1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 25 Morgan

At three o’clock in the afternoon of the same day, as Stroop signed the agreement, the Stroop Shotgun Factory became history. But for Scrooge, this is far from a time to celebrate. The bank loan is about to expire. If all the money in Scrooge’s hand is used to repay the loan, then he has almost nothing to use. Capital for production. Therefore, while repaying the loan, he must also lend more money from the bank. In this regard, Scrooge had a countermeasure. On the one hand, he persuaded Rockefeller to invest $2,000 in his new factory. On the other hand, he got in touch with Volendrano a week ago, hoping to get in touch He got funding there. In order to persuade Volendrano to provide him with funds, he showed Volendrano his patent for rotating and locking the barrel. Scrooge believes that as an adventurer, Warren Delano can definitely see the value of this thing. With this, the rifle’s shooting speed can be increased several times under the premise of ensuring its power.

Warren Delano is indeed full of praise for Scrooge’s patent, but he told Scrooge that his money has just been invested in a new adventure-he is trying to acquire a railway. So for the time being, he couldn’t spend money to help Scrooge. But he could help Scrooge contact a great banker, this banker was called Junius Morgan.

Junius Morgan’s name is almost unknown to everyone in the investment industry in later generations. He is the founder of the famous Morgan Consortium. In the days to come, his consortium will almost become a member of the United States financial industry. core. Warren Delano told Scrooge that if he wanted to get money from Morgan, he had better show it to Junius Morgan as soon as possible. So on the second day after he got the factory, Scrooge recalled some of the most skilled workers, and began to manufacture the world’s first rifle with a rotary rear-action bolt according to his drawings. In fact, this gun is almost a replica of the 1871 Mauser rifle.

A group of workers with the best technology tossed for three days, and finally handed three such rifles into Scrooge’s hands.

“It’s really heavy.” With the MacDonald 1857 rifle, which was more than 1.3 meters in length and weighed close to five kilograms, Scroo could only sigh.

“For a rifle, it is not heavy, but for you Scrooge, it may be a bit heavier. Well, you have to grow up a little bit to be able to carry this thing.” Was invited on the side. Rockefeller, who came to watch, grabbed the rifle from Scrooge’s hand, and put on a very non-standard shooting posture while teasing Scrooge.

“Well, don’t mess with this thing, let Mr. Kerry come and test it first.” Scrooge said.

“Okay.” Rockefeller knew he couldn’t do this job. In fact, he had never fired a gun. So he handed the gun to Kerry, who was standing nearby.

Kerry is a veteran technician in the factory, and he has a good shooting technique. He used to test fire most of the new guns in the factory. Kerry is a less talkative person. He silently took the rifle from Rockefeller’s hand, skillfully pulled the bolt, loaded the ammunition into the chamber, and then firmly placed the butt on his right shoulder and held the muzzle. Steadily pointed at the target placed a hundred meters away.

“Bang!” A puff of smoke emerged from the 11mm barrel. Kerry put down the gun and looked at the target.

Carter held a single telescope standing aside in charge of reporting the target. He took a look and immediately reported the result: “9th ring!”

This is a pretty good result, but just one bullet does not explain too many problems, because unexpected luck always exists. Scrooge knew that during World War II, a German Tiger tank once hit a moving T-34 tank at a distance of 3700 meters. This result is not necessarily achieved by the M-1A2 tanks decades later. In the Battle of Kursk, a Soviet 203mm artillery, 12 kilometers apart, shot the shell from the unclosed hatch of a moving Ferdinand anti-tank gun. , This precision is impossible for modern missiles. Such a case actually does not explain the problem.

“Bang!” Kerry fired another shot.

“So fast?” Carter, who was in charge of reporting the target, was taken aback. He quickly raised the telescope: “8 rings!”

“Bang!” “Nine rings!” This time, as soon as the gun rang, Carter reported the number of rings.

Kerry shot ten shots in one breath, and his results were basically between the eighth ring and the ninth ring, with one shot also hitting the tenth ring. If one gun can be stunned by luck, and the performance of this gun is quite stable for ten consecutive shots.

Kerry stopped, and someone took this time to replace the target paper.

“Mr. Kerry, you take a break, and then shoot ten bullets at the fastest speed to see what you can achieve.” Scrooge said to Kerry.

“Boss, there is no need to rest, as long as they change the target paper.” Kerry said hurriedly. Scrooge is the new boss. Although he is very kind to himself, he has to politely bring the word “sir” every time he calls himself, but he can’t be indifferent, let alone because Scrooge is actually still A minor showed a bad expression. From the performance of the people around this little boss, he can see that this little boss is definitely not a simple role.

“Thanks for your hard work, then.” Scrooge smiled. Many bosses feel that they are supporting the workers. Workers should be grateful to themselves and thank them for giving them a chance to be exploited. Scrooge is not opposed to such propaganda, because such propaganda is very beneficial to him. But he also knew that this was just propaganda. It is enough to make the workers believe, but you must not believe it. Because once you believe in this, you will easily unconsciously put on a high air in front of the workers, and this is not good for a good relationship with the workers. Scrooge believes that a better relationship between bosses and workers can always bring about ascending of labor efficiency to a certain extent. If you can do this without spending money, why not do it?

At this time, the target paper has been replaced. Kerry stood up, ready.

“Start!” Scrooge ordered.

“Bang, bang, bang…” After a while, Kerry shot all ten bullets.

“Two minutes, yes, ten bullets were shot in two minutes.” Scrooge looked at his watch and praised.

“Two rounds with nine rounds, three rounds with eight rings, four rounds with seven rings, and one round with three rounds.” Carter also reported the number of rings. This result is compared with the precision shooting results of those front-mounted rifles at that time, and it is also far ahead.

“Okay, let’s go back 100 meters and see how this gun’s performance is.” Scrooge said.

Tests throughout the day have shown that this is an epoch-making rifle. Even at a distance of 400 meters, it can still accurately hit human-sized targets. And the rate of fire far exceeds those of the front muskets that use Mini bullets. The rate of fire is almost five to six times that of them. This is a good gun that is unparalleled in the world in terms of accuracy and rate of fire.

Scrooge chose the best of these three guns and prepared to take it to New York to visit the famous Mr. Junius Morgan to obtain his financial support.

After making an appointment with Mr. Junius Morgan through Warren Delano, Scrooge took Kerry and Carter on the train to New York. Rockefeller also wanted to see on Wall Street. It was this time that his mother was suddenly ill, so he had to stay.

After a day’s train ride, I finally arrived in New York. The speed of the oxcart of the trains of this era made Scrooge miss the “Crab” he used to ride in his life. Scrooge was in New York for the first time. Kerry had been there once before, but the time he stayed was very short, so he felt very strange to New York. Fortunately, when Carter was a sailor, he had been to New York every time. When he returned from Europe, he almost had to fool around in New York, so he was very familiar with New York, and he could be a guide for Scrooge.

They first found a small hotel in New York and stayed in. Scrooge wanted to try the high-end hotels of this era, but, um, money is very tight now, so, under Carter’s leadership, he found a cheap place to live.

Early the next morning, they came to Morgan’s company and visited Junius Morgan as agreed. But it was not Junius Morgan who came to receive them, but a young man named Morgan.

Morgan was wearing a hot suit and his shoes were shiny, and his shiny, light-colored hair was combed back. He looked like a rich second-generation dandy. But Scrooge didn’t dare to be fooled by his appearance. He knew that although the man in front of him was indeed a playboy, he was also the most legendary figure in the financial history of United States.

“Are you Scrooge?” Morgan seemed to be very interested in Scrooge. “I’ve heard of your performance in the Chicago grain futures market. To be honest, although there are still many problems with the technique, your vision is indeed very good. OK. This is the first time I have discovered that someone can make money like this when they are younger than me. I hope to make big money with you in the future.”

At this time, a beautiful maid in a maid costume came over and poured a cup of coffee for Morgan, and the whole reception room was immediately filled with a strong fragrance.

“Ah, Eugenie, your coffee is getting more and more fragrant.” Morgan said with a smile, reaching out to the maid’s hip and squeezing it gently. The maid giggled and hid away.

“Well, would you like a drink? Let’s talk while drinking.” Morgan said.