Chapter 470 Cut off the buttocks

@@@@@@@@@ The New Year's bell rang as scheduled, and the whole Apple City was covered with white. Standing in front of the window and looking at the exchange opposite, which reopened after the New Year, Morgan's heart was colder than the weather outside.

I lost!

Not only lost, but also lost!

Because just a week ago, Parliament approved a plan to reissue $200 million in gold bonds, and it was the rising star of Bank of America that undertook the bonds.

No one knows what this means better than him, which means that Bank of America and his owner Thomas became the only weather vane of the U.S. economy overnight, which means that he has fully mastered the Federal Gold Reserve Board of the United States, which means that he will be the only remaining profiteer in this crisis!

Morgan took a deep breath, and the goal of controlling the currency was extinguished in an instant. Not only Thomas also took advantage of the crisis to become the biggest gold source of the Republican Party, but Fairbanks used $200 million in cash exchanged for bonds to successfully stabilize market confidence and help the American political axe to get it again. The right to control the currency!

Although the crisis of several months has caused the U.S. industry to be hit hard, now that the exchange has reopened, he knows that it must be hot now, and the stock market, as the economic vane, will certainly give the market an answer earlier.

The worst thing is that he suffered a huge loss because he sold all the stocks. It will take several years to make up for this loss. What's more serious is that the terrible opponent with a keen sense of smell has smelled his weakness and is attacking the bank he controls. From the current situation Look, the third largest bank, New York City Bank, has been unable to resist, and it is likely to be pocketed by that guy recently.

At this moment, he really wanted to call Thomas to ask how he arranged all this, and how he came up with the idea of using the crisis to make a lot of money, which made him jealous.

However, in the end, he still resisted the impulse. Although he was also a Jew, commercial deception did not mind such a nation, and it was precisely because of this fratricidal competition that this nation stood out as one of the most outstanding talents.

Behind

, there was a knock on the door. After a moment, Mars appeared in the room, looked at Morgan's back, sighed in the bottom of his heart, and said, "Mr. Morgan, this is the report of the police station. They suspect that the clearing center building was artificial arson. At present, they are pursuing it with all their strength."

Morgan turned his head and seemed not to be surprised by the news at all. He smiled and said, "Math, forget it."

"Forget! Why? Mr. Morgan, we have lost hundreds of millions of dollars. Do we make Thomas profit in vain? Mars looked excited and continued to pat the report, "I suspect that the fire itself has something to do with him!"

Looking at the old man who has been with him for decades so impulsively, Morgan smiled and shook his head: "Mars, we lost. In fact, even if we have the evidence, do you think the Republican Party will send Thomas to prison at this time?"

Before Mars could answer, Morgan had looked at him and asked himself, "This is the charm of politics and money. You don't know what will happen next, and do you think Thomas doesn't know that the crisis was deliberately created by us?"

"Give up, this is the rule of the game!"

The sharp eyes like an eagle falcon were a little stunned by Mars. He didn't expect Morgan to give up the pursuit, but he also said a lot. Let's not talk about Thomas's current status of calling for wind and rain, how secret things can be done. Even if it is found, the other party can also be revealed that it was made by these people. Crisis, that can only be a quarrel that can't change anything, so I can only nod with a wry smile: "Mr. Morgan, I know how to do it."

Morgan's abandonment means that the sudden financial run crisis, which lasted for nearly four months, has come to an end, but this sudden disaster has been a heavy blow to the U.S. economy. Whether Morgan, Thomas, or President Fairbanks, it is well aware that the U.S. credit system has suffered a serious devaluation. It's worth it. If you want to save it, I'm afraid there's still a long way to go.

As a bystander and finally profiting, Li Mo didn't know that Morgan had given up at this time, but even if he knew it or didn't have time to care, because he had more important things to do.

The simultaneous heavy snow in the northern hemisphere also makes several experimental pools outside the Huludao Naval Ship Design Center temporarily unavailable, so only a smaller indoor hot water circulation pool can be used. The micro-temperature pool can be kept from freezing by relying on the boiler in the design center.

"Mike, isn't this picture finished? Why is there a piece missing from the stern?" Long Guozhang stood aside and looked at a large researcher fiddling with a destroyer model that seemed to have been bitten off the stern, and his face was puzzled.

Chen Ping on the side also held his arm and touched his chin with one hand. He was also very surprised by the design that seemed to have been cut.

"Speed! "Speed!"

Mike's foam flew across the mouth, telling the two that this is a new square stern type, which has been proved by experiments that this design can greatly improve the speed of the warship.

"Cut off one piece of the buttocks to greatly improve the speed?" The two people who were puzzled immediately turned to the "inventor" of this design.

Emperor Li is proud. The secret that the square stern can improve the speed is not uncommon in later generations, but in this era when fluid mechanics has just sprouted, it is enough to shock the world.

Of course, this design requires scientific theory, especially the optimization of the underwater part requires a lot of experiments. Otherwise, this type of ship would not appear after World War II, but the biggest advantage of being a traveler is to pick up the knife and cut a knife directly on the buttocks of the model, and then give it to McKinson, who was almost dumbfounded at that time. In the end, in the era when you can only use mechanical computers and some of the most primitive technical experiments with the naked eye, it took five years to basically conquer.

Of course, Li Mo also put forward suggestions such as the bulb nose, but the requirements of the bulb nose are too high for processing, so at present, a similar oval sphere can only be installed under the bow, which is much less effective.

Fortunately, there are no such concepts at present, and there is enough time to improve and improve, and he is very happy that the square stern is completed in advance. However, after all, the experiment is an experiment, and it will eventually be tested through actual use, so the use of the capital ship needs to wait, but it is used first on the new generation of destroyers.

However, the maximum speed of 40 knots in the design index still makes Long Guozhang and Chen Ping dumbfounded at the same time. You know that these small destroyers less than 1,000 tons abroad are not a defense class, but a drive that has once again amplified hundreds of tons and reached a full load of 2,300 tons. Ship by ship!

And in order to maximize the use of the deck, the hull is not as slender as before, but a little wide. In this case, it can reach 40 knots and have a range of 3,500 nautical miles/15 knots, which can only illustrate one problem.

"We ** OK!" Emperor Li said the answer from the bottom of his heart, and he also rolled happily.

China in later generations has suffered from the shortage of engines. Now he has not only made a perfect match between a supercharged boiler and a steam turbine, but also a mature star engine. As for the internal combustion engine, it is also a comprehensive leader. Even the vital rocket engines and jet engines, he has set up a research laboratory in advance. Let people grope first.

In the case that his technology is far ahead, but industry and processing are not very good, he also constantly destroys all foreign experts who may threaten him through the intelligence department. In addition to some talents who have begun to be noticed by various countries, others either secretly join the Xinhua Academy of Sciences, or mysteriously disappear. Lost, the research data disappeared.

In fact, except for him, no second person knows how powerful this kind of uninterrupted destruction has been since ten years ago. It can be seen from the fact that Britain alone has not been able to produce steam turbines that can be loaded with ships for experiments.

It is precisely because Britain and Germany are still using old reciprocating steam engines, the St. Vincent class being built in the United Kingdom, the Kaiser class that Germany is about to start construction, and the South Carolina and Delaware levels in the United States are all steam engines, which means that their maximum speed will not exceed 22 knots.

The most important thing is that even the invincible battlecruisers that Britain is about to launch and are destined to cause a new round of arms race are limited. But they can't reflect the speed of the cruisers, so it's a pile of useless scrap metal, because they sacrifice too much armor.

And without strong power support, European super battleships will be doomed to produce unless they are willing to accept a low-speed battleship of only about 18 knots.

In this case, Li Mo was not in a hurry to start the construction of the super battleship, which also delayed the original plan to start half a year later. In addition to hoping that the design would be improved, it was also because the financial war in the United States contained too much of his mind. No one could ensure victory in the strange financial competition, although he was My mind is full of all kinds of ideas, and I can't really be relieved.

Looking at the destroyer model that carried out the last experiment in the pool, Li Mo couldn't help looking at his watch. At this time, Thomas's news should come, right?

When he thought anxiously, Duan Fei finally rushed into the experimental center with the telegram he had just received.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Thomas called, he said." Duan Fei's sudden pause made Li Mo's heart tighten. Did he fail?

And Chen Ping and Long Guozhang also widened their eyes. You know, the emperor has invested hundreds of millions of dollars there. If it fails, the super battleship plan may be died, so they all stared at Duan Fei.

"He said." Duan Fei smiled and said, "He hopes to increase his shares."

"This damn bastard!" The content of this unconverted telegram made Li Mo and everyone laugh.

On the same day Thomas sent the telegram, Li Xiufeng, who was personally in New York, also sent a telegram. He took advantage of the opportunity of the U.S. financial crisis to affect the U.S. and London capital markets. His investment was almost a complete success, and he made a net profit of more than $200 million in these two major markets alone!

When Li Enfu got the news, he jumped up. For him, the tragic situation in the United States at this moment will mean that the U.S. economic growth rate in 1908 will not be destined to exceed 3%, and there may be negative growth, while Xinhua can continue to maintain growth of more than 15%.

The distance is shrinking!

However, what made everyone dumbfounded was that after Emperor Li returned to Yanjing overnight, he did not give an order to start building a super battleship immediately, but an instruction that made everyone dumbfounded.

"What are you waiting for? Go to the bottom!" ......

(to be continued)