"Woman, what a scary creature. No wonder there are friends. Just as Ruprecht had easily gotten rid of his cousin and possible fiancée, he was lamenting when Count Schelling brought another piece of news.

"I'm sorry to disturb you and Her Royal Highness the good time." The Earl said respectfully.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, it's not a good time, let's talk about it." If it weren't for the face of his princess, the prince would even have to thank the Count for getting him out of his predicament.

"Roosevelt is here again." The Earl said.

"What is he doing here? It's all over, Samoa has become the territory of the Japanese, what else can I do? At this time, his visit was the most useless and the most time-wasting. The prince scoffed.

"But this time, he claimed that he had come with a commission from the U.S. government, and that everything he had agreed with the kingdom was endorsed by the U.S. government." Count Schelling added.

"I'm not sure what he can bring us, but I really can't bring him anything. But it's okay, if he wants to meet, then let's meet, anyway, it's nothing. The prince said.

"Your Royal Highness, I hope my visit has not disturbed your rest." Roosevelt's attitude this time was very low, very low, unusually low, and definitely not coping, from his words and performance. His Royal Highness could feel his powerlessness and frustration. And some hope?

"Things have been bad lately, so you want to talk to someone?" The prince sat leisurely in his chair and said in a position as comfortable as possible.

"If there's anything you want me to do for help, forget it. The United States has already lost a clean sweep in the Far East, and it will not be able to change this for a long time to come. Crossing thousands of miles to recapture a place of less than 1,000 square kilometers from a naval power is something that I don't think even the most belligerent will make easily. The prince said in an unusually calm tone.

"However, the purpose of the Japanese is not only Samoa, they even want all the actions in Hawaii, and now there are riots in Hawaii. They want to overthrow the Hawaiian government! These bastards! Roosevelt said excitedly, and the green tendons on his clenched fists burst out.

"But what does it have to do with me?" The prince said with some amusement.

"Didn't you say that Germany and the United States of America, as newly rising powers, should work closely together, and even form an alliance?" Roosevelt asked rhetorically.

"I mean, I think so, but you and the United States behind you don't think so, you thought you could be on an equal footing with the British, you thought you could get more benefits with the British, but in fact? Not only do the British look down on you, but even the French regard you as nouveau riche. ”

"You regard Germany's overtures as a sign of weakness, as a rag to be discarded at will, and even now you think about what you can get from me, and you don't think about what you can bring me, and you are embarrassed to call it a close relationship?" A kind of pleasure of revenge made the prince a little excited, the United States of this plane can be so miserable now, but it has its own credit!

"There is one thing, you misunderstood, it is not that we do not value your friendship, but because there are many things that need to be passed by Congress, and not by the king, as in your country. And this time, I brought true friendship with the United States of America. Roosevelt argued.

"Friendship can only be left to the Empire, as for Bavaria, I prefer to do business, and it is not so complicated, let's just say how much is the friendship of the United States of America to me and to the Bavarian royal family?" The prince said bluntly.

"$30 million worth of interest-free loans in 3 years! We don't have any political strings attached, as long as your country buys American goods with two-thirds of that, or $30 million. Of this amount, $15 million will be disbursed within three months of the agreement, and the other half will be disbursed within one year. Pay it off within three years. If you can contribute more to the friendship between the two countries, then the number of loans can go up! Roosevelt said.

"$30 million, £6 million! Let you use it for nothing for 3 years! Even at the general lending rate of around 6%, it would be at least £360,000 a year in interest rate differentials. This money is given away for nothing! It's a free gift! Nabs! Three years! It can be added in the future! And the condition is only to buy American products. "His Royal Highness can feel his heart roaring!

I have to say, the Americans really showed enough sincerity this time, how much can an additional 6 million pounds be done in a year? This is not only a matter of loan interest, but also time, with this money, His Royal Highness the Prince can do a lot of things that he originally wanted to do, which is of great significance, but requires too much capital investment, and at the same time the income is relatively thin.

For example, the soil improvement plan, for example, the inland waterway transport plan with Austria. What is the amount of money that the German government has allocated to Bavaria? Millions of marks a year, but also depending on the face of the center. Look at how generous Americans are! A direct interest-free loan of more than 6 million pounds was smashed!

These plans were significant, as they would increase Bavaria's grain production and reduce food imports, with unimaginable advantages in times of war. The latter is also of great significance, the cost of inland waterway shipping is lower than that of railways, the transportation cost of small rivers is already the same as that of railways, and the shipping costs of medium and large rivers will be very low. Both of these things are strategically important, but unfortunately, they require a large investment that will not pay for itself for a long time.

But now it's different, you have money! I don't even know how to spend a lot of money, an extra 2 million pounds of money every year, you must know that the Japanese government's annual fiscal revenue before the First Sino-Japanese War was only 80 million yen, which is converted into 8 million pounds!

As for buying American stuff, there's no problem at all. Don't always think that the United States and Germany are competing, the United States is not only an emerging industrial power, but also a resource power! Among other things, oil alone can be a great boost to Germany's development.

The heat of combustion of a ton of heavy oil is much higher than that of coal! At the same power, the cost and usage of kerosene mixed boiler are far better than that of simple coal-fired boilers. Although the coal mines are relatively close, with the help of cruise ships and discounted interest rates from the Americans, it is also possible to burn kerosene in Bavaria's power plants.

And this is only one aspect, with the discount of the Americans, the cost of purchasing oil in Bavaria will be very low, lower than the cost of fuel and mineral procurement in Germany and even most of its peers! What a competitive advantage! So much so that His Royal Highness the Prince really couldn't find a reason to refuse. If in the future the German fleet used kerosene co-burning, then the prince, who had cheap oil, would become the most important fuel supplier to the Imperial Navy.

In addition to fuel, as a large country in the electrical industry, Germany also needs to import a large amount of copper ore, and one of the most important ore sources is also the United States! No way, the natural resource endowment of the United States is really good!

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