Chapter 50 European Parliament 2

"America......" Whispers in the halls of the Parliament.

The United States has only been a country for more than a decade, and many displaced people from European countries have gone there.

It is said that whenever European refugees arrived there, they were given land to cultivate.

There are also gradually expanding cities with many factories.

As long as you get there, you don't have to worry about finding a job.

The low-level people of European countries are vying to cross the ocean to make a living in the United States.

And of course there are religious reasons!

When Protestantism was suppressed, those Protestants had no choice but to flee to the United States.

After a few years, the Protestants became more powerful. The Catholics were repressed again, and they had no choice but to flee to America.

A few years ago, there was a great famine in Ireland.

It is said that millions of people have sailed to the United States.

The population of the United States has increased rapidly due to continuous immigration.

Because of the small number of people in the land, there were no enemies in the Americas. The rapid expansion of the population has also made the national strength of the United States swell.

It's like a lot of the weapons and ammunition needed to start the war this time were produced in the United States and then shipped across the ocean to the European battlefield.

The United States and Europe are of the same root and species, and the caliber of weapons and ammunition is also the same as that of European countries, so their stuff is very popular on the battlefield.

The attitude of European countries towards the United States is also not uniform!

Some are not interested at all, such as Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and other Scandinavian countries.

They were also sparsely populated, and they all had a fairly reasonable industry.

The people are doing well, and very few immigrants go to the United States.

The United States fought a war with Britain when it became independent, but after all, it was once a British colony.

Most of the people there are also British.

Because after a brief period of enmity in the war, the two countries quickly restored diplomatic relations.

In the past three or five years, the fighting between the two countries has become even hotter.

The goods of the United States were all re-exported to European countries through England.

France is a traditional ally of the United States.

At the beginning, it was the independence of the United States, which was supported by France.

On Independence Day, France also presented a statue called the Statue of Liberty.

Now this statue stands on Liberty Island, the largest city in the United States, New York.

The Statue of Liberty is a testament to the strong friendship between France and the United States!

As for the Spaniards, the Italians, and some other European countries. It is also happy that the United States absorbs a large number of poor people from the bottom and are so poor that they are about to become pants.

Over the years, Ireland, in particular, has brought a large number of people who were about to starve to death to the United States.

Many of the hungry Irish victims starved to death on their ships before they even made it to New York Harbor.

The only one who had some opinion about America was Prussia.

Most of the people who immigrated to the United States were people who couldn't survive in Europe.

But most of the Prussian immigrants were writers, scientists, artists, and many middle-class Hebrews.

The mass immigration of these people to the United States has affected the prosperity of Prussia to a certain extent.

Frederick and Bismarck were already dissatisfied with America's frenzied exploitation of Prussian talent.

So, they didn't have a good face for Jefferson.

As for Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe, they do not have any impression of the United States at all.

Even, the Polish Prime Minister did not figure out where the United States was.

"The United States will not only supply a large number of weapons and ammunition, but also provide food support to Europe."

Jefferson looked at the room full of King Prime Ministers with great interest!

This time, the discussion became louder.

Give guns and ammunition and these things, and those countries that do not have many troops participating in the war and have little interest in fighting the war are not at all cold.

But they are very interested in food aid, after all, people need to eat.

No one will dislike that there will be more food!

"As for the aid quota, I hope that all the gentlemen will come to me and talk to me one by one." Jefferson bowed to the people in the room and sat down in the corner.

The "buzz" and "hum" in the council hall are louder than the vegetable market!

Some of those who are far away from Jefferson have already gone to talk to Jefferson without regard for face.

Far away, there is no way to do it for a while, but to be in a hurry.

"Gentlemen, the meeting will officially begin tomorrow. Tonight, let's have a drink.

For Europe! Cheers! Old Rothschild smiled and raised his glass to toast.

This marks the end of this informal meeting!

"For Europe! Cheers! Both Napoleon and Frederick raised their glasses.

"For Europe! Cheers! ”

Everyone raised their glasses and toasted the drink.

Putting down the wine glasses, everyone rushed to find Jefferson.

"Americans are so generous!" Frederick held his glass and watched as Jefferson was surrounded by the kings and prime ministers.

"Generous, the aid they provide is conditional." Mula leaned over with a wine glass.

"Conditionally? What are the conditions? Bismarck, who originally wanted to join in the fun, immediately stopped when he heard that there were conditions.

"The condition is that the local market is open. And for American products, lower tariffs!

However, the United States will also reduce tariffs on them.

If the concession is very strong, the two sides can also have zero tariff. ”

"Zero tariffs!" Bismarck's eyes widened.

Others don't know what is going on here, but Bismarck does.

If there were zero tariffs, American goods would flood in and occupy the local market.

It is impossible for the small workshop-like enterprises in the area to compete with the industrially produced goods of the United States.

If it is really zero tariff, it also means that the country's economy will be destroyed, and even controlled by the United States.

"Tariffs are just one of the conditions, they have other conditions.

For example, you can borrow money from banks in the United States to develop their infrastructure.

Build bridges and roads, or build railways, airships and landings.

You can even take out a loan to build a power station.

It's just that these loans are used to buy American products.

To build a railway, the rails have to be bought from the United States.

To build roads, cement should be bought from the United States.

To build bridges, even engineers have to use American ones.

Anyway, I'll lend you money, but your money will be used to buy my things. ”

"This ...... Who came up with this. ”

Bismarck's eyes widened.

What a calculation!

I borrowed money from you on the condition that you use it to buy my things.

It can be regarded as lending the left hand, and earning it back with the right hand.

Not only did they sell things to seize the market, but they also saddled the country with a huge amount of debt.

Moreover, these debts are interest-bearing.

What a calculation! Good calculation, this is calculated into the bones.

Looking at the prime ministers and kings who surrounded Jefferson, Bismarck felt a little dizzy.

Could it be that Europe's future is going to be ruined like this?

America!

They are more insidious than the Ming people!

At least, the Ming people are famous for swords and guns.

But the United States used a soft knife to kill people, and it really killed people without seeing blood.

This tactic is too subtle, and by the time you find out, the country is already heavily indebted.

Moreover, at this time, the economy of your country may have been controlled by the United States.

Europe has not had anything like this before, and I don't know how many of those people will step into this trap because of short-sightedness.

Beautiful traps, usually with nice bait.

Can the kings, already tormented by war, refuse such a tempting trap?

"I was Rothschild who came up with it!

This old guy has a bad stomach.

If you want to borrow money from him, you will end up eating until he has no bones left. ”

Mula took a sip of whiskey and pointed to the old Rothschild, who was helping Jefferson negotiate business with the king's prime ministers.

"No one is a match for the Hebrews when it comes to making money. We fought and shed blood in front, but in the end, we settled the score, and the benefits were all taken away by them. ”

Napoleon also reluctantly took a sip of whiskey!

He has no choice but to watch the old Rothschild, the Hebrews, suck out the European countries.