057 Minister Hua John
Prophecy that Lincoln's assassination was the biggest bet Xiao Letian made after traveling through time. In Xiao Letian's big plan, the United States' help was very critical. Of course, Xiao Letian would not expect Lincoln to be grateful to him because of this information and then give him countless benefits. That would be unrealistic and would not be allowed by American laws.
The United States was not the Qing Dynasty. Politicians could only exert their own influence, not do whatever they wanted like the emperor. But as long as Lincoln could exert positive influence on Xiao Letian, this was enough. With Lincoln's current reputation in the United States, the little influence he exerted on himself was enough to make trouble in the Qing Dynasty.
Hua Ruohan stared at Xiao Letian with a flash of eyes. This old man understands psychology very well. He understands that a person's essence must be understood when he encounters a huge magnitude. The young man in front of him, who is less than thirty years old, is like standing in a cave where sesame opens. The test he can withstand depends on himself. Updated at the first time
My husband turned around and took a heavy wooden box from the hands of the little black man Saimen and gently placed it in front of Xiao Letian. "This is a private gift given to you by the president. He knows that you have experienced a harsh night battle with Lewis in the mountains, so..." Hua Ruohan opened the box, and the metallic luster instantly came to his face.
What a beautiful two revolver, this is definitely a special version customized by Colt. The silver-shining gun is etched with complex and symmetrical lucky clovers, Xiao Letian's name is carved on the ivory handle, the black holes of the six-round bullet casing exudes murderous aura, and the wooden box is full of golden bullets.
"This is a collectible pistol collected by Your Excellency the President. The craftsmen temporarily engraved your name and sent a special intelligence officer to you. There is also a document you need very much with these two pistols..." After saying that, Hua Ruohan took out a paper bag from his arms. When Xiao Letian opened it, he took a breath of air. The first time he updated.
"Honored Citizen! Honored Citizen signed by the President? The US government has accepted me as an American citizen... Oh my God, do you actually recognize dual nationality?"
Xiao Letian tried hard to find all the information about honorary citizens from the memory bank, but the lack of information was almost zero. In this way, this qualification must be very difficult to obtain.
Hua Ruohan understood Xiao Letian's confusion. "Honorable citizens are very rare. Only two were awarded during the war. Because of your reward, the president and his staff were quarreling. In the end, everyone nodded because of the injury..."
"It's just a conditional. Your honorary citizenship certificate has been listed as a top-seal and sealed and cannot be announced within two hundred years. So you are just an ordinary American citizen now, but I think this can also protect you..."
Xiao Letian breathed a long sigh in his heart. These two gifts were carefully selected by the President. The first update was that why did Hua Ruohan keep asking about his identity just now? This shows that the US intelligence department is already very suspicious of Xiao Letian. The president gave Xiao Letian the identity of a citizen, which is to protect him.
Whether it is a gun or this identity, this expresses the meaning of "protection". Xiao Letian's lies can deceive most people, but cannot deceive Western politicians. It can be foreseeable that when Xiao Letian's reputation becomes higher and higher, his identity will definitely be exposed by those big names. If this lie is exposed, it will be a fatal blow to Xiao Letian.
This is called timely help. The identity of an American citizen has completely fulfilled Xiao Letian's lies. From today on, countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Russia and other countries can no longer attack Xiao Letian's identity. In the summer of 1865, Xiao Letian finally became a person with no legal flaws. Please come to more and faster chapters.
"Thank you for your love for me. This gift is so important to me, thank you!"
Hua Ruohan smiled slightly and sighed in his heart, "This is a truly smart person. He actually understood the meaning behind what I just said so quickly. It seems that this person can really cooperate. It seems that it is not a bad idea to support an emerging force among the many forces in the Qing Dynasty!"
As the topic goes here, the atmosphere becomes much more harmonious. The minister did not continue to entangle the secret of Xiao Letian's identity, because he knew that Xiao Letian would never tell him the truth. His warning was nothing more than to make Xiao Letian grateful to the US government. Please come with more and faster chapters.
The musket and identity documents were considered private gifts given to Xiao Letian by Lincoln, and the real negotiations were followed.
"I think Pastor Lewis has conveyed my request to the Minister. I wonder what you are thinking?" Xiao Letian asked while the iron was hot.
Xiao Letian saved Lincoln's life. What he wanted was not two pistols and an identity document. What he needed was the United States to provide support in the early stages of his career, funds, technology and weapons, which were all urgently needed by Xiao Letian.
When he was in Beijing, Xiao Letian once revealed to Lewis the list he wanted, and believed that this list had already arrived in the United States.
Four coin machines produced in the United States, three armed flying scissors, and allow Xiao Lotte’s business to conduct the most urgently needed silver trade. Updated as soon as possible. This is a matter that Xiao Lotte is currently in urgent need of help from the United States. Of course, these are not free. Both mechanical equipment and armed merchant ships need Xiao Lotte to buy at a high price.
In Xiao Letian's plan, Taibaiding's Yingyang Foundry was too unsafe. When Xiao Letian learned from Xiang Shaolong that he had been surrounded by a group of people from high to high green forests, he knew that Taibaiding's coin factory would be exposed sooner or later.
So Xiao Letian needed an absolutely safe place to mint coins. The smart Xiao Letian turned his attention to the vast sea at a glance. The ship that is most suitable for carrying coin minting machinery was the first to think of the flying scissor ship produced in the United States.
The coin minting machine produced in the United States and the complete set of steam boilers can be installed on a fly-scissor ship. The melting point of silver is not high, so it will be very simple to melt. Please come in more and faster chapters. The latest coin minting machine is not minted with silver water, but is directly stamped with a machine, which not only improves production capacity and increases safety.
As for the remaining two fly-scissors, they can travel between the North American mainland and China, and sell Chinese tea, silk, pig bristles, rhubarbs, etc. to the United States through the hands of the Chinese, and get the most urgently needed silver.
At that time, the United States was in the gold rush, and the mainstream trading currency in Europe and the United States was still gold, and silver was only used as an auxiliary currency, so Xiao Lotte's procurement plan still had a great possibility of success.
The price of silver ore and silver ingots that have not been melted or are just initially melted has at least 15% price difference between the price and the Qing currency. In addition, Xiao Letian used Yuan Datou's casting process, and 10% of copper was added to it, which is a 25% gross profit.
If the profits snatched from the Qing Dynasty fire consumption, then the profit points of Xiao Letian's privately minted silver coins will reach an astonishing 30% to 35%. On the surface, this profit points seem ordinary, but this business is a business without cost! You don't have to consider purchasing, sales, inventory, backlog or even after-sales service. As long as the silver is obtained, the machine will naturally make a fortune.
Xiao Letian knew that his plan was absolutely perfect, but the key was to get support from the US government. Whether it was a coining machine or an armed fly-scissor ship, these were not ordinary goods and were generally not sold to private people. The right to trade silver is a key link. If the US government does not nod, Xiao Letian's merchant ship would not be able to take away one or two silver.
Now the atmosphere in the private room became solemn again. Minister Hua Ruohan and Xiao Letian looked at each other for three minutes. The minister did not directly answer Xiao Letian's question, "Mr. Xiao, besides the requests you made before, do you have any other requirements? It's better to be more private, I am very willing to help you..."
Hey! Xiao Letian felt a bad premonition in his heart at that time. Could it be that such a request was ruined? Can't even save life and save a few sets of equipment and a few ships? I'm not asking you for nothing. Can't I buy it for money?
"Dear Minister, I am not a greedy person. I have no personal requests. I still maintain my previous request. This is a win-win business. Can't you see it?"
Speaking of this, Xiao Letian changed the tone of the words "In the current Qing Dynasty, the people, including the government, were still very resistant to foreigners. Except for the opium trade and arms trade, you were doing more smoothly, and it was very difficult for you to sell other goods. Although there are everywhere on the market, I know that the sales volume is actually not much..."
"I can assure you that in the Qing Dynasty, you will never find the second Chinese who respects business rules more than me. Only I contact you with a fair and win-win mentality... Here I can reveal to you a little that my best friend is now in charge of the huge industrial zone plan of the Qing Dynasty. If the US government cooperates happily with me, I think your mother country will definitely get the largest piece of cake from it..."
Xiao Letian calmed down and sighed in his heart. He returned to the business negotiation table in the past. He did this in his previous life, but he didn't expect that he would have to do this after traveling through time. This is a headache. Please come to more and faster chapters.
When Xiao Letian said the four words "Industrial Special Zone", Minister Hua Ruohan's eyes suddenly lit up. The old man had already begun to inquire about the unique policy of the Qing government. He also knew that the policy was not going well. After all, this was an agricultural empire. If you want to try to understand what industry is, you must have a breakthrough.
But Hua Ruohan also knew that the first person to eat crabs would definitely get the largest piece of cake. If the Qing Dynasty chose American machinery and equipment, then the entire industrial system would follow the American habits and standards in the future. That would be a super big cake.
China is too big and has too many people. Although this behemoth has declined, its foundation for thousands of years is still terrible. Not to mention all industrial special zones, even if the United States can get two or three, it will be a big deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars! At that moment, Hua Ruohan was really moved.
Xiao Letian saw the hesitation in the minister's heart. He knew that the fish was about to bite the hook. Now that the American Civil War has just ended, it is time for everything to be done. If the Qing Dynasty opened its doors to the United States and sent large orders, it would definitely make the Americans ecstatic.
Unfortunately, the Qing government had no idea what was going on in this world. What a good opportunity to establish a good diplomatic relationship with the United States, and it was even possible to reach a short-term alliance. However, this opportunity was destined to be Xiao Letian. Those men who accompanied the little-footed women to drink flower wine should let them continue to sleep.
Minister Hua Ruohan was struggling for ten minutes. When his mouth moved slightly, even Lewis became nervous, let alone Xiao Letian. However, as soon as the minister said the words, Xiao Letian was stunned.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao... I can only regret to you. The President said that private friendship cannot be mixed into conspiracy. You cannot represent any government. Your private behavior is a crime. We cannot do business with criminals. This is immoral..."
Chapter completed!