1855 United States Tycoon

In the last few months of 1866, the process of electric lights quickly appearing in New York, Cleveland, and other cities and lighting up the night sky ended. In a blink of an eye, the time came to 1866. Seven years.

Just after the New Year, a visitor came to the duck castle. This man is an old friend of Scrooge, and he and Scrooge used to sell short grain in the grain futures market. He is Volendrano. Compared to a few years ago, the situation of the two people has changed a lot. This not only means that Scrooge has changed from a child to a high-spirited youth, and Warren Delano's old attitude is more obvious than before, and it is also a difference in social status. Warren Delano was already a millionaire back then, and when he pulled out his hair, he was thicker than Scrooge's waist. But now, although Warren Delano is still rich, it is far better than many Scrooge, and even far behind the other people who participated in the short sale at the same time.

What's more, Warren Delano is a foreign trade businessman engaged in import and export. Although he is rich, his influence is mainly in the Far East. In the United States, he does not have the influence corresponding to his own assets. In terms of influence in United States and even in Europe, he and Scrooge are completely incomparable.

However, as the general agent of sulfa in the Far East, Volendrano's influence in the Far East cannot be underestimated. Although the sales of sulfonamides in China are not very good, in Japan, the sales of sulfonamides are unusually hot. Compared with China, which has more refined traditional medicine, Japan, which has always been foreigners, has a significantly higher acceptance of these things from foreign countries.

"Mr. Delano, what do you want me to do?" Scrooge asked.

"Oh, that's it. Scrooge, some Japanese found me. They heard that I have friendship with you, so they hope to buy some weapons from you through me."

"Japanese?" Scrooge suddenly remembered that this year has been six or six years. If you remember well, next year the Japanese shogunate will go to war with the Tokugawa shogunate, and then the Meiji Restoration. From then on, Japan, We are about to embark on the path of capitalism and even militarism. Now, at this critical juncture in history, what should I do?

Supporting the Tokugawa shogunate seems to be a good choice. Although there are British people behind the shogunate, the British people's attitude towards Japan is not particularly concerned. Compared to other regions in the Far East, such as India and China, the British activities in Japan are basically just a casual posture of a small copy. Because the Japanese market is too limited. No matter how you do it, the income is very limited. For the Western powers, Japan at this time is just a place for diplomats to practice their hands. It is not worth investing too much effort. So if Scrooge is willing to strongly support the Tokugawa shogunate, he dare not say much, it is still very possible that Japan will continue to divide for several decades.

However, it is hard to say what the consequences will be. For Scrooge personally, this means that the Japanese market will never be big, and the money he can make is very limited. For China, it is of course a good thing to have one less intruder. But if Japan’s stimulus is missing, there would be no Reform Movement, and there would be no such thing as the Revolution of 1911 without the Reform Movement and then suppression. I know that I can live for many more years if I don’t do it well. After that, China continued to pass it by, and it was not impossible for it to become Ah San in the end.

"Forget it, things like changing history are too complicated and uncontrollable. Let's think about how we can make more money." Scrooge thought.

"Is it the shogunate who wants to buy weapons, or Changzhou or Satsuma?" Scrooge asked.

"Scrooge, you are really amazing!" Warren Delano said, "You actually have some understanding of the situation in a country like Japan shrinking in a corner of the world. Well, there are two aspects." After that, the old Warren laughed very impersonally.

"The British are behind Cheung Chau and Satsuma. How dare they buy weapons from us?" Scrooge asked.

Behind the major forces in Japan, there are other European powers. For example, Changzhou and Satsuma, behind them are British, and behind the shogunate are French. Therefore, they are not free in the procurement of weapons. Generally speaking, even if the things in the hands of the United States are better, the godfather behind them can still force them to honestly buy the goods produced by the father of high quality and poor quality. For example, not long ago, the United States government sold surplus materials from the Civil War all over the world, but it was still using the Japanese shogunate, which was equipped with the Minigun in the country of Papa. In order to win the support of the country of Papa, they bought it again. Some front-mounted rifles newly retired from the French army.

Later Li Ao said this when criticizing the Taiwanese government’s purchase of U.S. military purchases as Kaizi arms purchases: “Have you ever seen a watchdog who buys dog food for himself?” In fact, this is Li Ao’s ignorance. Historically, vassal states have always bought dog food from their masters at high prices. Otherwise, what do big countries keep these dogs for? Is it to make them okay and sell themselves cute?

Not much different from the shogunate, Satsuma and Changshu, who were strong local feudal vassals, were unable to completely decide which country to buy weapons on their own. So now these guys find people from United States to buy weapons here, which is completely beyond Scrooge's expectation. Although the founding of Japan was made by the black ships of the United States, because the navy was so bad, the United States did not have much influence in Japan, and the interests of the founding of Japan fell into the hands of countries such as Britain and France."The situation in the shogunate is like this." Volendrano explained, "the French seem to have recently abandoning the shogunate. Recently, the shogunate has had difficulty getting loans and other support from the French. Since the shogunate agreed to the big government. After the return, oh, you should know that the shogunate is the de facto ruler of Japan, but the nominal ruler of Japan is the emperor. Recently, the shogunate has been under great pressure, and some people in Japan demand that the shogunate return the power to the emperor. The shogunate made some concessions under such pressure, which may make France less optimistic about his prospects."

"Not for this reason. The decline in France's support for the shogunate has nothing to do with the shogunate." Scrooge said, "The changes on the European continent mean that France must shrink its power back to deal with the rise of Prussian power. So. The French no longer strongly support the shogunate, and may even kill the shogunate. What does this have to do with the actions of the shogunate? I feel that the shogunate’s retreat was actually the result of French contraction."

"In this way, the shogunate must find another godfather for itself." Scrooge smiled, "Except for France, there are very few countries in the world that can contain Britain. The Russians' maritime power is controlled by the port, His military presence in the Far East can’t frighten anyone. Moreover, everyone knows that the Russians are paupers and have no money in their pockets. In contrast, our United States navy is also bad, but at least we still have money. . So what weapons does the shogunate plan to buy? Oh, and, what's going on with Nagasu Satsuma?"

"Scrooge, you should know that in which backward countries in the Far East, keeping secrets is a joke. Basically what kind of decisions were made, sometimes, businessmen on the market know better than government officials. Quick. The same is true for the Japanese shogunate. The suggestion has just been put forward, and the business people in Osaka know it before the decision is made. Many of the businessmen in Osaka have connections with Nagasu Satsuma. Therefore, the shogunate has not had time to take action. Zhou and Satsuma will act first.” Old Warren explained, “And after I showed the Japanese the effects of the MacDonald’s 1857 rifle, the guys at Changzhou and Satsuma realized that if all the shogunate were Equipped with such a thing, Japan’s balance will be broken. At that time, don’t talk about the king, don’t talk about the downfall, I’m afraid you will be completely killed by the shogunate’s crusaders. So, as far as I know, they I found the British to discuss and ask the British to provide them with weapons of the same level. Of course the British can give them these things, but there is one key thing, they don’t have any extra for the Japanese to use."

"I know what you are talking about." Scrooge laughed. That thing is a military necessity, but it is still monopolized by United States and even by Scrooge. So that the British can't sell it to the Japanese to make money. Of course, this thing can only be a big pill. Well, think about it, as the war between the shogunate and Nagasu Satsuma continued, one after another United States ships continued to enter Japanese ports, and boxes after boxes of Daimaru were continuously removed from the ship. Finally, Not only the soldiers on both sides, but even the personnel in the rear, need to constantly rely on Dali pills to maintain. As a result, Japan as a whole became the first country in the world where all people were addicted to methamphetamine, and the operation of the entire national machinery was inseparable from this drug. At the same time, as the controller of Daliwan, Scrooge can force both parties to sign a lot of power-defeating and humiliating agreements with him. In the end, no matter who wins the final victory, they still have to rely on themselves. At the same time, for some things that require a large amount of cheap labor, you can also hire a large number of Japanese to do it. Such as digging the Panama Canal or something. In history, more than 100,000 workers died in order to repair this canal. If these 100,000 people are all small Japan, well, this picture is too beautiful...

"Mr. Delano, this is a good deal. How are they going to make this deal?" Scrooge asked.

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