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"Food?" Knowing the purpose of the Soviet ambassador's visit, Alan Wilson knew that this was just a contact, and it only played the role of expressing the purpose of coming, and of course he would not make any promises, "I just A cabinet secretary, we will reply in two days."

This short meeting brought opportunities for subsequent black-box operations. Alan Wilson decided not to inform the Prime Minister of the matter for the time being, but waited for the meeting with Alexeyev.

The second meeting is coming soon. After more than half a year, Hao Daer has not changed much. This time, Alan Wilson directly turned on the mocking mode when he met alone. The food problem came to beg the imperialist countries in your mouth?"

"We need the help of the United Kingdom. It is best not to contact the United States." Alekseev heard the old father's sneer, although he was unwilling in his heart, he could only listen. The situation is stronger than others.

"Oh, this is unrealistic. It depends on how much your food gap is." Allen Wilson snorted softly. If the import volume of 300 million tons in a normal year is not difficult at all, just one Rhodesia The royal family's territory can be solved, but what if the gap is too big?How to bypass the United States?

The most powerful agricultural country in the world is the United States. In fact, if the Soviet Union did not differ from the United States in every aspect and gave up some industries to focus on solving agricultural problems, even if the Soviet Union could not become an agricultural empire, it would have no problem at all to achieve self-sufficiency in agricultural products.

"What's the use of the Soviet Union's reputation as the world's largest textile country? Huh? Transfer your textile industry away, use the free manpower on farming, do less about feeding grain to livestock, and reform the transportation problem. Is it necessary like it is now?" It can be seen that Hao Daer is unwilling to beg for help in a low voice, and Alan Wilson bluntly opened his mouth to teach, "The price of grain is artificially suppressed and the price is inverted. Who will go to farm? I will not Let’s talk about the Soviet Union’s generous foreign aid.”

At any rate, during the Sino-Soviet honeymoon period of more than ten years, have you never heard the saying that the cheapness of the grain hurts the peasants from the comrades in the East?

There is no way for a large country to have a large population, and it is necessary to ensure that everyone can afford food.The Soviet Union also had population pressure?Although the population of the Soviet Union is also among the top three in the world, it has absolutely nothing to do with population pressure.

"We also thought about transferring them, but they didn't want to, because they felt that the Soviet Union was exploiting them." Alekseev's face was very ugly. Who would dare to reprimand him like this in the Soviet Union?But it's really not good in London, the people in front of him can still reprimand him without any temper.

"Oh, I know which country you are talking about." Alan Wilson knew that this was not a big country as soon as he heard it?There is indeed such a thing as unwillingness to be a light industrial base of the Soviet Union.

Do you want to say that there is any difference?In fact, it didn’t. It’s just that they resolutely refused to be the light industry base of the Soviet Union, and then went all the way to become the light industry base of the free world.

This hurdle is unavoidable, and it is an inevitable stage. If you don’t want to be in the Soviet Union, you can be in the free world. Of course, you can choose not to do it. This is a free world.

Seeing the big boy feeling uncomfortable, Alan Wilson became even more excited. This is the moment to show the traditional skills of British diplomacy. He recalled the development of the relationship between the two countries in the Soviet Union with Alekseev.When the Soviet Union wanted to relax, people said it was capitulationism, and the Soviet Union was about to start a global offensive, and people said it was better to relax.

"What? Am I lying in one sentence? Does every sentence happen in the past ten years?"

Alan Wilson managed to seize such an opportunity and was able to find the role of his father. It was a joy. Of course, he has been an official for so many years, and he also knows what is enough. "The current satellite technology can only see endless farmland. I don’t know whether the ears of wheat above are full. At this time, what Moscow should do is to publicly express its expectation for a bumper harvest. There is only a gap of two to three million tons in the usual year of imports. This amount is not enough to cause grain fluctuations. Let me help you As for the solution, it’s left to see how you can fool the Americans, if the UK doesn’t make up enough of the gap, take advantage of the low prices to shop around.”

How much Alan Wilson can eat is not yet sure, but he had an idea and reminded, "This has to be hidden from any country, no matter how good the relationship is. When I go back, I will say that I have inquired about the usual year. The price of imported grain, don't say anything else. Have you received anti-reconnaissance training? That's no problem."

"I'll just go back like this?" Alekseyev hesitated to speak, did he complete the task in Moscow?

"Well, I'm your father, and I won't hurt you." Alan Wilson said in a tone that you heard right, "After you go back, think about how to operate it, and I'm looking for an excuse to come back."

Urging Hao Daer to return to Moscow as soon as possible, Alan Wilson was thinking about how to solve this problem, and asked Hao Daer to hide it from the allies of the Soviet Union, because if he handles this matter, if the Soviet Union and the allies leak the news, it will increase the number of British troops. The cost of purchasing food.

The first is to print money, and then import wheat from the world's two most populous countries. This is not impossible. In terms of the current position of the industrial chain, there is almost nothing in the two countries that the UK particularly needs.

Why in the 21st century, despite the extremely low food self-sufficiency, why did India export food so desperately?On the one hand, it is because Indians do eat less, but this is not the main reason. Another reason is that India only has food as hard currency, and there are almost no competitive products left that cannot be separated from Europe and the United States.

This kind of thing happens when there is no competitiveness in the industry. In fact, for a period of time, a certain big country, like India, exchanged grain exports for foreign exchange.Of course, India was always at such a stage until Modi came to power, and that was a very serious problem.

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It's okay to tighten your belt for a bigger purpose, the British paid as much as anyone in the Industrial Revolution era.

But after more than 100 years, the pillar industries of many countries are the same as they were a hundred years ago?That's it, isn't it?The stagnation of technology makes sense, but it is my own problem that I don't get a little bonus of the new era.

The United Kingdom is naturally at the top of the world. This is not about any industry, but the financial industry of the United Kingdom. Although at this time, the financial hegemony is dominated by the United States and Britain, there is still a part of it. A part of financial hegemony is enough for Britain to print money and exchange it for goods from other countries.

Having sent Alexeyev back to Moscow, Alan Wilson now faced the question of whether to inform the Prime Minister or the love of his life, Ms Pamela Mountbatten, first.After not thinking for a long time, the prime minister can wait and discuss with his wife first.

"Is there such a good thing?" Pamela Mountbatten's eyes lit up. Last time, the Soviet Union took out more than 300 tons of gold. Although it ended up in the British treasury, after going around the London financial market, Pamela The share that Mountbatten got was no less than the market price of gold, even higher!This time there is such a good opportunity?

Pamela Mountbatten simply wanted to thank God. Alan Wilson listened to the mantra of God's blessing. What does it have to do with his old man?Obviously, I should thank God more for calling me God's man.

"My dear, I understand that it was you who strongly suggested that I want to make achievements in agriculture." Pamela Mountbatten immediately changed into the tone of a young daughter-in-law, expressing her admiration for the supreme authority, but the supreme authority did not There was no response, so I couldn't help poking it lightly, "What's wrong?"

"This is the importance of information advantage. With the information you have at your level, even if it is one day faster than ordinary people, it will bring hundreds of millions of transactions. Power and money cannot be separated, but some countries are realizing In terms of who is in front of the difference, but basically agree that the combination of power and money is the consensus, but I'm not thinking about this thing."

Even for an ordinary patriot in the East End of London, having an information advantage beyond even one day is enough to make a fortune, not to mention that the top leaders of a country definitely have more than one day's information advantage.

Even the reborn person in the novel, no matter how ordinary his family background is, will convince readers that he will become a rich man in the future.

Coincidentally, Alan Wilson happened to be in the right position of information advantage, coupled with his own memory, doing business is like fighting a right war at the right time and place.

After Alan Wilson uttered some philosophical words, he fell into thinking and said to himself, "I was wondering how many ways there are to make this dish."

"How to say?" Pamela Mountbatten became interested, and immediately knew that her husband must have an idea. She hadn't seen her husband with such an expression for a long time.

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll just say it and you can listen to it." Alan Wilson had an immature idea at this time. Regarding whether the Soviet Union's purchase of grain this time could achieve a win-win or even a triple-win result, he put Own thoughts and speak with Pamela Mountbatten.

The person he should trust the most in this world is the woman in front of him, and he should trust.

Now the British pound is still the main currency in circulation in the world. Apart from the U.S. dollar, it is the British pound. In other words, the financial hegemony is still there, and the UK can print British pounds to solve some problems.

In fact, the United Kingdom does do the same, but Whitehall has been firmly opposed to doing so at home, but does not oppose quantitative easing in specific matters.

The main reason for opposition is that the excess currency issued by the Bretton Woods system can really be exchanged for gold. This is the main reason why Alan Wilson and all senior civil servants object.

It cannot be said that all senior officials in Whitehall support him as the cabinet secretary. Those who do not support him naturally have the positions of Fiji High Commissioner and Chairman of the War Public Recruitment Committee waiting for them.

At present, everything is fine. Compared with the US dollar, the oversupply of the British pound can be regarded as restrained, but now that the Bretton Woods system cannot continue, it has been tacitly understood. It seems to continue to be so restrained?

Taking advantage of the drastic changes in international finance, it is possible to slightly expand the scope of quantitative easing. Once the Bretton Woods system is over, it will not be the UK's default, and all responsibility will be on the US side.

It is the United States that has played off the Bretton Woods system. What can the United Kingdom do?

"We received gold from the Soviet Union without any delay, and then we printed a batch of British pounds to purchase food in Asia, mainly in two populous countries. In this way, we received the gold, but we only paid the cost of printing British pounds. We can also charge less Gold. Let the Soviet Union replace it with raw materials, such as exporting steel and exchange it with us. Then we send food from Asian ports to the Soviet Union, and ship the raw materials exported by the Soviet Union to Bangladesh. This is equivalent to using the industrial capacity of the Soviet Union for The reconstruction endorsement of Bangladesh. As for manpower, South Korea also lacks foreign exchange. South Korea has no resources of its own and relies heavily on foreign exchange. We hired Korean workers to build Bangladesh’s foreign exchange. The South Korean government received British pounds, and they can still buy energy from the Middle East and from Australia. Buy iron ore."

Although her husband's words were a bit confusing, it was indeed still in the stage of thinking about it, Pamela Mountbatten stretched out a finger and kept gesticulating to speed up her understanding of her husband's meaning, "That is to say, we only need to print out the British pound, and we will get The steel exported by the Soviet Union was used to rebuild Bangladesh, as well as the Soviet Union’s gold reserves, and the printed British pound was used to sign a contract with South Korea, and a batch of labor was borrowed to speed up the reconstruction of Bangladesh. It can be purchased from two populous countries that urgently need foreign exchange reserves."

"Basically, there is no cost!" After a long time, the husband and wife spoke almost at the same time, and then smiled at each other. It was a good deal.

"It's definitely not that simple, but it's theoretically feasible. The two countries with the largest populations and South Korea involved, who recognizes their currencies?" Allen Wilson said to himself confidently, "If the goal is not too big, it may lead to the United States I want to emulate India's ruble-to-rupee settlement."

The two major currencies currently in international circulation are the U.S. dollar and the pound sterling. Any country will definitely want to use its own currency to settle trade, such as India, a big and impressive country, but who will approve it?

What anchor does India have that other countries cannot do without to stabilize the value of the rupee?Do you use sustainable consumables Dalit?

If a currency has no anchor and is a purely sovereign currency, and the credit of your sovereign country is not very good, then you just wait for inflation to explode in situ.

Alan Wilson couldn't think of what India would use to negotiate with the Soviet Union for the ruble to rupee. Could it be that it used one-fifth of the steel output of the Malayan colony to prop up the strength that the Soviet Union could face up to?

Britain will not accept the currency of the Soviet Union, but at the critical moment of rebuilding Bangladesh, it can also use the export of raw materials from the Soviet Union to settle accounts. If it only uses Malaya’s production capacity to support the reconstruction of Bangladesh, it will also affect Malaya’s economic development. .

If the Soviet Union can accept this, then Britain can agree that part of the gold can be replaced by raw materials provided by the Soviet Union.

The reconstruction of Bangladesh, Alan Wilson said from the bottom of his heart, he didn’t want to take a penny, it was purely to give the high commissioners everywhere a chance to settle their accounts, and at the same time use a debt trap to trap Bangladesh’s 6000 million labor force, who let Britain nationalize In this regard, the enterprise is better than the blue, and the state-owned enterprises have been opened to other countries.

"However, the two countries with large populations may not have much food surplus." Pamela Mountbatten did not know the food shortage in the Soviet Union, and asked her husband if he knew.

Alan Wilson also shook his head, "If you believe me, you can definitely buy food with pounds. With our contribution to the two countries, it makes sense to take advantage of it, not to mention that they need foreign exchange for foreign trade. "

There are often precious foreign exchange vocabulary in old documentaries, which shows the degree of thirst for foreign exchange in a specific period. As long as it can be exchanged for foreign exchange, food will definitely be exported.

The contribution that Alan Wilson said to the two countries with large populations is that the Mountbatten Group provided good seeds. Both countries accepted the support of the Mountbatten Group in agricultural technology. traditional relationship.

If there is no accident, the traditional black pigs in the Far East may thank the eight generations of ancestors in the United Kingdom. Now it must be in a bad situation to be run over by the foreign monk Big White York pig.

Pamela Mountbatten said that he would conduct an evaluation, and Alan Wilson told his wife, "I will ask the Ministry of Finance to bring the average price report of Soviet exports to help you evaluate."

Two days later, the Mountbatten Group's finances roughly figured out the operating costs, and Alan Wilson went to No. [-] Downing Street to inform the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union's discussion on grain imports, and at the same time informed him of the data-backed response. Method.

The core idea is that for the reconstruction of Bangladesh, the London government does not want to take a penny from now on, but it must be rebuilt as a benchmark. Borrowing the fact that the Soviet Union wants to import food this time, let the Soviet Union reimburse the cost of printing British pounds. up.

At this time, Alexeyev was praised by Andropov, "We really shouldn't be too anxious. You are right to maintain a cautious attitude. We report a gap similar to that of previous years, which will not cause any serious problems. Fluctuations in international grain prices must convince the British that the harvest in the Soviet Union is the same as in previous years. First, make up part of the food gap."

"If international grain prices do not fluctuate and are overshadowed by the news of a bumper harvest, we will be sweeping the goods." Alekseyev didn't know at this time that his old father in London had come up with an idea to let the Soviet Union save gold As a way to reserve, the Soviet Union has plenty of raw materials, and the production of steel in the Soviet Union ranks first in the world.

If Alexeyev can save the gold reserves of the Soviet Union, this must be another great contribution from heaven, and a rich stroke in his life history.

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After the discussion in the Kremlin, it was decided to explain it in the name of replenishing grain reserves. This time, the Soviet Union also has a grain reserve system, which is usually one-tenth of the annual output of retained grain, which is about 500 million tons. , Even in a bumper harvest year, they will purchase food from outside.

In fact, the international market knows the general figure of the grain purchased by the Soviet Union, so this time Alekseev went to London, even if it was known by others, it would not cause surprise.

At this time, the supreme authority is talking to David, who is far away in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Fortunately, he has a good son. Unfortunately, he not only has a good son, but he is still fine now. , if they are all developed in the UK, then Alan Wilson will have a headache.

David cautiously asked where his father made the call, and was relieved when he heard that he was not in Whitehall, "Father, how is mother now?"

"Vivienne is cooking, and she seems to be going to hang out with your sister for a while." Alan Wilson glanced at the British treasure in the kitchen, "You are not in London, she always has something to do. You can't make a show All the time is taken up."

David nodded into the microphone. It turned out that he was shopping with his half-sister, which was fine.The old father seems to care about the father of sister cheap, what is his ex-husband brother?

"Everyone's time is precious. How's the situation in Dhaka?" Alan Wilson was lying flat. The posture is not tiring, but the supreme authority hates waiting. No one treats him like this in Whitehall. It's his own son, how can other people get this kind of treatment.

"Then I have too much to say." David immediately gushed when he heard that his old father was not in Whitehall. The figures claimed by the high commissioners all over the country were completely inconsistent with the figures reaching Chittagong.

"The difference between 5000 million and 6000 million is not far away." Alan Wilson was puzzled, and took out the figures reported by the high commissioners from various places from the briefcase he brought. Of course, it is the dehydrated version. [-] million pounds?"

"The difference between 5000 million pounds and 5000 million pounds is indeed not far away, but the receipt I received was [-] million pounds, and it was indeed [-] million pounds." David sighed, "Could it be that the rotten barrels donated by locals, What about broken radios and rusty bicycles?"

"Why is it not counted? It's not that it can't be used! It must be calculated according to the new one." Alan Wilson replied calmly, "I have a project here, and when it is completed, the reconstruction materials will continue to flow. The key is, Rahman's Bangladesh Awami League must be fully recognized, although we did not ship all the commitments to Bangladesh, they still have to pay back in full. Use your brains on consumables, food that turns into shit when you eat it, who Can it be found out? Even the Soviet Union, which planned everything, couldn’t do it.”

"As far as the mess in Bangladesh is concerned, it would be nice to have someone to help, and you picked it? You tell Rahman that this is using British money to run Bangladesh's affairs. Can he find a country that is willing to help when he travels all over the world?"

Of course, the Soviet Union, one of the two famous big bullies in the Cold War, might get hot-headed, and go up excitedly as soon as they put on the two top hats.

There is also the role of the Soviet Union now, but all the glory will go to my Great Britain. The Soviet Union is not without gains. Can raw materials be compared with gold?

In terms of the basic industrial scale of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union’s steel output surpassed that of the United States two years ago. In [-], the Soviet Union’s cement output also surpassed that of the United States to become the world’s number one.This kind of thing is not lacking in the Soviet Union in this era. If there is a choice, the Soviet Union is of course willing to use steel and cement instead of gold to buy food.

"You keep a copy of the materials that arrive in Bangladesh from various places, and you will have to reconcile them with the high commissioners at that time." Alan Wilson ordered softly, these are all very important things.

In Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Andropov, who just came out of the Kremlin, returned to the No. 11 KGB headquarters in Lubyanka, called Alekseev, and then bluntly ordered, "Buy food Diversified payment is very recognized. In fact, there is another thing, but it is a secret for your level. If the UK is willing, we can use diamonds to replace part of the payment. From a personal point of view, of course I hope Negotiate."

"Is there a huge diamond mine in the country?" Alexeyev was taken aback, why had he never heard of it?There are still giant diamond mines in your own country?

"Of course there is, and even if it is the world's number one in terms of output, it must be carefully selected in terms of quality. Otherwise, why would every household in our country have one glass knife." Andropov said proudly, "It's just that The diamond industry is not enough for us to care about."

Diamonds are very precious things for many countries, and they are also a big source of income for South Africa, but South Africa's income is too insignificant compared to the Soviet Union's expenses.

The largest diamond mine in the world is not in South Africa, but in the Soviet Union. The Mirny Diamond Mine was discovered in [-]. It was strictly kept secret at the beginning of its discovery and was under secret mining.

In addition to this diamond mine, just last year the Soviet Union discovered a crater. The impact of the meteorite resulted in the appearance of a large amount of diamonds. This crater is located in Popigai, Eastern Siberia.

In addition to the above two natural diamond producing areas, the Soviet Union is also at the forefront of synthetic diamonds, and the Lebedev Institute of Physics in Moscow is the base of this synthetic diamond.

Alekseev set off again with full confidence, and he also brought several accountants from the Planning Economic Committee to calculate costs during negotiations at any time.

It’s a good idea, and it’s really possible for someone else to be fooled, but it’s just that you can’t do this to the supreme authority. Listening to Hao Da’er’s utmost sincerity, matching the pained expression on his face, Alan Wilson said I am Treating you like your own son, you actually looked at me like this, "Diamonds are worthless unless they are big diamonds of good quality, and? Big diamonds are not affordable for ordinary people, and they are not easy to sell."

If it were anyone in the world, it might be difficult to refuse a proposal that can be traded with diamonds, but that doesn’t include Alan Wilson, a man in the middle of the road. He happens to know that the Soviet Union has the technology of Soviet diamonds. You secretly Production I also know.

The Soviet diamond, also known as cubic zirconia, then replaced all the raw materials for grinding fake diamonds, because it has properties very similar to real diamonds.There are still many differences between cubic zirconia and diamonds; the first is hardness, nothing can compare with diamonds, and cubic zirconia is no exception.

In addition, the specific gravity of cubic zirconia is nearly twice that of diamonds, which is different from that of real diamonds and is easy to find.

Soviet diamonds are just a substitute for diamonds in this era. Coincidentally, if the Soviet Union is the big brother of a certain big country, Henan is the artificial diamond center of the world in the 21st century.Do countries with similar systems conduct similar research?

How could Alan Wilson, who did not believe in the value of diamonds at all, agree to this kind of substitution, not to mention Soviet diamonds, even real diamonds, and the Soviet Union did not lack real diamonds.

Alekseyev was taken aback. This was absolutely different from what he had imagined. According to his thinking, the British should happily accept it.

Other Britons would happily accept it, but his biological father would not accept it, no matter how much Alexeyev persuaded him, he would not nod.

Really annoyed, Alan Wilson thought it was his own son, "For diamonds over ten carats, I will let De Beers do the appraisal. I can only tell if the weight is right, but I can't hide it from them." .De Beers knows, Pamela has a share in that company, and the appraiser can come any time."

Alexeyev also served the country, and Alan Wilson couldn't say anything, so he directly asked the Soviet Union not to take out the Soviet drill to take its own humiliation.It would definitely be a big problem if the Soviet Union could be like its little brother, a big country, that could make man-made diamonds look like natural diamonds.

But a certain big country did this in the 21st century, and the Soviet Union is unlikely to be able to do it in this era.

This is all because of Pamela Mountbatten's shareholding in De Beers. He only said that he can talk about a weight of more than ten carats. Otherwise, according to his own thinking, diamonds that are the same thing as carbon, still want to fool him?

Agreeing is also because Pamela Mountbatten really has a cow to prevent the Soviet Union from exporting its local diamond mines to mess up the market, so it wants to incorporate the Soviet Union.

"Stinky boy, you even want to take advantage of me." Leaving the meeting place, Alan Wilson began to chatter, and told Pamela Mountbatten about it when he got home.

"There are still diamonds in the hands of the Soviets? Could it be left by the Tsar's family?" Pamela Mountbatten looked surprised. She had never heard of diamond mines in the Soviet Union.

"What about such a big country, the world's largest territorial country." Alan Wilson sighed, "I said that we can talk about the weight of more than ten carats."

"It can't be a fake. There is indeed a synthetic diamond that looks like a diamond in the world. I don't know where it came from." Of course, Pamela Mountbatten is not like her husband, who doesn't care about compressed carbon at all. Don't care, she has a stake in De Beers, so she pays attention to this aspect.

"A group of appraisers will be transferred, and we can't hide it." Alan Wilson said to himself, isn't this the Soviet drill, but for the sake of family harmony, what he needs now is to shut up, "It's just a difference in the means of payment, the first batch Food must be made of gold, and orders can be placed from Rhodesia and Asia now. Regardless, the transaction can already be prepared.”

"It's not bad. If there is a diamond of more than [-] carats, I will give it to Her Majesty the Queen. Elizabeth will be very happy." Pamela Mountbatten began to think differently, and began to find a home for the big diamond, and she was enjoying herself. His face was full of pride.

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"As expected of a family." Alan Wilson opened his mouth wide, admiring the unity among members of the royal family, but then again, who can be exempt, the family is different from outsiders after all.

If someone suggested using diamonds for settlement, wouldn't he spit at the other party?Even if the standard artificial demand product is not completely worthless, don't even think about coming to fool him.

But when Alexeyev came to say this, he still didn't reject all of them, saying that diamonds over ten carats were not out of the question, and at the critical moment, he still wanted to take care of the Tsar's son.

"What does the cabinet think about this?" Pamela Mountbatten asked her husband what Harold Wilson thought about it.