"Ever since Peter the Great, you have been constantly fighting for access to the sea. Ji Aojian said unhurriedly, "Isn't it now that we are competing with the Ottomans, and we are going to rush out of the Black Sea and rush to the embrace of the Mediterranean?"

Vites sneered, "Ottoman's kind of fragile guy is also worthy of being called our opponent?"

"Since the Ottomans are so weak, why can't you take it?" Ji Ao said, "Actually, you should know that behind the Ottomans are Britain and France, and their sea power strategy is to seal Russia in the Black Sea, and they will never let you go out easily." ”

"So what?"

"I actually asked what's wrong, your country is raising military funds in order to start a war with the Ottomans, and once the war expands, it will definitely have to fight with Britain and France. Ji Aojian looked at her with pity, "Then you came to London to borrow money, how could the British agree? ”

"What about the Jews, aren't they willing to do anything as long as they can make money?"

No matter how much Jews want to make money, they won't throw their loans into the water. ”

Ji Aojian said unceremoniously, "After the Napoleonic Wars, the industrial level of your Russia is far inferior to that of major European countries, and the military equipment is about to lag behind to form a generation gap. So what fool would invest in you? That's a bad debt that can't be recovered. ”

"You!"

"What are you?" Ji Aojian snorted, "I'm a person who just likes to tell the truth." So, auntie. Let's be realistic, don't think about unreliable good things like empty gloves white wolf. If you really want to raise money, you should honestly take out your family funds in exchange. ”

"Big, Auntie!?"

Vitels's facial muscles twitched. I was about to scold this damn little boy back, but suddenly I felt that something was wrong, and now calling this title again seemed to make him show off his age advantage even more.

"Is there something wrong? Seeing that you are twenty years older than me, you can't even be a diplomat, and you really live your life to a dog!"

"Miscellaneous!" Vites was furious, "how can the old lady be twenty years older than you?"

"There is no twenty-year-old, there is always a teenager. Rounding is about the same. ”

"Fart, how can there be such rounding! I can't be more than fifteen years older than you. ”

was arguing, and suddenly heard Guta muttering to himself, "This aunt on the diplomatic front must be twenty years older than me." ”

Vites raised her whip and was about to whip it at him.

"Look, look, I can't control my emotions. It's simply a disgrace to the diplomatic service. Ji Aojian sighed, "I originally wanted to talk to you about military spending, but now it seems that there is no need at all." ”

"What did you say?" Vites immediately lowered her hand. "You're going to lend me money?"

"It's not about borrowing money. As I said, if you sell some of your plausible assets, I might be a little interested in trading. ”

"Just you?" said Vites scoffed. "How much money can you have?"

Guta proudly said, "Our Mr. Ambassador is the richest man in the Americas. Control more than a dozen gold and silver mines, an entire city's casinos. Dozens of trading companies, a fleet of hundreds of cargo ships, and Mexico's largest gang organization......"

"Well, that sounds pretty good. Vites didn't know how much wealth that amounted to it, but she also knew that having a lot of money didn't exactly mean liquidity, "but you can't all bring it all to London, and you've just been hit hard in the financial markets, how much more trading power do you have?"

Ji Aojian smiled, "It's still okay to sell all the stocks and futures and make up a few million pounds." ”

Although he was trapped miserably, although he was cut meat, he was still able to come up with a lot of money at any cost, and his brother is powerful.

"Really?" Vites' eyes lit up, "Let's be honest then, what do you want?"

"Land, population, minerals, and businesses are all hard currency, and as long as these resources satisfy me, I can consider buying them. ”

"Good!" Vites agreed. "Our Russian Empire has a vast land and resources, and all kinds of minerals, whether it is gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, fur, whatever you want, we can sell it to you. ”

Sure enough, Russia was a big exporter of resources in the past, is a big exporter of resources, and will be a big exporter of resources in the future.

"Who wants these big road goods, as long as you have money, what goods can't be bought in the futures market?" Ji Aojian sneered, "What I want is the ownership of mines, salt, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, and various factories and enterprises, understand?"

Vigues hesitated, "Do you want to buy the ownership of the mine directly? That's fine, I'll introduce you to the development locations of various resources......

"Wait, don't report it in Russia. ”

The Rakshasa ambassador asked curiously, "Why?"

"What should I do if I buy your domestic mining area and the government suddenly nationalizes it?" Ji Aojian said confidently, "If you want to report it, you can report Russia's overseas minerals and factories, those are safe assets." ”

"Nonsense, our government has a good reputation and acts in accordance with the law, so how can it casually confiscate the legitimate assets of foreign friends?"

"Hey, if the Maozi government doesn't cheat people, the third brother will wake up laughing in his dreams. ”

Ji Aojian's words turned around, "You and I are enemies, right? You are a prominent figure in the country, right? Wouldn't you have any interest in agitating for nationalization against me? So even if I believe in your government, it is impossible to trust you, your existence is a high risk, and of course I can't buy any mines or enterprises on Russian soil." ”

"It's verbose!" said Vites viciously, "overseas assets are overseas assets, let me think about something." ”

Ji Aojian looked at her with a smile, expecting that she wouldn't be able to come up with anything good.

In this era, Tsarist Russia was still a backward industrial country in essence, and there was an extreme lack of funds for domestic industrial development. That's also the way of the maritime nation, for this polar bear who believes in the idea of land hegemony. All you want is to swallow the land directly into your mouth.

Even if Russia really has a few crooked melons and cracked dates overseas, it will not cost much to sell them. It is simply not enough to satisfy the appetites and transactions of both parties.

After thinking about it, Vites naturally couldn't think of any overseas assets to sell. Ji Aojian said impatiently, "There are no mining enterprises, so it's good to sell some people to me." ”

"No, our serfs are not enough for themselves. The Rakshasa woman refused, as the largest country in the world, it is very vast and sparsely populated, and it is very inadequate. Population is a precious resource, how can it be sold casually?

"Your country is so poor, you don't have anything to sell. Ji Aojian shook his head disdainfully, waved his hand, and said, "Then you can go." ”

"Wait, of course there are still good things. Vites finally held back her temper and said indignantly, "Do you want to buy it from Alaska?"

"What's Alaska?"

"This is a piece of land, just in the northernmost part of America. The western side of Canada. Vites pointed to the world map on the wall and drew a rough range, "Didn't you just say that you want the land too?" This place has almost two million square kilometers, as long as you buy it down to the area of this land. Not to mention the elevation of a marquisate to a dukedom, it is enough to establish a kingdom. ”

"This kind of place near the Arctic Circle where birds don't lay eggs. What do I want it for?" Ji Aojian shook his head, looking completely uninterested.

In fact, he went around in circles for a long time. It is to test whether Russia has any plans to sell Alaska.

Russia's core roots are in Europe, beyond the Ural Mountains and eastward across the vast territory of Siberia, and have reached the limits of its geopolitical expansion. Then crossing the Bering Strait from Siberia to take Alaska is really indigestible, and this land is not only not wealth, but has become a burden on national power.

Originally, the fur trade in Alaska was still profitable, but in the 19th century, animal resources were gradually depleted due to overfishing, and the tsarist government lost interest in the area. Not to mention that Canada next to Alaska is a colony of the British rivals, and once John Bull attacks here, whether to go to war for this remote and barren land is enough to make the Russians struggle to the death.

As far as Ji Aojian knows, after the fiasco of the Crimean War in the 50s, Tsarist Russia was stimulated by social contradictions, domestic and foreign difficulties, and high debts, so it directly put Alaska out for sale. Unfortunately, however, the world has no interest in this barren land, and no one has been interested. It wasn't until the end of the American Civil War in the sixties, because Russia supported the unification of the North, that the United States generously said that in order to repay the Russian friends, we will buy the wasteland that no one has ever bought.

The overjoyed Tsar had planned to sell for only $5 million, but in the end the price reached $7.2 million, which was simply not a pleasure. And such a transaction that is not much in the financial market, but the American people are scolding the government for betraying the country, which shows how unbearable the value of Alaska was in the eyes of the world at that time.

Now that he knows this history, Ji Aojian is guessing that Russia may have had the idea of getting rid of this burden earlier. Don't look at the later generations of Maozi who put on a resentful look of remorse, in fact, they really can't afford the cost consumption and strategic risk of keeping this land in the Americas.

Now that Vites has offered to sell Alaska, Ji Aojian knows that there will never be a second buyer in the world in this era, so he is naturally reassured.

Guta saw his boss secretly handing over glances behind the Rakshasa woman's back, so he took the initiative to speak, "Sir, I think this land can be bought." ”

"Why?"

"This is the land of the Americas, and the land of the Americas should belong to the countries of the Americas. Guta thought about it, so he had to casually come up with a simple reason.

Ji Aojian was noncommittal and did not speak.

Vites couldn't hold her breath, "This kid is right, the Americas should be the Americas of the Americans, doesn't Mexico claim to be the number one power in the Americas, it should show the momentum of the overlord of the Americas, and it is most appropriate for you to buy Alaska, and it is best to drive the British out of Canada." Well, in this way, we will be really good friends, and we can form an alliance against the British. ”

"Alright, alright. Ji Aojian waved his hand impatiently, "How can this broken place be sold?"

"Just two million pounds!" Vites said through gritted teeth. "We're good friends, so we jumped off the building and sold it!"

Two million pounds is ten million dollars. More than double the psychological price of His Majesty the Tsar in history.

"Why don't you grab it?" Ji Aojian glared, "Guta." Drop-off!"

"Hey, what do you mean?" cried Vites, "two million pounds is really not much, didn't you say that if you sold all the stock futures and everything, it could be a few million pounds?"

"Seeing that I can get a few million pounds, you just ask me for two million, and you don't care what the value of that wasteland really is?" Ji Aojian said angrily, "There is no sincerity at all in the way you make an offer!"

"Why am I insincere? As long as you buy Alaska. You can get the great friendship of the Russian Empire, which is priceless, and no amount of money can buy it!"

"You ......"

Ji Aojian was depressed, this woman is really a superb, and she doesn't even understand the rules of bargaining. I think the price is high, so you should go down little by little, bite the two million, how can you continue to trade?

Vites was still babbling, "as a diplomat." You should give full consideration to the national interests and geopolitical values represented by territorial expansion, and you cannot measure a piece of land entirely by its economic value. ”

"I'll only pay a million pounds at most, and it's impossible to add a penny!"

Ji Aojian simply and neatly quoted the historical price of five million US dollars. Even if Vites didn't want to sell, he didn't care. Anyway, after the Russians lost the Crimean War, there will be a chance to further reduce prices.

The Rakshasa woman grinded her teeth in hatred, "What are you doing with so much money?" If you want to take it to the grave in the future, can't you help your good friends?"

"I'm getting married soon. Ji Aojian snorted. "Even if you spend all the property in the UK, it may not be enough. Spend a million on your wasteland. Already the highest budget, it can't be more. ”

"," Vites was furious, "it costs you millions of pounds to get married, and you can't afford to burn that much even if you burn money." ”

"The realm of the rich, can you understand it?"

Ji Aojian looked at her with disdain, "If you don't spend a few million, how can you be embarrassed to call it the wedding of the century?"

Vites became even more popular, "In order to covet your personal erosive life, you actually put the national budget behind, can't you think more about the national interests!"

Your sister, the Great Russian Empire sold 1.7 million square kilometers of land, which is not as good as the cost of a wedding, how can the psychology of the Rakshasa ambassador be balanced?

"No, no, you're mistaken, I didn't put the interests of the country behind. Ji Aojian said with a straight face, "I want to buy that piece of land, there is no national interest at all." ”

Vites was dumbfounded, "You, what do you mean by that?"

"I didn't buy Alaska for Mexico or China. Ji Aojian said lightly, "I bought it for my fiancée." ”

"Tell me clearly!"

"You should have heard that my fiancée was a prophet to the Jews. Ji Aojian sighed, "Actually, since the Jews were destroyed by Rome at the beginning of the Common Era, they have never had a prophet, do you know why?"

Vites shook her head.

Because after the exile of the Jews, they thought that the spiritual teacher who could lead everyone to the restoration could be called a prophet. ”

"There's a clear problem with your claim. Vites immediately retorted, "Are the Jews now restored, and how did your fiancée become a prophet?"

Although she has not yet been restored, according to prophecy, she is the one who can lead the Jews to their kingdom. ”

"I am afraid that this prophecy will not be fulfilled. Vites scoffed, "That part of Palestine has been occupied by Muslims for thousands of years, so how can the Jews go back?"

"Who said that the Jews must return to the Middle East?" Ji Aojian said unhurriedly, "Can't you find another place to build a country?"

"Where?" said Vites, and suddenly came to his senses, "You mean Alaska?"

Ji Aojian nodded.

Vites couldn't help but laugh again, "Just that group of unscrupulous and greedy businessmen, will go to a place where the ice and snow are going to build a country?

"Whether the Jews want to establish a state in Alaska or not, as long as they have a piece of land that they can establish at any time, they have a psychological retreat, a reliable rear. Ji Aojian said calmly, "In this way, my fiancée's prophetic status is worthy of the name." ”

"What is the point of this boring psychological comfort?"

"It's really meaningless, but after all, it's better than nothing, and it can be used as a dowry...... Oh no, it's a bride price for my fiancée. Ji Aojian replied with a serious face, "This is also the only reason why I bought this wasteland in Alaska, if you don't want to sell it, I don't care." ”

Vites felt unhappy again, "What do you mean?"

"Don't talk to me about national interests, about geopolitical value, in my eyes, Alaska can only be used as a gift, and has no other meaning. ”

Ji Aojian said coldly, "In my opinion, this deserted ghost place is worth hundreds of thousands of pounds at most. I'm willing to pay a million pounds for it, just to round it up. It's like giving a piece of jewelry to a lady, not the jewelry itself, but the price of the jewelry. ”

"You ......"

"I'll say it again, it's only one million, I love to sell it, I don't sell it!" Ji Aojian said unceremoniously, "It's better if you don't sell it, save this million, and I can make the wedding more grand." (To be continued......)