And to be honest, Roosevelt was still very jealous of the German Empire, although the total industrial output value of the United States in this era has been the first in the world, but it is not a concept compared with later generations, precision machinery and all kinds of high-tech things are not very slippery, and compared with the double crown of production capacity and technology of the United States in the later generations 2 wartime, it is far behind!

This can be seen from the perspective of machinery exports, although the United States industry has accounted for more than half of the world before the first World War, but the export volume is not as good as Germany, in 1913, the total export of German machinery products reached 738.4 million marks, accounting for 29.1% of the world's machinery exports. The United States www.biquge.info 680.6 million marks, about 26.8% of the world's exports of machinery products. And in the chemical industry, Germany's advantage is even greater, don't forget, at that time, Germany had almost a monopoly on all the synthetic dye markets in the world! Regardless of the fact that Germany and Russia are hostile countries, before the outbreak of World War I, even chemical products such as benzene chemicals were imported from Germany.

Therefore, the industrial structure of the United States is mainly reflected in quantity, the United States is so big, there are so many resources, and the mining and steel industries alone can pile up the industrial scale of the United States to a rather terrifying level. If you want to look at the sophistication of the technology, the United States at this time is still not enough.

Therefore, Roosevelt wished that the two sides would fight more bitterly, and then let the United States reap the benefits of the fisherman, but in fact, many powerful people in the United States also held similar views, talking about the friendship between countries? People who believe in this statement usually die a miserable death. At least Ruprecht doesn't believe it.

"This is gambling on the core interests of the United States of America, the war between the Central and Entente powers is an internal affair of Europe, there is no need for the United States to participate so deeply, it is not in our interests, even if I agree, the parliament will not agree, no one will deliver a third or even more of their gold to other countries as ordinary currency." Roosevelt said.

"The most important thing is that the risk of this, if the United States were to transfer a large amount of gold reserves, would have a huge impact on the financial stability of the country, which is not good for your country, but very dangerous for us. Isn't it? Secretary Rult said.

"Of course it is good for us, just imagine, if one day we go to war with the Entente, if we buy something from your country, will you take the mark? By the same token, do you charge pounds or francs? Ruprecht asked rhetorically.

"No, absolutely not! Because the currencies of countries at war are worthless, they fluctuate too much, and they generally depreciate, so in order to protect your interests, you will only ask for precious metals such as gold and silver or assets as collateral! Before Root could say anything, the prince gave an answer.

"But we can take dollars. Our loan to your country is also a dollar loan! Root said.

"But we can't just import things from the United States, real money is always the best use. And to put it bluntly, after your country received a large amount of gold reserves from Britain and France, you can also print more dollars, right? In times of war, your country can obtain a large amount of gold through trade, and your people also have a large amount of gold, as long as it is not a domestic problem, no country has the ability to shake the financial markets of the United States during the war, and the powerful countries are participating in the war, and the countries that are not participating in the war have no strength. "The prince did not budge in the slightest.

"Our negotiations seem to have reached an impasse. Your country's attempt to kidnap the United States is unacceptable to us. Roosevelt said calmly.

"The German Empire cannot exchange the colonies that your country needs most for a promise not to support the Entente, and since that is the case, there is really no need to talk about it. We will solve the problem of money ourselves, I think, the various assets of the German Reich overseas have allowed us to obtain enough loans, and the purpose of my coming to the United States is very clear, we will borrow money from a consortium, and the reason why I am sitting here with you to talk about these is politics! But alas, I can't get what we need. Roosevelt threatened to break the negotiations, and Ruprecht didn't mind, anyway, it was still a long time, and as he said, Germany never intended to hang himself from the tree of the American government!

At the same time that the negotiations between Ruprecht **** and Roosevelt were at an impasse, the negotiations between Countess Laura and the major industrial giants of the United States were in full swing, and the economic cooperation was obviously much smoother than the political negotiations. The reason is very simple, on the one hand, the two sides have a very good cooperative relationship, and on the other hand, the conditions offered by Germany during the war also make these big conglomerates unable to refuse!

And in the United States, it is not only politicians and lobbies that can influence politics, but also big business and money that can influence political decisions, and those who run for president sometimes do not care where the money comes from, whether it is domestic or foreign. They just know that they need to do things to get money!

"We have no doubts about your country's ability to pay and pay in peacetime, after all, whether it is mechanical, optical or electrical products or chemical raw materials, your country has a very obvious advantage, even if it is possible to implement barter trade between our consortium and your country, but the key is the means of repayment in wartime! Although I don't know about military affairs, I have also studied geography, and I also know that the Royal Navy is strong, and in the event of war, Britain will definitely impose a total blockade on Germany, even if we can not think about transportation, but we also need to consider the means of payment in your country. J.P. Morgan said.

"We have fixed assets all over the world, and our payments are divided into two types, one is the payment of the purchase of goods according to the price, and the other is the friendship payment, and the total amount of this payment is not less than 1 billion marks! And we have only one demand, and that is to guarantee friendly relations between the United States and the German Reich. Countess Laura said with a smile.

"A billion marks of various assets, aren't you joking?" The Rockefeller on the side was also a little surprised, 1 billion marks is about 50 million pounds, and there is no 125 million in dollars! The point is that it's given away for nothing! Given away for nothing! Given away for nothing! Say it three times because it is important! And the condition is only to put the United States on the side of Germany! To be honest, this requirement is really nothing to the digital consortium bosses here! But you can get extra compensation!

And more importantly, with the delivery of these assets, they can take advantage of the situation to occupy the market left after the withdrawal of German power! It's worth more than just money! The total amount is more than one aspect, but at the same time it is divided into various large consortia, there is competition between these consortia, you take more, others take less, their own strength is stronger, and the game will have a certain advantage in the future, although it seems that it has not yet been implemented, but from the perspective of the previous cooperative relationship, this matter is still very stable.

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