However, Xiao Qi is not motivated by personal interests. When dealing with Russia, he is more like a national comprador.

The benefits and benefits provided by Russia basically fell into the hands of China, and Xiao Qi himself received very little.

Even those oil Xiaoqi are not needed at all.

The Tsar has been thinking about how to make friends with Xiao Qi.

If you want others to help, then you must give benefits.

Even if Xiao Qi is only helping Russia for the benefit of China, if more personal friendships can be established, there will be more cooperation on many things in the future.

It was also because of this that the Tsar used the excuse of being a "Russian friend" twice in a row to send Xiao Qi a lot of Chinese cultural relics stolen by Tsarist Russia.

Now when he met Xiao Qi directly, the Tsar raised the issue first and saw that Xiao Qi was willing to talk about it. This was a victory.

As for what price he would have to pay in the future, the Tsar did not care.

Russia has nothing, but there is no shortage of various resources. Take diamonds for example. The diamond mine exposed in the past two years is enough to be mined for 100 years. It doesn't matter if you give Xiao Qi thousands or tens of thousands of carats. Anyway, it doesn't matter.

There is a lot of this stuff.

And China needs oil and natural gas, which is very simple. Russia is worried about not being able to sell more. Anyway, Russia's resources are so rich that they won't be able to sell them all in 300 years. Now many people in the country are very poor.

, exchanging oil and natural gas for more living supplies would be the best thing.

Hearing Xiao Qi talk about this matter, the Tsar took the initiative to give more bargaining chips: "Russia is very sincere in cooperating with China. It is expected that within two years at most, the first pipeline will officially start transporting

Gas and oil transportation, I dare not say that there will be more than that, but there will be a transmission quota of 30 billion US dollars a year. After five years, when the three lines are completed together, we are expected to reach an annual transaction volume of 100 billion US dollars."

Don't look at the fact that China has bought tens of billions of dollars of oil these past few times. If it is really used, we can eat no matter how much it is.

The living needs of a population of 1.5 billion, as well as industrial needs, will consume a large amount of oil and natural gas.

As mentioned before, China's current strategic oil storage capacity is only about one month. If you want to have more room in the future, you must have at least 90 days of inventory.

Even if Hua Guo has 180 days of inventory for half a year, it will not be too much at all.

At that time, like the United States, once the price of oil becomes too outrageous, China can immediately release its inventory and directly invest tens of billions or hundreds of billions of dollars in oil to stabilize oil prices.

Not to mention natural gas. In 2013, China's annual natural gas usage exceeded 150 billion cubic meters in the previous life. It is similar in this life. In 2010 this year, it is estimated that more than 120 billion cubic meters will be used.

According to some estimates, natural gas consumption in power, industry, transportation and other sectors will further increase. By 2020, annual gas consumption will reach 300 billion cubic meters.

Everyone knows that natural gas is a derivative of oil. Since China is short of oil, it must be short of natural gas.

Natural gas is also much more widely used than oil.

In cities in China, every household basically uses natural gas. Even if it is not piped natural gas, it is still canned liquefied gas.

Even in areas that are not so remote, the original old stove methods are gradually being phased out, and canned liquefied gas and even piped natural gas are being used.

Think about it, almost 1 billion people use natural gas for eating, bathing, etc. How much consumption is this?

Then there are almost all public transportation resources in China, such as buses, taxis, etc., which use gas, and there are millions of vehicles modified to use gas, which is also a huge consumption.

From this point of view, China's natural gas resource storage, even if it is stored for an additional year and a half, with a storage capacity of 500 days, there is no need to worry about running out of consumables related to people's lives. Then

It’s definitely profitable!

Russia's natural gas resources supply almost half of Europe, and there is still a lot of surplus. Therefore, shipping it to China can not only solve the problem of overproduction, but also increase revenue. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The Chinese have a very good reputation when it comes to payments, and they are not as rogue as countries like Ukraine.

Xiao Qi also understands that if you want to obtain the most stable oil and natural gas resources, Russia is the most reliable source.

After all, the two countries are directly adjacent to each other, so there is no need to worry about Europe and the United States setting up checkpoints in the middle for you. If anything happens, you will be immediately stopped.

Moreover, Russia is not rich, which further ensures that they need a stable super market.

No matter in every aspect, China is their best export trading partner.

If we want to have a stronger relationship with Russia, it seems that we need to come up with more things.

"Russia's monetary system is not sound." Xiao Qi mused, "Because oil and natural gas exports are the main driving force of Russia's economy. Once this problem is not solved, it is difficult to say how much the Russian economy can withstand the blow. And the currency is

It is closely related to economic development, so in fact the Russian ruble is also very fragile.

If you follow my opinion, Russia should develop its own processing trade as much as possible, which is not as simple as the export of energy, food, resources, etc. Only if Russia's industry develops, for example, can it deeply process petroleum and other products, and obtain enough

Only by increasing the profit margin can we be able to withstand the pressure.”

"industry?"

The Tsar smiled bitterly, "Russia has a population of only 200 million, and 130 million are women. Such a population of 200 million is spread over a vast territory. They are not diligent enough on weekdays. How can we develop industry?"

"There are many types of industries." Xiao Qi said with a smile, "For example, Russia's military industry is very powerful, and we can definitely use this to do something."

"Where?" the Tsar asked smartly and succinctly.

Xiao Qi stood up, walked to the Tsar, poured some water from a glass of water, drew a rough outline, and then clicked on a location.

Then he walked back.

The tsar was once an agent and had a very strong memory. Although Xiao Qi simply drew a map just now, he could clearly see that what Xiao Qi drew was the Mediterranean area.

And if I read it correctly, Xiao Qi’s last point was the central area of ​​Qiongdao in the Underground.

And the name of the country in that place was already known to the Tsar...

The tsar then smiled, "Where... is it possible that a spark of fire could start a prairie fire?"

"There is no doubt." Xiao Qidao said, "The man who has ruled for 40 years has not made much achievements. He only pays attention to his own enjoyment and ignores the construction of the country and the gathering of people's hearts. If there is not too strong help, a war will begin.

After that, within half a year at most, he will be wiped out."

"So, what can we do?" the Tsar asked, tilting his head.

"I don't know. Anyway, if you want to intervene, hurry up. Others will intervene at the beginning of next year at the latest." Xiao Qi said, "Although that person has not made any achievements, and his mind has been corrupted by Wenrou Township, as long as he gives up in advance

If you fantasize, the large amount of US dollars in his hand can still be used as waste."

"So... there is no way to recover it?" the Tsar thought.

"It's difficult unless you go directly into battle." Xiao Qi said, "So the best way is to take advantage of the current time to directly communicate with that person to let him know the seriousness, and then purchase large amounts of Russian equipment.

Actively prepare for war. The longer the war lasts, the more money will naturally be made."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Qi said, "Russia can even adopt a tougher attitude at the beginning. In order to appease you, they will definitely have to give up some of their interests. There are rich oil resources there! Whether it is for their own use at that time,

Whether it is selling it to others, Russia will always have its own limits on whether it advances or retreats."

"Pa bang bang..."

The Tsar did not answer, but clapped his hands, and the light in his eyes was visible.

…

"Your Excellency, we believe that what Xiao Qi said is very likely to happen, but we don't know why he is so anchored that the entire country will not be able to support it for half a year." An aide stood beside the tsar and said respectfully.

, "Although their army is weak, the opposition is even weaker. No matter how tyrannical Europe and the United States are, they don't dare to openly send troops, right?"

"His army is just a paper tiger." The tsar said disdainfully. "I have been promoting him for half a year. If we really send ground troops there, he will be finished in three months at most."

"We have calculated that if we try our best to build a good relationship with him, and he already knows that things are not quite right, he should purchase our equipment. He will hope to gain our support by purchasing equipment." Another staff member said solemnly.

He said, "It is expected that at least 5 billion US dollars of equipment can be sold. If the fight lasts for a long time, it can reach 20 billion US dollars, and our profits are very high."

"But I don't know why Xiao Qi would take the initiative to talk to us about this. This will not be of any benefit to China." Another aide said in confusion.

"Why is there no benefit?" the tsar said calmly, "Russia and Europe and the United States are facing each other there, and the center of gravity of Europe and the United States will shift to Russia. The pressure on China will naturally be reduced a lot, and Europe and the United States will even show goodwill to China.

, give some benefits to prevent them from falling further to us!"

"So that's it!" The staff suddenly realized, "Then if we do what he says, we will be fooled!"

"No, we must do this!"

The Tsar's answer surprised everyone.

He looked around and sighed when he found that everyone looked confused.

The Russians are pretty good at fighting, but when it comes to their skills and minds, they are not that good. They are far behind Xiao Qilai!

"First, we in Russia can obtain a large number of weapons orders, consume a large amount of inventory, create more industrial output value, and earn more US dollars. Based on this alone, we cannot refuse." The tsar said,

"Then more importantly, if Russia takes advantage there, we will firmly drive a nail into the Mediterranean, directly facing the hinterland of France. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Even if we can't gain a foothold there, they will still give us some compensation in order to let us withdraw. Taking some benefits from the hands of European and American countries is very good for the national confidence of our entire country. This proves that

We are also capable of fighting against Europe and the United States and making our own voice heard!"

Having said this, the Tsar sighed again, "This is what the Orientals call an upright plan! Even if you see through it, you still have to do what they want... Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, you are truly smart.
Chapter completed!