Wall Street of the third generation chaebol

Chapter 192

＜ The imperial warship diplomacy. (1) >

Washington DC

The treasury building has recently become a nightmare, with the vibrating sound of workers grinding into the shredder.

Collaboration with the State Department.

In particular, cooperation with the Secretariat of the Western Banquet Office was tightly connected, and the State Department staff were also coming and going to the Treasury Building like their own home.

Another unusual thing was that the British finance minister, Robert, was also on his way to work at the Ministry of Finance recently.

“Watch out for the Germans.”

“I think there is some news from the British side.”

The most powerful espionage warfare in the early 20th century is undoubtedly Britain. The Empire, where the sun never sets, sweeping colonies around the world, was building a vast information network through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The current Prime Minister, Belfour, is a powerful man in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the First Treasurer of the Ministry of Finance. Information flows naturally to the Treasury as well.

Treasury Secretary Robert sighed.

“I have sent you a special order from the Berlin Palace.”

“At Berlin Palace?”

“Yes, recently Wilhelm Kaiser is aware of German public opinion, and our British Foreign Office is interpreting it.”

“Treasury Secretary Robert. I’m sorry, but Kaiser is not a person who cares about public opinion.”

I reacted coldly.

The Kingdom of Prussia, ruled by Kaiser, is the heart and soul of the German Empire. The current Kaiser was an absolute power in Germany who took control of the whole of Germany and established a pseudo-democracy comparable to that of a tyrannical monarchy.

How could such an emperor recognize public opinion? Even the British Foreign Ministry’s information was hard to believe.

Treasury Secretary Robert admitted it as if he knew it.

“Yeah, when we first got the information, we were skeptical. The current Kaiser is a person who often speaks harshly even in public.

However, recently, there was an incident where public opinion in the imperial family was slightly shaken.”

Treasury Secretary Robert’s expression was quite serious.

“Ottoman Empire.”

“Ah. I can only guess.”

“Yes, the minister who is the party concerned would know. The Ottoman Empire’s contract with Baghdad was about to be overturned, and the 3B policy pursued by the German imperial family almost fell apart like dust. German public opinion sensitive to imperialism reacted sensitively. “

“Huh, that’s right.”

“And … the German Empire can stand still when the No. 1 public figure who overthrew the Baghdad business is standing right in front of us.”

Treasury Secretary Robert looked at me blatantly.

“…..ha ha ha.”

It’s because of me.

The German Empire had to build up its crumpled face in the Ottomans. So, it is not funny that I had to set up noodles in Venezuela, and I was the person in charge.

‘That’s enough reason for the Germans to come in sharply.’

“Turn back.”

“…..”

“Ah, I’m sorry. This turned out to be upbringing.”

greatness.

I coughed a few times and drank a Coke. There is nothing like soda for stress management.

Cool.

I looked away for a moment.

Treasury Secretary Robert took a deep breath and warned me.

“Be careful.”

serious tone.

Treasury Secretary Robert looked at me anxiously and soon became serious.

“If you beat the German Empire like a dog, you don’t know how they will have a seizure. According to the old ancestors, a cornered mouse bites a cat.”

“…what kind of Berserker is Detroit Do Morgan in your head?”

“Look out.”

“Oh really.”

I shook my head furiously.

I don’t know who you’re worried about right now.

‘Beware the Germans.

It’s disgusting what they ate. It may be because he was conscious of public opinion in his country, but it is said that pecking at the top is also very stressful.

Be careful.’

It was the next morning, without going too far, to realize that Secretary Robert’s warning was not in vain.

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German Naval Office.

It’s Kaiser.

A German naval fleet was forcibly pushed into a Venezuelan naval port. It was also in the middle of the Dreadnought Marina of the Great White Fleet.

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Of course, it was a natural measure from the standpoint of Germany, which is blocking Venezuela at sea, but it was a matter of principle.

In the backyard of the Caribbean Sea, where the Great White Fleet of the United States is holding out, pushing into a military port here was a diplomatically dangerous provocation.

Marshal Dewey clicked his tongue.

“This is an outright forceful demonstration.”

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Of course, there is nothing wrong with that in principle.

The German Kaisermarine would not have done it without a second thought.

It had to be regarded as an operation that was approved after thoroughly reviewing international law to avoid getting caught in the upper echelons of the German Naval Office.

This was a deliberate provocation by anyone.

“I’m afraid it’s not ignorant Germans.”

“Since the current Kaiser took the throne, Germany’s shocking diplomatic moves seem to have continued. I’ve heard that the Balkans are atrocious and Moroccan also.”

“You’re running around like a beehive.”

Field Marshal Dewey sighed, sympathizing with Admiral Sampson’s cold instructions. The US Navy soldiers at the naval port were furious at the surprise provocation and the whole unit was boiling with life.

“They are coming.”

Knock-!

German marines poured out of the Kaiser Marine’s warships. Soon after, the US and German naval forces faced each other and began to lift their teeth at each other.

‘Rural Yankees who are rich and have no roots.’

‘Stone-headed children who eat rotten cabbage.’

Both units burned their animosity towards each other.

Marshal Dewey also frowned.

‘Germans, according to the Monroe Doctrine, the Caribbean is under the jurisdiction of the United States, but it is too much installed.’

Don’t let the Germans dry you.

Dewey immediately recognized the seriousness of the situation and hardened his face.

“Sampson, urgently report the current situation to the Naval Headquarters. Order the port of Guantanamo to be on alert. It’s urgent right now. Open a line with communication equipment and connect to Washington right now.”

“Yes!”

Marshal Dewey’s Great White Fleet immediately sent radio communications to the U.S. Navy Department in Washington, DC, and the U.S. Navy Department, who received the communications, quickly wrote a report and inserted it straight into the White House.

The Kaiser Marine had been pushed into America’s backyard, the spine of the Caribbean.

Dewey opened his eyes.

“Sampson.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Venezuelan naval port, besiege immediately. Let the Germans tie up their feet no more than an ant. Be prepared to fire counterattacks at any time!”

“Yes!”

instantaneous.

Tensions in the Caribbean soared.

At that time, Washington DC

German Finance Minister Max arrived in Washington DC with a negotiator. He was going to visit the Ministry of Finance and reconfirm his position on Venezuela.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary has recently been replaced.

“……Detroit do Morgan.”

Treasury Secretary Max bit his lip.

***

“Does Germany intend to declare war?”

Ministry of Finance Office.

I only treated Treasury Secretary Max formally. The rite for him was just enough to not deviate from the official table, and beyond that, he cut it like a knife as if there was no soup.

At least the Germans did not receive the protocol they enjoyed in their own country.

That was my will, the will of the White House.

But Secretary Max’s response to the return was speculative.

“Are you declaring war on the ground that you just landed in a Venezuelan military port?”

Secretary Max shrugged his shoulders in astonishment.

“Venezuela is seriously infringing on the interests of the German Empire with a moratorium, and Germany is implementing a legitimate naval blockade. As part of the naval blockade, we will enter a Venezuelan naval port for a while. What right does the US have to stop us?”

German interests.

Exactly what Treasury Secretary Max was saying was that Krupp’s interests had been violated. Krupp’s performance improves only when Krupp’s rights to Venezuela’s railways are protected and the stolen construction funds are recovered.

Various interests were intertwined.

“Well, I’m deeply sorry about the moratorium.”

I quietly shrugged my chin.

“Minister Max was Krupp’s advisor. In Venezuela, on a day when Krupp runs out of money, Krupp’s performance as well as Germany’s face will be ruined. In the end, that party is also the Berlin Palace and Minister Max.”

Minister Max.

He served as Krupp’s advisor and German finance minister. It was the largest stakeholder in Venezuela this time.

“Not only that, but the fact that I am the U.S. Treasury Secretary must have twisted your stomach. You must have never dreamed that a deadly 20-year-old kid would be appointed as Secretary of the Treasury as soon as he moved to the United States.”

“……”

“I understand. You’d want to twist the hair.”

I read the enmity in the eyes of Treasurer Max. He had quite a few personal feelings for me, and he was merciless towards me last time during the Prussian secret police.

“So disappointed.”

But I also had that feeling.

It does not change that it is diplomatic disrespect to bring emotions to the public.

I tenaciously dug into that part.

in a provocative tone.

“I can see the level of diplomacy of the German Empire. It becomes clear just by bringing personal feelings to the diplomatic stage in public. It’s difficult to put on.”

Baghdadvan business.

I thought it was a business that almost fell over because of my steel dumping, but I’m not an idiot. After all, business is survival of the fittest. Those who do not adapt to the market will only be eliminated. Germany ignored that fact, and the Ottoman Empire was beaten in the back of the head by Krupp for steel prices, and the road ran wild.

I glared at Secretary Max with bloody eyes.

“Does the German Empire have no conscience? They drive me innocent because their business is about to be turned upside down, and inflict a crisis of war on the Caribbean Sea just because I was conscious of German public opinion? There are no war fanatics. Where is the peace you built?”

Feelings are now entangled in the diplomacy of the German Empire.

The Berlin Palace was conscious of German public opinion and was burning with hostility towards me.

Treasury Secretary Max regretted not killing me during the secret police, and took responsibility for it.

The armed demonstrations of the German Empire are nothing more than a sudden variable swayed by emotions.

“Minister Max.”

I laughed bitterly.

“I’ll bite you like that, and even your gums will rub. Take care of your expression.”

“……”

I carefully observed Secretary Max, clenching his fists and shaking. Not only that, but also his assistants.

I didn’t care to provoke Secretary Max, but there were some things that stood out quite a bit.

‘The aide is holding a newspaper.’

This is evidence that the current German imperial family is responding privately to German public opinion. Perhaps because of that, there were quite a few reporters from the German press outside.

My deal with Ottoman was almost ruined because of me, so it means that the Berlin Palace cares about public opinion.

‘Emotional diplomacy is usually used to silence public opinion. Diplomacy for domestic consumption to calm or terrorize its own people. They hit the other side’s position without thinking about it.’

It’s kind of a strategy.

Germany’s current diplomacy was no different from that of modern China’s wartime diplomacy. However, Minister Max and the Berlin Palace are direct stakeholders, so they are genuinely angry with me.

I will be humbly

I had to put the image of ‘strong Germany’ and ‘Germany of the imperialist power’ into the German public opinion.

‘But there’s no reason to fit in with your plays.’

The White House was equally upset by the German provocation.

“Shall we go out emotionally in the US?”

I smiled brightly.

Before this negotiating table was set up, I was called by President Roosevelt. he said It is said that the German navy and marines, who lost their heads in a Venezuelan naval port, landed.

Then he gave me almost full power and pushed him to the negotiating table with the German finance minister.

All the powers were open to me now, and I could bury all German naval forces in Venezuela by sending a few letters over the line.

Minister Max widened his eyes.

Then, in front of him, I raised my index finger in a straight line.

“With one finger, the Kaiser Marine can vanish without a trace to the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. I have the authority to do so.”

New York. Washington. Pennsylvania. etc.

From what I’ve heard, anti-German sentiment in the US is getting serious. The German navy’s stage gun-like charge was featured in a major book, and the hostility of the American people was skyrocketing.

German Americans? Their national consciousness, which has been diluted over the centuries, has in some cases shaped their identity as Americans more preferentially.

“Treasury Secretary Marks. A few days ago, we successfully negotiated with the UK Treasury Secretary. Our US consortium has taken over all UK debt.”

“……”

“But the German Empire must not lose its influence over Venezuela, even for the sake of the Berlin Palace. For German public opinion, imperialism is talking about land, not money.”

“…..”

“Public opinion is the realm of emotion, not logic.”

Silence followed for a moment.

“But in liberal America, we’re more used to talking with money. Is that all? We’re getting used to talking with guns.”

“…?”

“You’ll probably get used to it soon.”

It was only then that Secretary Max noticed that I had a strange look.

“What are you trying to do?”

“I’m not doing anything special. But Latin America is only under the jurisdiction of the United States, and Venezuela is already tired of Germany’s tough reaction and has sent an SOS to our US government.”

“The Monroe Doctrine…”

“Yes, American isolationism means two things. Hegemony and security in Latin America. It’s a double-edged sword.”

“…..”

“We, the US, have already taken over the UK’s bonds, and we were able to negotiate bonds with Venezuela first thanks to friendly relations with Venezuela.

“……!!!”

Minister Max jumped up from his seat.

While America in the new continent is the loser of America beating Latin America, it is a warped guardian who protects them from foreign powers.

Latin American countries call for independence from the United States, but at the decisive moment they tend to rely on the US military power.

Panama did the same in the original history, and Venezuela hit the US with SOS.

And Roosevelt ended up modifying the Monroe Doctrine.

“Venezuela has commissioned the US to ‘protect’ it, and our Great White Fleet has sent its own fleet to protect Venezuela as a protectorate.”

“……!”

“The cause belongs to us. These vicious imperialist spearheads and minions.”

“Aren’t you afraid of war with Germany…!”

“Not at all.”

I laughed bitterly.

“If those who can’t even cross the sea declare war, they can’t be afraid. Besides…”

The atmosphere in the room fell heavily.

“Do you think you will be able to survive even after declaring war on a neutral country?”

Netherlands, Switzerland, etc.

Will the neutral countries surrounding Germany stand still? Actually, I’m not scared.

For me, who was convinced that a world war would happen, it was not strange to me that war was just a difference in time.

It doesn’t matter if you get up right now.

The United States is a country that has been through a war a few years ago, and also a modern trench warfare directly. The situation is different from the European powers that have stopped after the war decades ago.

Britain, which experienced the Boer War, was a little different, but Germany was not prepared at all.

The United States is a country that has seen the special warfare of the war only four years ago.

They say they already have a taste for war, so they have a different resolution.

If you watch the New York stock market and the dollar bankbook that are flying through the sky, the anti-war public opinion that was not there will evaporate.

“I am sitting here with full power delegated from the White House. Every word I say is the will and sincerity of the United States.”

“…!!!”

“Our tough president and the American people are not afraid of war. We just avoid it if we can.”

Germany’s Minister Max read my eyes, and then his face turned pale.

Unable to keep up with the sudden increase in scale, he swallows saliva as if his throat is strangled.

‘…these… these crazy bastards are serious.’

After reading the sincerity of my eyes, Minister Max’s eyes trembled. I never dreamed that what came as a price for provocation would be an unwavering will to war.

Secretary Max shook his hand.

It is now felt. What does Latin America mean to the United States?

thought was short.

Can’t you tell just by looking at the pan-Germanism of the German Empire right now?

Slowly, reason began to wake up to the cold reality.

‘ I thought uncomfortably. As Secretary Morgan said, the Kaiser Marine and the US Navy’s dreadnought are not even rivals. There is only one-sided warfare and devastation in which the German army cannot land and the US army can land.’

To be honest, if we fight on the mainland, we can crush the American army and the German army.

But what if you crush it? The damage is borne by the German mainland.

The US mainland is safe.

Besides, they weren’t ready at all. Because Kaiser Marine’s provocation was only showmanship, and he didn’t really come to war.

‘This is… it’s time to step back.’

But can you back off?

The composition of the secret police was turned upside down.

“Secretary Morgan.”

“Yes.”

“Maybe… did I cross the line?”

Stop.

Secretary Morgan’s body twitched and trembled for a moment.