The Rise of the Empire

"That number is achievable," Root said. Is $100 million a lot? It’s only 40 million pounds. Because of the rivalry between Britain and the United States, the trade volume between Britain and the United States is not as hot as it has been in history. In history, 30% of American exports went to the United Kingdom, 12% to Canada, and 14% to Germany. But In this plane, the total export volume of the United States and the Commonwealth accounted for less than 20% of the US export volume, but the export volume to Germany accounted for 30% of the total export volume! Although Germany has imported 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 the import and export of the United States...

It is impossible for the Americans to give loans to Germany for free. Germany must purchase things from the United States, so this is tantamount to stimulating exports in disguise. Although 40 million pounds may seem like a lot, in fact the Americans paid not much! On the contrary, there are some advantages.

And from the perspective of the total amount, historically, Americans exported 1.394 billion U.S. dollars in 1900 and imported 850 million U.S. dollars. A loan of 100 million U.S. dollars is not a problem for the U.S. government, even those Wall Street financiers We all feel that it is not enough. After all, in the case of few foreign exports, many people cannot invest in the real industry, so the money for playing finance has increased...

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

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

"You don't mean to plan for Germany's colonies in the Far East, do you?" Benson thought for a while and said, but with this amount of money, it may be more difficult for the Germans to sell their colonies. Time to buy Alaska.

"But they want to fight, they need funds, and once the Far East goes to war, they can't take care of it. 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, isn't it? The German navy does not Not a global fleet. Geography limits them, why don't they use these islands in exchange for some loans?" Roosevelt asked rhetorically.

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

As an admiral, Benson naturally hoped to get the base. In fact, the Americans have had this kind of idea for a long time. They were stationed at first, and then they wanted to rent a place to build a military port. However, because of Germany's opposition, the American plan is still at the first step....

However, the idea of ​​Americans wanting to expand in the Far East has never been extinguished. Some people ask why the United States is so determined to expand in Asia. First, Asian raw materials are indeed very important to the current American industry. The United States imports raw materials from Asia, accounting for about 20% of its imports. Another problem is that Americans cannot enter the European and African markets, and South America has already entered. Now the only way to expand is in the direction of Asia. This is also impossible.

And economic interests are guaranteed by the barrel of a gun. Therefore, as economic interests increase,

Americans also have a more urgent need for a military presence in the Far East. In fact, they support Russia in order to stretch their hands and feet in the Far East. Unfortunately, this operation is obviously about to fail. That's why Roosevelt and his staff came up with such a question. 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 that of Samoa, where the United States and Germany fought for half a day!

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

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

"He, he is probably the one we met!" After hearing what Benson said, Roosevelt trembled a little. The communication between him and the prince was not very pleasant. The final frustration made him also a little scared.

"If it's really this prince, I'm afraid Secretary Root will be in some trouble." Pershing jokingly said.

"Hehe, it's the parliament and the president that make the final decision, and it's their business to make trouble." Root said with disapproval on the surface. But in fact, this name has been deeply engraved in my heart. Although Ruprecht **** has done a lot of things, most of them are done behind the scenes, and more people in the circle will know more about it. , but for the vast majority of people, this name is just a symbol, telling them that there is such a person in the German aristocratic circle, very powerful, um.

"So should we invite him to come to the United States to talk, or should we go to Germany?" Rutte asked. This matter is not easy to decide. The relationship 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 that is obviously 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 are a little undervalued.

"It's best to come to the United States to negotiate. If we want to promote this matter, then we should create a more intimate atmosphere. It is true that German politicians rarely come to the United States. This is not normal. The preparations can be done as early as possible. , if possible, I hope tomorrow." Roosevelt said.

"Okay, by the way, during the recent exchanges between the navies of the two sides, we suddenly discovered a very abnormal signal. The new batch of warships of the Germans has been completed and is about to be launched. As quasi-allies, they have provided us with some new warships. For the information on the battleship, I once thought that the Germans were exaggerating, or that their information was wrong." Benson said and handed a copy of the information to Roosevelt.

"It made our catch-up for many years come to naught, and a new competition is about to start. But it is also good, this competition is beneficial to the United States." After looking at the content of the document, Roosevelt thought for a long time Just said such a sentence.

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