1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 595, the end of the carnival (5)

In October 1911, the first batch of oil produced in the Alaska oil field was transported to the Port of Anchorage through the newly laid oil pipeline. This time was a few months later than what Gray Stone had predicted. This is mainly due to the drag of the oil pipeline. The oil pipeline is still a new thing in the world. The concept of this thing was first proposed by the Cleveland University laboratory, and then Standard Oil built the world’s first small length in the Romanian oil field, leading to Constanta. Petroleum pipeline in Tsaphang. The operation of this pipeline was not bad. Later, the Germans developed their own oil pipeline technology based on their own technology and some technologies purchased from the standard through their understanding of this pipeline. And in some projects undertaken by German companies, there have been some practices.

However, these experiences come from warm regions, and it is quite normal to have some new technology problems when doing this in the alpine region. Therefore, this delay is also normal.

However, this delay has caused some undesirable consequences in the capital market. First of all, the self-delivery time of a large number of projects is approaching. Problems at this time have naturally caused a lot of turmoil. Fortunately, some big capitals have not had time to complete the divestment, so this problem did not cause any major problems. However, a small amount of turbulence is still very good, that is, it makes the flow of funds appear inconspicuous. This is more conducive to the quiet withdrawal of big capital from the market.

In November 1911, the first 50,000-ton tanker arrived at the Port of Hamburg, Germany. The German Emperor Wilhelm II personally went to the Port of Hamburg to greet the huge ship. Near the Port of Hamburg, the Germans also built huge oil storage tanks. The giant tank with a height of forty to fifty meters and a diameter of more than 100 meters is part of the German strategic oil reserve. Emperor Wilhelm II has attached great importance to oil over the years. In fact, the completion of this plan, His Majesty has given a lot of power.

With the arrival of Alaska Petroleum, many stocks associated with Alaska Petroleum have started a new round of gains in the London capital market.

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Anthony Lawrence received a new order from United States to start selling a series of stocks related to steel and shipbuilding. Since Catherine Lawrence married Carol, this third-class family in England has been tied to the McDonald’s chariot. Of course, they are voluntary. If someone asks them to come down, they must be desperate for this guy. Later, after the second generation of the Macdonald family gradually grew up, they married the Lawrence family again. Of course, several really important people in the second generation of the Macdonald family, such as Greystone and Donald, did not marry For foreign wives, only Mary Macdonald, who was excluded from the heir’s circle because of her poor performance, married to England and married Anthony, the head of the Lawrence family.

For this marriage, Anthony is still very satisfied, although like all United States people, Mary Lawrence is not the kind of classic fair lady. First of all, only one generation of optimized selection and selection did not make her look beautiful. In terms of appearance, although Mary Macdonald is still pretty, she is only pretty pretty. The etiquette and manners are even more general. After her mother Dorothea found that women in the McDonald’s family can also be of high status and can hold considerable power, she was not too concerned about the so-called lady training, and she was full of hope that she could fill it. Dena’s lack, until she found out that Mary’s talent was really ordinary, she didn’t have this expectation at all, and then she started some training in this area. But Dorothea herself wasn’t very good at this, and Scrooge couldn’t count on it. Don’t talk about women’s etiquette, they are men’s. In the early years, he still remembered a little bit, but over the years, as he became richer and richer, he had forgotten all these etiquettes. .

“If my behavior is not in accordance with etiquette, then the etiquette must be a mistake.” Well, Scrooge is now such an attitude. As for Catherine, she was not in good health, and secondly, this kind of thing could not trouble her, so Dorothea found Mary some etiquette teachers to teach her. But because the time is short, these things can’t be internalized into habits at all. Therefore, in the eyes of some British nobles, Mary’s etiquette and demeanor are obviously lacking.

However, unlike when Carol was in the UK, in the aristocratic circles of the UK, no matter whether it is a wife or Miss, a husband or Young Master, no one will say that Mary is uneducated, just like Scrooge said. In that way, the manners of those in the upper ranks are naturally the etiquette education.

If you don’t have enough status, then you can only be like Zeng Zi. When you are dying, you have to change your mat. That’s how you know etiquette and culture. But if your status is high enough, you are talking to others while reaching into your crotch to tickle it. That is also called celebrity demeanor. The MacDonald family is now one of the richest big families in the world, just like the famous Rothschild family’s saying “When a gold coin jingles, the ill will stop abruptly.” Today, Mary’s background is no longer what ordinary little nobles can criticize casually.

In Anthony’s view, Mary has two very good points. First of all, she is a member of the MacDonald family. She married herself and her position in the family became extremely stable. Secondly, Mary herself is quite proficient in economics. (Although in the Macdonald family, she is considered to be lacking in talent, but compared to the Miss in the general aristocratic family, Mary’s economics level and ability to deal with complex economic problems are not Generally stronger, after all, ordinary noble Miss is only cultivated as a vase.) Even in investors, it is also good, although not top-notch. Therefore, Mary who was married to Lawrence’s house is to a large extent the supervising army of the Macdonald Consortium in Britain. However, since ancient times, if you send a supervising army or something, you will encounter a dilemma: the one who is reliable does not know how to do it, and the one who knows how to do it may not be reliable. In contrast, Mary is knowledgeable and reliable.

Anthony knew that if the interests of the Lawrence family and the McDonald family were inconsistent, this Mary Miss would probably stand firmly on the side of her natal family. Because a Miss from the Macdonald family, it’s impossible not to know such words:

“The bourgeoisie has destroyed all feudal, patriarchal and idyllic relations where it has ruled. It ruthlessly sever the various feudal fetters that bind people to natural dignity. It makes people and people Except for the naked interest, there is no other connection except for the cruel “cash transaction.” It has caused the emotional Sacred of religious piety, knightly zeal, and the sadness of the civilians, and is drowned in the ice of self-interest. In the water. It turns human dignity into exchange value, and replaces countless franchised and self-earned freedoms with a kind of unconscionable trade freedom. In short, it uses open, shameless, direct, and explicit Exploitation replaced the exploitation that was concealed by religious and political fantasies.

The bourgeoisie erased the Sacred halo of all respected and awe-inspiring professions. It turns doctors, lawyers, priests, poets, and scholars into wage laborers it pays to hire.

The bourgeoisie tore off the veil of tenderness that covered family relations and turned this relationship into a purely monetary relationship. ”

This Miss naturally knew that her status in her husband’s family, and her status in the world, was not determined by the feelings of her husband, parents-in-law, concubines and her, but by her representation. Economic power, more clearly, is determined by the amount of money she can use.

But Anthony will not be dissatisfied with this. In fact, there is a person in the Lawrence family who can be trusted by the McDonald family, which is definitely a good thing for the Lawrence family. Because in the foreseeable future, the greatest interest of the Lawrence family is to tie themselves and the McDonald family as tighter as possible.

“Mary, such an operation won’t cause a big blow to Britain?” Anthony asked.

“No, this time our goal is mainly at home.” Mary replied. She knew that Anthony asked this not for patriotism or other reasons. He was just thinking about whether doing so would damage the reputation of the Lawrence family, because in many cases, a good reputation itself is wealth. As agents of the Macdonald family in the UK, their good reputation is, in a sense, Macdonald’s wealth.

But Mary’s answer made Anthony a little worried, so he was silent for a while and asked: “Then the McDonald family intends to sell so much European property, do they want to withdraw from Europe?”

Mary hesitated about this question. She knew that the family judged that the war in Europe was about to begin, and the assets on the European continent would become dangerous. So the McDonald family is indeed preparing to gradually transfer their assets on the European continent back to United States. But this kind of strategic judgment cannot be leaked casually, even for allies like the Lawrence family. So Mary replied: “We judge that this round of prosperity is about to reach its peak, and it may not be long before a new round of crisis will break out. This round of crisis may center on United States and Germany. Anthony, you know the world is like A big pond, when the boom comes, just like summer, there will be a lot of small fish and shrimps growing in the pond, and then when the crisis of winter comes, those bigger fish, in order to survive , We must eat other fish and shrimp as soon as possible to make ourselves fatter so as to survive the harsh winter of the crisis. We estimate that this crisis will be quite serious. At this time, our funds are not considered to be on the European continent. The big fish, in order to avoid being eaten, of course we have to consider withdrawing them first. This will also help us eat small fish and shrimps in the United States. However, because the United Kingdom has a vast colony, in the crisis, the United Kingdom Most of the situation will be relatively good. So, you should also notice that we have no plan to withdraw much capital from the UK.”

Anthony listened, thought about it carefully, and then said, “My dear, do you think our family can make some investments in United States?”

“Of course it’s okay.” Mary replied, “but you have to grasp the timing. It is not a good time to invest, whether in the United States or in continental Europe.”