Chapter 117 Goodwill

Outside the window of the oval office, a White House staff walked across the lawn. He was used to looking into the oval office and only saw that the president's elbow sitting behind the resolute desk seemed to be holding the desk thinking about something, which was obviously not President Roosevelt's habit.

The atmosphere in the office was a little depressing with President Roosevelt's silence. Huang Huiyun's look was also a little serious. Both of them fell into silence after the previous conversation. It seemed that no one wanted to break this silence first. For Huang Huiyun, what he needed was to use Roosevelt's "advocacy" The international rules add a "rule bargaining chip" to China's move, and for Roosevelt, whether in the interests of the United States or the future of Asia, he does not want to see China involved in Southeast Asian affairs.

It is troublesome enough for a Japanese to stare at the Philippines and Hawaii. If China intends to touch Southeast Asia again, although the Dutch Borneo is not the sphere of influence of the United States, Roosevelt is worried about the Japanese. Will it become more eager to try because of the success of the Chinese?

The silence of the President and the Special Envoy. In the eyes of Secretary of State Hay John, he did not interrupt the dialogue between the two before. In fact, in this kind of conversation, the greatest role of Hay John as Secretary of State is not to show the attitude of the United States, but as a "buffer" between the president and the special envoy, in the situation. When there is a stalemate or there may be unhappiness, ease the atmosphere at the scene.

"Mr. Special Envoy, of course, the Dutch need to pay an appropriate price for their actions, which is of course necessary and in line with international principles!"

While Hai John was speaking, Huang Huiyun turned his attention to him. A week ago, Liang Cheng, Ambassador of the Plenipotentiary to the United States, reached an agreement with John Hai on "Geng's Studying Abroad". Before this agreement was reached and submitted to Congress for consideration, driven by the American people and the White House, this unprecedented move caused a huge amount of public opinion in the United States. Great response, a voice of praise. It is only a "conside problem" to be submitted to Congress for consideration, and at the same time, a "accidental leak" incident caused a memo from James, the president of the University of Irino, to Roosevelt, to be published by the New York Times.

"Which country can educate this generation of Chinese young people, and which country can recover the greatest spiritual and commercial impact because of the efforts paid in this regard. ...It is more reliable for business to follow the spiritual domination than to follow the military flag.

However, this leak directly affects the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other beneficiary countries. In the face of the situation that "a generation of Chinese elites will be dominated by the United States", the people and politicians have "followed the United States" and implemented the strategy of returning Geng's student aid, so as to "pursue the spiritual domination of business". "Future effect", the trend of Geng's study abroad may open the gate from this year.

That's why Hay John is now the most popular American. At least the Geng loan that he "has to pay" will be "repaid" to China in another way that is beneficial to China, which is also what China needs.

"But what kind of price is enough to make the Dutch unforgettable? Your Excellency the Secretary of State!"

Looking at Hay John's slightly haggard face that seemed to have a trace of sickness, Huang Huiyun said.

"First of all, I and China do not think that the return of 782100 yuan by the Netherlands will leave a deep enough lesson for the Dutch!"

Almost in order to prevent Hay John from continuing to talk, Huang Huiyun took the initiative to dispel this idea when Hay John did not raise the issue of "Dutch refunding Geng". Previously, the Dutch political axe revealed through the United Kingdom that "returning Geng as compensation to China." The only suggestion is that they are "designated for 65% of water conservancy and 35% of cultural causes." The reason for this designation is that they still hope to benefit from China's future water conservancy projects.

What's more, compared with the refund of less than 800,000 taels, the value of Borneo is incalculable. The world's fourth largest oil field and the world's third largest rubber producing area, all of which are undoubtedly needed by China. Compared with this, the 800,000 taels is just a debuff.

"Of course, we will not refuse the goodwill of the Dutch refund, but we also can't accept such goodwill. At the same time, His Excellency the President and His Excellency the Secretary of State, please note that we have as many as 5 million expatriates in the Dutch East, and these expatriates have suffered from the Dutch for more than 300 years. Persecution and even large-scale massacres, and, Mr. President, although Lan Fang was captured by the Dutch 21 years ago, the Dutch still recognize the local regime to this day, and according to the historical materials of China and the Netherlands, Lan Fang is the vassal of China!"

Huang Huiyun's directness made Roosevelt and Hay John look at each other helplessly. The Dutch were really "too stingy". After they annexed Lan Fang by force 21 years ago, they actually mentioned in a speech in a speech in the Netherlands, "In order to avoid the dissatisfaction caused by our annexation of the vassals of the Qing Dynasty, at a certain time It is in the interests of the Netherlands in Asia to maintain a puppet regime in the meantime!"

If it is only the "Lan Fang" mentioned in the official documents of the Qing Dynasty inherited by the Chinese people, which tried to be merged into China's semi-official documents more than a hundred years ago, it may be ignored, but the problem is that the Dutch themselves recognized the vassals of the Qing Dynasty in the official documents decades ago.

"Mr. Special Envoy, I think we can put this issue aside for the time being. After all, this is a problem between the Dutch and you!"

Roosevelt, who did not receive a direct request for mediation from the Dutch, although he still had some scruples in his heart, he did not continue to persist. Of course, he knew that after 260 years of colonial rule, in the face of the massacre of his nationals in other countries, he naturally had to make a tough statement. This was to The people showed that "the national political axe is different from that of the Qing Dynasty".

If they give in, they will disappoint the people. For an unstable political axe, this is obviously impossible to accept. Perhaps... President Roosevelt thought of the two-day conversation with Hay John. This difference between the Chinese people shows that they may be the best choice for the United States to suppress Japan, and the same It is also the only choice.

But before Japan shows that they are threatening to the United States, the United States does not need to make too many statements for the time being. We must make the Chinese realize that they want something from the United States, not the United States.

"Your Excellency, many newspapers in the United States and Europe have made a lot of reports on the landing of Chinese battleships!"

"It's a large armored cruiser, not a battleship, Mr. President!"

Huang Huiyun hurriedly "corrected" the "errors" in Roosevelt's language, believing that the United States, which enjoys special interests in the Pacific Ocean, has a problem of building warships against China. It has long been expected. Now that he has taken the initiative to mention it, it can be explained.

"Mr. President, with China's shipbuilding technology, we don't have the ability to build battleships, and Zhiyuan, to some extent, is just a test ship. It is an attempt at shipbuilding technology and all aspects of technology. I don't think the United States need to have any concerns about it!"

Whether it was Roosevelt or Hay John, when Huang Huiyun explained, the two just smiled at each other, with a displacement of nearly 18,000 tons and 20 13.5-inch naval guns commissioned by an American company.

"Wored?"

Roosevelt smiled and took Huang Huiyun's words.

"I'm afraid Mr. Special Envoy misunderstood me. Although to some extent, China's construction of warships is not conducive to peace in the Far East, in my opinion, if the neighbors have nearly ten battleships and a huge fleet, then it is understandable for you to have a fleet of comparable size!"

His words were in exchange for Huang Huiyun's surprise. Originally, he was thinking about how to win the understanding of the Americans, but now Roosevelt has taken the initiative to agree that China has a "equivalent" fleet.

"Of course, China's shipbuilding technology does lag behind that of other countries in the world. If you are willing to purchase warships from abroad, I think you can fully consider the American shipyards. The warships built by the United States are by no means inferior to the United Kingdom in quality, and in some ways, we even surpass the United Kingdom, just like you choose the United States. Just as the factory of the country builds naval guns for your country, American factories can provide the best quality naval guns to your country in the shortest time, and it is the same in the construction of warships!"

Seeing that Huang Huiyun seemed to be thinking about something, Roosevelt added.

"At the right time, I think we can provide a loan for this and transfer relevant technology to China!"

Roosevelt then threw a bait. The Chinese people are eager for technology. They even buy technology at the same time when buying a printing press. For Chinese people, they are eager for all the European and American technology that can be used. This is an inevitable choice to become an industrial country. I did it in those years, and now China It's not unexpected for people to do this.

The reason why these baits were thrown one after another was that on the one hand, the United States needed a Chinese fleet to contain me, and on the other hand, Roosevelt did not mind winning foreign orders for American shipyards to achieve a zero breakthrough in the export of American battleships.

"This..."

Huang Huiyun was shocked by Roosevelt's successive surprises. Why did Americans export warships to China on extremely favorable terms? Loans, export technology, no attention, no annihilation or theft.

"Mr. President, first of all, I think I have to thank you for your kindness, but..."

While thanking, Huang Huiyun turned around.

"I did not assume the responsibility of military procurement when I came to the United States this time, but I think it is my responsibility to convey your kindness to China!"

Although the president and the special envoy had a direct dialogue, the two were unexpected. None of them mentioned Nanjing's "China Industrial and Commercial Covenant" or the boycott of American goods being staged in China. It seemed that both of them pretended that this problem did not exist.

(to be continued)