C3362 The Global Right to Trade in Silver (2/2)
”And in these European countries, only the City of London has the power to decide! And doesn't City of London still have to listen to you? ”
”It's just silver, why would the British Empire care about such a small thing …”
It was truly a woman trying to please others. This thief had done all sorts of things for the sake of the men outside, and she had never tried to please anyone for the sake of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Princess.
Xiao Letian had truly conquered the princess' heart. Princess Cissie's mouth was filled with honey as he tried to trick the Queen to the point that she couldn't even find her bearings!
Tens of millions of silver was nothing to the British Empire, so the Queen waved her hand and said, ”Don't bother me with this kind of thing. Silver is already an industrial product that can be exchanged for as much as he wants, it's not like it's anything precious!”
The Queen's confidence came from the late stage of Industrial Revolution, the development of the human mining technology!
In the early stages of The Age of Great Navigation, the European colonists had always stolen the blood stained gold and silver, especially the barbaric European bandits of South America who had taken the gold and silver products from the aboriginals.
At this time, colonization was in fact the most primitive form of looting and economic development. However, as the wealth of the colonies was plundered away, the colonists began a second type of colonial economy, which was a crude pattern of exploitation and planting.
On South America Continent, the Spaniard had discovered the world's largest silver mine, the Potosi Silver Capital!
The city that was born because of the silver mine produced half of the world's output of silver. As a direct result, the price of silver fell internationally.
From the end of Ming Dynasty to the middle of Qing Dynasty, except for the war, silver was a slow inflation process during the period of peace and stability. The root cause of this process was in South America Continent and Europe!
The world's supply of silver has increased several times, and Chinese goods are actually traded for cheaper silver, indirectly giving rise to the British gold standard.
The Queen did not care about the silver. In the eyes of the Europeans, silver was just an expensive industrial heavy metal!
However, for the emerging Chinese, silver was the base currency that could stabilize the economy. If gold could not be kept, then the bottom line must be kept!
As long as the Queen released her mouth, everything would be fine. Not everyone in the British political scene hated the Chinese people, and the politicians were divided into left and right, as long as the Queen did not interfere with Xiao Letian, they could easily take advantage of the chaos.
To be able to obtain the global silver rights to trade freely, this was already a huge gift package!
Xiao Letian's condition was not just a right to trade in silver, Princess Cissie poured a cup of tea for the Queen, and then spoke.
”Your Majesty, I still have some private matters that I need to trouble you with … Of course, it's also related to the leader's requests! ”
The Queen was obviously in a good mood today. She smiled and said, ”Speak, let's see how many more things our little princess wants to annoy me with …”
”Your Majesty, you know that I have a nature reserve of dodo on Mauritius Island … Of course, that was also Xiao Letian's investment! ”
”Right now, the land rights settlement has already been completed. The first batch of Chinese immigrants have arrived and begun to build residential areas... But in the process of developing it, I encountered a big problem! ”
”It's the violent Indian Ocean. So far three ships have sunk and hundreds of immigrants have lost their lives. For God's sake, I beg you to help me! ”