Long Island of New York is an island in North America in the Atlantic Ocean, located on the east coast of North America, belonging to the state of New York, United States. Geographically, Long Island is actually a peninsula. It is separated from the American continent by a tidal zone at the mouth of the Hudson River. Eastern Long Island is still an agricultural region, including many vineyards and traditional farmsteads, and fishing is also one of the industries.

Compared with the prosperity of New York, to a certain extent, Long Island is synonymous with remoteness and backwardness, but in the South Side of the Hamptons on Long Island, it is a concentration of the rich in New York, as early as a few decades ago, it has been a leisure place for the rich, Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie and other rich Americans have their own estates in the Hamptons.

In contrast to the scorching heat of New York, the wealthy New Yorkers come here to escape the heat and enjoy the cool sea breeze blowing from the North Atlantic Ocean on the kilometers of Hampton Beach, enjoying the dry sand and sea. In the eyes of all, Hampton is a beautiful place at all times.

But the perfect thing doesn't actually exist, on the edge of the beach, in a castle-like villa in North Hampton, and the owner of this castle is known to all in the United States and even the whole world, this is the castle of the Rockefeller family, and it was the Rockefeller family who turned the Hamptons into a famous and wealthy area in the United States more than twenty years ago.

At this moment, a young man of thirty was standing by the window, pondering, and the perfect view from the window did not make him any happier. The furnishings and finishes of this suite are as superb as his appearance, with burgundy wool carpets, white silk curtains, and the so-pervasive elegance of the room.

There was a man sitting in front of the coffee table by the window, an Asian, who was equally silent, staring at little John who was standing there? D. Rockefeller, he is the only heir to the first billionaire Rockefeller Sr. in human history, unlike his father, who is extremely taciturn and mysterious, he is extremely sociable, on the surface it seems that he is too lacking in small training, and when he was young, he lived like Guizhou, a well-educated nobleman, but in fact, on the other side, he is a real giant, his shrewdness is no less than his father, from a few years ago, the old Rockefeller announced his retirement, after Mobil handed over to Rockefeller Jr., In his hands, Standard Oil slowly achieved a monopoly around the world.

The Mobil oil empire is being consolidated in the hands of Rockefeller Jr., and two years ago, Rockefeller Jr. used an unprecedented huge sum of money to acquire Mexican oil fields, which further consolidated this oil empire. The guy who sold 51% of the Anglo-Mexican oil company for a huge sum of nearly hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Mr. Rockefeller, China is an oil-poor country, and at least for the next twenty years, not only will we not be able to impose tariffs on oil, but we will adopt a zero-tariff policy on oil, and that's exactly what the administration has promised you."

Zhang Hao said and pushed a document in front of Rockefeller Jr., a proposal for zero tariffs on oil.

"Mr. Zhang, you should know that we have a good relationship with that gangster now, and that gangster is targeting Mobil! It's hard for us to give much help to the substance. ”

The gangster in the mouth of Rockefeller Jr. is the current US President Theodore? Roosevelt time.

He rightfully hated him, Theodore? It was with the support of Rockefeller that Roosevelt, after his victory in the US presidential election, and as soon as he became president, he immediately turned his face and immediately launched an investigation into what he considered to be the "bad" trust, the Mobil oil company, and the oil industry. The report of the investigation offers a calling, vehemently critical critique of Mobil's control of transportation.

And Theodore? Roosevelt himself was condemned by Domeifo Corporation. So Roosevelt became the narrowest-minded and most vindictive villain known to the Rockefeller father and son, so Rockefeller no longer donated money to the Republican Party to help the election. That Theodore? Roosevelt had tormented them.

"God, we, the taxpayers, are so blind that we put such a bastard in the White House."

Therefore, in the eyes of the Rockefellers and his sons, Theodore? Roosevelt became an unfaithful bastard.

Listening to Rockefeller Jr.'s words, Zhang Hao just smiled in his heart, money is bigger than power, and it's the same in the United States, Rockefeller Jr. is fine, if the old Rockefeller mentioned Roosevelt, I'm afraid he would have already scolded him.

"Mr. Zhang, if I could, I would very much like to give you strong support as I did in the past, just like helping your Mustang cars knock on the doors of the United States and Europe, but now? My friends and I tried to persuade the White House to recognize China, but the thug kept rejecting the congressmen's proposals, and now, on the issue of China's tariff autonomy, I can hardly imagine that the thug will change his attitude! ”

Rockefeller Jr. did not shy away from the Rockefeller family's relationship with the White House, and in the current situation, he did not feel that he could give more support to his "friends".

"Mr. Rockefeller, at least you ...... Hmmm"

After pondering for a while, Zhang Hao spoke.

"Your friends can influence the decisions of the White House, can they? That person may be a gangster, but for this gangster, he also understands what the United States is losing in China, what do you think? ”

Washington, White House.

“…… The current actions of the new regime in Nanjing make us have to consider the future direction of China, four years ago the Chinese have already paid the price for their madness, but now? Once again, they are trying to challenge the nations, and I can't imagine that their ruler still has the word sanity in his mind, except madness......"

In the oval-shaped office of the White House, the Department of Commerce and Labor's Victor? H. Metcalfe said with indignation on his face that he did not have a good impression of the new Chinese regime at all, and to be precise, the "boycott of foreign goods" triggered by the right-of-way negotiations two months ago had completely lost Metcalfe's goodwill towards the country.

"We can look at what the new regime has been doing, they have launched a nationwide boycott of foreign goods on the grounds of right-of-way negotiations, regardless of the losses of other countries, and the mere Chinese boycott of American goods has made New England textile owners complain that China's boycott will cost them $20 million a year. British American Tobacco's sales fell by 50%; American flour also lost buyers in China, and when they boycotted foreign goods, I warned at the time, that China was slipping into a fanatical nationalist state! ”

Victor was complaining about the fact that he had become minister of commerce and labour a week earlier, a post he had warned the previous minister before taking up the post.

"And now? The original prediction has been confirmed, and now they are trying to break the current diplomatic impasse by using threats and blackmail, and at the same time engaging with the United States to try to negotiate alone. If we compromise, agree with their surcharge, and agree to the requirements of tariff autonomy after three years, then, Your Excellency the President, what about the future? What will they ask for in the future? This is a reality that we have to consider! Therefore, we must use the toughest attitude to categorically discourage any kind of risk-taking behavior of the Chinese! ”

Theodore? Roosevelt only listened to Victor's opinion, and he did not find any opinion from beginning to end, and he had been following the situation in China for the past few days, even more than the Russian battlefield.

"Mr. President, I think Victor ignores the fact that it is true that the Chinese's resistance to foreign goods has hit our country's textile, tobacco and flour industries, but the machinery manufacturing and oil industries do not think so, in the past three months alone, the Chinese have imported more than $35 million of machines from the United States, half of which comes from the ruling axe, which is more than the sum of the machines imported by China in the past four years, according to the estimates of the National Machinery Industry Association, in the next three years. The Chinese will import more than $500 million worth of machinery from the United States, Victor, which is the total amount of US exports to China in more than a decade, and with the development of China's economy and industry, the oil industry believes that the Chinese will import more than $20 million of oil every day! ”

Secretary of State, John? Hay retorted Victor's suggestion with a smile on his face, and he handed over a report to the president.

"Mr. President, during the right-of-way negotiations, when we fell into the boycott of the Chinese, another country, Yuben!"

John? Hay deliberately accentuated the last word.

In the past three months, the export of cotton cloth to China has surged by 60%, and the export of cotton yarn has more than doubled. Our textile industry, tobacco industry, flour industry have been boycotted, but what has not been boycotted is because the Chinese need those machines, and the short-sightedness of diplomacy has made us pay an economic price, and the future political cost is also incalculable! ”

When he expressed his opinion, Victor? H. Metcalfe's brow was a little contemptuous, John? Hay still receives the support of the Rockefeller family to this day, and John? It is a well-known fact in Washington that Hay is a mouth of Rockefeller, and the reason why he has always advocated accepting Nanjing is probably not only because of diplomatic considerations, but also because of the demands of the Rockefeller family, which in turn has a close relationship with the ruling party in Nanjing because of the Anglo-Mexican oil company and the automobile industry.

What if John? When Hay first began to speak, Roosevelt listened to his advice, but when he mentioned it, Roosevelt slapped him hard.

A year earlier, the United States had forced Qing to sign a commercial treaty guaranteeing the opening of ports in Northeast China, a major victory for Roosevelt's China policy. But the Russian threat remains. Ben's ambitions for Northeast China provided Roosevelt with a golden opportunity to strike at Russian power. The intervention of the three countries in the return of Liao had caused a great setback to the development of Yueben in the northeast, but it never gave up its dream of establishing hegemony in the northeast.

To replace Tsarist Russia and become the hegemon of the Northeast is not an easy thing for the limited national strength. In addition to military preparations, diplomatic support must also be enlisted. The United States has done what it likes, and many parties have hinted that it will fully support the operation.

If the United States had given himself a look, "they would have immediately pounced on the Russians by the throat." After repeated provocation by the Americans, it was said that Ben went to war against Russia. Roosevelt was overjoyed when he heard the news, believing that he was "working" for the United States. He even revealed to him that if there was an alliance against him, he would immediately side with him and use all necessary means to protect his interests.

Not only that, but he also gave financial assistance to Yuben. However, Roosevelt did not want to win a complete victory, he only wanted to use this to suppress Russia, so when Roosevelt won a big victory, Roosevelt began to worry again, he felt "arrogant?" of the would have turned against the United States. It is precisely for this reason that he will now come forward to mediate between the two countries, so as to end the war before Russia loses the last bit of the country, so as to achieve a balance between the two countries.

“…… We can see that in this war, they have given full play to the diplomatic offensive, taking advantage of the contradictions and interests between various countries, so that China, Germany, and Britain are all inclined to it, and they have used diplomatic relations to upgrade to win the favor of China, and advocate the same language and the same species in China, if we take the strongest means,"

John? Hay turned his gaze to Victor.

"When I think about it, I'm afraid the only way to solve it is to use war! Chen Moran and his wife have already told our Chinese choices with their own attitudes, hoping that they will make too many concessions or compromises, and if a war is provoked because of China's tariff autonomy requirements, what will be the final result of the war? Without the intervention of Russia and Yueben, even if we win this war together with the British, Germans, and French, I am afraid that the benefit will only be that the Chinese give up the additional tax, and at the same time, our choice will also push the Chinese to fully fall to Yuben, and at that time, even if we are unwilling, we will have to face a yellow peril! ”

John? Hay shrugged his shoulders helplessly as he finished his words, and Roosevelt looked at him in silence for a minute.

"Are you sure I'm going to win?"

"At least I'm sure that if we take a tough attitude, then we are just trying to row the broken ship of China to Yuben, and in the interests of the United States, I think that not only can we not be too tough on this issue, but we should even take the initiative to help China break the current diplomatic impasse, so as to show an attitude and tell the Chinese that in addition to Yuben, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, there is also a friend of theirs, and, Mr. President, I can say for sure that if Yuben wins this war, Then the relations between China and the two countries will deteriorate rapidly, after all, what they want to fight for is, in the final analysis, China's territory! ”

"So according to what you mean, do we want to use China as our ally to contain Yuben?"

While questioning John, Victor turned his gaze to President Roosevelt.

"Mr. President, do you think it is possible for a weak and uncombative China to become an ally of the United States? If we had this ally, I think we would not be as ally as Colombian, at least they would need a 50 dollar bribe to lay down their arms, and as for the Chinese, they would only need a volley of guns and they would be defeated! ”

Finally found John? Hay's words after the "loophole". Victor immediately refuted it with President Roosevelt's remarks, and Roosevelt also nodded, having always been contemptuous of China, which is just a weak country, although some changes are taking place in them.

"Mr. President, as I said, we need to show our attitude, is to tell China that the United States is their friend, not an alliance with them, and that I value the Chinese market more than the Sino-US alliance, and the Chinese have promised us that if we also support them to enjoy tariff autonomy, then they will give up the centigold, fully open the market to the world, all commercial ports are open to exports, and American businessmen can go to any city in China to do business."

Hay said solemnly.

"Mr. President, as we all know, back in the Lincoln era, it was a national consensus that the United States had to control the Pacific if it wanted to control world trade. If we lose our diplomatic advantage over this country, then we or other countries will definitely gain a diplomatic advantage over China, which will turn into a commercial advantage! ”

At this time, Roosevelt nodded, and he himself had a deeper understanding of the important surnames of the Chinese question. In his view, the United States has now become the first-rate power in the Pacific region, so what happens to any country in the Asia-Pacific region will involve US interests, and even the future of the United States will depend more on the US position in the Pacific region in the face of China.

Based on this consideration, he will attach great importance to diplomacy with China, on the issue of recognizing China, Congress is always unable to reach an agreement, and the Rockefeller family's promotion of the recognition of China will inevitably make him unhappy, but at this time, we must put aside personal grievances.

"Keeping China's door open has always been at the heart of U.S. policy toward China. I had asked China, well! The ports of the Qing Kingdom should be open to all foreigners who come to us, and all restrictions that hinder trade with the Chinese mainland should be abolished, and at the same time the territorial integrity of China and the existence of the Chinese political axe must be maintained, which is our attitude and will not change now, so if the Chinese open all ports at the same time, and abolish the restrictions on gold and inland trade, I think we can reach a new tariff agreement with the Chinese. ”

(To be continued)