Regardless of the fact that the United States of America is burdened with a huge debt of 1.875 billion Tang Yuan, but it is sitting on the endless high-quality resources of North America, and its solvency is much stronger than that of the Manchu Qing State at the same time.

International loan sharks took advantage of the fire to rob and want to take the Appalachian coalfields, but they were purely trying to eat fart, and the probability of success was close to zero.

The Tang Empire is not a North American war fought for them, and it is already very face-saving to be able to pay off this huge war debt.

Why not do it now?

This thing is not useful for a long time, in the final analysis, it depends on strength, and any idea without strength is in vain.

Don't be in a hurry, when President Nick Jones-Marmont is overwhelmed and at a loss under the pressure of international loan sharks, it is more appropriate for the Tang Empire to put forward favorable conditions, which is a relief in the snow.

For example, the Tang Empire does not seek to fully control the Appalachian coalfield, 30%, 40% or more is fine, of course, holding and not controlling are two prices, the former is much more generous.

In terms of valuation, there is no need to bite the value of 300 million Tang Yuan, which is too dark.

For example, the valuation is 420 million Tang Yuan or a little more, and it is flexible according to the number of shares acquired.

In addition, it also provides such a huge consumer market as the Tang Empire, which is conducive to a significant increase in the production of the Appalachian coalfield, from 40 million tons per year to 60 million, 70 million or even more, and of course more money.

For example, the Tang Empire promised that once the two sides reached a shareholding agreement, it would put pressure on the international syndicate on its behalf, knowing that every half point reduction in the interest level would mean a staggering reduction in debt repayment, is this tempting?

For example, is there any temptation for the Tang Empire to promise not to offset all of its war debts, but to use some cash or materials to restore the economy of the United States of America (North) and support its reconstruction?

Richard had a lot of Wang Bang in his hands, and he controlled the current situation in the United States of America (North), so after listening to the report for a while, he waved Director Zheng Yuan to step down.

Just keep an eye on this matter, you don't need to pay too much attention to it, it will definitely take a long time.

The Appalachian Hills Coalfield, unlike Manhattan, New York, is the lifeblood of the United States of America (North), and it is impossible to let go easily in any case, even if it is a shareholder.

If it weren't for the big mess left behind after the defeat of the war, the Tang Empire and international loan sharks would not have had a chance to get their hands on such high-quality assets, which is the world's largest high-quality coal mine that can be mined for hundreds of years!

To say that the president of the United States, Nick Jones Marmont, is also a ruthless man, after the previous president signed a deal with the Tang Empire to sell Manhattan and New York Harbor. He immediately sent people to New York, on the one hand, to strictly control the distribution of grain in Manhattan and strictly control the flow of people, and on the other hand, to lure real estate owners to sell it cheaply.

In just over a month

The tight traffic blockade has left Manhattan with food shortages, many people starving to death in their apartments, and a large number of homeowners fleeing the starvation hell. More than 90% of the properties were acquired by the government through various means, which greatly reduced the cost, and only used hundreds of tons of high-quality flour and dozens of tons of beef.

The government pretended to use the Irish gangs to plague the owners, on the one hand, with food and money, and on the other hand, with both soft and hard, it is said that even the police and agents used it, which is really black-hearted!

As for the New York Harbor, it was originally the property of the government, owned by the New York Port Authority under the City Hall, and it was also the main port where millions of white Europeans landed in North America every year, and it was the most lively and prosperous area.

The Tang Empire directly sent local garrisons to station, and for a time New York Harbor was immediately cleared, and local law and order was greatly improved.

The Irish, Italians, and Spaniards all retreated, and thieves, vagabonds, and vicious thugs were no longer seen on the docks.

It's not okay to be unruly, because the army of the Tang Empire doesn't care if you steal petty or deliberately make trouble, surround a rifle butt and smash it down, and then drag people to death like dogs and throw them into the hard labor camp, participating in the hard work day and night.

For example, if you build a military camp, plough the fields for the military commanders, build the houses of a military base, or leave them to the US government to participate in the post-war reconstruction, then the workload will be lost, and I don't know when it will be a head?

The most valuable thing about New York Harbor is not the port, but the control of a large amount of high-quality land near the river, which can be said to be the largest landowner sitting on the gold mine.

After obtaining the corresponding property rights in Manhattan, the Royal House Office soon announced that a large shipload of grain would arrive in New York through the Toronto Canal, with a total amount of more than 6,800 tons, which would greatly alleviate the severe famine in New York.

Truckloads of food will then arrive in New York, helping the city restore normal social order and igniting hope among the people.

Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty established a stable zone in Manhattan to drive out the homeless and unstable, so that only wealthy families could find a comfortable place to live and enjoy an adequate supply of meat, eggs, milk and vegetables.

Soldiers and police patrolled the streets frequently, nipped out any petty theft and robbery.

All of a sudden

In and around Manhattan, two very different worlds were formed, one rich and the other poor and chaotic, and the huge gap was visible to the naked eye.

Banks, trading companies, trading companies, and merchants of all kinds of Chinese descent flocked to the Tang Empire, and the first choice was to settle in a safe and well-supplied Manhattan, because they all had a large amount of Tang Yuan hard currency in their pockets.

In New York, the largest city in North America, business opportunities are everywhere.

The Chinese businessmen, who had already been gearing up for a long time, would never miss the best opportunity to enter the metropolis of New York, and following the occupation forces into Manhattan, New York, as they are now, will naturally be of great benefit to running a business.

More than half a month passed quickly

Emperor Richard had concluded his visit to the United States of America, arriving in Richmond by train for an official goodwill visit to the Confederate States of America, and a few days later on the Royal Train along the Southern Railroad to New Orleans, stopping in Houston and finally west to Mexico City.

After a two-and-a-half-month visit, the holy driver returned to the imperial capital of Chang'an City in late June, almost circumnavigating the North American continent from north to south.

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New York, Philadelphia and Boston, the more developed eastern coastal cities, impressed Richard. These cities aim at the world's advanced level of development, have a high start, are well planned, and have commendable urban layout and architecture, which are more than one level higher than those in the south.

As for the important cities of Richmond, New Orleans and Houston in the south, they are not developed at all, that is, cities with a population of more than 100,000, and the largest city is Richmond with a population of 2780,000.

After looking around on the spot, Richard felt even more that the development potential of the north was great, and the corresponding threat was also greater, and he needed to spend more effort to penetrate and control the economic lifeline of the north.

For example, it is necessary to cross-control infrastructure such as ports and railways in a variety of ways, such as buying banks and insurance companies in the financial industry, and investing in steel mills and coal mines, so as to extend control to each industry.

Although the area of the northern territory has been emasculated to less than 600,000 square kilometers, all of them are relatively developed areas along the East China Sea coast of North America.

Comparatively

Although the Confederate States of America (South) took advantage of the victory of the war to get a wave of blood from the north, the total population recovered to more than 6.4 million, including more than 2.9 million black slaves, more than 73 Chinese immigrants, and 2.81 million whites, which is still a significant decrease compared with before the war.

Among them, the number of black slaves decreased by more than 1.1 million, and the white officers and soldiers of the Southern Army suffered more than 1.3 million casualties in the war.

As an agrarian-based economy, the southern part of the United States is far less able to repay its debts than in the north, and it is now at a loss in the face of the huge war debt of up to 580 million Tang yuan in the Tang Kingdom.

This is still excluding the 350 million Tang Yuan war reparations, and some debts with low interest rates are retained, and the interest rate level is generally between 8.5% ~ 12%, which is an unbearable burden for the Confederate States of America.

Therefore, the relevant debt arrangement of the Federal Republic of the Southern President Jefferson Davis, Secretary of State Henry Daniel, Treasury Secretary Robert Jr. and other high-level officials are negotiating with a consortium led by the eight major banks of the Tang Empire to find a mutually acceptable debt repayment plan.

This also includes the sale of the Texas package, but the asking price of the Confederate States of America is very high, with an offer of 280 million Tang dollars, which is almost 50 times the price of buying Alaska.

Today, Texas is just a wild land, with more than 100 small towns that are not well developed, only four or five cities with a population of more than 50,000, and most of the others are small towns or villages with a population of a few hundred to a few thousand.

But let's not forget that Texas is a very large country, and it is not a wild land in Alaska that is cold and unsuitable for human life, and the price of land is not comparable.

The U.S.-Mexico War launched by the United States for the sake of expansion was not a small price to pay for the Mexican-American War, but it spent more than $200 million in military spending and more than 17,000 officers and soldiers were killed and wounded.

It's not that the Confederate States of America are willing to give up Texas on their own initiative, but it's really overwhelmed by huge debts and has to reluctantly part with love.

Do the math and you'll find out

If the principal and interest of the huge debt of 580 million Tang Yuan are repaid, if the annual interest rate of 5.5%~5.8% is calculated for a period of 30 years, the total principal and interest of 1.3 billion Tang Yuan in 30 years cannot be stopped, and the principal and interest will be repaid more than 43 million Tang Yuan every year.

The Confederate States of America (South) is an agrarian economic structure, and the profits of its own agricultural products are relatively limited, and there is no cornucopia like the Appalachian coal mine, and the government tax revenue can only be repaid by millions or tens of millions a year, and no matter how much it is, it will not be able to pay it back.

If half of the debt is removed, let's say 280 million Tang dollars are sold in Texas, then there is still 300 million Tang dollars of debt, and it will be much easier to repay.

According to the 20-year repayment, the basic interest rate is 5.8, and the total principal and interest is about 500 million Tang Yuan, and more than 2,400 yuan is repaid every year.

When the government does not have enough tax revenue, there is always a way to tear down the east wall and make up for the west wall, or issue domestic bonds or borrow new ones to pay off the old, and if it doesn't work, sell some assets or something, and always find a way to deal with this huge debt.

After Secretary of the Treasury Robert Jr. settled the score, the Confederate States of America began to change their attitude and did not shy away from discussing the sale of Texas.

Otherwise, everyone will be dragged down, and no one will be able to please them.

As for not paying off the debt, no one in the Confederate States of America (South) has really moved such a mind, the Tang Empire was originally a man-eating tiger, who would dare to provoke him if he could coax him?

Isn't that a great death?

The matters were closely consulted, and the matter could not be decided for a while, because of the great interests at stake, so that in the second quarter of 1862 the whole of North America passed peacefully in the process of recovery and the rebuilding of the social foundation.

After the abundant grain, oil and milk products of the Tang Empire arrived in the north and south of the United States in a steady stream, the original rampant famine was suppressed.

Emperor Richard returned to the imperial capital of Chang'an at this time because the National Day was approaching.

At that time, Chang'an will hold a grand military parade ceremony, and the officers and soldiers of the expedition will enter through the tall and majestic triumphal arch that is being built on Danfenghuang Street, and be inspected by the emperor in the cheers of thousands of people.

Later, Richard will personally go to the Martyrs' Shrine to pay homage to the martyrs, comfort the souls of the imperial army who opened up the territory, and hold the 7749 days of water and land ceremonies.

At the same time, a great court meeting should be held, and after sacrificing heaven and earth and ancestors, the generals of the army will be given titles and titles, and the prisoners of the world will be rewarded and amnesty, and the whole country will celebrate.

By holding this series of grand activities, we will further unite people's hearts, strengthen the people's sense of belonging and honor to the Tang Empire, and use newspaper public opinion to praise the great achievements of His Majesty the Emperor over and over again, and praise the invincible and invincible strength of the imperial army, which will surely win widespread praise and reverence from the people.

In addition to the victory parade, parades and various celebrations in the imperial capital of Chang'an, various places should also hold celebrations according to local conditions, dragon boat rowing, rowing in places with lakes and rivers, horse racing, dragon and lion dances, stilt walking in inland areas, or poetry competitions, or lantern riddles, fireworks and other celebrations to celebrate the glorious victory of the Tang Empire in the North American War.

As Richard envisioned;

The victory commemoration should be held in a grand and grand manner, and it does not have to cost much more, but it is necessary to mobilize as many people as possible to participate, so that everyone can feel the strength and pride of the empire.