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Chapter 1122 The Roman Empire (Second update, please subscribe)
Constantinople.

Capital of the Roman Empire.

In 1878, before the smoke cleared from the city, the Russians enthusiastically announced to the world that the Roman Empire had been revived.A few months later, Tsar Alexander II was crowned Tsar of the Roman Empire in the Hagia Sophia.

From then on, no matter how much Europeans think Russia is a group of Eastern European barbarians, Mongols in white skins, but at the official level, they can only be called the "Roman Empire".

The Roman Empire, the father of the Europa civilization, fell into the hands of the Russians in this way. When Western European countries were mixed with all kinds of things, the Russians proudly regarded themselves as Roman orthodoxy.

Constantinople.

This is Rome!

Russia is Rome.

Although Western European countries hold their noses and are unwilling to recognize Rome, a Russian bumpkin, the embassies of various countries are still obediently established in Constantinople.

There's no way, we can't just cut off diplomatic relations just because someone changed the name of the country!But in private, everyone still calls them Russia.

As for the so-called Roman Empire, that is to say in official documents.

The embassy of the Ming Empire in the Roman Empire is a magnificent building. This Renaissance building was built by French designers in the 1850s, facing the Bospolas Strait.In the era of Turk rule, this building once belonged to a Turkish businessman who was a woman - Turkey has always been the world's largest exporter of women, with a long history dating back to the 17th century, and even Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, among which One of his missions is to re-open up the commercial roads for women's films. Well, even until now, European and American countries are just in need of it.

After all, for those European and American workers who toil in sweatshops, painkillers are indispensable, and even the only thing that can comfort their painful souls and bodies.Now the secret of extracting painkillers from that thing has been cracked, and it is no longer the exclusive product of a certain imperial pharmaceutical company.

However, after the Ottoman Empire was destroyed, the Turkish businessman died in the flames of war—whether he died on the battlefield or by the Russian rebellion is unknown. Anyway, none of the family survived. As for women, only God Know where it was sold.Most likely they were sold to the African colonies, where Turkish women were, after all, very popular.

The darkest side of mankind will always be exposed in the war, and many unknown evils will always be hidden.

But what is certain is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Empire quickly occupied it, or to be precise, bought it. It is not only beautiful in scenery, but also large in size. The once luxurious building has since then become a The embassy of the Ming Empire.Every day, when ships pass by the Bosplus Strait, the flag of the Ming Empire can always be seen fluttering against the breeze in the strait.

There are three first secretaries in the Commercial Section of the embassy, ​​and Luo Gui is one of them.This morning, he was sitting at his desk as usual, flipping through the latest business information, and of course he could understand the business information.

Today's work seems to be no different from usual.It is to find valuable business information among all kinds of information, compile it into a book, and report it to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce of the Empire.

However, a piece of news in the newspaper soon attracted his attention.

"The passage of the Grain Tariff Act in Germany will benefit the export of Roman wheat to Germany."

Although this news seemed very inconspicuous, it still attracted Luo Gui's attention. Intelligence analysis is to find corresponding information from these details.

"Wheat, wheat..."

Staring at the Russian words on the newspaper, Rod Gui said to himself.

"The empire exported 87 tons of wheat to Germany. Will this affect the empire's wheat exports?"

Daming is not only a powerful country in industry, but also a powerful country in agriculture. The fertile Pampas prairie not only created a developed livestock industry, but also created a large wheat-growing area.The empire exported millions of tons of crops such as wheat, corn, and soybeans to Europe every year.

Thinking about this in his heart, Luo Luogui picked up the phone on the table and made a call to the business department of Nanhua Company.The commercial office of Nanhua Company in Constantinople is less than one kilometer away from the embassy. It is the first commercial organization stationed in Russia.

Half an hour later, in an open-air cafe near the business office, Luo Gui met Tian Xiangming, the chief of the general section of the commercial office, who was also engaged in information collection and analysis in the commercial office.The "Royal Consortium" represented by Nanhua Company has established more than 93 branches in 710 cities around the world, employing as many as [-] people. While doing business, they also collect and analyze political, economic and industrial information in various countries. and other information.

Its intelligence capabilities are not inferior to the Imperial Investigation Department. In fact, the Imperial Investigation Department was originally the Company Investigation Department. For political, economic, industrial, technical and other intelligence, there are Industrial Intelligence Department, Technical Intelligence Department and International Intelligence Department.

Over the years, their excellent intelligence collection and analysis capabilities have always been valued by the authorities, and the cooperation between the embassies abroad and them is also very close. Now when he encounters doubts, Luo Gui naturally thinks of them.

After ordering a cup of coffee, Tian Xiangming asked directly.

"Secretary Luo, what's the matter?"

"Have you read the newspaper?"

Pushing the newspaper to Tian Xiangming, Luo Luogui said.

"Germany Passed the Corn Laws and Reduced Tariffs by a Third."

"Oh, the Corn Bills..."

After glancing at the newspaper, Tian Xiangming said directly.

"When the Germans first submitted it, the company's counterparts in Germany analyzed that the bill would lead to a surge in German wheat imports, which is why there were many opposition voices in Congress. After all, many members of the German Parliament They are all Junker landlords, the reduction of wheat tariffs and the increase in imports will definitely have an economic impact on them, but Bismarck succeeded in persuading them."

The colleagues mentioned by Tian Xiangming are not necessarily the expatriate employees of Nanhua Company. The largest enterprise engaged in grain trade in Daming is Gufeng Company, which monopolizes 70% of Daming’s grain exports, and Gufeng Company was separated from Nanhua Company. .But this does not hinder the intelligence communication between them.

Looking at the embassy secretary in front of him, Tian Xiangming said with a smile.

"However, I think Secretary Luo should be more concerned about this issue. After all, on the surface, this bill will not only not affect our exports, but also benefit wheat exports. But the question is, why did Germany People, or Bismarck would not hesitate to sacrifice the interests of the Junker landlords to lower tariffs? Without tariff protection, the price of wheat in the German market would be about 10% lower than it is now, how could the Junker landlords accept such a loss?"

Luo Luogui frowned at Tian Xiangming's words.

"So it's not that simple anymore?"

"Hey, Secretary Luo, you are also an old diplomat. What is easy in this world?"

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