The negotiation seemed to have reached a deadlock just after it started. All the representatives present looked at Li Ningyu, but he was smiling and drinking tea. It seemed that everything had nothing to do with him. Representatives from various countries began to talk in low voices, and then
Within more than ten minutes, representatives from some countries prepared to leave, but were told by the soldier guarding the door that the meeting was still in progress and that he could not open the door without an order.
At this time, the representatives from various countries were in a frenzy. Some were wondering if Li Ningyu was going to kill the donkey, and some were wondering if Li Ningyu would put them under house arrest, etc. But then they saw him finishing a cup of tea.
Li Ningyu stood up with a smile and signaled to the representatives of each country to be calm. Then a staff officer handed them pieces of white paper with the names of each country, and at the same time told them that this seemingly ordinary piece of paper was in front of them.
The contents of the white paper are confidential and cannot be shown to representatives of other countries.
Then the originally noisy conference room became so quiet that one could hear each other's breathing. Some country representatives' expressions changed after seeing the content on the white paper. The next hour was spent in such silence.
The time gradually came to noon, and then Li Ningyu continued to greet the representatives of various countries to have a meal together with a smile, and the famous 11-nation summit ended after the strange blank paper appeared.
As the representatives from each country left, Li Ningyu became anxious, wondering if these things could really change them?
Fortunately, in the following period, news came from various countries, and good things happened one after another, one after another.
Over the years, the business empire that Li Ningyu created from scratch has been making money every day, but the expenses have also increased immediately. However, in the two huge profit-making monopoly transactions of tobacco and rare earths, Li Ningyu has become rich enough to rival the country.
Some arrangements were made for these funds, such as 17 million pounds that were directly converted into the world's main currency in the 19th century, about 3 tons of hard currency gold reserves, and 16.5 million taels of silver.
At present, in addition to the money earned every month, which is all used for the huge military expenditures of the Far East Army, there is still a little bit leftover, but these are all used in the construction of North Korea, but this time Li Ningyu is ready to give it a go and use all the money
He spent all his savings because he knew he had to establish a foothold in Africa, otherwise it would be more difficult to change history. This time he really made a desperate move.
No need to guess too much. The blank paper that each country’s representatives received at this 11-nation summit is a huge purchase list. Some countries have supplies, some have machinery and equipment, and some have science and technology.
, in short, Li Ningyu once again used his usual method of beating people to death with money.
Among all the countries, the German representative, as a secret ally, first visited Tung Chi Island again. The German Empire was located in western Europe and was one of the fastest growing countries in technological innovation and the industrial age in the 19th century, so he was able to become the top three.
One of the great powers, if the purchase contract Li Ningyu gave to Germany this time was revealed, it would be very scary, because in addition to a large amount of raw materials, they were all kinds of mechanical equipment, and there were no ammunition for each gun. This made William
The Second Emperor was very satisfied, because Li Ningyu had already purchased too many weapons in Germany, and if he bought more weapons, Germany would be under considerable pressure.
However, Germany is also a resource-poor country and relies heavily on imports in terms of raw material supply and energy, except for hard coal, lignite and salt, so Li Ningyu included a large amount of lignite and salt in the material purchase list for them.
Lignite, also known as firewood coal, is the mineral coal with the lowest degree of coalification. It is a brown-black, matte low-grade coal between peat and bituminous coal. However, it has strong chemical reactivity and is easily weathered in the air. It is difficult to store and travel far.
Therefore, the Germans directly regard lignite as garbage or only use it for daily life in households around the production area.
But the Germans don’t know that lignite actually has many wonderful uses. Lignite has high water content and is easily weathered and broken in the air. However, its ignition point is as low as about 270 degrees. Therefore, it will cause spontaneous combustion if stored for more than two months, and the stacking height cannot be high.
More than two meters, but it is a good thing to use as fuel in power plants. It can also be used as chemical raw materials and catalysts. At the same time, buy a large number of industrial generators from Siemens.
Although the Germans did not know what Li Ningyu's plan was, it was a purchase worth no less than 1.5 million pounds. At this time, one pound was equal to about five U.S. dollars, which was 7.5 million U.S. dollars. In 1867, Alaska was transferred to Russia for 7.2 million U.S. dollars.
Sold to the United States for US dollars, that is 1.7 million square kilometers of land.
Li Ningyu didn't find it strange at all that Germany had such a reaction, and then the two began to sign some agreements, but Li Ningyu was not a fool. Allies are allies, and some things cannot be compromised, so there was another point in the agreement with Germany.
The secret agreement was to allow the Far East Fleet to replenish supplies at any port in the German-controlled area, and at the same time support the Far East on the Somali issue.
And just after Li Ningyu sent away the German representatives, representatives from Russia and Italy also came to Tongchi Island again. As a country that continuously oppressed the Qing Dynasty in the East and had a lot of conflicts with China in history, it was impossible for Li Ningyu to
They regard them as allies, but Russia also has many advantages. At present, when Li Ningyu does not have the absolute right to speak, he still needs to use some of their power to expand himself.
The main resources of Tsarist Russia are crude oil and coal, and the remaining resources are aluminum and iron, so Li Ningyu also signed a purchase agreement with Russia of about 800,000 pounds, and 70% of it is crude oil, because Li Ningyu knows that although internal combustion engines still use coal,
Crude oil will be the main fuel in the near future, so Li Ningyu needs to start stockpiling a large amount of raw materials now.
It seemed relatively simple to sign the agreement, because Tsarist Russia had already prepared it. At the end, Li Ningyu did not forget to tell the Russian representative, asking him to take him to say hello to Alexander II, and mentioned one thing, that is, about the state of Alaska.
It was sold to the United States for US$7.2 million, and Li Ningyu was willing to pay three times the price. Then he sent away the stunned Russian representative, and then it was the turn of the Italian representative.
Seeing the representatives of Tsarist Russia slowly leaving, the Italian representatives also ran over quickly, and then followed Li Ningyu into the small conference room. As two opposing forces, the Italian representatives were full of contradictions, but in the
After receiving Li Ningyu's white paper and looking at it carefully, the Italian representative immediately sent the official document back to China. Within just three days, he received a reply, and then he immediately came to Tongchi Island without stopping.
Compared with other European powers, Italy has disadvantages such as poor resources and a late start of industry. However, Italy's sulfur resources and crude oil processing capabilities are very outstanding. It will be known as the European refinery in later generations, so Li Ningyu's conditions are a large number of
Purchase of oil refining equipment and sulfur.
Vote to support the author and receive points and k-beans