Chapter 618 Use Your Money to Buy Your Stuff
So the Red Empire recorded this account on the head of the little devil, in fact, in the original history, this batch of gold is likely to fall into the pocket of the little devil, and then the two countries started an 80-year dispute about this batch of gold, Lao Maozi asked the little devil for this batch of gold many times, but the little devil refused to admit it.
However, it seems that the government did not get the gold, and it is said that part of the gold was divided among the officers, and the rest was sent back to a warehouse in the country, where its whereabouts are unknown.
As early as the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, this gold mine was taken by Shen Long and established a relatively advanced factory for gold mining and smelting, which provided him with a lot of wealth.
Seeing those recast gold ingots, Shen Long was very satisfied, now Lao Maozi couldn't find any clues, Kolchak gold let it disappear into the historical materials like the original history, anyway, these old Maozi snatched so many things from China, and now it should be better to charge a little interest.
After Lao Maozi's civil strife was calmed down, the two countries began to negotiate, and the Beiyang government handed over the matter of the railway and the grassland to Shen Long for negotiation, and Shen Long argued at the negotiating table, constantly quoting the classic quotations of Dabeard, Vladimir and others to explain the legitimacy of his recovery of the railway and the maintenance of stability in the grassland.
To tell the truth, he is also a person who has been the number one in the province no matter what he says, not to mention his theoretical skills, he is much better than these old hairymen, if Shen Long uses the popular diplomatic theory to talk to them, they can still deal with one or two, but Shen Long took out the beard and Vladimir's words, so that the negotiation opponent has nothing to say.
"China and your country are both countries that have been oppressed by imperialism, and I think that in some areas, we can carry out in-depth cooperation to jointly resist the attack of imperialism." On the issue of railways and grasslands, after refuting the opponent to the point of uselessness, Shen Long threw out another sweet date.
"Oh, how does General Shen plan to cooperate?" If Lao Maozi's territory is a mess, it is the time to be in ruins, and since he came to the Northeast, he found that the Northeast is thriving and vibrant, and now he can't help but be a little tempted when he hears this, Lao Maozi was boycotted by Britain and France and other countries, and it is the time when external support is needed.
"I heard that you have recently set up a National Committee for Electrification, headed by Comrade Kritizhanovsky, which plans to restore all the damaged power stations and build thirty new ones within fifteen years, then you must be in great need of hard currency to buy all kinds of equipment, right?" Shen Long said that although Lao Maozi has not yet started the five-year plan, the recovery and development of the industry has begun, and in some fields, they still have a lot of valuable things.
"You know, there are several gold mines in my jurisdiction that provide a lot of gold, and I believe that this gold can help your country solve some problems." Shen Long made his own conditions, "I want to use this gold to buy some technology and equipment from your country, it's a win-win situation for us, isn't it?" ”
"Your country has received much-needed hard currency, and we have the technology and equipment we need to develop our industry." Shen Long shrugged his shoulders when he said this, "Earlier, Kolchak sent all your country's gold to foreign countries to buy arms, and your domestic gold reserves are not running out, I think whether it is from the perspective of international trade or financial security, your country needs gold!" ”
Well, no thanks, I also have a share of the credit for sweeping your country's gold reserves, but I am now going to return this batch of gold to you, of course, not for nothing, you have to come up with real things, machinery and equipment, technical personnel have to be sent over to guide my workers, of course, it would be better if you had some advanced weapons to sell, such as naval ships or something.
Now the main ports in the Northeast are still in the hands of the little devils, but we can't ignore the need to develop the navy, maybe we can send some officers and soldiers to Lao Maozi, buy ships for them to train there, and then let them drive the ships back when they take high-quality seaports in the future.
"This topic is not in our plan, I need to report back to China, let's stop here for today's meeting first!" The old Maozi diplomat packed up his things and went back, and as soon as he returned to the consulate, he immediately reported to Vladimir and others.
Now that Lao Maozi is short of hard currency, as soon as he heard this, he immediately agreed, asking him to continue to negotiate with Shen Long, and be sure to get enough hard currency to support domestic development, and for this reason, he can even transfer some political interests.
The early days of the birth of the Red Empire were very difficult, there was a food crisis, a rebellion of white bandits, and the containment of Britain and France outside, only a few countries such as the Americans were willing to do business with them, but doing business required money, and the Americans certainly did not recognize the ruble, and they did not have many dollars, so the demand for hard currency such as gold was very urgent.
Under such circumstances, when Shen Long raised this issue and personally took Lao Maozi's diplomat to the vault to see the recast Kolchak gold, Lao Maozi was tempted when he saw it, and Shen Long snickered in the back, using their own money to buy their things, this business was really cost-effective.
Then he took him to Laojingou and other gold mines to have a look, and the old Maozi diplomat was convinced that Shen Long had a large amount of gold and could produce gold for a long time, so the negotiations would be smoother.
Shen Long constantly quoted quotation theory to denounce imperialism, and at the same time attributed Tsarist Russia to imperialism, and won many political benefits for himself, such as the stability of the steppe, such as the ownership of the railway, such as the issue of the northern territory, and so on.
Economically, he reached a cooperation agreement with Lao Maozi, and then signed a contract with Lao Maozi's diplomat, which was a rare contract since the Opium War that was beneficial to China and recovered the country's territory.
Soon after the contract was signed, the fulfillment officially began, a heavily guarded train went north into Lao Maozi's territory, replaced by Lao Maozi's army guard, and then a long train went south into Shenlong's territory, sending a large number of machinery and equipment and senior technical personnel.
Looking at the shadow of the train in the distance, Shen Long's heart blossomed, this batch of gold turned around in his place and returned to Lao Maozi's hands, but he exchanged so many things for himself.
I have to think about it, apart from Kolchak gold, what treasures will be lost in the future?