Fox of France

President Hidalgo said in surprise: "We borrowed money from him, and the money was transferred in our hands and returned immediately. Then they took 150,000 yuan in interest for nothing, and then we borrowed money from other places." We have to give them 30% of the money, and then we have to pay back the 30% of the money and interest? Hey, we are too..."

"Your Excellency, you made a mistake. When I said 30-70%, I meant that they would get 70% and we would get 30%!" the wise man hurriedly corrected.

"Ah?!" President Hidalgo was extremely surprised, "They didn't do anything, why should they take so much away!"

"Because Your Excellency, with all due respect, there is no government in the world that has recognized your government. So no one will lend you money, if your government is now a government recognized by the entire world, and it doesn't If the country is in danger of subjugation, then your government can easily borrow money at such an interest rate. But now, if you don't cooperate with them, you can't borrow money.

You see, once you fail, everything the Mexicans have is gone, and it's all Spanish again. How big a loss is this? And once you succeed, yes, your country will be burdened with a lot of debt, but if you don't, your country itself may not survive. It is as if, when a person is seriously ill, there is only one medicine that can be cured, and if he does not take it, he will die; but after taking this medicine, his skin will become as dark as a black man. So will he eat or not? It's better to become a black skin than a corpse.

We can do the math, and we are probably five million francs short, enough to buy weapons, train soldiers, and defeat the Spanish expeditionary force. Calculated in this way, we actually only need to borrow 17 million francs. The annual interest is only 2.55 million francs. Calculated in this way, even if it is paid off in ten years, the ten-year interest rate is only about 8.5 times. You go directly to those banks now and see who is willing to lend money to your government at this rate? Besides, those damn Spaniards plunder far more than that from Mexico every year. So, my president, why do you hesitate? "

However, President Hidalgo still hesitated. He said that he still needs to think carefully about this issue.

But soon Hidalgo could no longer hesitate, because he got reliable information that the Spanish expeditionary force was ready to go, with a number of up to 30,000, and they were all equipped with the latest weapons, that is, rifled guns and rifled guns. And Revolver and Melon.

President Hidalgo knew that with the current Mexican army, it was impossible to fight such an expeditionary force. Therefore, he had to borrow money immediately to expand the army to deal with the Spaniards who came to plow the ground.

Moreover, judging from the size of the Spanish expeditionary force, only five million francs seems to be insufficient. Therefore, President Hidalgo decided not to do anything, but to lend him 35 million francs in one go. Kill those Spaniards with money. As for the future, if there is no present, where is the future?

So soon, the Louisiana Development Bank announced that it had reached a loan agreement with the Republic of Mexico, and the Louisiana Development Bank would provide a loan of two million francs to the Republic of Mexico.

Almost everyone knows the relationship between the Louisiana Development Bank and the military-industrial complex, and they naturally also know the relationship between the military-industrial complex and the French government. Therefore, this move by the Louisiana Development Bank is naturally regarded by many people as an unspoken statement by France. If the French really stood on the side of the Mexicans, few people would believe that the Spaniards could still keep Mexico.

As a result, more banks were willing to provide loans to the Hidalgo government. The government of the Mexican Republic successfully obtained loans of 35 million francs from various banks, and then these loans were divided into 30-70 according to the previous agreement reached by the two parties, and a large part of them quickly flowed into Louisiana. The treasury of the Development Bank of Louisiana, the other half was basically sent to the treasury of the Development Bank of Louisiana, and turned into various materials and sent to the "Mexican government".

With the supplies in hand, President Hidalgo immediately gained confidence, and he began to rely on financial strength to reorganize the army. In addition, drawing on the painful experience of the last victory, President Hidalgo also invited many French instructors from Louisiana to his army.

More than a month later, the Spanish fleet arrived in Cuba. The soldiers went ashore in Havana to rest and prepare for the upcoming battle, while the reorganized "Mexican government army" seized the last time to strengthen training to deal with the imminent war.

After a week's rest in Cuba, the Spanish expeditionary force boarded a ship again, crossed the Gulf of Mexico, and landed at Veracruz.

In Veracruz, the expeditionary force was warmly welcomed by the Spanish governor of Mexico, Gomez, and other patriots who were truly loyal to Spain (most of them were from the peninsula). General Franco, the commander of the expeditionary force, told everyone at the reception that he and his "loyal and brave soldiers" would be able to restore order in Mexico and completely wipe out those rebels.

The expeditionary force stayed in Veracruz for another week to prepare various supplies for an attack on Mexico City. A week later, the 30,000 expeditionary force left Veracruz and began to march towards Mexico City. General Franco felt that, with his well-trained soldiers (although the training level of Spanish soldiers is the younger brother in Europe, but compared with those militias in North America, General Franco felt that his soldiers were absolutely It can be regarded as well-trained), as well as advanced weapons, and his own study of the most advanced French army tactics over the years, he should be able to defeat these mobs relatively easily.

However, when he led the army and began to approach Mexico City, his confidence was slapped hard when he saw the rebels.

"Damn it! Is this the position of the rebels? Is this...the fucking rebels?" General Franco's eyes widened angrily, "Trenches, barbed wire, minefields...this...where did they learn it? Joseph's defense? Damn the Frenchman, this must be a conspiracy by the Frenchman!"

As soon as he saw the "Joseph Defense", General Franco felt his scalp tingle. Although not long ago, the French army just showed how to break through the Joseph Defense in a short time, but that was the French army, Franco The expeditionary force under him does not have such capabilities.

However, General Franco thought that the "Joseph Defense" had a disadvantage, that is, it was quite expensive. Therefore, in the military circles of various European countries, this kind of defense has another nickname, which is called "golden shield". Those slightly poorer countries often produce low-profile and shrunk versions of the "Joseph Defense" that are often jokingly called "gilded shields" or even "brass shields."

"Maybe this is a 'gold-plated shield' or even a 'brass shield'. It doesn't look like it, it must be a 'golden shield'. You have to fight a dozen to find out how fine it is. It's the same. However, even 'gold-plated shields' and 'brass shields' are not necessarily easy to fight..." General Franco thought.