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"Your Excellency, you must admit that your railway plan is very ambitious, but what I want to ask is that with the current chaos in your country, do you think our country's nationals will buy your railway bonds?"

A voice sounded, and the French consul saw that his attention was focused on him. He smiled and shrugged, "Besides, your country does not seem to have the strength to repay the debts owed in five or ten years. This... Please forgive me for your liberty, your country and you are not enough to pay for your ambitions."

Zhu Erdian breathed a sigh of relief and was willing to stand aside and smiled at France's questioning. To be honest, he still tended to be the old Yuan Shikai, rather than Li Han, who was young and energetic, and had an unhidden nationalist tendency in his bones. Zhu Erdian was obviously more alert than to his big railway bonds. If Yuan Shikai proposed this plan, there would undoubtedly be even if he bet on his diplomat's life, he would have tried his best to promote the support of the empire and the Japanese consul. But soon a few people discovered that the other party had prepared for their actions, and his confidence did not come from the expected Germany, but...

"Your Excellency, you have been in China for several years, but why are you still ignoring the changes in this country with the old eyes of a few years ago? Now this country has achieved a republic, and the people are eager to develop the railway industry. Moreover, the economic development of the Republic of China has been very rapid in recent years. In just one year of the inspection, the inspector purchased more than 17 million US dollars of machinery from my country. Many Chinese companies are very eager to strengthen economic cooperation with the Republic of China. Speaking of railway construction, I am afraid that no country in the world can compare with our country. my country completed 11,752 million railways last year, and the total length of domestic railways has exceeded.

400,000 kilometers, both the Northwest Railway Company and the Central Railway Company have experience in building more than tens of thousands of kilometers of railways. In the past few years, there was also a period of cooperation between my country and the Republic of China on the construction of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. If it were not for the fact that your former government had caused a series of disputes due to the 'state-owned railway', I am afraid that the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway has been completed. Therefore, our country supports your country's railway construction plan very much. After the banquet, I will personally go to Shanghai to visit several representatives of my country's Bank of China. If the inspection has made you make a decision, our country will assist you in completing the negotiation of the public debt plan as soon as possible. What do you think?"

The US representative Side rushed out to protect Li Han's railway bonds at the first time, which made the French consul speechless and also surprised the representatives of other countries. If this was a Chinese or a German, Jurden would definitely think that the other party was bluffing, but this was said by an American diplomat. This is probably not a bluffing. After the time entered the 20th century, although the US government was still carrying huge foreign debts, it was undoubtedly subject to Britain and France.

The American consortium supported by countries, but the bank groups, with the help of the great development in the half century after the American Civil War, jumped to the ranks of the richest in the world, and were born one after another, such as Morgan, Rockefeller, Federal Steel, Trust Industrial Consortium, etc., and even some century-old European companies would be jealous of wealth. If the American consortium recognizes itself as the second, even if the country's national trend is beginning to decline, the UK can only rely on the Bank of England to control the world's gold pricing power and recognizes itself as the first.

Importantly, Side's words show that for the sake of the huge "large railway construction bond", the greedy bankers and consortiums in the United States may have planned to abandon the United States' usual neutral position in China and are preparing to go barefoot in person. This is definitely not good news.

Zhu Erdian frowned. Li Han was undoubtedly very pro-Germany. If he took the opportunity to get close to the United States, the Germans who had been trying to win over allies in the world and provoking the empire would definitely not miss this good opportunity. Perhaps the "Germany, US and China Alliance" ten years ago would be proposed again... At that time, it would be fine if Yuan Shikai continued to rule the country, if... his eyes looked at the young man who always had a smile on his face. If he won the victory of the power of the Republic of China, then it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the empire.

In recent years, this poor and ignorant country has rapidly diverted the mainstream consciousness after the revolution. The contact between some people and the Japanese has made the empire uneasy, and another dangerous wave has turned to Germany. With the support of Germany, it has quickly expanded and become a force that has enough to influence the Far East. Even though he is still very weak now, compared with Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group, which has only achieved slow development under the balanced support of the empire, the threat has undoubtedly begun to become fatal. The restlessness brewing in the Far East has made the empire begin to come back to its senses and re-adjust the strategy in the Far East.

All signs show that the foreign policy of the empire in the Far East for half a century has fallen behind. The resignation of his former minister is just a microcosm, but the empire seems to be a little old. He doubts the vision and decision-making ability of young politicians in the Far East. The Germans' various decision-making efficiency in the Far East over the past two years makes him feel incredible, but the country actually ignores this. Could it be that in their eyes, is the benefit of the empire's tens of millions of pounds per year in the Far East not as important as South Africa and the Middle East?

Juerdian thought he needed something, and the light of his eyes swept over Germany and Franz was still frowning. He thought, "Mr. Sidide, please be honest with you. In my opinion, what this country needs most is not railways but stability. The war last year hit the stable development situation just laid down. Although peace has been achieved between the north and the south, maintaining this kind of peace is not an easy thing. You and President Yuan lack some necessary channels for mutual understanding and communication. We believe that with your youth and courage, you may not be able to reach the top in the future.

The highest power stage of individual countries, but now, you cannot deny that President Yuan has been committed to resolving your country's financial crisis. What is missing in this country now? Military spending, education investment, national welfare, connections with other countries, etc. So, as a diplomat who has been in this country for decades, I only personally give you some suggestions on the big railway plan on behalf of me. You need to postpone some time. You might as well wait for us to send the information back to the country to test the enthusiasm of the domestic people for railway construction bonds issued by your local government, and then it is not too late to negotiate."

Li Han shook his head, "I heard a slang in the United States, 'Convenient transportation can bring endless wealth' A slogan from the United States when building the Pacific Railway. With this symbol of the American spirit, the great country on the other side of the ocean took half a century to build hundreds of thousands of kilometers of railways. The developed transportation not only allowed the two countries to truly unite together, but also quickly embarked on the road of prosperity and strength. The mood of our people at this time was just like the American people half a century ago.

Poverty, disease, war, backwardness, nothing can defeat our country's enthusiasm for building railways and embarking on a road of prosperity and strength. If your country and the French government fail to approve our decision to issue railway construction bonds in your country, then we can only express our regrets. However, thanks to Mr. Side's care, I have sent a representative to your country to contact tens of millions of overseas Chinese overseas. After your government has a resolution, our country will submit an application for issuing bonds to your government in the shortest time."

"Russia is very supportive of your railway enthusiasm. I will then inform our minister. I believe that His Majesty the Emperor will also be very interested in your country issuing public bonds in Petrograd, our country. Of course, our country hopes to obtain the right to build the Lanzhou Railway."

The Russian bearded man was straightforward, and Li Han felt unhappy, but his face did not show any signs because of the outstanding performance of the old bitch for decades. This country that she played with was getting weaker and weaker, even when loans to Belgium and the Netherlands, such as small European countries, usually have some political terms when they need to be mortgaged. To put it bluntly, the Russians have long been the idea of ​​stolen the influence of China's hinterland. This time, he directly opened his mouth to seize the construction rights of the Lanzhou Railway.

"Your Excellency, what our country needs is railway public debt, not railway construction loans, using the right to roads of these provinces as collateral, has touched the psychological bottom line of our people. In recent years, our people's wisdom has begun to begin. The people are very sensitive to some government behaviors that may involve selling national sovereignty. Therefore, the construction rights of Lanzhou Railway are never possible to be transferred to your country."

His voice was very soft, and people could not hear the displeasure in his heart. Seeing that German Franz had been standing aside and silently, Li Han frowned and seemed to Franz expressed his dissatisfaction with silence and silence. Germany had begun to regard his power as a potential market for Germany. German Franz had even conveyed his domestic opinions to him when he proposed to issue railway construction bonds. Germany was willing to provide him with no less than 1 billion marks of funds in the next twenty years, in order to swallow the nearly 20,000 kilometers of railway construction rights of the Republic of China that he had planned.
Chapter completed!