There is a reason why Europeans have a psychological advantage over the Americans.

The United States began issuing treasury bonds in the early days of the country, and France was the largest creditor of the United States at that time. During the Civil War, the United States issued further Treasury bonds, which increased to $2.7 billion in the later stages of the war, when Britain was the largest creditor of the United States.

The world war had reduced Europe to ruins, and the Americans had finally waited for the opportunity to turn over.

In 1913, the year before the World War, U.S. exports totaled only $2.5 billion, but by 1916, two years after the World War, U.S. exports had reached $63.971 billion. Exports to Europe rose from 4.5 million pounds before the war to 27 million pounds, cheese from 3.75 million pounds to 66 million pounds, condensed milk from 18 million pounds to 260 million pounds, and pork from 10 pounds to 1.5 billion pounds.

Who said Europeans don't eat pork? You stand up, and the Europeans promise not to kill you.

The more you buy, the more money you spend, and when you run out of money, you have to buy it even if you borrow money, the British and French are actually not "chopping hands", but in order not to be "beheaded" by the Germans, they can only ruthlessly "chop their hands".

In the first year of the war, the Americans paid off the money they owed to the French, who, in turn, owed the Americans a lot. In the first year of the war, the French owed the Americans about $100 million, by 1915 it was more than $500 million, and by 1917, just in the first five months, the French owed the Americans $1.3 billion.

The United States, the illegitimate son of Europe, has completely become the godfather of Europeans.

This generation is also messy enough.

Like the rest of France, Corsica receives most of its supplies from the United States, most of which is paid for by the French government.

Qin Zhiyuan spent the money of the French with peace of mind, because Qin Zhiyuan is also French now. As for spending French money to help the Republic of China raise children, this is even if it is the interest of the French bullying the Chinese for hundreds of years, don't do it in vain, Qin Zhiyuan is not a "virgin".

After inspecting the scout camp, Qin Zhiyuan came to the submarine combat headquarters again.

The Submarine Operations Department, which is the Admiralty at Cape Corsica, chose such a turtle name in order to confuse the French.

Look, I don't have a navy, my destroyers are for anti-submarine escort.

Although this is a cover-up, the problem is that the French just eat this set, and if you want to mix in France, you can't do it if you don't learn hypocrisy.

The head of the submarine combat command is called Douglas, and this person still has a little relationship with Qin Zhiyuan.

About 30 years ago, Douglas went to the Far East and joined the former Qing Beiyang Naval Division as an instructor. Even according to Douglas, if it weren't for the conservatism of the Qing Empire, Douglas would have had the idea of joining the Qing Empire's nationality.

After the destruction of the Beiyang Naval Division, Douglas stayed in the Qing Kingdom until 1900, confirming that the Qing government had no intention of rebuilding the Beiyang Naval Division, and then returned to France gloomily.

After Qin Zhiyuan arrived in France, he was widely publicized in Capi because of his "miracles" and was called "angel". When Douglas knew Qin Zhiyuan's origin, Douglas immediately found Qin Zhiyuan and claimed to take a look at the son of the deceased.

is indeed the son of the deceased, Douglas served on the same warship as Qin Zhiyuan's father in the Beiyang Naval Division, and the relationship between the two is not bad, Qin Zhiyuan's father also taught Douglas to learn Chinese.

As soon as Douglas finished speaking, Qin Zhiyuan believed half of it. If you don't believe it, Douglas's Chinese is full of strong Cangzhou characteristics, and it is really possible that Qin Zhiyuan and his father taught it.

Douglas is nearly 60 years old this year, and since he is a navy and an old navy, it is only natural that he is responsible for providing logistics support for the destroyer fleet under Qin Zhiyuan.

Yes, although it has a sign of "Command for Submarine Operations", in fact this command does not have command over the destroyer fleet, and the command is in the hands of Allen, the general manager of the "LLL" company.

This is also no way, the current destroyer fleet actually has no combat mission, only one task, that is, to create economic value by providing escort for merchant ships. Since it is a profit-making instrument, it must be managed by business people, and only in this way can the surplus value be maximized.

Seeing Qin Zhiyuan, Douglas was very happy: "Qin, you finally remembered my old bones, how about it?" Are there new warships to receive? ”

Douglas was actually not old at all, with a ruddy complexion and a tall body, except for a little arthritis because he had been running at sea all year round.

"Hello, Uncle Doug." Qin Zhiyuan is polite.

When it was determined that Qin Zhiyuan was the son of the deceased, Douglas should be Qin Zhiyuan's elders. Qin Zhiyuan is not disgusted by this, after all, Douglas and Qin Zhiyuan's father do have a relationship, and Qin Zhiyuan should call Douglas "uncle".

This has another meaning, after all, Qin Zhiyuan is now an orphan, except for Qin Zhisheng's family, Qin Zhiyuan does not have many relatives. Having an extra uncle can increase Qin Zhiyuan's sense of belonging to this era, which is very important to Qin Zhiyuan, a "time and space traveler".

"There are no warships, not in a short time, maybe don't think about it during the world war, the American warships themselves are not enough, it is impossible to sell them to us." Qin Zhiyuan refused.

"Damn Americans, they have made enough of our money, and now they are going to conquer Europe with their own hands?" Douglas did not have the slightest affection for the Americans.

Qin Zhiyuan's naturalization of French nationality is very important to the French people on Corsica. In the past, although the French people on Corsica were forced to join Qin Zhiyuan due to the pressure of life, they were not completely dead-hearted, and there may be pride in their hearts as Europeans facing Orientals.

But with Qin Zhiyuan's accession to French nationality, the careful thinking of the French in Corsica has completely disappeared, and begging for a life under a Frenchman and begging for a life under a Chinese are two completely different concepts, whether it is from the scope of social public opinion, or from their hearts, this situation is now more acceptable.

"The problem is that we need them now, and we can't refuse their support." Qin Zhiyuan can still quickly adapt to his new identity, he has received training in this area before, and he has changed his identity four times a day at most to deal with different situations, which can be called a mastery.

"It sounds so frustrating that one has to start to wonder about the meaning of war." Douglas was the kind of traditional Frenchman who could rise to philosophical heights anytime and anywhere.

"How's it going, what's the good news lately?" Qin Zhiyuan is looking forward to it.

As he spoke, a group of people came to Douglas's office.

Qin Zhiyuan took the initiative to do it on the sofa, although the chair behind the desk looked more comfortable, but this was Douglas's territory, and Qin Zhiyuan had to respect Douglas.

Here, Qin Zhiyuan is the guest.

"The good news is that our submarine hunters have already entered service, and the destroyer fleet can gradually roll out into commercial operation. The bad news is that a British company has organized a submarine hunting force and has also started to join the escort ranks, which is not a good sign for us at the moment, although it has little impact on our business at the moment. Douglas looked gloomy.

It is indeed not a good sign, although it is said that there is inevitably competition in doing business, but Qin Zhiyuan hates people coming to the Mediterranean Sea to fish.

Yes, Qin Zhiyuan has regarded the escort in the Mediterranean Sea as his iron rice bowl, and any competition can be regarded as smashing Qin Zhiyuan's rice bowl.

That's not going to work!

(To be continued.) )