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Vladimir, the Russian commander, with more than a dozen of his subordinates, received the British and Dutch delegations in the reception room of the side hall. The envoys of these two players were headed by the British Consulate Ledler and the Dutch Consulate Johannes respectively.

When Vladimir saw Ledler, he almost burst into laughter. As Europe's top professional players, they have been known for a long time, but they rarely have the opportunity to meet each other, so they are not very familiar with each other.

Vladimir was happy that he knew that he was absolutely sure that he would be able to persuade the British and Dutch envoys to make an alliance between the three countries.

Because the Leedler and Johannes in front of them are none other than the chief and deputy commanders who once commanded the fleets of the six European countries in South Africa and fought a war with the Chinese fleet, and they suffered a big loss at the hands of the Chinese fleet. How can they not be angry with Chinese players?! Fortunately, most of the people who died in that battle were the European mercenary fleet, the merchant private fleet and the European pirate fleet, and the strength of Lederer and Johannes was not too damaged. They are still the leading figures in Britain and the Netherlands.

"Ledler, Johannes, hello!"

"Hello!"

"Vladimir, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, and the guests of honor took their seats. The splendid reception room was crowded with nearly 100 people, almost all of whom were heavyweights in industry, commerce, and military in Russia, Britain, and the Netherlands. Just looking at the level of specifications of the personnel of the three parties is enough to see that they attach importance to this meeting.

The British and Dutch missions came to St. Petersburg, Russia under the banner of industrial and commercial cooperation, and did not directly express their intention to form an alliance.

So at the beginning, they talked about purely some economic issues, such as opening maritime trade routes between the three countries, reducing customs duties between each other, allowing Britain and the Netherlands to import raw materials from Russia, and appropriately reducing the price of raw materials.

Speaking of raw materials. A situation must be explained. Originally, the raw materials of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands were imported from Africa. Plentiful and very inexpensive. Produce the goods. It is sold to African players at a high price.

They did not import raw materials from Russia in the past. They think that the price of raw materials in Russia is too expensive. That's 20 times the size of Africa. They also rarely export goods to Russia. Because Russian players are worried about the impact of cheap European goods on their own industries and markets. The customs duties are set at very high levels. A high customs duty of 100%000% is usually charged.

In this case. Naturally, the volume of trade between the three countries is very small. Almost dispensable. Equally. The same is true of the other European powers, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. As long as they have territory in Africa. They rarely trade with Russian players.

But after the defeat of the British, Dutch fleets in South Africa. As their territory in Africa shrinks dramatically. The source of raw materials has been drastically reduced. Raw material prices immediately began to rise. Nature. The price of goods sold has also begun to rise. Commodity prices in the UK and the Netherlands have risen. It can't compete with the goods of other European countries in the surrounding areas. British and Dutch goods gradually became unsellable. The goods can't be sold. This undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to the real estate industries of Britain and the Netherlands. The factory could not continue to operate. A depression began to emerge in all industries. The economic crisis in the two countries has already begun to show its signs.

However, France and Germany also took advantage of the fire to rob. Driving up the price of raw materials. and drove down the price of the goods to sell. The British and Dutch real estate industries were dealt with more severely. as a business competitor. France and Germany will never be soft-hearted. It's the United Kingdom. will also use the same means to "rob while the fire is hot".

Players from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Forced to set his sights on Russia. Russia has a lot of raw materials. They want to import some cheap raw materials from places like Russia. Flattening the prices and prices of raw materials in their own countries. Alleviate the pressure on industrial and commercial players in the UK and the Netherlands.

It was not for nothing that a large group of heavyweight industrial and commercial figures from Britain and the Netherlands formed an envoy to visit St. Petersburg, Russia. They came with a very urgent purpose.

Vladimir, as a leader, is very sensitive to economic fluctuations, he just looked at the lineup of the British and Dutch envoys, and then looked at the requirements of the players of the two countries, and guessed the key to it, and guessed a ** is not far from ten.

They want to source raw materials from Russia, and Vladimir, of course, welcomes them.

St. Petersburg is Russia's only outlet to the sea in Western Europe. And in his hands. The British and Dutch players import raw materials from Russia, in fact, they import raw materials from his hands Vladimir, which is of course very beneficial to Vladimir, which will bring him a lot of wealth. Help him continue to expand his army and improve his equipment.

In addition, considering that Russia needs to form an alliance with Britain and the Netherlands, he does not want Britain and the Netherlands to lose their strength and decline because of the economic crisis.

Economic cooperation is a matter that is beneficial to all three countries.

Vladimir nodded in agreement and said, "Okay." As a friendly country. I'll sell you as much raw material as you want. Unless my warehouse is out of stock because it's selling too fast. ”

The members of the British and Dutch envoys were overjoyed. They finally found a savior. Russia is very rich in raw materials and is enough to meet the needs of both of them.

Leedler and Johannes expressed their gratitude.

Vladimir waved his hand and continued: "Of course, you don't have the luxury of expecting me to sell it to you at the kind of price in Africa, it is simply a devil's trade of eating meat and not spitting out bones. I will only sell it to you at the price of Russia, which is much higher than in Africa. ”

Ledler and the others suddenly changed color.

"Vladimir, you're being too ruthless in doing this. We're here to show that British and Dutch players are friendly to Russian players, but you're refusing to take a huge profit from us. How can you do that? ”

"Yes, Vladimir, you can't do that! How else do we make friends? You can't be as greedy as those Jews and want to squeeze every ounce of profit out of us! ”

"If we can't reduce the raw materials to normal levels, we can only choose to leave Russia."

The members of the British and Dutch legations, the industrial and commercial magnates, shouted one after another.

Vladimir sneered, no matter how loud you scream, on my territory, you have to listen to me.

"Come on, when it comes to making huge profits in business, I'm far inferior to yours. You've reaped enough windfall profits from African players to squeeze out their bones, do you expect to get the same treatment from Russia? It's naïve. ”

Vladimir did not take their threatening, inflammatory words to heart in the slightest.

He carefully calculated that although the price of raw materials in Russia is higher than that in Africa, it is actually relatively cheap. The prices of raw materials sold by German and French players are even more outrageous. If Britain and the Netherlands don't plan to buy raw materials from him, then it doesn't matter, players from both countries can only go to Germany and France, two business rivals, to buy them, and he will never object. Could it be that Britain and the Netherlands can still find other sellers of raw materials in "Empire"? Devils believe it.

The Americans will never let Britain and the Netherlands dye the markets and raw materials of the Americas, and whoever touches them will turn their faces. The Chinese now put British and Dutch merchants as key targets, and will definitely not let Britain and the Netherlands return to South Africa, let alone let them enter the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, and go to China's nest to obtain cheap raw materials.

Going around, you still have to go back to Russia. Only "relatively cheap" raw materials from Russia can save their industry and commerce. As long as the Anglo-Dutch are not idiots, they don't do the kind of thing that makes them suffer.

Sure enough, the envoys of Britain and the Netherlands shouted for a long time, but refused to leave. In the end, Vladimir's hardline attitude did not fail, and he still had to sign a large number of industrial and commercial cooperation agreements.

Russia pledged to provide Britain and the Netherlands with sufficient supplies of raw materials, appropriately reduce tariffs on some goods, reach a shipping agreement, and allow each other's merchant ships to dock at their own ports for replenishment.

Vladimir took a big advantage of these cooperation agreements, and the players of Britain and the Netherlands suffered a little. But overall, it's good for both sides. This allowed Vladimir's wealth to grow rapidly, and greatly eased the pressure of the shortage of raw materials for British and Dutch players. After talking about business and industry, and tying up the economic interests of Russia, Britain, and the Netherlands, they finally began to discuss the matter of a military alliance. This is the most important thing for the envoys of the two countries to visit Russia.

The matter of the alliance was first proposed by Vladimir.

In the reception room, Vladimir looked at the hundreds of British and Dutch heavyweights with a smile, and now he looked at the group of people who sent him money much more pleasantly. In his eyes, this group of people is his lambs, and they continue to make money for him.

His mind raced again.

It is certain that the three countries will form a military alliance, and it will depend on who has the dominant power and has greater benefits. With the alliance of the three countries, Russia must dominate and serve Russia's interests.

He now has a very important card in his hand, which controls the lifeblood of England and Holland - that is, raw materials. As long as he gets stuck in the raw material link, the industrial and commercial tycoons of Britain and the Netherlands will jump up and down in a hurry, and will be forced to submit to the interests of Russia. Britain and the Netherlands did not have enough cards in their hands to compete with Russia.

Vladimir picked up a glass full of red wine, stood up and said with a smile: "I think that whether it is Russia, Britain, or the Netherlands, we now have a common enemy - China. It violates the fundamental interests of our three countries. To that end, I propose that we conclude a military alliance, the European Security Community, to defeat this enemy together! Cheers to the common enemy! ”

Leedler stood solemnly and raised his glass: "Cheers to the justice and peace of the world order!" ”

Johannes raised his glass: "Cheers to those brothers in Africa who are suffering under the rule of the Chinese!" ”