Scalp's second request to see Louis-Napoleon was unsurprisingly denied, and although he offered to reduce the price of the island of Lotzen to 8 million francs, it was to no avail.

The third time he asked to see Louis-Napoleon, and he had already lowered the price to 5 million francs, but Armand shook his head at him helplessly: "I'm sorry, Scalp, I did my best!"

"I know, I know." Scalp looked at Armand with some frustration and said apologetically.

The scalp is hard all over the body, but only one area is soft.

He can't see others paying for him, and he can't see others working for him.

This kind of simple and stupid temperament is almost the same as those wild Indians who grow up in the mountains and forests, as long as the guest takes out a beautiful flower cloth, the wild Indian will give away all his belongings, and even his wife is willing to share with the guests!

"Frankly, France is in financial straits right now, and we can't afford that much money, and while we do want to help you, but—" Armand shrugged his shoulders, "We're also planning to issue government bonds, I wonder if you're interested?"

The scalp froze.

His hesitation was understood by Armand as a blow and he comforted him, saying, "It's okay if you don't buy it! Either way, our friendship will not be affected, and France will always be a good friend of America."

"No, no, no," Scalp said, "I really didn't expect that your situation would be so difficult that you would need to issue Treasury bonds!"

Armand smiled bitterly and said, "Who wants to be in debt unless it is absolutely necessary? Especially in the current situation, the interest rate of French bonds is as high as 6% per annum, and if you buy enough money, you can even adjust it to 7%......

……

In a tone of selling his sons, Armand poured out the pain of France having to issue high-interest bonds.

In the heart of the scalp, he couldn't help but worship the turtledove thousands of miles away.

Before leaving, the turtledove said to him:

"Don't worry, Scalp, this time, you're going to spend money, not to earn money!"

"If they want to pit you, let them pit you!"

"Louis Napoleon was a man with ambitions, but it was so big, 10 million francs was his limit, and it didn't matter if it was a little more."

"Armand was loyal to France, and was going to kill him at Fort Laramie - but you watched him put on a show, he was a man who was about to go to earth, and it was his greatest ambition to spend his old age in France."

"The weakness of the French is that they are not ambitious enough."

"They have the strength, but they ...... Tomorrow is born in a land power country, but he always wants to learn from Britain and be a speculator who is left and right!"

"When you should be aggressive, you are not resolute enough, and when you should retreat, you are iron-headed. It's between England and Prussia, and the character is half of each of them!"

"10,000,000 francs should be enough to make up his mind!"

Scalp felt that the turtledove's judgment was as accurate as his marksmanship!

……

The reason why the scalp is often played by these people is only because he is sometimes too kind and not stupid.

Armand's implication was something he understood.

France wants to get America to pay for its national debt!

At this time, the war clouds were gathering in the Near East of Europe, and Russia and Turkey were already openly at hostility, and the Crimean peninsula was about to explode on Mars.

From top to bottom, the French Empire was desperately calling for a war.

The illusory satisfaction of France's ordinary people needing to be restored to the glory of the First Empire can give them a little comfort in their increasingly impoverished lives.

The poorer they are, the more they yearn for war, but the richer are seriously longing for peace.

In Europe in the 19th century, it has become the consensus of everyone that getting rich basically depends on grabbing. Rich experience from the Age of Discovery, engraving

It has become their precious legacy, and it will remain so for hundreds of years.

The bourgeoisie and the aristocracy are also eager for a victory to open up the market for their products.

At this time, France was still under the blockade of the Quadruple Alliance, and although the Quadruple Alliance had already departed, the French nobles could still clearly feel the shackles around their necks.

The people chose Louis-Napoleon-Bonaparte, that is, a path of outward expansion.

By this time in 1851, the French were already desperate to fight – in real history, the Crimean War did not break out until October 1853, not because of the restraint of the Russians and the French, but because of the fact that there was only one word: "Poor!"

Don't look at Lanxi and Tsarist Russia, which are also known as world powers, and belong to monster-like existences in the eyes of the Great Qing State in the Far East, in fact, they really want to liquidate their family background, these two countries are also the governors of Huguang and Shaanxi-Gansu!

……

"Wow, 7%!" Scalp's acting skills are slightly exaggerated.

But Armand was pleased with this reaction from the scalp.

The proud old fox felt at this time that the Indians should have reacted in this way.

And isn't this the scalp? Very reasonable!

"Yes, 7%!" Armand confirmed, and said, "Do you want to buy it?" If you can buy some bonds, we can buy Loczen Island, win-win!"

The scalp began to think.

"As an old friend of America, I urge you to seize this opportunity. We have been in contact with the Rothschilds and they are very interested in it, after all, this is the national debt of France, safe and risk-free, stable and high-yielding!"

"I need to think about it." Scalp said.

"It's okay, you can think about it, but you'd better make a decision within three days! If you've made a decision, just let me know and I'll be able to communicate with Louisiana via Atlantic Telegraph!"

Just at the beginning of the year, when a cross-sea telegraph line from London to New York was laid, Queen Victoria sent a brief congratulatory letter to US President Taylor, which took 16 hours to congratulate Zachary Taylor on his large victory over his opponent Franklin Pierce.

The success of the Atlantic telegraph once again demonstrated the power of the Industrial Revolution.

While the Americans were still making up for the steam age, Britain and the United States had seen the dawn of the electric age.

The gap is widening further, and the speed of widening is getting faster and faster!

……

When Scalp returned to the hotel, he spent the night muttering with his East Indian interpreter, Didi, and finally he accepted the East Indian's advice.

- He wants to talk to the Wahlberg patriarch in Europe.

Although Ikaruga gave him a quota of 10 million francs, his translator thought that instead of taking 10 million francs to make Louis-Napoleon hesitate, it would be better to take 20 million francs and let Napoleon fight Russia in the Crimea!

As long as Russia is put up, Alaska will have only one buyer for America!

Money is not an issue.

The problem is that there is no money!

- So, the Warburgs made so much money in America, it's time to spit it out!