The Rise of the Empire

"This number is achievable," said Rutte. Is $100 million a lot? But only 40 million pounds. Because of the antagonism between Britain and the United States, the trade volume between Britain and the United States is not as hot as in history. Historically, 30% of American exports went to Britain, 12% went to Canada, and 14% went to Germany. At this level, the total export volume of the United States and the British Commonwealth accounted for less than 20% of the US exports, but the export volume to Germany accounted for 30% of the total export volume! Although Germany imports a lot more from the United States, another very important reason is that the deterioration of the overall external environment of the United States has led to a sharp decline in US imports and exports...

  It is impossible for the Americans to give German loans for free. Germany must purchase things from the United States, so this is tantamount to stimulating exports in disguise. Although £40 million may seem like a lot, the Americans are actually not paying much! Instead, there are some benefits.

And in terms of total volume, historically, Americans in 1900 exported 1.394 billion U.S. dollars and imported 850 million U.S. dollars. A loan of 100 million U.S. dollars is not a problem for the US government, even those of Wall Street financiers. We all feel that they are not divided enough. After all, many people cannot invest in physical industries when there is a small amount of foreign exports, so the money for playing finance has increased...

   "But what do you mean by a mortgage?" Secretary of State Rutt suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked a very important issue.

   "It's very simple. The Germans need to pay some price. We can't give the Germans a low-interest loan for free. If we lose the interest, we have to make up for it in other ways! For example, the colony!" Roosevelt said with a slight smile.

"You don't mean to fight for the German colony in the Far East?" Benson thought for a while and said, but with this little money, it might be more difficult for the Germans to sell their colony. This is not when we started from Russia. It's time to buy Alaska.

"But they want to fight, they need funds, and once the Far East goes to war, these colonies will soon be occupied by the Japanese. Even if Germany wins after the war, it will be difficult for them to get it back, right? The German navy does not It is not a global fleet. The geographical environment restricts them. Why don't they use these islands to exchange some loans?" Roosevelt asked rhetorically.

  "Because they are Germans, not Americans, you are considering this issue entirely from the perspective of an American." Benson said calmly. "But to be honest, I still support this proposal. Except for North America and Hawaii, our fleet cannot be deployed anywhere else. If we want to maintain our influence in the Far East, we must maintain a fleet in the Far East. fleet.

  As a navy general, Benson naturally hopes to get this base. In fact, the Americans had this idea for a long time. They first stationed and then wanted to rent a place to build a military port, but because of Germany’s opposition, the Americans’ plan remained at the first step...

  However, the Americans’ desire to expand in the Far East has never been extinguished. Someone asked why the United States is so persistent in expanding in Asia. First, Asian raw materials are indeed very important to the current American industry. The raw materials imported by the United States from Asia account for about 20% of imports. Another problem is that Americans cannot enter the European and African markets. South America has already entered. Now the only thing that can expand is in Asia. This is also impossible.

And economic interests are guaranteed by guns. Therefore, with the increase in economic interests, Americans have more urgent needs for the military presence in the Far East. In fact, they support Russia in order to be able to extend their hands and feet in the Far East, but unfortunately, this time The action is obviously going to fail. That's why Roosevelt and a staff of staff came up with such a problem. In Roosevelt's plan, if the "conditions are right", the United States can take over Germany's sphere of influence in the Far East. The strategic significance here is much stronger than Samoa, where the United States and Germany competed for a long time!

   "This question can actually be touched. As the war situation becomes clearer, I think the Germans will consider our opinions." Roosevelt said.

   "Well, you are the boss, you have the final say, but I hope that if we really want to talk about this in the future, it is better not to come from Bavaria." Benson said.

"He, 80% of us met him!" Roosevelt shivered after hearing what Benson said. The exchanges between him and the prince were not so pleasant. They had many confrontations. The frustration afterwards made him a little scared.

   "If it is really this prince, I am afraid that Secretary of State Rutte will have some little trouble." Pershing said jokingly.

   "Hehe, the final decision is the parliament and the president, and trouble is also their business." Rutte said disapprovingly on the surface. But in fact, I have already deeply remembered this name. Although Ruprecht has done a lot of things, most of them are done behind the scenes. People in the circle will know more about it, but for For most people, this name is just a symbol, telling them that there is such a great person in the aristocratic circle of Germany, eh.

"Then are we inviting him to come to the United States to talk about it~www.readwn.com~ or do we go to Germany to talk about it?" Rutte asked, this matter is not a good decision. First of all, how this resolution is passed by Congress is a troublesome matter, although On the whole, the relationship between the United States and Britain is quite bad, but because of economic interests, there are always some American capitalists who want to get closer to the British, and this proposal, which is clearly inclined to Germany, will obviously be resisted by these people. And if you go to Germany to talk, it will be the opponent's home court. It seems that the Americans have fallen a bit.

"It is best to come to the United States to talk about it. If we want to promote this matter to be negotiated, then we should create a more intimate atmosphere, and German politicians do rarely come to the United States. This is abnormal. The preparations can be done as soon as possible. , If possible, I hope tomorrow." Roosevelt said.

"Okay, yes, during the recent exchanges between the two navies, we suddenly found a very abnormal signal. The new batch of German warships has been completed and will be launched soon. As quasi-ally, they have provided us with some new types of warships. For the battleship information, I once thought that the Germans were exaggerating, or that their information was wrong." Benson said, handing a copy of the information to Roosevelt.

"It has made our years of catching up to a bubble, and a new competition is about to begin. But fortunately, this competition is beneficial to the United States." Roosevelt looked at the contents of the document for a long time. Just said such a sentence.

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