1855 United States Tycoon

Since Catherine married to McDonald's, some of her relatives have been lucky. Her cousin David is a typical example. Although David was praised by his relatives for his ability to be born, he could only help Lawrence run errands. Now, he has become one of the spokespersons of the Macdonald Consortium in London. Relying on representing the MacDonald Consortium, David has made a lot of business for the MacDonald Consortium, and he has also made a lot of money.

Because of the money, the marital event that had made Lawrence go to bed with a lot of trouble has also become smoother. Not long ago, David married the only daughter of a baron, and their children will have the title of baron in the future.

Just today, David received a message that it was Italy's defeat in the battle with the Austrians, and almost the entire army was lost. This news surprised David. He knew that the consortium had invested a lot of capital in Prussia. Many new technologies that the consortium had just mastered were quickly transferred to Prussia. Of course, this is not without cost. Yes, Prussia also provided a lot of new technology to the consortium. In addition, Prussia also acquiesced to the Macdonald consortium’s various wall-digging behaviors in the university under his administration. Moreover, if Prussia develops well, the Macdonald Consortium can make a lot of money by relying solely on the numerous patent licenses granted to Prussia.

But if Prussia fails in this battle, then the development of Prussian industry will be suffocated because of the narrow market, and the investment in Prussia by the consortium will naturally hardly have good returns, and he will tie in the middle. The benefits that people can get will be greatly reduced.

Dess immediately reported the information he had received through the kite telegram, which was fixed twice a day, like Mr. Scrooge McDonald from the far side of the Atlantic. In the afternoon, at the agreed time, he received a reply from Dayang: "Before July, choose a low point and buy Prussian and Italian national debt and stocks in war-related industries."

"It seems that Mr. MacDonald Scrooge is still very optimistic that the Prussians will win." David told his father Lawrence the news, and he wanted to hear Lawrence's views on this.

"Generally speaking, Austria's form is good." Lawrence said, "Most of the German states support Austria, but Prussia's most important ally, Italy, has fought such a big defeat that is almost beyond people's imagination. This made the Prussian whole situation passive. Now they are almost alone against Austria and his allies. So, generally speaking, the Prussian situation should be very unfavorable. However, Scrooge McDonald Mr. Na’s vision is always sharp, he rarely makes such a big mistake of judgment. And he has been concerned about the problems between these two countries for more than a day. Well, I think he may know something we don’t know. That’s why he is so sure that Prussia will win. Does he think that Prussia can defeat the alliance of Austria and other German states by owning power alone?""Then father, what should I do?" David asked.

"Of course it is done in accordance with the above requirements. And you should buy as low as possible. This may also be a test of your evil." Lawrence said, "Whether it is me or someone else, it will not be economically better than history. Gao Zhi is brilliant."

During this period of time, the war on the European continent has continuously affected the buying and selling of the government bond market in London. After the news of the failure of the Italian offensive came, Italy's national debt plummeted and even fell below its nominal value. It is generally believed that the losses suffered by the Italian army were too serious to make up for in a short period of time. Once Austria defeated or repelled Prussia and moved south, Italy may have to pay a heavy price to keep itself.

David also threw out all the Italian national debt under his control with his left hand, and then bought it back with his right hand. This kind of left-handed buying and right-handed trading to create the illusion of a price drop or ascending is illegal in current transactions, but at the time, it was a common tactic. As a result, with his help, Italy's national debt fell even more.

At the same time, through Heishui's inside line in Italy, she also learned a situation, that is because this battle is really shameful, so the King of Italy has never appeared in public since he retreated.

The news made David’s eyes bright. He immediately found his friends in the newspaper and media and whispered it. Then the next day, a sensational rumor appeared in the newspaper: The king of Italy was wounded in the war and the injury may be possible. It was so serious that he could no longer preside over national affairs.

Once such rumors were released, the London market once again welcomed the plummet of Italian national debt. This time, not only did it fall below the face value, but within two or three days, even two-thirds of the face value of the Italian national debt could not be kept.

It is also fun to say, the king of Italy only needed to show his face before he could successfully refute the rumors. But somehow, the king never showed up, and even more interesting news came from Italy, saying that the reason why this battle was lost was because His Majesty was too brave and took the lead. As a result, he was injured. Caused by chaos in command. There have also been several versions of the king’s injury, ranging from a horse fall to a shot. Anyway, everyone (including the Italians) now believes that the Italian king is injured, and the injury is not minor. , It may even be life-threatening. Had it not been for Heishui's intelligence, even David would have believed that the Italian king was really injured.

"Your Majesty, why did you release the news that you were seriously injured? Doing so makes the country very chaotic." A close minister named Engel asked.

"The civil chaos can't go there. For the time being, the Austrians will not come over. They have to concentrate their efforts to fight the Prussians-God bless our allies and hope they can win." The king replied, "Just in case If they lose, then we are really in trouble. Apart from anything else, the reparation of land is indispensable. In that case, the pressure on the national debts we issued will be too great to repay. So, I let go. Such rumors."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Engel seemed to understand a little bit.

"Our people bought it back when the national debt plummeted. We won't have to pay back that much in the future. Think about it, if Prussia finally wins, um, at the current price, it would be equivalent to borrowing someone else. Hundred pounds, now it’s only more than sixty pounds. What a good thing. Anyway, for us, the war is over and we don’t have to borrow new debts.”

When he got home, Engel immediately said to his nephew: "You go and inform the United States guy, saying that they are going to act quickly, and those who should be His Majesty the King are going to hunt down soon."

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Engel seemed to understand a little bit.

"Our people bought it back when the national debt plummeted. We won't have to pay back that much in the future. Think about it, if Prussia finally wins, um, at the current price, it would be equivalent to borrowing someone else. Hundred pounds, now it's only over sixty pounds. What a great thing."

When he got home, Engel immediately said to his nephew: "You go and inform the United States guy, saying that they are going to act quickly, and those who should be His Majesty the King are going to hunt down soon."

To be honest, the shamelessness of the Italian king completely exceeded David's imagination, so that after receiving this insider information, he almost fainted. A king, in order to cheat money, did such an act of pretending to be injured. Isn't this too Roman spirit?

"In fact, the king didn't say one more thing, that is, the money in the treasury becomes royal money. That's great." When David told his father this story, it was even more common. Lawrence, who was a bit more knowledgeable, made this judgment again.

"Well, I guess this majesty, in the next few days, maybe the prince will come out to take charge of the work, so as to create public opinion that I really can't do it, and then buy back the national debt." Lawrence said with judgment.

"Dad, look, I really let you talk." David waved a newspaper and said to his father, "The Prince of Italy presided over an emergency meeting and discussed the situation of the war against Austria... The Italians are really so. Get it done!"

"Then what are you going to do?" Lawrence asked.

"I have started buying in batches." David said, "As long as the king is healthy and buying these things now, even if Prussia loses, it will also make money. Well, even if Austria can beat Prussia, it will also lose itself. It’s very big, so the situation in Italy is actually far from being as bad as the market’s performance."

"You won't wait anymore? Get the lowest point?" Lawrence asked.

"The lowest point is hard to judge." David said, "There is no need to be so greedy, to grasp the general trend, and to make money steadily, is the right way."

"Those Prussian barbarians won't fight at all!" said General Benedek, commander of the Austrian army. He said this because the Prussians divided their own forces into three groups, like Austria's offensive. In past wars, the division of troops was always a very risky thing. Because it is difficult for various armies to know the location of other armies in real time, it is easy for the defending party to take advantage of the inside line to concentrate its superior forces and defeat them individually. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in the Battle of Saarhu, the stupid soldiers were divided into four groups, and the wild boar skins that were defeated by the inside battle were a model.

"The Prussian army’s equipment is better than ours, and its training may be better than ours. However, the total number of their troops is not more than ours. In this way, they are divided into three groups, each of which is far less powerful than ours. They are still so far apart from each other. Once they are attacked all the way, the other groups have no way to understand their situation, so they can’t come to rescue. They can only be divided and annihilated by us. Therefore, this battle, We are determined to win." General Benedek said.

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