C245 jealous Americans (1/2)

Xiao Letian never thought that the moment he showed his good will to the Prussian Germany, the United States started to enjoy the show. Xiao Letian held his wine cup and thought deeply but did not speak a word. He was very clear that the fact that Ma Xiu had a good relationship with him did not mean that he would abandon the interests of the United States. Xiao Letian was no longer alone now.

He was the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a new army with strong fighting capabilities, and a foreign bank that was about to change into a bank. He had even controlled one of the three great Industrial Zones of the Qing Empire.

Not only that, Xiao Letian also owned a personal mint, a secret information network, and had corroded and roped out a small imperial government. At least in this land, 90% of the counties were controlled by Xiao Letian's big net.

It was impossible for such a monstrous force to not attract the attention of these foreigners. Furthermore, the United States already regarded Xiao Letian as their biggest partner in Asia, so the political investment they made to Xiao Letian should not be a loss.

Right now, Ma Xiu was acutely aware that Xiao Letian had a good impression of Germany, which was a type of threat to the United States. Needless to say, with the two big deals, the arms business and the investment of the Industrial Zones, Ma Xiu could not possibly let the German have a share of the profits.

”Mr. Ma Xiu, you might have misunderstood my actions. In my plan, the United States will always be the number one partner, and Germany will always be the last …”

”The American Civil War is now over. The focus of the United States in the coming decades will be to develop our economy, so there can be no war... To put it bluntly, Russian has always been selling Alaska s. However, isn't it because of economic reasons that the people in your country are constantly objecting? ”

The Russian had already lowered the asking price of the Alaska to $7.5 million, but there were still people in the government who objected. After all, the last few years of war had exhausted the strength of the United States.

”Haha, forget it, let's not talk about those unpleasant things anymore. Back to Prussia, why should I send three hundred men? Because I have a hunch that the rise of Prussia is bound to be a series of wars, and my officers need exercise, and they need to understand what modern warfare is all about. ”

”If you think of these soldiers as students, you will be enlightened. ”My army needs to train, and the areas where war will occur in the future definitely do not include the North America. I firmly believe in this …”

Xiao Letian's explanation made Ma Xiu feel a bit more at ease, but's following words caused the atmosphere on the table to turn cold.

”Dear Shaw, as far as I know, not only did you send a team of soldiers to study, but you also provided a huge war loan to the German government. I wonder how many millions of silver taels you have?”

Xiao Letian never thought that Ma Xiu's intelligence work would actually be done so well. It was a top secret war loan plan, and he actually found out about it so quickly.

After a short moment of silence, Xiao Letian laughed, ”Ma Xiu is indeed worthy of being a military official stationed in China. This intelligence work is really impressive, if I give you another ten to eight years of time, I reckon that there will be no more secrets on Great Qing.”

Ma Xiu did not care about Xiao Letian's mockery, and said with a smile: ”My duty is, I have my beliefs and goals, in the eyes of outstanding politicians, these are all nothing …”

”That's right, I, Xiao Letian gave Germany a loan for war. Although I cannot tell you the exact amount, but the amount is definitely not small. ”You don't have to worry about me choosing Germany over America. It's just a business deal …”

”German got my loan for the war, so he wanted to help me train new army officers. He also wanted me to train a thousand to two thousand outstanding students, and Germany also wanted to open up some core technology for China. So this money wasn't spent for nothing …”

”Ma Xiu, you can negotiate with Minister Hua Ruohan. If United States Government opens the cultivation school for army officers of the sea and sea to Ryukyu, such as the West Point and the Annapolis Naval Academy, and also accepts two to three thousand foreign students, I can consider lending the United States one to two million silver taels …”

Xiao Letian was overreassured, even though he had his belt tied up, he still had to settle this matter. Rather than wasting China's silver like as war reparations, it would be better for him to give it away in advance to exchange favors, to exchange for talents.

”How is Mr. Ma Xiu? This transaction is very reasonable, isn't your country arguing over the matter of buying the Alaska? I suppose my money will be enough to get His Excellency out of the opposition? ”

Xiao Letian tapped his finger on the rosewood table and thoughtfully said, ”This fortune can definitely establish a foundation, using the profits from this foundation to support the living expenses and tuition of these students. If we work together happily, I can even set up this foundation and stay in the United States forever.

Ma Xiu was stupefied. He never thought that a small test would actually be exchanged for such a heavyweight diplomatic gain. In his eyes, Xiao Letian had become even more important.