Outside the window of the oval office, a White House staff member walked across the lawn, and he was accustomed to looking into the oval office, only to see the president's elbow sitting behind the resolute desk as if he was thinking about something with his desk on his lean, which was obviously not President Roosevelt's habit.

The atmosphere in the office was a little depressing with President Roosevelt's silence, Huang Huiyun's god sè also seemed a little serious, both of them fell into silence after the previous conversation, it seems that no one is willing to break this silence first, for Huang Huiyun, what he needs is to use Roosevelt's "international rules" to add "rule chips" to China's moves, and for Roosevelt, whether it is for the interests of the United States or the future of Asia, he does not want to see China involved in Southeast Asian affairs.

If China again intends to get involved in Southeast Asia, although Dutch Borneo is not the sphere of influence of the United States, Roosevelt is worried about Japan, will Japan become more enthusiastic because of the success of the Chinese?

In fact, in this kind of conversation, the biggest role of John Hay, as Secretary of State, is not to show the attitude of the United States, but to act as a "buffer" between the president and the special envoy, to ease the atmosphere when the situation is at a stalemate or when there may be unhappiness.

"Mr. Special Envoy, the Dutch certainly need to pay a proper price for their actions, which is certainly necessary and in accordance with international principles"

A week ago, Ambassador Plenipotentiary Liang Cheng and John Hai reached an agreement on "studying abroad with Geng money." Before this agreement was reached and submitted to Congress for deliberation, under the impetus of the American people and the White House, this unprecedented move caused a huge repercussion in the American public opinion circles, and there was a voice of praise. Waiting for Jiāo to be approved by Congress was only a "matter of formality," and at the same time, an "accidental leak" caused a memo from Illinois University President James to Roosevelt to be published by The New York Times.

"Whichever country can educate this generation of Chinese youth, the country will reap the greatest benefits from the effort it has made in this area, both in terms of divine and commercial influence. …… Commerce follows the domination of the gods and is more reliable than following the banner. ”

In the face of the situation that "a generation of Chinese students will be dominated by the United States", the civil and political circles have "emulated the United States" and implemented the strategy of returning the Geng money to students, so as to "pursue the "future effect" of "pursuing business to follow the divine domination of Jīng".

Because of this, John Hymers is now arguably the most popular American, and at least the Geng loan that he "has to repay" will be "repaid" to China in another way that is beneficial to China, and this repayment method is also what China needs.

But what kind of price is enough to make the Dutch unforgettable? Your Excellency the Secretary of State"

Looking at John Hymer's slightly haggard face, which seemed to have a hint of sickness, Huang Huiyun spoke.

"First of all, I and China do not think that the Dutch refund of 782,100 taels will leave a deep enough lesson for the Dutch."

Almost in order to prevent John Hay from continuing, Huang Huiyun took the initiative to dispel this idea when John Hay did not raise the issue of "the Netherlands will return the Geng money", and the Dutch government had previously revealed through the United Kingdom that "the Geng money will be returned as compensation to China." "Except that they "are designated for water conservancy undertakings 65, cultural undertakings 35." The reason for this designation is to make profits from China's future water conservancy projects.

What's more, compared to the refund of less than 800,000 taels, the value of Borneo is incalculable, the world's fourth largest oil field, the world's third largest rubber producer, all of this is undoubtedly what China needs, and the 800,000 taels is simply a million compared to this.

"Of course, we will not refuse the goodwill of the Dutch refund, but we will also not accept such goodwill, and at the same time, Your Excellency the President, Your Excellency the Secretary of State, please note that we have as many as 5 million expatriates in the Dutch East India, and these expatriates have been persecuted by the Dutch for more than 300 years, and even massacres, and, Your Excellency the President, although Lanfang was captured by the Dutch 21 years ago, the Dutch still recognize the local power to this day, and according to the historical evidence of China and the Netherlands, Lanfang is a vassal territory of China",

Huang Huiyun's directness made Roosevelt and John Hay look at each other helplessly, the Dutch are really "too angry", 21 years ago, after they annexed Lanfang by force, they even mentioned in a message to the Netherlands that "in order to avoid the dissatisfaction of the Qing State due to our annexation of the Qing vassal and thus the dissatisfaction of the Qing State, it is in the interests of the Netherlands to maintain a puppet regime for a certain period of time."

If it were just a semi-official document that the "Lan Fang" mentioned in the official documents of the Manchu Qing Dynasty inherited by the Chinese had tried to be incorporated into China more than a hundred years ago, it might have been ignored, but the problem was that the Dutch themselves recognized it as a vassal of the Qing state in official documents decades ago.

"Your Excellency, I think we can put this issue aside for the time being, after all, this is a matter between the Dutch and you."

Roosevelt, who did not receive a direct request for mediation from the Dutch, although he still had some scruples in his heart, did not continue to insist, of course he knew that after 260 years of colonial rule in China, in the face of the massacre of its own nationals by other countries, it was natural to make a strong statement, and this was to show the people that "the national government is different from the Manchu government."

If they give in, they will disappoint the people, which is obviously unacceptable for a government that has not yet gained a firm foothold, perhaps...... President Roosevelt thought of the conversation with John Hymers two days ago, and this difference between the Chinese just shows that they may be the best choice for the United States to contain Japan, and it is also the only choice.

But before Japan shows that they threaten the United States, the United States does not need to make much statement for the time being, and must make the Chinese realize that they want the United States, not that the United States wants from them.

"Your Excellency, many newspapers in the United States and Europe have now carried a lot of reports on the launch of the Chinese-built battleships."

"It's a large armored cruiser, not a battleship, Mr. President"

Huang Huiyun hurriedly "corrected" the "mistake" in Roosevelt's words, believing that the United States, which enjoys special interests in the Pacific, was more sensitive to the issue of China's construction of warships, and that it had long been expected.

"Mr. President, with China's shipbuilding technology, it does not have the ability to build battleships independently, and the "Zhiyuan" is just a test ship to a certain extent, an attempt at shipbuilding technology and various technologies, and I don't think the United States needs to have any concerns about this."

Whether it was Roosevelt or John Hay, when Huang Huiyun explained, the two just looked at each other and smiled, with a displacement of nearly 18,000 tons, a 20mén 13.5-inch naval gun built by an American company.

"Concerns?"

Roosevelt smiled and took Huang Huiyun's words.

"I think Mr. Special Envoy may have misunderstood what I meant, although to some extent, China's construction of warships is not conducive to peace in the Far East, but in my opinion, if your neighbor has almost ten battleships and a large fleet, then you have a fleet of comparable size, it is understandable"

His words were exchanged for Huang Huiyun's surprise, and he was still thinking about how to win the understanding of the Americans, but now Roosevelt took the initiative to approve of China's possession of a fleet of "comparable size".

"Of course, China's shipbuilding technology is indeed lagging behind all countries in the world, if you are willing to purchase warships from abroad, I think you can consider the shipyards of the United States, the warships built by the United States are by no means inferior to Britain in terms of quality, and in some aspects, we even surpass Britain, just like you choose American factories to build naval guns for your country, American factories can provide your country with the best quality naval guns in the shortest possible time, and the same is true for the construction of warships."

Seeing that Huang Huiyun seemed to be thinking about something, Roosevelt added.

"When the time is right, I think we can provide a loan for this and transfer the relevant technology to China"

Roosevelt then threw out a yòu bait, the Chinese are eager for technology, they even buy technology when they buy printing presses, for the Chinese, they crave all the European and American technology that can be used, this is an inevitable choice for the industrial country, the Japanese did it then, and now the Chinese do this is not unexpected.

The reason why these baits were thrown one after another was that, on the one hand, the United States needed the Chinese fleet to contain the Japanese, and on the other hand, Roosevelt did not mind fighting for foreign orders for American shipyards to achieve zero breakthrough in the export of American battleships.

"This ......"

Huang Huiyun was shocked by Roosevelt's surprise after surprise, why did the Americans export warships to China on extremely favorable terms? loans, export technology, nothing to offer hospitality is not jiān that is, theft.

"Mr. President, first of all I think I have to thank you for your kindness, but ......"

While thanking him, Huang Huiyun changed his words.

"I did not undertake the responsibility of military procurement during my visit to the United States, but I think it is my responsibility to convey your goodwill to China."

Although the president and the envoy had a direct conversation, neither mentioned the "Chinese Treaty" in Nanjing, or the boycott of American goods that was being staged in China, as if both were pretending that the problem did not exist