Chapter 469 The most cunning guy

@@@@@@@@@ In the sun of Chesapik Bay, eighteen battleships and seven torpedo ships were all painted white, lying quietly in the middle of the sea, the deck was polished, the guns were strong and cold, countless sailors gathered together, waving their arms excitedly, and the whole base was full of joy. A happy atmosphere.

This spectacular scene, not to mention President Fairbanks and the accompanying officials, even Major General Evans, the commander of this round-the-world voyage, forgot the unhappiness that happened outside the port of Havana a year ago.

This is the most powerful fleet in the history of the United States! It has quietly climbed to the real strength of the world's third navy!

Although some people are using outdated to describe this fleet that is about to leave, Evans doesn't think so. As the only veteran in the navy who has participated in the Civil War, he knows that as long as these giant beasts are still in the water, it will be a deterrent to the whole world, and with four South Carolina-class and four special It only takes three or four years at most to start the construction of the Lahua-class new battleship. The strength of the U.S. Navy will rise to another level and completely say goodbye to the navy that was hit by others at the door!

The Mayflower motorboat slowly passed by the fleet. Each warship was full of salutes, the national anthem was played, and the mighty honor guards lined up to salute the president. This spectacular scene also made President Fairbanks couldn't help but feel up and downs. Looking at the powerful fleet representing the power of the United States in front of him, he waved a salute. The hat greeted and said excitedly to the reporters around him, "Please remember this day. Today is the festival of the United States!"

It seemed to be responding to his speech. Twenty-five warships whistled at the same time, and thick smoke rolled into the sky in the huge chimney, darkening the sky of Chesapeake Bay.

When the last Maine slowly left the harbor under the gaze of everyone, the Mayflower also began to return, but Fairbanks, who was calm with joy and excitement, did not expect that he had received a shocking news as soon as he landed.

There has been a large-scale run in New York, and the stock market is about to collapse!

This news almost made Fairbanks, who had just sent the fleet, fall into the sea. No one would have thought that in just a few days, the irresistible American economy, which was as prosperous as a train, slammed into a cliff.

"What's going on! Tell me what's going on!"

In the White House, Fairbanks roared loudly, and several economic experts turned black. No one dared to look at those blood-red eyes with their heads down. No one expected that the news of the collapse of a trust company and an unexpected fire would explode the whole United States.

When the banking clearing building caught fire and all internal information was burned, the run crisis in New York quickly expanded to the United States. From Boston to Florida, from Seattle to San Francisco, there was a long queue in front of almost all banks, especially when several small banks declared unlimited After the shutdown, the terrible plague-like financial crisis quickly occupied the front pages of all newspapers in the United States.

What's more worrying is that in just one month, the crisis in the financial sector has spread to industry, and a large number of small factory owners have begun to show signs of a shortage of funds. Some people even closed their factories directly, waiting for the situation to change.

At this moment, Fairbanks, who was sitting in the White House, finally understood the pressure of the gold exchange crisis during the Cleveland presidency, and what made him even more frustrated was that all the American trust oligarchs, including Morgan, Thomas and Rockefeller, were all tied up. There was nothing he could do, and asked the political axe to save the city as soon as possible.

But is it so simple to save the market?

The American ax axe is not a bank of the United States. In a fully free economy, the American political axe is very binding on banks and trust companies, so that they can raise a large amount of money, which led to the financial crisis. If you take taxpayers' money to save those bankers now, I'm afraid that your president will come to an end immediately. Yes.

And even if it is rescued, it can't be rescued at once, because the huge expenditure when buying the Panama Canal in the first half of the year has caused a huge financial deficit. Originally, this deficit was not a big problem. As long as it survives until the next fiscal year, it can be alleviated, but now there is such a thing, the root of the political axe. I couldn't do anything to rescue the market.

Of course, there is another way, which is to open the vault under the burned clearing building, where there are 200 million dollars worth of cash, and then let which banks save themselves. But the problem is that due to the fire, all the database on the fifth floor was burned, and a large amount of financial data disappeared. According to the New York Police Department It is estimated that at least they need half a year to figure it out.

Half a year!

Fairbanks almost cried, but there is nothing he can do. The vault can't be opened at will now. It's like you have a passbook to withdraw money from the bank, and if you lose the passbook, then the bank can't figure out how much you have deposited, so it must make a thorough inventory to pay it to you, which needs to be enough. Enough time.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be said, that is, according to the intelligence, this crisis is very likely to be man-made. That is to say, whether it is the news of the bankruptcy of the trust company or the sudden fire in the liquidation building, it is likely to be man-made. Although there is no direct political situation, all the clues point to To the Rothschild family and Morgan!

This rumor is only circulating in a small circle at present, but one hour before the fire in the liquidation building that day, Morgan suddenly shorted hundreds of millions of yuan worth of stocks in his hand, which had nothing to do with investment profits and even greatly worsened the behavior of the stock market, which is very doubtful.

However, the intelligence department has not yet grasped the evidence, and even if it has the evidence, it is impossible to really make it public, because Morgan has become one of the weather vanes of the United States, and he is still the largest gold aid of the Ming Cook Party.

Whether this news is true or not, it means that once the bank saves itself, the American political axe will be excluded from this crisis and completely lose the right to speak in the currency. He will become the rubber stamp of the U.S. economy.

If he can, he is even willing to close the vault for more time, but the current problem is that there is not much time to turn around. If the crisis really lasts for more than half a year, the U.S. economy will suffer the worst trauma in history!

Fairbanks waved his hand and drove away these economic advisers who only knew how to eat. He looked at Secretary of State John Hay and said, "John, is there no way?"

"No, there is another way." Oh?" Fairbanks's eyes lit up.

John Haye paused for a moment before saying, "Mr. President, Mr. Thomas has suggested to the vice president and the parliament that he can issue $200 million in gold claims and underwrite them all in exchange for enough cash to save the market!"

"Two million US dollars of gold claims!" Fairbanks is nervous. This is not a trivial matter. 200 million dollars, which is 300 tons of gold!

More than a decade ago, President Cleveland also issued gold claims, putting the gold reserves of the United States under private control. Although the U.S. political axe has regulatory power, it is a private enterprise after all.

Although the issuance of another $200 million in gold bonds now has no impact on gold reserves, it means that the U.S. political axe will pay a full 300 tons of gold to the market in the next few years.

Is there any other way now?

Even if Morgan has nothing to do with the financial crisis, he can't make up so much cash. As the largest banker in the United States, all the banks and trust companies under his name are also being affected by the run crisis. In addition, he has become interested in steel and railways over the years and has taken up a lot of money, so at present, it is also You can only protect yourself.

Rockefeller didn't need to mention it. Although the consumption of oil made him fight for gold, his exchange with Thomas Mining a few years ago made him owe a lot of debt, so it was impossible to spend so much money.

At present, the only one who has a large amount of cash is Thomas. Although the Bank of America under his name has also been affected, the main business of Bank of America is in South America, and his investment is basically mining, most of which are overseas and has not been affected much, so only he can contribute at present.

But Thomas is very strange. Both the Mingzhu Party and the Republican Party seem to show a neutrality, so it is unfavorable to put the $200 million of gold creditor's rights in the hands of such a person.

All the United States knows that Morgan supports the Mingzhu Party, but he is a Republican. Originally, the Republican Party supported by Rockefeller can be comparable to the Mingzhu Party, but in recent years, Rockefeller has been busy with his own affairs, so his support has begun to decrease. If this crisis can be used at this time, Thomas can be pulled to the side of the Republican Party. Then there will be a lot of pressure on Morgan!

Whether this crisis is controlled by Morgan and the family behind him, if the Mingzhu Party finally benefits, it is undoubtedly the biggest irony of the political axe he leads!

Thinking of this, Fairbanks seemed to have made up his mind. He looked at John Hay and said, "John, contact Mr. Thomas for me. Please tell him that I invite him to the Republican Sorority in New York next week." --

"God! Thomas, you have become the largest creditor in the United States! $200 million in gold bonds? 300 tons of gold! Haha."

Thomas, who had just attended the Republican Association, returned to his residence and was pulled by George. After bumping his fists, he immediately laughed regardless of his image. Unexpectedly, before the laughter was over, the corners of Thomas's mouth had collapsed: "It's not me."

"Haha, that's why it's more ridiculous!" His words not only did not stop George from laughing, but also leaned forward and backward, and the corners of his eyes were wet. After a long time, he went to the closet and pulled out a bottle of Lafite. After pouring it twice, he took a sip first, and then sighed, "Do you know? Thomas, Lee is probably the most cunning guy I've ever seen!"

"Yes, that's a despicable, shameless, rich, charming and tricky bastard!" Thomas gritted his teeth and counted his shares with his fingers to calculate how much gold he could get this time.

George looked at the funny Thomas and took a deep breath. In fact, until now, he still couldn't believe this fact, because when he and Thomas had been confused about how to make a profit in the crisis, Li Mo used a bold idea, which not only dug a piece of meat from the United States, but also succeeded. Let a powerless businessman like Thomas squeeze into the Republican Party and become a figure who can really influence the United States!

"You will become the God of America!"

Thinking of Li Mo's words many years ago, Thomas couldn't help but burst into blood and took a sip of liquor. When he and George calculated how to use this crisis to get a hard vote from the U.S. capital market, the madman had long been dissatisfied with money, but took advantage of the crisis to squeeze himself into the core circle of the United States. Son!

He grasped the biggest problem of the American political axe. As the U.S. economic crisis began to spread to the industrial field, the most urgently needed thing for the American political axe was to raise enough cash, but the problem was that they had just taken out 180 million yuan and didn't have so much money in their hands, and Morgan picked up a stone and smashed his foot. His bank was In the wind and rain, as for Rockefeller, he is still paying off his debts!

According to Li Mo's speculation, there are only two ways for the U.S. political axe to get cash at present. One is to borrow money from big banks, and the second is to introduce international capital to save the market.

The second United States is definitely unwilling. In terms of market closure, the United States is stricter than any other country in Europe, so there is only the first way to go.

But it is not easy to borrow money, because the American political axe lacks enough chips.

There is no land, no industry, no mineral deposits. All they have is only gold in the Federal Gold Reserve, but the Reserve is private and shared by Thomas and Morgan. The American political axe only has regulatory power!

So Thomas bypassed the others and chose to fight against the vice president, but as a Republican, it was impossible for Fairbanks to give this sales right to outsiders, so Li Mo let himself stop being neutral and completely turned to the Republican Party in exchange for this huge benefit!

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Morgan. Although he and Rockefeller belong to the same family support, the two families have long been dissatisfied with the people behind them, but their strength is still balanced, but now their own intervention has made the United States have a third force, which makes the Rothschild family have nothing. The law is infiltrating the United States!

And the Mingzhu Party supported by Morgan will also be hit hard!

Li Mo, the bastard, grasped the game in politics very well and saw through the essence behind the crisis!

In order not to become a rubber stamp, the American political axe must be to save the market, but the problem is that this Republican political axe certainly does not want the crisis maker Morgan to make a profit, while Rockefeller is unable to complete the heavy task of saving the American economy. At this time, they can only pull themselves over!

There is no doubt that the $200 million gold debt will flow into Li Mo's hands. If interest is added, nearly 400 tons of gold will be needed to make up for this hole in the next five years! It is equivalent to incorporating all the gold earned by the American political axe in the next few years into his personal pocket, and successfully overtook Morgan's shares in the Gold Reserve Board and become the largest shareholder! And what the United States recovered a few years later was just a pile of colorful pieces of paper!

This madman!

George took his glass and walked to the French window. Looking at the bright night scene of New York outside, the smile at the corners of his mouth gradually faded.

There is no doubt that Li Mo will continue to push Thomas to become the largest economic controller of the United States. His ambition has been obvious. This madman will challenge the world with its strong and powerful fleet!

Although the essence of his doing this is for the country, his opponents have their own motherland.

"George, are you worried about the future?" After years of getting along with each other, he has been a best friend since he was a child. How could Thomas not know George's mind, but the two of them have fallen too deep. As long as he looks at the mysterious bodyguards outside, he knows that there is no way to escape from the whirlpool.

"No, I'm not worried." George turned his head, blinked his eyes and smiled again: "Actually, I asked Li Mo last time I was in Yanjing, and he promised me that he would not invade Britain!"

"And, even without him, do you think Europe can still be peaceful?"

"The experience of this period is the most wonderful and unforgettable years in my life, so I will leave my current job before Li Mo takes action, and I will go to China and settle there."

"My dream is to become a writer, you know!" George's voice was low and echoed in the room with a strong sense of fatigue. Finally, he nodded heavily: "Moreover, he has also promised me!"

(to be continued)