1855 United States Tycoon

"Mr. Morgan, our people have got an intelligence. Scrooge is doing long gold." Morgan's head of business intelligence, Igor, came to report to Morgan.

"Scrooge is doing more gold?" Morgan was taken aback, because the news of British victory has been heard constantly recently, so most people have the expectation that the war will end soon. And this will also mean the recovery of gold supply. When the total supply of gold suddenly drops, the purchasing power of a unit of gold will naturally ascending, which will cause the ratio of all other commodities to fall in relation to gold. Conversely, if the supply of gold is expected to recover soon, then its purchasing power will naturally drop to a normal level. Since the British Army has been victorious every day, in the eyes of most people, this means that the supply of gold will soon be normal, so the purchasing power of gold will naturally decline. Scrooge was bullish on gold at this time, that is to say, he believed that the purchasing power of gold would continue to be ascending, which seemed a bit unusual.

Morgan certainly knows that in the futures market, when most people are unanimously optimistic about something, and when they invest in it, the bulk of the opportunity to make money has passed. Most of those who are saddened are actually just taking orders. It's just a man. For example, now, when the Boers failed to take Cape Town in one go, well-informed people like Morgan had already decided that the balance of victory would fall to the side of Britain. They have already begun to lay out for this, and as a result, the development of the subsequent battle has confirmed their expectations, allowing them to make a lot of money.

Although we continue to be bearish on gold, under normal circumstances, there is not much money that can be made, but this is far from being able to be reversed. When bullish on gold, let’s say nothing else, Morgan himself, and The bargaining chips in the hands of Rothschild’s gang of Jews have not had time to be completely thrown out. The market trend continues to develop in the direction of being bearish on gold, and the predators who have already obtained enough chips are also This trend is fueling the flames, and by the way, taking advantage of this opportunity to cash in the chips in hand into tangible benefits. Only after these big crocodiles have completed the process of pulling up shipments will it be time for a normal market reversal. But Scrooge started a lot at this time. Isn't it too early?

Generally speaking, although Morgan has actually admitted that he is not as perverted as Scrooge in most aspects, but at least in the area of ​​finance, Morgan feels that he is obviously better than Scrooge. Big cut. But after Scrooge proposed and led the establishment of the Federal Reserve, Morgan felt that the belief in own was also severely shaken. Now Morgan feels that Scrooge is only a little worse than himself in financial strategic issues. It's just that Scrooge has more money, so he can spend more money on intelligence collection, information research, and other places than himself. So in summary, his ability to make strategic judgments is a little better than himself. Of course, this is not because of personal ability, but because Scrooge has a group of godly teammates. However, Morgan felt that when conducting specific financial operations, Scrooge should still be better than own. After all, the market is changing rapidly, and Scrooge's teammates may not have time to analyze in detail. More often it depends on the ability of the decision maker. However, after Scrooge made a decision that was inconsistent with Morgan's judgment, Morgan still felt particularly uneasy.

"Is the news accurate?" Morgan asked.

"It should be very certain. Our people have been paying attention to the movement of funds in the market, and they should not be mistaken with the addition of such a large amount of funds." Igor replied.

"Ah, that's it." Morgan thought about it. After about a minute or so, Morgan made a decision: "We speed up the shipment. This time we believe in Scrooge's judgment."

Later that day, Morgan explained to his allies about his actions:

"I know that speeding up shipments means less profit. But I got the exact information that Scrooge has started to do more. I think everyone should understand what this means. Scrooge is in the financial market. In the past, we rarely did too risky things. And the turmoil in the gold market basically originated from the war in South Africa. Scrooge was deployed in South Africa a long time ago. Now more than half of the weapons in the hands of the South African army are derived from To MacDonald. And, I believe, their mercenaries must also be on the battlefield. So, as to how this war will develop, he must know a lot of things that we don’t know. He is making such a move now, I think Maybe it won’t be long before the whole battle situation will undergo new changes, and the British army may be frustrated on the battlefield.”

"But the guys of the Rothschild family are still...they have a lot of influence in the British army, and they should be able to know a lot of things." Someone said.

"Ah, about this issue." Morgan smiled. "It depends on whether you believe in Rothschild or Scrooge more in the judgment of war."

This question is really not easy to decide. The Rothschild guys have made war fortunes not once or twice. In general, to say that they are war mongers is definitely not a slander. But the problem is that Scrooge McDonald is a monster who is also good at making war money, a war monger, and an elite among the war mongers. As Scrooge proudly declared before, in his judgment of the development of war, he has never made any critical mistakes. In contrast, the Rothschild guys made many mistakes, even decisive mistakes, when investing in war. For example, when the Rothschilds evaluated the prospects of the civil war in the United States, they mistakenly judged that the United States would be divided, and therefore made the wrong decision to support the South and withdraw funds from the North of the United States. As a result, their once pivotal influence in the New World was wiped out. Until now, their influence in North America has not been effectively restored. If it wasn't for them to decide, it would really be a big question whether Morgan and Scrooge can have the status they are today in North America.

Taking these into consideration, everyone generally still feels that Scrooge should be more reliable in judging the development of this war. As a result, Morgan's approach has been understood by everyone. However, considering that they did not get real first-hand information to judge whether the British army may be seriously frustrated recently, Morgan also suggested that the entire consortium should not be included in Scrooge's operations as a whole. For the time being, take a wait and see. manner. Of course, individual members who are particularly confident in Scrooge can also deal with it themselves.

Only three days after making such a decision, news came from South Africa that the British 10th Infantry Regiment was besieged and was in danger...

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Taking advantage of the weakness of the British army’s over-dispersion of forces, while relying on the advantages of railway transport (the railway in the Boer-controlled area has of course not been demolished), coupled with the fact that the Boers have a large number of horses, which makes the Boer’s infantry basically They are all riding Horse Stance soldiers, which also makes the Boers much faster than the British in concentrating their forces. As a result, after a sleep, Churchill woke up and found that he, the Austin head and nearly a thousand other soldiers had been surrounded by the Boers.

At the beginning, the head of Austin was quite calm, because although the number of the Boers was large, they were only natives. When fighting head-on, would the British Empire still fear the natives? And despite the rush a few days ago, the basic quality of the British Army is still very good, and the fortifications when camping did not cut corners. In addition, there are still a large number of sleepers on the railway that the Boers have torn down. So to be honest, the British fortifications were built stronger than in previous days. So even after the head of Austin learned that the number of soldiers that surrounded Own Boer had exceeded 4,000, he still didn't worry too much. He felt that by virtue of these fortifications, he could surely be able to guard the moment when the reinforcements arrived. Therefore, when the Boer’s military envoys came to him and demanded that he and his soldiers immediately lay down their weapons and surrender, and stated that they would guarantee the safety of their lives and property in accordance with the Washington Declaration, the head of Austin returned Contemptuously expressed that if the Boers are willing to surrender to them immediately and unconditionally, he is also willing to treat them humanely in accordance with the Hua Sheng Dun Declaration.

However, this confidence was suddenly turned into ashes with the first round of bombardment by the Boers. After the Boer’s shells fell on the ground, a violent explosion occurred, and one after another deep pits were easily exploded on the ground. The soldiers and officers all shrank in the trenches, covering their ears, and at the same time they opened their mouths wide—the military code tells them that this helps to protect their ears.

From the shock of the explosion and the size of the crater on the ground, Austin almost immediately judged that the cannons that were firing at them would never have a caliber less than six inches. And the fortifications built by his soldiers are just ordinary field fortifications, and they simply cannot withstand the attack of artillery of this caliber.

And the density of firepower also shows that the number of artillery in the hands of the Boers is also quite large, at least not less than ten.

"Damn Boers!" Austin cursed. The pride of the British Empire and being a nobleman made him reluctant to admit it, but he already faintly felt that the army in his hand was afraid that it was time for rescue.

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