Chapter 187: Rockefeller's Troubles

"But your emperor just killed his own mother?" Mary said with an incredulous expression, it seems that the story of Guangxu killing Cixi has been known all over the world, and of course this is also the result of tomorrow's daily report, and the benevolence of Prince Yang in the battle of Beijing has also been touted, and now the whole of Europe knows that China has produced a tyrant and an incomparably merciful and noble prince.

"It's very simple, because the current emperor does not belong to my nation, he is a descendant of the barbarians who conquered China hundreds of years ago, and it seems that he should be considered a Tatar." Yang Feng shrugged his shoulders and said that the Tatars in the memory of European civilians were only the Mongol cavalry who had traveled thousands of miles in the red land, and they did not know that the Manchus and the Mongols did not mean the same thing, which was a confusing concept.

"Then why do you still tolerate a barbarian emperor, isn't your army strong enough?" Mary continued to ask, if it weren't for being familiar with her character, Yang Feng would have suspected her of ulterior motives.

"Your Highness, you also know that I have always been kind-hearted, and if I launch a war to overthrow the emperor, countless innocent people will definitely be harmed by the war, so whether it is me or those of our Han governors, we would rather continue to tolerate him." Yang Feng said shamelessly.

If poor Guangxu heard this, he would probably burst into tears.

"You're so kind, I feel like sometimes you have to punish the bad guys, even if it comes at a price." Mary said with a little dissatisfaction in her little fists.

Prince Yang suddenly found that he had pitted Guangxu to such an extent, which could be regarded as the pinnacle, and the two were chatting, Baron Rothschild came over, knowing that he must have something important to discuss, and Mary walked away very interestingly.

"Your Highness, Rockefeller will come to London next week and want to talk to you personally about the introduction of cracking technology and additive technology." Baron Rothschild said with a smile.

In recent years, Standard Oil has been troubled internally and externally. The domestic anti-monopoly bill has made Rockefeller anxious, although under the promotion of Yang Feng, the automobile industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and diesel has become the hottest commodity, and it seems that this old guy's second spring has arrived.

However, because Yang Feng has never opened up cracker technology and antiknock agent technology to the United States, as a result, Standard Oil's products cannot be compared with the oil refining enterprises in Sweden, Germany, Britain and France supported by Yang Feng in terms of production cost and quality. Even the United States has to import some of its oil from Europe, and Standard Oil is now only sustained by crude oil exports, but with the rise of Imperial oil and the expansion of Russian exploitation in Baku, it has even taken a hit in this regard, given that transatlantic transportation costs are also high.

"There is nothing to talk about in this matter, I have already said before, before the United States repeals the Chinese Exclusion Act, I will never open these two technologies to the United States and export military diesel engines to them, this is my bottom line." Yang Feng said unceremoniously.

He has enough confidence in this. Before the invention of cracking technology, the production of kerosene by pure distillation was fine, and the production of gasoline per ton of crude oil was very low, and there was almost no comparison between the two. Don't look at the scenery of American oil companies, their scenery is not only based on the oil fields, but also on the refining technology, and even the Germans had to rely on antiknock agents imported from the United States until World War II. And these two technologies only appeared more than ten or even twenty years later, if Yang Feng didn't give them at this time, they would be hell if they could figure it out themselves!

Tetraethyl lead has been discovered for a long time. But so far, only the factory in Sweden has the ability of industrial production, although the refining enterprises in European countries have obtained the cracking technology, but the reaction tank must rely on Yang Feng to provide, that is high temperature and high pressure, the tank problem is a bomb, even in modern times that thing can not be made casually, materials, welding processes are constraints, even if Rockefeller knows the technology, I am afraid that within five years, I am afraid that it will not be copied, not to mention that he does not know the technology.

Without these two Rockefeller still wants to compete with Europe in refined oil, it is a pure joke, others produce at least one-third more gasoline per ton of crude oil than him, and with the gasoline he produces, the engine power will drop sharply, and the quality of diesel is also much worse than that of Europe, how to compete in the market? In recent years, Rockefeller saw the boom of gasoline and diesel engines, but he could not afford to get a piece of the pie, and with the spread of alternating current and tungsten light bulbs in Europe, kerosene sales also plummeted, and he even had to shut down almost half of his refining capacity.

"I really don't understand how much power those poor Irish ghosts can have in the US Congress? Not even a big man who is so important to the U.S. economy can solve the problem of the Chinese Exclusion Act? Prince Yang said with an incredulous expression.

"Your Highness, you must understand that votes are more important to politicians, and Rockefeller's relationship with Congress has not been very good in recent years." Baron Rothschild said with a smile that in fact, he did not want Yang Feng to provide Rockefeller with these two technologies, but people asked for their own heads, and it was not good not to make a show, and suppressing the American oil industry was a very meaningful work both from the national strategy of Britain and his private interests, you must know that he is now not only the joint largest shareholder of Imperial Oil, but also has organized several exploration teams to look for oil around the world.

"Then why didn't they give Chinese immigrants the right to vote? If they allow Chinese immigrants to participate in the elections, won't that be solved in one qiē? Yang Feng asked very brainily.

"Well, I'm afraid they'll need to vote on that first." Rothschild said with a smile.

"Leave him alone, let's talk about it when he comes! It's really not possible to sell him additives for finished products in the future, after all, he has traveled all the way. Yang Feng said casually.

After the banquet, the next day he began to inspect his assets in the United Kingdom, JY Company, People's Publishing House, General Electric, Young's Mining, Imperial Oil Headquarters, in addition to Young's Mining because there is only one iron mine under development in Western Australia, so it is not inconspicuous, several others can be said to be famous, JY Company's modern aviation aluminum alloy jewelry, as well as daily chemical products as a top luxury goods, has made it a holy place for women throughout Europe.

General Electric's transmitters, radios and radios, three-phase AC power supply systems, refrigerators and air conditioning systems are now the hottest technologies in Europe, and the two together bring Yang Feng more than five million pounds in profits every year.

As for the People's Publishing House, it is even more fanatically sought after by Europeans, and it is needless to say that tomorrow's daily newspaper has covered the world, and the creation speed of Prince Yang's average ten best-selling novels per year is jaw-dropping, not to mention that a poetry collection is published every three or five times, this is not counting the serialized novels in tomorrow's daily newspaper, of course, smart people have guessed the inside story, it is estimated that it is the same way to play with Dumas back then, and the speed of the two is about the same, but this does not affect the reader's worship of Prince Yang.

Its comic industry is also thriving, Superman, Batman have appeared one after another, and even his fiancée's girl's comics are very popular, and these things are just for Lin Luoke to draw by himself, and the rest is just to let the beautiful woman's avatar be printed out by a printer and then handed over to a publishing house for printing and publishing, which can be said to be a real profiteering.

Needless to say, the headquarters of Imperial Oil naturally disagreed, because Yang Feng did not agree, this company was not listed, and the four shareholders were not short of money, and no one needed to rely on the securities market to raise funds.

When he finished inspecting the British industry, Rockefeller also went to London, and the two were old acquaintances, so naturally there was no need to be polite, Yang Feng rejected his request again very bluntly, but he could provide standard oil with prepared additives, so that he could take it back and mix it directly into gasoline, and in addition, it could also restrain the major oil refineries in Europe to stop selling refined oil to the United States.

"John, you should know that I am still the foreign minister of China, and it is impossible for me to show much affection to a country that has adopted a racist policy towards my compatriots, please go back and tell the members of Congress that if this continues, I will consider transferring Monsanto out of the United States." Yang Feng said very threateningly.

Rockefeller was taken aback, he naturally understood what Yang Feng's removal of Monsanto meant for American agriculture, this humble pesticide company at the beginning of its business has now almost become the backbone of the American planting industry, 666 and DDT, two pesticides with strange names, are regarded as saviors by countless American farmers. If this company leaves the United States, then it means that the American agriculture is in danger of being choked by someone, not to mention the planting costs that those farms will pay mainly for it in the future and the large amount of tax revenue lost by the US government, you must know that this company is also exporting a large number of foreign countries, and there are also a large number of unemployed workers, you can imagine how huge the trouble the US government will face if he really does this.

Of course, Yang Feng's threat is good news for him, and he can take the opportunity to push Congress to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act, so that his own refining technology can be obtained.

"Well, Your Highness, I'll tell the members of Congress." Rockefeller said with a helpless expression.

Yang Feng shrugged his shoulders indifferently, in fact, he was not ready to suppress it all the time, the Americans' creative power was very terrifying, even if he suppressed it with all his might, I am afraid it would be able to drag on for five years, not to mention that he still needs to cooperate with the United States next, as long as the United States repeals the Chinese Exclusion Act, he will provide Rockefeller with these technologies, after all, he also has a large number of industries in the United States, and it is not good to make too much trouble. (To be continued......)