Grant's offer was very broad, and as long as it was within fifteen million dollars, the U.S. government would accept it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, if the final price is 15 million US dollars, the restrictions are a bit too much, and the US government will pay the money in the form of a check, and Li Mu must promise that he will not honor the check for three years, during which the US government will pay interest on the national debt.

In other words, if calculated at 5 percent interest, Li Mu will receive $17 million in three years.

After knowing the specific conditions, Li Mu just wanted to laugh three times, if Benjamin knew the bottom line of the US government's negotiations, I don't know if he would be blind to Benjamin's dog eyes.

"You can also put forward your conditions, for example, you can undertake the infrastructure." For the sake of 10 percent, Green Giles still provided more information.

It should be provided that if the final price is 15 million US dollars, then Li Mu will pay 1.7 million US dollars to Green Giles, with this money, Green Giles can basically retire and enjoy life.

Infrastructure, how much is there in it does not need to be detailed, even if Li Mu does not declare 7,500 US dollars on a piece of paper like Tweed, it is enough for Li Mu to earn a lot of money, if the cost is well controlled, it is not impossible to toss out another 17 million US dollars.

This is the effect of that ten percent, if it weren't for Li Mu's generosity, Green Giles probably wouldn't have reminded Li Mu.

"When it comes to infrastructure, how much will Washington invest?" Li Muye should pay attention to the project money, there is no need to doubt it, this must be a piece of fat.

"The total amount cannot be determined at this time, but the first investment will not be less than five million dollars." Anyway, there was no discipline, and Green Giles sold Grant all the way by the way.

"Deal!" Li Mu was convinced, this price was far beyond Li Mu's imagination.

"You have to make a full set of plays, we have to talk about it anyway, and then I have to go on an errand." Green Giles wants to faint, and if a deal is reached from front foot to back foot, then everyone knows there's something wrong with that.

You must know that Li Mu also has Benjamin, Mahan and George Dewey by his side, even if it is acting, Li Mu and Green Giles must also act, otherwise, these people will definitely make a small report.

"Okay, then let's start negotiations tomorrow." Li Mu agreed to cooperate, anyway, he wouldn't be able to get the money for a while and a half, so he was not in a hurry.

So from the next day, in the presence of Benjamin and Mahan, Li Mu and Green Giles officially began negotiations.

The negotiation process is naturally "extremely difficult", Li Mu played the image of a "miser" vividly, as soon as he opened his mouth, it would be 20 million, no matter whether Green Giles begged or coerced and lured, Li Mu was stubborn and did not give a penny.

In the eyes of Mahan and Benjamin, Green Giles is the audit director who is dedicated to the country, in the face of Li Mu's lion mouth, Green Giles is calm and calm, full of wisdom, and does everything possible to lower the price, in order to force Li Mu to comply, Green Giles even took the initiative to communicate with Mahan and Benjamin during the recess, asking Mahan and Benjamin to help, and jointly forced Li Mu to lower the price.

Compared with Li Mu and Green Giles, two guys who have no bottom line, Mahan and Benjamin are as pure as children in the mall, and in the face of the righteous Green Giles, Benjamin and Mahan did not feel abnormal, and unanimously decided to help Green Giles lower the price.

So when the negotiations started again, Li Mu was faced with the situation of "one against three", which finally made Li Mu loosen, and the price was reduced from 20 million US dollars to 15 million US dollars, and then Li Mu refused to give in again, and the negotiations reached a stalemate again.

On the evening of April 14, the price was still not agreed.

"I'm going to Guantanamo Bay tomorrow, so if I can't reach an agreement tonight, then from tomorrow onwards, for every penny I spend, the price will go up by a dollar, and I will do what I say." At dinner, Li Mu gave an ultimatum.

"Reem, don't make a decision, this is a big business of tens of millions of dollars, so we should be more cautious." Eating delicious caviar and drinking fine rum, Green Giles, who looked worried about the country and the people, looked a little unappetizing and difficult to swallow.

"Ream, you should learn to compromise, listen to me, twelve million dollars is already a lot, many Americans have never seen so much money in their lives, for you, what is the difference between twelve million and fifteen million? It's just a number. Ma Han entered the play the deepest, and he spoke bitterly to Li Mu.

Benjamin didn't speak, his suspicious gaze wandering between Li Mu and Green Giles.

Benjamin didn't find out about the cats between Li Mu and Green Giles, but from a political family, Benjamin has been used to seeing deception since he was a child, although Benjamin didn't know what happened between Li Mu and Green Giles, but Benjamin sensitively felt that something was wrong, so Benjamin chose to continue to observe.

"How can it be indistinguishable? It's a difference of three million dollars, okay! Li Mu did not waver, and after knowing the bottom limit of the US government, Li Mu set the price at 15 million US dollars, and not a penny less.

"Reem, you should know that when Gadsden bought 100,000 square kilometers from Mexico, it only cost 10 million US dollars, and Guantanamo Bay is just as big as 12 million." Ma Han was helpless, and in the face of Li Mu, who did not enter the oil and salt, Ma Han also moved out of this example.

"Ha, Alfred, why don't you say Alaska? The 1.5 million square kilometre peninsula is worth only $7.2 million, and if you do that, Guantanamo Bay, which is just over 100 square kilometres, would cost only a few hundred dollars. Li Mu ignored Ma Han's words, and the meaning of ridicule was obvious.

"It would be best if you understood it that way." Mahan didn't care, and if he wanted to say it, he would do as you said.

"Green, Alfred, General, the significance of Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. government does not need me to emphasize, you only see that I got it from the Cubans for free, but why don't you want to think about it, I have now taken on an eight million dollar foreign debt for Guantanamo Bay, and the interest is nine percent, isn't that a cost? I left Springfield and came to San Diego, thousands of miles away from home, and if there was no profit, what would I be doing so much? And do you think all this money will end up in my pocket? No, it's not like that, the general knows, I'm going to build a new city in Guantanamo Bay, I'm going to Guantanamo Bay tomorrow, maybe I won't come back until it's built, you may not have any idea how much it costs to build a city, I'll give you a figure, Springfield is going to build a Broadside Reservoir, and now the budget has reached 20 million dollars, but it still doesn't seem to be enough, and it still needs to be added in the future. Li Mu also began to complain, anyway, he would not lose a piece of meat, and the crying child would have milk to eat.

The budget for the Kuobin Reservoir has been increased from 5 million to 15 million, and now it has been increased again to 20 million.

This time the supplementary budget was not requested by Li Mu on his own initiative, but by Bruce Motley, which was Bruce Motley's gratitude to Will for giving up the mayoral election.

As long as Will is in Springfield, Bruce Motley, the mayor, will always be a puppet, so Bruce Motley sincerely hopes that Will will leave quickly, and go as far as possible.

As for the additional project budget, it doesn't matter if Bruce Motley doesn't pay for it anyway.

"Ream, you also have to take into account Washington's difficulties, you are not an outsider now, let me tell you the truth, we have just experienced the Civil War, the economy is recovering, the Treasury does not have much to spare, and you may not know that when I came to San Diego, Jay Cook, who used to be the leader of Wall Street, committed suicide in London, and the stock of the Northern Pacific Railway Company fell by 70 percent in one day, and now there is a panic-" Green Giles also began to complain, Don't think that the U.S. government is so rich that the landlord's family has no surplus food these days.

Hearing Green Giles say that Jay Cook committed suicide, Li Mu suddenly remembered that this year was 1873, and the economic crisis was still coming.

"Jay Cook committed suicide? What's going on? Benjamin exclaimed.

To people in the late 19th century, the name Jay Cook was as familiar as the Bill Gai of the 21st century, and Benjamin, although not a financial person, heard the name a lot.

In view of Jay Cook's status on Wall Street, it is not difficult for Li Mu and Benjamin to think about how chaotic Wall Street should be now.

"Hurry up and make a decision, Green, if it's any later, maybe I won't sell, you should know that when the economic crisis comes, it's not a good idea to hold cash, because the currency can depreciate at any time, and Guantanamo Bay is there." Li Mu began to fool Green Giles.

In fact, when the economic crisis comes, holding the currency is the best choice, because in the economic crisis, everything will depreciate, and only the dollar, which is pegged to gold, will not depreciate.

The dollar in this era is indeed pegged to gold, and it is in a fixed form, and it does not depreciate.

Li Mu is betting that Green Giles does not understand economics, at least not proficiently, so that Li Mu can fish in troubled waters.

"When the economic crisis comes, it seems that holding currency is the best choice." Green Giles may not understand, but Benjamin must understand, this guy has received an elite education since he was a child, and he is not comparable to a soldier like Green Giles.

"I'll just make it clear, I need cash to prepare to buy the bottom, so-hehe-hehe-" Li Mu sneered, this is a posture of sitting on the ground and starting the price.

Li Mu's meaning is obvious: if the US government does not meet Li Mu's demand, then Li Mu will sell Guantanamo Bay to other countries, and I believe that some countries will be interested in Guantanamo Bay, a choke point in the Caribbean Sea.