ZTE 14th year, August 1.

The Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, after hundreds of years of ups and downs, has precipitated a rich historical and cultural heritage, where it has both the grandeur of the royal garden and the beautiful characteristics of the mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River. The ancient trees in the garden are towering, the green trees are shady, and the garden scenery is dizzying; The pavilions and pavilions are classical and elegant, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and interspersed with embankment islands.

In the summer heat, the sound of playful laughter adds a bit of warmth to the otherwise hot air here.

Although the world is still peaceful, many people can smell the smell of gunpowder in the air. However, although the pace of war was close at hand, it did not affect the mood of everyone in the Imperial Garden.

For more than a year, Chen Shao has squeezed out as much time as possible to spend with his family, and he knows very well that once the war starts, time is not under his control. With a war of this magnitude, anything can happen, and he must expedite more energy to deal with any contingencies.

As the saying goes, people are not as good as heaven, although they have been preparing for so long, they must not be lax.

Seeing family members frolicking in the garden and watching the smiles on their faces. Although Chen Shao has seen such a smile for half his life, every time, his heart will always be filled with a sense of satisfaction, and there is a sense of responsibility to take care of them.

In this situation, he will always think that the 50,000 compatriots in China also have families, and they are all eager to live a carefree life in the future. But many things in the world cannot be chosen, you can only work hard, but you can't change them. Therefore, it is Chen Shao's greatest responsibility at this time to prevent the war from affecting the lives of the people as much as possible.

The sinners of history are still the heroes of history, Chen Shao doesn't care about this, but he doesn't want to see innocent Chinese fall under the iron hooves of the enemy. Of course, when it is unavoidable, there is no way but to do your best to obey the destiny of heaven. No one is perfect, and no one can do everything and try to avoid it.

The sound of footsteps getting closer and closer interrupted the otherwise harmonious picture here.

Wang Jie held a document in his right hand, and kept wiping the sweat on his face with his left hand, obviously the scorching sun made him a little unbearable.

Chen Shao heard the familiar footsteps, and sighed in his heart: I can't rest again.

"I'll go first."

In the pavilion, Xie Yuxin and Liu Feiya could only nod helplessly, they couldn't be more familiar with such a scene.

Walking out of the pavilion, Chen Shao did not stop, interrupted Wang Jie, who was about to speak, and said, "Go to the study and say." ”

The latter nodded, and also nodded apologetically to the two people in the pavilion, and followed Chen Shao's footsteps and walked towards the imperial study.

Entering the imperial study, the cold air generated by the air conditioner inside made Wang Jie, who was originally hot, feel cool, and the sweat that was about to flow out was suddenly forced back into his body.

The momentary comfort did not let him forget his business, and after handing the documents in his hand to Chen Shao, he spoke: "Your Majesty, US President Roosevelt has arrived in Hanjing and is now resting at the State Guesthouse. This is a just-drafted neutrality agreement and an arms trade agreement. ”

"Well, Roosevelt moved fast! Did you offer to see me right away? Chen Shao flipped through the document casually and said while reading.

"Yes, according to Your Majesty's wishes, I politely refused. According to normal diplomatic steps, after noon, it was time for him to formally meet with His Majesty. Wang Jie replied.

On the occasion of the Olympic Games, Chen Shao personally invited the current US President Roosevelt to come to China for an official goodwill visit. Of course, in Chen Shao's heart, he also wanted to meet Roosevelt (Washington, Lincoln), who is known as one of the three greatest presidents of the United States. After all, judging by the situation in later generations, the American president does not have many years to live. Dominated World War II, but did not see the end of World War II.

Coming to this time and space, Chen Shao has already met Churchill and Hitler, Hirohito he doesn't want to meet, Stalin he doesn't care. Among these people, Chen Shao wants to see Roosevelt the most, after all, Roosevelt, who can be known as the three presidents, is by no means an ordinary person. In photos or film and television, Chen Shao is not rare, and if you want to see a real person, you can see a real person.

"Then afternoon! Set aside a time to hold a press conference after the meeting. Roosevelt was also informed that I would attend the press conference with him and that I would personally host him in the evening. ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Wang Jie nodded.

"Go ahead!"

After Wang Jie left, Chen Shao read the document in detail, and after finding that there was no problem, he closed the document. He said to himself: "It can be delayed for as long as it can, and when it is time to make a move, does China need to stand on the moral high ground?"

After Chen Shao stopped the Soviet-German chariot that was supposed to be moving, signing a neutrality agreement with the United States and a Sino-US trade agreement on the international arms market was already a necessary step. Otherwise, if the United States enters the war too quickly, China will inevitably be dragged into it.

However, Chen Shao believes that with Roosevelt's shrewdness, this kind of thing will not happen, because China and the United States are wary of each other. To say that the United States cannot see the prospects of the current international situation, Chen Shao will not believe this. Since the Americans can understand it, then things will be easier to do.

In order for a war to break out in the future, no matter where it breaks out, China and the United States must have an agreement, and there must be a mutually agreeable approach in terms of neutrality and arms trade, so as to maintain a balance point.

Chen Shao believes that this is also what Roosevelt urgently needs now. Since the beginning of this year, the United States has begun to increase its defense spending, and has put 10 percent of its entire defense spending on the Navy, which is the beginning of the United States to accumulate strength. Spending more than $20 billion on the Navy was Roosevelt's repeated request. And this also made Chen Shao even more convinced that the United States would definitely not be involved in the war early now.

Of course, from beginning to end, Chen Shao would not believe that Roosevelt would let the United States join the war as soon as possible. Because the greatest possibility for the United States is that it will learn from the practice of World War I, first take the opportunity to make a lot of war money, and talk about other things later. The United States is thinking this way, and China is not thinking about it.

However, the two major industrial powers of the world share the idea that, in order to avoid competition with each other and to take advantage of others, an agreement is needed, which is basically aimed at maintaining price stability in the international arms market. And both countries must remain neutral, and no country can refuse to sell weapons if it wants to buy them. It is equivalent to two independent camps in both countries, and no one will help. In this way, the business can be done for a longer period of time.

No matter how many arrangements Chen Shao made before, one thing will not change, that is, to use the early days of World War II to earn some arms money. The arms business is profitable, and sometimes, it is more profitable than buying and selling without capital. Wars are fought for interests, which has been the same since ancient times, and in terms of interests, monetary interests are the eternal main tone.

In order to make more money, Chen Shao didn't want Roosevelt to support the Allies too much, selling weapons was to make money, and you could use the form of loans to let other countries buy your weapons. However, Chen Shao did not want the United States to ship weapons and equipment to the Allies as if it did not want money. Because he wanted to earn money not only from the Axis powers, but also from the Anglo-French allies.

As for whether selling weapons to the Allies would arouse the resentment of the Axis powers, this was not a question for Chen Shao to consider. At that time, Chen Shao told Hitler that if Germany could eat all the foreign trade weapons produced in China, then China would not need to sell them to others. On the contrary, Germany cannot stand in the way of China's wealth. Hitler readily agreed, but considering whether Hitler would have thought that far ahead at that time, this is not something that Chen Shao could know. Anyway, when the time comes, Germany will not be able to do without the support of Chinese weapons and equipment.

In peacetime, trade in arms products is not a simple trade activity, but a special trade activity carried out by a military exporting country based on national strategy and national interests, which is a direct reflection of the will of the state, an extension and supplement of the diplomatic means and capabilities of a major power, and a manifestation of hard power.

In the history of arms trade between countries after World War II, it can be found that the development process of the international arms trade pattern is completely consistent with the development process of the international pattern. With the development of a multipolar world, apart from the United States seeking to acquire the military capability to "fight all over the world in one hour" to support its global hegemony, the main purpose of arms trade and military equipment transfer by other countries is to support allies in areas of vital interest, so as to protect their overseas security and economic interests, safeguard national interests and security, and thus realize geopolitical and economic interests in a certain region.

Moreover, arms trade is an effective way to enhance the country's industrial strength, stimulate exports, increase employment, and realize special economic interests.

To put it bluntly, making money is the goal, and political interests are also the goal. And the most effective way to achieve both is arms trade.

There is a saying in later generations that China can produce 200 million shirts in exchange for 1 Airbus A380. The gap between the trade of ordinary goods and the trade of military equipment can be imagined.

In wartime, the arms trade is a manifestation of a country's strength, and without strong strength, it is impossible to carry out large-scale arms exports. And compared with peace, the amount of arms trade in wartime is larger, and the benefits will be greater.

At present, the world's arms market is like a big cake, and there are many people who share in the cake of peace, and when war breaks out and the war countries ban arms exports, this leaves a lot of shares vacated. And the original supplier country has become a buying country, which invisibly increases the weight of the cake.

Chen Shao's purpose is very simple, with the United States here, with the relationship between Britain, France and the United States, this cake cannot be enjoyed by him alone. As for the Axis powers, the United States cannot intervene, but in the Allied area, China has a way to intervene. His ultimate goal is not to share the cake equally with the United States, but to let China occupy a larger share.

As for whether the United States will agree, Chen Shao acknowledges Roosevelt's strength, but he knows that Roosevelt is not a demon and cannot know the direction of the war in the future, and this is where his advantage lies.

Lead this meeting.

ps: I finally went back to Xiamen, I got home in the afternoon, fell asleep in bed, and woke up at one o'clock in the morning. Hurriedly get up and code words, and strive to get to work in the morning, and be able to code three chapters. If the code doesn't come out, the evening chapter may be delayed.

This chapter is the one that was missing last night, and there are two more chapters left today. Gorgeous will try its best to stabilize the time of the update, so that it is easy to be gorgeous and convenient for you.

(To be continued)