C3050 Smuggling

In the entire Franco-Prussian War, the siege of Paris was a turning point for the Chinese. Before the siege of Paris, the Chinese strategy was to keep attacking, attacking, and attacking!

Although there were only a few people, they had all participated in the most important battles and obtained impressive results in every battle. Xiao Letian's goal was clear, it was to become famous in this war and expand the achievements in this battle so that the final spoils of war could be divided.

During the era of wolf cub feeding, you had to show your fangs. You didn't dare to say that you scared English and French and the others, but at the very least, you had to let them know that it was not good to bully them!

If you dare to start a war with the Chinese, perhaps you will obtain the final victory. However, you must remember that the Chinese will definitely fight you to the death and tear off the largest piece of your body.

Even if you win in the end, you'll have to pay a heavy price to turn your military adventure into a very likely loser.

Only in this way could the Chinese people obtain a peaceful development space!

It was enough for him to establish his might. Forget about the mighty army, just the sea battle of the Zhiyuan Warship s that was about to kill each other was enough to shock the entire world.

Xiao Letian had adjusted his strategy at this time. He knew very well that he was, after all, a member of the Asian and not a member of the cultural circle in Europe. had never treated him as his own person.

Killing too much would backfire. Closing down a civil war was one thing, but if the Chinese got involved too deeply, it would sometimes cause a backlash in European national sentiment.

Thus, ever since the siege of Paris, the Chinese had become depressed. They guarded a Shabelle Gate and did not participate in any military operations. Of course, this gate had also become a place for many to avoid.

What kind of business? It was the most basic food smuggling!

Food from the war was more valuable than gold, even if you had the money you wouldn't be able to buy it, because there was no one who could smuggle it into Paris. At such a crucial time with the Prussian army surrounding the whole city, other than the Chinese people, no one else had such power.

In the end, Bismark still turned a blind eye to Xiao Letian's actions. He knew that the rise of the Hua Clan was really lacking in money, and the two of them had a chat in private.

The biggest problem facing the Chinese was the question of funding. Why were the Chinese so desperate in the war in Europe, and why so many people had died to cooperate with the Prussian War of Rise?

What they said was very frank, they wanted to obtain the benefits of victory! The two of them had a cooperative relationship, Xiao Letian had bet all of his wager on Prussia.

If you win, the Chinese will split up a piece of meat with you, and maybe the initial industrialization will be enough. If you lose in Prussia, the Chinese will also face tremendous international pressure, and it's hard to say if you can survive!

Knowing that it was not easy for Xiao Letian, and considering the deep cooperation between the two countries in the future, the Chinese smuggling business quietly started.

But Bismark had one bottom line that even Xiao Letian did not dare to touch, and that was firearms!

You Chinese can smuggle food, clothes, coal, and medical supplies here, but don't touch firearms. If you send an extra bullet into the city, maybe that would be the life of the Prussian army on the battlefield!

The Sharpei Sect's smuggling had already become a semi-open secret. At the beginning, it was Eugene and Andrew's smuggling of antiques, but that was just to test the waters.

Then, Blanqui's representative started to contact the Chinese race, hoping to directly purchase some of the goods that were in short supply in the city. However, the price offered by the Chinese race caused the people who came to take a deep breath.

A sack of flour before the war was no more than a dozen francs, and now the Chinese wanted two hundred francs for the mouth, if only the Gold franc didn't want the paper money!

The medical veil could buy a large bag for the past fifty francs, and now eight hundred francs is not a bargaining price, and that alone cannot guarantee the quantity!

The price of coal was twenty thousand francs a cart, the cost of firewood was eight thousand francs a cart, and the amount of cotton and clothing for the winter was more than twenty times higher.

This was a robbery, but Blanqui and the others didn't have a choice. This was a monopolistic smuggling business!

In just two months, the amount of funds that had flowed to the Chinese in Paris had exceeded ten million Gold franc, and they were all in gold and cash.

Although Paris was very wealthy, it had been devastated by the war. A lot of its wealth had been consumed, and the money market didn't have much gold coins. Most of them were even paper money with gold standard protection.

However, as long as the Chinese had cash and gold coins, they would not take a single note. The 10 million gold coins had completely wiped away all of the currency circulation in Paris City!

Why was it that during this period of time, the food in the Commune's Material Management Department looked so terrible? All of the rich people in Paris had their families raided several times, and almost all of the gold and silver equipment had been confiscated.

These gold, silver, and precious metals were all used to purchase materials from the Chinese!

But not enough, far from enough, the birth of paper money is a milestone event in the history of human currency, since the appearance of gold and silver notes under the standard system, the currency circulation market is the major part of paper money.

Both the public and business people like to use this type of paper money, which is valuable and easy to carry, rather than using it directly.

Gold and silver coins were scarce in the circulation market, but when the Chinese blackmailed them, the stock of money was even rarer!

In the end, Blanqui and the rest had no other choice but to fight with Eugene and Andrew, didn't you guys sell cultural relics?

We can also buy it, and it's an organized sale!

The Chinese did not want money, but wanted antiques and cultural relics, especially those lost to Europe by China. The price of just one piece was much higher than buying it directly in currency.

From that day onwards, the commune's Material Management Department began looting the rich again, not sparing even the showcases and paintings on the walls of the houses.

Even the Renaissance statues in the garden had been removed!

Blanqui and the others were all high-level intellectuals, how could they not feel sorry for such a situation? But it was useless to feel sorry for the millions of Parisians who had starved to death in the face of difficult times.

But if they continued plundering like this, how long would it take? Even if Paris was a treasure trove, it wouldn't be able to sustain such a consumption of water. Just when Blanqui and the rest were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, the Chinese sent them an invitation for a secret discussion.

Blanqui was determined to change the rules of the transaction with strong words. He must obtain more resources!

In the pitch-black night, the carriage made a series of creaking sounds as it pressed down onto a patch of snow. Blanqui, who was resting with his eyes closed, continuously ordered his people to study Sima Yun and Luo Huo in an attempt to break through the barrier to negotiate.

However, when he arrived at the Chinese camp, he found that all the manoeuvres along the way were useless!