Chapter 5240 awkward
The Polish-Russian War ended with Komorowski’s suicide. Of course, although the war was over, how to prevent future wars has become the number one problem for the EU and even the world. After all, this time, the Polish-Russian War is conservatively estimated
, the number of casualties was as high as 1.5 million. This was the war with the highest number of casualties after the Korean War. And this war only lasted three days.
Three days of war caused such tragic casualties, which gave the world a more intuitive and correct understanding of modern war. The previous wars, whether it was World War I or World War II,
, or the Korean War. There has never been any war like the Polish-Russian War that caused so many casualties in such a short period of time. This made everyone realize that the Third World War was a war of annihilation.
No joke.
To a certain extent, this Polish-Russian war gave most people a clear understanding of modern war. Civilized society must resist war, especially large-scale war. Once it breaks out, it will be the end of the world!
"Boss, this is the amber mining right passed on by Russia." Melissa handed over the amber mining right certificate for the Kaliningrad region that Putin specially ordered to express. Obtaining this certificate represents Kaliningrad.
The amber mining rights in the Le area belong to Lin Feng. No one can take this away.
"But boss, Kaliningrad has just been bombed and the roads are impassable. Even if the amber mine is mined, I'm afraid it won't be able to be transported out. Unless we build roads!" Melissa muttered. She felt that Russia was taking advantage of Lin.
The wind goes to rebuild Kaliningrad.
Lin Feng smiled.
"This is just a trivial matter. Just fix it. But Kaliningrad is basically worthless to Russia. I don't think it's better than this. When will I ask Putin to buy it over?" Lin Feng thought.
Buy Kaliningrad? Melissa rolled her eyes. For Kaliningrad, Putin even bulldozed Warsaw. You want to buy it now? Will Putin sell it? How could he sell it? Isn’t this a dream!
As a result, what made Melissa even more speechless was that Lin Feng called Putin directly and discussed the matter directly.
"President Putin, I have this amber mine, but the Kaliningrad region was bombed to pieces. You asked me to mine it. How are you going to transport it away? Otherwise, you should invest in infrastructure as soon as possible! There is no road.
If I have this amber mine, it's the same as not having it!" Lin Feng directly asked to build the road.
"Lin, I also want to repair it, but I don't have the money. Fighting is the most expensive thing, and this time, I gave up asking for compensation. Now it's just various pensions. I spent a lot of money, and you asked me to repair it.
Road. I have no money! What’s more, in that barren land, you asked me to vigorously build roads again, which is a waste of money!" Putin said helplessly.
After this war, the few citizens of Kaliningrad all chose to return to the Russian mainland. It was too thrilling to live outside the mainland, and they were directly hit by bombs. It was too insecure. And their homes
, had already been bombed to pieces, so the people of the Kaliningrad region who luckily escaped from the war were unwilling to come back.
Of course, occasionally there are some elderly people who are unwilling to abandon their homeland and still choose to rebuild their homes in Kaliningrad. But for these few people, a lot of money is invested in rebuilding a Kaliningrad that does not have many resources and does not have much strategic significance.
, Putin thinks it is not cost-effective. Of course, this is mainly because Russia has no money. If it has money, it will naturally be willing to repair it.
However, the current environment in Russia, intentionally or unintentionally suppressed by Western countries, makes Putin unable to develop even if he wants to. After all, the country is lacking in various infrastructure facilities, let alone Kaliningrad, which is isolated outside the homeland.
"But President Putin, if we don't build roads, it will be useless if I get the amber mine. You can't let me build roads. There is no problem in building roads, but how much will it cost to build roads? So much money has been spent
, I can’t make any money back either!” Lin Feng curled his lips.
"Then you can practice it. At worst, I will give you tax relief!" Putin chuckled, and then suddenly a light flashed in his mind, "Let me tell you Lin Feng, what do you mean by your words? If you have something to say, just say it, don't give it to me.
Follow the detours of those profiteers!"
Lin Feng chuckled.
"President Putin, what I'm saying is that Kaliningrad is in desperate need of development. It's not impossible for you to ask me to invest, but I'm not a Russian, so I can't give my love for free. Even if I'm a Russian,
I have never seen anyone give love for free like this. So, it’s not impossible for me to build roads, but I have to be able to make a profit!" Lin Feng said.
"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Putin vaguely guessed Lin Feng's intention.
"Alaska!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
Alaska! Putin’s nose twitched.
During the Ice Age about 15,000 years ago, most of the earth's surface was covered with ice and snow. The large tracts of land that are now sunk at the bottom of the ocean stood above sea level at that time, and one of them connected Alaska and Siberia. For a long time, Alaska did not
It was not until June 1741 that the Danish explorer Vitus Bering led a group of Russian sailors from Siberia to the east in search of the New World. On July 16, they discovered the Alaskan continent for the first time, and the otters growing in Alaskan waters
It became the biggest discovery of this expedition.
Of course, although Alaska is cold, it also has indigenous people. Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians. However, the populations of these three races have always been extremely sparse. After all, the environment is too harsh. Today, Alaska’s indigenous people have long been extinct.
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After that, Russian hunters established a permanent settlement in Alaska and then multiplied here. Alaska also became one of the territories of Tsarist Russia. It’s just this barren land that Tsarist Russia really has little interest in. Manage it, it’s a waste of money.
, don’t manage it. After all, this is the territory of Tsarist Russia. If you want to allow ships from other countries to come and go, that’s not a problem. This is detrimental to the structure of Tsarist Russia. Especially the British, who come here from time to time, saying that they want to occupy this place and make Tsarist Russia more
It's a headache.
Therefore, Tsarist Russia made a decision that it thought was extremely smart, which was to sell this piece of frozen soil in exchange for some money. However, at that time, the Tsarist Russian government had a bad reputation in the world. It always invaded various countries and was a typical bandit.
There are few profit-makers in doing business. Especially in a place like Alaska, where there is frozen soil, who wants it?
This left Tsarist Russia helpless. At this time, the Civil War broke out in the United States. Lincoln wanted to unify the country, but his military strength was slightly inferior. The main reason was that all countries in the world were looking at the United States. Once the United States faced division, countries around the world would not
He didn't mind carving up the United States at this time. Therefore, Lincoln borrowed troops from Tsarist Russia. Although Tsarist Russia's national strength was not very strong at that time, and its weapons and equipment were considered to be lagging behind countries such as Britain.
But the reputation of Tsarist Russia was there. After arriving, the great powers still hesitated. As a result, President Lincoln was given time, and President Lincoln finally unified the United States. However, the Tsarist Russian fleet circled half of the world and went to New York Harbor.
, although not a single shot was fired, it was still facing huge war expenses. For the Tsarist Russian government, which was already in a poor economic situation, it was even worse.
At this time, William Henry Seward, then the US Secretary of State, was very generous and said: We have just finished the war and are waiting for things to be done. But your country has come all the way to help us. This kind of friendship is like...
, I can’t let you come here in vain, brother, don’t you want to sell Alaska? Others don’t want us to pay. Brother, you are so good to us, we must not treat you badly. Isn’t it just second-hand goods? Don’t mind us,
Don't sell at a low price, we will pay as much as we can.
In the end, the United States spent 7.2 million U.S. dollars to buy Alaska. In 1867, the Stars and Stripes were raised for the first time in the Alaskan territory. Compared with money, it seems that it is definitely not worth it now. But according to the price of goods at that time, this money was not worth it.
Philippines.
What were the prices at that time? One US dollar could buy 0.05 ounces of gold, which is 1.417 grams of gold. How much does one gram of gold cost now? It was about 280 yuan. You can imagine what one US dollar could do at that time. It can be said that
, this 7.2 million US dollars is still a very high price for the Tsarist Russian government. A piece of frozen soil, which no one wants, can be sold for 7.2 million US dollars, and the Tsarist Russian government is naturally very happy.
But did Tsarist Russia take advantage? Later generations know that the Tsarist Russian government did not take advantage. But even at that time, it did not take advantage. Why?
At that time, the fleets sent by Tsarist Russia to support the United States were the Atlantic Fleet and the Pacific Fleet of Tsarist Russia. The total cost of the two fleets for 12 warships was more than 4.2 million rubles, and including the death of soldiers from sepsis during the journey, etc.
In terms of various expenses of 7 and 88, the Tsarist Russian government sent two fleets to support the United States this time. The total expenditure was more than 7.2 million rubles. At that time, rubles and US dollars were basically exchanged at equal value.
In other words, after the U.S. government spent $7.2 million to hire the Tsarist Russian fleet to support itself and help the U.S. complete the reunification of the North and the South, it also made a fortune from the seemingly useless frozen Alaska!
I have to say that the U.S. government at that time was very cunning. The Tsarist Russian government at that time was very stupid. The United States spent a high price to buy permafrost that you couldn't sell. Did the Tsarist Russian government have the nerve to reimburse military expenses? You didn't fire a single shot.
Do you have the nerve to ask for military reimbursement? The Russian government is naturally embarrassed to ask for it. As a result, the United States naturally takes advantage!
Then, after oil and some minerals were discovered in Alaska, its value needless to say. Alaska became a permanent pain for Russia.
Now, Lin Feng wants to buy Kaliningrad again. This makes Putin feel awkward!
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