Transporting the gold was of course no problem for Feng Jun. He did not care that there were still some days before the end of the year and sent it over directly.
After receiving the third batch of gold, Xia Nation spent another half month wrangling over the details. Finally, at noon local time on December 24, it formally announced to the world that it intended to consider pegging Xia Currency to gold.
This truly caused a thousand waves with a single stone. Although many had already anticipated it and related rumors had circulated for a long time, this was the first time Xia Nation had formally announced its currency reform plans in public.
Almost the instant the news broke, Xia Currency surged like a rocket, unstoppable in its rise. In fact, it had already appreciated considerably over the previous six months. Clearly, sharp-eyed people had long since placed their bets in secret.
Before this, though, such betting had to be somewhat concealed. Now, the rise of Xia Currency could not be stopped.
The most infuriating part was that Xia Nation's announcement came right as Western Continent nations were entering their traditional holiday, the most important Christmas of the year. Noon on the 24th in Xia Nation was basically already the eve of Christmas Eve in the Western Continent.
At such a time, even if they wanted to react, they were largely powerless. The holiday was about to begin.
Countless people surely wanted to curse Xia Nation for being underhanded, but such tactics were hardly uncommon internationally. Xia Nation had not invented them. After venting their anger, they could only watch Xia Nation keep making its moves.
Sure enough, Xia Nation had follow-up measures after choosing such a time for an official announcement. A day later, it released another piece