1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 604

“Grey Stone, it seems that you are really right this time.” Donald shook his head at Grey Stone. “Even if we don’t do it, someone will do it. Do you know who did this… …Forget it, it’s meaningless. Anyway, it’s a fight. Well, Scrooge Uncle is looking for you, and he will probably ask about our company’s preparations for the war ahead.”

“Ah, then I’ll go to him first. We’ll discuss it later when we come back.” Grey Stone replied, his face full of confidence.

Grey Stone is indeed confident. Because the integration of steel, mining, shipbuilding and other enterprises that were most important in the war was basically completed before the war broke out. Although some shipbuilding companies and mines have fallen into Morgan’s hands because of the competition from the Morgan consortium, Greystone does not care too much. Although these companies in Morgan’s hands can make money in the war, but because Morgan’s business Realm has been too concentrated on the financial sector, they have always been inferior to McDonald in terms of technology. And over the years, under the direct leadership of Scrooge, McDonald’s technology department has demonstrated super-high scientific research efficiency. Over the years, MacDonald’s key scientific research projects have hardly seen serious mistakes in technology routes and market judgments. This allows almost every dollar that MacDonald invests in scientific research to be used most efficiently. For Morgan, the efficiency of scientific research is much lower. Most of the research projects are ultimately proven to be technologically or cost-infeasible, or simply do not meet the needs of the market (of course, in fact, this is normal scientific research. On McDonald’s side, Scrooge was completely open. Although Scrooge was born in science and engineering in his previous life, he could not memorize all the technology parameters. However, as a traverser, he However, they can judge whether a project has a technological possibility and a technological future based on the history of later generations.) And when Morgan they worked so hard and finally they were about to complete a meaningful and promising research. At that time, the McDonald consortium was always able to take the lead, take out things, and quickly build up patent barriers, so that Morgan’s previous investment was completely wiped out.

In order to compete with McDonald, Morgan even used the method of bribing spies and stealing McDonald’s research materials. As a result, they succeeded in stealing relevant information about the very tall wireless power transmission technology. Of course, because most of the power lines are controlled by McDonald, this technology is terminated after completing the pre-research. Little Morgan thought at the time that if they made additional investments and continued to study this technology, they might be able to break the control of the Macdonald Consortium over the power grid in one fell swoop. The benefits here were so great that Little Morgan went on this project as soon as he gritted his teeth at the time. The result… The result was basically the word “hehe”. It is said that the Morgan Consortium has invested seven or eight million dollars in it, but they did not risk one. Some patents have been obtained, but few of them are useful, and these few useful patents, considering the current state of technology, their so-called usefulness will be put in a few decades. By that time, these patents had also expired.

In short, in the area of ​​technology research, the Morgan Consortium has been suppressed by MacDonald. So far, I have basically given up the idea of ​​fighting with MacDonald for technology.

Since it can’t compare to McDonald’s in technology strength, Morgan’s competitiveness is naturally inferior to McDonald’s when it comes to manufacturing. Therefore, there are so many factories or things that fall into Morgan’s hands, and Greystone doesn’t care much.

Grey Stone walked into Scrooge’s office and prepared to report to Scrooge about his recent work.

“Dad, we have recently taken control…” Before Grey Stone could finish speaking, Scrooge interrupted him with a smile.

“Ah, boy, I didn’t come to you to understand this. I feel at ease with you on this issue. I just want to find out, what are you going to do next?”

“Dad, since the war has started, I think both Britain and Germany will order all kinds of supplies from us. However, German business must hurry up, because the British will probably soon begin a complete blockade of the Germans. “Grey Stone said, “With the power of the Germans, it may not be able to break through the British blockade. By that time, business will not be done. So I just got in touch with some Germans. Dad, you know, Germany. People also have a merchant fleet, and many of this merchant fleet are now on the ocean. I think they proposed such a deal.”

“What kind of transaction, tell me?” Scrooge asked.

“I asked them to sell this batch of merchant ships to us at a relatively low price, because once the British began to block the coast, their merchant ships would be useless. Even if they could really drive the ship back to Germany, they would be able to What’s the use? Most of it will be requisitioned by the German government. It’s better to sell it to us at a cheaper price, and then deposit the money from the sale of the ship in our bank, or use the money directly from us. We can also use U.S. dollars to pay for the purchase of materials. In the state of war, the U.S. dollar is comparable to German banknotes. The ticket is stable.” Greystone said.

“Did they agree?” Scrooge asked.

“Some people agree. But some people are still clueless.” Grey Stone said bitterly, “They don’t want to do such a win-win business. They have to go to the British.”

“Well, what are your plans for these people?” Scrooge asked again.

“I advise them to disperse the ships, so that if the British react fast enough and the blockade proceeds fast enough, they will not lose too much. Of course, once the British blockade begins, most of them can only sell the boats. But by that time, the price will be even higher…”

“When do you think the British complete blockade of Germany will begin?” Scrooge asked.

“I talked to Donald. He thinks the British fleet is not fully prepared yet,” Greystone said. “It will take time for the fleet to enter a state of war, and also because of the pressure from the German High Seas Fleet. The High Seas Fleet has several battlecruisers. They are now in the Atlantic Ocean. The British can’t sleep well if they don’t kill them. But the British fleet has to keep an eye on the German High Seas Fleet and draw out the fleet to destroy the German battlecruisers that acted as attack ships. Before the German battlecruisers were settled, Donald and I felt that it would be difficult for the British to mobilize enough fleets to perform the task of completely blockade the merchant ships in a short period of time.”

Grey Stone will never conceal Donald’s credit, because he no longer needs to fight Donald for inheritance rights, although as long as Scrooge has not fully retired, it cannot be said that there will be 100% accidents, but, Basically, it can be said that the overall situation has been determined. The most important thing for him now is to prove to the family that he is competent for the post of commander-in-chief of the family. Although Gladstone has not studied military affairs specifically, Clausewitz’s “A Treatise on War” has also been studied carefully. In addition to the requirements of general generals, there is also a very important one for the commander-in-chief, that is justice. If a commander-in-chief is biased when he directs operations, he always thinks that his own progeny should be taken advantage of when he is taking advantage of the battle, and he should be taken care of by a miscellaneous person when he is at a disadvantage, then he is definitely not a commander-in-chief. When Gray Stone was chatting with Scrooge about his reading experience, Scrooge also admired his opinion very much, and even when he was happy, he said something that Gray Stone did not understand too much. It seems like “Chang Kaishen is the negative model” or something. Scrooge even believes that for a top commander, the quality of justice may even be more important than the ability of technology.

“The lack of technical ability can be made up by an excellent staff team, but the lack of fairness will inevitably lead to internal divisions, which is irreparable.” Scrooge seemed to say so at the time.

“How long do you think it will take for the British to start a complete blockade?” Scrooge asked again.

“Dad, it’s hard to say. The sea is so big and it’s not easy to find a few battlecruisers. But considering that the Germans have very limited ports, and the self-sustaining power of battlecruisers is also limited, we think one or two. By the end of the month, there should be some results. In addition, Italy occupied the side of the Allies, the British Mediterranean fleet was vacated, and some warships could be provided. In this way, in about a month, the British should be able to complete The blockade is tighter. In addition, Dad, I have sent personnel to contact the French and sell them chemical protective clothing that provides full-body protection. I also transferred mustard seed gas technology to them. And I have also asked for one. The high-speed merchant ship was loaded with new chemical protective clothing and headed for France. It is estimated that it will arrive in a week. We must arm the French with full-body chemical protective clothing as soon as possible to prevent them from quickly routing under the blow of German mustard gas.”

“You did it right,” Scrooge said. “Is there any reaction from the French?”

“There hasn’t been any response yet,” Grey Stone replied. “However, I believe that they will definitely react as we expected.”

At this time, the phone on Scrooge’s desk rang, Scrooge reached out and picked up the receiver, and from inside he heard the voice of his secretary Mephitus: “Mr. MacDonald, there are several French diplomats. I was in a hurry to find Mr. Macdonald Jr. They said there was a very urgent matter.”