sbdcsierra Chapter 468 Central Bank Gold Reserves
Chapter 468 Central Bank Gold Reserves
"General, this is the core reserve area A, with a maximum storage capacity of 600 tons. We currently reserve 22 tons of standard gold bricks." Shen Zhiyuan's voice echoed in the huge space of the vault, revealing a hint of pride, but also unable to hide his nervousness in facing the supreme leader in front of him.
He carefully picked up a standard gold brick weighing about 1 kilogram (pictured). The heavy weight made his arm muscles slightly tense.
With great effort and almost reverent respect, he handed the piece of metal, which shone with an alluring luster under the light, to Zhang Chi. "Each piece has undergone three rounds of independent re-inspection, and the purity and weight have been strictly checked."
Zhang Chi took the heavy gold brick. The cold touch conveyed power, and there was a clear French stamp on it.
He estimated that this was the batch of gold that the Russians had transported away from the Franco-Russian Civil War, and that it had been brought to Pegu to pay for the goods.
Without much emotion, he threw the gold brick back to a young warehouse keeper next to him who was so nervous that sweat was coming out of his forehead. The latter was so flustered that he almost failed to catch it, which made Shen Zhiyuan glare at him fiercely.
In fact, the gold he could control was far more than the 22 tons in the Nanyang Central Bank's vault.
Excluding the 13 tons of gold spent on exchanging various synths and gold vehicles from the system, Zhang Chi has a total of more than 284 tons of gold under his control since the time he traveled through time.
Among them, Mutaguchi Ren'ya made the greatest contribution. He led more than 10 devils to wreak havoc in the richest eastern plains of Sindhu, looting more than 50 tons of gold. However, the final hiding place was reported to the Anmin Army by the lurking spy Shinichi Kobayashi.
However, before revealing the hiding place, Kobayashi Shinichi also made a request, that is, as a high-level undercover agent led by the Red Party's Southern Bureau, the batch of gold he protected should also have a share for the Red Party.
(Zhong Xigong graduated from the East Asia Tongwen College in Shanghai and joined the Longguo Communist Youth League in 31. His line was not under the leadership of the International, but was a branch of the Red Party's Southern Bureau)
In response to this, Zhang Chi waved his pen and directly promised to give 20% of it to the Red Party. However, considering the importance of this batch of gold, it all needed to be temporarily stored in Pegu.
He issued the Red Party a "super shopping card" worth 1100 million US dollars. Whether it was medicine, food, machinery and equipment or weapons and ammunition, the Red Party could directly purchase them through credit card. Of course, he was not responsible for the transportation to the base, and at most he could help transport them to the warehouse in Yunnan Province.
In addition, there is the gold that Bai Minghui "picked up" from tombs in Sindhu, plus the small amount of gold left by the Japanese in Pegu, and the gold dug out from several gold mines in Pegu in the past two years, totaling 83 tons.
In addition, there are 28 tons of gold reserves in the Bank of Siam. Although it is temporarily stored in the vault in Bangkok, it is also under Zhang Chi's control.
The 34 tons of gold used by Russia to pay for goods were worth 3800 million US dollars. Russia used this gold mainly to purchase large quantities of strategic materials such as penicillin, oxytetracycline, silicon transistors, rubber, etc.
32 tons of payment for the purchase of supplies and arms from the Yunnan clique, the Guangxi clique, the Ministry of Finance of the King's uncle, the five northeastern states of Sindhu, Persia and other forces.
In addition, there were private individuals who sold their gold in exchange for various materials and industrial equipment in Zhang Chi's hands. Through this channel, about 27 tons of gold were collected.
Another channel is smuggling. Whether it is penicillin or oil, they are both absolute hard currencies on the black market. 18 tons of gold and goods worth 2 million US dollars were also sold in scattered amounts.
The rest is the gold reserve of OCBC Bank in Singapore, which is equivalent to the gold reserves of all the Chinese in the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, totaling about 34 tons.
This batch of gold has now been loaded onto the ship and shipped, and the Anmin Army Navy has dispatched a luxurious lineup of 2 light cruisers and 4 destroyers to escort it.
Such a large amount of gold is not a lot.
According to the newly established Bretton Woods system, 1 ounce of gold was worth 35 US dollars, and 1 ton of gold weighed more than 32,150 ounces, so 1 ton of gold was about 112.5 million US dollars.
More than 284 tons of gold add up to a total of about 3.2 million US dollars. This is all the gold reserves under the Nanyang system. Compared with the 12 billion US dollar loan package provided by White Eagle before, it is not a little bit less.
(Don’t think that 12 billion is a lot of money. During the Anti-Japanese War, the White Eagle owed the Republic of China 4 million dollars for the construction of the airport. The airport was built to fight the Japanese. At that time, because of the war, the White Eagle had too much money to burn.)
The 284 tons of gold reserves cannot be compared with White Eagle’s current gold reserves of more than 2 tons, which account for 2/3 of the world’s gold reserves.
Even the United Kingdom, which suffered a great loss, is still a lean camel that is bigger than a horse. After using up its 2500 tons of reserves before the war, it still has about 1000 tons of gold left.
Although Russia made a fortune in gold during the Franco-Russian Civil War, its current reserves are only about 1000 tons. (There is no data on this, so we can only estimate it.)
The only reference that can provide some "comfort" is the Republic of China and the Japanese devils at that time.
Although the former is now financially bankrupt, it still transported more than 280 tons of gold when it went to the island to play Boom Beach.
As for the Japanese, their gold reserves before the war were only a little over 200 tons, and when they were defeated, there were only less than 100 tons left.
Although there is a legend of "gold under the mountain", claiming that the Japanese looted thousands of tons of gold, at least for now, Zhang Chi has only recovered less than 100 tons.
Perhaps we should wait for the Japanese to surrender and the flag to fall, then land on Sakura Island and use the "claws" to torture them thoroughly? And ask those old Japanese where they hid the gold?
However, considering that even though the Japanese became powerful later, their gold reserves were only more than 800 tons before Zhang Chi traveled through time.
Looking at it this way, the wealth I've accumulated in less than three years seems... not bad?
Gold mining in troubled times, this efficiency is pretty good!
With a thought, Zhang Chi looked at the 120000 units of gold shining brightly in the system and the shining icon for exchanging for atomic bombs, and temporarily resisted the urge to press it.
It is useless to exchange it too early. You have to throw it after the White Eagle to maximize the deterrent effect.
Just like what is shown in Mark Twain's "The Million Pound Bank Note", the hero does not need to spend the 100 million pound check to get everything in the upper class life.
Similarly, as long as Zhang Chi places these hundreds of tons of gold in the vault for people to see, huge profits will come in continuously, without even having to spend even 1 gram of the gold.
"Director Shen." Zhang Chi shut down the system with his mind, and the interface on his retina quickly disappeared. He spoke again, his voice remarkably clear in the vault. "Gold is the ballast, and it's very important. But more importantly, it's about convincing the people and the market that the printed paper is worth the price."
He pointed at the gold bricks and said, "Confidence is more valuable than gold. The bottom line is that the security of the vault must be foolproof. Not even a fly can get in, and not even a mouse can get out."
"Yes! This vault uses independent power supply, independent ventilation, and independent water source. The backgrounds of all guards have undergone three rounds of checks. They work in groups of three while on duty and supervise each other." Shen Zhiyuan quickly reported.
Zhang Chi listened to Shen Zhiyuan's detailed report and nodded slightly.
This security system was personally overseen and repeatedly deliberated by him, so its strictness is beyond doubt.
Now that I have made an on-site inspection, I have a better idea of the situation.
"Come on, take me to see how 'paper' is turned into 'money'."