Chapter 263 Rich and Powerful
"First of all, I'm short of money!"
In the face of a group of imperial rebels, Yang Fuhrer unceremoniously cried poor.
"Just to support the Java battlefield, I already have to rely on issuing bonds to maintain, and if I want to hold Assam next and resist Nehru's million-strong army, then I have to at least double the military spending, which is beyond the capacity of the Ming economy, I can't drag down my country's economy for a war outside the homeland, I believe everyone can understand this, so I can't do anything without money."
He said solemnly, and then glanced back at Jensen.
"Your Excellency, the Government of the United States has decided to give you an additional $100 million in military aid, another $50 million to Pakistan, and $25 million each to the Republic of Assam and the Republic of Java, and will allow the Ming Imperial Bank to sell your country's bonds on the New York stock market.
In addition, Chevron, Stanwick, Caltex and other companies will jointly provide 50 million US dollars each to your country and the Republic of Java, and all crude oil supplied to your country during the war will be billed according to the pre-war price, regardless of the rise in international oil prices. โ
Johnson said immediately.
"Thank you very much for your help from the government and people of your country."
Yang Feng expressed his gratitude very formulaically.
"The British government will present to your country two hundred Centurion MKIII tanks, plus an additional 20,000 tons of naval ammunition, including aerial bombs and naval artillery shells."
Jensen said.
"Uh, thank you very much!"
Yang Feng said.
Well, the Britons really don't have money. Ammunition is certainly a surplus of the war. As for the tank, they are currently switching to the latest MK7. The existing MKIII. upgrade is also quite troublesome, simply give it to Yang Feng to replace it with a new one, anyway, the British Army has no real war needs in the short term, although the MKIII is an old 20-pounder gun, but there is still not much pressure to fight Stalin 2.
Similarly, scallops have also donated 50 million US dollars to Daming, and as for the price of oil is the same as that of Chevron and other companies, in recent years, scallops have lost a lot of money due to war, not only the oil fields of Central Java have been lost. And there were also deaths, and Archie immediately confiscated one of their modest oil fields in Lansha. The only good thing is that the oil fields of North Borneo and East Borneo are on Yang Feng's territory, and the safety can be guaranteed, unless Yang Feng wants to swallow it, of course, but at least for the time being, Yang Feng has not seen this kind of thought, in this case, the scallop has to serve him more carefully.
As for other countries, it's about scallop birds.
A major general next to Jensen looked at Yang Feng awkwardly, looking like he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
This guy is from the Australian Army, and as a member of the British Commonwealth, the Australian Army is still stationed in North Borneo. Kangaroos have no diplomatic relations with Daming, all of whom came from him on behalf of the Australian government.
"General Houghton. I know you're strapped financially, but I'm going to need a lot of food. โ
Yang Feng stopped him who was about to speak, and then said very clearly.
"That's no problem, we can provide 200,000 tons of grain and 20,000 tons of meat aid to your country."
Horton said hurriedly.
There is no shortage of food and meat, especially rice, the staple food of the Ming Dynasty, which has always relied mainly on them and Siam, and unlike people who think of it, Australia is actually a major rice exporter, and until the 70s, it still held the record for the highest yield per acre.
Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction and said: "There are two more things, the first is that your country must relax the restrictions on Chinese immigration, I believe you also know very well that the White Australia policy has come to an end, and there is no future for the doctrine." โ
"You Da Ming seem to be with us all the way, right?"
Horton sneered.
The Ming Dynasty, including Borneo, has always forbidden any non-Chinese and white immigrants, even allies of the Republic of Java, Pakistan and Assamese, and Siamese. And Australia has also maintained the White Australia policy, but the target of their prevention is mainly Chinese, the Chinese labor has taught them too profound lessons, although the restrictions have been gradually relaxed over the years, but the White Australia policy has never been canceled, at this point the two are indeed the eldest brother, not to mention the second brother, are all the way to the goods.
"I think the council will give it serious consideration."
Horton said awkwardly.
The Australian government has decided to give Yang Feng food and meat aid, but the relaxation of restrictions on Chinese immigration has to be studied separately, but fortunately, this is indeed not a big deal, the White Australia policy has indeed come to an end, and even Australia has begun to demand the abolition of this policy.
"Okay, I'll wait for your news, as for the second point, I hope you can allow Huaxia Mining to open mines in your country."
Yang Feng said.
"Huaxia Mining is mainly based on iron ore, right?"
"Yes, what I urgently need now is iron ore, because there is not enough iron ore, I even buy it from the United States, Brazil across the Pacific, and the nearby countries have not found real big iron ore, at least not on the land of free countries. You are the only place I have not looked for, so I hope that your government will first lift the ban on iron ore exploration and export, and second, allow Huaxia Mining to explore minerals there, and the right to develop the minerals that have also been explored belongs to Huaxia Mining, of course, if they find it, and third, not only iron ore, no matter what mine they find, they will develop it. โ
Yang Feng said.
"Well, I'll convey that to the Prime Minister."
Horton said.
He doesn't think it's a big deal, as the Australian soil has been looking for iron ore for decades, and countless companies have come to find it, but all of them are disappointed, otherwise the Australian government would not need to maintain a ban on iron ore exports for decades. Not only is the export banned, but even the new iron ore mining is banned, even if the limited iron ore runs out one day and becomes an iron ore importer, others have not found it for decades, and Huaxia Mining is probably also a result, they can't find iron ore and how can they mine and export?
Yang Feng nodded with satisfaction again.
That's fine, the Pilbara Iron Mine is in hand, as long as there is this iron mine, the Ming Empire will develop desperately in the next time! Not to mention the annual output of 30 million tons, even 300 million tons can be, during this time he is most worried about not oil, but steel, the Ming Empire's steel output is growing rapidly, but behind this rapid growth is that iron ore is becoming more and more insufficient.
Tianzhu has but Nehru will not sell to him, and Annan will mainly be in the central and north, and then there will be a river of blood, of course he will not go there to mine, and the rest of the Southeast Asian countries basically have no big mines, that is, some small iron mines. The only big mine is the Padang iron mine he controls, but the reserves are not too big, the only advantage is the high grade plus convenient transportation by the sea, these years Daming Iron and Steel mainly rely on this iron mine, he was forced to have no choice but to go to the United States and Brazil to buy, now as long as you take the Pilbara iron ore ore you don't need to think about this problem at all.
And not only iron ore, with the super treasure trove of Western Australia, basically most of the resources in the future do not have to worry, like bauxite, nickel and even uranium ore, there is a large diamond mine in the north, the first wave of mining tide of Kalgoorlie gold mine has passed, the idea of getting over and continuing to dig is also very good, and then move there hundreds of thousands of Chinese, basically it will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the kangaroos are honest, dare not be honest and directly serve the cannon, and even swallow the place for them.
Of course, Horton would not have thought that Yang Feng was already thinking about their territory at this time, and now he was very happy to know that this Fรผhrer would not back down in this war, as long as there was Da Ming in front of the thunder, they could continue to hide in their vast continent to farm and raise cattle.
So far, this meeting has ended successfully, Yang Feng got what he wanted, and those imperial volunteers also got what they wanted, the mainstay of the free world in Southeast Asia will continue to stand as always, as for how to fight the next war, it is no longer what they need to worry about, anyway, it is not their people who die, the Ming Empire has a population of 20 million, and the national mobilization is large-scale conscription, one million is not enough for two million, two million is not enough for three million, Didn't the Gauls in World War I also have a population of 30 million and an army of several million?
Even in World War II, didn't the people of the United States have a population of more than 100 million and finally put together more than 10 million troops? As for the Soviet Union, almost all men have gone to the battlefield, with the current situation of the Ming Empire, three million troops are still no problem, three million troops, with their combat effectiveness, is enough to beat Nehru down again, and they are not alone, there are three countries together, and the total population of the four countries is close to 150 million.
That's enough.
However, they didn't know that Yang Yuan was not preparing for the national mobilization at all, at least under the current circumstances, he was not prepared to do so at all, and he was not in danger at the two battlefields of Java and Yaqi now, the only trouble was the Assam battlefield.
And as long as there are 300,000 troops there, it can be completely defended, and he is not prepared to attack in this war, these enemies are very precious, and they are his main toys in the future, but they cannot be destroyed, so in this war, the principle is still to defend, continue to defend, and defend until all the attackers are exhausted and unable to fight again.
Since there is no need to delay the domestic economy, you can directly pull another 300,000 foreign aid to the Assam battlefield, this foreign aid is easy to find, but you still need to take some effort to get them to agree to move. (To be continued.) )