Hugo still didn't get the answer he wanted.

The people here are all old foxes in business wars, and when it comes to acting skills, they can't be compared to actors, so how can they be easily seen?

So, after the Banque de Venice shouted out 1.5 million gold francs, no one participated in the bidding.

Because everyone already knew in advance that the Banque de France had already taken a fancy to the iron ore mines in the middle of the Ural Mountains, and bidding at this time would definitely offend the Banque de France.

But the Commercial Bank of Venice didn't know whether to live or die, and everyone wanted to see how the Commercial Bank of Venice ended later, so they all had a good look on the expression.

Like the earth, Italy was in the midst of a time of fragmentation, and Venice, one of more than a dozen Italian states, had always existed as a protectorate of France.

Now that the Commercial Bank of Venice dares to compete with its own suzerain, it is obviously not unprepared.

But in the entire European continent, only England can compete directly with France.

And apparently, looking at Hugo's expression before, some agreement has been reached with the Bank of England. At this time, there is no need for the Bank of England to offend the Bank of France.

Therefore, the situation of the Commercial Bank of Venice at this time is very delicate.

Lopunov asked again, saw that there was no bid, and then threw out the copper mines in the southern part of the Urals.

The copper mines in the southern part of the Ural Mountains are also one of the largest copper mines in Europe, with reserves of more than 10 million tons.

Besides, the value of copper has always been much higher than that of iron.

Therefore, Lopunov directly offered a sky-high price of two million gold francs.

As soon as Lopunov's words fell, everyone gasped.

Even Winston, the managing director of the Bank of England, who is a must-have for the mine.

In the face of the high price offered by Lopunov, for a while, no one in the venue spoke, except for the sound of gasping cold air.

It took a long time for Winston to come to his senses, looked at Lopnov on the other side and said, "Your Excellency Lopnov, the price you offer is too high, even with the financial resources of the Bank of England, you can't come up with so much money at once." ”

"Nope! No! No! Lopunov shook his head and said: "The reserves of copper mines in the southern part of the Ural Mountains are more than 10 million tons, even in the whole of Europe, they are among the top five existences, and the price of two million gold francs is not high at all. ”

You must know that in Europe in this era, like the Great Zhou, copper also existed as a base currency, and its value was second only to gold and silver.

Lopunov was apparently confident that someone would make a bid of two million gold francs for the copper mine, which was one of the top five mines in all of Europe.

So Lopunov behaved very calmly.

Seeing Lopnov say this, Winston shook his head, sighed, and said, "If Your Excellency Lopnov says so, then I have to say sorry to Your Excellency, the Bank of England has withdrawn from this auction!" ”

As he spoke, Winston glanced over the venue to see if anyone dared to risk offending the behemoth of England to acquire the copper mine.

Obviously, there is no sand sculpture like the Commercial Bank of Venice.

It is said that capitalists dare to commit any crime for the sake of 300 percent profits.

But this obviously does not include the life to take and the life to spend.

At this time, Hugo was silent, and Winston's eyes kept scanning everyone, so that no one dared to speak.

Perhaps realizing that he had offended both Britain and France by doing so, Lopunov chuckled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about the copper mine later, let's talk about the Kuzbas coal mine first!" ”

Lopunov diverted the topic and said directly: "The Kutsbas coal mine is one of the largest coal mines in our country, and the reserves are extremely rich, and this time our country wants to bid for a price of one million gold francs, you can start bidding." ”

Britain and France were clearly not interested in the Kutzbas coal mine and were not involved.

First, because the Kudsbas coal mine is located in Central Asia, too far away from Europe, so Britain and France are not very interested. In addition, after Britain and France divided the iron and copper mines in the middle and south of the Ural Mountains, the remaining Kutsbas coal mine was a benefit to their little brother, so they would not participate in the auction.

Even so, banks in other countries felt that the price demanded by Lopnov was too high.

If the Kutsbas coal mine is in Europe, it doesn't matter if a million gold francs are there, but the Kutsbas coal mine is not in Europe, but in Central Asia, thousands of miles away from Europe, and if you add the cost of transportation, it is obvious that the price of a million gold francs is a bit inflated.

Everyone understood, so they began to bargain.

After some bargaining, in the end, the banks of Prussia, Austria-Hungary, Spain and other countries jointly invested 850,000 gold francs to obtain the mining rights of the Kutsbas coal mine for 20 years.

As for the iron ore and copper mines in the central and southern Ural Mountains, we will talk about it later, so the next step is to auction off the timber resources of Western Siberia.

There was Moses the Great's previous advice, and in the subsequent bargaining, although Lopnov did not loosen his mouth on the price, he did loosen his mouth on the land.

At the request of Moses the Great and others, Lopnov decided to give these Jewish bankers another 2,000 kilometers of wooded area.

"These sand sculptures, the West Siberian region is all forests, even if you are given another 5,000 kilometers of forest area, how much can you develop in 20 years?"

The point is that there is no shortage of timber in Europe, and it is obvious that no matter how much forest area Moses and others ask, they will lose money.

Therefore, Lopunov was very generous, and he believed that even if he gave these Jewish bankers an extra 2,000 kilometers of wooded area, His Majesty the Emperor would not blame him.

But is that really the case?

Lopunov was in no mood to ask why the Jewish bankers demanded so much woodland, for he was now in the mood to appease the British and French.

Originally, the reason why the Rus' country was able to hold this loan conference was the support of Britain and France.

It's good now, the people who support you don't get any benefit.

Lopunov apparently realized his mistake as well.

Previously, on the copper mines, Lopunov was obviously suspected of having a lion's mouth.

Although the copper mines in the southern part of the Ural Mountains are worth more than two million gold francs, or even more than ten million gold francs. Don't forget, this is only a 20-year auction of copper mining rights.

How much copper ore can be mined in twenty years?

In terms of local transportation conditions, the profits are not very rich.

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