"Your Majesty, up to now, more than 10 million pounds have been invested in the market by bankers from Britain, the United States and other countries."

Standing in front of His Majesty, Hu Xueyan said with some joy.

As the person in charge of the "Falling Eagle Project", he knew very well what market the 10 million pounds would be invested in. It was obvious that those Europeans were giving gold to the Ming Dynasty with money in their hands!

With this amount of funds, let alone defending the "silver standard", it is not impossible to raise the silver price to 1:16.

But this was not in the interests of the empire. 1 to 18 was a relatively appropriate critical point. In fact, the actual commercial value of silver was higher than this. Silver holders could sell their silver to manufacturers to be made into jewelry and utensils, and sell them at a higher price.

Fortunately, silver tableware is not popular in the Empire. Only some European citizens use silver tableware. However, many silver tableware have long been replaced by stainless steel tableware produced by the Empire.

“This is just the beginning!”

After putting down the report, Emperor Zhu looked out the window and said.

"The British are now very confident. The gold mines in Australia, coupled with the gold rush in southern Africa, have given them the illusion that they control the world's money supply. We are now going to take advantage of this illusion and deal a heavy blow to those bankers."

What is the real blow?

The battle to defend the silver standard was just a preliminaries. The real heavy blow was the "South African Gold Rush". British financial capital invested no less than 100 million pounds there. The empire had already made a fortune in that investment boom.

Now, we just need to wait quietly for the hot gold fever to be burst, because it won’t last long.

"By the way, who are the bankers involved in this incident?"

Emperor Zhu asked.

"It's mainly the Rothschild family. From London to Paris, to Frankfurt and other places, people from the Rothschild family are involved in this speculation, as are many British dignitaries. It seems that Sassoon is using this investment to win over his network of connections."

Hu Xueyan's words made Emperor Zhu raise his eyebrows and smile.

"Network of relationships? In the end, it may become a deadly network. When speculation fails, this network of relationships will become a deadly network. However, the Rothschild family needs to pay attention to this. Ten million pounds..."

Emperor Zhu said to himself with regret.

"For them, it's still a shame that they can't hurt their bones..."

Perhaps because he had traveled through time for too long, Emperor Zhu had no concept of money anymore. Ten million pounds was tens of millions of taels of silver. If converted into gold, it would be nearly eighty tons of gold!

In the 21st century, many medium-sized countries may not have that much gold reserves.

But that’s the human heart!

He is always eager for wealth, even if he is an emperor.

However, it will take at least a few more months to get the money, after all, the plan has just begun.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing..."

Hu Xueyan looked at His Majesty and said.

"In the past year, we and HSBC and other banks have received remittances of 13 million pounds from southern Africa. This money..."

After a pause, Hu Xueyan looked at His Majesty and asked tentatively.

"If I am not mistaken, it should be the 'special funds'. This special fund is currently stored in London and Cape Town. Your Majesty, if we withdraw this money and remit it to our country at the appropriate time, it will definitely cause a small-scale financial crisis in the UK..."

What is a “special edition”?

It is the special fund of the Investigation Department. It is not important where the money comes from. What is important is that money can explain everything. Therefore, the Investigation Department often cooperates with the Imperial Bank, HSBC and some small and medium-sized banks to launder the money.

As the most senior banker in the empire, Hu Xueyan had a certain understanding of the Investigation Department. It would definitely be useful for the money to be kept in London instead of being remitted back home.

After staring at Hu Xueyan for a while, Emperor Zhu shook his head and said.

"Don't touch that money for now. I have another use for it!"

Thirteen million pounds!

Up to now, the rewards the empire has received from the two gold rushes in southern Africa are almost... one hundred tons of gold!

Withdrawing this fund was only about taking away one hundred tons of gold and causing cashing shortage in Britain. This was not the goal of Emperor Zhu. Compared with the short-term financial crisis caused by cashing shortage, he had more ambitious plans and goals!

Once that plan is implemented, it will not only severely damage the British financial economy.

In Emperor Zhu's plan, that money is another trump card of the empire!

After Hu Xueyan left, he glanced at the clock and saw that it was 11 o'clock. Emperor Zhu picked up the red phone on the table, which was a direct line to the Investigation Department.

After the call was connected, Emperor Zhu briefly asked about the situation in southern Africa. After learning some information, he smiled and said after Qian Zizhuang finished his report.

"So, everything is going as planned. Well, the situation in southern Africa can come to an end for now,"

Emperor Zhu said,

"What's the latest news from our people in London? What stage has the implementation of the Persian Plan reached?"

The "Persian Plan" was actually very simple. It was to use the "British Company" to discover oil in Persia, and then use Persian oil to lure Russia to send troops to Persia, thereby leading Russia's expansion direction to India, that is, to completely break off relations between Russia and Britain.

As early as last year, the Imperial Investigation Department had already implemented this plan, almost at the same time as the "Southern Africa Plan". In fact, the two plans complement each other.

Even the original intention of implementing the "Southern Africa Plan" was to provide funds for the "Persian Plan". Money can explain everything. After all, funds that appear out of thin air will increase the possibility of exposing the plan, so it is necessary to use another plan to cover up one plan.

But in essence, these plans are interconnected. They are like a snowball. They will get bigger and bigger as time goes by, and in the end the snowball will destroy everything.

What does it destroy?

It’s the economy of the United Kingdom and even the economy of the United States!

When they fall into an economic crisis or even a great depression, that will be the time for the empire to blow the horn!

war!

If you want to win the war, you must try your best and use all means to defeat the enemy, and before the two armies actually engage in combat, all you need is constant bleeding!

bloodletting!

A little bit adds up to a lot, and eventually those seemingly powerful enemies turn into weak beasts...