The sun never sets in America

Chapter 44 Businessman Part [-]

"Yes, yes... let's talk business first, business first." Harlem was caught off guard by Liu Peng's move. After he recovered, he immediately changed the topic to business, "I don't know. What else do you, the ruling lord, and you, need from me?" Harlem replied to Liu Peng very politely. He did not even use the word business, but the word "need", which shows how much Harlem's attitude has changed. Quickly, it was a business just now, and now it is just like helping friends. It shows that there are reasons why Harlem can become a millionaire from a shoemaker's son...the most important of which is emotional intelligence.

"How are Mr. Harlem's connections in the UK and Europe?" Liu Peng did not discuss business first, but instead asked about Harlem's connections.

"Contacts?" Harlin was confused by Liu Peng's actions one after another. "I'm pretty good in England and have some connections in Europe. I know a few officials and some clients, even in the United States. Many of them are my clients." Speaking of his personal connections, Harlem is still very proud. After all, it is already something to be proud of for a shoemaker's son to be a little famous in Europe and America. , so when talking about this, Harlem couldn't help but show a proud expression on his face...

"Can Mr. Harlem get skilled workers, teachers, and scientists?" Liu Peng heard that Harlem also had connections in the United States. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and then he disappeared without a trace, as if there was no incident, and then he appeared again. In a calm tone, he asked Harlin about talents. After all, no matter where Liu Jiabao's strength expands, talents are the most important tool for Liu Jiabao to improve his strength and tap his own potential... After all, the most important thing in the 21st century Liu Peng has heard this sentence since he was a child, and it is still fresh in his mind when he came to this barbaric nineteenth century...especially now that he has captured more than half of California, and is continuing to capture the rest of California. A region with such a large territory cannot survive without talents! !

"Technical workers, teachers, scientists??" After hearing Liu Peng's words, Harlin immediately understood what Liu Peng meant. He wanted to introduce talents. When thinking of the immigrants who had just arrived in the Far East, Harlin had already guessed the person. What do you want to do? Although he knows in his heart the consequences of helping these infidels, Harlem doesn't care at all. After all, in the Americas and the British Empire, there is only one desolate Canada, and the largest power is the United States of America. , for any place that may pose a threat to the United States, the British in this period, even if Harlem is a businessman, are very willing to get involved... After all, this is considered patriotic, isn't it?
Harlem thought to himself...

"These talents are more troublesome than ordinary immigrants and female slaves..." Haring was not lying this time. Although the blockade of talents and science in the West during this period was not as strict as that of later generations, it can even be said that it was basically There is no such thing, but this talent doesn’t just come if you ask him to come, and many people are not even willing to go to the United States. How can they come to a place where you are a pagan? "The cost of obtaining so many talents is very high. !!" Harlem said to Liu Peng with a look of embarrassment. This time, it is not that Harlem is asking for a high price, but it is indeed like this. No matter what era, the introduction of talents is a major event, not just one, If you want to do something that can be done easily, you have to pay a corresponding price...

"No matter how big the cost, we are willing to pay it!!" Liu Peng replied to Harin with a firm look, "And we won't hesitate at all!!" Liu Peng then added, looking at Harin with an aggressive look in his eyes. Full of perseverance and determination.

"The ruler is happy, and I am happy too. I swear on the name of my father, old Harin, that this matter will be done. If not, I won't get any money..." Harin suddenly swore to Liu Peng, this is very There is a sincere oath. After all, for Harlem, his father, who worked hard to make shoes and raised him, is the person he respects and admires the most in his life, far higher than the so-called British Empire.

"Okay, I'll have someone bring Mr. Harlin a list of the talents we need later." Seeing that Harin was so sincere, Liu Peng lowered his guard and happily said to Harin, "Mr. Harin, now Can you tell me something about the Republic of Mexico?" Then Liu Peng saw that the business matters had been resolved, and while Harin was happy, he once again raised the issue about the finances of the Republic of Mexico.

"Haha..." Hearing that Liu Peng still couldn't let go of the Republic of Mexico, Harin burst out laughing. "Master in power, do you know how many years the Republic of Mexico has had a fiscal deficit?" After laughing, Harin laughed. Liu Peng asked rhetorically.

"Deficit, I don't know much about this. After all, I am not the president of Mexico." Seeing Harin ask about the financial issues of the Republic of Mexico, Liu Peng shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Five years, it's been five years." Harlin held out five fingers to Liu Peng.

"Five years, so long?" Liu Peng was a little surprised when he heard this number. You must know that this is not the era in later generations where you can rely on the issuance of currency to offset fiscal deficits and even stimulate the economy. Many people in this era are The annual currency issuance of metal currency depends on the domestic production of precious metals and the volume of international trade. However, as a place rich in gold and silver, Mexico should not be short of precious metals...The only problem is that domestic precious metals are monopolized. Well, we can’t even collect taxes.

"There's a tax problem, right?" Liu Peng asked Harin.

"What the ruler said is right, it's taxation." Seeing that Liu Pengji understood it, Harlem stopped hiding it and answered directly, "There are a large number of silver mines left by Spain in the Republic of Mexico, even if they are mined For hundreds of years, what is dug out every year is still a wealth that is unimaginable to ordinary people." Speaking of the silver mines in the Republic of Mexico, Harlin's face showed an expression of longing and pity, that is, he hopes that these silver mines are his own. , and it’s a pity that these silver mines are not our own.

Liu Peng watched Harin's money-grubbing look with great interest and found it very interesting.

"But is this wealth in the hands of the Republic of Mexico? No, it is still in the hands of the original group of aristocratic mine owners during the Spanish rule..." Harlin continued to Liu Peng, "In addition, they also have a large amount of Land, employing a large number of Indo-European farmers to work for them, including Indians." Haring knew the situation in the Republic of Mexico very well. Compared with the vast land and sparse population, there was not much development at all, or there was no development at all. The developed California and Mexico were one of the core centers of Spanish colonial rule, and had a large number of immigrants and were developed relatively thoroughly, so basically there are not a large number of Indian tribes like the interior of the North American continent and California... More They are all so-called local aborigines, but most of them have learned Spanish, and many even intermarried with local Spanish colonists, resulting in a large number of Indo-European hybrids... In later generations, there were many Indo-European hybrids in Mexico. Now these Indo-Europeans, including some lower-class whites, are just tenant farmers of the original nobles. To put it harshly, they are actually serfs.

"The country's silver mines, land, and even commerce are all in the hands of those nobles, which makes it extremely difficult to collect taxes in the Republic of Mexico. In the end, they can only fall on those urban residents and ordinary farmers..." Ha Although Lin was a big businessman, he didn't have a good impression of those nobles, because his family was in England, and they lost their land due to the enclosure movement, so they went to the city to work as a shoemaker. Otherwise, his childhood life would not have been so pitiful. Of course, he is lucky. At least he has a father who allows him to study in a missionary school until graduation. Otherwise, he would have to be like his poor companions when he was a child. He had to work in a factory before he had studied for a few years. Child labor has gone...

The last time I went back and saw those people, I almost scared Harlin to death. He was about the same age, and he looked only 30 years old, while those people were almost 50 years old. Of course, compared to the people over there in the Qing Dynasty, the Industrial Revolution The UK during that period was pretty good. At least not many people starved to death except in Ireland. But in the Qing Dynasty, it happened every year! !
"This has led to the unhealthy tax system of the Republic of Mexico, which puts pressure on ordinary people, but the nobles do not pay taxes." Liu Peng said to Harlin directly. In his opinion, this is not the case in the late Ming Dynasty. Script?

Is it possible that there was a disaster and a postman? ?

"The ruling lord is right." After hearing this, Harlin nodded in approval towards Liu Peng, "So the current finances of the Republic of Mexico mainly rely on the bottom class, but there are too many places where money needs to be spent, due to taxes. The rebellion, but because of the rebellion, more taxes were spent, which has become a wound that is difficult to heal for the Republic of Mexico in these years, or even many years..." Harlin even laughed out loud at the end. In his opinion, after the independence of the Mexican Republic, it was even worse than the Spanish colonial era, which made him even more convinced that only the national policy of the British Empire was correct. If you don't believe it, just look at the current territory of the British Empire.

"Because of the loopholes in the tax system, the Republic of Mexico needs to borrow a lot of debt to maintain basic national support and the stability of order." Harlin continued to talk about the Republic of Mexico to Liu Peng, "The annual interest on these debts is It's a big sum. After all, those greedy bankers are not easy to mess with..." When Harlin talked about bankers, he was even a little angry, because he was also cheated by those bankers when he started his business. , if he hadn't negotiated a big deal, maybe the dozen or so ships now would have become someone else's...

"In other words, the fiscal revenue of the Republic of Mexico is not only beyond its means, but also has to repay huge amounts of interest every year." After listening, Liu Peng made a summary of the financial situation of the Republic of Mexico.

"Yes, this is also the basis for my dare to trade with you." After hearing this, Harlin replied to Liu Peng, "After all, if you are soon wiped out by the Republic of Mexico, then the business between us will be As the Chinese say, you are trying to draw water from a bamboo basket, but my Lord in power, am I right?" Harlem said to Liu Peng with a smile, even quoting the Chinese he learned before coming here, although his words were a bit lame. , but one can also see Haring’s own sincerity. "Haha... Mr. Harin's Chinese is really good." After listening to Harin's extremely poor Chinese, Liu Peng felt funny in his heart, but on the surface, he still gave Harin a thumbs up as a sign of praise, "Ha. Mr. Lin, are you so sure that we can win? After all, there is still a gap between our strength and the Republic of Mexico?" Liu Peng then asked Harin again.

"I have just said that I have great confidence in you Liujiabao. This is a businessman's intuition." Harlin replied to Liu Peng very confidently, "If you lose, it will prove that I was wrong. , just treat it as a failed investment, but Lord Ruling, will you and your soldiers let my investment fail?" Harin looked at Liu Peng with an aggressive look and asked, although his tone was calm, but unusually firm.

"My soldiers and I will not only ensure the safety of Mr. Harin's investment, but also bring greater investment to Mr. Harin..." Liu Peng agreed, looking at Harin's sharp eyes, and replied, "And more The high return is enough to take Mr. Harlem's career to the next level." At this time, Liu Peng had nothing to hide, and directly made an investment on the spot to Harlem, the first British man who was willing to cooperate with them. The businessman promised that although even Liu Peng himself may not be able to guarantee the validity of what he just said, that is not important, is it? ?

The important thing is to make Haring believe that Westerners who will cooperate with Liujiabao in the future believe that Liujiabao is a partner worth investing in and a partner worth cooperating with... This is enough.

And in Liu Peng's view, Harlem, a shipping businessman, was an opportunity to cooperate with European powers.

This is crucial for Liujiabao, who is still trying to capture the remaining half of California. It means that the legitimacy of Liujiabao and even the regime established by Liujiabao... After all, a regime without international recognition cannot Many things are unfair and easy to be marginalized... Liu Peng, who has traveled from later generations, knows this very well. This is also why he feels that some people kill white Mexicans and even treat white Mexicans as The reason for turning into slaves was ignored, and a legitimate system of atonement was created just to obtain more development funds.

After all, in this era when white people are in power, you should not go too far with some things, otherwise it will easily bring countless troubles to yourself and Liujiabao. Moreover, for the subsequent development of Liujiabao, in North America and the entire America , and even cast a shadow on the issue based on the whole world.

After all, it is now inevitable for white people to colonize the world, and the power of Western countries is much higher than that of non-Western countries. This power gap is even greater than that of later generations. After all, the colonies of later generations have become independent, but none of them are independent now! !
This is also the reason why Liu Peng is willing to be open to white people and even make friends with them.

Without him... people under the eaves have to bow their heads.

"Okay, in that case, I can do Liu Jiabao a favor." After Harlem got what he wanted from Liu Peng, he also made a promise to Liu Peng and said to Liu Peng in a seductive tone.

"What are you busy with?" Liu Peng asked Harin with great interest.

"Mr. Rashid, Minister of the British Empire to the Republic of Mexico." Harlem replied to Liu Peng with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"Mr. Harlem, can you recommend us?" After hearing that Harlem was the British Minister to the Republic of Mexico, Liu Peng quickly asked Harlem, with even a hint of urgency in his tone. After all, Liu Jiabao now had to deal with The most important thing for the possible army of the Republic of Mexico is diplomatic support, especially the support of a powerful country. This country should preferably be a country with major relevant interests in the Americas, and its strength is still very strong. Only with the recognition of such a country, the Liu family can Only the regime established by Fort in the Americas could be stabilized. After all, not only the Chinese knew that the name was not justified, but the foreigners also knew it.

"Mr. Rashid and I met at a charity dinner held in London. Every time I take the fleet back to London, I will help the Rashid family industry transport goods to the Americas..." Harlin mentioned that he and Da Ying Rashid, the imperial minister to the Republic of Mexico, inadvertently raised the corner of his mouth. He was very proud of his relationship with these noble-born officials. After all, for a nouveau riche like Harlem, knowing more powerful people would be a good thing for him. There are benefits to improving your status.

"Mr. Rashid's family is one of the major shareholders in the Bank of England, and the Bank of England holds a large amount of national debt of the Republic of Mexico..." Harlin slowly described the family background of Minister Rashid to Liu Peng, "Your Excellency, the Governor , you should understand what I mean." Harin stared at Liu Peng and said, his tone full of temptation.

"I understand, Mr. Harin." Liu Peng already understood what the other party meant. "Mr. Harin, I will have someone send you the deposit later." Liu Peng then said to Harin.

"The ruler is so young, he was able to capture Los Angeles, and in the end he defended Los Angeles under the siege of the Mexicans. He is indeed well-deserved... his reputation is well-deserved!!" After Harlem received Liu Peng's promise, he praised Liu Peng repeatedly.

"Mr. Harlem, come and toast to our cooperation." Liu Peng walked out of the desk, walked to the wine cabinet on the left, took out a bottle of French champagne collected by Governor Huaco Covia, opened it, and poured it into two tall bottles. Inside the cup, he handed one of the cups to Harlin, who was still sitting on the chair, and said to Harlin with a smile.

"Chase..."

"Chase..."

The two looked at each other, smiled, and then drank the wine in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)