Chapter 566 Against the Boom
In fact, Head of State Yang was not prepared to completely destroy the United States.
It would be of no benefit to him to destroy the United States. He had to face the Soviets, Comrade Li, and even his European allies at this time. Once the United States collapsed, the Ming Dynasty would become the target of public criticism. If he had a country similar to that of the United States and had a population similar to that of the United States, he might consider embarking on the evil path of dominating the world.
But just this 60 million population will save money!
It would be pretty good to be a Nanbatian.
In this way, he needs someone to attract hatred and firepower in front. This great task must be handed over to the Americans.
"His Excellency the President, do you need my help on the gold issue?"
Yang Feng said to Kennedy.
On both sides of the negotiating table in front of them, dozens of representatives of the two countries were lying on the documents and writing straight. This was a grain importer from the Ming Dynasty and a major grain exporter from the United States. In order to show his friendship, Head of State Yang personally came forward to bring huge orders for American farmers. The various grains alone reached 3 million tons, and there were also two million tons of pork, beef, frozen chicken, etc., which made all American farmers cheer.
"Damn, you just forced me to exchange for 800 tons of gold, and now you are coming to cry again?"
Kennedy complained in his heart.
The reason why he surrendered to this issue was that he was forced by Yang Feng. It was not that he was afraid that Yang Feng would give up his promise in Japan. If Yang Feng withdrew, he would throw Japan to He Tuzi directly. Anyway, this guy was the most troublesome thing at that time. What he was really afraid of was that Yang Feng would throw the US dollar, which would cause the US dollar to collapse directly. When he thought of the threat this guy asked the British to imply the threat, he felt a deep sense of powerlessness. The US dollar in Yang Feng's hand had become his deadly weapon, and the foreign exchange reserves of 10 billion US dollars were pressing on the head of the United States like a huge two-handed sword.
"His Excellency, do you have any good solutions?"
He asked with a smile.
"It's very simple. I have enough gold in my hands. If you need it, I can sell a part of it in the market, so that I can probably pull down the gold price."
Yang Feng said.
"What about the conditions?"
Kennedy said.
"Well, I like the beautiful scenery in the middle of the Pacific."
“Which island?”
"Palau!"
When Kennedy heard this name, hesitated for a moment. Palau was their trusteeship, which was less than 1,500 kilometers away from Guam. If Yang Feng got Palau and then stationed an air force base there, he could threaten Guam at any time. But even if he was not given to him, Guam was within the attack range of the Ming army's Yinglong bomber, and there was also a bunch of Yi-style missiles aimed at it. Once the war started, it can be said that Yang Feng raised his hand and leveled it up. From this point of view, there is no substantial difference between giving to him and not giving to him.
I gave it to him. If the situation between the two sides is even more tense in the future, it is nothing more than Yang Feng having a card to play a small game.
"His Excellency, I need to leave this issue to Congress for discussion, and I also need to seek the opinions of the United Nations and local residents."
He hesitated and said.
"Of course, I'll wait for your good news."
Yang Feng said.
He wanted Palau to be just a rabbit, and he was going to stabilize the US dollar. He did take the opportunity to remove the US gold reserves, but his goal had been achieved. He had successfully reduced the US gold reserves to less than 10,000 tons, so he needed to pull the US dollar back to normal. After a while, he could sell some gold at the highest price, recover a large amount of US dollars, and replenish his foreign exchange reserves back 10 billion. This time, the exchange of gold and large purchases have caused his foreign exchange reserves to plummet by one quarter. Of course, this refers to the US dollar foreign exchange reserves.
His gold was exchanged from the United States at a price of 35 US dollars. He now releases the 800 tons of gold at a high price. At the current price of gold of up to 45 US dollars per ounce, he will make huge profits in US dollars.
In the end, he actually didn't pay a penny and earned countless benefits.
He exchanged gold from the United States at a low price. It was sold on the market at a high price, but it was actually a speculation of gold.
This game is very simple. Basically everyone understands it, but no one dares to do it, because it only temporarily stabilizes the US dollar, and the US dollar will fall again in the future. This is an irreversible trend. Unless the US economy recovers and the US huge trade deficit changes, the US dollar will eventually depreciate. These countries must hoard gold as reserves instead of making another dollar, not to mention that no country has the ability to take out thousands of tons of gold to protect the US dollar.
But Yang Feng dared to do it, only he dared to do it in this world, and only he had the ability to do it.
Because he is not short of gold, his gold reserves are so large that they are useless. There is no substantial difference between increasing these 800 tons and not increasing these 800 tons, so only he dares to make this money.
In addition, he is not afraid of too many dollars he saved, because these dollars are different in his hands than in central banks of various countries. The latter saved too much and became waste paper, because they could not buy American grains in millions and millions of tons like Yang Feng, and they could not buy American industrial products in large quantities to impact their own industries, but he could buy grain from the United States. In fact, Yang Feng bought more than 1.5 billion US dollars of grain and meat this time. No one can eat such a large amount except for the Ming Dynasty, who was seriously unable to support himself.
And he can also use the US dollar to buy raw materials from Xinhua and crude oil from the Soviet Union. Although these countries are incompatible with the United States, in fact, they like the US dollar the most.
The US Congress did not let Yang Feng wait for a long time. Then after a meeting and a fierce debate, it agreed to transfer the custody rights of Palau to Yang Feng. At this time, the most important thing is to smash the gold price to restore people's confidence in the US dollar. However, if you want to smash the gold price, don't expect not to throw hundreds or thousands of tons of gold out. At this time, it hurts to let the US sell one ton of gold, the Federal Reserve, let alone throw so much at once.
As for the harms of Yang Feng after he got Palau...
That was not worth mentioning. Even if he didn't get Palau, he wanted to level Guam, but just pressed the missile launch button.
As for soliciting opinions from the United Nations and local residents, it is pure nonsense.
In this way, when Yang Feng finished his visit and was about to return to China, Ming and the United States urgently signed an agreement on the transfer of trusteeship in Palau in Washington. This Pacific island, together with several smaller islands around it, changed from a trusteeship in the United States to a trusteeship in the Ming Empire, or simply said that Yang had drawn a new territory for his country.
Although this territory is a little smaller.
But it's much bigger than Saint Martin.
Just after the signing of this agreement, in the two major gold markets in London and New York, someone suddenly began to sell gold in large quantities, and either sold at a little while, or sold hundreds of tons directly, and was still smashed in an instant in the continuous rise of gold prices. Originally, this round of buying rush was a bit panic. After calming down, the market began to recover. As sellers continued to sell gold, the price of gold finally began to slowly fall.
Yang Feng quickly once again made up Imperial Bank's foreign exchange reserves to $10 billion.
And at this moment, a unique battle in the distant Japan began.
"Target No. 4!"
A scream suddenly sounded on an early warning plane hovering off the eastern coast of Ibaraki Prefecture, and four eye-catching light spots were moving at high speed on the radar screen.
"Target No. 4."
Fifty kilometers away, in front of a computer screen connected by a data link, an officer on duty shouted immediately.
"Target 4, launch!"
Inside a steel rain rocket launcher was almost thirty kilometers away, another officer shouted. The soldiers beside him immediately pressed the previous button and instantly ejected flames after tilting behind them, and a battle tactical missile flew out quickly under powerful thrust, followed by the second one, two missiles dragged their eye-catching tracks and pierced the sky.
At this time, four Scud missiles were gradually reaching the ballistic at a height of 50,000 meters hundreds of kilometers away.
On a launching position near Fukushima in the north, Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Andre said to his subordinates: "Retreat!"
The latter saluted and left, and then hundreds of Soviet and Japanese soldiers at the launch site acted quickly and organized in an orderly manner, put away all the launch devices and prepared to evacuate. There were many fragments of things to serve this missile, and it took them several minutes to put them away one by one. Lieutenant Colonel Andrei watched this scene with satisfaction. This was his sixth successful launch, because of the rich practical experience gained on the battlefield of Japan, there was no suspense to be promoted after returning to China, and it was soon estimated that even the star would carry it on his shoulders.
But it was still a bit far away, but what was close to it was the gentle comfort of the Japanese lesbians.
But he didn't know that at this moment, the four Scud missiles he had just launched were passing by dozens of kilometers away from the other two missiles. The soldiers of the Soviet and Japanese armies who were busy preparing to evacuate also did not know that they talked easily to each other and were preparing to go back to the hidden base to enjoy fine wine and food and the worshipful lesbian eyes! Until an officer in the command car pushed open the door with a pale face and rushed out.
"Missiles, missiles, enemy missiles!"
He shouted like crazy.
Everyone, including Lieutenant Colonel Andre, stopped working and turned their heads to look at him in surprise. At this moment, two meteors in the sky fell rapidly. Before they could react, the first meteor had already reached the top of their heads. Then, a sudden, not-so-large explosion occurred hundreds of meters above the altitude. The medicine column in the missile warhead exploded, and while breaking the outer shell of the warhead, nine hundred and fifty bombs the size of fists were pushed away in all directions, smashing the Soviet and Japanese soldiers on the ground like a rain of steel fire.
Before the first bomb could land, the second missile exploded at about the same height, and the same 950 small bombs flew around.
Chapter completed!