C3376 Stupid business (2/2)

Such a submissive attitude pleased the top brass of the UK, which was the most prosperous golden age, with a kind of enigmatic confidence.

It was precisely this kind of self-confidence that bordered on arrogance that prevented them from seeing any potential threats!

The hegemony of the sea was preserved, the control of gold was not challenged, and the submissive Chinese had even released many of their business interests for the elites of these empires to share.

Countless contracts were spilled, countless promises were made secretly under the table, Princess Cissie, Duke of Newcastle and even the crown prince himself became a matchmaker for the Chinese people.

The whole banquet was more like a business gathering between the British and Chinese races. Just the promotion of the Chinese cuisine and the fresh source business in Europe had already changed three plans.

After dealing with these obstructions, the negotiations for the purchase of the land became smoother and smoother.

Of the ten million acres of land, Xiao Letian was mainly concentrated in the Western Australia's Paz region, the Shaq Bay region, the Golden Gulf and the Bonaparte Bay region.

These were all excellent deep water ports, their geographical locations close to the iron ore, gold mines and coastal oil fields in the memories of the later generations!

Although water resources is a big problem, but there are some seasonal rivers here, groundwater system should be very rich, early development will have some difficulties, but it is not impossible to overcome.

Ten million acres of land. After bargaining, Xiao Letian had paid fifteen million pounds, which was already a huge sum of money at that time.

did not feel too bad about the compensation he got from the French people, so they started to negotiate for the lease agreement.

In the beginning, Xiao Letian wanted to rent 2.5 million square kilometers of land, but this number made all the British people present extremely surprised.

2.5 million square kilometers, that would be one-third of the entire Australia. No matter how brave Crown Prince Edward was, he wouldn't dare agree to such a number.

Both sides began their difficult negotiations. Even at the end of the banquet, they still did not reach a final agreement!

In the next three days, the Chinese delegation continued to negotiate with the British. Under the final intervention of the Queen, Xiao Letian took out 20 million pounds and rented 1.2 million square kilometers of Western Australia land for a hundred years.

For the next hundred years, the Chinese have absolute rights to development on these lands. No matter how much wealth they create, they will not have to pay a pound tax to the UK.

Thirty-five million pounds was spent just like that, a huge purchase that took the whole of Europe by surprise and changed the geography of the world in the future.

The British were very smart. They calculated that the Chinese would spend a hundred years to develop these lands.

But they never would have thought that after 15 years, the Chinese would find the biggest iron ore base in the Western Australia.

At that time, the British media still said sourly that even if the Chinese found out about the iron ore, with Western Australia's natural conditions and Infrastructure's abilities, they still would not be able to develop it.

However, the world did not expect that the Chinese would rely on their perseverance and perseverance to send the iron ore from Theo State to every Chinese steelmaking plant in only ten years.

Fifty years later, Britain could only regretfully say that this land purchase in 1871 was the stupidest business transaction in Britain!

It was this stupid business deal that buried the future wars between the Chinese and British!