C3264 Long live the money! (1/2)
Before the Franco-Prussian War, there had never been such a large amount of war reparations. This kind of astronomical figure was something that not even the British would dare to talk about. However, Germany and the Chinese did!
Bismark and Xiao Letian had already seen through the situation in France. They knew what kind of people Thiers and his group were, and they had no choice but to accept the situation!
The northern part of France, including Paris, were all occupied. The France had no way to resist, and could not even fight in a guerrilla battle anymore!
The last 300,000 elites had all entered the German POW camp. They were hostages and also an important force that the France needed to stabilize the situation!
However, there was still no unity of power within France. The Paris Commune was already a rebellion, and there was no longer any order within Paris City to continue production!
Almost all of France's industrial zones were concentrated in the north, which had been devastated by the war, meaning that France no longer had the ability to produce industry!
Finally, and most importantly, the French royalist party, the Republic of China, and the Commune Society were all fighting amongst each other, and no one was willing to give in!
Humans were selfish. For their own high officials, they would definitely sacrifice the interests of others!
On the surface, Thiers was the President of the Republic of China, but all sorts of intelligence had shown that this fellow was royalist party's loyal dog!
For the sake of restoring his master, for the sake of his great dream of being a noble, would such a person care about the life and death of the people?
Absolutely not, Xiao Letian dared to guarantee that these selfish people would definitely sell themselves as traitors, selling their countries in exchange for his wealth, they would definitely not hesitate at all!
All of the patriotic performances that were filled with grief and grief were all fake, even if Thiers was trying to bargain with them from the bottom of his heart, it would only make it difficult for him to explain it to the people!
If the final truce were to be too humiliating, with history scolding the name badly, it would affect one's career as an official … Thiers would only think about this, he would not truly consider the well-being of his people!
Xiao Letian poured a cup of tea for the silent President. ”Respected President, there are no outsiders nor journalists in this room.
”Don't even think about pressuring us. We won't lower our prices by even a single coin …”
”Actually, signing this treaty does you no harm! In any case, the money had to be transferred to the common folk in the end. With so many people in France, it would be close to forty million … ”
”It's only 156 francs for everyone. Is that more than that?”
”You have countless other colonies in Africa, so you should pay more tax! When that happens, won't the local pressure be even easier? ”
”This number looks very high, but it's not going to be much more than that!”
”Your Excellency, please solve this problem quickly. If we drag this on, I'm afraid the French will... Your enemy forces should be prepared to counterattack! ”
”We have to settle down outside!”
Xiao Letian just wanted to make it clear, you have to take responsibility for the emperor behind you, don't delay them, this is what's important, everything else is fake!
Thiers's face turned pale white, then black and then red... It was as quick as a Sichuan opera changing its face.
Xiao Letian subconsciously shifted his butt, thinking that this guy's cultivation was going to go berserk!
”Your Excellency? Mr. President... Do you think it's hard to raise money? ”It's not that difficult. You can break it down in England or you can issue bonds!”
”We Chinese can make a promise first. If we don't have any more cash, you can use the battleship to settle the account. As for the equipment in the factory, we can also calculate it as money!”