[Chapter Word Count:3563 Last Updated:2014-10-0718:00:00.0]

The prophecy of Lincoln's assassination is the biggest gamble Xiao Lotian has made since the crossing, and the help of the United States is very crucial in Xiao Letian's grand plan. Of course, Xiao Letian would not expect Lincoln to be grateful to him for this piece of information, and then give him countless benefits, which is unrealistic and not allowed by American law.

The United States is not the Qing Dynasty, and politicians can only exert their influence, not do whatever they want like the emperor. But as long as Lincoln can exert a positive influence on Xiao Letian, this is enough, with Lincoln's current prestige in the United States, the little influence he exerts on himself is enough for him to make waves in the Qing Dynasty.

Hua Ruohan stared at Xiao Letian with flickering eyes, this old man understands psychology very well, he understands that the essence of a person can only be understood when he encounters great desires. The young man in front of him, who is not even thirty years old, is like standing in a cave open from sesame, and it is up to him how much he can withstand the test of desire.

The husband turned around and took a heavy wooden box from the little black man Simon's hand, and gently placed it in front of Xiao Letian, "This is a little personal gift from the president, he knows that you and Lewis have experienced a harsh night battle in the mountains, so ......" Hua Ruohan opened the box, and the metallic luster instantly hit his face.

The two beautiful revolvers, this is definitely a special version of the Colt company's custom processing, the silver glittering body is etched with intricate symmetrical lucky clover, the ivory handle is engraved with Xiao Letian's name, the six-round magazine black hole exudes a murderous aura, and the wooden box is full of golden bullets.

"This is a collector's edition pistol collected by His Excellency the President, temporarily asked the craftsman to engrave your name, and sent a special intelligence officer to send it to you, accompanied by these two pistols, there is also a copy of the text you need very much......" After speaking, Hua Ruohan took out a paper bag from his arms, and when Xiao Letian opened it, he took a breath of cool air.

"Honorary Citizen! Honorary Citizen signed by the President, and the U.S. Government has accepted me as a U.S. citizen...... God, you recognize dual citizenship too?"

Xiao Lotian desperately searched for information about honorary citizens from his memory bank, but the poor lack of information was almost zero, so this qualification must be very difficult to obtain.

Hua Ruohan understood Xiao Letian's confusion, "Honorary citizens are very rare, only two were awarded during the War of Independence, just because of your award, the president and his staff team are crazy, and in the end, everyone nodded for the sake of the president's injury......"

"But there are conditions, this honorary citizenship certificate of yours has been listed as an absolute seal and cannot be released for two hundred years, so you are just a very ordinary American citizen now, but I think this can also play a certain role in protecting you......"

Xiao Letian let out a long breath in his heart, these two gifts were carefully selected by His Excellency the President. Why did Hua Ruohan keep asking about his identity just now? This shows that the US intelligence department is already very suspicious of Xiao Letian, and the president has given Xiao Letian the status of a citizen, that is, a protection for him.

Whether it's a gun or this identity, this expresses a meaning of 'protection', Xiao Letian's lies can fool most people, but they can't fool Western politicians. It is foreseeable that when Xiao Letian's fame gets higher and higher, his identity will definitely be exposed by those big shots, and if this lie is exposed, it will be a fatal blow to Xiao Letian.

From today onwards, whether it is Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia and other countries, they can no longer attack Xiao Letian's identity, in the summer of 1865, Xiao Lotian finally became a person without any flaws in the law.

"Thank you, Your Excellency, for your love of me, this gift is so important to me, thank you!"

Hua Ruohan smiled slightly, and sighed in his heart, "This is a really smart person, I actually understood the meaning behind what I just said so quickly, it seems that this person can really cooperate, and it seems that it is not impossible to support an emerging force among the Manchu forces!"

At this point, the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and the minister did not continue to entangle the secret of Xiao Letian's identity, because he knew that Xiao Lotian would never tell him the truth, and his warning was nothing more than to make Xiao Lotian grateful to the US government.

The musket and identity document were Lincoln's personal gifts to Xiao Lotian, and the real negotiations followed.

"I think Pastor Lewis has already conveyed my request to the Minister, I wonder what you have thought about it?" Xiao Lotian asked while the iron was hot.

Xiao Lotian saved Lincoln's life, what he wanted was definitely not two pistols and an identity document, what he needed was the support of the United States in the early stage of his career, funds, technology and weapons, which Xiao Lotian urgently needed.

When he was in Beijing, Xiao Lotian once revealed to Lewis the list he wanted, and I believe that this list has already arrived in the United States.

Four American-made mints, three armed clippers, and the much-needed silver trade that allowed Xiao Lotian's firm. This is a matter that Xiao Lotian urgently needs help from the United States at the moment, of course, these are not free, machinery and equipment and armed merchant ships need to be purchased by Xiao Lotian at a high price.

In Xiao Letian's plan, the Yingyang Foundry with Taibaiding was too unsafe, and when Xiao Lotian learned from Xiang Shaolong's mouth that he had been surrounded by a group of high-ranking people from the green forest, he knew that the Taibaiding Mint Factory would be exposed sooner or later.

So Xiao Lotian needs an absolutely safe minting place, the smart Xiao Lotian set his eyes on the vast sea at a glance, and the most suitable ship to carry the coinage machinery, Xiao Lotian immediately thought of the flying clippers produced in the United States.

The minting machine produced in the United States and a complete set of steam boilers can be installed on a flying clipping ship, and the melting point of silver is not high, so it will be very simple to smelt. The latest minting machine is not minted with silver water, but directly stamped with the machine, which not only improves the production capacity but also increases the safety.

As for the remaining two clippers, they could travel between the North American continent and China, bringing Chinese tea, silk, bristles, rhubarb, ...... and so on will be sold to the United States by the hands of the Chinese, and exchanged for the most urgently needed silver.

At that time, the United States was in the midst of a gold rush, and the mainstream trading currency in Europe and the United States was still gold, and silver was only used as an auxiliary currency, so Xiao Letian's procurement plan still had a great possibility of success.

There is at least a 15% price difference between the price of unsmelted silver ore and silver ingots that have not been smelted, or are just preliminarily smelted, and the Qing currency, plus Xiao Letian uses Yuan Datou's casting process, which has 10% copper added to it, which is a proper 25% gross profit.

If you add the profits snatched from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, then Xiao Letian's profit point of privately minted silver coins will reach an astonishing 30% to 35% On the surface, this profit point seems to be very ordinary, but this business is a business without capital! You don't have to think about the purchase, sales, inventory, backlog and even after-sales service, as long as the silver is in hand, the machine will naturally be rich.

Xiao Letian knows that his plan is absolutely flawless, but the key is to get the support of the US government. Whether it is a coinage machine or an armed clipper, this is not an ordinary commodity, and it is generally not sold to private individuals, and the right to trade silver is a key part, if the US government does not nod, Xiao Letian's merchant ship is not trying to pull away a tael of silver.

Now the atmosphere in the private room was solemn again, Minister Hua Ruohan and Xiao Letian looked at each other for three minutes, and the Minister did not directly answer Xiao Letian's question: "Mr. Xiao, in addition to the requirements you have made before, do you have any other requirements? It's better to be private, I am very willing to help you......"

Hey! Xiao Letian had a bad premonition in his heart at that time, could it be that such a request was in vain? Couldn't I exchange a few sets of equipment and a few ships for a life-saving grace? I didn't ask you for nothing, and I couldn't buy it with money?

"Dear Minister, I'm not a greedy person, I don't have any personal requests, I still keep my previous requests, it's a win-win business, don't you see?"

Speaking of this, Xiao Letian's words changed: "In the current Qing Dynasty, the resistance of the people, including the government, to foreigners is still very high, except for the opium trade and the arms trade, you are doing more smoothly, and you are very difficult to sell other goods, don't look at the market everywhere, but I know that the sales volume is actually not much ......."

"I can assure you that in the Qing Dynasty, you will never find a second Chinese who respects the rules of business more than I do, and I am the only one who comes into contact with you with a fair and win-win mentality...... I can tell you a little bit about this, my best friend is now in charge of the Qing Dynasty's vast industrial special zone project, and if the U.S. government and I have a good cooperation, I think your home country will get the biggest piece of the pie......"

Xiao Lotian calmed down and sighed in his heart, this is back to the past business negotiation table, I did this in my previous life, but I didn't expect to do this after crossing over, this is nerve-wracking.

When Xiao Letian said the words 'Special Industrial Zone', Minister Hua Ruohan's eyes suddenly lit up, this old man had already begun to explore this peculiar policy of the Qing government, and he also knew that this policy was not going well, after all, this is an agricultural empire, and it must be necessary to make a breakthrough if you want to try to understand what industry is.

But Hua Ruohan also knows that the first person to eat crabs will definitely get the biggest piece of cake, if the Qing Dynasty chooses American machinery and equipment, then the entire industrial system will follow the habits and standards of the United States, it is a super cake.

China is too big, the population is too large, and although this behemoth has decayed, it is still terrible for thousands of years. Not to mention all the special industrial zones, even if the United States can eat two or three, it will be a big deal of hundreds of millions of dollars! At that moment, Hua Ruohan was really tempted.

Xiao Letian saw the hesitation in the minister's heart, he knew that the fish was about to bite the hook, now that the American Civil War had just ended, it was the time when everything was in ruins, if the Qing Dynasty opened its door to the United States to send a large amount of orders, it would definitely make the Americans ecstatic.

Unfortunately, the Manchu government had no idea what was going on in the world, and what a good opportunity to establish good diplomatic relations with the United States, and even possibly reach a short-term alliance. However, this opportunity is destined to be Xiao Letian, those old men who accompany the small-footed woman to drink flower wine, let them continue to sleep.

Minister Hua Ruohan was entangled for ten minutes, and when his mouth moved slightly, even Lewis became nervous, let alone Xiao Letian, but as soon as the minister's words came out, Xiao Letian froze at that time.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao...... I can only regret to say sorry to you, but the President said that personal friendship cannot be mixed with conspiracy. You can't represent any government, your private behavior is a crime, we can't do business with criminals, it's immoral......"