Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1427 Arms Broker (First update, please subscribe)
After the war broke out, all the participants in the war thought about was winning!
The most important factor in winning a war is the production of munitions, and it is the production in the rear that determines the outcome of the war.

After the United States declared war, under the banner of "resisting aggression," the Congress in Washington approved a military appropriation of US$50 billion, which is an unprecedented huge appropriation.

Instigated by patriotic enthusiasm, 9000 million Americans bought a large amount of war bonds, and at the same time billions of dollars were quickly transferred to the accounts of various arms dealers.

Stimulated by billions of dollars in military supplies orders, factories that had been underoperated due to the economic depression immediately became active. Factory owners waved their banknotes to recruit workers. There were not enough men, but women could do.In order to meet the needs of military production, factory owners purchased a large number of machines to produce weapons needed by the army while producing. They stopped producing ordinary industrial products and switched to profitable or lucrative weapons.

mobilization!

In essence, it was done under the stimulus of money. In the face of billions of dollars in military supplies orders, the patriotism of every industrial and commercial capitalist was ignited, and they clamored - provide the US military with the most advanced weapons to defeat Intruders, while at the same time quietly raising prices a lot.

Of course, their reasons are simple, what is the rising cost of raw materials, what is the rising cost of labor, what is the need to pay overtime pay, in a word, in the face of the fat of arms, they ruthlessly gnawed on it.

This is something ordinary people can't imagine. They don't realize that their patriotism has finally become a part of the wealth of greedy capitalists.

Ordinary people certainly don't know that when their children or their fathers sign up enthusiastically to join the army to resist the invasion of the Ming Empire, those rich or powerful people only need to pay a few hundred dollars to free themselves and their children Even if they serve in the military, they can serve as military representatives in their own factories and stay away from the harm of war.

In a word, in war, the politicians provide the ammunition, the rich provide the food, and the poor provide the children!When the war is over, the politicians collect political prestige, the rich get more food, and the poor can only look for their children in the grave...

Of course, all this is beyond the knowledge of ordinary people. When they send their children to the battlefield to shed blood "for the sake of the holy America", the rich are silently making a fortune. For them, iron and blood are just to make money. means of obtaining more wealth.

Everything is so easy, so cheap, so rich.

War is always a feast.

On the surface, it looks like a feast for the filth of the nations, but in fact, it is a feast for capital!Whether in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ming Dynasty, or France, businessmen can always obtain unprecedented profits from it.

Arms trading has always been one of the most profitable businesses in the world. During a war, the arms trade is more profitable. Even in such a war, arms brokers are also indispensable.

They are even more active than before the war.

In Lisbon, in the early morning, the door of the Santos Fertilizer Company was knocked open, and a well-dressed Englishman walked in. As soon as he saw Santos, he said directly.

"Mr. Santos, thank you for giving me the time to meet, I think you know why I'm here!"

The reason why Stan can say this is because Santos has a commodity in his hands that he desperately needs, not only him, but many countries need it.

"Yes, Mr. Stein."

Santos said with a smile.

"Then you should also know that many people want it. But..."

He looked at Stan, paused, and said.

"It was recommended to me that Mr. Stein is a tycoon with a high reputation, so I have waited until now."

Stan smiled and nodded.

"I think you will be very satisfied with my asking price!"

As he spoke, he handed out a check.

"This is 100 million pounds. I hope to buy all of your company's Chilean saltpeter, that is, 18257 tons of Chilean saltpeter on the "Mermaid"!"

Chilean saltpeter!

That's why Stan is here. War requires propellant and explosives, and nitric acid is needed to produce both, and nitric acid is needed to produce nitric acid, and nitric acid is extracted from "Chilean saltpeter" all over the world.

Chilean saltpeter was produced in Daming!

Before the outbreak of the war, European countries imported more than 200 million tons of saltpeter from Daming every year to use as fertilizer. What about now?

The source of saltpeter has been cut off!
It doesn’t matter if there is no saltpeter as fertilizer. Britain has a vast colony that can provide food and other crops, but without saltpeter, there will be no nitric acid, and without nitric acid, there will be no propellant and explosives.

Although Britain had stockpiled more than 10 tons of saltpeter before the outbreak of the war, and confiscated all the saltpeter in the country after the outbreak of the war, God knows how long this war will last.

Now Britain, Germany, Italy and other countries are rushing to buy saltpeter in various European countries. As for the French and Russians, they don't need to rush to buy up - Daming will provide them with enough saltpeter.

"100 pounds..."

Santos' face huddled together due to obesity became a little dignified, as if he was thinking about something.

"Mr. Santos, this price is already three times your contract price."

Stan raised his eyebrows, this is not three times the profit, but three times the total price!God forbid, he became rich overnight!

"I know, but you also know that saltpeter is really in demand now!"

Santos still had a smile on his face, businessman, Aiki makes money.

"And you should know that my company, as early as 5 years ago, signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the Atacama Company, and I obtained an annual quota of 7.5 tons of saltpeter. Mr. Stein, just yesterday, I gave Atacama sent a telegram, in which I reconfirmed the contract between us, do you know how they responded?"

Atacama Company is the largest saltpeter company in the world. It owns 70% of the Chilean saltpeter mines. European countries purchase more than 150 million tons of saltpeter from him every year. Of course, it is also a state-owned company, owned by the Ming Empire. state-owned company.

Raising an eyebrow, Stan asked.

"How did you reply?"

"The telegram is very simple - our contract is not affected by the war, and they will continue to supply unless there are new instructions from the Imperial Commerce Department."

Santos stared at Stan and said.

"Do you know what that means, Mr. Stein!"

(End of this chapter)