"Your Excellency Assistant Secretary of State, we plan to send 800 international students to the United States every year, mainly majoring in science, engineering and education, and we hope that the U.S. government can support us in this regard!" Wu Haoxuan said that sending students to the United States is also an indispensable measure.

Originally, Wu Haoxuan planned to send 1,000 international students abroad every year. Among them, the vast majority of international students will be sent to the United States. In this era, the United States may not be as strong as Europe in terms of scientific and technological strength, but it is already much more advanced than China.

"Your Excellency, there is no problem with this, the United States welcomes students from China." Robert. Bacon was smiling. He wished that the more students who went to the United States, the better. In this case, when these international students return to China after completing their studies, they will definitely be pro-American. This is also very beneficial to the United States in influencing China's future policy.

These 800 international students are all ordinary international students. Later, Wu Haoxuan also made a request to send 500 military academy students to the United States, including 250 from the army and 250 from the navy. This is mainly due to the fact that the military education of the United States is much inferior to that of Europe. If Wu Haoxuan hadn't thought about going to the United States to make a lot of money, he wouldn't have gone to West Point.

Regarding Wu Haoxuan's request to send international students, Robert . Bacon did not refuse, and in his opinion, this was a good opportunity to expand the influence of the United States.

The talks ended in just one morning, and the two sides reached a series of agreements. Mainly, the United States provided aid to the governments of the North and agreements on interest-free and low-interest loans. And Wu Haoxuan also made it clear in the agreement that the northern government will purchase how much machinery and equipment from the United States and so on. This result can be said to be a great joy for all.

The Americans achieved their goal of supporting the northern government to hold back the Japanese, and the northern government also received the development funds it wanted and the equipment and technology needed to develop industry. It can be said that this is a win-win result. To put it more realistically, the two sides are simply using each other. After all. In state-to-state exchanges, interests are originally the link.

At noon, Wu Haoxuan once again invited the members of the US delegation to a sumptuous lunch. This time, all the dishes are Chinese. The members of the U.S. delegation enjoyed the delicious Chinese dishes.

"Young marshal, I really didn't expect us to get so much money from the Americans so easily." Yang Du sighed.

"Who told Americans to be so rich and so afraid of death? Able to pay for others to go to war. This is the style of local tyrants! Wu Haoxuan also said. Knowing that this was the Americans using the Northern Army, they had no choice but to accept the use of the United States. Who called the government of the North so poor?

"Young Marshal, $30 million in gratuitous aid, $100 million in interest-free loans and $350 million in low-interest loans. In the first half of this year alone, there will be $200 million. This money is enough to support the big stalls we have rolled out. Yang Du said. Each of the development plans drawn up by the previous government council cost a lot of money. Originally, he still had a headache about how to raise those funds. But now it seems. Wu Haoxuan already had a plan, no, he easily got hundreds of millions of dollars from the Americans. When converted into oceans, it is already close to one billion oceans.

"Well, with all this money, we can really speed up our development. However, the money of the Americans is not so easy to get. In a few years, we will have to fight a bloody battle with little Japan. Only to win the battle against little Japan. Only then will we be able to protect the fruits of our construction. If it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable. All our efforts. will all come to naught. Wu Haoxuan's face was solemn. He also mortgaged the West China Group to the Morgan consortium. If the war had been lost, he would certainly not have been able to repay these huge loans. At that time, the West China Group will also become an industry under the Morgan consortium.

"But we're not going to lose." Yang Du seemed very confident.

"Yes, we won't lose!" Wu Haoxuan nodded firmly. With so much support, I can't beat the Japanese. Then he just wiped his neck. Japan could not be regarded as a qualified power at all, only a deformed power. Neither industry nor economy can be compared with those real powers, at most they can be regarded as second-rate powers. But their military strength is already world-class. Of course. This can be seen as the result of the Japanese army's recklessness. In order to defeat the Japanese, the northern government will also have no choice but to use military force in the next few years. In particular, Japan is not the only enemy of the northern government, and Lao Maozi in the north is also eyeing him!

"Your Excellency Assistant Secretary of State, this time our mission has been successfully accomplished, right?" In the room that Wu Haoxuan had prepared for the U.S. delegation, Minister Rou Keyi asked.

"Hmmm! We have given so much support to the northern government that they should be able to withstand the Japanese monkey attack in a few years. Otherwise, wouldn't our hundreds of millions of dollars of support be in vain? "Robert. Bacon said.

"Your Excellency, however, they do not seem to have enough time to develop themselves, and after the defeat of the Japanese last year, they have now begun to rearm and fight. Calls for retaliation are also high in Japan, and I am afraid that the scale of the next war will be even larger. Minister Rou Keyi was a little worried.

"It's not something we can decide. We've done what we had to do, and it's up to the government of the North. If they can resist the Japanese attack and hold the Japanese back for us, then the U.S. government doesn't mind supporting them again. Of course, if they can't fulfill this task, then we can only think of other ways. "Robert. Bacon said. From his words, it is clear that the Americans are simply treating the northern government as a pawn. It's just that the Americans, who have deep pockets, are willing to invest a lot of money in order to arm their chess pieces.

"Your Excellency, it seems to me that the young marshal of the northern government is completely pro-American. If they can resist the Japanese attack and even unify the whole of China, this will undoubtedly be very beneficial to expanding US interests in China. A pro-American China, coupled with the power of the United States, the entire Pacific Ocean will become our sphere of influence. Minister Rou Keyi said with some wistfulness.

"Yes! If we can control the whole of the Pacific, maybe we can really replace the British and become the new hegemon of the world. "Robert. Bacon also said.

After the industrial output of the United States surpassed that of Britain and became the world's first, the ambitions of these Americans also burst out. However, although the United States has the world's largest industrial output value, it still cannot be compared with Britain in terms of scientific and technological strength. Not to mention military strength. The British Navy is still the first in the world. Although, the United States is building battleships like crazy. However, these battleships have all become obsolete after the British Navy's battleship "Dreadnought" was launched last year.

Over the next few days, Robert. Accompanied by Wu Haoxuan, Bacon and Rou Keyi visited Anshan and Benxi. Although it has not fully recovered from the war. But the abundance of resources here makes Robert. Bacon believed that as long as the United States invested a lot of money, the northern government would be able to build a huge steel base here. Of course, there is also a disadvantage to this steel base, that is, it will become the focus of the Japanese attack. It is foreseeable that after the outbreak of the next war, the Japanese will definitely take these heavy industrial bases as their main targets. At that time, the Northern Army will no longer be able to use the previous tactics of luring the enemy into depth, and must defend the enemy from outside the country. Otherwise, the construction that has been worked so hard will most likely be destroyed in the war.

In fact, Wu Haoxuan also planned it this way. In the next three years, the Northern Army will be expanded to 25 infantry divisions, 5 heavy artillery brigades, plus several cavalry brigades. The total strength was about 550,000 men, which was equivalent to the strength of Japan's 25 standing divisions after mobilization. In addition, the weapons and equipment of the Northern Army were more advanced than those of the Japanese army. The quality of the soldiers will also be further improved. In this case, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army should be far above that of the Japanese Army. If this is not enough to resist the attack of the Japanese army, it is impossible to keep the enemy out of the country. Then, it can only be said that the army building of the Northern Army in the past few years has been a failure.

For the three heavy industry bases planned by the northern government, Robert. Bacon is very promising. He raised the question of whether American companies could invest and build factories in areas controlled by the northern government. In this regard, Wu Haoxuan expressed his support. The development of the seven northern provinces requires a lot of funds. After these foreign capital entered, it can also stimulate economic development.

Of course, in some sensitive industries, Wu Haoxuan proposed that the two sides should enter into a joint venture, and the northern government should have a controlling stake. On this issue, the two sides had great differences and were not able to reach a consensus. However, this is only a minor issue, and both sides have selectively ignored it.

Until January 15th, Robert . Bacon and Rou Keyi and their entourage boarded the train back to Yanjing City. Their mission has been successfully accomplished, and it is time to go back to their lives. Wu Haoxuan enthusiastically sent them to the train station. After all, these Americans are the gods of wealth! (To be continued......)

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