After the establishment of the New Tang Empire in the United States, it was immediately strangled by the whole world, including the Manchu government.

And now, in this strangulation blockade, Li Mengyang finally seized the opportunity to find a gap, he could trade with the Southern Confederacy, and all the conditions for this trade have been met.

The south needs guns and bullets, and Li Mengyang can provide them, you know, the more than 100 ships that came out of New York also have some machine tools, and they can continue to go to California, and California itself has such a certain industrial base, and now the steel mill is all up.

Moreover, there are shipping routes, Panama to Cuba and then to Florida, and Cuba can also act as a middleman, which will keep the southern government of the United States from losing face, and no one can say that they are doing business with traitors.

In other words, this business is completely ok, however, the settlement of this business is materials, cotton!

So if the large amount of cotton obtained is to develop the textile industry, can this cloth really be sold to the Manchu Qing Dynasty?

Although the door of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was opened, although after one unequal treaty, it seemed that trade could be carried out, but the New Tang Empire of the United States did not seem to be among them, and the Manchu government hated the most such as Li Mengyang, how could they do business with Li Mengyang?

Indeed, Li Mengyang himself knows that if it is in the name of the New Tang Empire of the United States, then this business will definitely not work, no way!

So is there any other way for Li Mengyang?

Well, in fact, Li Mengyang has it, since he has already told Gatlin to negotiate business with the southern government of the United States to ask for cotton. Then he, Li Mengyang, had naturally already thought of countermeasures. Let's put it simply. That is, he already had such a candidate in his heart to go to Manchu to talk about business, but he didn't expect that this person would take the initiative to come to the door......

"Dear Clint. 李陛xià:

Contemptible man, Levi. Strauss, maybe it's too long, you don't remember anymore, but in 1855 ......"

It's a letter, a letter from a lot of similar siblings. That's right, Levi. Strauss wrote many letters to Li Mengyang, and this is just one of them.

After more than half a year, the New Tang Dynasty Empire in the United States naturally restored some of the original social orders in California, such as the postal service, which is a very important order. For the postal service, Li Mengyang understands very well that this is about human rights in later generations, so it is the top priority.

Thereupon. After seeing that the post office had been restored, then Levi. Mr. Strauss saw hope. He began to give to the great Clint. His Majesty Emperor Li has written!

This is a letter to the Emperor's Majesty, so be careful, you must know that the Emperor's Majesty is now a key target for protection!

How?

Very simply, that is, not long after the establishment of the empire, our emperor was constantly threatened from the outside world, in fact, assassination!

It was really an assassination, but limited to the current means and some of the policies implemented by Li Mengyang, the assassination basically failed.

The first thing encountered was poisoning, and the result may be that the US federal government does not know that the Chinese are very experienced in preventing poisoning, that is, using silver chopsticks, so this was simply defeated. And others, such as looking for a gunman, turned out that guns were not easy to get in California, and Li Mengyang, the emperor, vigorously banned guns as soon as he came up.

There are even fewer good guns in California today, in fact, there are now scoped Sharps rifles that played a role in the Battle of Gettysburg, but California did not.

And such a person was reported by the people because he was looking for a gun......

In such a situation, Li Mengyang just thought it was funny, because he remembered that Castro in later generations seemed to be often assassinated by the United States, but unfortunately, more than 600 times, the Yankees have never succeeded, and there are all kinds of strange methods, but now, obviously, the imagination of the American Yankees is not very rich, and it is quite cute......

In such a situation, how can our Emperor be slack?

So, naturally, these letters had to be carefully examined, until Levi. Strauss had written almost a hundred letters before he finally found hope.

His Majesty the Emperor is going to summon him!

After receiving the news, Mr. Strauss was really very happy, because he felt that his career should be able to improve, but he was also a little apprehensive, because he was ...... I don't know if His Majesty the Emperor still remembers the events of that year!

But in any case, this was an opportunity, and Mr. Strauss had to seize it, and, after some preparations, he went to the appointed place on the appointed day.

Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel!

Yes, it's not the palace of the emperor, of course, the emperor didn't build his own palace, he still lives in a temporary place, which is really a virtue, but to meet in a restaurant, this ......

"Ah, it's Mr. Strauss!"

“yes-your-highness！”

It doesn't seem to be any special person, His Majesty the Emperor is dressed in a simple suit, just sitting in a corner of the Golden Scale Pavilion, drinking and drinking there.

It is worthy of the emperor's majesty!

At this moment, Mr. Strauss had great admiration for Li Mengyang, the king of a country, can be so chic and freehand, it is amazing.

Of course, Strauss didn't know that this Golden Scale Pavilion was actually opened by Li Mengyang's father-in-law. Although, Strauss also went to see the public trial that year, he didn't mention much about the Golden Scale Pavilion Hotel.

However, in this way, Huang Sanye is back to employment?

Of course, who is Huang Sanye? Seeing that there is money to be made, can you do without him? Idle is also idle.

Li Mengyang didn't have much to say about it, when he met Li Wei. Strauss greeted with a smile, "Don't be so restrained, we are just talking, we Chinese care about this form, that is, I am out now, and I am not wearing any formal clothes, this is called 'micro-service private interview'." ”

"Oh." Strauss sighed, "Your Majesty ......" but he didn't dare to change his words, "The wisdom of you Oriental people is really great. ”

Well, there's a sycophant.

"Hahaha......" Li Mengyang just laughed at the time, he really couldn't help laughing, time has changed, this guy had to hire himself for thirty cents back then, and now he ...... Forget it, let's get down to business, Li Mengyang said with a smile: "Mr. Strauss, what is the purpose of you writing me so many letters?" Do you want our Imperial Government to compensate you for your losses? ”

Loss?

Right! Strauss was also a rich man, but it happened that when Li Mengyang led the army to attack California, he didn't start a blockade war, and as a result, Strauss was unlucky enough to have such a ship's cargo detained, and he still had raw materials that couldn't come in.

Cotton, Strauss also began to engage in the cloth business, further reducing costs.

As a result, Strauss didn't run, and in California, he was one of the more miserable businessmen, and most of the rich ran away.

"Of course not." His Majesty the Emperor said this, where did Strauss dare to ask for it? However, there is a reason why he doesn't want to.

I only heard Strauss say: "Your Majesty, I see that our empire is just rising, and Your Majesty has focused on metallurgy, agriculture, and banditry, but I think we can't patronize these big heads, some small industries, such as you know, I am in the pants business, and a business like mine can also have great development." ”

The fox's tail was revealed, yes, Strauss actually just wanted to make money, didn't he lose it before, it doesn't matter, just earn it back!

Sometimes, the way these capitalists think about problems is indeed a little different, and Li Mengyang really admires the current Strauss.

"That's a good point, by the way, sit down." Li Mengyang affirmed the others, and as a result, they had just met, and Strauss didn't dare to sit down.

When I met the emperor, I was really under a lot of psychological pressure.

"Thank you!" Strauss wiped the sweat from his head.

"Come, taste our Chinese craft." Li Mengyang, this guy also handed over a pair of chopsticks.

"Thank you." Don't even mention it, this Strauss can also use chopsticks.

"Hahaha...... "But it's a bit stupid, and the atmosphere is a lot more lively for a while.

However, we didn't come to eat after all, so we just heard Li Mengyang smile and say, "Then how do you say to develop...... Oh, by the way, an industry like yours that makes pants might as well be called light industry. ”

"Good!" That Strauss took a bite of food, and when he heard this, he was so excited that a lot of things in his mouth squirted out, and he was very embarrassed.

"Haha, don't worry, how can this light industry be organized?"

Li Mengyang's question is really not easy, how to develop a country's light industry, how can it be so simple?

You have to have a market for light industry, and right now, how many people are there in California? After half a year, there are no more than 200,000 people in Dingdatian, so it depends on foreign trade, but where is the appearance of the empire now?

"That's it." Strauss pondered for a while, and then said: "Now that the North and the South of the United States are at war, and the South has been blockaded before, then the price of cotton will be cheap, and if we can take this opportunity to buy, the cost will naturally be reduced." Our cost is low, then our goods are naturally competitive, even if the international community now says this and that, but our competitive goods will not be unsold. ”

"Yo-hee." Li Mengyang really didn't expect that this Strauss would be able to think of going with him, but, "You still look at international things simply." ”

That's right, where is the business that you say you do with whomever you want?

"Your Majesty, you're right." Strauss still agreed with Li Mengyang's point of view, but he immediately said: "But I am German, I am Jewish, I can help you sell California's light industrial products to Europe!" ”

Germans? Jew?

This identity seems to be really good, but Li Mengyang smiled...... (To be continued......)

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