356. Exchange of Interests

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Ambassador Li Jingfa received instructions from Zhang Wei and agreed to buy land in the United States for 600 million Xia Yuan with conditions attached.

So, after careful consideration, he sent someone to inform the US Secretary of State Robert Bacon that the talks could continue.

Robert Bacon was glad to come to the Xia Imperial Embassy.

In the small conference room of the embassy, Li Jingfa chatted with Robert Bacon for half an hour.

Robert Bacon asked, "Your Excellency, I wonder what orders His Majesty the Emperor of your country has for land transactions?" ”

Li Jingfa thought to himself and began to get to the point, so according to his original idea, he said: "Our Emperor His Majesty is very much in favor of trading land, but the price is high, and corresponding conditions must be attached. ”

"Your Excellency, Ambassador, please speak!"

Ambassador Li Jingfa repeated the contents of the telegram to Robert Bacon, and he thought to himself, I am not afraid that the Americans will not take the bait, and now the United States has reached the point of exhaustion, that is, the empire does not attack, but only cuts off the food of the Americans, and they do not know how many people will starve to death, and His Majesty the Emperor does not want to use the money to buy 13 states, but to buy the West Indies and Central America, where the strategic location is very important, and after occupying Panama, you can have the right to build the Panama Canal. And it was also a supply depot for future attacks on South America.

The countries of South America were originally colonies of Spain or Portugal, and although they were independent, their economic and military strength were too poor to be the opponents of the empire at all; If the Americans first occupied Brazil and muddied the waters of South America, His Majesty the Emperor would definitely take action, and it was impossible for the empire not to be tempted by such a big fat, especially the saltpeter mines, copper mines, iron ores, etc. in South America, but they were all important strategic materials, and these important strategic materials must be in the hands of the empire to make people feel at ease.

After listening to Li Jingfa's words, Secretary of State Robert Bacon's face turned pale, and he calmed down the anger in his heart by drinking coffee, the Xia Empire is using the United States as a gunman, letting the Americans occupy the territory, and help withstand the pressure of European countries, they make a profit behind their backs, it is really cunning.

But the current situation of the United States has no choice but to go to South America for development, otherwise it will be trapped by the Xia Empire, and even lead to tens of millions of Americans starving to death, what should we do?

Robert Bacon was very conflicted in his heart, when the Americans paid for the Xia Empire to go to war, it was just to help the Americans eliminate potential threats and promote the American open door policy in the world; The Xia Empire was even more ruthless, not only wanting to pay for the Americans to occupy the territory, but also demanding that these territories be handed over to the Xia Empire in its entirety.

Now the world is propagating the "Yellow Peril Theory", the Xia Empire is greedy for those places, and they don't dare to occupy them directly, let the Americans occupy them, and hand them over to the Xia Empire, they will really calculate.

Since the United States has no other choice, all he can do is to fight for the greater interests of the United States.

Thinking about it and feeling a little more comfortable, Robert Bacon said: "Your Excellency, if this is the case, 600 million Xia Yuan is obviously not enough, even the military expenditure is not enough, the territory you are asking for is too big, with the equipment and strength of the US army, it is difficult to defeat so many countries and occupy so many territories." “

"Haha, Your Excellency Secretary of State said that the United States has more than 2 million troops alone, and the US Atlantic Fleet can sweep through the South American countries, which other countries are the opponents of the United States? Besides, with the convenient logistics of the Empire, it will be difficult for your army to be defeated, just whether you are willing to do it or not; Besides, the Empire doesn't value the little wealth you have picked up, as long as the territory, this is a good opportunity to ease your country's finances. Li Jingfa thought to himself, it's not that you don't want to do it, it's that you want to do greater benefits, just the looted materials are enough to feed your people, it's really not greedy.

Robert Bacon was a little embarrassed to see through his thoughts, but these people's skins had been tempered thicker than the city walls, and he didn't care about these at all, so he immediately changed the topic: "Your Excellency, the U.S. Army now has 2 or 3 people sharing a rifle, which can only be regarded as quantity, not quality, and you also know that if you want to occupy these territories, the existing equipment is simply not good." “

"Haha, Your Excellency Secretary of State is humble, isn't the U.S. military fighting Mexico now and shrinking the strength of the whole country to Mexico City? How can you say that there is no quality? “

"It's okay for the U.S. military to bully the Mexican militia, even in the face of the militia, it was only by surprise attacks that they had some success, and now they have concentrated the regular army in Mexico City, and a confrontation situation has been formed, not because the U.S. military does not contribute." Robert Bacon argued.

Li Jingfa was reluctant to ink with him, so he said: "If according to the Monroe Doctrine of your country at the beginning, now the Xia Empire immediately sends troops to maintain regional security, do you believe that the United States can still have spoils of war?" And to remove a fighter from Mexico? Therefore, the cooperation is mutual, your country wants materials, the empire wants territory, only in this way can the empire ensure the safe operation of your country, and can there be enough spoils to alleviate the difficulties of your country, if the empire takes it itself, I believe the cost is not high. “

After several rounds of negotiations, Robert Bacon negotiated with Roosevelt several times, and finally reached an agreement with the Xia Empire:

The United States sold 13 states to the Xia Empire for 6 Xia Yuan, and handed them over before the 31st of the month, and the Americans who did not evacuate were deemed to have renounced their American citizenship;

All the islands of the West Indies occupied by the United States except those occupied by Britain and France were transferred to the Xia Empire by the 31st of the month;

The United States sent 350,000 troops to occupy the country of Colombia and all areas north to Mexico, and handed them over to the Southern Theater of Operations of the Xia Empire, which ensured the logistics supply of 350,000 US Army; to complete the transfer of Mexico by the 31st of the month, and the transfer of Colombia and the territories north of it by July 31, 1910;

The spoils of American servicemen are owned by the United States;

After the agreement was signed, the Xia Empire provided the United States with 300,000 Mauser 1888 commission rifles, 50 million rounds of ammunition, 2,000 Maxim heavy machine guns, 40 million rounds of ammunition, and Krupp 75mm mountain guns and 100,000 shells; 155mm howitzers, as well as 20,000 shells each; Within 1 year, it will be delivered to the United States in two installments;

600 million yuan will be paid in 5 installments, with a cycle of half a year, 200 million summer yuan of materials will be delivered before the 31st of the month, and 100 million summer yuan of materials will be delivered every six months thereafter;

After the United States relocated to Brazil, it would continue to pay reparations, and the Xia Empire must guarantee that it would not invade Brazilian territory and ensure the integrity of Brazilian territory;

The United States cannot be an enemy of the Xia Empire, and without the permission of the Xia Empire, it is not allowed to attack other countries in South America.

President Roosevelt praised Robert Bacon's ability to make a re-emergence possible with this agreement, which provided the United States with the material security and security to move to Brazil.

Zhang Wei was very satisfied with this agreement, that is, to pay some materials, without the empire directly facing the pressure of Britain, France, Germany and Russia, to obtain a large area of territory, and to open a bridgehead to South America, and the empire could use this time to solve other problems. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.