Holy Roman Empire

Once defeated, it is unknown whether they can keep their homeland, and how can they have the ability to retaliate against us.

Even though they have the support of the British, but the situation in Europe is tense now, and the British themselves are too busy to take care of themselves, so how can they stand up for them. "

Like the original time and space, before the end of the war, no one could believe that the Russian Empire would lose to the Japanese.

Including the funders who support the Japanese government, they are all prepared in advance to invest in nothing, and everyone's highest expectation is to hit the Russians hard.

It was not the British, let alone the Americans, nor the Japanese army and navy that really helped the Japanese government win the war. Instead, it was the Russian Revolutionary Party, which seemed irrelevant.

If it weren't for the civil strife, the tsarist government's status as the leader of the tsarist government would not have delayed the war for a few years, then there would be a problem.

Just look at the Russo-Turkish war, which lasted for ten or eight years, which is a common occurrence.

If there is no money in the pocket, wait until the funds are raised before continuing to fight.

Anyway, the Russian Far East is a blank area, no matter how bad it is, the tsarist government will not feel bad.

The ice and snow weather is the greatest ally, but if the Japanese army dares to go deep, they should not even think about retreating.

Not to mention now, Franz's backhand has not yet been activated, and the Vienna government is still strongly supporting the Tsarist government.

Britain and Japan have limited power in Russia, and even if they want to plan a revolution, they are unable to implement it.

The Russian Empire itself was not in chaos. Before the opening of the Siberian Railway, the Far East battlefield was in a state of anxiety. Normal people were optimistic that the tsarist government would win.

Wang Lao waved his hand and said: "Okay, I just sighed, I see you are in a hurry, young people just can't hold their breath.

Even if you want to go to the west exit, you have to negotiate the terms first.Although it was lucrative to transport supplies for the Russians, it was not a long-term business.

The opening of the Siberian Railway is imminent. If we can reach an agreement with the Russians to open up a trade route to Europe, the benefits contained in it will be much greater than the delivery of arms. "

The representative of the Zhang family on the left objected: "President Wang, the risk is as great as the benefit.

The Russians are not easy to meet. They have no credibility. Even if an agreement is reached, they will break the contract if they say it is broken.

Even if we go to a lawsuit with a contract and go to someone else's territory, we don't have a place to speak.

In the past years, the big guys we are sitting here have suffered a lot from this aspect. "

What business is the most profitable?

Naturally it is a monopoly.

The biggest reason why Shanxi merchants were able to rise in the land-poor north was to monopolize the trade with outside customs.

With the advent of the ocean age, our trade monopoly position in North Korea and Liaodong has been broken.

Just the Mongolian prairie cannot afford to support so many chambers of commerce.Some Shanxi merchants chose to go south, and some Shanxi merchants chose to continue going north.

All the people sitting here are basically representatives of the Beishang faction.In order to open up and expand the trade line leading to the Russian Empire, everyone is also trying their best.

Of course there are results, but most of the benefits have been swallowed up by Russian bureaucrats and capital, and everyone can only leave a few hard-earned money with their busy schedule.

The pay is not directly proportional to the return, and no one can bear it after a long time.So much so that now, everyone has simply become a transit dealer.

Transport the goods of the Far Eastern Empire to the border and sell them to Russian businessmen; then purchase special products from Russian businessmen and ship them back to the country for sale.

Although the money earned is less, the risk is also smaller, and there is no need to worry about being swallowed up by Russian local snakes on the way.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is acceptable to be able to make some stable money.But in the eyes of businessmen, failure to maximize profits is failure.

President Wang smiled slightly: "Xing Bai, you are still so straightforward.

But you are right, with our strength alone, it is naturally beyond our power to open up the land trade route to Europe.

But our strength is not enough, we can still find someone to cooperate! "

"Uprightness", for businessmen, this is not a compliment, it can even be called irony.

It could be seen that the old man was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xingbai who questioned him, and his words were full of teasing meaning.

Everyone turned a deaf ear to all of this, as if nothing had happened.Including Zhang Xingbai himself, did not express anything.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. There is a big river and lake outside, and a small river and lake inside the chamber of commerce.

Everyone sticks together because of their interests. In normal business competition, no one has ever softened their hands. There are definitely many conflicts that have accumulated over a long period of time.

The middle-aged man surnamed Liu said: "Old Wang, brother Zhang just made a slip of the tongue, your old prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, so please forgive me.

It's just that I'm really puzzled to find someone to cooperate with.In the past years, we have not had no partners, but in the end we all broke up.

Foreigners have no propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and Russians are an outlier among foreigners, completely ignoring reputation.

Even the government can default and go bankrupt in order to avoid debts.If you cooperate deeply with them, you may be cheated to death. "

The Russians in the early 20th century were already notorious.With the successive debt defaults of the Tsarist government, the whole world has deep doubts about the credibility of the Russians.

Not to mention all the people present, many people have suffered from cooperation.No matter how perfect the contract is, it will be useless in the face of a partner who does not play by the rules.

Glancing at the crowd, seeing that everyone's interest was not high, President Wang didn't dare to keep showing off.Without the cooperation of everyone, his family alone would have been choked to death.

"I can understand everyone's doubts. To tell you the truth, in the past decades of trade with Russia, I have stepped on pitfalls.

Our advantage is that we have connections and funds in the country. The disadvantage is that we lack connections and connections in the Russian Empire, and we cannot deter wolves, tigers and leopards.

Even if we cooperate with the Russian elite, those people regard us as pigs and sheep.There is no credibility at all to kill people as soon as they are fattened up.

In the final analysis, it is still an imbalance of power between the two sides.In cooperation, our voice is almost non-existent.

After learning from the pain, I found that the key to solving this problem is to find a partner that should not be too strong.

It is best to be able to deter wolves, tigers and leopards along the way, and lack of foundation in the local area, so we have to rely on us for specific business. "

With such an explanation, everyone understands.It's similar to bribing officials as usual, sending a dry stock is equivalent to paying a protection fee, and the specific business is still led by yourself.

There is a network of connections in the local area, so it is natural to play like this.It will not work in the Russian Empire. The Russian bureaucracy is dominated by aristocrats, and everyone who can collude with them has colluded, and there is no room for them outsiders to display their talents.

The man surnamed Liu shook his head in disappointment: "Old Wang, that's right in theory. But in practice, we can't find such a partner at all, and we may even be implicated in political struggles."

No wonder he was nervous. They have invested the most in the opening of the trade line with Russia in the past few decades.

The Liu family's caravan even traveled all the way from the Far East through Siberia to central Europe.

It sounds very powerful, but it actually earned a loneliness.Not only is the transportation in Siberia crashing, but the Russian bureaucracy is even more shocking to them.

President Wang said without changing his face: "Rusong, you are right. Under normal circumstances, we really can't find such a partner.

But it's different now, the partners come to your door by themselves.Compared with the previous days, everyone has been in contact with the Austrians.

Although they appear to be arms dealers, their real identities are definitely not simple. Anyway, I have never seen an arms dealer escorted by a warship.

Especially the leader, who is actually a nobleman, and not just an ordinary nobleman.

I have sent someone to inquire. That Sir Louis is a member of the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire. Although he is only a distant branch, he is enough to be a guide.

He came to the Far East this time to expand the family business, and the arms trade this time was just incidental.

Everyone must have heard about the reputation of the Habsburg family.Whether politically or economically, everything about them is basically positive.

If we can cooperate with them, we can directly open up trade routes with Europe, whether it is land or sea.

The only uncertainty is HRE's struggle for supremacy with Britain, but that doesn't hurt too much.

The Royal Navy could not go ashore. Even if it failed in the struggle for hegemony, the Holy Roman Empire was still one of the largest powers in the world.

It's a rare opportunity, if they didn't need us to deliver strategic materials for the Russians, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be qualified for contact. "

There is no difference between cooperation and cooperation.The most common business cooperation is a simple purchase and sale, and there is no human relationship between the two parties.

In-depth cooperation is different. This is not only a matter of money, but also needs to consider resource complementarity.

Facing the Shenluo royal family, the resources in the hands of Shanxi merchants are really too few.Even the personal network they are proud of is worthless in the eyes of the other party.

After the shock, everyone reacted quickly.This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as this line is established, it will be no problem to open up Russian trade routes.

With the participation of the Shinra royal family and the cooperation with the Russian dignitaries, it can only follow the rules.They all played within the scope of the rules, and everyone still didn't hesitate.

The man surnamed Liu asked, "Elder Wang talked to Sir Louis?"

The old man smiled awkwardly and said, "It's just a preliminary contact, and we haven't discussed it in depth. After all, Sir Louis not only wants us to deliver arms for the Russians, but also to help them raise strategic supplies.

Without everyone's participation, the royal family alone would not be able to raise enough supplies for the Russians.

But everyone can rest assured that Sir Louis has assured everyone: the price will not let everyone suffer, and everything will be based on the market price in the trading area, and he will urge the Russians to pay on time.

They will handle the official troubles caused by raising strategic materials, and they will not leave hidden dangers for everyone. "

Interests are always the best bond. As long as the money is sufficient, raising strategic materials is not a problem at all.

Before that, although everyone was also going to the west exit, the materials delivered each time were not many.In addition to worrying about bandits and bandits, he was more afraid of being hacked by the Russians.

Chapter 115 A Bad Idea

Reputation is a good thing, and the word of mouth that Franz has managed for a long time is now time to exert its power.

No matter how much the Russians promised, everyone couldn't believe it, but a member of the Habsburg family came out as a guarantee, and everyone quickly accepted it.

Dare to make a guarantee, Louis is naturally not aimless.Being able to let him, a member of the royal family, do it himself means that this transaction is extraordinary.

Don't look at the voluntary actions of arms dealers on the surface, but behind the scenes it was finalized by Vienna and St. Petersburg. The real arms seller is the Vienna government.

It is not easy to catch up with a war and make money. He traveled thousands of miles to the Far East. Naturally, Louis could not give up this opportunity to make money.

The Vienna government sells arms and medicines, and he can also sell other strategic materials!Once the war breaks out, it will be ten thousand taels of gold, no matter what you sell, it will be a huge profit.

It doesn't matter if there is no stock on hand, the local snake has it.Shanxi merchants were worried that the money from the Russians would not be collected, but Louis was not afraid at all.

Russian bureaucrats are not idiots, just bully businessmen with no backstage background; they would not dare to lend their courage to black Vienna government products.

"Pull the tiger's skin and pull the banner."

It is still enough to deter the Russian bureaucrats in the Far East.Even if someone has the power to investigate, the cards of the Habsburg family can still hold the field.

What really needs to be paid is to solve the official troubles.Not only the pressure from the Far Eastern Empire, but also the pressure from the Japanese government.

In fact, it's also very simple, as long as you stand up at the critical moment and behave tougher.

You know, Louis is now a representative of the Shinra royal family, and he came to the Far East to strengthen exchanges between the royal families.

Even if he doesn't have many actual rights, there is absolutely no problem with this identity being frightening.

Although Shinra and Britain are both powerful in the Far East, except for their scary appearance, their actual delivery capabilities are really limited, but the outside world doesn't know it!

Just looking at the military strength on the surface, Austrian Southeast Asia has the strength to defeat Japan or the Far East Empire, at least in the eyes of many people in the Far East.

The reference template is the Battle of the Philippines. A declining Spain can fight Japan, the number one power in the Far East. Naturally, Shinra, whose national strength is more than ten times stronger, is overestimated.

Shanxi merchants are not rootless apples. Once they let go of their hands and feet as local snakes, the energy they can use is absolutely beyond imagination.

You must know that 200 years ago, they supported themselves by themselves...

I can't guarantee anything else, at least the Russian army's food problem can be solved, which is also the mission of Louis' trip to the Far East.

In the words of Emperor Franz the Great, that is: the Russians cannot be starved, nor can they be overfed. It is just right to be able to compete with Japan.

To achieve this, it is necessary to strictly control the input of strategic materials.No more, no less.

Zhang Xingbai cupped his fists and bowed to the old man: "Xingbai is young and ignorant, he offended me just now, please forgive me.

To tell you the truth, I just received news yesterday that the family caravan sold goods to the Russians and only received [-]% of the payment.

I believe that everyone has encountered a similar situation. If we can introduce a partner to ensure the normal delivery of the payment, Xingbai will be the first to support it.

However, Sir Louis was born in the Habsburg dynasty with a high position and power. After he joins in, how should the benefits be distributed? "

In a sense, the defeat of the Russian army in the original time and space was also caused by its own bureaucracy.

For the sake of profit, the quartermaster in charge of procurement often pockets his own pockets to take back deductions, or even waste money for goods.

If the amount of the transaction is too large, there may even be black and white, and the culprits will be directly killed and blamed on the bandits, which makes the smugglers afraid.

It wasn't until after the incident became serious that high-level Russian military officers came out to stop it, but at that time it was too late.

Even if there is a change, the number of caravans willing to take risks has decreased, and many people simply turned to do Japanese business, so that the materials obtained by smuggling have been greatly reduced.

It has just started now, and the transaction volume each time is not large, and it has not yet developed to the point where black people eat black people.However, it is still common to withdraw the deduction and hold the final payment.

It is indeed very important to be able to solve these problems.However, what everyone is more concerned about is the specific "benefit distribution".

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Chairman Wang said slowly: "First, let's talk about the current Xikou trade, there are two ways of cooperation.

One is to sign a contract with Sir Louis to buy it out, and we will ship it directly to the Russians to complete it. He will communicate with the Russians on all follow-up issues to ensure that everyone's gross profit is not less than 50.00%.

The second is that everyone jointly invested in the establishment of a commercial firm. We were responsible for the specific management and operation, and Sir Louis was responsible for handling the relationship with the Russians. The shareholding ratio was determined according to the amount of investment.

After the west exit trade is over, the firm will open up overseas business routes, and he can help coordinate relations anywhere in the world.