【27】Candy and Gold

According to the suggestion left by Xiaoqiang last time, in December 1949, the New China continued to speed up the transportation of supplies in the United States. Considering the likely outbreak of the Korean War and the imminent battle to regain Taiwan, the central government demanded a large amount of supplies to be shipped back to the United States, and at the same time, it quickly exchanged foreign exchange in the United States into gold and transported back to the country.

You should know that once China and the United States get into evil, the United States will freeze and detain materials as in history, as it did, then this will cause significant losses to the already financially tense New China. Of course, the central government who learned about this information in advance cannot sit idly by.

On the other hand, the central government instructed to use Hong Kong and Macao as a window for our foreign trade to help and support local patriotic merchants to form trading companies.

Once a blockade occurs, Hong Kong and Macao will become my country's import and export platforms to the West. However, with Cao Xiaoqiang, Hong Kong and Macao are only worth using as a small export platform to the West.

Because Xiaoqiang became the main import platform.

Historically, the United States initiated a comprehensive licensing system for exports to mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau (previously only implemented licensing management for strategic materials), and "nothing that a soldier can use" is allowed to ship to China, including textiles and waste rubber, thus imposing an actual comprehensive embargo on China. On the 16th, the US government announced that it would "put all assets under the jurisdiction of the Chinese Communist Party under the control of the United States" and prohibit ships registered in the United States from sailing to Chinese ports.

The CIA has noticed China's recent abnormal behavior. The behavior of large amounts of gold exchanged and transporting back to China. According to the CIA's analysis, it is China's preparation to surrender to the Soviet Union. The CIA's report to the US State Department pointed out that China must urgently need gold to buy Soviet arms. The US State Department also recognizes this view.

Gold is not an embargo material, and the US has no reason to obstruct it, so the possible losses in history were avoided in advance this time.

Some well-informed countries in the world are also curious about the recent gold hunger in New China. So some countries asked through indirect channels whether China is ready to follow the Bretton Woods system and develop a gold-standard monetary system.

We borrowed the donkey from the side and replied that we had this intention, but we needed more gold to reserve.

This makes Western countries funny. A newly born country has the strength to develop a gold standard? Before the currency credit is established, once the gold standard is established, gold will be completely exchanged. Moreover, if you are poor, it is inevitable that the currency will be properly issued. It will be funny that it will not be cashed out at that time. There may be a situation where the monetary system collapses.

Wall Street keenly realized this, so under Wall Street's guarantee, the US government condoned China's import of gold, because in their opinion, this is the poor Chinese government seeking death. These local buns are too ignorant of the economy. Can gold be eaten when transported back? Without industry, you will die sooner or later.

Actually, it’s not the case at all. Everyone knows what this gold is used for.

In 1950, China's exports were US$2 billion and imports were US$2.13 billion.

According to the dollar gold standard system under the Bretton Woods system, the gold content of a dollar is 0.888671 grams of gold. That is to say, the country's exports can be exchanged for about 1,777 tons of gold.

At the same time, we also need to import 2.13 billion US dollars, which means that as a country with a trade deficit, we also have to pay gold or equivalent goods. Now Xiaoqiang can basically cover most of the purchases, so we will not have to use all kinds of means to import those materials. New China will transform into a trade surplus country.

Thanks to the technological era in 2010, industrial products are extremely low compared to 1949, and the value preservation effect of gold.

According to the exchange rate in 2010, 1 gram of gold is converted into RMB 300. In theory, 1777 tons of gold will be equal to RMB 533.1 billion.

Xiaoqiang could not imagine how powerful such purchasing power would push China in 1949.

Xiaoqiang has no doubt that this method would eventually disintegrate the Bretton Woods system that collapsed in 1973 in advance.

Even if China's imports in 1950 can only be reduced by half, the country will gain more than 250 billion yuan in purchasing power.

The data calculated by Xiaoqiang completely shocked Comrade Chen Yu, one of the members of the 491 Nuwa Project Leading Committee, the brain of the economic work of New China. As the director of the Finance and Economics Committee and the vice premier in charge of national fiscal and economic work, he asserted in front of the chairman that Cao Xiaoqiang is a gravedigger of the imperialist dollar hegemony; he is one of the most important 400 million in New China; a strategic weapon more important than the atomic bomb; a super national treasure that needs to be protected at all costs.

You should know that the price of the F80, the main fighter jet of the US military in this era is more than 90,000,000 US dollars, and the price of the most advanced F86 is as high as more than 170,000 US dollars.

As for the F80 alone, a F80 is equivalent to more than 26.6 million yuan in 2010, and the higher-performance J-5 and J-6 purchased from 2010 this time is only one percent of his price.

Comrade Chen Yu gave the Chairman an image metaphor: Xiaoqiang is a banknote amplifier, which can be eaten for one dollar and spit out for one hundred dollars. It is the God of the poor country.

Speaking of Xiaoqiang, who was in the Secretariat Office, finally drafted the proposal for land reform.

Xiaoqiang’s suggestion is very simple. At the beginning, he said: Do you want land reform?

The answer is yes, and there is no need to say the meaning.

However, the target needs to be reduced. In addition to the landlords, at most a small number of rich peasants are involved, and middle peasants need to be protected.

After completing the land reform, at this stage, the household contract responsibility system should be implemented, and the Soviet collective farm system should not be copied and copied. Because the productivity is not enough, without mechanization and large fertilizers, it is difficult to reflect production efficiency in the implementation of collective farms.

Xiaoqiang wrote in his suggestion that the Soviet Union had few people and more land, and China was the opposite, so copying would definitely not work. The Soviet Union method was only applicable to the land reclamation and construction corps in Xinjiang and Northeast China.

Under the co-production contract responsibility system, individual production enthusiasm can be maximized, which is conducive to production at the current stage of the small peasant economy. The labor required for farmland water conservancy construction can be solved by using the labor point system. The state allocates funds for a project and spreads the funds to the total labor point required to complete the project, and each labor point has a monetary value.

Of course, doing this will bring financial burden, but this approach is a real way to enrich the people. How much water can a bucket hold depends on the board with the shortest bucket. China's farmers' income is the shortest of the national income. It is difficult to extend this board because it will affect the industry that has just started. However, Xiaoqiang still feels that under the market economy, floating pricing of industrial products can be used to solve the excessive issuance of this part of the currency, which truly achieves urban and rural fairness.

When the industrialization of New China develops to the point where a large number of migrant workers are needed, the collective farm system will be gradually implemented, using mechanization and large fertilizers to achieve the small number of people farming a large amount of land, and using the surplus rural labor force to work in the city, and accelerating the national urbanization development.

Xiaoqiang didn't know much about other things, so he just wrote these suggestions based on the experience of later generations. I believe that the chairman who has watched the documentary many times will make the best decisions.

After all, the chairman is the expert in China's rural issues.

After finishing the work carefully, Xiaoqiang stretched and handed it to the confidentiality department as usual.

After going to the logistics office to get the tea, Xiaoqiang planned to leave. He always felt a little sleepy and wanted to go back early to make up for his sleep.

I learned from the logistics department that the department had already assigned him a driver, and the driver was named Liu Zhen, so Xiaoqiang returned to his residence in Liu Zhen's car.

As soon as Xiaoqiang returned to the house, Yu Feng came over and took Xiaoqiang's pulse for examination. After returning home, Xiaoqiang relaxed and leaned against the sofa, and did not feel sleepy. So the two of them chatted and waited for dinner.

"Thank you for the snack you gave me last time. It was delicious." Yu Feng sat leaning against the sofa, looking up at Xiaoqiang, and said embarrassedly.

"Haha, no thanks. I forgot if you didn't say it. This time I brought some pastries and put them in a box, but I left them in the warehouse. After a while, I happened to go to the warehouse to check it out. I brought it back by the way."

When Xiaoqiang heard Yu Feng talk about snacks, he suddenly remembered that he had brought a lot of private goods when he came back this time, and forgot to take them home as soon as he was busy.

"You are so leisurely at work and have time to buy pastries." Yu Feng criticized Xiaoqiang, but somehow he felt very happy.

The dessert that Xiaoqiang gave last time was really delicious. The potato chips were fried, right? Then again, were they really potatoes? There were some salt seasonings on it, which were delicious and tight; there was also the crispy cake with white frosting like snowflakes, which was crispy and delicious; the chocolate was very high-end, melted in the mouth, and the mouth was filled with sweet milk and chocolate flavor. Maybe this was the real chocolate taste? There was also the black biscuits, I had never eaten black biscuits, but who knew it was so delicious, the white creamy stuffed inside was sweet to the heart, and the black cakes were fragrant and bitter, God knew how to make them. I had never seen any sold in Beijing.

Yu Feng cherishes such high-end snacks so much that he dare not eat too much. He can hold an Oreo in his mouth for half a day, and only wait until it is soaked and crispy in his mouth before he can swallow it. A few days ago, a classmate from the medical school came to play here, so he took it out to share with everyone. Now it's a terrible thing. You take one piece and take one piece, and everyone tastes each taste. The eight-treasure food box is immediately overwhelmed. Yu Feng didn't feel anything bad at that time, and everyone was so happy to eat! Nowadays, everyone has tightened their belts. Except for the big family, who has free money to buy snacks? Besides, these are not ordinary snacks such as dried fruit candied fruit, candied cakes, etc., these are obviously high-end goods that are not even rich in Beijing. When the classmates came, they immediately regarded them as treasures. They praised Yu Feng's responsible chief for being kind, they were really kind to their doctors, and they even gave such high-end rare snacks!

Listening to the envy and praise of his classmates, Yu Feng felt sweeter in his heart, even sweeter than the chocolate in his mouth. He felt that the job assigned to him by the leader was still very good, leisurely and comfortable, and the treatment was very good. Every week, the logistics department of the Central Guard Corps gave Xiaoqiang a lot of oil, salt, vegetables, meat and eggs, and Xiaoqiang did not stop delivering it during his business trip. During this period, Xiaoqiang was not here, and the chefs Lao He, Dongzi, and himself were all full.

But then I felt a little resentful towards Xiaoqiang. This kid is on business trips every day. I am a good doctor who graduated from a genuine medical department and is completely wasting my youth. Even if I don’t go on a business trip, I just give him a routine examination every day. Isn’t this a waste of my talent?

Just like that, Yu Feng was talking to her classmates while thinking about it. When they heard them talk about various interesting cases at work, time passed quickly.

After everyone left, Yu Feng looked at the empty food box with a silly feeling a little distressed. Sisters! Don’t bring this kind of food! You must know that if you were alone, you might be able to eat these snacks for a month. As a result, they were eaten up by everyone as dry food in the afternoon. Yu Feng was also free and easy, muttering while washing the food box: "I'm back in the proletariat, the proletariat is the most revolutionary and advanced force, hum!"

Now that he heard Xiaoqiang say that he brought some more snacks, Yu Feng's little appetite suddenly sniffled, and he started to drool in his mouth. After swallowing it with a red face, Yu Feng suddenly appeared something she didn't expect to say: "Did you give it to me?"

After saying that, Yu Feng regretted it. His face turned red because of swallowing saliva just now, and now it was red to the base of his neck.

Xiaoqiang was also blushed. Of course, the reason was different from Yu Feng. He quickly covered up his embarrassment and said casually: "Everyone has it, everyone has it. Thank you for your hard work recently, especially Dr. Yu, you take care of me so much, I should express my feelings."
Chapter completed!