Feng Jun's attempt failed, so he stopped asking how much gold they needed. At this point, he would simply supply it according to his own planned pace. "In another month, I'll provide the same amount of gold as last time."
After a pause, seeing that Lin Beauty said nothing, he added, "Before the end of the year, I'll provide another hundred thousand tons of Gold Nugget."
The third batch was much smaller, but even if all the gold from the three deliveries were refined into four-nines pure gold, there would still be more than six hundred thousand tons. That would basically be enough to ensure the implementation of the Gold Standard.
Lin Beauty waited patiently for a while. Only after seeing that he had no intention of speaking further did she answer gravely, "Even so, the quantity is still a little insufficient. Can I tell you about the currency issuance plan?"
"No, I don't want to hear it." Feng Jun waved a hand and stated decisively, "Knowing things I shouldn't know is just asking for trouble."
Lin Beauty did not insist, because she understood his mentality—those countless profiles had not been drawn up for nothing. So she answered directly, "Put simply, the roughly one million tons of Gold Nugget you promised isn't enough to support linking Xia Currency to gold."
"Only by doubling it could we barely maintain the Gold Standard for Xia Currency. Tripling it would basically meet the demand for the next five years... You may not have considered just how massive the issuance volume could become if Xia Currency were truly linked to gold."
"Five times the current scale? No, at least ten times! It may be a winding process, but once the conditions mature, demand for Xia Currency will explode!"
Feng Jun was stunned for a