C3362 The Global Right to Trade in Silver

Queen Victoria could be said to be an experienced and shrewd person, she would definitely not believe the lies of Xiao Letian and Princess Cissie. If they did not have the conditions to be on the same level, it could only mean that the two of them were lying.

As expected, Princess Cissie blushed slightly. "I can't hide anything from Her Majesty the Queen. There are indeed a few more things that Xiao Letian has asked of you …"

"Your Majesty, you should also give proper consideration to the Head of the Guards' difficulties. For the sake of this war between France and China, Xiao Letian forced the originally rich Chinese to rise three feet into the sky …"

"Wait? What did that mean? How can it be three feet higher? " The Crown Prince had obviously never stopped this Eastern proverb.

The Princess Cissie laughed, "This is an ancient joke in China. In Ancient China, when greedy officials plunder people's wealth, it is called scraping the land, and it is to scrape away the most fertile part of the land and turn it into their own."

"That's why people are saying that the officials are greedy. They are saying that the places they govern are three feet higher than the skies. Doesn't this mean that they have shaved off three feet of the earth?"

So it was like this. The crown prince and the queen both had a look of realization on their faces. "Continue!"

"Your Majesty, exactly because the Chinese are too weak, developing from that poor island nation of the Ryukyu can be said to be extremely difficult for Xiao Letian. His finances are in great danger!"

"Before the Franco-Prussian War, he fought a fierce battle against the War of the Far East, and in front of the War of the Far East, there was even a conflict with France … How do we settle the military expenditures? And it's all because of the tax collection and the dismantling by the people! "

"Right now, China's finances are already very difficult. He has to bring a large amount of cash back to Asia in order to stabilize the money market …"

"Xiao Letian has indeed admitted to the golden control of our British Empire. This time, he will definitely not bring any gold back to Asia … But the Führer wishes to exchange for thirty to forty million silver and return it to Asia! "

"I don't have any other intentions. With these tens of millions of silver taels, his rule will become more stable. Once the people's hearts stabilize, he will be able to peacefully rule over the country …"

"Maintaining a stable political situation for the Chinese is very advantageous for our British Empire. After all, with the expansion of Russia in the east and the ambition of the United States towards the Pacific Ocean … We need a stable Chinese to maintain our balance! "

"Therefore, I hope that the Queen can open up the silver exchange business of the City of London to the Chinese … Xiao Letian wants to bring back some silver back to Asia! "

After listening to this condition, both the Queen and the Crown Prince breathed a sigh of relief. The silver standard was an Asian currency system. It was completely different from Europe.

Silver was valuable in Europe, but it was not as stable as gold. Furthermore, after industrialization, the amount of silver extracted was increasing year by year. Exchanging silver for silver would not affect Britain's dominance at all.

However, even if the politician agreed in his heart, he still had to put on a constipated expression as if he was unwilling!

"Will China be short of silver? From what I know, Xiao Letian bought a lot of silver mines from Mexico and South America. "Is it not enough for him …"

"Your wise Majesty, you should know this better than I do. The silver ores purchased in the market will need a series of processes to be converted into currency …"

"This is a constant flow of water, and what Xiao Letian wants is to swiftly stabilize the human heart... This will require us to transport back tens of millions of silver taels in one go from Europe! "

"This visual impact can shut down all the opposing factions. What he wants is the effect of the Chinese citizens' stupefaction!"

"And now, other than the European Monetary Market which can offer tens of millions of silver taels, which other country has the ability to do so?"

"And in these European countries, only the City of London has the power to decide! And doesn't City of London still have to listen to you? "

"It's just silver, why would the British Empire care about such a small thing …"

It was truly a woman trying to please others. This thief had done all sorts of things for the sake of the men outside, and she had never tried to please anyone for the sake of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Princess.

Xiao Letian had truly conquered the princess' heart. Princess Cissie's mouth was filled with honey as he tried to trick the Queen to the point that she couldn't even find her bearings!

Tens of millions of silver was nothing to the British Empire, so the Queen waved her hand and said, "Don't bother me with this kind of thing. Silver is already an industrial product that can be exchanged for as much as he wants, it's not like it's anything precious!"

The Queen's confidence came from the late stage of Industrial Revolution, the development of the human mining technology!

In the early stages of The Age of Great Navigation, the European colonists had always stolen the blood stained gold and silver, especially the barbaric European bandits of South America who had taken the gold and silver products from the aboriginals.

At this time, colonization was in fact the most primitive form of looting and economic development. However, as the wealth of the colonies was plundered away, the colonists began a second type of colonial economy, which was a crude pattern of exploitation and planting.

On South America Continent, the Spaniard had discovered the world's largest silver mine, the Potosi Silver Capital!

The city that was born because of the silver mine produced half of the world's output of silver. As a direct result, the price of silver fell internationally.

From the end of Ming Dynasty to the middle of Qing Dynasty, except for the war, silver was a slow inflation process during the period of peace and stability. The root cause of this process was in South America Continent and Europe!

The world's supply of silver has increased several times, and Chinese goods are actually traded for cheaper silver, indirectly giving rise to the British gold standard.

The Queen did not care about the silver. In the eyes of the Europeans, silver was just an expensive industrial heavy metal!

However, for the emerging Chinese, silver was the base currency that could stabilize the economy. If gold could not be kept, then the bottom line must be kept!

As long as the Queen released her mouth, everything would be fine. Not everyone in the British political scene hated the Chinese people, and the politicians were divided into left and right, as long as the Queen did not interfere with Xiao Letian, they could easily take advantage of the chaos.

To be able to obtain the global silver rights to trade freely, this was already a huge gift package!

Xiao Letian's condition was not just a right to trade in silver, Princess Cissie poured a cup of tea for the Queen, and then spoke.

"Your Majesty, I still have some private matters that I need to trouble you with … Of course, it's also related to the leader's requests! "

The Queen was obviously in a good mood today. She smiled and said, "Speak, let's see how many more things our little princess wants to annoy me with …"

"Your Majesty, you know that I have a nature reserve of dodo on Mauritius Island … Of course, that was also Xiao Letian's investment! "

"Right now, the land rights settlement has already been completed. The first batch of Chinese immigrants have arrived and begun to build residential areas... But in the process of developing it, I encountered a big problem! "

"It's the violent Indian Ocean. So far three ships have sunk and hundreds of immigrants have lost their lives. For God's sake, I beg you to help me! "