The Rise of the Empire

"All contracts will be recognized by the German royal family and the Bavarian royal family. They will not be invalidated with the change of the government, because this asset is not obtained from the purchase of goods, you don't have to worry about losing anything, don't you? You only need a little Just unleash some influence."

"According to the agreement, during the war, we will transfer the relevant assets to a foundation, and this foundation will be managed by the German side together with you. When the mission of the foundation is completed, we can to allocate these resources. You don’t have to worry about our transfer of assets, and you don’t have to worry about unfair distribution.” Earl Laura finally said.

"This opinion is very attractive. I agree in principle." Morgan was the first to express his position, and then the Chicago consortium, which has close grain trade relations with Germany, also expressed support. Then came Mellon and Rockefeller. In fact, as the largest oil supplier in the United States, Rockefeller was still very hesitant. It is foreseeable that after the outbreak of the war, the Allies will definitely purchase a large amount of crude oil or processed petroleum products from the United States.

As a qualified capitalist, how can you just eat one family? The correct posture should be to eat one family and another family, and eat both ends. If a third family intervenes, then it is best to eat them all. According to Rockefeller’s The idea is that it is not enough to eat only the Allies and the Entente. If the United States can participate in the war, no matter which side it helps, the domestic demand for crude oil may increase greatly, right?

He originally planned to make some small moves, but now it seems that there is no other way. The Rockefeller consortium is indeed very strong, but the opponent has a lot of people! It is normal for the Morgan consortium to be the first to say that they mainly sell various ores and have a large amount of investment in Africa. Germany needs to import all kinds of ores anyway. With the promotion of the US government, American ores have a great advantage in the German market. big.

The colonial assets also tied the Morgan Consortium to the German government. Once Britain and France win, the assets of the Morgan Consortium in Africa may also be confiscated? So the Morgan consortium has no other choice. As for Britain and France importing resources from the United States? This is still unlikely under the current circumstances. Think about it, what resources do the British, as an empire on which the sun never sets, lack? There are various sweatshops in Africa, and black workers hardly pay for their work, plus the world's largest fleet and the world's financial center, can the British import resources from you?

Even in World War II, the United Kingdom, which enjoys the most Lend-Lease laws, mostly buys industrial products and weapons. If we have to talk about resources, it also has the most oil. As for importing ore from the United States? That's really not much.

It is understandable that the farmers of the Chicago consortium support Germany. Germany needs to import one-third of its wheat and nearly half of its barley from abroad every year. In the past or in history, most of Germany’s grain imports were It is Russia, but now, with the support of the trade agreement between the United States and Germany, it has also suppressed the Russian economy even more. Germany's food imports have begun to shift to the United States. Russia certainly has geographical advantages, but what about the large farms of the United States and the large ships and trade of Germany? The agreement is too powerful.

And because Germany is a union of kingdoms, each kingdom has its own soil policy. From the current point of view, the grain exported by the Chicago consortium to the Kingdom of Bavaria is very cheap, because the prince negotiated with the German government on the condition of reducing the royal family's appropriation. The tariffs on grain entering the Kingdom of Bavaria have been reduced, so the Chicago consortium still has a good impression of the Kingdom of Bavaria. As for the local Bavarian farmers, what should they do? Either go to a more profitable factory, or directly farm with subsidies... A prince who knows history will never save money on food issues!

There are also certain reasons for the Mellon consortium to support Germany.

First of all, they have a small share of the domestic oil market in the United States, so it is necessary to go out, but the current oil is not the oil market after World War II, it belongs to the level of industrial blood. Look at what fuel is used in the world now? Coal can be used for most of the energy except automobiles. airplane? what is this? Although warships or ships can be fired with kerosene, more than 80% of their voyages are fired with coal. That is, the high-speed section has to inject fuel. car? This thing needs to burn gasoline, no, not necessarily, steam cars also burn for a while.

And compared to the various minerals of the various Morgan consortiums, Germany is actually not short of fuel, but next to Germany is Romania, Bavaria also has oil fields in Turkey, and Turkey is a member of the Allied Powers. The advantage of the Mellon consortium is not great, so He will never give up on this huge cooperative client, both internally and externally, and with Morgan and the Chicago consortium taking the lead, Mellon will not become the target of public criticism if he jumps out.

Rockefeller can understand the statements of the above three consortiums, but unexpectedly, the DuPont consortium also expressed support in the end. In this kind of situation involving the distribution of interests, it is not enough to just turn around and refuse to admit it politically. Since everyone is going to form an offensive and defensive alliance, there will definitely be considerable restrictions, and any act of betrayal will be punished. become the common enemy of all. Unless the Americans are all rebellious, the possibility of rebellion is almost zero... Therefore, it is understandable that Rockefeller expressed his position at the end of the day. When everyone confesses, if they are not friends, they are enemies...

In Rockefeller's view, the other three companies have reasons to support it, and even himself has reasons to support it, but the DuPont consortium alone does not! What are they doing? Arms and chemicals. What are the Germans doing NB? There is the Bavarian royal family for arms, and Prussia for chemicals. The products of both parties are 100% competitors! Bavaria's military products are not only suppressing Krupp and his like in Germany, but also suppressing other military enterprises in the world! As for the chemical industry in Germany, it is naturally NB. In terms of chemical dyes, it belongs to the global monopoly level.

Therefore, if there is any consortium in the United States that wants to kill Germany, the DuPont consortium is definitely the first. But DuPont's position is also reasonable. First of all, if Germany wants to prepare for war, then the basic chemical raw materials must be tilted towards the military industry. All kinds of unnecessary chemical products need to reduce the output, or give up some low-end products and directly make things that the military industry can use, such as It is said that those who produce toluene will no longer produce toluene, and turn their heads to make ***********.... But the foundation is still needed, what should I do if my own production capacity is not enough? It can only be imported from abroad, and then the Germans gave DuPont a big order.

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