1855 United States Tycoon

Sunday’s buffer has created a lot of flukes in the hearts of many unlucky ones. Yeah, if you fell so badly, there should always be a small rebound, right? At that time, just throw it away, maybe there is still a little capital left. Many people are comforting themselves in this way. However, if everyone has such a mentality, of course, there is no need to say what the result will be.

When the market opened on Monday, there really was a small rebound just as many people expected. The price of railway stocks continued to rise, and it was a bit of regaining the momentum of lost ground. But the good times did not last long, but after an hour, the stock price fell again. Although there were some ups and downs during the period and did not form a big avalanche like Saturday, the stock price of railway stocks generally fell by a hundred on the basis of the opening day. Twenty points. What's more important is that the ups and downs of this day ended with a big drop, which completely destroyed the confidence of most stockholders who continued to hold shares.

Nelson still failed to sell his stock today. Although it was not that there was no chance of cutting meat for sale, cutting meat did not make much sense to him. He owed Mr. Vito a full two thousand U.S. dollars, and it was a loan shark. By now, including the interest, it would be more than three thousand U.S. dollars. Even if all the stocks in his hand are sold out, it is far from being able to repay the debt. Nelson had heard of some things about Mr. Vito. He knew that killing or something was really not a big deal for Mr. Vito. It is said that he once chopped the opponent into pieces and mixed it into the concrete to repair the bridge.

Nelson walked out of the exchange in a daze. He didn't know where to go. He just walked around like this. Unknowingly, he looked up and saw the towering New York Tower again.

"Maybe... is the best relief." Nelson thought, suddenly a hand slapped on his shoulder. Nelson turned his head and saw Vito's wrinkled face. And behind Vito stood several big men.

"Mr. Vito, I..." Nelson's voice trembled.

"You lost all the money you borrowed from me, right?" Mr. Vito said with a smile, and his tone was extraordinarily gentle, just like an old friend greeted him and said "Where to have a drink together" after a meeting. But this tone scared Nelson to death. Because there has always been such a rumor that "I'm not afraid of old Vito's cry, just afraid of old Vito's laugh." Old Vito was about to die with a smile, even worse than the dead. Thinking of this, Nelson shuddered all over.

"Don't be afraid." Vito said, "I didn't plan to do anything to you. I just came to help you. Well, let's go over there and talk." Vito pointed to a small park over there and said.

"Nelson, you have a wife in your family, um, and a child. She is still very young and very cute, isn't she?" Vito said.

Nelson's heart shrank suddenly, as if he wanted to be caught by a big hand.

"I sympathize with you, Nelson. But business is business, and the money you owe me is the money you owe me... Don't get excited, I don't want to do anything to you or your family. I will give you a way out, if you are willing to do it, The arrears between us can be dealt with slowly. You can consider whether to do it or not."

"Fuck, I'm willing to do it. Mr. Vito, thank you, you are such a magnanimous good person." Like grabbing a straw when he was drowning, Nelson shouted.

"Quiet, Nelson." Vito frowned. "This is the park. It needs to be of quality! Well, don't you ask me what I want you to do?"

"No matter what it is, I am willing to do it, even if it is to die. Mr. Vito."

"Although what I want you to do is a bit dangerous, it may be dead-I am not going to lie to you. But it is not necessarily going to die. And if you really die, then the debt you owed me will be written off. Your wife and children are not involved. Believe me on this point, Vito never speaks."

"Thank you, Mr. Vito. Can you tell me what it is?"

"I have a friend who runs a boat in Florida. To put it more clearly, it is smuggling." Vito said, "He has a good business recently and needs more people who can work in Cuba. They smuggle. The number of routes is such that big ships will always stop on the high seas. All the goods are transported by small boats. They need more people to control the small boats to transport things over and over. The cigars that come from Cuba are transported, but they are transported. All that goes to Cuba is munitions. You should be able to understand that the Spaniards naturally hate such smuggling, penetrates the bone. If the boat is blocked by the Spaniards before going out on the high seas, it will be very dangerous, and the Spaniards will even I fired directly at such a ship. Then, after a bang, there is no more...How about, dare to go? If you are willing to go, I will give you twenty dollars first, and your wife can barely survive this month. Then You have a monthly salary. For the first two years there, they cover your board and lodging and give you five dollars in pocket money every month. They will give me all your salary. Three-thirds of it. Secondly to me, even if you pay back my money, I will give the rest to your wife. This money is almost enough to feed her and the children. If you die, there will be two hundred dollars in compensation. I will not kill anyone. Money, a lot of money will be given to your wife, and the debt between us will be written off. Even if you died on the first day, I didn't get a cent from your salary. What do you think? "

"Okay, I listen to you, Mr. Vito, you are a good person, thank you so much." Nelson said gratefully.

"Okay, here is twenty dollars. Go home and tell your wife. Tomorrow morning, Short, um, it is him. He will take you on the train and tell you how to find the guy over there. Okay. , The matter between us is settled in this way. I have a contract here. Look at it. If there is no objection, sign it."

...Affected by the collapse of railway stock prices, the real economy has also begun to respond. A large number of railway companies declared bankruptcy. Many railways still under construction were abandoned halfway. Some had just laid the roadbed, and some railroad tracks had just been paved. The company suddenly went bankrupt. All the workers lost their jobs and had already laid the roadbed. The rails and sleepers were dismantled and pulled out to sell them to recover the cost. After the Franco-Prussian War, a large amount of French capital, as well as capital from other European countries, poured into the United States railway, and now most of them have lost their money. Since the crash, the price of the entire railway stock has fallen by nine tenths in a week. Considering that these stock prices are not evenly declining, the prices of some high-quality railways have not fallen too much, such as the Pacific Railway in Scrooge's hands, which only dropped by about one-third of the price because of the beautiful report. , And some railways that are not profitable at all have even dropped to the point of no more than one percent. Europeans, however, have the most shares in this category of stocks.

For a while, New York was full of speculators who shot themselves, hanged themselves, jumped into the river, jumped into the sea, jumped into the New York Tower to commit suicide. Especially the New York Tower, once became the suicide Sacred Land. In one morning, more than 20 people jumped down from the tower in succession, and their blood stained the square under the tower red. So much so that Scrooge had to reluctantly announce the temporary closure of the New York Tower sightseeing project. Many years later, Chaplin also filmed a comedy called "New York Tower" to reflect the situation at that time. Even the United States slang includes words like "Why don't you go to the New York Tower", which of course means: "Why don't you die!"

To be honest, those who are willing to commit suicide are honest people. There are also many people who are unwilling to pay back the money honestly and refuse to die, so they have committed illegal activities. When their money was legally robbed by the snakes and beasts, they took up their weapons and began a very looting. One group of robbers is the most famous. They wear clown masks with weird smiling faces with their teeth painted. They robbed the rich and even attacked banks. They left a V sign at the crime scene and threw the robbed money along the street. To rob the rich and help the poor. This habit quickly spread from New York to other cities. Masked gangs have also appeared in other cities, and the social order is turbulent.

President Grant has shown exceptional incompetence in dealing with this kind of crisis. Over the years, he has placed a large number of people close to him but without the talents in key positions, and when he needs to stabilize the situation. , These people will only do him a disservice.

Fortunately, the police in all states and the state militia were mobilized urgently. In New York, the state militia is fully armed and patrolling the streets. Their efficiency was pretty good. In just half a month, the New York State Militia killed more than a hundred "mask gangs", most of whom were Latins, Irish and blacks. Of course, some people say that the militiamen carry ready-made masks in their backpacks. As long as they kill someone, the first thing they do is to put a mask on the body.

Later, the New York police set up a bureau, caught the real mask thieves, and sent them to the court. The court also made a verdict in just two days and sentenced all masks with a rare high efficiency. The thief was sentenced to death. It is said that before their leader, a guy named Guy, was hanged, the judicial system was very kind to find a priest for him to make his final confession. But the legendary thief said to the priest this way:

"Under my mask is not only the flesh, but under this mask there is a thought that opposes legal predation. Father, thought is immortal! So I don't need to do any dying confession."

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