Two months later......

After receiving the approval and authorization of His Majesty the Emperor, Strauss returned to London again, and this time he did not delay a second, and went directly to Szechoslovakia.

To say that the Russian ambassador to the United States has been staying in England, this Szecholi is really enough, but fortunately, he has an excuse, that is, the London Peace Conference is still in session, although the representatives of some countries have returned.

The two Jews had made an appointment in a hotel restaurant again, apparently they were going to eat and talk, but given the dark cuisine of England, both were a little prepared this time.

"Mr. Szczeli, this is the ketchup I brought, and it's good with British french fries. This is a specialty of our empire, produced by Empress Chitose's company. ”

"Huh? Mr. Strauss, your Queen's company still does this? ”

For this matter, Szczeli feels very interesting, the current European royal family, in fact, also has its own business, but generally rarely do food, this industry belongs to the low-end, most of the European royal family is engaged in finance, anyway, it mainly occupies the high-end.

"That's right, and I heard that this ketchup was invented by our Emperor Xià!" Strauss said as he pulled out the ketchup, and then the french fries dipped a little in the ketchup, and motioned, "Try it, Monsieur Szczeli." ”

Szczeli didn't add much to it, so I picked it up and ate it, and at that time I ...... "Oops! ”

This one tastes great!

When Szcelli ate the fries with tomato sauce, he was so moved that he was about to cry...... He can live the days of the British Empire!

"Such a good thing. Why don't the British buy it? "Szechoskis is a diplomat. He noticed it right away.

"This one...... Ha ha...... A lot of trade deals haven't been discussed. Strauss seemed to have some apprehension when he said it.

"Oh. I see. "But Szczeli was also a smart man, and he understood it very quickly.

After that, the two began to talk while eating, but there were other things in this business, but they were very little involved.

In fact, it is very clear to both of them now that this ketchup is not available in the UK, and it is just a microcosm of trade, which is fundamentally because. The blockade of the American Empire by Western countries!

The so-called blockade, the strictest is naturally the trade blockade, when the American Empire was founded, the trade was directly stopped, and the most direct impact was this ketchup.

Of course, ketchup is just one of them, but this trade blockade is really quite powerful. Fortunately, Li Mengyang sent two envoys, coupled with the international environment at that time, the civil war in the United States. So two trade routes were opened. One is from Panama to Cuba and then Cuba to Florida. One is to do business directly with the Qing State.

Without these two trade routes, the Empire's economic situation would have been very difficult, obviously. But it has also had a certain impact on Europe and the United States, such as the absence of ketchup.

It's a simple thing, but it's really hard to get it when there's a sudden pause, especially in some countries that like food, such as France. As a result, there have been some smuggling cases!

It should be said that smuggling is a thing that cannot be stopped, and the reason why smuggling is because the trade route is blocked by artificial or political factors, so there is smuggling, but this amount is too small.

In Europe now, french fries are a very common dish, but how can they be delicious without ketchup?

As a result, these ketchups smuggled out of Tongguò were basically rounded by the French, and there was naturally no more here in the UK, but fortunately, the people of the rotten country said that what they ate before was not bad...... Anyway, the taste system is a burden to them.

In fact, the ketchup problem is just a small microcosm, and there is actually a very big economic problem behind this, the American Empire has a lot of products, but these things are now difficult to sell to Europe, basically relying on smuggling.

Szczeli was thinking about this while eating, and he knew very well in his heart that the current London Conference had actually finished talking about big things, and now it was these seemingly small things, that is, the international economy, such as everyone doing business, so what should be done about this tariff?

In fact, the biggest crime of smuggling is not paying taxes!

If the state can't collect taxes, it will naturally lose, so seeing that smuggling continues like this, it will never be possible.

So, in the process, Szczeli couldn't help but think, why don't we talk about this Alaskan deal and add a few more extras......

Strauss didn't think much about it at this time, he knew that it was not easy to negotiate a business, and it was normal for everyone to eat and chat now but not talk about that business, but however, Szechosli finally pulled the topic to the point.

"Mr. Strauss, Your Majesty, Emperor of your country, ...... his estimate of the land of Alaska," Szechoslovakia did not say the whole thing, but everyone knew what he meant.

"Oh." It's a bit of a surprise, because Strauss didn't expect Szechoslovakia to be so direct, and finally talk about the price, then everyone will play a little bit of 'holding the pipa and half covering their faces', but now that he said it bluntly, Strauss is not lazy.

"Mr. Szckelly, in my conversation with His Majesty, His Majesty hinted to me that he had a warm affection for Alaska, and that it was really a good place...... In this way, His Majesty said, if he can really buy it, then he can contribute a sum of money, but this money, you may not know, our Emperor Majesty Xià is quite simple, he doesn't have too much money in his hands, otherwise the Empress Chitose would not still be doing tomato sauce trading, and the empire is still blocked, and the economic situation is not good. But however, in order to express his sincerity, His Majesty said, does he think it can be replaced by something else? ”

Something else instead?

Szczeli was a little upset when he heard this, but he immediately remembered that the American Empire seemed to have taken Mexico. That is to be said. They might trade Mexican silver for it.

That's not bad, either. Silver and money are not big!

"This, of course, can be studied instead, but what can be used instead?"

Strauss smiled at Szechos's question, and only listened to him say: "His Majesty the Emperor hopes to replace currency with aluminum!" ”

"Aluminum?!" Szczeli was shocked!

Aluminum, what is aluminum this year?

A precious metal that is more expensive than gold!

Isn't it great that the emperor of the United States wants to replace currency with this metal?!

"So, how much aluminum is you going to use?" Szczeli was excited.

Strauss looked at Szczeli's expression now. He knew he should hold back his laughter, but he couldn't help it, okay, the smile wasn't too exaggerated, and Strauss counted it.

"Your Majesty is going to exchange three thousand kilograms of aluminum for this piece of land in Alaska, Mr. Szecholi, what do you think?"

"Three thousand kilograms? Isn't that just three tons? "Szczeli is not good!

That's a good price!

Three tons of aluminum, isn't that nine tons of gold?

You know, this year's currency is like this. On the U.S. dollar, there is a double standard of gold and silver, with one dollar equivalent to 24.057 grams of silver. And it is equivalent to 1.6 grams of pure gold, this is a definition, of course, in fact, the currency is constantly fluctuating, but this definition is very revealing.

The price that the United States can give is so low now, in fact, the latest offer given by Ward is $2 million!

Yes, that's the price, and at that time Schward said to Szczeli, don't be too much, don't be too much......

How many pieces of fart? $2 million, just want to buy Alaska?

It's no wonder that Szczeli's face was so good at that time!

But in fact, Sward also has something unspeakable, and the current United States does not support his acquisition of Alaska, basically a no, not to mention that Chase made him a stumbling block, the entire Lincoln cabinet, Lincoln does not help Sward speak.

Because the current situation is, no matter how you look at it, you know that buying Alaska is simply unprofitable, and the United States can't reach for it, so what's the use of buying it?

And the $2 million that Ward said was actually a swollen face and a fat man, and the Congress did not support it, and the cabinet did not support it, which means that he had to pay for the money himself, but he was a secretary of state, which sounded lofty, but if he really wanted to take out real money, he didn't have 2 million!

$2 million, which is a lot of money now, and those who have this net worth are all super-rich in the United States.

And in fact, such a low price also made Szczeli retreat, and it was this deal, either because of other factors, or because the price was not negotiated, that's all, everyone saved face.

But now, three tons of aluminum, nine tons of gold!

This is nine million gold francs, although by definition, it is not as good as the dollar, but everyone knows in their hearts that the current dollar is issued in paper money, and what is the real value of that thing, who still can't understand it?

Let's just say that the United States is still fighting a civil war, if one of them is not good and the North loses, then the dollar will collapse immediately!

So......

"Your Majesty is really a benevolent and generous monarch, three thousand kilograms of aluminum, it is really too much...... However, your country can really take it, this, I don't mean ......" Szecholi was a little excited.

"Don't worry, Mr. Szczeli, I've actually brought a ton of aluminium as a deposit, the ......," Strauss whispered, "right on the Liverpool ship......"

What else can you say about people's sincerity?

"Good! I'm sure my majesty will be satisfied with this business! "Szczeli is tantamount to a direct decision!

In fact, during this time, it was obvious that he had communicated with his superiors, and everything that should have been said had already been said.

"Good! Happy cooperation! Strauss reached out and shook Szczeri.

"Good! Hahaha...... But however, I feel that there are some mistakes in Britain and France now, how can they impose such strict control on your goods, this is not right, not right......"

This is ...... Strauss knew as soon as he heard it, and there was something good again! (To be continued......)

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