Chapter 868: Strategize

That year, in 1944, when World War II was drawing to a close, representatives of 44 countries gathered in Bretton Woods, Eagle Country, New Hampshire. Some of the participating countries signed the Bretton Woods Agreement the following year.
The core of the international economic system changed from gold to the US dollar. At that time, the Eagle Yuan was backed by 75% of the world's gold reserves. Eagle country holds more than 20 billion eagle yuan in gold, but its debt is less than 10 billion eagle yuan, which can be described as a boom.
The core of this system is that the eagle dollar becomes the world currency, the currencies of various countries are connected with the eagle dollar, and the eagle dollar is connected with gold.
The official gold price of 35 US dollars an ounce remains stable, so that the Eagle Yuan has the same status as gold.
This is also convenient for the world's economic development. All countries use Eagle Dollars for settlement when importing and exporting.
It is a pity that such a system is destined to not last long, until 1967. Because of the quagmire of the "Monkey War", the Eagle Country has suffered numerous fiscal deficits that have impacted the reputation of the Eagle Yuan. As a result, countries have dumped the Eagle Yuan in their hands and rushed for gold. As the war progressed, the deterioration of Eagle Nation’s financial situation finally detonated the Eagle Yuan crisis.
On August 15, 1971, President Nixon of the Eagle Country gave a televised speech, closing the gold window and stopping governments or central banks from holding Eagle Dollars to exchange gold.
In this way, Yingyuan broke free from the prison of gold and floated freely in the foreign exchange market. The next step is that the price of gold rushes forward like a wild horse.
In 1972, the price of gold rose from 46 eagle yuan to 64 eagle yuan for 1 ounce.
In 1973, the price of gold broke through 100 eagle yuan.
In 1978, crude oil soared to 30 eagle yuan a barrel, and the price of gold rose to 244 eagle yuan.
In 1979, the price of gold rose to 500 eagle yuan. The Statue of Liberty on the cover of Eagle Country's "Business Week" published on March 12 of this year burst into tears, with the title "The Decline of Eagle Country".
The current gold is still stable at around 500 eagle yuan. Although it has not continued to rise, the price is already quite high. Therefore, according to the exchange ratio, dozens of tons of gold are enough to pay for this transaction.
For Qin Guan, one exchange is hundreds of tons of gold. The last time the gold is still useless, this time I will exchange a few hundred tons of gold, which is enough for the country’s treasury and can also use gold to settle transactions. .
Therefore, when Qin Guan mentioned this transaction now, there was no pressure in his heart, but the other naval officers present were different.
Their eyes were full of longing. Looking at the structure of the supporter-class submarine, they hope to be equipped now, but at the same time, they also know the country's financial strength. Can they buy these big killers for the Navy? After all, the Air Force has cost a lot of money to introduce those Tomcat fighters!
Now that Qin Guan is full of promises, it may not even be passed. After all, the country will have the final say.
Major General Wuhuade is already extremely happy. During this period of time, he has been working hard to promote sales. Now, the other party is finally willing to place an order.
As long as the other party paid the funds, the profits made from it would be enough to build 12 submarines for the Niu State Navy.
Supporter-class submarines originally ordered 12 ships. Even so, it was not enough to replace the upper-class submarines one by one. In history, due to the poor financial situation of Niu Country, only four were built.
Now, the people of Han are finally willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, which is a huge result of their own export!
That night, Niu Guoren had a big banquet to entertain the delegations of the Han country until the night was quiet, the banquet was over, and when he returned to the embassy, ​​General Zhao said to Qin Guan: "Mr. Qin, today we agree with Niu Guoren’s price. , Is it too sloppy?"
Without bargaining, the other lion spoke so loudly that he could still agree to it. This was not in line with Qin Guan's style. The price is so expensive, more expensive than our own nuclear submarine. After all, our nuclear submarine costs less than 500 million yuan. Is it cost-effective to spend a lot of money to buy conventionally powered submarines?
"It's not cheap in any country." Qin Guan said: "If we don't choose this supporter class, we can only buy Hans State 209 class. This submarine, the other party will have to ask for a few. Yicai is willing to sell to us, and the displacement of this submarine is insufficient."
Why is Qin Guan in love with supporter level? This is a large ocean-going submarine with a displacement of 2,400 tons! And what about level 209? The current model has a displacement of only more than 1,200 tons, and the later model has reached more than 1,800 tons.
Submarines have a large displacement, so they can load more equipment and last longer, which is convenient for ocean warfare. After all, at the level of Han, it is impossible to equip a large number of nuclear submarines. Conventional submarines are a good choice.
At the same time, with large displacement, the potential for modification is great, and it is also convenient to install AIP compartments to become an advanced AIP submarine.
Qin Guan’s reason is very good. Everyone nodded after hearing this. When they saw the introduction of this submarine during the day, they already liked it. However, the price is too bad, and now Qin Guan is talking about it. They still have concerns: "The price is so high, will the superiors agree?"
"We want to buy technology without paying high prices. Every subsystem above is our weak link. We have to buy all of its technologies. Then, when we start construction ourselves, the quantity will increase. The cost will naturally be shared, and after that, we can still export submarines to earn back our investment today."
Qin Guan is not involved in all kinds of affairs. Qin Guan is also considering the North Industries Corporation. Exporting fighters is one aspect. Exporting submarines and surface ships is also another huge income project. How can you sell your own technology if it is not advanced? Out?
Now it's time to pay the tuition!
Everyone nodded. Now that President Qin has given out the reasons, he hopes that he can impress his superiors and complete the transaction at the meeting back.
"Underwater has always been our weak link. We want to catch up, so we can only buy from abroad." Qin Guan said: "Tomorrow, we have to look at anti-submarine aircraft. This is also an important part of making up for our shortcomings."
The Han state was backward in technology, and its ability to detect underwater submarines was even weaker. In later generations, it was not until the 1990s that breakthroughs were made when advanced sonar technology and helicopters were purchased from Ji State.
At that time, buying from the chicken country was even more expensive, and only the chicken country was willing to sell it, because other Western countries were sanctioning Han.
Now, taking advantage of the honeymoon period!
Of course, Qin Guan still has one reason not to say. As long as these technologies are imported, it can be covered up. In the future, various retired advanced submarines can be exchanged from the weapons cemetery.
It's worth spending this money now!
Counting birds with one stone, Qin Guan strategized, when did he suffer?