1855 United States Tycoon

In this era of United States, almost every economic crisis will bring about a wave of immigration from the east to the west. Those who lost everything in the economic crisis, those who lost their jobs and could no longer gain a foothold in the east, have moved to the west. However, life in the west is not as easy as imagined. President Lincoln’s "Homestead Law" stipulates that all citizens of the United States who have a family or over 21 years of age who have never participated in the rebellion shall be sworn to acquire land for the purpose of reclamation and pay. After a fee of US$10, the total number of homes that can be registered does not exceed 160 acres (1 acre = 40 hectares). The registrant who has lived and cultivated on the homes for 5 years can obtain a land license and become the owner of the homes.

The west is so vast, even if the 160 acres of land is barren, it is enough to support the life of a small family. However, this Lincoln bill has a small loophole that can be exploited. At that time, in order to obtain funds to support the war as soon as possible, the United States government added such a clause to the Homestead Act:

"If the registrant applies for priority purchase, it can be purchased at a price of US$125 per acre after 6 months."

This clause gives a lot of opportunities for speculators. They only need to hire a group of people, let them register 160 acres of land, and then randomly sprinkle some grain seeds on it, let God cultivate for half a year, and then use the price of 125 US dollars per acre. Buy these lands. Then transfer to those speculators. In this way, these speculators were able to purchase large tracts of land at very low prices. Then the guys who took the commission will apply for a new land, and then another Samsara.

Lincoln was actually well aware of this situation, but it was difficult for him to stop this practice of exploiting loopholes in the law. This was because his government really needed money very much at the time, and the second was because he was a little unreasonable about the forces behind some of the guys doing this.

The guy who invented this method was Scrooge, who was once praised by Lincoln as "a role model for a patriotic businessman." By this means, he bought large tracts of land in Texas and Louisiana. Because at that time, Scrooge was the largest creditor of the United States government. If the United States government makes him unsatisfied, he only needs to stop borrowing from the federal government to break the federal government's funding chain. Therefore, Lincoln could only turn one eye and close one eye for Scrooge's behavior, pretending to be invisible.

Since you can't see what Scrooge did, of course the Lincoln administration can only see other people's similar actions. So, all the guys who followed Calabash's paintings came out. Well, as a result, a lot of land was sold, but in fact, a lot of it fell into the hands of big capitals like Scrooge.Of course, there are still many lands in the west, such as New Mexico, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona... The vast land can still accommodate large numbers of immigrants. However, they all have a common problem: they are all too far away.

If a European pauper can come to North America, generally speaking, life status is probably better than that in Europe. This is because the existence of the vast west makes the United States factories unable to squeeze workers into the factory. It's only five years, but it's actually not that easy to go to the west. The distance between the west and the east is, in a sense, much longer than from Europe to North America. It only takes about half a month to travel from Europe to North America by boat, but from the east to the west of United States, because the railway has not been completed, you have to be prepared to walk on the road for half a year.

The expenses along the way are naturally quite a lot. Naturally, many people simply cannot afford such expenses. Especially those immigrants who have just arrived in America. They spent almost all their savings on their transatlantic ferry tickets. They encountered an economic crisis when they first arrived in United States. Can not find a job, and can not afford to go to the west, immediately fell into a predicament.

The arrival of these new immigrants also brought a disaster to the local workers. Many companies immediately began to reduce workers’ salaries. Those business owners said to workers, “If you think the wages are low, you can just leave it alone. Go out and have a look at the pier to see the European immigrants who have just got off the ship! I whistle lightly and they will run over and take your place. You can give it a try and see if I'm telling lies!"

Although this attitude is very irritating, although many workers want to slap the guy who said this hard, although they also want to quit and leave, their empty pockets remind them that in order to survive , They must bear the humiliation. If such a thing happened before the oil wave, they would definitely not tolerate such a threat, and they would leave if the big deal happened. Anyway, they have been doing it for several years, and they can afford the travel expenses to the west. However, now that they have lost everything in the oil wave, they really can’t resist these bosses, because they are as poor as those new immigrants, or even poorer than them, because these new immigrants, at least not yet. Get things like loan sharks.

After reaching an agreement with Morgan on the issue of the spoils, Scrooge did not return to Cleveland, but stayed in New York. This is to deal with some things related to the communications tower, and the second is to be able to direct their gluttonous feast nearby in the economic center of United States.

The duck castle at this time has actually been completed. It's just that many businesses of the whole family are still in Cleveland, and moving over is not a short-term thing. However, it is still very good to treat this as a leisure villa for temporary living.

At the highest point of the castle, there is a reflective astronomical telescope with a diameter of 1.5 meters. This thing is a trial version of the two-meter telescope in the Planetarium of the University of Cleveland's Large Laboratory. When the two-meter mirror from the University of Cleveland was made, Scrooge took the machine to Duck Castle to decorate the facade. Now, it has a new use for Dorothea to see the stars.

"Okay, do you see Saturn's halo? It's all broken stones, right?" Scrooge said to Dorothea, who was watching fresh.

"Well, can this thing look at the scenery? For example, use it to see the sea during the day." Dorothea asked.

"I'm afraid I can't." Scrooge replied, "First of all, what this thing sees is an inverted image, and the top and bottom are reversed. Anyway, there is no problem of pros and cons when looking at stars. More importantly, the field of view of this thing. Too small, um, the tighter the mouth, the smaller the field of view. So, with this telescope, you can only see half the eye of a seagull on the horizon. Dorothea, if you are To see the scenery, it is more practical to use this kind of ordinary telescope.” Scrooge said as he pointed to a pair of binoculars standing nearby.

Dorothea removed her eyes from the eyepiece of the telescope and said, "I don't like something so big, but I can't see the scenery."

"Didn't girls like to see the stars and the moon?" Scrooge asked.

"That's such a star and moon." Dorothea pointed to the sky and said, "not the moon and stars like the pockmarked face in this telescope...Huh, what's over there? It seems to be a fire!"

Scrooge's bull head looked towards the seaside, and a flame really burst out over there.

"That's the shack where the new immigrants live temporarily." Scrooge said, while holding the binoculars next to him and looking over there. However, the telescopes of this era have no coating technology, so in the dark conditions at night, there is still nothing to be seen except the beating firelight.

"This is..." Scrooge said.

"It also means that someone must be attacking the new immigrants." Dorothea Coldly said, "The Sun and the New York Herald were all exaggerating the threats new immigrants pose to United States workers in the past two days. Isn’t it this? A few days ago, it was said that a lot of trade unions, under the instigation of a group of socialists, planned to organize a big event. It was said that they planned to organize a big demonstration. Getting up, it’s really a bit of a hassle. Now it’s good to let them quarrel with themselves first, isn’t it good? Well, under the current conditions, fooling those who haven’t read to believe that their lives are sad, it’s all because of these foreigners. It’s really easy for them, and when they get into trouble with these outsiders, those who should get rich will get rich too."

"Dorothea? How would you see the problem that way?" Scrooge was surprised.

In fact, this method is not particularly clever. This trick is called "inspiring the masses to fight the masses." In fact, Scrooge, who has hundreds of years of experience, can see through this little trick without any effort. Because this technique is really badly used in later generations. For example, in a city with a high degree of autonomy and always open Pearl City, it is very unpleasant with foreign tourists, and even a strange phenomenon that blames too many tourists for coming. But in fact, if you analyze it carefully, it's not surprising that this kind of strange phenomenon appears. First of all, a bunch of real estate tycoons control the economic lifeline of the Pearl City, coupled with a high degree of autonomy, the Pearl City is governed by the Pearl City, and in the Pearl City, no force can restrain them, so in fact no one can control them, the Pearl City is governed by the people. Pearl City has also become a real estate tycoon to rule Pearl City. They also rely on high housing prices and high rents to squeeze the local ass out. Although this city is not too big, the density of monopoly is definitely the highest in Asia.

The people are sad and dissatisfied. They ran to find the rabbit country, saying that it was for the sake of their ancestors, to give them a hand to the brothers. Then the rabbits can't ignore it if they put it together, or let the little rabbits go to travel in a group, um, so "free-swimming" or something came out. In this way, the folks in the Pearl City can also make some money by traveling.

But tycoons have always had a good tradition, that is, they don't want the money to be in the hands of others, not in their own bags. The tycoons had just made a small amount of money, and the tycoons immediately resorted to the method of increasing rent and house prices. Then, the small bucks jumped from the tycoons to the tycoon's pocket. What? What should I do if he is upset? Then lie to them: You see, since those little bunnies came to travel in groups, the pressure on the city has suddenly increased, water and electricity have also risen, housing prices and rents have risen, transportation efficiency has also fallen, and sanitation and cleaning are difficult to do. Now, alas, all of this is to blame on those rascals over there. Anyway, the news media are run by tycoons. Everyone says that. According to Ge, if you persist in propagating a thousand times, lies will be regarded as truth by others, not to mention that the folks have not read much. Either they read books that make people read more and more stupidly. It's not the same as playing tricks. It doesn't need to be a thousand times at all. Ten times or eight times is definitely more than enough. The facts are also true. The people of Pearl City who were played around by the tycoons really stupidly ran and pinched the little rabbits... The well-informed Shi Gaozhi could see through this very easily, but It was not easy for Dorothea to do this.

"Well, the other day, I asked Carol how he learned to do business. Carol copied me the list you gave him. Marx's book really makes sense. Especially the comparison. Looking at the actions of you and Morgan, I immediately understood what I didn't know much about." Dorothea said.

"Dorothea..."

"Don't worry, I have not become a socialist. What they say is reasonable, but what if it is reasonable? It depends on interests and strength."

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