Anti-Japanese War: I have a million soldiers and you call me a division commander?

Chapter 425 The Three Horsemen from Northwest China Are Dumbfounded: "You're selling us out while eating hot pot and singing?"

(A 4,000-word chapter!)

"General Chu, here I come again!"

Thanks to a telegram from Minister Yang, the government quickly reached a consensus and fully approved the three conditions proposed by Chu Feng.

The telegram came into Minister Yang's hands. Minister Yang, holding the telegram, did not hesitate and found Chu Feng for the third time.

After greeting, Minister Yang looked at Chu Feng and said, "General Chu, the government has agreed to your three conditions."

"Now we can discuss the transfer of the Yumen Oilfield."

Looking at Minister Yang who was full of high spirits, Chu Feng laughed and said, "Hahahahaha, this is indeed good news."

Chu Feng looked at Minister Yang and said, "Then tell me, how much are you willing to sell the Yumen Oilfield for?"

"Also, what weapons, equipment, and machinery do you need to purchase?"

Minister Yang took a deep breath when he heard this. He knew that the obstacles on the road ahead had been cleared and it would be time to reap the rewards.

"The exact reserves of the Yumen oilfield are still unknown, but as one of the few oilfields in China, we have also taken into account the difficulty and investment involved in mining."

"So the price for transferring the mining rights of the Yumen Oilfield is 3 million French francs!" After saying the price of 3 million French francs, Minister Yang was a little nervous, but he did not show it on his face. He still maintained a smile and looked at Chu Feng.

"3 million French francs?"

"According to the current exchange rate between fiat currency and the US dollar, 3 million fiat currency is equivalent to 3000 million US dollars."

"This price is a bit high. You know, oil prices around the world are very low."

According to the official exchange rate, 1 US dollar is equal to 4 French francs, but no one is stupid enough to use this official exchange rate, not even the Kuomintang government itself.

What a drop in the value of the fiat currency!

In addition, the Japanese have been printing legal tender on a large scale, and the exchange rate between legal tender and US dollars has now reached 1 US dollar to 6.5 to 7 legal tenders.

"Hahaha!"

Hearing Chu Feng's words, Minister Yang smiled and said, "After all, those are foreign oil and oil fields. If it were before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, they could be sold for 1.5 million French francs, but now they can't be brought in!"

"Taking inflation into account, 3 million French francs is about the same as 1.5 million French francs two years ago. No, it's much less."

At this point, Minister Yang's expression turned serious and he said, "General Chu, I think this price is very low."

"Our government also takes into account that you will need to spend a lot of money on mining and construction."

"Besides, not all of this money will go to our government. We also need to take care of Ganma and other things."

"The most important thing is that after we get this money, we will also spend it on trade with General Chu."

Looking at Minister Yang's eloquent speech, Chu Feng smiled and shook his head, saying, "3 million French francs is 3 million French francs!"

"For fiat currency, I don't want to calculate the exchange rate every day. It's too troublesome and too troublesome to trade."

"Minister Yang, there are two choices. One is to give you 1.8 million Saibei currency, or 1.5 million rubles."

After hearing Chu Feng's words, Minister Yang fell into deep thought.

The exchange rate between Saibei currency and other national currencies is fixed, 1 US dollar is exchanged for 2 Saibei currencies. This exchange rate is not recognized by any country, but is set by Chu Feng.

Because it is only a local currency, it has not entered international circulation, but because it is backed by the Saibei Border Region, Minister Yang approves this exchange rate.

1.8 million Saibei currency definitely shows Chu Feng's great sincerity.

This is equivalent to 3 million French francs, which has returned to the official exchange rate between French francs and the US dollar, and is not much more valuable than the official exchange rate.

The exchange rate between the ruble and the Saibei currency reached one to one, which was agreed upon by Chu Feng and the Bear Country.

The reason why 3000 million Saibei currency was given as an extra benefit was just a sweet treat given by Chu Feng in order to promote Saibei currency on a large scale in the country!

It depends on what the government chooses, whether to choose an additional 3000 million Saibei currency or 1.5 million rubles.

If they choose Saibei currency, then they will have to pay an extra 3000 million, and then they will have to bear some public opinion. For example, the national government also recognizes Saibei currency and does not recognize their own legal currency, which will make the road of legal currency more difficult.

If you want to keep the legal currency, don't give up this piece of fat meat worth 3000 million Saibei coins.

"this!"

After listening to Chu Feng's words, Minister Yang suddenly fell into a dilemma.

He knew that this was an open conspiracy!

Chu Feng's conspiracy was blatant, but Minister Yang had to sigh that he really couldn't refuse the temptation of 30 million Saibei currency.

"General Chu, I need to ask the government for instructions!"

After thinking for more than a minute, Minister Yang still couldn't be sure, so he could only show an apologetic expression to Chu Feng and said.

"Please!"

Chu Feng was prepared for this and gestured with a smile.

Minister Yang did not hesitate and quickly stood up and left. Soon the telegram arrived at the National Government.

"1.8 million Serbian dollars or 1.5 million rubles?"

Looking at the price offered by Chu Feng, the government was a little unsure.

30 million Saibei coins, this is damn, according to the current legal currency, it is equivalent to more than 70 million legal currency.

Even the national government hesitated about such a huge sum of money.

In order to maintain the strength of the French currency, he felt a little painful for losing 60 to 70 million French francs.

"Let's talk!"

The National Government delegation did not disperse. Everyone was waiting for the final result from Minister Yang. Now that the negotiation results have not come out, the first temptation is in front of them.

"It must be Saibei currency!"

After hearing what the National Government said, these military personnel didn't care whether the legal tender was alive or dead, and chose the Saibei currency without hesitation.

With an extra 30 million Saibei coins, how many weapons and equipment can be purchased with the extra money?

"I also choose Saibei currency!"

These people in the industrial sector also chose Saibei currency without hesitation. There was no other way. Even if they could be given one-sixth of the extra 30 million Saibei currency, that is, 5 million Saibei currency, they could buy more than a dozen bullet and artillery shell production lines.

They don't care about the impact of fiat currency, they only care about their own interests.

"No !!!!"

As soon as the military and industrial officials finished speaking, the government's financial and economic officials refuted without hesitation: "The legal tender is now in danger, but we need to print legal tender to maintain our spending."

“If the fiat currency continues to depreciate and loses its credibility, our losses will be severe.”

"For these 30 million Saibei coins, we may have invisibly lost hundreds of millions of French francs. This is simply not worth it."

After the economic aspects were discussed, the government finance department also expressed opposition: "We are the national government, how can we use Saibei currency?"

"Once we use it, it will be a wedding dress for Saibei currency."

"..."

The entire conference room was once again filled with arguments, with people from the military and industry arguing based on their actual interests.

In terms of finance and economy, they also act out of their own interests. Printing money is too profitable, and they have been sucking blood from it.

Whoever touches the legal currency is touching their lifeblood. At this moment, they can be said to have exerted their full attack power. These scholars began to engage in verbal attacks with the soldiers.

Looking at the quarreling crowd, Guo Fu fell into deep thought and began to think about the pros and cons.

The government was not stupid about Chu Feng's intentions and could see that he was using them.

But the government is also poor!

It was inevitable that he would be tempted by such a large sum of money, but this was just a sugar-coated bullet.

After taking a bite, the consequences were a bit too much for him to bear.

Looking at the people who were arguing more and more, the government gritted its teeth and said, "Alright, stop arguing!"

"Look at you guys, how disgraceful!"

"Chu Feng only threw out 30 million, and you all lost your composure. What a shame!"

At this point, the government said: "We are the government, and we issue the legal tender. It is not appropriate to use Saibei currency."

"Thirty million is tempting, but we have to be patient. A little impatience can ruin a big plan."

At this point, the government said to a servant in the attendant room: "Send a telegram to Minister Yang and tell him that we have chosen 1.5 million rubles."

The government cut the Gordian knot and interrupted everyone's dispute.

After the attendant left to send the telegram, the military officer tried to struggle and said, "This is 30 million!"

"Just for bullets, we can buy hundreds of millions!"

"Even if we just buy equipment and production lines, that would be dozens of production lines!"

"Just give up like that?"

The government also knew about the army's thoughts and felt very sad, but still comforted them: "It's okay, at worst, we can cooperate more with Chu Feng in the future and look for other minerals to cooperate with."

"Once there is a first transaction, there will be a second and a third."

"While we're getting what we want, we can't lose our base. You should also be considerate of me and the government's financial situation!"

"Don't worry, next time there's a deal, I'll give you a bigger share."

Under the appeasement of the National Government, people in the industrial and military sectors, even though they were unwilling, stopped talking.

"call!"

After receiving the telegram from the National Government, Minister Yang breathed a sigh of relief. He no longer had to suffer torture. The temptation of 30 million was too great.

With the order from the National Government, Minister Yang and Chu Feng continued their talks.

The two sides finally reached an agreement at 11 o'clock in the evening.

The national government used the Yumen Oilfield and three related conditions to exchange a huge sum of 1.5 million rubles from Chu Feng.

Then, the 1.5 million rubles were used to purchase 200 aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and supporting equipment, totaling three regiments.

12 bullet production lines, 10 production lines for various types of artillery shells, 5 rifle production lines, 3 light and heavy machine gun production lines each, 5 production lines for various types of artillery, as well as related technologies and 300 pieces of equipment of various types were purchased.

In addition, a total of 1 tons of gasoline and diesel were purchased, as well as relevant personnel training and 5 hydroelectric generator sets.

A total of 1.1 million rubles were spent on purchasing the above materials.

The remaining 4000 million rubles were used to purchase a batch of seamless artillery barrels, seamless gun barrels, and a large number of rifle and machine gun parts.

无缝炮管以82毫米、120毫米迫击炮，还有75毫米山野炮、122毫米、150毫米榴弹炮为主。

There are about 2000 of these in total, with the largest number being 82mm mortars, reaching 600.

2 seamless gun barrels were purchased, and about 1 sets of rifle and light machine gun parts were purchased.

It can be said that Chu Feng sold these materials to them at cost price, 1.5 million rubles, and the profit he got was only about 1 million.

If this were in the hands of foreigners, the price of these things combined would be at least ten times higher.

This is not alarmist, but a real thing that happened.

Before the outbreak of the full-scale war of resistance, the National Government spent 20 million French francs to purchase 24 32-fold 150mm howitzers, as well as matching ammunition and vehicles to tow the artillery from the Hans country.

Each piece of artillery and its accompanying ammunition and vehicles are worth 87 yuan.

This terrifying premium is the most realistic reflection of domestic military purchases.

It’s not that the government is being taken advantage of, but that everyone is selling like this, at a super high premium.

Chu Feng's price can no longer be described as conscience.

"General Chu, thank you so much!"

Minister Yang knew how greedy the foreigners were and how much discount Chu Feng had given them. After signing the contract, Minister Yang couldn't help but hold Chu Feng's hand tightly and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahaha!"

In response to Minister Yang's thanks, Chu Feng smiled and waved his hands, saying, "We are all Chinese, and we are all here to fight the Japanese."

"Again, these supplies can't arrive in a short time. It will take at least half a year to deliver them."

"Especially for diesel and gasoline, it takes one to two years to complete the transaction."

"And I can only deliver it to Shaanxi Province at that time. You will need to transport it back by yourselves then."

As soon as Chu Feng finished speaking, Minister Yang hurriedly said, "I understand, I understand, General Chu, I understand very well."

It was too late to organize a dinner party.

Chu Feng took out a bottle of Fenjiu, poured a glass for Minister Yang and himself, and said with a smile: "It's late, let's keep it simple!"

After saying that, he clinked glasses with Minister Yang and drank nearly one liang of Fenjiu in one gulp.

Minister Yang was also very happy. He drank the wine in his glass and said with a smile: "Happy cooperation, happy cooperation!"

After a brief celebration, Minister Yang hurried away to report the good news to the government.

"Commander-in-Chief, this is too cheap for the government!"

Li Mingqiang, who had been there for half an hour, witnessed the signing of the cooperation agreement. After Minister Yang left, he couldn't help but speak.

"Cheap?"

“Not cheap!”

Hearing Li Mingqiang's words, Chu Feng knew what he meant and said with a smile: "On the surface, we earn less, but we still make money."

"As long as there is money to be made!"

"Secondly, these things are ours after all. The government just bought them and installed and maintained them for us."

Chu Feng pointed at the three conditions and the Yumen Oilfield and said with a smile, "Not to mention these three conditions, the Yumen Oilfield alone is worth over $500 million."

"This time, we made a lot of money!"

Chu Feng did not spread the news actively. The next day, Minister Yang found the Three Mas of the Northwest with the government's order and appeasement conditions.

After telling them about the deal, the three Ma people from the Northwest were dumbfounded as they listened to Minister Yang's words and looked at the conditions given by the government.

"No, I only found out about selling my land after you guys made the deal?"

While eating hot pot and singing songs, you were sold out?

The three horses from the Northwest, who were feeling that they had gotten a great deal in this arms purchase, suddenly felt that the mutton in their mouths was no longer tasty.