Compared with the British and French consul generals, the US consul general in Shanghai did not have so many ideas, because the US interests in China were mainly concentrated in the north, and only a small number of foreign banks and financial institutions existed in Shanghai, because of the economic and trade relations between the two countries, the Japanese still maintained basic respect for the United States, at least under the protection of the Stars and Stripes, and there was no hindrance to the work and life of American businessmen in Shanghai.

And more importantly, this Monat. Byrne. Mr. Davis, he will be returning home next month, and it is difficult to say whether he will be in a diplomatic post in the future. The United States is about to hold a general election at the end of this month, and the incumbent president, Mr. Roosevelt, has announced his withdrawal from the election at the beginning of the month because of a serious scandal and will not seek re-election.

According to Davis's friends in Washington, it was part of a deal in which Roosevelt was willing to hand over power peacefully in exchange for Congress agreeing to drop impeachment against him while continuing to retain his immunity. Because judging from the evidence currently available, His Excellency the President is suspected of violating the law and the Constitution, and once the impeachment is successful, he will not only be ruined, but may even be imprisoned.

Of course, this is just some rumors within Washington, and only the core personnel concerned know what the truth is, and a marginal fish like Mr. Davis may not be able to get the answer in his life.

There were also some changes on the Republican side, because of the alleged private collusion with Roosevelt, Wilkie was stripped of his candidacy and replaced with Thomas. Dewey as a presidential candidate. On the other hand, because of Roosevelt's withdrawal, the Democratic Party could not even put forward a candidate for a while, and no one wanted to participate in this election that was doomed to failure, because the situation in this election was too special, and it was likely to ruin the political future of the candidates.

Whoever comes to power has nothing to do with Mr. Davis, and he is not worried about his future, after all, he is an experienced career diplomat, and it is very likely that he will lie dormant for a year and a half and then continue to work in another place.

Because the cabinet was busy with infighting with its sleeves rolled up, Washington, of course, would not give him any instructions, but only let the consul general perform his duties, and by the way, send sincere greetings to the German envoy on behalf of the United States. In any case, the United States does not have a high voice in the public concession, and Davis is happy to be a bystander.

Also from friends in Washington, the United States and Germany are warming up at a rapid pace, German Foreign Minister Mr. Niu Wright has been touring the American states for several months, almost every governor has met with him, and the German Führer has sent a fleet to the United States for a goodwill visit, and it is said that a high-ranking delegation has arrived at the same time.

And the European purchasing group led by the German Ministry of Commerce is carrying out a frenzied sweep of goods all over the United States, and those Europeans want almost everything, and they are all rich and deep, and they do not care about the price proposed by the United States.

In this situation, the U.S. economy, which has always been dead, is showing signs of rapid recovery, and the huge number of European orders has made American companies seem to see the prosperity of a decade ago, with major factories resuming production and unemployment beginning to fall rapidly.

For the first time, farmers in the West and South have emptied their stocks, and even got orders for next year, with tens of thousands of meat animals of all kinds being shipped to Europe every day in New York Harbor, along with truckloads of corn, paddy and flour.

American workers, counting their salaries, do not forget who sent these jobs and orders, and out of curiosity, they are eager to know everything about the Führer. Newspapers and media began to compete to publish the Führer's story, and there were even serialized cartoons of the Führer on the market, but every documentary film in which he appeared would be full.

The American people have become obsessed with this handsome European blonde man who has created countless miracles, and the media have taken the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, a head of state fever has been produced on the east coast of the United States, and is spreading to the west coast at an alarming speed, it is no exaggeration to say that Americans' enthusiasm for this head of state has surpassed concern for the presidential election.

But all those who have higher intelligence than a mule know the truth that those who go along with it prosper and those who go against it die, and those who go against the trend of society are not called individual, but do not know whether they live or die. Of course, Davis would not do anything to damage the friendship between Germany and the United States at this time, and of course, out of his personal character, he could not deliberately flatter. In this regard, it really can't be compared with the French, and looking at Oak's appearance, I can't wait to go up and lick the palm of the German.

Davis turned his head and glanced at the Japanese who were still drawing circles, this group of unlucky guys, I don't know what kind of punishment they will receive when they go back, there are so many Chinese and foreign reporters at the scene today, even if they want to seal their mouths, as long as the photos and videos are released, the face of the Japanese Empire will be smashed to the ground.

Matsuoka didn't know this, if it weren't for the presence of so many reporters, he would have already slapped Horiuchi and Sawada, who were specifically in charge of reception, a few times. The honor of the Great Japanese Empire and his own reputation are about to be smashed into the hands of these two red deer, how can he not let the blood of this foreign minister who has worked hard for the cause of the imperial country be inflated.

To tell the truth, the Japanese side will agree to meet the German mission on the Bund, which is also a matter of no choice, the area north of the Suzhou Creek occupied by the Japanese, except for the area near the Bund is quite prosperous, there is no way to show the Germans other places, Huxi is a large number of dense alleys and poor shantytowns, Jiangwan Zhabei still retains the remnants of the buildings after the war, Baoshan except for part of the natural village cultivated farmland, the rest is a large area of wasteland and wild beach.

It's not always necessary to let the "Prince Eugen" stop at the Japanese Navy Pier and then let the Germans visit the Hongkou Dojo. So when it came time to think about how to receive it, the Japanese began to worry.

The German side has long indicated that they want to visit the two concessions, and you don't necessarily have to stop the German marshal and tell him that there is nothing interesting over there.

Even if you want to stop you, there will be a reason, if you change to a Japanese marshal, it will be much more convenient, as long as you eat and drink well and find a few geisha, any problem can be solved. But that's the German field marshal, and there are a lot of high-ranking officials around him, so how many geisha will have to be found to settle it.

Although the small Tokyo of Hongkou is quite prosperous and has many European-style buildings, it is not on the same level as the facilities in the Public Concession and the French Concession. After all, the Hongkou area was developed relatively late, and it is not as good as the old European concessions.

Moreover, the population of the Japanese settlements is mixed, and there are many ronin hooligans who cannot get along in Japan, and these people even have a headache for the gendarmerie, and if any of the sake-filled red deer accidentally causes an accident, as happened in Paris, this time it will not be compensated by cutting the small intestine to the Germans.

Just when the two were worried, the public concession suddenly sent an official letter, they proposed that the mission should be allowed to land in the most prosperous area of the Bund, and at the same time the concession would make the best arrangements for welcoming the mission.

Horiuchi and Sawada began to make small calculations, thinking that this was indeed the easiest and most convenient plan at present, and they believed that the concession did not have the courage to play tricks in front of the Japanese Empire.

In the end, it turned out that the British and French dug a hole, the Japanese jumped into it, the Americans watched from the sidelines, and in the end it was up to the Germans to save the day.

PS: The second chapter was presented early, and my eyes were a little uncomfortable, so I went to rest.

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