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"Your Excellency, Wyoming and Colorado are only half in the hands of Mexico. In these two places, the price of five million dollars is too high for us to accept. Lin Zihao shook his head. Although Wyoming and Colorado are much better geographically than Nevada and Utah. However, only half of these two places are in the hands of Mexico. The other half has long been swallowed up by the Americans. If the Chinese Empire wanted to rule the region, it had to defeat the Americans. The cost is just too high!

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, what about the four million dollars? The price is already reasonable! Minister Adalus said. He voluntarily reduced a million dollars. If the Chinese occupied Wyoming and Colorado, plus the territories previously sold to the Chinese Empire, they could form a buffer zone between Mexico and the United States. In this way, the United States will not be able to threaten Mexico from land, and Mexico will be under much less pressure.

"Two million dollars! Your Excellency, if the price of these two places is two million dollars, we will be able to accept it. Lin Zihao said. Two million US dollars, which is equivalent to only 1.6 million Chinese dollars. Buying 500,000 square kilometers of land with such a small amount of money is very cost-effective no matter how you look at it. These two places are suitable for the development of animal husbandry.

In addition, what Lin Zihao did not know was that Colorado produced gold and silver, and there were also large reserves of molybdenum, uranium, zinc, vanadium, copper, lead, oil, coal and natural gas. Among them, molybdenum production ranks first in the United States. Wyoming is the largest coal producer in the United States. Uranium production ranks second in the United States. These are extremely important resources. Although, with current technology, it is still far from meeting the requirements for building nuclear weapons. However, it is always good to preempt these resources first. When the technology reaches in the future, there will be enough raw materials for the manufacture of nuclear weapons!

"Two million dollars? Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, you have killed too hard at this bargain! How about three million dollars? At this time, the Imperial Foreign Minister Lin Zihao and the Mexican Minister to China Adalus were completely like vendors in the vegetable market, constantly bargaining. Of course, the prices of the vendors in the wet market are far from being comparable to theirs. Every time they regress. But it's all in the millions.

In the end, the price of Wyoming and Colorado was set at two and a half million dollars. The two sides barely agreed.

According to the price negotiated between Lin Zihao and Adalus, this time the Chinese Empire will buy California from Mexico. Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas, with a total area of about 2.3 million square kilometers. Such a vast area of land is equivalent to almost a quarter of the total territory of later China. However, the Chinese Empire had to pay $28.5 million for these lands. Thereinto. California is the most expensive. A full $20 million was spent, and the rest of the 1.6 million square kilometers of land was only $8.5 million. If the total price is converted into Chinese dollars, it is only 22.8 million Chinese dollars.

Of course, this price is just the price negotiated between Lin Zihao and Adalus, and whether it can become the final transaction price still needs to be agreed by the emperor Long Yufei and the Mexican government.

"Your Excellency the Foreign Secretary, I will report this information to the country immediately. However, in the end, whether an agreement can be reached. I can't guarantee it either. Minister Adalus said with a wry smile. After all, such a large piece of land. It was only sold for 28.5 million US dollars, which made him a little unsure of how to explain it to China! After all, the Americans bought more than 800,000 square kilometers of Louisiana from Napoleon the Great decades ago for fifteen million dollars. Decades later, the currency has depreciated considerably. But Mexico's 2.3 million square kilometers of land were sold for only a small amount of money. Of course, the situation is not the same today as it was a few decades ago. The United States and Mexico are at war, and if Mexico loses, these lands will become spoils of war for the Americans, and Mexico will not get anything at all.

Therefore, Minister Adalus believed that it was a little bit to be able to earn as much as possible. $28.5 million is not much, but it can alleviate the current financial crisis of the Mexican government. What's more, the 50,000 rifles and 200 cannons that the Chinese Empire had previously aided were also worth millions of dollars. In this way, Mexico is not too much of a loss.

"Yes, Your Excellency. I also want to report to His Majesty the Emperor. Lin Zihao said with a smile. Although 22.8 million Chinese dollars is a huge amount of money, it is really a good deal to use this money to buy a full 2.3 million square kilometers of land.

After Minister Adalus left, Lin Zihao immediately cleaned up, and then rushed to the palace in a carriage to inform Emperor Long Yufei of the results of the negotiations. At that time, General Niu Meng, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Lieutenant General Sun Hao, Minister of Operations, were in the Imperial Palace to inform Long Yufei of this stage of military preparations. Seeing that spring is coming, the Chinese Empire is about to launch a final blow against the Manchus. Military preparations have entered the final moment.

"Your Majesty, the negotiations between the minister and the Mexican minister to China, Adalus, have ended. The final price was 22.8 million Chinese dollars. We used the money to buy California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Texas from the Mexicans, which have a total area of 2.3 million square kilometers. Lin Zihao said with a smile.

"So cheap?" Long Yufei was completely stunned. It is a total of 2.3 million square kilometers of land, although the geographical conditions are not comparable to the Mississippi River basin or the east coast of central North America. However, such a vast piece of land was won for more than 20 million Chinese yuan. That's so cheap, isn't it?

General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, and Lieutenant General Sun Hao, Minister of Operations, were also stunned, the news that the empire was ready to buy land from Mexico, although it was top secret, was clear with the status of the two of them. However, they were very surprised to buy 2.3 million square kilometers at once, still at such a low price. If everything can be solved with money, then what's the point of these soldiers working desperately?

"Your Majesty, for the Empire, this money is not much, and when converted into pounds, it is only five million and seven hundred thousand pounds. However, for Mexicans, this is a lot of money. Even their mortal enemy, the United States, has an annual revenue of just over $30 million. More importantly, this time the empire is prey, and the Americans are already on the verge of victory in the war, and they are about to take these territories into their arms. Now that the empire is so sideways, it will definitely make the Americans very dissatisfied. When the time comes, the Americans will certainly not admit that we bought these lands from Mexico. They will surely conquer these lands by force. If we want to regain these lands, we will inevitably go to war with the United States. If you count the cost of war, the price we pay is not low. Lin Zihao said. Although the Chinese Empire purchased these territories from Mexico, if the United States did not recognize them, there was no way, and in the end, it would have to rely on war to solve the problem.

"Yes, that's a tricky question. However, I believe that with the current military strength of the Empire, it should not be difficult to defeat the United States, we need to cross the Pacific expedition, and the Americans also want to cross the entire North American continent, and the logistical pressure will not be much less than ours. The Chief of Staff, General Sun, and the General Staff transferred personnel to draw up a battle plan against the United States. If the Americans don't know what to do, we will beat them to the bottom! Long Yufei said. Such a large piece of land, since the empire spent so much money to buy it, then the Americans are absolutely allowed to take it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" This was stated by General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, and Lieutenant General Sun Hao, Chief of Operations.

The Mexican minister to China, Adalus, sent a telegram to Oaxaca in just two days. However, this price is not satisfactory to senior officials of the Mexican government. After all, the total area of this land can reach 2.3 million square kilometers. The final price was only $28.5 million. Although, many of these lands have already been occupied by the Americans, and the rest are about to be occupied by the Americans. If Mexico succumbs, they won't get a penny of these lands.

"Minister Batres, is this what the Chinese are offering? Of the 2.5 million square kilometers of land, they only gave $28.5 million! Finance Minister Beninho said with great dissatisfaction.

Mexican President Valentine. Gomez. Farias's face was not very good-looking. Although he had expected the Chinese to take advantage of the fire, the final price was very different from his expectations.

"Your Excellency, Minister Beninho, this is also a matter of no choice. Now these lands have been occupied by the Americans. Even if the Chinese buy these lands, they will have to beat the Americans. Therefore, they are understandably reluctant to pay a high price. Minister Bartles said.

"Butres, can you raise the price a little bit?" Valentine. Gomez. President Farias asked.

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid this will be very difficult." Minister Bartress said with some embarrassment.

"Your Excellency, 28.5 million is already good, so be it! If it drags on any longer, it will be even more detrimental to us. Mexican Minister of War General Cervantes said.

Valentine. Gomez. President Farias's face was a little gloomy, but he had to admit Cervantes's words and had to nod. (To be continued......)