1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 488

Scrooge didn’t care too much about Catherine’s bad mood, anyway, it was naturally his Dage Carroll to handle it. Besides, isn’t Tsundere a normal thing for a woman in menopause? In fact, Scrooge paid more attention to the very low lower limit shown by the British in this action. This means that all subsequent actions of the Macdonald Consortium must take into account the lower limit of the British, so many plans must be adjusted accordingly.

In the evening, the day’s work is basically over. When it comes to dinner, several giants of the McDonald family and a bunch of juniors also gather together. The eldest Carol couple sits on the main seat (although the person who decides in the family is Scrooge, but when they sit in the seat, they should come in the order of eldest child), and to their right is Scrooge The couple, and on their left are Donald and Graystone, followed by Scrooge’s youngest daughter Mary and Carol’s youngest son John, and in the back seat is the housekeeper Anna. She has been serving this family for many years, so she is often regarded as a member of the family, just like many western families will regard their pets as a member of the family.

“Thank God for giving us food and water, thank God for giving us…” Before dinner, as usual, Carol, the eldest in the family, took everyone to pray. A few years ago, the old Joseph and his wife died one after another, but this rule is still maintained. Finally everyone said together: “Amen!” Then they began to bow their heads to eat.

Nowadays, the rules of the McDonald’s house have gradually increased. This is natural. After a successful family develops, as the money increases, the organization within the family must be strengthened. From the perspective of physics, everyone in a family is like a particle, and the amount of money they have is like the energy of the particle. When each particle does not have too strong energy, it is naturally easier to fix them together. Once the energy of these particles is increased, if you want to put them together steadily, the required binding force must be greater. The increasing rule is this bound force that will inevitably increase. Since ancient times, the rules of noble families are actually not all for pretending to be 13, things that are common in history always have their reasons.

In today’s McDonald family, it is not allowed to speak while eating. So everyone bowed their heads and finished dinner silently, then thanked God again, and then Carol spoke.

“Mary, John, you can go back and finish your own homework.”

The two children stood up, nodded to Carol and Scrooge, then turned around, and walked out together under the leadership of Anna. When they left the restaurant, a servant who was responsible for educating something came forward and brought him. Tell them to do their homework. Although from the 21st century, Scrooge has always been dismissive of “happy learning”. In his opinion, learning happily is just a good excuse to reduce investment in education at the bottom. Anyway, the stupid hat at the bottom, almost learning, stupidity is not a bad thing at all. As for the social elite, of course they must receive more rigorous education. For example, in the later generations of countries where happy education is popular, schools that are really prepared for elite children, such as Eton Public School, are not happy at all.

With this view, Mary and John’s life will naturally be very fulfilling.

When the young children had all gone out, the others started a routine situation exchange analysis meeting.

“Today the British use poison gas on a large scale in South Africa. According to the situation we have obtained, this gas should be something like phosgene.” Scrooge said, “The effect is quite obvious. In just one day, they basically Occupied the fortress. It’s amazing that the British can make up their minds so quickly. Based on the performance of the British, I think our expectations for the Boer War must be adjusted accordingly.”

“Scrooge, are you saying that the British might win soon?” Catherine asked.

“It’s not that simple. But since the British have already used chemical weapons, they will naturally continue to use them later. So the defense of fortresses is of course useless. I guess it won’t be long before the Boers will lose all their major cities. . This is actually a good thing for us. You know, the Boers still have a lot of gold in their hands. They don’t plan to deposit all the gold in our bank. It’s easy to understand that eggs can’t be all Put it in a basket. So they have been in contact with some European banks, but they have not found a more reliable option. Now the sudden changes in the situation will naturally force the Boers to ship their gold as soon as possible. This way , The amount of gold placed here will be ascending by a large margin. And we know that this battle will be won by the United Kingdom. Once the United Kingdom wins, the Transvaal Republic will naturally no longer exist. Is it a more profitable business to save gold?” At this point, Scrooge’s eyes sparkled.

“Of course this is a good thing. But, don’t we still have an important goal? Let the British make a fool of themselves, so as to eliminate European countries’ fear of Britain, and thus encourage them to challenge the United Kingdom. Will the British victory let this Is the achievement of the goal disturbed?” While Catherine and Dorothea were still immersed in the wonderful money scene that could swindle all the gold of the Transvaal Republic by the empty glove white wolf, Carol was unwavering. Captures the key things. This is also a major advantage of Carroll. Although Carroll is not as talented and capable as own Little Brother, and even in many places less than the woman in his own family, Carroll is rarely seen by other, non-strategic Sexual gadgets are seduced, and they can always grasp the most important things.

“This is indeed a problem.” Scrooge said, “I am afraid that future operations will be based on guerrilla warfare. From the current point of view, the British are not prepared for the guerrilla warfare that will be faced. Therefore, guerrilla warfare will be within a period of time. It will be a headache for the British. However, guerrilla warfare is not impossible to deal with. After all, the number of Boers is too small and the land area is limited. As long as the British are willing to invest their strength, they can definitely be suppressed. And, consider When the lower limit of the British is so low, they may soon come up with a big killer to deal with guerrilla warfare-centralized control of civilians. Generally speaking, after one person does something with the lower limit of breakthrough, then they continue to break through. The lower limit will become quite easy…”

“Are you talking about the trick the Spaniard played in Cuba?” Catherine asked.

“Of course it is, but I guess that the British might be able to play better than the Spaniards,” Scrooge replied, “but it doesn’t matter, we can use the media to contain the British. Secondly, the British can rely on it. Chemical weapons turn the tide of the war. This behavior itself is an encouragement to some countries. For example, the Germans, their reserves of chemical weapons are more than that of the United Kingdom. And even if they bring out concentration camps, It may not be possible to quickly suppress guerrilla warfare. After all, the Boers were taught by us and they are not so easy to deal with…”

…

In a manor on the outskirts of London, some members of the Rothschild family also discussed the situation in South Africa.

“We have won a game today, but this is just a small victory.” Alberto is summing up the events in the gold market today. “The key to our fight with McDonald in South Africa is whether we can quickly End the war and restore the normal supply of gold. The sooner the war ends, the more beneficial it will be for us, and the more beneficial it will be for them. Six million pounds is indeed not a small sum, but compared to ending the war quickly, restoring the supply of gold The benefits that can be brought are really only a small number. Uncle Aunt, have you ever thought about what specialities the Macdonald Consortium has in war?”

Other people started talking. The last old man said to Alberto: “Alberto, you have a lot of dealings with the McDonald Consortium, so let’s talk about it.

“Okay, father.” Alberto replied, “McDonald started from war. It is said that Mr. MacDonald himself said something like this. He said: “In other things, I may often make mistakes. But in the judgment of war, I have never missed that much. “If we study how the Macdonald family has used war to make money over the years, we can see that Mr. Scrooge McDonald’s War is indeed a genius. If he had not become a businessman but a general, maybe he would have eclipsed Hannibal. In the United States Civil War, he pioneered trench warfare and spent Cuba’s money At that time, they came up with the tactics of guerrilla warfare. Now in South Africa, large-scale conventional battles may soon be over, but if the Boers also engage in guerrilla warfare—this is almost certain, because MacDonald Everyone knows the role played by Nah in the Boer War. If South Africa’s society cannot return to stability, the recovery of gold supply will be indefinitely. Therefore, I think we should use our influence to prepare the United Kingdom. Once guerrilla warfare occurs, the most advantageous means will be taken to stop it.”

“Very good, but Alberto, what do you think can be done against Cuban-style guerrilla warfare?”

“Peter Uncle, the Spaniards actually did a good job in Cuba for a while. The trick we can learn from is the centralized management of civilians. I named it ‘concentration camp’.”