1855 United States Tycoon

The suppression of the workers who occupied Wall Street has indeed greatly affected Morgan's reputation. Compared to Scrooge with Sage's halo on his head, Morgan must now have horns on his head and bat wings on his back. However, negative images are equally useful, and even as long as they are well controlled, negative reputations are even more useful than positive ones at certain times. Although influenced by Morgan's negative image, some political groups, some religious groups and so on began to distance themselves from Morgan on the surface, but in fact, the donations that should be collected are still the same. On the contrary, because of the "decisiveness" shown in the resolution of the Occupy Wall Street incident, Morgan's influence on Wall Street still has a certain degree of ascending.

Of course, Morgan still paid the price, that is, even the organization that took Morgan’s donation did not dare to say that it took Morgan’s donation. "He took Morgan’s money" became a gap between political and religious organizations. It is a common way of accusing opponents when they are arguing with each other, and the first reaction of the accused is often "you just took Morgan's money, and your whole family took Morgan's money".

"The ugly dollar is never easy to use in the sun." From this perspective, Scrooge's calculation for Morgan can still be said to be quite successful.

The demonstration was suppressed, but the problem of unemployed workers’ life is still serious. If this problem cannot be resolved quickly, new riots will occur almost inevitable.

At this time, the savior Scrooge stepped forward. He first announced the official start of the construction of the Atlantic Communications Tower, and then began to recruit construction workers. Scrooge said that in order to help more unemployed workers, he can only hire each worker for 30 days, and after working for him for a month, those workers can rely on the wages they get to leave New York. Go further to the west, or to the rebuilding states to the south.

In addition to the Atlantic Tower, if someone is willing to take a trip to remote Alaska to participate in the construction of several ports in Alaska, then he can also get twice the salary of working in New York, and a longer two-year work contract. So when they finish their work and come back, well, they must have enough money to go to the west and obtain a piece of land for farming.

"These workers will be divided into two groups when they arrive in Alaska. One group will be responsible for building a simple port. The other group, who will be mainly Irish, will conduct gold mining under the supervision of Blackwater. "During the family meeting, Dorothea began to introduce Alaska's development plan to Carol and Kathleen.

"After the workers arrive at the mining area, they will first build barracks and a fence surrounding the entire mining area. At this time, we will tell them that this is to prevent possible wolves, brown bears, and savages. Outside the fence, we will Set up barbed wire and set up minefields to ensure that no one can leave the camp at will."

"So what if the workers get sick or get hurt?" Carol asked.

"We will set up hospitals near the workers' residential area, which can solve some small injuries. As for the big ones." Dorothea smiled. "In Alaska, the conditions are so bad. Isn't it normal for people to die? Don’t worry, no workers will leave due to injuries and cause news about the gold mine to leak."

"What about after the two-year period expires?" Catherine asked, "Don't we let them go back? Once they return home, the news that there is a gold mine in Alaska will definitely be concealed."

"By that time, our own factory area has long been indispensable. No homeless people can move our gold mines. Even if they come, they can only search for other gold mines everywhere. Well, Alaska may still There are other gold mines. As far as we know, there are also some very small gold mines with low mining value near our gold mines. These things are deliberately left by me, and they may bring them to find Mine fever and gold rush. At this time, our port can make a lot of money.” Scrooge explained.

"Then I don't have any more opinions." Catherine replied.

"The mined gold will be secretly loaded on a ship, transported to the small port near Duck Castle, and then sent to the underground vault of Duck Castle." Dorothea continued, "For the safety of the ship, we bought it deliberately. A shipyard and began to build special transport ships. These ships will be called high-speed yachts. They are equipped with our newly developed heavy oil steam turbines and propeller propellers, plus a special ship structure, which can reach a maximum speed of 23 per hour. Festival. There is the possibility of further development in the future. In this way, we don’t have to worry about pirates. Because not to mention pirates, even the British Navy cannot intercept such a fast ship.”

"Our heavy oil steam turbine is practical?" Carol asked, this news is even more important than gold mines in a sense.

"Small and medium-sized ones can be used, but large-scale turbines, um, will take a while," Scrooge explained. "However, with careful maintenance, it is still okay to use on high-end yachts of about 1,000 tons."

"How to guarantee the loyalty of the crew?" Catherine asked.

"Their family members are in our hands. There is no long-term fixed crew and captain on any ship. They will alternately rotate on several such ships. That is to say, any captain will not have a fixed large group under him. The combination of deputy to the crew. Of course, this will reduce efficiency, but it will also minimize the possibility of rebellion. In addition..." Dorothea began to introduce the situation of the golden ship.

"Now, do you have any questions? If not. Then let's follow the plan." Scrooge said at last.

Just when the McDonald family began to organize the excavation of Alaska's gold, a procurement group from the Qing Dynasty found the McDonald Infantry Weapon Company.

"Business from China?" Scrooge was a little interested. He remembered, "What kind of Westernization movement in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it seems that it was started in this period of time?" Although in a short period of time, China is there. The market is limited, and the money that can be made will not be too much, but such a big country, put it there, can't be completely ignored. First establish a little contact with the upper echelons of this country, and it won’t be a bad thing. Besides, Scrooge, who was a Chinese in his previous life, is still a little curious about the Chinese in this era.

"Well, take a look, anyway, although the Qing government is not rich in money, it is worthy of being stupid. Instead of letting the British and Germans play them as fools, make their money and play them as fools, to It's better to let me make this money. At least, what I sell will definitely not be the rags."

When he was interested, Shi Gaozhi took a special afternoon from his busy schedule to meet these representatives from the Manchu Qing...

"Mr. Rong, is this company the company that produces the Mike Quick Gun?" Looking at the not-so-notable door of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, a fat Chinese man wearing a jacket with a braid behind his head Asked another young man with his hair in a suit.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, this is the MacDonald Infantry Arms Company, the largest arms company in the United States. Not only does most of the US military’s guns come from this company, but the British, French and Prussians use rifles. In terms of technology, it also comes from this company."

"It doesn't seem to be very grandiose." Mr. Zhang shook his head and said.

"United States people are generally not prosperous." Mr. Rong replied, "The proprietor here is the most famous rich man in United States. It can be said to be a wealthy country. It is also the most famous scholar of United States with a very high status. It is rumored here that if this person is offended, the President of the United States is also unstable. It will not be easy for me to see this person today. Mr. Zhang must not regard it as an ordinary wealthy businessman."

"Dignified United States, let a merchant man enjoy such status. What a barbarian country!" Mr. Zhang said disapprovingly, he looked at the Mr. Rong standing in front of him, looking anxious. , He smiled and said, "I'm just talking about it. I won't show up like this again when I meet the local tyrant. Mr. Don't worry."

This Mr. Rong is one of China's earliest overseas students, and Yale's earliest China graduate Rong Hong. In the original history, Mr. Yung Wing was also considered a man of influence. He participated in many activities in the Westernization Movement. In many factories built by the Westernization Movement, he was responsible for the procurement of machines. Later, he also single-handedly contributed to China's earliest Officially sent overseas students studying abroad-the Qing dynasty's activities for children to study in the United States, has cultivated a lot of talents for China.

As for the Mr. Zhang next to him, he was an assistant to Li Hongzhang who was then Governor of Liangjiang. This person's name is Zhang Yu. Because of his obesity and sleepiness, he was given the nickname "Fat Cat". People familiar with him are often called Zhang Fat Cat.

The two walked straight to the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. After informing the guard of their intentions, within a few minutes, they saw a yellow man wearing a black suit approaching and asking them in a Mandarin with the flavor of Guangxi: "You are Mr. Rong from China. With Mr. Zhang?"

The man who came was Wang Qinian. He was on duty at the Macdonald Infantry Weapons Company. He was asked to help because he wanted to receive Chinese people. At this moment, when he opened his mouth, both Rong Hong and Zhang Yu were taken aback. Originally, when seeing such a yellow man with no braids, both Rong Hong and Zhang Yu subconsciously regarded him as a Japanese. But when this person spoke, his accent immediately made them realize that this is a Chinese?

"Are you from China?" Rong Hong asked. It was a pleasant thing to meet a Chinese fellow at the Macdonald Infantry Weapons Company.

"Where are your braids?" Zhang Yu frowned and asked.

"It's too embarrassing to keep that pig's tail, cut it!" The man also deliberately looked at Zhang Yu with provocative eyes.

"You forgot about your ancestor..." Zhang Yu couldn't help cursing.

"Daddy's ancestors are Han people, and there is no such pig tail." Wang Qinian responded unceremoniously.

"You, you..." Zhang Yu was so angry that he didn't say anything for a long time.

"Mr. MacDonald is waiting for you, come with me." Wang Qinian finished speaking, turned and left. Rong Hong hurriedly pulled Zhang Yu, who was still standing on the spot, and signaled him not to be angry, and then the two of them followed Wang Qinian and walked upstairs together.

"It's strange, I seem to have seen this person somewhere." Rong Hong thought as he walked.

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