Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 451 Wall Street, at the other end of the fishing line

In the early morning, Guan Xuqing went fishing in the North Sea with his father. During this period of time, there was a mess between the United States and Spain, but he seemed to be fine. In his words: "The bait has been cast. , the rest is just about to close the net, what else should we worry about?"

After leaving the palace, Minister of Commerce Sheng Xuanhuai caught up with Feng Xianghua and asked, "Master Feng, recently the United States and Spain are fighting fiercely. It seems that the Second World War is coming. Why is the emperor not at all about this?" Take care."

Feng Xianghua twisted his beard and said: "It's still a question, the emperor must have a plan in his mind. As far as I can see, this war is not a big war at all. The Americans will definitely win."

"Are you so confident in the combat effectiveness of American soldiers?" Sheng Xuanhuai asked.

"It's not that they have confidence in the U.S. military, but they have no confidence in the Spaniards. In fact, in Cuba and the Philippines, they can't even defeat the indigenous rebel army. After the U.S. military joins in, what chance do they have of winning? Moreover, the U.S. Geographical advantages, as well as industrial capabilities, have determined that even if the Spaniards play well in this war, they will eventually be unable to defeat the United States, which has the potential to launch a war with all its strength. After all, the United States’ advantage lies in industry, while the indigenous people only have bravery. Soldier."

Sheng Xuanhuai is not interested in this kind of military analysis. What he wants to know most now is what he and the Ministry of Commerce can do for the country during this war.

Feng Xianghua smiled and said to Sheng Xuanhuai: "Let's not talk about your speculation on Wall Street stocks. But last year, you and DuPont exchanged shares very well. Now that the war has started, the gunpowder giant has finally regained its vitality!"

"Master Feng is right. This has fattened DuPont in the United States. We exchanged shares with DuPont last year, and we can also get a lot of money through this war. Because of the outbreak of the war, the US Federation needs 2 pounds a day. Brown explosives, these orders all fell into the hands of DuPont. Because of the peaceful times, the operating rate of DuPont's machines was reduced, and the number of factories was also greatly reduced. The daily production capacity was only 3000 pounds of gunpowder. For the order, DuPont's workers now work 18 days a day. Hourly, although the hourly salary has risen slightly, it is only about 0.18 US dollars per hour. Today, DuPont’s profit exceeds 4 US dollars per day just relying on federal orders. Small wars like the Spanish-American War have brought DuPont a lot of money. The profits from here are also ten times higher than those in the peaceful era!"

Seeing that there was no one around, Feng Xianghua approached and said, "Brother, take it as soon as you see it. DuPont's stocks are not easy to hold, so sell them when it's time to sell them. I have a hunch that DuPont and the American arms dealer Bad luck."

Sheng Xuanhuai was startled, and said, "How is this possible? Now Wall Street's military stocks have soared, dozens of times higher than before the war, and DuPont's value has increased many times. At this time, the If we sell the stocks in our hands, isn’t that giving up a great opportunity to make money?”

Feng Xianghua patted Sheng Xuanhuai's shoulder and said: "There is a saying that things must be reversed when they are extreme. You are the Minister of Commerce, and you should be much clearer about this than me. I won't say more about it. The emperor will tell you everything."

After all, Feng Xianghua swaggered away.Only Sheng Xuanhuai was left there in a daze, feeling incomprehensible for a long time.

At this time, the Spanish fleet trapped in San Diego Bay was forced to break out of the siege in order to get rid of the passive situation.The fleets of both sides formed a parallel attack formation at sea, intending to fight to the death.After the battle began, the U.S. military took advantage of the long range of its cannons and fired at the Spanish fleet from a distance.The Spanish fleet wanted to attack close.But before he got close, many ships had already been fired, so he had to forcefully fire a few shots, but due to the short range, they did not cause much damage to the opponent.

However, Cuba is no match for the Philippines.Despite the coordinated operations of the Cuban insurgents who were brave enough to sacrifice, the Spaniards on the island of Cuba were heavily guarded.At the beginning, the U.S. military attacked almost under the hail of bullets, regardless of casualties.One battle at San Juan Hill was extremely difficult.Outside a village called El Cane, more than 500 U.S. troops attacked more than 500 defenders in Spain. Although there was a huge difference in strength, the Spaniards took advantage of the complex terrain.Crazy pouring firepower on the US military.In this battle, the U.S. military risked being hit by gunfire, and only 1385 people were killed or wounded to win the position.Of course, most of the US military casualties in this Spanish-American War were caused in this battle.Without the battle in the village of El Cane, the U.S. military would have fought quite beautifully.

In the United States, because of the huge casualties this time, anti-war fighters rushed out overnight.In particular, most anti-war is also anitarian, and anitarians are known to snipe at officials.The main political behavior of an anitarian believer is to oppose what he does, in short, to oppose for the sake of opposition.Especially in the United States, the fusion of nirvana and liberal economic thought has created a liberal crowd among the lower classes.Wall Street is a headache for these people, because free economic thought is advocated by Wall Street in order to oppress the implementation of low taxes and less interference policies.Today, the ideas they preach are exploited by the nihilists.For anarchists, Wall Street's remote control is what they hate the most.

News of the massive casualties arrived.However, the "Morning News", which had repeatedly aroused the enthusiasm of the American people for war, immediately published photos of American soldiers who died in the Battle of San Juan Mountain, without any textual explanation, and the title was "People Abandoned by America".People with a little bit of brain can understand at a glance that this is an anti-war report. Once this group of photos is published, it doesn't matter. Outside Wall Street, hundreds of liberal anitarians waved flags and protested against banners.March to Wall Street.One by one, the marchers shouted angrily, "Wall Street is the instigator of war!"

"Bury Morgan, DuPont, and Rockefeller!"

"Hang Roosevelt!"

People in the exchange just don't know what's going on.Someone came in outside the door and shouted: "Those liberal mobs are attacking the New York Stock Exchange!"

"what?"

"Oh my god! This group of bloody mobs!"

"Call the barracks and the police quickly!"

More than a dozen guards struggled to support.It is estimated that it will not be long.The security guards at the stock exchange will be dispersed by the angry crowd.Witnessing this situation, the exchange was in chaos.Most brokers tidy up their briefcases, legal documents, securities and other assets are tightly hugged.Although the stockbrokers on Wall Street are rich with an average net worth of more than 10 US dollars, there are many millionaires and billionaires.But the angry crowd on the opposite side.But everyone felt an abnormal panic, fearing that the anarchists would shoot black guns in the crowd!

Compared with these barefoot people, Wall Street, who wear shoes, don't want to fight them hand-to-hand.

Soon after, the New York garrison and police arrived.The army and the police with live ammunition quickly defended Wall Street and fiercely drove the group of demonstrators away.

With scolding and cursing.The marchers finally dispersed.The unwilling demonstrators clashed with the police and the army, and were quickly beaten up. They were then escorted by the police station and put in prison.critical moments.They will not talk about human rights with these mobs.Moreover, the giants of Wall Street can put countless charges on this group of mobs who intimidate themselves.This group of people will definitely spend a long time in prison in the end.

The news quickly reached Guan Xuqing's ears. He admired Zhao Bingjun's actions this time. The Americans caught in the vortex of the war didn't know how many military personnel from the China Security Bureau were among those anarchists. Many Americans have been secretly bought by China with the "golden dollar" policy. In the face of money, Americans can also do things against their will.If Roosevelt, who has always followed the gold dollar policy, heard about this incident, he would be furious.

The naval battle in Cuba was soon over.Only one American was killed, several were wounded, and none of the warships were seriously damaged.The Spanish fleet suffered heavy losses, with more than [-] dead and [-] captured. Even the commander of the fleet was also taken prisoner.News of the complete annihilation of all Spanish naval forces in Cuba reached the United States.A shadow hanging over the United States has finally dissipated.The victory of the battlefield means that the stimulated financial market is completely ignited.

In fact, the rest of the war on land has nothing to do with the US military except at the beginning.The U.S. military just sent equipment and supplies to the Cubans, and then all the Cubans charged.With the supplies of the United States, the Cuban army, which has experienced the baptism of war for a long time, is a terrible army.at least.It is more terrible than the Spanish Army and the US Army.

Spain is occupied by tens of thousands of troops and some cities in the Cuban archipelago have no supplies and no morale.There is no other possibility but to starve to death.After the U.S. military sent negotiating envoys to contact the Spanish army, in the end, the Spaniards surrendered helplessly.

Next, under the mediation of France, the United States and Spain began to sign the "Protocol on the Basic Conditions for the Conclusion of the Peace Treaty".At this moment, everything on the battlefield of the Spanish-American War is over.For the rest, the two sides agreed to negotiate in Paris.Spain ceded Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Spanish islands in the West Indies, Guam in the Mariana Islands, and the entire Philippine archipelago to the United States, and the United States only paid 2000 million U.S. dollars.

Because the United States carves up the colonies of the old imperialist Spain, it also led to a sudden intensification of conflicts among Western powers.The newly rising powers found that their management of industry, economy, and military far surpassed the established colonial powers. However, most of the land on the earth was divided up by other powers except for independent countries and nations.The success of the United States made the new powers see an example, and they strongly demanded the re-division of the colonies.The established powers are naturally unwilling to give up their vested interests to others, so the smell of gunpowder in Europe is getting stronger and stronger as time goes on.

(End of this chapter)