1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 13 Adventurer’s Paradise

In a small hotel where conditions are said to be decent, Scrooge, who was bitten by those damn fleas and slept for almost a night, didn’t sleep until dawn. Just fell asleep but was woken up by Rockefeller.

“Hey, Scrooge, wake up, it’s dawn.” In the dimness, Scrooge felt as if someone was tapping his shoulder.

“What are you doing? It’s really annoying!” He touched the pillow easily, and Scrooge smashed it like the guy who disturbed his dream. Just listen to the sound of “Ouch”, and then the crackling sound of some messy things falling on the ground.

This time, Scrooge really woke up, and opened his eyes to see that Rockefeller was sitting on the ground. On the ground around him, there was a chair, a clothes rack and some clothes upside down.

“What’s the matter?” Scrooge jumped up quickly.

At this time, Rockefeller was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his physical condition was quite good. He didn’t need Scrooge to pull, so he got up, and while he helped him up the chair, he said to Scrooge: “What’s wrong? I have to ask you! I kindly asked you to get up, but you hit me with something! When I hid, I didn’t notice the chair behind…”

“Hahaha” Scrooge pointed at Rockefeller and his stomach with one hand. He couldn’t breathe with a smile. After a while, he said, “John, I didn’t expect that a pillow can knock you down…”

“I didn’t expect that a man would have such a feminine reaction!” Rockefeller sneered without showing weakness.

“That’s not to blame you. I also said that this place is fairly clean. Last night, I let lice bite and didn’t sleep well. Just as soon as I fell asleep, you ran to make trouble! You deserve it!”

“You got bitten by lice? Ah, no wonder no lice bit me last night.”

“It turns out you had planned!”

The two laughed for a while, put on their clothes, and ate something indiscriminately in the shop next to this small hotel, and then walked towards the Chicago Grain Futures Exchange.

Scrooge had seen what the futures market in the 21st century looked like, but Scrooge had no idea what the futures market in the nineteenth century was like. Therefore, Scrooge is still very curious about the world’s earliest futures market.

After walking for about twenty minutes, the Chicago Grain Futures Market appeared before their eyes. This is a building made of red bricks. From the outside, it looks more like a large warehouse.

“Maybe the warehouse was changed into.” Scrooge thought.

It is still early, and the door of the market has not yet opened. But outside the door, there are already many people waiting there. Scrooge and Rockefeller walked over.

“Phil, how do the crops on your farm look like? Don’t be like last year. In the end, the food grown is almost not enough for the futures contract signed.” A tall man in his thirties is talking with a face. The bearded farmer talked.

“Tom, you can rest assured, your food is indispensable.” Phil replied, “I have hired a few more new immigrants this year and planted all the land that was previously fallow. The cultivated area is larger than last year. It’s almost 30% more. In addition, we built another canal at the end of last year. Irrigation is guaranteed. Even if there is a drought, there will be no problem. As long as there are no locusts or floods in the next two months, it will be five months later. At the end of the month and the beginning of June, it is definitely a good harvest. I’m afraid that there will be too much food and you won’t be able to buy it.”

“Don’t worry, there are so many immigrants from Europe every year, they always buy food to eat. And the animal husbandry in Europe has developed well, as a result, they have changed all the arable land into pasture-this is more profitable, so they only I can rely on us to grow wheat. Think about it, there are so many people in Europe, so many mouths, no matter how much food you produce, they can eat it. Don’t worry, I promise, you can sell as much as there is. How many!”

“Well, three more layers of land, better irrigation, and almost certainly a better harvest.” Hearing the conversation between the two people. Rockefeller, who was standing on the side, thought silently in his heart, “In this way, the price of food may really fall.”

However, Rockefeller and Scrooge did not intend to participate in this discussion. For them, listening was enough.

At this time, the sun has risen very high, and the door of the exchange has also opened. So the people waiting outside the door stopped talking and walked in.

Scrooge and Rockefeller also followed in. Unlike the futures exchanges that widely used information technology and were full of various electronic displays, the futures market at this time was much more primitive. In the center of the exchange is a large wooden board with the prices of the last transaction of various crops yesterday.

“Scrooge, look at the price of corn!” Rockefeller said to Scrooge, pointing to a price on it.

“John, this price doesn’t seem to be much lower than the spot price.” Scrooge whispered to Rockefeller.

“Well, it seems that not only the price of wheat has risen, but the price of corn has also risen. This will cause animal husbandry…” Rockefeller glanced at Scrooge, and he saw Scrooge’s eyes gleaming. .

In addition to being used as food, corn will also be used as feed. The increase in corn prices will almost inevitably bring about ascending of the cost of animal husbandry, and this will inevitably lead to a decline in the price-earnings ratio of animal husbandry. Once the price-earnings ratio of animal husbandry falls and the price of food products rises, Europe will naturally shift from animal husbandry to agriculture. This also means that by the time of this year’s harvest season, there is a real possibility that there will be a crisis of overproduction.

“Hey, John! I didn’t expect to meet you here!” A voice came from behind them. Scrooge and Rockefeller turned around and saw a big bear approaching them.

This big guy is about 1.9 meters tall. What’s more terrifying is that he is not only tall, but also sturdy. He looks like a brown bear standing up, full of oppression.

“Mr. Warren Delano? I didn’t expect to meet you here! Are you planning to do food business?” Rockefeller walked over and said to the brown bear.

“Ah, the food trade has been very hot recently. I’ll come and take a look.” Warren Delano said, “How are these two guys, Tuttle and Hewitt?”

“Mr. Warren, I have left Tuttle-Hewitt.” Rockefeller said to Warren Delano. “When I left, everything in the company was pretty good.”

“Did you leave Tuttle and them? Well, that’s not bad. Tuttle and them are all good businessmen, but they are too old-fashioned and have no spirit of adventurousness. It is good for young people to learn a little basic stuff with them. But it doesn’t make much sense to follow them all the time. Where are you doing it now? Or do it with me!” Warren Delano said, “Well, who is this kid, is it your Little Brother? He learns to do business. Is it a bit early?”

“Mr. Warren, I started a company with two foreigners and two gentlemen, ready to do grain trading. Well, let me introduce to you, this is my partner Scrooge.” Rockefeller said. On the other hand, he looked at Scrooge helplessly, who made Scrooge too young, and everyone saw him thinking that he was his own little Little Brother. However, the own Little Brother is also bigger than Scrooge.

“Hello, Mr. Warren.” Scrooge reached out to Warren Delano. “I’m Scrooge McDonald. It’s nice to meet you.”

Warren Delano bent down and took Scrooge’s hand and said, “It’s hard to imagine that you have started a company at such a young age. When I was your age, well, I was a complete bastard. “He turned around and said to Rockefeller, “And you, John, you are the same. Are you only 16 or 17? Well, standing with you, I feel like an old man suddenly… …Do you plan to buy food?”

“Ah, Mr. Warren, we don’t know much about grain futures yet, so we plan to take a look first, learn more and learn more before making a decision.” Rockefeller replied.

“Well, proper caution is necessary, but I still think you need to be faster. The market changes quickly. Prices are rising almost every day. For futures trading, there are fast hands, but slow hands. A little hesitation, very It may have lost thousands of dollars.”

Hearing this, Scrooge remembered who this Mr. Warren Delano was. This Mr. Warren is the grandfather of the future President Franklin Roosevelt. He is also a gambler and adventurer. Compared with Scrooge, who has only a few thousand dollars of capital now, this Mr. Warren is truly inexhaustible. Monopoly buttoned. By doing tea business in China, he made a full one million dollars! However, according to history, it is time for him to be unlucky. According to history, in this year’s economic crisis, this adventurous rich man will lose his last piece of copper and become a complete pauper. Then, this guy will go back to China and make a fortune again by selling opium.