Louis. Adolph. Thiers, this old man is already in his 70s, and his health is not very good, so he did not appear on the deck much when he was on the boat before, but now, the ship is about to reach the destination of his trip, New York!

New York? Why not Washington?

Isn't this old fellow Thiers the current president of the French Republic? Then this visit should go to Washington to meet the emperor of the empire?

There was nothing wrong with the arrangement of this itinerary itself, because Thiers had already greeted the relevant departments of the empire before, and he was going to New York first, so what did New York have?

I'm afraid anyone can see that this old guy has only one purpose, Wall Street!

Yes, the key to Thiers' trip is Wall Street, and in short, he just wants to make some money!

As the president of the French Third Republic, Thiers can't make money, the current republic is simply a big mess, the reparations signed with the German Empire before, this is 5 billion francs, and earlier, France caused a huge emptiness in the country because of the bet on aluminum.

To put it simply, they are two debts, both of which are huge debts, so huge that this old guy Thiers wants to give up the presidency now!

This seat is really too prick ass, hey~

To put it bluntly, Thiers is here to borrow money this time, and to borrow money, you can't go to the British for this matter, right?

It can't be helped, although Thiers now knows that the British must have money in their hands, maybe these bastards are arguing about some economic crisis, but it's nothing, what a bullshit economic crisis. Those rich guys of the British. There's a lot of money on hand. I just can't spend it!

Don't say it, the old man Thiers still sees an essential thing, maybe he doesn't summarize this thing into a theory now, but it's really the essence.

The so-called economic crisis, it is not that there is no money, the economic crisis is actually the concentration of money in the hands of a few people, and these individuals they can't spend, to put it simply. There is no object of investment, and one of the ways to solve the economic crisis is to find new investment projects, that is, new economic growth points.

Thiers is not an economist, he doesn't understand these detailed theories, but he can see that the problem now is that money is concentrated in the hands of a few, but the British and the French are like cats and Wangs. It's good if they don't fight when they meet.

So, London can't go. If Thiers had gone to London, there might have been another revolution in Paris.

Visiting the American Empire, this is a pretty good choice, you must know that there is also a financial center here, Wall Street in New York, the current situation is an economic crisis, then the American Empire seems to be similar.

It's because the money is concentrated in a small number of people, and they need to find a direction to invest......

Thiers is worthy of being a political veteran, he still understands these things, and when he comes back to New York, he is ready to persuade those rich people on Wall Street to invest in their France!

With the current social productivity of France, in fact, the potential is still very huge, so this investment direction is still very good, and this plan is still likely to be successful, but it is not ......

"This ...... This...... Why are there so many construction sites? ”

When Thiers' ship came to New York Harbor, and the old man appeared on the side of the ship, he saw a busy scene, and the whole of Manhattan looked like a huge construction site, under construction everywhere, and the height of those buildings was really not low!

What about this situation......

Thiers's heart suddenly had no bottom!

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"Dear Mr. President of France, on behalf of the New York City Government, the New York City Committee of the Civic Party, I welcome you......"

Bang Bang Bang ...... Flowers and applause came.

Lin Xiaoyi brought the officials of New York, McIlroy and them to greet Thiers, after all, he is also the president of a country.

To say, the empire and France have a dirty relationship, and everyone used to have a lot of fun, but now, people are not the French Empire, they are the French Republic, so we can make it disappear temporarily.

To be honest, this is also an important reason why Thiers can visit the American Empire smoothly, if there is no great change on the French side, then he will not be able to come, France must be strongly opposed, and the Imperial side may be difficult to accept.

"Hello! Hello ......"

"Hello Mr. President! ……”

Naturally, there was a mutual greeting on both sides, and then there was a banquet and a few columns of arrangements...... But Thiers was in a hurry.

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"Mr. Morgan, I am afraid you know the purpose of my visit this time, our French government very much hopes that your bank can underwrite our treasury bonds, and we will give quite preferential treatment, and the return will be very good......

After the banquet, Thiers quickly found an opportunity to meet with JP Morgan, fortunately, as an important person in New York, JP Morgan was naturally in the welcome team, and Thiers saved a lot of time, and he didn't have to go to Wall Street.

On Wall Street at this time, basically JP Morgan was very eloquent, but in the face of Thiers's request, that is, to take over the French national debt, this matter was ......

"Mr. President, it's not that I don't agree, but our current purchasing capacity is limited, and we can contribute up to 5 million American dollars!" JP. Morgan's brow furrowed at this point, and it was clear that he was very difficult to deal with this matter.

This national debt......

It's very simple, because I want to repay the debt of Hades, as well as the huge debt I owed before, so I will continue to issue bonds, but this debt is good for France, that is, the national debt is used for France's recovery and development, so as to repay the huge debt owed before.

In this case, Thiers had already recruited JP Morgan before, of course, it was through an intermediary, but now, the two of them have met, and Thiers is also the president of a country no matter how he says, JP. Morgan is really not good to slap people in the face directly.

"5 million?" Hearing this number, Thiers' face was also bitter.

American dollar. Now it has completely replaced the original position of the dollar. And the entire pricing is based on the original dollar. It's the same, nothing changes.

Of course, this is definitely what Li Mengyang wants to do, this is an important step to restore order, maybe the value of the previous American dollar is higher than the original dollar, but it doesn't matter, let's just decide.

At this time, the exchange between the American dollar and the franc is like this, that is, 1 to 10. It was about 1 to 1.8 for the Golden Franc, but now the position of the Golden Franc is already difficult to maintain, that is, JP. Morgan can only give 50 million Francs.

This exchange rate is actually not bad, the franc fell very hard before, because it lost, and the Paris Commune broke out......

However, this little money is not enough to stuff your teeth!

"Mr. Morgan! Trust me for this money. The rewards will be very generous! "If Thiers had taken such a small amount of money back, it would have been no different from asking for food.

"Mr. President. It's not that I don't want to give more, it's that it's hard for us to come up with how much money to ...... right now" JP. Morgan is the word we use at this time, and we, obviously, are referring to Wall Street, which means that Wall Street is also very tight on money right now.

"Why?"

yes, so why is that? Isn't Wall Street supposed to be very, very rich?

It's okay to have money, but it's not ......

"Mr. President, you should have also seen that now the empire is carrying out a lot of construction, and His Majesty the Emperor has invested in the construction of a large number of transportation facilities before, and after the transportation is convenient, it has led to the growth of housing prices, so you see, many high-rise buildings have risen...... "JP. Morgan is very helpless!

What Morgan said is the truth, the whole situation is like this, after Li Mengyang has made a lot of investment in transportation and telegraph, and don't forget, there are cars, there are bicycles, then the people of the empire are much more convenient in terms of living and traveling, this convenience, the capitalists are not stupid, they immediately began to speculate on housing prices!

This matter is actually very interesting, that is, although the policy of the empire is that land cannot be traded, everyone can trade the right to use, to put it bluntly, it is the same as the set of China in later generations, and Li Mengyang has no new tricks.

But that's in the Empire, in California, in Mexico, and the land over there is easy for you Li Mengyang to play as much as you want, but after coming to the east, this country is down, but from a legal point of view, the land on this side of the United States is privately owned!

Since you, Li Mengyang, have inherited the mantle of the United States, as you said yourself, then it will be difficult for you to change the ownership of this land...... But fortunately, because of the war, a lot of land has actually become terra nullius.

Yes, there are a lot of rich and landed people, so this part of the land can be directly nationalized, and the ownership will of course be changed, but however, there are still a considerable number of rich people who have not run, like JP. Morgan.

Then this land policy is said again, Li Mengyang in order to stabilize these individuals first, so he first engaged in a dual-track system.

That is, the ownership of public land and private land are temporarily parallel, and both can exist, and your private ownership can be taxed...... This tax system existed before, so it can be regarded as an inheritance.

With more and more investment in infrastructure, this kind of speculation is normal.

Don't Li Mengyang know yet? In the future, where he lives, a new subway is planned, and the housing prices along the line will rise immediately, and the subway room!

So, now Thiers is asking for money, but this money is all used to speculate in real estate, and Wall Street has no surplus food, how can I give it to you?

"......" Thiers's face is really bitter, but what can he do?

However, at this time, JP Morgan smiled, "Mr. President, don't worry, for your situation, His Majesty the Emperor also knows that the Great Majesty is a peerless hero, and he will definitely be able to help you solve it......"

"Huh?!" This thing...... (To be continued......)

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