American Manga Dimensional Trader

Josie originally planned to return to the United States a month after her marriage.

But with Margot pregnant with her second child, that plan had to be changed.

Although Margot felt that the problem was not a big problem, Josie, who was all careful, still believed that in the next year, Margot would be the best to raise tires in Neuschwanstein Castle.

Anyway, for the current Qiao Xi, his various industries have basically been on the right track, and he basically does not need to do it himself.

Even the work of the CIA is the same.

So for the next period of time, in addition to handling some daily official duties that required him to call the shots, he took his two children to ride horses, hunt, and ski.

The mountains where Neuschwanstein Castle is located are part of the foothills of the Alps, and the scenery and wildlife resources are top-notch.

The two children ran around the mountains with their old beans every day, and they became wild children directly.

In the evening, I communicated with the trading partners to contact the feelings, and then hugged my wife and posted it.

Although Margot couldn't do anything because she was pregnant, sleeping with his wife in her arms was also a comfort to her.

However, these peaceful days did not last long.

Josie, I'm sorry, I couldn't convince Salazar to give up Magang, but to be honest, Magang is too small, and the situation in the east is not very good, so I prepared another piece for you. Big land! In the living room, a middle-aged man who was not tall said to Josie.

However, although this person is not tall, it can even be said to be short - 163 cm, which is a stature smaller than Napoleon.

But Josh did not underestimate each other.

Even in this era, not many people will underestimate each other.

Because of the other party's name, it is called Francisco Franco.

Dictator of the Kingdom of Spain.

From the coup d'etat in 1936 to the official dictatorship in 1939, he was called neutral in World War II and actually helped the moustache to deal with the moustache. Ended up in 1975.

This person's life is completely legendary.

That is to say, he was born at an untimely time. When he appeared, it was already an era of decline in Spain. Otherwise, if he pushed forward a hundred years, he would be another hero.

And it can not be liquidated after the war, and it is still prosperous in the case of being isolated.

The very important reason is because he made the right bet, and before the end of World War II, he began to do his best to befriend the United States.

It is precisely because of this relationship that Josie, who was once the representative of the American business community in Europe, is also familiar with him.

Josie came to Europe and had a meeting with him when the cruise ship passed through Spain.

He also attended Josh's wedding.

The purpose of Josie's contact with him is to use him as a lobbyist to persuade the ruler of Portugal to transfer control of Ma Port in his own name.

In exchange, Josie will open the door for Portugal on future Continental investments in Europe and the Marshall Plan for the upcoming war.

As for Josie's purpose for wanting Magang... Well, Buddha said it can't be said, can't be said!

Originally, in Josie's view, this was not a very difficult thing, including when Franco heard Josie's purpose, he also thought it was a very simple thing.

Because times have changed, Magang, one of Portugal's most important strongholds in Asia, lost its economic status as early as the end of the 19th century. After all, Magang City is too small and so close to the Bauhinia Flower Market. It is basically impossible to restore to the former important trading city.

That is, at the end of the 19th century, Magang transformed its gambling and entertainment industry, and its economy recovered a lot.

It's just that with the special situation in East Asia in recent years, the situation in Magang has become more and more optimistic - even the British people in the Bauhinia flower market next door are not very optimistic about the situation in Asia, let alone Portugal?

But don't think that the UK is vulnerable now.

In fact, Britain during this period was like a wounded wolf, and the danger was not low.

After all, the war was not over for a few years, and the British army has not been greatly reduced, especially the navy, which is still the second largest navy in the world.

It's a different matter from the completely de-industrialized Britain that lost almost all of its colonies a few decades later, and the three armed forces were cut back.

So even when Josie faced the United Kingdom, he mainly stabbed behind his back, instead of directly flipping the table.

And Britain like this is helpless when faced with the situation in Asia.

What's more, you're in Portugal?

In this situation, coupled with the fact that Spain and Portugal were both dictatorships during this period, they had extremely close friendly relations.

Franco naturally did not think that this matter would be difficult.

Especially the price that Josie offered, even Franco was very moved.

But what Josie and Franco could not have imagined was that during this period, Salazar, who had always acted moderately and extremely dictatorial government, was unexpectedly stubborn on colonial issues.

Franco's lobbying was rejected with little hesitation.

This made Franco very unhappy, but there was nothing he could do.

But Franco didn't want to lose Josie's overweights - although he is a dictator, Franco is not the kind of hedonist, and his time in office has been devoted to the economic construction of Spain.

And Josie's conditions, especially the economic support of the Marshall Plan, are very important to Spain.

But what if Portugal doesn't agree?

Just when Franco was at a loss, an international news in a newspaper caught his attention.

So before coming to Josie, he made a trip to Holland.

So, you're talking about Java? What's the attitude of the Netherlands? Josie couldn't help but look at the Dutch ambassador to Austria who was following Franco's visit.

This person is already standing in front of Josie, he is not a fool, he naturally understands what Franco means.

Just last December, when Josie was still floating at sea, the Netherlands launched a second guard operation against Java.

Both take military measures against the Republic of Java.

The Java Islands have been colonized by the Netherlands since the 16th century, until 1942 when they were occupied by footpen chickens.

When the Second World War was about to end, seeing that the chicken in the foot pot was dying, the local local resistance forces also declared independence and established the so-called Java Republic.

It's just that things obviously didn't end that easy.

In the second half of 1945, with the surrender of the footpen chicken, the British fleet in Asia landed in Java, and occupied several major cities in Java, released the imprisoned Dutch colonial troops in the city, and armed them. The two sides formed The Anglo-Dutch coalition did not recognize the so-called Java Republic, and conflict broke out between the two sides.

However, because Josie sold arms in Africa, the colonies in Africa were in chaos. Coupled with the war against Wakanda, the British army withdrew from Java in 1946 and handed Java to the Netherlands.

The Java region, since ancient times, has been an archipelago rich in resources.

It is rich in sugar cane, coffee, indigo (dye), and quinine (Cinchona, a special medicine for the treatment of malaria, Java's quinine production accounts for 92% of the world).

The Netherlands is a small country. These specialties produced in the Java region have been regarded as the economic pillar of the Netherlands in the past few hundred years. Naturally, it is impossible to give up this fertile land easily.

So in the first half of 1947, the Netherlands used a lot of military force and began to attack the area controlled by the Republic of Java. This was the first guard operation.

Although the Netherlands is a small country, its armed forces are obviously much more advanced. The Republic of Java can only be forced to sign an alliance under the city. Relinquished control of most territories.

Well, it was almost over.

But as soon as the war was over, things changed in the Netherlands.

After the right-wing forces came to power, they were not satisfied with the contracts signed with the Netherlands and Java.

Since we have won, then the whole of Java, we want it.

So the attack on Java was launched again, that is, the second guard operation.

In the original time and space, the Netherlands also won this second guard operation, but because of the opposition of some surrounding countries headed by India and the pressure from the United Nations, the war had to be truce and a new contract was signed.

Of course, any opposition from the surrounding countries is actually false. In the final analysis, it is the boss of the United States who has spoken.

In the early days, the United States supported the Dutch action against Java, because the Netherlands has always been an important partner of the United States.

It's just that the Netherlands' continuous actions in the later period have interfered with the interests of the United States in Southeast Asia, so the attitude of the United States has begun to change, and it has put pressure on the Netherlands in the name of the United Nations.

But in this world, I don't know if Josie's actions against the British and French colonies caused a chain reaction.

The second warning operation of the Netherlands was not as successful as the original time and space, but fell directly into the quagmire of war.

The attitude of the United States has also begun to change.

If it continues to drag on, the interests of the Netherlands in Java will definitely suffer, so the Dutch authorities in this period are also anxious like ants on a hot pot.

At this time, Franco found us, and to a certain extent, he fell into the hands of the Dutch.

Why is the Netherlands now in the quagmire of war?

To put it bluntly, it is actually a lack of money, arms and supplies.

Before World War II, the economic strength of the Netherlands was very strong, belonging to the level of Western European bully.

However, during World War II, it was shaved by a mustache, and now it has lost Java, an important source of economy, and the Netherlands appears to be relatively poor.

In this era when Europe has not yet moved towards a community, it is not an easy task to quickly restore its economic strength.

As for the post-war compensation—the moustache Red Skull and the foot pot chicken are not enough to fill the pits of Britain and France, which round will get the Netherlands?

So the longer the war in Java drags on, the more unfavorable it is for the Netherlands.

And who is Josh?

Since World War II on the Western Front, it has been a big moneymaker famous throughout Europe.

According to outside speculation, Josie's current personal wealth may have exceeded $2 billion.

And the assets directly or indirectly controlled may even exceed 10 billion.

In this day and age, that's definitely a pretty scary number.

Of course, this is only the surface assets that the outside world can barely count.

Not to mention the hundreds of years of accumulation of Dracula that Josie just took over, the materials and wealth that Josie has accumulated through plane exchanges in the past few years is definitely more than 10 billion.

Just gold, in Josie's system space, it can be described as a mountain.

If you really want to take it out, the global gold price will plummet directly.

So if you can get the support of the gold master, it is absolutely not a problem to support the Dutch war against Indonesia.

More importantly, Josie's influence in America.

It would be even better if the US could continue to support the Netherlands in Indonesia with Josie's influence.

Doesn't Josie want Asian land anyway? There are tens of thousands of islands in the Java Archipelago, and there are thousands of large islands suitable for development. Give it to him!

And you don't have to give it to the small island, just give it to the big island.

Except for the most important Sumatra and Java, the rest of the islands can be given, even Sulawesi can be considered.

If I want Sulawesi, can you really agree? Josie asked the Dutch ambassador unexpectedly.

I have to say that the conditions given by the Netherlands made Josie excited.

A whole Sulawesi, it is the eleventh largest island in the world, with a land area of ​​170,000 square kilometers.

Although compared with Sumatra and Java, which are close to the Strait of Malacca, the geographical location of Sulawesi is relatively less important, and the entire island has many mountains, few plains, and earthquakes and volcanoes. The overall environment is not perfect.

But the place is big enough and that's enough.

And Java, speaking of the fact that when Qiao Xi was a native of Xia in his last life, he had a lot of resentment for the many actions this country did to Xia in his early years.

With enough interests and a little grudge from the previous life, Josie has no reason not to be moved.

Yes, Your Excellency, if our country can finally regain its complete interests in the Java region, Her Majesty will also grant Your Excellency the governorship of Sulawesi and the status of hereditary earl! The Dutch ambassador saw Josie's emotion and immediately added.

I see, it's actually very easy to say! Josh said, rubbing his chin.

Oh? How do you say? Hearing Josie's words, the Dutch ambassador immediately asked, and Franco on the side was obviously also very interested.

The problem you have now is nothing more than the problem of troops and ammunition. In fact, there are still a large number of powerful military forces in Europe that have been abandoned, and food is wasted in vain every day. Josie said.

You mean... Germans? The Dutch ambassador immediately thought of Josie's words, but his brows were still furrowed.

That's right, although Josie had obtained a lot of German and Hydra prisoners of war from the US military through personal relationships, there were hundreds of thousands.

But compared to the total number of millions in the Rhine camp, this number is insignificant.

In the past few years, these millions of prisoners have basically been released one after another.

However, in the hands of various Western European countries, due to various reasons, a large number of German prisoners of war are still stranded.

Just a little armed, it is a good military force.

But hiring war criminals... that's not a good reputation.

The Dutch ambassador could not help but hesitate.