What Scekriculture wants to talk about is actually very simple, that is, trade between the Russian Empire and the American Empire!

The business matter is actually very simple. Simply put, it is like everyone doing business with each other, but there are many things in it, because in a transaction, who is willing to lose money?

No one is willing to lose money, but doing business is profitable and lossy. So in this way, business between countries requires a very important thing, that is tariffs!

With this thing, although the word fairness cannot be achieved, the word fairness is just a saying, and it never exists. However, with tariffs, at least when doing business, both parties will not suffer too much loss to each other. Generally speaking, when doing business, there are always strong products and weak products. And everyone is not exchanging goods, so it is hard to say who has the advantage and who has the disadvantage. Tariffs can be adjusted.

If you really want to say something in detail, it is too complicated. At this time, although countries around the world in the mid-19th century already knew the importance of this tariff, everyone still did not play with it very thoroughly.

For example, they are the worst now, and they don’t know how bad they are. Even if it is the Qing Dynasty, the tariffs of the Qing Dynasty are simply weird. If you say that they didn’t understand at first, they didn’t understand, then it would be fine, but later they were messy and it would be a bit unreasonable. What’s even more bizarre is that the Qing Dynasty has always used a foreigner to manage customs!

That guy Hurd. I have to say that he is good at liquidating the Manchus, but some things are ridiculous, such as Hurd's honest management of customs, which is simply...

Are you getting a mistake?

A short story is that a customs official from the Qing Dynasty embezzled a fish and was driven home by Hurd, but Hurd adjusted the Qing Dynasty tariffs to only about 5%. What are you doing?

This is a robbery! Or is it an open robbery!

If you don’t live in this era, you can’t feel these things. Not to mention anything else, what is the tariff level in the United States at this time?

30% starts! 40% is considered ordinary!

The United States has been implementing trade protection policies. No matter what others say, I just have such high tariffs because this way their American industries can develop.

Come back and see the Qing Dynasty. With such low trade tariffs, can their own industries develop?

Therefore, Li Mengyang had a very thorough understanding of the Westernization Movement organized by the Qing Dynasty in the morning. To be honest, even if you have no historical knowledge, you can understand just by looking at the tax rate they have done. What is the Westernization Movement Movement, it is definitely a waste of money.

Tariffs are very complicated, and it is difficult for Strauss and Scechris to reach an agreement on this matter, but you can have an intention to trade between the two countries, and you can discuss other things in detail in the future.

As for commerce, it is because of the territorial relations of the Russian Empire. Well, I have to thank the Qing Dynasty, the current Vladivostok of Sakhalin Island... The name has changed. These places are all from Russia. Although there are not many people, they are also an important transit station in the Far East.

Therefore, Scekris suggested that the business of the two empires of the Russian Empire and the American Empire could be done, that is, cross the Pacific Ocean and then arrive at Vladivostok, which is Vladivostok.

This trade route sounds good, although it is a bit far away, but it is completely feasible. But after Strauss finished listening, he had a concern.

"Mr. Scekri, there is one place that is not very good about this matter, that is, the selected trading port. Look, this Vladivostok is originally a place in China, and our Emperor, he is a Chinese."

When everything was well discussed, but when we got here, Scekris suddenly discovered a problem, that is, he thought this place was a good choice, but now it is a big obstacle.

"Well, can't your country's majesty abandon the national aspects..." Scekri really wanted to get to know this, but when he said this, he himself understood that this was impossible.

"..." Sure enough, Straus shook his head.

It should be said that Straus also understood that he could not nod easily. This matter was not the final word he could say, and this matter was also very important.

Vladivostok, this place involves too many things. You know, from a legal perspective, this place was still from China. As a Han emperor, how could Clint Li I do business with the Russians without saying anything?

This must be mixed with national sentiment, and Li Mengyang couldn't get around it, but there was an example before.

Straus said: "Scekricula, look, when the British were negotiating with our business group, they promised one thing, that is, the Queen of England would make a certain statement. Now, our empire will buy your land in Alaska. So I would like to ask, can Your Majesty Alexander make some statements?"

In fact, Strauss' proposal was good. Although Scekriculture didn't know what the Queen of England had expressed, he knew that his Majesty, Alexander II, was very strong. He could not make any statement to the Chinese, and there was no possibility of softening.

"This is probably not possible." Scekri had no choice but to shake his head.

"Then..." Strauss was not giving up, "Can we change a path? If we don't go this one, don't go to Vladivostok?"

I have to say that this is something that Strauss, the Jew, could say. You should know that the Jews have no country now, and they mainly do business, and the view that interests are supreme is deeply rooted in their hearts.

If it is a Chinese, it is difficult to say, because after all, from the perspective of national sentiment, when the two sides had just fought, everyone was doing business like nothing happened, and they were robbing you in the place where they forced themselves to do business. This thing could be done by the Qing Dynasty, but if the Han emperor Li Mengyang did it, he would definitely be scolded to death by the people of his own nation.

So, if Li Mengyang is present now, there is no need to talk about this matter further!

He, the emperor, was not allowed to do so politically, but a merchant or a Jewish merchant would not have so much integrity, but it is not!

"Oh~" Scekri sighed, "Mr. Strauss still doesn't know the sufferings of our Russian Empire."

"..." After talking about this, Strauss stopped talking because he also remembered that there was no way to change this trade route!

Why?

It's very simple. The Russian Empire now looks imposing and its territory is constantly expanding, but the Russians themselves do not have a good outlet!

Or maybe it is the Russian Empire that has been expanding its territory for a long time, and they often fight with others, just for a sea estuary!

But the situation is very frustrating now. They didn't get it, or what they got was not very good.

The treaty signed by the Russian Empire and the Qing Dynasty allowed them to get Vladivostok, but this is a port in the Far East, which is quite good, but the Far East is not able to do business with Europeans. And I have said before that this place is too sensitive and needs to be replaced.

So where to change?

No!

The Russian Empire has an estuary, but their estuary is rather miserable!

When Peter I was in his reign, the Russian Empire had a lot of excitement, in order to create a sea estuary. Now the Russian Empire in the Baltic Sea is really amazing. Sweden ceded Finland to Russia. This is a very good sea estuary, and the whole country is.

But it's a pity that if you look at the map carefully, this estuary is really not very good.

The frustrating shape of the Baltic Sea determines that the quality of the Russian Empire's estuary is too poor. At the entrance to the west of the Baltic Sea, Denmark can easily block Russian ships, and Sweden can also do this easily!

You know, Sweden and Denmark have a very bad relationship with the Russian Empire now. Yes, you Russia just robbed the territory from others. Can you still have a good relationship?

So the Finnish estuary looks good, but it is actually useless.

In this way, you have to find other outlets, so which one should you find?

The Russian Empire actually targeted a fat sheep early in the morning, which is Türkiye!

The Ottoman Turkish Empire is now called the sick man in Europe. If you are weak, just take down this Türkiye, is it worth mentioning? There is a estuary to the sea!

But unfortunately, Russia lost in the Crimean War!

In other words, the most critical battle in the series of Russian-Turkey Wars was that Russia lost, and then there was a treaty, which could be regarded as an unequal treaty. Russian fleets could not appear in the Black Sea.

To put it bluntly, the reality is that the Russian Empire seems to be powerful and seems to be showing off its might, but in fact they have not got the sea outlet they have always dreamed of, which means they are still in a relatively closed state!

Vladivostok is the safest choice, but this place used to be called Vladivostok, which involves too many things. So from this point of view, this business may be...

"Mr. Strauss, I think we are still talking very well now. As for the issue of trade, we can talk about it slowly."

"Mr. Scekri, I think so too..."

The two exchanged their final opinions. Of course, they did not forget about the matter in Alaska. This was really a good deal.

Yes, three tons of aluminum can be exchanged for such a large area, and this is aluminum... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!