Ironically, Robert Lee was not an officer who supported slavery. He was the only officer in the United States at West Point before the war. His position was president. Well, most of the officers of the North and South armies graduated from West Point, but it is not surprising that almost all the generals who fought with him were his students.
After the war broke out, Robert was still in the military academy, so he resigned from President Lincoln. Because his hometown Virginia joined the South, he needed to go back to work for his hometown. This would definitely not be possible if he was placed in the China Dynasty, but he really went back to a country like the West, which pays attention to gentlemanly manners, and was called into the army and became the commander-in-chief of the Confederate army.
In the Opium War, the commander of the British army, Yi Li, was not an officer who supported the smuggling of opium, but he fought an abnormal opium war with the Qing Dynasty. It is not unreasonable for westerners to become strong. They did things that were not in line with their own ideas, but they adjusted the country’s spirit of sacrificing risks, which is an essential quality for a strong country.
In May 161, the second month after the war broke out, Lincoln announced the blockade of all ports in the south. At that time, the north had not finished the blockade. The strength of the south knew that the blockade of all ports in the south was completed by the end of this year, but it was still possible to cut off all materials in the south. Otherwise, the Civil War would not have been fought for four years.
The anti-blockade strategy in the south is smuggling, and it is smuggled by the British. The British have built several small fast smuggling boats to transport arms from the Bahamas, Cuba, in exchange for high-priced cotton and tobacco. Even if the goods of the smuggling boats are sold by the northern government when they are captured, the income will go to the federal sailors, and the British crew will be released
At this time, the Americans really dare not offend the British, which is equivalent to acquiescence. Lincoln is most worried about the interference of European countries. Specifically, even if the two hooligans of Britain and France interfere, he will not dare to sentence the British businessman, which is not as courageous as Lin Zexu and directly put the opium merchant in prison.
However, the blockade in the north has had an effect in the end, and other shortages of food in the south are very difficult to return, which has even caused riots and soaring prices.
Later generations of the American government tried their best to liberate black slaves from World War II by controlling cultural discourse, but just after the first Niu Ben River Battle ended last July, more slave states were prevented from seceding from the Union. The US Congress passed a resolution saying that the war was to protect the Union rather than to end slavery.
However, the southern United States finally insisted that this was a national war. They were defeated and annexed, and the confederate flag was hung in some States two years later.
As for the cause, result and justness of this battle, experts and scholars, such as crossing the river and crucian carp, have made professional discussions. Zhu Jinglun doesn’t care about these. He knows that as the Confederate army has always shown its strength, he has earned more and more money.
Section three hundred and twentieth Send Americans war money
It is not easy for Americans to make war money. Generally, they give it to others because their geographical location is so superior that they can’t find natural enemies with lanterns, so they can watch and make a fortune again and again in European wars.
Maybe this civil war is the only chance for other countries to make American war money.
There is indeed a lot of speculation in speculating on this war. Of course, we can’t speculate on it, but it is very easy to speculate on the economic fluctuations caused by the war.
No matter new york or London, a group of financial gluttons have joined this feast. Londoners can also speculate on the rise and fall of materials, while Americans are more likely to speculate on American bonds.
In this war, new york was dissatisfied with the United States federal government. The dissatisfaction was because the war blocked the business of new york port. Before that, the biggest export material of new york Port was cotton from the south.
In this era, the export output value of the south of the United States accounted for the majority of the country’s exports. According to the data of 157 years, the total export value of the United States was 27.9 billion US dollars, while the unilateral monopoly accounted for 1.5 billion US dollars, accounting for two thirds. The tax revenue generated by the south was 100 million US dollars. Therefore, before the war, the south believed that its economic situation was better.
But in fact, the poor economic ability of those slave owners in the south is really outrageous. Undoubtedly, they are wealth producers, but the price of cotton is ultimately controlled by Europeans. Not to mention that their export channels, import and export financing, etc. are all in the northern United States, and new york is the largest cotton export port. As a result, cotton producers owe a lot of debts to the northern United States
So new york accurately said that the bankers on Wall Street in New York were strongly opposed to the war. When the northern government asked Wall Street bankers to help them finance, Wall Street immediately sided with the northern Federation because they could not benefit from import and export.
Jay Cook creatively divided the US Treasury bonds that used to be issued in large amounts into small bonds as small as five dollars, so that the original big bankers could undertake treasury bonds and ordinary people could invest. He also repeatedly announced through major newspapers that buying treasury bonds was not only patriotic, but also a good investment result. His financing speed exceeded everyone’s expectation. Before the end of the war, his financing speed for the northern government exceeded Lincoln’s spending speed.
This war has greatly changed the United States. In the former United States, the federal government was very weak, and the central government could not collect taxes. The United States fought the war of independence with Britain because the British levied taxes on the North American colonies. At that time, the tax rate imposed by the British on the Americans was 26% of that of the British soil, which shows how reluctant Americans were to be taxed.
Since the establishment of the federal government of the United States, there has been only one income, that is, tax, and the main tax is the South Office. Southerners in the United States have taken up most of the presidential positions since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
This is also the reason why the Americans couldn’t wait to build a merchant ship like empress of china to trade in China just after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and soon occupied a place, becoming the second trading country after Britain and China, because their government can rely on taxes and trade, and they attach great importance to trade in Britain.
Because of the lack of money, the federal government spent more than 100 thousand dollars every day before the war, but after the war, the daily expenditure quickly reached as high as 1 million dollars. This spending speed made the American government debt increase from 90 million dollars before the war to 246 million dollars after the war. Most of the money was transferred by industry and banking. New England in the northeast of the United States never suffered from the war, and this is exactly the industrial center of the United States. In 163, American bankers wrote to their European counterparts that the United States is now prosperous, and at this time Robert Lee’s army threatened their capital, Washington
Of course, this nearly $300 million war money Zhu Jinglun also made a small fortune.
Before the war, he secretly transported medical materials worth 12,000 yuan to the south. Due to the blockade policy in the north, the price of this life-saving material soared by 25 times. Wu Chongyao’s client was still strong. Although he failed to sell at the highest level, he also sold the goods to 21 times, which instantly made Zhu Jinglun profit of 22,000 yuan, and all of them were paid in gold.
The slave owners in the south are really rich, although their economic level is backward, although their management concept is backward, but this kind of family style can save money for decades and hundreds of years. If you think about it, the Hong merchants will know that there are a lot of luxury objects in every big slave owner’s manor house. In peacetime, they came to show off their wealth tools. In the war, they were inspired by fanatical patriotism and a large number of slave owners donated gold.
Part of this gold fell into Zhu Jinglun’s pocket or agent’s hands. The ability of American agents and the chaos in the United States greatly exceeded Zhu Jinglun’s imagination that he could safely transport this money from the southern capital to new york during the war.
It is said that even London has a way to remit money if there is demand. Of course, certain procedures still need [oM].
By the time the money arrived in new york, it had shrunk to 22,000 US dollars worth of gold on paper and pen. Because Lincoln was authorized by Congress to print green-backed dollar bills without margin, it had fallen by 4%. At this time, 4% gold was needed to buy 1% denomination bills.
But at this time, most people don’t buy paper and pens for gold. Everyone knows that once they are defeated, these Lincoln paper and pens will be a piece of waste paper, but Zhu Jinglun’s agent almost changed the gold department into paper and pens for the simple reason. At this time, after Zhu Jinglun knew that they could smuggle gold to the north six months ago, the US federal government instructed Forbes, the agent of new york, to change all the gold into paper money and then buy bonds.
The original intention of such a decision is to worry about this wealth, and An Zhu Jinglun can’t guarantee that Wu Chongyao, a fraternity, won’t be greedy. In those days, Pan’s family had a debt lawsuit with the Americans, and they finally defaulted on it. He didn’t want to see this happen.
So he wrote a letter to Lincoln while asking Forbes to change gold into paper money, saying that Guangdong was determined not to have slavery on the northern side of the United States in this war, and told Lincoln that opposing national division was definitely a just place. Guangdong decided to support the northern United States and buy all its $30,000 gold in new york for American bonds.
The original purpose of buying U.S. Treasury bonds was to make Forbes want to hack the money through the back of the president of the United States, but he didn’t dare to hack it
But Forbes is, after all, a fine speculator. He can make a fortune in China at a young age. It is definitely not because he worships Wu Bingjian and is lucky to be a michel platini. His own ability is the root. If he is really incompetent, Wu Bingjian probably doesn’t look down on him.
Forbes first changed the high price of gold into $750,000, and then these paper money were used to buy bonds, so the bond was calculated as paper money, and the price of paper money fell by 4%. Therefore, at this time, this gold can be used for $4 to buy $1 bond. First, American bonds are gold to pay interest, that is, if the North can win, Zhu Jinglun will earn twice as much as the United States. Is there so much gold to pay the bill? In this era, the United States is the world’s largest gold producer, and the gold rush in San Francisco has produced more than $
The only consideration is whet that federal government will win.
But Zhu Jinglun’s instruction to Forbes was based on the victory of the Northern Federation. Fuck Forbes, regardless of Zhu Jinglun’s judgment, he followed this expectation. When Robert Lee’s army entered Washington, the bond price fell. At that time, Forbes helped Zhu Jinglun eat it. When Robert’s army was defeated, the bond price immediately rose. Forbes helped Zhu Jinglun sell it. Through this transaction, Zhu Jinglun has turned the initial $750,000 bond into $100 million, and it is still rising at a certain rate.
Sending American war money made Zhu Jinglun feel very comfortable, and sending American war money can be sent not only in the United States but also in Europe
In London, England, the first gain was the first cotton boom. Zhu Jinglun bought 32,000 taels of silver insurance money and doubled the cotton futures. It is impossible to make money by news all the time. After the war broke out, speculation lost its meaning. Even if the price rises, the market will increase step by step, and the price difference will never be doubled with the British government controlling it.
The second profit is that Zhu Jinglun hoarded goods in London by hoarding gauze and other medical care in Britain a year ago, of course, it was sold to the northern United States, which owns the sea, but because of the strong industrial productivity of the sea, their price was not high, 32 thousand, and the hoarded goods were sold at five times the price, and the profit was 12 thousand.
The third profit was to urgently order guns and cannons from major British arsenals before the war, with a deposit of 32,000 yuan to purchase 32,000 weapons. The urgent order of these weapons occupied all the production capacity of regular British arsenals for a short time. At this time, if Americans wanted to come to Britain to buy weapons, they had to purchase them from Zhu Jinglun.
Zhu Jinglun’s lowest price for this batch of goods is five times the price, which still takes into account the fact that Americans can produce weapons themselves and countries in continental Europe can also produce them. But at this time, the whole continent of Europe is not as strong as Britain’s industrial capacity, so there is no possibility of mass production. Zhu Jinglun recognizes that he has to pay five times the price. Americans want it or not, and they even need to buy new weapons during the Revolutionary War. They bought more than 40 thousand rifles in Britain.
Zhu Jinglun came to have high hopes for weapons and equipment, but later the British taught him what a family trust is. When the Americans tripled the purchase price, the British arsenal defaulted. They returned Zhu Jinglun’s double deposit and then sold the weapons and equipment originally produced for Zhu Jinglun to the Americans
Finally, the British made a war fortune, and Zhu Jinglun’s deposit of 32,000 yuan was also refunded, while the British arsenal earned more than four times the profit.
Zhu Jinglun didn’t expect this situation, but it is reasonable and legal for him to lack the British people to eat this boring loss
Fortunately, the professionalism of British bankers is first-class, and their market-making ability at this time is called the teacher of American bankers.
Based on Zhu Jinglun’s belief that the northern part of the United States will win and the war can be fought for at least three years, the economic advisers of Bahrain Bank quickly achieved 42,000 silver and continued to enter the market in a big way. They didn’t care that Zhu Jinglun would draw water from a bamboo basket if he made a mistake. They did things strictly according to the entrustment, which made them more efficient.
Zhu Jinglun’s wealth has been steadily increased mainly by frying cotton, a large merchant who eats on dips and changes hands at high prices. However, Zhu Jinglun sent someone to give them new instructions last month to hoard a batch of cotton for themselves based on the fact that the price of cotton in the United States will double before the war, so they ate cotton on dips steadily this year.
The historical cotton price finally rose from cents/pound to 163,164, and the price was 19 times. This data was also recalled by Zhu Jinglun after his brain memory.
This year, due to the fact that the British cotton reserve has not been exhausted, the Liverpool port cotton reserve has dropped from 667,546 bales before the war to 2,754 bales. The British government still has the ability to support the market. The cotton reserve from the United States has been reduced to 1,919 bales, which is obviously a limit. A total of 270,000 bales of cotton are imported from other countries, such as India and Egypt, and even China has exported 10,000 bales in reverse, but this is far from enough for the consumption of the British textile industry. Once the British cotton reserve is exhausted this year, the price will get out of
At that time, the price of cotton in Britain will be ten times less than it is now. At that time, Zhu Jinglun’s hoarding cotton and slowly throwing it out should make his war money reach 120 million, which is more than the gain in the United States.
Zhu Jinglun felt inexplicably excited at the thought that he would have a fortune of indemnity level in the Sino-Japanese War in a year or two.
I can’t help thinking about how to turn this money into industrialization funds.
Section three hundred and twenty-two Guangfu Bank
Although a little inexplicably excited, Zhu Jinglun was a little depressed at the thought of the gap with the British.
The British now export more than 50,000 pounds of cotton textile industry every year, equivalent to 150 million silver, and their newly registered joint-stock company capital reached 700 million pounds during the annual boom period, which is even more impressive.
Obviously, to catch up with the Premier League, the United States and the people must work together. It is far from being able to complete the industrialization accumulation by relying on Zhu Jinglun’s successful financial speculation. What’s worse, his money can’t be transformed into industrial capital in the short term. Because China doesn’t have that foundation, the British can expand their industries if they have money. Before World War II, most of Britain’s heavy industries were industrialized, but once they found signs of war, they immediately invested and soon built a set of heavy industries.
This is that once the industrialization forces have completed industrialization and accumulated industrialization knowledge, they can be rearmed at any time.
At present, China can’t make money and have no corresponding knowledge. If industrialization was so simple, I’m afraid that the accumulation of 100 million taels of silver in the thirteenth period would have multiplied China’s industrial strength several times.
