"So the bourgeoisie also has democracy." Vézé handed a report to Uncle En and couldn't help but sigh at the same time.
Wang Mingshan was a provincial governor, a high-ranking official, but Wang Mingshan didn't dare to put himself in such a position. Not only Wang Mingshan, but all the provincial governors in East Africa didn't act arbitrarily. They knew very well that the fearless Military Governor Of Vaize had a hopeless attitude towards the black uncles in Africa. The Europeans didn't see the black uncles as people, but the Chinese, including the Military Governor Of Vaize, did. It was just that the Military Governor Of Vaize and the officials in China didn't want the black uncles to become Chinese.
It was precisely because the Military Governor Of Vaize had this mentality that the group of provincial governors could have a lot of authority. However, they didn't dare to expand these authority limitlessly. The black uncles weren't China, but the provincial governors were Chinese. The Military Governor Of Vaize only needed a piece of official document to deal with the group of provincial governors.
Wang Mingshan's report mentioned the internal shareholders' meeting of the Bank of Italy. The bourgeois democracy touched Wang Mingshan, and the bourgeois democracy touched Vézé. In this era where the bourgeoisie was still very progressive, the real bourgeois democracy was still very touching.
Uncle En casually glanced through the document and understood what happened. After nearly a month in China, Uncle En found that the difference between the East China and the West Europe was very big. Although both were industrialized countries, and although China had a very outstanding performance in social construction. But in the process of democracy, the performance of China and Europe was like Mars and Mercury.
"The more developed the productivity, the higher the level of industry, the more democracy is needed." Uncle En temporarily gave a rather vague statement. If he really had to express his thoughts, Uncle En actually wanted to laugh at Vézé's democratic literacy. It wasn't that Uncle En didn't support Vézé's labor democracy, but Vézé's position as a strong leader made him too far away from democracy. The most ridiculous thing was that Vézé, who was supposed to reject democracy, was actually the most pro-democracy advocate that Uncle En had ever seen in China.
Vézé didn't immediately comment on Uncle En's words that sounded reasonable but were actually meaningless. He asked, "Based on your many years of observation, if we issue bonds in Europe with sterling or gold as the main body, will there be buyers?"
Uncle En did not directly answer Vézé's question. Instead, he asked Vézé, "If the war can be won, there will naturally be buyers for the bonds. What are you worried about? "
"I'm worried that these people will find it troublesome to get gold, so they won't buy it." Vézé answered based on his considerations.
"Only strong people like you who don't need to touch money, or poor people who don't have much money to touch, will think like you." Uncle En said while looking at Vézé with interest. "Real investors will only consider the return on investment. Whether it's troublesome or not, it's just a certain increase in the cost of investment for them."
This kind of ridicule didn't make Vézé feel the slightest negative emotion. Uncle En saw that Vézé actually fell into a very serious thought. This unusual reaction surprised Uncle En a little. After knowing Vézé for less than a month, Uncle En found that Vézé's perspective was often too complicated. It wasn't that Uncle En had never seen people with deep thoughts, but it was the first time Uncle En saw a guy like Vézé.
"Do you have deeper preparations for this matter?" Uncle En could only think this way.
"In a year or two, the value of sterling will probably be reduced. If I issue war bonds, I naturally hope to be able to issue sterling bonds and use sterling to exchange for gold. After the war is over, I can also make a profit from it. "Vézé gave Uncle En a clear explanation.
Uncle En immediately understood why Vézé was so hesitant before. It could be seen that Vézé had this kind of plan after he received the report urging him to issue bonds. To be able to make the corresponding calculations for this field in a very short period of time, it was already considered a clear thinking and sharp reaction.
"Sir, how do you know that the United Kingdom will announce a devaluation of sterling in the next year or two?" Uncle En was a little puzzled about this important strategic fulcrum.
"In a year or two, the United Kingdom will definitely compete with us for the gold mines of the Southern African Transvaal Republic. Even if the United Kingdom doesn't make a move, we will. After the United Kingdom is defeated, they will have to bear a huge debt. At that time, the value of sterling will be greatly reduced. Otherwise, they will be defeated by such a high value of currency … "
Listening to Vézé's explanation, Uncle En was really a little confused. As a materialist, Uncle En knew that some people were really really smart, and some people were really really capable. However, during the war with the United States and the United Kingdom at the same time, he still made such a long-term plan, and really wanted to carry it out step by step. How strong was Vézé's heart, who had always been calm?
This was not a long speech, and after Vézé's simple narration, Uncle En suppressed his excitement and asked in a calm tone, "Sir, do you want to dominate the world?"
"No, no, no." Vézé quickly waved his hand, "Only the Christian culture in Europe would have the silly idea of unifying the world. My goal is not even to defeat the United Kingdom, I just want to let China dominate the world's gold. With the hegemony of gold, China will be established as the financial hegemony. "
Uncle En carefully looked at Vézé. There was indeed a huge difference between China's culture and Europe's Christian culture. If a Christian king had the power Vézé had now, he would certainly look forward to unifying the world. However, the Chinese could very sincerely say that China had no interest in unifying the world.
However, Uncle En also did not quite understand Vézé's plan. "Sir, there's a saying in China. A boat sailing against the current does not advance, or it will fall back. In such a situation, you should consider stopping expansion. In other words, do you want to choose to retreat? "
"Unlimited expansion will only lead to collapse. What's more, China's characteristic expansion model is the expansion led by the central government. So I hope that after the war with the United States, the Chinese will never leave their homeland to fight again. The homeland is the foundation of the army, and an army that leaves its homeland to fight is like a Titan that leaves the earth. "Vézé was still the same as before, still thinking deeply.
After listening to these words that could only be described as shameless boasting, Uncle En tried to lead the discussion back to the normal scope, "Sir, I want to ask, do you think you can win two wars at the same time?"
Vézé explained slowly, "It's not that I can win two wars, but that the United States and the United Kingdom will lose their war."
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