C3264 Long live the money!

Before the Franco-Prussian War, there had never been such a large amount of war reparations. This kind of astronomical figure was something that not even the British would dare to talk about. However, Germany and the Chinese did!

Bismark and Xiao Letian had already seen through the situation in France. They knew what kind of people Thiers and his group were, and they had no choice but to accept the situation!

The northern part of France, including Paris, were all occupied. The France had no way to resist, and could not even fight in a guerrilla battle anymore!

The last 300,000 elites had all entered the German POW camp. They were hostages and also an important force that the France needed to stabilize the situation!

However, there was still no unity of power within France. The Paris Commune was already a rebellion, and there was no longer any order within Paris City to continue production!

Almost all of France's industrial zones were concentrated in the north, which had been devastated by the war, meaning that France no longer had the ability to produce industry!

Finally, and most importantly, the French royalist party, the Republic of China, and the Commune Society were all fighting amongst each other, and no one was willing to give in!

Humans were selfish. For their own high officials, they would definitely sacrifice the interests of others!

On the surface, Thiers was the President of the Republic of China, but all sorts of intelligence had shown that this fellow was royalist party's loyal dog!

For the sake of restoring his master, for the sake of his great dream of being a noble, would such a person care about the life and death of the people?

Absolutely not, Xiao Letian dared to guarantee that these selfish people would definitely sell themselves as traitors, selling their countries in exchange for his wealth, they would definitely not hesitate at all!

All of the patriotic performances that were filled with grief and grief were all fake, even if Thiers was trying to bargain with them from the bottom of his heart, it would only make it difficult for him to explain it to the people!

If the final truce were to be too humiliating, with history scolding the name badly, it would affect one's career as an official … Thiers would only think about this, he would not truly consider the well-being of his people!

Xiao Letian poured a cup of tea for the silent President. "Respected President, there are no outsiders nor journalists in this room.

"Don't even think about pressuring us. We won't lower our prices by even a single coin …"

"Actually, signing this treaty does you no harm! In any case, the money had to be transferred to the common folk in the end. With so many people in France, it would be close to forty million … "

"It's only 156 francs for everyone. Is that more than that?"

"You have countless other colonies in Africa, so you should pay more tax! When that happens, won't the local pressure be even easier? "

"This number looks very high, but it's not going to be much more than that!"

"Your Excellency, please solve this problem quickly. If we drag this on, I'm afraid the French will... Your enemy forces should be prepared to counterattack! "

"We have to settle down outside!"

Xiao Letian just wanted to make it clear, you have to take responsibility for the emperor behind you, don't delay them, this is what's important, everything else is fake!

Thiers's face turned pale white, then black and then red... It was as quick as a Sichuan opera changing its face.

Xiao Letian subconsciously shifted his butt, thinking that this guy's cultivation was going to go berserk!

"Your Excellency? Mr. President... Do you think it's hard to raise money? "It's not that difficult. You can break it down in England or you can issue bonds!"

"We Chinese can make a promise first. If we don't have any more cash, you can use the battleship to settle the account. As for the equipment in the factory, we can also calculate it as money!"

Xiao Letian's calculations were very good, the French army had a lot of assets. Although the battleships anchored in Toulon Harbor were old and backward, they would definitely be top battleships if they were to be placed in Asia.

Iron-armored Ship s were not built in a day, and before more new types of battleships could be built into the battle, they had to have an overpowered fleet that could maintain the situation.

Xiao Letian did not want to spend anymore money on these battleships, he immediately asked France to pay for them. Those battleships with wooden shells covered with iron armor, as long as it was a simple modification, it would be easy to use to bully the small countries in Asia.

Even if the Iron-armored Ship team were to take shape in the future, these battleships would not need to be eliminated.

The navy would take a hundred years to build, and reserve talents was a top priority!

As for the factory equipment, the Chinese needed it even more. Although the machinery and equipment in France were a bit worse than in Germany, it was still the most advanced equipment in Asia.

Since the Chinese people were starting their industrialization process, they would do it at least once they could save a little bit of time. If they could snatch up a little bit of time, they would do it as well!

Using French machinery to overdo it and then slowly replacing it with German equipment would, of course, require him to research and produce his own equipment in the end!

Wasn't the process of industrialization in the backward countries just like breaking a penny into two halves?!

Just as Xiao Letian was deep in his thoughts, Thiers suddenly stood up and said, "I … I can agree to your terms... But! "But!"

"But I want to see His Majesty!"

There was only one person who could call His Majesty, and that was Napoleon III. He was currently recuperating quietly in Germany, and his so-called career as a prisoner was simply a recuperation for these people.

"I want to meet His Majesty in secret. After that, I want you two to send McMahon and Marshal Ba Zan to the POW camp in advance so that they can begin to reorganize the troops immediately!"

"I have no time. I have to get rid of the mobs in Paris as soon as possible!"

Thiers said until his eyes turned red, "Your conditions … I agree! But you have to remember... I want to remind you … "

"French Nation cannot be humiliated! Even if I do not have the ability to take revenge, our nation will definitely not forget this day! "

"For God's sake, let us all pray for ourselves!"

With that, Thiers grabbed his hat and turned around, but he did not manage to eat Xiao Letian's Sichuan hotpot in the end!

When Thiers pushed open the door and rushed out, Xiao Letian suddenly felt his heart tremble, the excitement was like an electric current flowing through his entire body, and looking at Bismark, he felt like his beard was flying!

"Success?"

"Done!"

"Hahaha …" We really did it! "

"Reversing national destiny! We really did it! "

The two elders were too out of control. At this moment, tears were flowing down their cheeks as they hugged each other. Stepping onto the corpses of other people was such a great experience for them!

"Six hundred and twenty-six million francs!"

"Long live the money!"