For Yan Shao, Rockefeller Jr. naturally remembers, after all, it was from Yan Shao that he bought Petroleos Mexicanos, as well as the gold-spraying land of Tampico.

What's more, the current Yan Shao is not only the famous writer at the beginning, but also the owner of the world's largest automobile company, and at least half of the cars driving on American roads are produced by his company.

Although Standard Oil has been almost dismantled, the Rockefellers have not quit the oil industry. There are millions of cars on American roads today, and at least more than a million cars hit the country's roads every year...

Cars, but they need oil to move, and Yan Shao's Yushi Group is the world's largest car manufacturer, how can little Rockefeller forget Yan Shao in this case?

"But if you just want to buy oil, you shouldn't need to contact us directly..."After hanging up the phone, Rockefeller Jr. felt a little inexplicable.

After all, it's not the next generation, and if you want oil, you can buy it from anywhere, so there's no need to cooperate with them.

"Maybe it is more convenient to trade with us, after all, we are now in the stage of cooperation with the Rainstone Group, and we can be regarded as partners..."Standing on the sidelines, Rockefeller Jr.'s secretary speculated softly.

"Partner?" Little Rockefeller snorted, the Rockefeller family also invested in the automobile industry, but because of the relationship between the Yushi Group and the dumping of cheap cars in the American market, not only did it not make a penny. On the contrary, I lost a lot. And the most unfortunate thing is that these businesses are all in charge of Rockefeller Jr.

But even so, little Rockefeller had to admit it. They have indeed made a lot of money from their cooperation with Yan Shao. Especially now that the Mexican government does not collect taxes on oil companies, this naturally makes the Rockefeller family reap huge profits...

Lazily getting up from his seat, little Rockefeller stretched.

Although the old man had just called and asked him to take charge of the deal personally, to be honest, he didn't attach much importance to the business.

The reason is also very simple, the amount is too small. I really can't get interested...

Now that the streets of the United States are full of cars made in China, Rockefeller Jr. naturally wants to increase his understanding of China, and even pay much more attention to it than in the past. It was also because of this attention that he understood one thing. That is, although China's automobile production (can also be said to be assembled) is higher than that of all the automobile companies in the world combined, but in fact, in China the automobile is still a very rare thing, the number of cars in the country is not to say 10,000, I am afraid that even 5,000 may not be.

Such a country. How much oil do you think he can import?

It's just that the other party has already come to the door after all. And it was a long-ago trading partner, and Rockefeller Jr. also benefited a lot from that transaction. So he barely bred his spirits and decided to talk to the delegates from China about this 'insignificant' deal...

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In Yushi's office in New York, Jiang An was looking at a telegram sent from China. The telegram was full of news about China, such as the things about Outer Mongolia that Jiang An was most concerned about.

Not to mention computers and the Internet in this era, even wireless broadcasting only appeared in 1920 (radio was discovered relatively early, but in the case of wireless broadcasting, 1920. In Pittsburgh, USA, the world's first radio station was born, codenamed KDKA. ）。 According to the means of transportation in this era, it is probably impossible to send the newspaper from China to New York in less than two months, so Jiang An's access to domestic news, in addition to the newspapers in New York, is only telegrams sent from China...

Although Beiyang is now full of twilight, after all, it is the strongest army in China, and the infantry association composed of two regiments has just entered Inner Mongolia, and some local Mongolian princes who were not very stable have become honest, and some people have even taken the initiative to provide a lot of help.

Although the Outer Mongolian side relied on the support of the Russians, it also became much more honest, except for the troops who attacked Uriya Sutai and Kobdo City, the rest have basically been withdrawn to their original positions. Obviously, he didn't plan to fight with Beiyang, but planned to use the environment on the grassland to drag them down.

This is not an idea that the Mongols themselves came up with, but the Russians ...

Originally, according to the meaning of the Mongols, since Beiyang had already sent people, then as the backers behind them, the Russians should also appear to clean them up.

It's just that the Russians also have their own difficulties, first of all, although Russia and Britain are now in the same camp, this does not mean that the British will allow the Russians to arbitrarily expand the sphere of influence in China, if this is the case, then the British will not always maintain the Anglo-Japanese alliance with Japan, which is obviously an alliance against Russia.

It is important to know that since the signing of the Anglo-Japanese alliance in 1902, Britain and Japan have signed this alliance three times in succession, except for the first one in 1902, the second in 1905 and the third on July 13, 1911...

Naturally, according to the British, this alliance is now dealing with the Germans, but the Germans have only one Qingdao fortress in the Far East, and there is no need to deal with such an alliance at all, and anyone who believes that this alliance is only against the Germans is definitely insulting their own intelligence.

So the Russians also have to consider the attitude of the British, plus the atmosphere in Europe is becoming more and more tense at this time, most of the Russians' forces have been concentrated in Europe, this time there are Japanese behind Beiyang secretly supporting, let the Russians pretend to be behind the Mongols It's nothing, if you really let them play, then forget it...

In fact, the Russians are also a little puzzled about this matter, because in their expectations, the Chinese will only react when the rebellion in Outer Mongolia affects Inner Mongolia, and choose to turn a blind eye to what is happening in Outer Mongolia. After all, the situation in China has not completely stabilized at this time, and what is the financial situation of the Beiyang government, as the boss behind Daosheng Bank. It is impossible for the Russians not to be clear.

Even if Yuan Shikai is really unwilling and has to send troops, he is definitely more than willing and not enough.

Who would have thought that at this time, Yan Shao would actually jump out and help Yuan Shikai...

Regarding the matter with Outer Mongolia, Yan Shao lacks people, and Yuan Shikai lacks money...

Coincidentally, the current Yan Shao lacks everything. The only thing is that there is no shortage of money, and Yuan Shikai's words are difficult to say. There are still seventy or eighty thousand tigers and wolves, and the two together complement each other...

"But this also proves that we are not following the wrong person..."Putting down the telegram in his hand, Jiang An's face showed a satisfied expression.

Jiang An came out of Chinatown. One of those who followed Yan Shao very early. In terms of seniority, he is the same generation as Li Liang.

So after Yan Shao's career had a little foundation, he sent Jiang An back to New York to take charge of the group's affairs in New York.

It's just that just when Jiang An was about to get more news from the telegram, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"Mr. Jiang..."From outside the wooden door, the voice of the subordinate came.

"What's the matter?" Raising his head slightly, Jiang An looked in the direction of the door. "What's the matter?"

"Just called. Mr. Rockefeller Jr. said that he would like to invite you to his house tomorrow to talk about business..."When the name of Rockefeller Jr. was mentioned, there was some awe in his tone.

Although Standard Oil has now been almost dismantled. But in any case, the Rockefeller family is one of the most powerful families in the United States, and the person at the helm of the family, Rockefeller himself, is also the person with the most wealth in this world...

"Zhilu said..."Rockefeller, who only contacted yesterday about business, got a reply today, and Jiang An was also a little surprised by such a high efficiency, but he still calmed down and replied.

Putting down the telegram in his hand, Jiang An walked to the desk on the side, and then took out all the information he had collected some time ago and reviewed it again.

If it's a normal small business, it's fine, but this time it's a big business, so he has to be as perfect as possible.

On the second day, the sun had just risen, and Jiang An had already taken a car to Rockefeller's home.

Perhaps he didn't care much about this business, so Rockefeller Jr. didn't meet Jiang An on a more formal occasion, but chose to talk about this business at breakfast.

And looking at the understatement of Rockefeller Jr. when he talked about this business, Jiang An could more or less detect the reason.

"So, Mr. Rockefeller..."After taking a small sip of coffee, Jiang An looked at Little Rockefeller with a straight face. Let's talk about business now..."

"Okay..."Putting the knife and fork aside for the time being, little Rockefeller made a gesture of deafness, but this was just a gesture, in fact, his attitude towards this business was as much as he chose to talk about it at breakfast, and this attitude did not change until Jiang An said a surprising number.

"Five million tons" stretched out his five fingers, and Jiang An said bluntly.

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How many barrels a ton of oil is equivalent to, this mainly depends on the quality of the oil, but generally speaking, a ton of oil is roughly equivalent to seven barrels, that is to say, five million tons of oil is equivalent to at least 35 million barrels...

At the price of $1 a barrel, that's $35 million...

When Yan Shao sold the oil fields in Tampico to Rockefeller Jr., he only sold them for $50 million, and of course, there was an annual income of 30 percent, so you can imagine how much 35 million was worth.

If you still can't get a general idea of the money, then...

35 million dollars, equivalent to more than 900,000 Mauser rifles of the latest model...

The equivalent of 180,000 Madsen machine guns ...

The equivalent of four state-of-the-art dreadnought-class battleships ...

No matter from what point of view, this is a wealth that ordinary people can't refuse, and after hearing such an amount, the original casual attitude on the face of little Rockefeller has completely disappeared...

"Five million tons?" Motioning to his subordinates to take everything down, little Rockefeller said.

"That's right." Jiang An nodded. "At least that's what the domestic telegraph says..."

He bowed his head and groaned. Rockefeller Jr. asked again. "With all due respect, as far as I know, with the situation in your country, you simply can't use so much oil, so..."

No wonder Rockefeller Jr. asked. After all, with China's current situation, the oil consumption is pitiful, and it is really incomprehensible to import so much oil at once.

To be honest, in fact, not only Rockefeller Jr. couldn't understand it, but even Jiang An himself, so he could only shrug his shoulders helplessly in the face of Rockefeller Jr.'s questions. "I'm sorry. I'm afraid only our boss knows this..."

In fact, not only him, but many people in the group could not understand why he wanted to import so much oil.

What is the concept of 5 million tons? In later generations, China consumed hundreds of millions of oil a year, and 5 million tons did not seem to be a big deal compared to it. But what if you push back the clock a few decades? In 1959. China's annual oil consumption was only 5.05 million tons (5.049 million tons to be exact), while Germany consumed only 4 million tons in the four years from 1914 to 1918—————— when the participating countries consumed 36.2 million tons. Britain and Germany themselves consume more than 25 million tons. Of these, the army consumed 8.8 million tons.

Not surprisingly, at the beginning of the war, France had only 110 trucks, 60 tractors, and 132 aircraft. By 1918, four years later, it had grown to 70,000 trucks and 12,000 aircraft. During the same period, Britain invested 105,000 trucks and more than 4,000 aircraft, a figure that included the United States in the final months of the war. Britain, France, and the United States consumed an unbelievable 12,000 barrels of oil per day in the Western Front. …

Take Anhui, no, China's current oil consumption, 5 million tons, don't say 1 year. Even 10 years is enough.

Well, maybe 20 years is enough...

It's just that people always have to look at the long term. Although China can't consume so much oil anyway, but...

It wasn't meant to be used in the first place...

The so-called strategic reserve refers to what is stored first and then taken out for use when needed. In other words, these things are bought and saved, and they will be taken out and used when they are needed, if they are not needed all the time...

Anyway, they have been hiding underground for hundreds of millions of years, so they shouldn't mind hiding for a few hundred million more years?

Even if it costs a little more to do this, it is better than one day in the future, when foreign oil imports are suddenly cut off, and the whole country is paralyzed...

China's own oil reserves have long been decided, and when the country develops to a certain point, foreign oil imports will become more and more dependent, so the strategic reserve of oil is absolutely necessary, and the sooner the better...

In this year, although there are not a few oil-related companies, only Rockefeller and his family can provide 5 million tons of oil, which is also the relationship between Yan Shaohui and Jiang An, so that he and Rockefeller can talk...

Let alone...

Don't forget, Yan Shao still has a large income in Tampico, 30% of the year, if you buy it from Rockefeller, you can at least earn some back, from a certain point of view, this can be regarded as taking care of your own business...

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With 5 million tons and more than 35 million dollars, it is naturally impossible for Rockefeller Jr. to refuse such a large deal.

"Looks like we can go on..."

Noticing Little Rockefeller's expression, Jiang An replied with a smile.

At the same time, little Rockefeller's face was not embarrassed at all, after all, he was a businessman, if he didn't have a cheeky face, he wouldn't have been in the business world. Moreover, even for the Rockefeller family, 35 million dollars is not a small amount, so the next negotiations were basically conducted in a very friendly atmosphere.

After the subordinates removed all the things on the table, Rockefeller Jr. personally invited Jiang An to his office to talk. With $35 million, such a large business, Rockefeller Jr. naturally wanted to return a more formal place to talk.

And after learning that the amount of this business was so large, Rockefeller, who learned the news, was also taken aback. Rockefeller will hand over this business to Rockefeller Jr., on the one hand, because it was Rockefeller Jr. who was in contact with the Rainstone Group at the beginning, and on the other hand, he is not the same as Rockefeller Jr., he has little interest in this business—————— it is not only Rockefeller Jr. who pays attention to the situation in China...

According to the agreement reached between the two sides later, the Rockefeller family will provide 5 million tons of oil to the Anhui military government in the next year, and the Anhui military government will pay 33 million US dollars as a reward—————— although the market price is 1 US dollar a barrel, but in fact it is impossible to really do so, so after some negotiations, Rockefeller Jr. lowered the price a little, which also allowed the Anhui military government to pay 2 million US dollars less.

The business went smoothly, which also made Jiang An and Rockefeller Jr. smile a little more.

After Jiang An and Rockefeller Jr. signed the agreement, Rockefeller Jr. even opened a bottle of champagne that had been treasured for many years.

And when Jiang An sent the results back to Anhui by telegram, Yan Shao was also talking to a special guest.

It's really special because this guest is from faraway France...

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Thanks to the three classmates of Changzhi small landlord, ㄚ-Chen Du and the wind of disillusionment, especially the small landlord of Changzhi, the real local tyrant -、- (to be continued......