Chapter 1047: Trading on the pole – not doing it

  Chapter 1027 – Trading on a pole – Don’t do it

Since the war had already started, it was not something that could come down just because it wanted to stop. Especially the precarious island of Cuba, if we don’t send reinforcements quickly, it might change hands.

The Spanish government’s reserves had already been almost depleted in the previous wars. The funds raised from the country were very limited and could not be sustained for long.

There was no time to wait for the results of the investigation, Junior first approached the government of Vienna. Obviously, the bankers wandering in the fringe, Junior is still very scrupulous.

For no other reason than lessons learned. Signing a loan contract is not the same as being able to get a loan.

Seventy million guilders is not a small number, and the countries in the world that have an annual financial income of more than seventy million guilders are only three in total, or you can count four.

Only the fourth one is too corrupt, obviously the actual income has exceeded seventy million divine guilders, but in the end it falls into the hands of the central government is far less.

Such a huge amount of a loan, the world has the strength to undertake this loan of the bank, absolutely not more than ten, or even possible even less than five.

Usually, this kind of high-risk large international loans, are a number of banks to join forces, the formation of a bank group common lending.

The mainstream commercial banks were still struggling so much, and a few loan sharks who had been excluded to the fringe were able to come up with so much money?

If you sign a contract, waste your time, and then realize you’ve been cheated when you finally release the money, you’ll be in big trouble.

This kind of set-up tactic has been played out more than once on the European continent, and Spain has experienced it first-hand in its history.

Of course, getting screwed and screwing people are never mutual. The Spanish government has certainly been pitched by the financiers, and they have not been pitched back.

Bankruptcy, reneging on debts, anti-Semitism, a series of supporting operations, that is too familiar. It is because the routine is familiar to everyone, Junior is more skeptical.

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“I’m very sorry, we have no interest in the Moroccan region. The empire already has enough colonies, we have no plans to continue expanding further.”

While saying that, Weisenberg picked up his coffee, gently blew on it, and slowly savored it.

A deal that goes up the pole is not a good deal. Morocco region by virtue of the unique geographical location, as well as fertile land has been doubly European powers prying eyes.

Although Spain was the first to launch the colonization of Morocco, however, not waiting for them to swallow the Moroccan region, the European powers have come together.

In twenty years ago, also staged a British, Austrian, French and Spanish four countries in the Moroccan region of the war.

After a series of struggles, Austria took the lead in choosing to give up, and turned to the East African region to expand; then the British were squeezed out, and finally left the geopolitical advantage of France and Spain.

Under normal circumstances, Spain certainly could not compete with France. Only at that time, Napoleon III put the strategic center of expansion in the Italian region, and finally the pattern of France and Spain dividing Morocco was formed.

Although the Kingdom of Morocco has fallen, but it still has a certain strength, plus France and Spain to hold each other, this small African country magically saved.

The continental war just after the end of the Moroccan region was divided into the Kingdom of Spain. Only the Spaniards are too busy, there has been no time to swallow this piece of meat in the mouth.

This delay went wrong. The expansion of France and Spain in the Moroccan region is not only the economic market, but also accompanied by a large influx of immigrants.

As of the outbreak of the continental war, the French and Western colonizers in the Moroccan region has seized millions of hectares of land, opened up thousands of farms and plantations.

Originally, the Moroccan government could not afford to mess with the French and Western countries, and could only tolerate the situation. But with the defeat of France, the situation changed.

Morocco is not willing to fall into the colonial insights, began to try to expel the French colonizers. The French colonizers, who had no country to back them up, soon suffered the most brutal social beatings.

The victory of the anti-French movement directly contributed to the awakening of nationalism in the Moroccan region. Although only a germ was born and the Sultan’s government remained weak, the Spaniards were in trouble.

The Spanish invasion of Morocco in 1860 led to a blood feud between the two countries, and the Spanish occupation of the port of Rio de Oro in 1884-1885 provoked the Moroccan tribes to revolt.

With the accumulation of conflicts, in 1891 and 1893, Spain and the northern Moroccan tribes again war.

Victory did not equal the end of the matter, but rather the accumulation of hatred. With the news of the Cuban rebellion spreading, the Moroccan region became unsettled once again.

All it needed now was a little spark to be able to detonate. The exhausted Spanish government could no longer afford to open a third battlefield.

That’s right, the Spanish now suspected that the government in Vienna was the mastermind, or one of the masterminds.

An open card of the British is enough for them to suffer, and then a backstabbing God Luo, then the day really can not live.

In this context, the Spanish government, the sick and desperate, directly take the Moroccan region as a bargaining chip, ready to trade with the government of Vienna.

So obvious operation, naturally can not hide Weissenberg. On behalf of others to take the blame is already depressing enough, and then as a receiver, it is simply invincible.

The Holy Roman Empire has long since passed the era of hunger. Now accept the Spaniards of Morocco, spread the word that is not really robbed while the fire is burning?

If the Spanish occupation of Morocco is just, the problem is that the Spanish government has a name. Even if a deal is reached, in the end, it is still necessary to do it yourself.

Instead of spending money to buy suffering, it would be better not to take this mess from the beginning, waiting for Spain to lose Morocco and then take action.

Got this answer, Junior did not feel strange, if a mouth should be promised only problem. Negotiations have only begun, revealing the intention of a must-have, how to pressure the price?

As for the Vienna government is not interested in Morocco, to the street casually caught one asked, no one will believe.

The “Africa of Shinra” is not an empty rumor. Regarding the plan of Shinra’s exclusive possession of the African continent, there are N versions of it that are widely circulated.

Even if the Vienna government wasn’t interested, the African nobles and lords would find a way to push it through.

The lack of action now is only because everyone is busy building their own territories, and can’t care about expanding their territory for a while.

After a decade or eight years, when everyone’s territorial construction is initially completed, someone will take action.

The colonies of other countries can not hold, Junior do not know, anyway, Spain certainly can not hold Morocco.

Don’t even need the Vienna government to send troops, the neighboring noble lords gathered together to put together, will be able to pull out tens of thousands of people.

Similar things have happened not too much. After all, the Holy Roman Empire in Africa’s territory, are so little by little hit out.

In addition to the beginning of the colonization was the Vienna government sent troops to fight, the later battles, basically all the people below the spontaneous organization.

“Fighting” is easy to say, but if you really do it, it takes lives. The war against France, the war in the Philippines, and now the war to pacify Cuba, which war didn’t make Spain spit blood?

Since the future is destined to be untenable, it would be better to take the opportunity to sell at a good price and keep the richest colonies first.

At least the Spanish government could be sure that the Holy Roman Empire would not spy on the island of Cuba, much less the Philippine Islands.

Based on past experience, as long as core interests are not involved, the government in Vienna has never been shy about reaching out to its little brother’s sphere of influence.

“Your Excellency the Marquis, your country does not lack colonies, we naturally know that. I won’t hide it from you, we were also forced to sell Morocco this time.

With consecutive wars, the Kingdom of Spain has exhausted its vitality. Now it has to bear the pain and cut its flesh, selling Morocco to raise funds to make up for the financial difficulties.

Considering the traditional friendship between us and your country, we thought of your country at the first time. If we can reach this deal, I believe it will be a win-win situation for both of our countries.”

Weissenberg nodded, but remained unmoved. The meaning was clear to him.

Nothing more than the Holy Roman Empire does not want, Morocco is going to be sold to the British, anyway, Spain is now unable to participate in the African strife, and do not intend to go to which hilarious.

Between countries, never is the interest priority. Don’t look at the British and Western countries now because of the Cuban problem is very stalemate, as long as Spain to make a compromise, immediately can become good neighbors again.

“Your Excellency’s meaning, I understand. The main purpose of your country’s sale of the Moroccan region is to raise money.

If it is possible to raise enough money through other means, then whether or not to sell the Moroccan region is not important.

In fact, we can still help with your country’s lack of funds. The Holy Roman Empire has the most advanced financial system, so as long as your country’s funding gap is not too large, we are able to help solve it.”

Although he did not support the strategy of monopolizing Africa, Weissenberg was not opposed to expanding the empire’s boundaries either. If Morocco was calm, he would naturally be happy to shell out a fortune to buy it.

It was a colony anyway, so as long as the offer was high enough, it couldn’t be considered taking advantage of the situation. After all, it’s not like territorial deals are anything new in the European world.

Unfortunately, the situation in Morocco is already very tense, and war may break out again at some point. Spending this amount of money again would seem unjust.

As for the Spanish government will not sell Morocco to others, to the end Weissenberg did not take it seriously.

The British are not fools, spend huge sums of money to buy the nominal sovereignty, just to increase the border line with the Holy Roman Empire?

Just think about it and you’ll know it’s impossible. Now take the Moroccan region, for the British government, is no longer just wealth, but a heavy burden.

The Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and British Ethiopia in East Africa are ready examples. In order to maintain local stability, the British government had to station heavy troops.

Although the two governments are restraining and suppressing the conflict as much as possible, there are always some hotheads down there.

Especially after the Holy Roman Empire became the new hegemon, the neighboring nobles and lords will be restless. Though there were no real conflicts, there were rebellions among the natives.

You should know that during the time of Austria, there was a local indigenous colonial army, but now even the shadow of the shadow can not be seen.

It is said that because of the colonial government’s low salary, these people became deserters and fled to the Ethiopian region.

Exactly what happened, as a fire destroyed the archives. Anyway, the end result was that more than 100,000 colonial troops, with their families in tow, took over British Ethiopia.

There was no way around it, the British had only nominal rule over Ethiopia at the time. With just a few thousand lobster soldiers to manage millions of square kilometers of land, they couldn’t have cared less if they tried.

Not to mention the fact that the migrants were indigenous, it is understandable that the initial lack of attention was followed by a little delayed reaction.

It’s understandable that they were a little slow to react to it! The great powers always like to reason with their fists.

Unfortunately, although the lobster soldiers were able to defeat these uninvited guests, there was no way to eliminate these guys.

In order to solve these problems, the British government has repeatedly increased the number of troops, but the enemy is more and more fighting. The African natives looked about the same, and the fight was accidentally enlarged.

After weighing the pros and cons, the British realized that the jungle was useless even after they had fought it down, there were too few people and too much land to manage.

What is more disturbing to the British is that in a series of pacification wars, their own territory has actually shrunk by a circle. Unconsciously, the location of the original set of boundary markers has been moved.

In the end, it was only when the London government stepped in and communicated with the Vienna government that the problem was solved. Although the Vienna government guaranteed that it would not expand into the British territory, but the land that had already been occupied, then there was no way to return it.

After suffering a loss, the British government could only harden its head and increase its troops. In order to avoid the boundary markers once again run away by themselves, the border can only be garrisoned to guard.

Affected by the increase in troops, the colonies’ military expenses increased so much that British Africa is now a money-loser.

In order to strategic needs, the British government gritted its teeth and endured. If you spend a lot of money to buy the Moroccan region, it is really a pit in the head.

There is no competitor, the Moroccan region and can not run away, Weissenberg naturally not in a hurry. Right now the Vienna government is still busy, wait for the free time to do it again not too late.

Anyway, the Spanish government is poor enough, can not afford to pay the debt is sooner or later thing, then always need to come up with something against the debt.

Compared with Cuba and the Philippines, which can create a lot of wealth, the Moroccan region, which is only nominally owned, is obviously easier to be discarded.

“Your Excellency the Marquis, thank you so much. I won’t hide it from you, we’ve really tried everything to raise funds.

The Japanese, unwilling to accept defeat, have propped up rebels in the Philippine Islands, and the Philippine Campaign is still going on; and the British have orchestrated the Cuban Independence Movement, so money is needed everywhere.

Spain’s limited home base can only take care of some of these funds, and at the moment we still have a funding gap of seventy million guilders.

……”

Despite not knowing what Weissenberg was counting on, being able to get the loan, Junior’s purpose was achieved.

The most important thing now was to cry poor and miserable in order to gain sympathy. Anyway, apart from the colonies, Spain had nothing worth prying into.

According to past experience, the Vienna government was quite temperate in this respect. Although there were the same political strings attached, they were not usurious.

“Seventy million guilders”, after hearing this figure, Weissenberg frowned slightly.

Don’t look at the Vienna government lending out up to over a billion guilders, but that was all done in installments. Apart from the Russians, there was no one who had borrowed that much money from here at once.

Especially if it was lent to Spain, which clearly had problems with its repayment ability, then there was even more of a need to weigh the pros and cons.

(End of chapter)