Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 348: Negotiation (3)
Of course, the dinner will not be set up in the metropolitan hotel where the guests are staying, because this is not in accordance with diplomatic etiquette. In order to let visitors feel the generosity of the French, let Degou’s Governor’s Office book a room for this A high-end French restaurant named Champs Elysees. [Indestructible Dragon Emperor
] [Read the full text..] The dinner time is set at 8 o'clock that night, because it gets dark late in summer and autumn in Vietnam, and it is the time when the lights are on.
Due to the development of modern transportation and information industry, the culture and life of French Indochina is not too out of touch with the French mainland. Any fashion that is popular in Europe will definitely appear in this land in a few weeks. . Within a month, a large number of French and German troops arrived in the local area, which completely stabilized the hearts of the local people in Annan. The worries and fears on the people’s faces have been wiped out. The rulers of the colony can continue to indulge in the ease and luxury of life. .
The development of the war in Europe made the psychology of all French nationals ride a roller coaster. Until now, many officials still have lingering fears about the situation at that time. Compared to Japan's aggressive and explicit performance, the Siam Kingdom's army movement on the border makes them more worried. The French colonists can tolerate their choice to retreat under the strong force of the Japanese, but let them seek a compromise with a South Asian country that was beaten up by themselves more than 30 years ago, which will seriously hurt the strong self-esteem of the French. .
Now the French Indochinese soldiers are strong, and the French regular army has reached three infantry divisions. The colonial air force has been supplemented by 120 newest French fighters, and they are all handed over to pilots transferred from the mainland. Driving, these people have participated in the European war. Although few of them have performed in the war, they can be regarded as having a certain amount of actual combat experience. They are much stronger than the old soldiers who only circle the airport. .
The expats also saw the French heavy tank landing from Haiphong Port. The huge and heavy steel car body made the ignorant colonial civilians truly feel the greatness of the French Republic. At the same time, there are hundreds of medium and light tanks, all of which are the main equipment of the French army, and even the paint is new, reflecting in the sun. As a result, the only armored company in the colony submitted an application on the same day, requesting the scrapping of the twenty Renault tanks they had regarded as treasures.
Now the French Indochina Federation is very strong, especially when a group of German army, navy and air forces are stationed, it gives all federal officials a bit of confidence. Now they no longer have to be careful around with their tails. . Many people even began to hope that the Kingdom of Siam would immediately launch an armed provocation, so that the great French Republic could once again teach the monkeys in the jungle how to behave. [The Gate of Xuanjie]
Official emotions easily affect the people in the world. Kong Xiangxi and his team clearly felt the changes in the attitudes of the people around them. Not only the French nationals, but even the locals of Annan are now full of confidence. The look and spirit of society is completely different from what I saw earlier.
"Look, this is the background of the great powers." Tan Translation leaned on the car window, watching the endless stream of pedestrians on the street. It is already the most prosperous area in the city center, with a large number of shops, catering and entertainment venues, theaters, nightclubs and various senior member clubs.
"Compared with Shanghai Beach, there is still a big gap." Secretary Xia got off the boat in Shanghai when he returned from studying in the UK. Regarding the extravagance and modernity that he witnessed in that strange and eccentric largest city in the Far East, The feelings at that time are still fresh in his memory.
"Shanghai Beach is prosperous, but it hasn't fallen into the hands of the Japanese, but now the life in the concession should be much better than the previous two years." Tan translated also wandered in Shanghai for a while in his early years, but he was The impression of this city is not so good.
"Now you have to think about how you should behave at the banquet in a while. In addition to letting the Germans clear up their misunderstandings and release the blockade of our country’s traffic, if possible, it’s best to try the Germans again. Regarding the idea of cooperation between the two countries." Kong Xiangxi took his gaze back from the window, and he said seriously to the two subordinates.
"Sir, the specific content of the letter of intent submitted by Germany was rather vague. I probably don't want to expose their intentions too early." Sharp Xiong replied.
"The current situation of the government should be very clear to the Germans. I think at most it is the continuation of the Hebu Building plan. There will be no major breakthroughs." Tan Guang replied, although he served as an interpreter this time. But he is also the official secretary of the official residence secretariat.
Regarding the Hebu Building project, it should be an achievement that Kong Xiangxi was very proud of in his early years. Although he was suspected of picking fruits afterwards in this matter, it was he who signed the agreement on behalf of the Chinese government after all. The name.
As for Hebulou Company, there are a lot of materials for future generations, but because the researchers have different starting points, the materials are also mixed with too many personal consciousnesses.
I need to briefly introduce here. Hans Crane, the founder of Hebulou Company, is a veteran trader. He had previously operated import and export business in the East African colonies and had a lot of local connections and connections. [Fighting through the sky] After the war, the East African colony was dismembered, and Crane lost most of its local industry and business. Together with other German expats, Klein returned to Germany with his life savings, and then through a friend's recommendation, he took a stake in a bank called Engelhardt and started a financial business.
I never thought that this bank actually has a military background, and has been bypassing the surveillance of the League of Nations and quietly doing arms export business. Since then, Crane has joined the ranks of death merchants. With his superb business acumen and sophisticated trading methods, Crane’s arms business has grown and sold in more than a dozen countries in Eurasia. At that time, his main trading partners were Russia and Turkey, and he sold the same murderous weapons to two mortal enemies at the same time. From this we can see how thorough this arms dealer knows the industry.
At that time, he got acquainted with the former commander-in-chief of the German army, General Sekert, and through Sekert’s introduction, he began to develop trade contacts with China. The first Chinese force to cooperate with him was Li Zongren. The king of Guangxi was colluding with Chen Jitang of Guangdong to plot against Chiang. In order to develop the military, he specially hired a former German army captain Mader as a military adviser. When Captain Del returned to work in the country, he met Hans Crane through Seckett.
Kelan is now interested in expanding its business in the East, and Li Zongren is looking for a stable source of arms, so the two hit it off. Since then, Crane has been cooperating with China for more than ten years. After entering the Chinese market, Crane’s business and relations began to develop vigorously, and it also experienced some twists and turns. Finally, during the honeymoon period of Sino-German cooperation, it signed a Hebu Building plan with the Chinese government, which is a Sino-German cooperation. A package of trade packages between.
But at that time he was no longer a weapon businessman with a private bank background, but the owner of a German industrial products trading company. The backstage of this company was the German Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy. In fact, it was a private company wearing a vest. Official agency, and Crane’s status has also risen, becoming the general agent of German industrial enterprises' trade in China.
The trade method used in the Hebulou project was very appetizing of the government at the time. The Chinese government, lacking foreign exchange reserves, was unable to pay for the purchase of arms. In the first year of cooperation between the two sides, the Sino-German trade deficit exceeded two thousand. Two million marks, if cash trade is used, this will be an unbearable burden for the government.
At that time, Germany was also trying its best to prevent the outflow of foreign exchange reserves. Germany’s national transformation was not over yet, and the military’s full armament was almost complete. How could Hitler tolerate these foreign traders coming up to shear the wool and **** up the German government’s efforts? Wealth accumulated over the years. At this time, the German Nazi Party did not have the ability to shake the table, so it could only try to use some means within the framework of international trade rules.
Hitler issued an order that Germany no longer trades directly with other countries in cash and foreign exchange, but uses a method called a clearing agreement to complete the trade between the two parties. To put it bluntly, it is a barter transaction. For example, when importing a batch of goods, the importer pays the payment to the clearing bank in its own currency, while the clearing bank in the country where the trade object is located pays the supplier in the local currency. Finally, the clearing banks of the two countries will reconcile the accounts at the agreed time. If there is a deficit in the import and export trade, the extra part will be compensated in the form of goods.
This is actually beneficial to the industrially developed Germany, because it exports high-value industrial products, and the objects can only be offset by cheap industrial raw materials and agricultural products. Germany not only preserves foreign exchange reserves, but also You can get a lot of difference as bonus.
Germany also moved this method to the repayment of part of the arrears. They used the same value of liquidation mark to repay the loan, and this mark can only be used to buy German products, which is equivalent to the other party’s money. It returned to Germany again, and those big investors finally got only a pile of German-produced industrial products, and in order to compensate for the losses in the trade process, they could only increase their investment in German companies again.
For some Western developed countries, this method of Germany is a bit too shameless, but for China, which is in a state of desperation, it is simply a pie from the sky.
China’s national conditions are different from European and American countries, or the vision of China’s rulers is different from that of European and American countries. China has the most labor force. The cost of manpower in the process of collecting minerals and raw materials is the cheapest. In the eyes of Germans, procurement is generally profitable. Looking at the price from the Chinese government, this is definitely a huge profit. As a result, after a deal, both parties feel that they have made a bargain.
However, the problem facing Kong Xianxi now is that even if China wants to barter at this time, I am afraid it will not be able to produce items of sufficient value. Because after the Sino-German cooperation was interrupted, the government placed its hopes for foreign aid on the United Kingdom and the United States, and subsequently signed a large number of arms trade agreements and loan agreements with the United Kingdom and the United States. The payment methods and collateral used were the “strategic materials” previously traded with Germany. ".
China, which is backward in industry, does not have any products that can attract these developed countries. In addition, a large number of territories are occupied, and many high-value products have lost their raw materials. By the 1940s, the only hard currency available to the government was tung oil, bristles and tungsten sand deposits, and 80% of them had been reserved by the United Kingdom and the United States. Now even if Germany wants to trade with the government, it can only get Those remaining shares are gone.
"If the previous things hadn't happened, I originally planned to secure a loan from a German." Kong Xiangxi rubbed his brows and sighed, her dear second girl is really cheating.
"Germany just won the European war and received a large amount of war reparations and spoils. If they are willing to lend us a sum of money to allow the government to make a small turnaround, our life will be much better next year." Kong Xiangxi said in a deep voice. Speaking of.
He was full of hope for obtaining a loan from Germany before. At this time, even the removal of roots and nose hair of the Great German Empire was enough for the government to tide over the current difficulties. In addition, the talented Song family is said to have made some progress in the United States. If he can get an overseas loan before the other party succeeds, it is tantamount to directly slap the young man in the face, and see if he dare to give it in the future. Look on your face.
However, all of this was messed up by her precious girl. If her little maid had not been spoiling her, Kong Xiangxi would have liked to drive the troublemaker out of the house.
"This child is so uncomfortable, he only knows that he is making trouble outside every day, and he wears clothes that are not male or female. It is simply ruining the style of the Kong family. Or else I will go back this time and find a tube for her. She was married as soon as she lived, but her reputation is already stinking, and now where can I find a warrior who dares to marry her in China. If it is not good, I will send her to study abroad to harm foreigners, which is not bad. The way, but who will manage the business she is in charge of? This girl has a good head and is better than her elder brother in business..." Kong Xiangxi sat there with his brain full of thoughts, and the car he was riding in slowly slipped in. A garden on the side of the street stopped in front of a beautiful Baroque building.
"Sir, we have arrived." Secretary Xia reminded.
A German army captain quickly stepped forward and opened the car door. Kong Xiangxi stepped out of the car with a top hat in his hand.
This time Kong Xiangxi’s visit was to meet with the German envoy in private, so the French side did not notify the local reporters and media, and also did not arrange a particularly grand scene~IndoMTL.com~Of course, basic security is necessary. , Just because Brenberg and Jean Degu are present, the highest level of security is needed. This restaurant has been booked out. Except for the staff prohibiting any casual people from appearing, armed guards holding military dogs can be seen everywhere on the trails around the garden. Tight guard posts are set up by the fence, and a wheeled vehicle is parked on the lawn. Armored vehicle, the angular turret pointed to the garden gate.
Brumberg and Jean Degu, dressed in gorgeous military uniforms, stood at the door of the restaurant with serious expressions surrounded by staff and subordinates. When he saw Kong Xiangxi walking towards the gate under the leadership of the captain, Blumberg stepped forward to greet him, and proactively extended his hand to the opponent.
"It's been a long time, my old friend." Looking at the face that didn't change much from his memory, Brumberg's face showed a smile. (To be continued.)
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