1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 326 I want to meet some powerful friends in Europe

"Sills waits to go back to London and get the stick."

August couldn't help but gloated and said that he realized that his words and deeds were too out of character, so he hurriedly adjusted his state, pulled the corner of his clothes and sat down again.

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure just now, and I made you laugh."

"It's hard for anyone to keep their composure in front of a multi-hundred-million-dollar market."

Liang Yao also expressed his understanding of August's gaffe, not to mention August, even his master James in Paris could not help but lose his composure when he discovered a business project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

"What do you want? Just ask."

August is not Hills who grew up in a greenhouse, he is a mature and shrewd businessman, and he knows that Liang Yao is willing to cooperate with him, there must be requirements and conditions.

There are indeed requests, not many, but Liang Yao believes that the Rothschild family will agree to his request, because they are greedy enough to not let go of a business cooperation project worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Before Meyer, the patriarch of the Rothschild family, died in 1812, his five sons went to different cities to manage the local industries of the Rothschild family, known as the Rothschild Five Tigers.

The eldest son, Amschero, stayed in Frankfurt, where the old Luo family lived, the second son, Salomon, went to Vienna, the third son, Nathan, to London, the fourth son, Karl, to Naples, and the youngest son, James, to Paris.

The five people continued to make the old Luo family's industry bigger and stronger in these five cities. The old Luo family built the most powerful financial empire in Europe with the power of one family.

Known as the sixth power in Europe, it is regarded by the people as the sixth power after Britain, France, Prussia and Russia.

This statement is a bit exaggerated. The old Luo family is not as exaggerated as the folks think. No matter how rich and powerful the old Luo family is, it is also attached to the private capital of the major powers.

How can private power compete with these powerful state machines.

However, it is true that the old Luo family can use the huge capital in their hands to influence the success or failure of a war, thus indirectly affecting the national fortune of a great power.

During the Seventh Anti-French War, Old Meyer used his financial network in Europe to raise millions of pounds in military expenses for General Wellington of the Anti-French Alliance.

After the war, the Prussian government fell into a financial crisis, and the Lao Luo family raised another 500 million pounds for the Prussian government to help the Prussian government tide over the crisis.

In order to thank the Rothschild family for their help, Friedrich William III specially conferred honors on the old Luo family.

Therefore, four of Old Meyer's five sons have titles in Europe, and the European aristocratic circle also recognizes the Rothschild family as nobles.

Of course, the old Luo family also did things to fund the revolution. For example, the youngest son James even secretly funded the Spanish revolutionaries.

Among the five sons of the old Meyer, the third son Nathan in London is undoubtedly the best, followed by the youngest son James in Paris and the eldest son Amsello who stayed in Frankfurt.

These three are also the backbone of the old Luo family in the future.

August is little James serving Paris.

"I want to meet some powerful friends in Europe." Liang Yao made the first request.

"I think powerful friends in Europe would also like to know you, an American gold tycoon." August agreed to Liang Yao's first request very happily.

"You have considerable influence in several nearby states, and you also have a wide network of contacts. I hope you can lobby the big shots in each state to support His Excellency Fillmore's re-election." Immediately afterwards, Liang Yao made his second request .

"No problem, this matter is on my shoulders. I still know a little about the relationship between the American political bureau and the California political bureau. A president who is friendly to California is also conducive to increasing California's kerosene production."

Liang Yao's second request, August, agreed without too much hesitation.

The Democratic Party and the Whig Party are now in a mess, and neither party has a clear governance philosophy. Whether the president of the Whig Party or the Democratic Party is elected, it will not have much impact on the interests of the Rothschild family in the United States. .

Furthermore, at this time, the main energy of the Lao Luo family was in Europe, and America was tasteless to them, and it was a pity to discard it.

Otherwise, Old Meyer wouldn't have sent not one of his children and grandchildren to America. They are also European nobles, and they also despise the group of native hats in America from the bottom of their hearts.

"I want to develop the sales market of kerosene in Europe together with the Rothschild family." This is Liang Yao's third request.

He wanted to develop his own sales network through cooperation with the Rothschild family.

Kerosene is not the only product he will sell in Europe in the future.

Furthermore, relying too much on the sales channels of the Rothschild family will not be good for him in the long run.

It is still necessary to have one's own sales network to be at ease, otherwise it is easy to be controlled by others.

"I can't make the decision. I need to go to Paris to ask His Excellency James for instructions." August said that this request exceeded his authority.

"The fourth requirement, I want to acquire the Armstrong Company in the UK, and I need your help." Liang Yao said.

At present, the military industry in California has begun to take shape, and it can produce all guns, especially the self-produced Walter M1851 rifle, which is at the leading level in the world.

However, in terms of casting cannons, it is the shortcoming of the Sacramento Arsenal, and it can also be said to be the shortcoming of the United States in artillery.

The light weapons of the United States are relatively available in Europe, but their performance in heavy weapons is somewhat unsatisfactory.

Of course, this is not to say that the guns made by the United States are not good, but that they did not meet Liang Yao's psychological expectations.

The Sacramento Arsenal was established by Liang Yao digging a corner in the United States. The level of the Sacramento Arsenal actually represents the level of the military industry in the United States.

Liang Yao assigned the Sacramento Arsenal the task of developing an advanced breech-loading rifle very early on, but the R&D team at the Sacramento Arsenal has been working on it for more than two years, and so far has not produced a breech-loading rifle that meets Liang Yao's psychological expectations.

Liang Yao has rifled guns, but they are all front-loading rifled guns. That's it, there are many rifled guns that are rifled guns with rifling in the barrel of the Napoleon gun.

Before the expedition to Japan, the dozens of artillery pieces assembled by the Ministry of the Army for him were basically Napoleon guns that were rifled on follow-up vehicles.

This is also the traditional art of the American army. The first standard rifled gun of the American army was rifled in the barrel of the original Springfield M1842.

The rifled version of the Napoleon gun can be used as a transitional weapon like the rifled version of the Springfield M1842, but it is obviously unable to face the future civil war.

Liang Yao also wants to build warships, advanced warships, and weapon systems are an indispensable part of it. Liang Yao hopes that the warships built by the San Francisco Shipyard in the future will be able to use advanced rear-loading rifled guns.

A warship without a powerful weapon system, no matter how advanced the hull and design is, is nothing but a toothless tiger.

Since there is no way to make it by yourself, it is also a shortcut to directly acquire the Amster Arsenal and eat their technology and production line.

If some British gun-making technology and military talents can be integrated, it may be possible to produce breech-loading rifled guns in advance.

The expression on August's face froze in an instant. He had heard about what kind of company Amster was, and it was a fucking British military company!

Liang Yao's last two requests can be said to be more outrageous than the other. If it weren't for the sake of kerosene, August would have flung his sleeves and left like Sears.

"Although the Amster Company was a new company established in 1847, the company has developed very rapidly, and the new artillery developed recently is very popular with the British government." Auguste looked very embarrassed.

"The founder of the company, Armstrong, and his family are local celebrities in Newcastle, and Armstrong himself is a member of the Royal Society. The Rothschild family is also helpless in this matter."

This matter is indeed difficult to handle. Although Armstrong's company is not very large at present, it is a military enterprise, and it is still a military enterprise that is under the focus of the British Empire. Armstrong himself is also a member of the British upper class.

No matter whether it is the way of conventional share acquisition or the way of poaching, it will not work.

If the acquisition is made, the British government will definitely block it.

The British are not fools, and they will not watch the Americans acquire his high-quality military enterprises.

As for poaching Armstrong's technical talents, Armstrong himself is the best technical talent of Armstrong, it's fine if he doesn't lack money in the UK, and what's even more annoying is that he doesn't lack honors, let alone the space to display his talents.

Although Amsterdam is not the upper-class aristocrats with the Mizi flag, they are also celebrities with the Mizi flag.It is unrealistic for such people to want to poach them for their own use.

"That's what your Rothschild family should worry about. As long as you can agree to my four requests, we can work together in the kerosene business." Liang Yao said unhurriedly.

Liang Yao's family is the only kerosene producer in the world, which gives Liang Yao enough confidence.

As long as the Rothschild family wants to earn this money, they have to obediently agree to his conditions and requirements, even if the conditions and requirements are very harsh.

When he acquired the Nicaraguan shipping company, the requirements and conditions put forward by the Rothschild family and the Bahrain family were also very harsh.

August was lost in thought, pondered for a long time, and August said: "You just want to get advanced artillery technology, if we can get you the design drawings of Armstrong's artillery or even experimental artillery, yes Doesn't it mean that your fourth request is met?"

"It doesn't count." Liang Yao immediately shook his head and said, "With the acquisition of Armstrong, I can not only get a full set of technical drawings and research results, but also get the company's excellent gun engineers and production lines."

Since Auguste said so, it means that the old Luo family is still very powerful in Europe at this time, and the things that can be obtained are not only technical blueprints and experimental artillery.

If he let go of his promise at this time, he will definitely suffer a loss, and now is not the time to accept it as soon as it is good.

"Do you think this works? We will still provide you with Armstrong's artillery design drawings and experimental guns, gun engineers and artillery production lines, can we find a way to get them from France?" August said.

Liang Yao hesitated for a long time, and finally agreed with great reluctance, as if he had suffered a big loss.

Anyway, France was cheated by James not once or twice. Let them dig some gun engineers from France and build a cannon production line to come over. France just suffered a small loss from James.

As for what is a big loss, the French bond crisis in 1818 was the big loss.

In 1818, James fooled the French aristocrats who were not very good at shorting French bonds together, making French bonds almost become wipes in Europe overnight.

The plunge in French bonds made Louis XVIII anxious to go to the guillotine to calm down.

In the end, James saw the right time and asked the agent of the DPRK to tell Louis XVIII that as a French citizen, it was his duty to save the French bonds, and he came forward to save the market with a high profile.

James was extraordinary as soon as he made a shot, and immediately stopped the situation of French bonds plummeting in Europe.

This self-directed and self-acted show not only made James a hero in France, but even Louis XVIII was grateful to James.

Taking advantage of his reputation and influence reaching its peak in France, James quickly integrated and annexed the French financial market, completely controlling the financial lifeline of France. Even the Bank of France has James' shares.

Of course, this kind of operation is just a routine operation for the old Luo family. The five tigers of the Luo family have basically used similar means to control the economy of the country where they are located.

What they did during this period could not be called illegal, at most they could only be said to be immoral.

After all, there were not many laws on the financial market in Great Britain during this period, and financial supervision was even more out of the question. What's more, the Roche Five Tigers were still committing crimes across borders, and their backgrounds were very tough.

Even if the governments of various countries know it, they are helpless against the five Roche tigers making waves in the financial market.

However, the immoral business practices of the Rothschild family and many rich and unkind Jewish businessmen in Europe caused their descendants and compatriots to suffer tragic revenge in Europe decades later.

The Rothschild family also fell from the altar in that unprecedented catastrophe in human history and became weak, especially the eldest son Amschel, who stayed behind in the place where Germany made his fortune, almost lost all children and grandchildren. Six Great Powers.

(End of this chapter)