Rebirth of the Wealthy American

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As soon as the negotiations between the United States of Cuba and the Spaniards began, many people's hearts were touched.

The first to arrive in Havana was J.P. Morgan, and then all the fairies flocked to them, their names were shining: the current US steel industry rookie and the future steel king Carnegie, because of their smokeless gunpowder, will Henry Dupont, which the American Gunpowder Association has firmly controlled in its own hands, has never made friends with his life, a lonely but powerful railway king Gould, has founded Standard Oil, and is about to become the first billionaire in the United States John Rockefeller, former ship master, and now railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt—

It is no exaggeration to say that the American economy at the end of the nineteenth century was controlled by these people.

Except for the Spaniards who still have unrealistic fantasies, everyone can see that the Spaniards are sunset and the United States of Cuba will become the ruler of Cuba. An emerging economy is being born near the United States and Cuba is rich. Natural resources, and after the Spaniards leave, someone needs to fill the gap left by the Spaniards. This is a gorgeous feast, and no one wants to be absent.

Of course, they also have a reason to come to this feast. Except for former Scott Rim chairman Tom Scott who came to look for opportunities, others have more or less held Li Mu and commissioned J · P a few months ago. · Cuban bonds sold by Morgan, strictly speaking, they came to inspect their investment security, so Li Mu could not refuse.

Among all people, Carnegie is most closely related to Li Mu, so Li Mu got in touch with Carnegie as soon as possible, and determined as quickly as possible to double the size of the San Diego Steel Plant, while at the same time in Havana Nearby Cardenas opened a second steel plant the same size as the San Diego steel plant.

With these two steel mills, Li Mu has almost monopolized 70% of Cuba's steel production, with an annual output of about 250,000 tons of steel, which is more than 3.5 times the national steel output of the United States in 1870.

As with the previous cooperation, Carnegie does not need to pay a penny, but to send technical and management personnel, it can occupy 10% of the factory's shares.

After determining the steel, Li Mu had the intention to negotiate with others. At this point, Li Mu occupied an absolute initiative. At the time, the contract signed by Li Mu and Cespedes included most of Cuba's mineral resource development rights. Despite the death of Seth Pedes, Li Mu ’s rights are recognized by the United States of Cuba, and because the United States of Cuba is unable to develop mineral resources, Li Mu and Nelson, who represents the United States of Cuba, have signed a supplementary agreement. Mineral resources were entrusted to Li Mu for development, so whoever wants to develop Cuba's mineral resources, they can not bypass Li Mu.

Henry Dupont has their own needs, Henry Dupont wants all the saltpeter mines in Cuba, Rockefeller wants the oil in Cuban waters, Gould wants to build a railway from Santiago to Havana, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, not only wanted railroads, he also wanted to start a shipping company in partnership with Li Mu to connect Caribbean coastal countries.

When J.P. Morgan came to Cuba last time, he invested in Li Mu ’s Santiago Investment Company. J.P. Morgan understood Li Mu ’s business plan. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the person recommended by J. P. Morgan to Li Mu. .

In the twenty-first century, few people have heard of the Vanderbilt family, but in the nineteenth century, this family was once more glorious than the Rockefeller family.

Generally speaking, the first billionaire in the United States was John Rockefeller, but it was not necessarily true. In 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt died. The total value of his property left to his children has exceeded $ 100 million. The reason why the United States promoted John Rockefeller as the first billionaire in the United States was probably because the descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt were unconvinced and defeated Cornelius in decades. All the property left by Vanderbilt, so this is a story that is inconsistent with the spirit of the "American Dream" and it is taken for granted that there is no positive publicity.

Although the descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt are not frustrated, Cornelius Vanderbilt himself is worthy of everyone's respect. At the age of 11, Cornelius left school to start work, and at the age of 16, relying on Cornelius started the entrepreneurial journey with the $ 100 borrowed from his mother. Only two years later, Cornelius doubled the hundred dollar. One million dollars doubled, and by the time Cornelius was 55 years old in 1849, Cornelius could make one million dollars a year through the route from New York to San Francisco.

In 1864, although the shipping business was still very profitable in general, Cornelius, who was close to 70 years old, decided to give up his favorite shipping business and shift his focus from shipping to railways.

With his shrewd ability, Cornelius once again succeeded. Within a few years, Cornelius included the Harlem Railroad, Hudson Railroad, and the Central Railroad in New York. He brought the title of "railroad tycoon", and Cornelius is also planning to put more than a dozen railways such as the Michigan Central Railway, Lakeshore Railway, and Canadian Southern Railway under his control. If this vision becomes a reality, Then Gould's honor of "Iron King" is about to change hands.

On behalf of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Li Mu was the eldest son of Cornelius, William Henry Vanderbilt. William is 51 years old this year, and he has a very personality, and all the United States in this era Like a person, William also makes a fuss on his beard. The beard on his cheek is like two big fan, but the nose and chin are clean, and it is a little bald, which is easy to ignore. The only good thing about his face is the straightened hawk nose.

This is the only similarity between William and Cornelius.

Although William is much older than Li Mu, he is now the deputy general manager of the Harlem Railway and Hudson Railway, and has been identified as the next head of the Vanderbilt family, but William did not despise Li Mu and came When visiting Li Mu, William brought a special gift—a copy of the 1200 copies of the Yongle Ceremony.

So the topic between Li Mu and William began with "Yongle Ceremony".

"Yongle Dadian"-how to say, if there is an encyclopedia in this world, then "Yongle Dadian" is the only great work that can be described by this word, but unfortunately the original "Yongle Dadian" has disappeared, And the copy is also fateful, you know, there are only more than 1,000 volumes, and the original "Yongle Ceremony" has more than 11,000 volumes— "Li Mu stroked the neatly remnants of the code, not to mention Joy is anger, but only a touch of sorrow.

Just like Li Mu said, "Yongle Dadian" is indeed a fateful one. Soon after the completion of "Yongle Dadian", the original disappeared, and the copy is stored in the Imperial Palace of Ming Jing, the Royal Archives.

As a result, when the "Siku Quanshu" was revised during the Qianlong period, more than 11,000 copies of the "Yongle Dadian" were unexpectedly left with more than 8,000 copies. At the same time, people all agreed that the Ming Dynasty officials were lazy. Finished, so there are only over 8,000 volumes left.

For this reason, I really disagree. Let me not talk about how cruel the laws of the feudal emperor era, and what are the consequences of laziness. Do n’t the officials in charge know the significance of this? This is something that can make them famous in history. Even if the officials below are lazy, are the officials in charge also lazy?

Oh, a certain family has done everything in order to cover up that shameless thing, everyone is really a fool that day.

"Yes, the Qing Empire really has a glorious history." William agreed with Li Mu.

"No, no, the Qing Empire cannot represent the Chinese. There has never been a money rat tail in the history of the Chinese. Every nation has suffered. The White House has been burned by the British and London has been shelled by the Dutch. This is all normal. "Li Mu calmly embraced William.

In the Second British-Dutch War, the Dutch sneaked into the Port of London and captured the flagship of the British Navy, which was the most brilliant period of Dutch military.

William is Dutch.

"Hehehe, yes, I believe that each powerful nation has its own heritage, and they will eventually restore their glory, just like the remnants of these" Yongle Ceremonies ". I believe that the original will one day be seen again." William I feel very useful for Li Mu's words. Huahua Jiaozi is carried by everyone, hello I am hello everyone.

"Speaking of Cuba, we have achieved success in Cuba. It is foreseeable that the future of Cuba will be glorious. So what kind of role will the Vanderbilt family be prepared to play in this process?" Li Mu returned to the topic.

"Everything we can participate in, Rimm, maybe you don't know. Of the 18 million US dollars of Cuban government bonds you have entrusted to the Morgan family for sale, six million dollars belong to the Vanderbilt family, so the Vanderbilt family is early You have been involved in this war, and you have participated more deeply than you think. "William's sincerity was moving.

Cornelius is indeed a genius. When he was in the shipping industry, Cornelius started to get involved in the financial industry. After turning to the railway industry, Cornelius showed his fist on Wall Street. The Vanderbilt family held Some Harlem Railway, Hudson Railway, and New York Central Railway have become the family wealth of the Vanderbilt family through the operation of the stock market. Therefore, the Vanderbilt family is far stronger than Li Mu knew.

"Well then, I formally invite the Vanderbilt family to join the reconstruction work in Cuba. I hope we can cooperate happily." Li Mu no longer hesitates. For now, the Vanderbilt family is Li Mu's best partner. .