1890 King of Southeast Asia

Multiple parties intervened, making the situation complicated, and various issues were delayed again and again.

In a blink of an eye, it was mid-October.

The United States, Washington, the White House.

"Something went wrong." The Secretary of State handed Theodore a piece of intelligence.

Theodore was drinking coffee, and his re-election was no longer a suspense, and he was basking in the sun comfortably.

Hearing the words of the Secretary of State, he slowly picked up the document and fell silent.

A minute later, Theodore picked up his glasses, checked for a long time, and confirmed that he had not read a word wrong.

"The United States cannot allow this to happen. If foreign markets close the door to us, the prosperity of the United States will end... The navy must play a role." After a long silence, Theodore's first sentence was very heavy.

"To whom? South China? Or Europe?" The Secretary of State asked a very realistic question.

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The U.S. Navy went through a very embarrassing stage.

After Theodore came to power, he developed the navy. In a short period of time, two rounds of eight battleships were launched. Together with the battleships built before the war, in terms of quantity, in 1905, the US battleship fleet was second only to the battleship fleets of Britain and Germany.

However, just when the keels of these warships were laid and the hulls of some ships were half built, the Dahan-class battleships came out. The US battleships were already outdated while still on the slipway.

After gritted their teeth and completed the construction of eight battleships, and at the same time built the South Carolina-class, which did not meet the standards except for firepower, they did not start the construction of new battleships.

On the other hand, Nanhua had four new battleships, two of which were equipped with eight 356mm naval guns. It was a long expedition? The navy would rebel.

As for Europe, it was even more impossible. The UK alone had newly commissioned three improved versions of the Dreadnought and a class 1 battlecruiser, which completely defeated the slow American battleships.

"Negotiation? How?" Theodore's hand holding the document trembled slightly.

"No matter what, we can't let them close the door to trade. Once the statement is issued, it will be a painful blow to the United States." The Secretary of State looked embarrassed.

The United States is an export-oriented country, with an annual export volume of more than 1.5 billion US dollars, half of which are agricultural products - cotton, wheat, barley, pigs, cattle, sheep, leather, etc.

Relying on industrial scale to spread costs, occupy the market with low prices, shouting open door policies, and relying on privileges to impact the colonial market.

For the same low-end products, American products are more than 20% cheaper than British products.

"Who started it?" Theodore took several deep breaths and felt a little dizzy.

"I heard that the emperor of the South China Empire is preparing for this, but more evidence points to Britain and France." The Secretary of State also sorted out his emotions.

"What evidence?" Theodore was a little numb. If the colonial countries reached unification, it would be over.

"On August 207, the French ambassador to South China met with the emperor of the South China Empire for more than 3 hours. In the afternoon, British ambassador Cyril met with the emperor without an appointment. After that, the South China Empire postponed the negotiation time."

"On September 3, the British Parliament passed a statement to consolidate the interests of the British Empire in its territories and dominions."

"On September 201, France passed a presidential decree to strengthen colonial customs. Britain and Germany quickly followed suit. African trade barriers have become a reality."

"On September 206, the British ambassador met with the Japanese prime minister, after which Japan raised tariffs on North Korea."

"On the same day, the prime ministers of Britain and France met with the emperor of the South China Empire again. This time it lasted for two hours. After that, the tax rate on Arab oil exports was increased by 700!"

"There is news that South China has reached an oil transportation agreement with Britain and France, and is brewing a larger-scale cooperation."

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The Secretary of State said a lot of examples in one breath.

"It's been planned for a long time!" Theodore sat on the stool.

"The intelligence department gave it to you. I was right. We need more intelligence. This battle has just begun!" Theodore stood up again. At this time, he was like an energetic bull.

The Secretary of State couldn't help but smile.

"It took the intelligence department only two days to integrate this information. It was my fault. A lot of intelligence had been collected before, but there was a shortage of manpower and it was not sorted out." The Secretary of State couldn't hide his smile.

"The funds will be here soon. Let the boys get moving. Let's make America great!" Theodore said excitedly.

"Do you need to give a speech to Congress?" The Secretary of State suggested.

"Of course, those people must be made to realize that compromise will not have any results." Of course, what's more important is to let Congress continue to support him.

"How should we deal with it?" The Secretary of State wanted to know what Theodore could do.

Neither of them thought why they could get intelligence that they couldn't get in the past two months in two days. They were just complacent about getting some "secrets".

"Let's do this..." Theodore described his plan, and the Secretary of State nodded from time to time to show his support.

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“We exported over 200 million yuan worth of goods to the United States this year. One oil contract cannot impress me.” Xu Hui threw the contract on the table.

“This is the list of goods we exported to the United States in the past few years.” Liu Ming had expected this.

“The bulk of the goods are medicines, with a total of nearly 60 million yuan. The top ones are aphrodisiacs, spermatogenic drugs, and antibiotics; followed by stockings and more than 30 million yuan; then rubber, 30 million yuan; daily chemical products are almost 30 million yuan, which is 1.5 billion yuan.” Liu Ming bit his lip.

"The remaining 50 million, most of it is various agricultural products, palm oil, fruit, sugar. In the past few years, the American manufacturing market that we have been trying to open up has only 20 million US dollars of goods, and we still buy some high-end products." Liu Ming said one by one.

"And the goods we import from the United States are mainly textiles, machinery, 0 parts and other industrial products, supplemented by grain, meat and feed. Why not use this part of the market to exchange with the British?"

"Will the United States continue to import our things?" After understanding it, Xu Hui was not very opposed, because the United States' imports from South China are declining.

At least the production of crops such as sugar, fruit and canned food in Cuba has replaced the role of South China.

"Agricultural products and cash crops may change. The United States is trying to use Brazilian rubber. Palm oil has a lot of room for growth. Sugar and fruit, etc., except for specialties, should be..." Liu Ming spread his hands.

~ Novel App,-App...

"What about others?" Xu Hui's face was complicated. Since Brazil has it, it is only a matter of time before he loses the pricing power.

"Drugs? Do they understand?" The drugs Liu Ming sells are not single-ingredient drugs.

Take a penicillin pill, the innermost part is a concentrated extract of Chinese medicine - that is, a Chinese patent medicine, which is generally a heat-clearing and detoxifying ingredient;

The middle layer is diluted penicillin mixed with some harmless but body-reactive ingredients;

The outermost layer is a special sugar coating, which also contains drug ingredients.

How can such drugs be imitated in an era when pharmacy has not yet been separated from medicine? You said the original author of penicillin? It was still a long time before penicillin was discovered.

As for spermatogenic drugs and aphrodisiacs...what is a secret!

At this time, if you give a Westerner a packet of heroin, he will say it is a cough medicine, what a shit.

Silk stockings originated from the progress of the petrochemical industry. At this time, Westerners only knew how to extract a few types of fuel from petroleum. How to draw silk from coal tar? What a shit!

The same is true for daily chemical products, which originated from the chemical industry.

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