.

Snapped--!

Aiwen's fingertips burst into a blue-white flashing electric light, and Cheng Zhu said lightly in his chest:

"Shanren has his own clever plan, which is nothing more than a change in the anchor of the currency.

With the advancement of the "electrical industry" in the next step, the rigid needs of this world are not just gold. "

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