Chapter 868

That year, in 1944, when World War II was drawing to a close, representatives of 44 countries gathered in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, Eagle country. Some participating countries signed the Bretton Woods Agreement the following year.

The core of the international economic system changed from gold to us dollar. At that time, Eagle yuan was supported by 75% of the world's gold reserves. Eagle kingdom holds more than 20 billion Eagle yuan of gold, but its debt is less than 10 billion Eagle yuan. It can be said to be a great time.

The core of this system is that the eagle yuan becomes the world currency, the currencies of various countries are connected with the eagle yuan, and the eagle yuan is connected with gold,

The official price of gold at $35 an ounce remains stable, so that YingYuan has the same status as gold.

This also facilitates the world's economic development. All countries use Eagle yuan to settle their imports and exports.

Unfortunately, such a system was destined to not last long until 1967. Eagle country is deeply trapped in the quagmire of monkey war, and its huge fiscal deficit has repeatedly impacted the reputation of Eagle yuan, so countries have sold Eagle yuan and robbed gold. With the deepening of the war, the deterioration of the financial situation of the eagle country finally detonated the eagle dollar crisis.

On August 15, 1971, President Nixon of the eagle country delivered a televised speech, closing the gold window and stopping governments or central banks from holding Eagle dollars to exchange for gold.

In this way, YingYuan broke free from the prison of gold and floated freely in the foreign exchange market. Then the price of gold soared like a wild horse.

In 1972, the price of gold rose from 46 Eagle yuan to 64 Eagle yuan per ounce.

In 1973, the price of gold broke through 100 Eagle yuan.

In 1978, crude oil soared to 30 Eagle yuan a barrel and gold rose to 244 Eagle yuan.

In 1979, the price of gold rose to 500 yuan. The statue of Liberty was in tears on the cover of Eagle country BusinessWeek, which was released on March 12 this year, with the title "the decline of Eagle country".

The current gold is still stable at about 500 Eagle yuan. Although it does not continue to rise, the price is already quite high. Therefore, according to the exchange ratio, dozens of tons of gold will be enough to pay for this transaction.

For Qin Guan, an exchange is hundreds of tons of gold. The gold last time is useless. This time, hundreds of tons of gold will be exchanged, which is enough for the national treasury to be abundant. At the same time, gold can also be used to settle transactions.

Therefore, when Qin Guan mentioned the deal now, there was no pressure in his heart, but the other naval officers present were different.

Their eyes are full of desire. Looking at the structure of the supporter class submarine, they all hope to be equipped now, but at the same time, they also know the financial strength of the country. Can they buy these big killers for the Navy? After all, the air force spent a lot of money introducing those male cat fighters!

Now Qin Guan's promise is not enough, even if it can be passed, after all, the state has the final say.

Major general Woodward is already very happy. He has been trying to promote sales for some time. Now, the other party is finally willing to place an order.

As long as the other party pays the money, the profits earned from it will be enough to build 12 submarines for the NiuGuo Navy.

The order for supporter class submarines was originally 12. Even so, it was not enough to replace the previous class submarines one by one. In history, only four were built because of the poor financial situation of NiuGuo.

Now, the Han people are finally willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, which is a great achievement of their own export!

That night, Niu Guoren gave a big banquet in honor of the Han delegation. It was not until late at night, when the banquet was over and returned to the Embassy that General Zhao said to Qin Guan: "President Qin, today we agree to Niu Guoren's price. Is it too hasty?"

Without bargaining, the other lion opened his mouth and his own side could agree. This is not in line with Qin Guan's style. The price is so expensive, which is even more expensive than our own nuclear submarines. After all, our own nuclear submarines cost less than 500 million. Is it cost-effective to buy conventional powered submarines at a high price?

"It's not cheap in any country," Qin Guan said. "If we don't choose this supporter class, we can only choose the 209 class of Hans. The other party has to pay hundreds of millions to sell this submarine to us. Moreover, the displacement of this submarine is insufficient."

Why did Qin Guan fall in love with supporters? This is a large ocean going submarine with a displacement of 2400 tons! And 209? The current model has a displacement of only more than 1200 tons, and the later model has reached more than 1800 tons.

With a large displacement, submarines can carry more equipment for a longer time, which is convenient for ocean operations. 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, there is great potential for modification. It is also convenient to install AIP cabin and become an advanced AIP submarine.

Qin Guan's reason is very sufficient. Everyone nodded after listening to it. When they saw the introduction of the submarine during the day, they already liked it. However, the price is too expensive. Now Qin Guan is right. They are still worried: "will the superior agree with the price?"

"If we want to buy technology, we can't do it without paying a high price. Each subsystem above is our weak link. We should buy all its technologies. Then, when we start construction and the number increases, the cost will be shared naturally. Moreover, after that, we can export submarines and earn back our investment today 。”

Qin Guan is not involved in all kinds of affairs. Qin Guan is also considered for the northern industrial company. The export of fighters is one aspect. The export of submarines and surface ships is also another huge income project. How can we sell our own technology if it is not advanced?

Now is to pay tuition!

Everyone nodded. Now that President Qin has said all the reasons, he hopes to impress his superiors and complete the transaction at the back meeting.

"Underwater has always been our weak link. If we want to catch up, we can only buy it from abroad." Qin Guan said: "tomorrow, we will go to see the anti submarine aircraft, which is also an important part to make up for our shortcomings."

Han's technology is backward, and its ability to detect underwater submarines is even weaker. In later generations, it was not until the 1990s that it made a breakthrough after purchasing advanced sonar technology and helicopters from chicken.

At that time, it was even more expensive to buy from the chicken country. Only the chicken country was willing to sell, because other western countries were punishing the Han country.

Now, take advantage of the honeymoon!

Of course, Qin Guan has another reason not to say. As long as these technologies are imported, they can be covered up. In the future, all kinds of retired advanced submarines can be exchanged from the weapons cemetery.

It's worth spending this money now!

Qin Guan planned strategies to count birds with one stone. When did he suffer a loss.