What Szecholi wants to talk about is actually very simple, that is, trade between the Russian Empire and the American Empire!

The matter of trade is actually very simple, simply put, everyone does business with each other, but there are very, very many ways in it, because in a transaction, who wants to lose money?

No one wants to lose money, but doing business is all about making and losing, so such a business between countries needs a very important thing, that is, tariffs!

With this thing, although it can't be absolutely fair, the word fairness is just talking, and there has never been a zài, but with tariffs, at least the two sides will not suffer too much loss from each other when doing business, generally speaking, both sides do business, there are always strong products, there are weak products, and everyone is not bartering, so, who has the advantage, who is disadvantaged, this is not easy to say, tariffs can be adjusted.

Tariffs, if you really want to talk about them in detail, it's complicated. In the current period, although the countries of the world in the middle of the 19th century already knew the importance of this tariff, they still did not play this thing very thoroughly.

For example, they are playing the worst now, and they don't know how bad they are playing, even if it is the Manchu Dynasty, the Tariffs of the Manchu Dynasty are simply wonderful, you have to say that they don't understand at first, don't understand, then forget it, but then the mess is a bit too much to say, what's even more strange is that the Manchu Qing has always used a foreigner to manage the customs!

Hurd's guy, I have to say that he is good at full reckoning, but some things are ridiculous. For example, Hurd is clean because of the management of customs. And let many people praise. This one is simply ......

Is there a mistake?

A little story is that there was a Manchu customs official who embezzled a fish and was driven home by Hurd, but Hurd adjusted the Manchu tariff to only about 5%, what is this doing?

It's a robbery! It's still a big deal!

If you don't live in this era, you can't feel this, if nothing else, what is the level of tariffs in the United States at this time?

30% is the starting point! 40% is normal!

The United States has been implementing a trade protection policy, and people don't care what others say, anyway, I have such high tariffs because of this so that their American industry can develop.

Come back and see the Manchus. With such low trade tariffs, can their own industry develop?

Therefore, Li Mengyang has seen the Westernization movement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty very thoroughly early on, to be honest, even if you have no historical knowledge, just look at the tax rate they have engaged in, you can understand that what Westernization movement is absolutely empty.

Tariffs are very complicated, and it is difficult for Strauss and Szechoslovakia to agree on this matter, but for the trade between the two countries. You can have an intention, and you can talk about other things in detail later.

As for trade. Because of the territorial relations of the Russian Empire, well, this matter is also thanks to the Manchus, now Sakhalin Vladivostok...... The names have changed, these places are Russian, and although there are not many people, they are also an important transit point in the Far East.

So, Czechoslovakia mentions that the business of the Russian Empire and the American Empire could be done by crossing the Pacific Ocean and reaching Vladivostok, which is Vladivostok.

This trade route sounds good, although it is a bit far, but it is completely feasible, but when Strauss listened, he had a concern.

"Mr. Szczelli, there is one thing that is not very good in this matter, and that is this selected trading port, you see, this Vladivostok turned out to be a Chinese place, and our emperor Xià, he himself is a Chinese."

When they all talked about it well, but when they got here, Szecholi suddenly found a problem, that is, he thought this place was a good choice, but now it is a big obstacle.

"Well, can't your majesty abandon the national ......" Szczeli really wanted to talk about this matter, but when he said this, he himself understood that it was impossible.

"......" Sure enough, Strauss shook his head.

It should be said that Strauss also understands that he can't nod lightly, this matter is not something he can say, and this matter is also very important.

Vladivostok, there are so many things involved in this place, you know, just a few years ago this place was still Chinese from a legal point of view. How could Lee I do business with the Russians without saying anything?

This must be mixed with national feelings, and Li Mengyang can't get around it, but there is an example before.

Strauss said: "Szczeli Now, you see, when the British were negotiating with our merchant group, they promised one thing, and that was that the Queen of England would make a certain statement. And now, our empire will buy the land of Alaska in your country, so I take the liberty of asking, can your Majesty Alexander also make a little statement? ”

In fact, Strauss's mention is good, although Szechoslovakia does not know what the Queen of England has said, but he knows that his majesty, Alexander II, is very strong, he cannot make any statement to the Chinese, and there is absolutely no possibility of softening.

"Well, I'm afraid it won't work." Szczeli shook his head.

"So......" Strauss still didn't give up, "can you take another path?" Why don't we go this way, don't we go to Vladivostok? ”

I have to say that this is what Strauss, a Jew, can say, you know, the Jews don't have a state now, and they are mainly in business, and the view of the supremacy of interests is deeply rooted in their hearts.

If it is Chinese, it is difficult to say, because after all, from the perspective of national feelings, just two sides of the war, and then everyone will do business as if nothing is happening, just do business in the place where people rob you, this thing can be done by the Manchu Qing, but if the Han emperor Li Mengyang does it, he will definitely be scolded to death by the people of his own nation.

Therefore, if Li Mengyang is present now, then there is no need to talk about this matter further!

The emperor was not allowed to do this, but a merchant, a Jewish merchant would not have so many ramps, but no!

"Hey~" Szechoskrit sighed, "Mr. Strauss still doesn't know the suffering of our Russian Empire." ”

"......" said this, and Strauss stopped talking, because he also remembered that there was no way to change this trade route!

Why?

It's very simple, the current Russian Empire looks imposing, and the territory is constantly expanding, but the Russians themselves do not have a good outlet to the sea!

Or it can be said the other way around, that is, the Russian Empire has been constantly expanding its territory for a long time, fighting with others at every turn, and they are fighting for an outlet to the sea!

But the current situation is very embarrassing, they didn't get it, or they didn't get it very well.

The treaty signed by the Russian Empire with the Qing allowed them to get Vladivostok, but this is a port in the Far East, which is very good, but the Far East can't do business with the Europeans. And as I said before, this place is too sensitive to change.

So where to change?

Nope!

The Russian Empire has an outlet to the sea, but theirs is more miserable!

At the time of Peter I, the Russian Empire was very glamorous and did a lot of shelf, in order to get an outlet to the sea, and now the 'Baltic' Russian Empire is really remarkable, Sweden ceded Finland to Russia, isn't this a good outlet to the sea, the whole country is.

But unfortunately, if you look carefully at the map, this outlet to the sea is really not very good.

The aggrieved shape of the Baltic Sea determines that the quality of the Russian Empire's outlet to the sea is too poor, and at the western entrance to the Baltic Sea, Denmark can easily block Russian ships, and Sweden can easily do this!

You know, Sweden and Denmark, then the relationship with the Russian Empire is very bad now, yes, you Russia is just grabbing territory from other people's hands, can everyone still have a good relationship?

So Finland's outlet to the sea looks good, but it's not really useful.

And in this way, it is necessary to find other outlets to the sea, so which one to find?

The Russian Empire actually aimed at a fat sheep early on, and that was Turkey!

The Ottoman Turkish Empire, now called the sick man of Europe, a weak force, as long as this Turkey is taken down, then do you need to talk about it? There is an outlet to the sea!

But alas, Russia lost the Crimean War!

That is to say, the most crucial battle in the series of the Russian-Turkish War, Russia lost, and then there was a treaty, which can be regarded as an unequal treaty, and the Russian fleet could not appear in the Black Sea.

To put it bluntly, the reality is that the Russian Empire seems to be powerful and seems to be showing off its might, but in fact they have not received the access to the sea that they have always dreamed of, that is, they are still in a relatively closed situation!

Vladivostok is the safest option, but this place used to be called Vladivostok, and there are so many things involved in it, so it seems that this business is probably going to ......

"Mr. Strauss, I think we're talking very well now, and as for trade, we can talk slowly."

"I think so too, Mr. Szckelly......"

The two exchanged their final opinions, and of course, they didn't forget about Alaska, which was a good deal.

Yes, three tons of aluminum can be exchanged for such a large piece of land, and this is aluminum...... (To be continued......)

PS: The black car is really tired, and it got up late, sorry, sorry!