The Marquess of Salisbury received the Minister of Admiralty in his office.
"Mills, why are you so anxious?"
Mills first saluted the Prime Minister, and then sat across from him after the Prime Minister agreed.
"Mr. Prime Minister, I just received a secret information that the Qing people want to buy an ironclad ship like ours in the UK."
When the Marquis of Salisbury heard this, he showed a hint of interest, "Is the news confirmed?"
"The news came from HSBC. The Qing people have prepared 600,000 pounds for this deal."
"Oh, these Qing people are quite rich. They just returned home from two ironclad ships, and now they want to buy them again. Do they really think they can build a maritime power with money?"
"Mr. Prime Minister, the question now is, will we agree to the other party's request to purchase ironclad ships? If so, what kind of ironclad ships should we sell to them?"
The Marquis of Salisbury knocked on the table with his hand, and then said: "Now that Russia is expanding very powerfully in the Far East, we should find an obedient dog to shut Russia out. And the Qing Dynasty is just the candidate, even if
It was we who vigorously armed the Qing Dynasty, and when we were the last country without industry, it could not pose any threat to our British Empire."
Mills fully agreed with the Prime Minister's views. No matter how many ironclads the country bought, it would never be able to escape the control of the British Empire.
The Marquis of Salisbury finally said: "Open our arsenal for the Qing people to visit, and it is best to drain them to their last penny."
"I understand, Mr. Prime Minister, I will prepare immediately after I return and ensure that the Qing people will spend all their money in Britain this time."
At this point, the British reached a consensus on Liu Hai's purchase of ironclad ships.
Besides, on the second day after Liu Hai visited HSBC, he ordered the soldiers to carry boxes full of silver and arrived at HSBC in a mighty manner.
Ned Land had already ordered someone to wait for Liu Hai at the door. Now as soon as Liu Hai arrived, Ned Land immediately got the report and hurried out of the office.
Then the HSBC manager personally handed over the money to Liu Hai. After the inventory was completed, he withdrew another 200,000 gold coins from the bank. This time the transaction was considered completed.
After Liu Hai exchanged the gold, he declined Ned Land's banquet and hurried back to his residence with others.
Three days later, the Qing Dynasty's mission to Britain arrived in Shanghai. Liu Hai took Liu Da and more than a dozen escorts, and after meeting them, they boarded the ship to Britain.
After Liu Hai got on the ship, he stayed in his cabin and never came out again, claiming that he could not adapt to life at sea.
In fact, bangs have returned to modern Madagascar through the time and space ring.
As soon as Liu Hai returned to modern times, he immediately sent someone to contact Zhang Tao at the embassy.
After Zhang Tao received Liu Hai's call, he immediately drove from the embassy to Liu Hai's villa.
After the two met, they exchanged greetings and immediately got down to business.
"Mr. Zhang, my oil field has produced another batch of oil this time. I wonder if Mr. Zhang can purchase it."
Zhang Tao smiled and said, "To put it bluntly, how much oil does our country import in a year? No matter how much you produce, the country can buy it all."
Liu Hai is now smiling, and he can make a lot of money from the oil business this time.
"I wonder how much oil Mr. Liu plans to sell this time?"
"No more than 1 million barrels."
Zhang Tao was a little disappointed after hearing this. He thought that the oil field in Liu Hai was really a large oil field that shocked the world as Qi said. Unexpectedly, it only produced more than 1 million barrels of oil. This is not even a large oil field in China.
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But now Liu Hai is a guest of the President of Madagascar, so Zhang Tao didn't show any disappointed expression on the surface.
"Then let's pay the money and deliver the goods, right?"
"Mr. Zhang, please be happy. The oil is already in the warehouse. You can send someone to fetch it at any time."
Zhang Tao saw that the oil matter had been finished, so he asked tentatively: "Mr. Liu, look, our oil transactions are very inconvenient these times. Can I fund the construction of another terminal specifically for our oil transactions?"
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After listening to Zhang Tao's words, Liu Hai's eyes flickered a little. It seemed that people in China could not sit still. After Liu Hai considered the pros and cons, he felt that he could still agree to China's offer.
"I can't make the final decision on this matter, but I will mention it to President Josh Hamilton. Future decisions will depend on the president's opinion."
Zhang Tao now showed a satisfied smile. As predicted by domestic analysis, Liu Hai was patriotic.
Liu Hai saw the other party smiling and knew that they were satisfied with his answer, so he made the request while the iron was hot.
"Mr. Zhang has a lot of connections in China, right?"
"It can't be said that some business partners help each other and make money together." After Zhang Tao said this, his attitude changed again, "Is there anything difficult for Mr. Liu? If that's the case
, please feel free to ask, as long as I can do it, I will try my best."
"It's not that difficult. I just bought a batch of gold locally and want to sell it as soon as possible. I wonder if Mr. Zhang can pull the strings for me."
Zhang Tao was excited when Liu Hai said that he had gold on hand. Now that the U.S. dollar is falling in the international market, Canada and Canada have begun to buy gold as a safe haven, and central banks in various countries have also begun to purchase gold on a large scale.
If Liu Hai can really sell a batch of gold to the country, it can be considered a contribution to the country.
"There is no problem at all. Gold is hard currency. No matter how much gold Mr. Liu has, we can all eat it."
"Then you don't know what the price of gold is?"
"Mr. Liu, please wait a moment. I'll call you for consultation."
"Please."
After getting Liu Hai's permission, Zhang Tao immediately came to the yard, took out his mobile phone again, and made a call.
Zhang Tao seemed to have received some instructions and returned to the living room of Liu Hai Villa.
"Boss Liu has kept you waiting for a long time. I just consulted a friend at the Bank of China and the price he gave us is that we can pay US$50 per gram of gold."
Liu Hai calculated in his mind that this was slightly lower than the price on the market, but this is normal. Can't you make money at a domestic bank?
"Since Mr. Zhang is so happy, let me tell the truth. I have more than 5 tons of gold in my hand now. Can Mr. Zhang eat it in one bite?"
"There is no problem with the 5 tons of gold. I wonder when it will be handed over?"
"If Mr. Zhang is willing, then we can hand over this afternoon."
"Then let's hand over it at the Bank of China at 15:00 this afternoon. I wonder what Mr. Liu's plan is?"
"No problem at all."
After discussing today's matters, Liu Hai personally sent Zhang Tao out of the villa.
After Zhang Tao left Liu Hai Villa and returned to the embassy, he reported what happened today.
The order given to Zhang Tao by the people above was to fully cooperate with Liu Hai's actions and show the country's goodwill towards him. If Liu Hai needs it, the country can provide him with unlimited loans.
After Zhang Tao received the reply from the above, he was very frightened. What is going on? Even if Liu Hai has some use value, there is no need for the country to spend such a large amount of money.
But the superiors actually issued such an order, which naturally made sense, and he just carried out the order.
So that afternoon, Zhang Tao personally waited for Liu Hai in front of the Bank of China.
This time when Liu Hai came to the Bank of China, he was still accompanied by more than 100 soldiers. For safety reasons, Liu Hai borrowed two armored personnel carriers from Josh Hamilton to ensure the safety of this batch of gold.
After Liu Hai arrived at the door of the Bank of China, the soldiers who followed Liu Hai immediately carried boxes of gold into the Bank of China from the armored vehicle behind him, and then moved it to the bank's vault by bank staff.
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During the time when bank personnel were counting, Li Jingui, the president of the Bank of China in Madagascar, accompanied Liu Hai to chat in the office.
After the bank staff finished counting, a call came to the president's office, and the president slowly took out a Bank of China bank card from his drawer.
"Mr. Liu, there are 260 million US dollars in this bank card, which is the price of gold this time. The password is nine 6s. Sometimes you can just change the password."
Liu Hai took the bank card and found that it was just an ordinary bank card, not like the legendary black card or gold card at all.
Liu Hai did not receive the bank card into his arms immediately, but said to the manager opposite: "I want to acquire a batch of industrial silver. I wonder if your bank is prepared?"
The last time Liu Hai purchased silver, it took a lot of effort. In the end, he purchased this batch of silver through the Ministry of Industry of Madagascar.
And now the person sitting across from me is a bank manager from the largest industrial country in the world, so naturally I want to ask them if they have any inventory there.
When Li Jingui heard that Liu Hai wanted to buy silver, he immediately smiled proudly and said, "How much goods do you want, sir? I can still transfer a few hundred tons. If it is more, I will have to report it to the domestic head office."
"I can't use so much. I only need 100 tons of silver for the time being?"
After Liu Hai finished speaking, he handed the bank card in his hand to the other party, meaning to pay now.
Li Jingui took the bank card and smiled, "Since Mr. Liu is so sincere, I will give you a discount. For 100 tons of silver, I will only charge you 40 million US dollars."
After finishing speaking, Li Jingui picked up the phone on the table and notified the staff outside. In a moment, staff came to the office and took away the bank card.
When the staff came back a while later, not only did the bank card come back, but a contract was also delivered.
Li Jingui took the contract and handed it to Liu Hai without even looking at it.