1855 United States Tycoon

Since the "Anti-Monopoly Act" only restricts monopoly on the surface, but in essence only makes it more concealed and more efficient, so the real monopolist will naturally not really oppose it. Of course, this bill will still harm some innocence. The interests of such a big monopolist. For example, such a local monopolist.

During the Westward Movement, some people obtained the first pot of gold in their lives through various legal and illegal means. These branch railways expanded to other Realm, such as agriculture, such as mining, and thus formed regional monopolies in some areas.

This type of monopoly, in order to compete with the large eastern capital that has increasingly infiltrated its influence, is more obvious than monopolistic in the way of monopoly organization. For example, their railway companies give special preferential prices to enterprises within the organization. , And charge higher prices to other companies that meet market requirements. Relying on methods like this, in certain areas of the western United States, they were able to resist the infiltration of large eastern capitals stubbornly. However, according to the new "Anti-Monopoly Act", this practice is a typical act of "price discrimination" and must be stopped. Moreover, according to the principles of the new bill, these include transportation, finance, agriculture, mining, and other industries, but enterprises that perform unified economic accounting will naturally be split. Therefore, if the "Anti-Monopoly Act" is passed, it will really be the end for them.

There are two ways to prevent the passage of the bill. One is the legal way, that is, through lobbying to influence the members of both houses to vote against it. As long as there are more votes against it than for the support, the bill will naturally fail to pass. However, the political influence of these local monopolies is only limited to localities. If this is a resolution to be passed by the city council, then they can easily veto it, because they have absolute control in the city's first-level council, even in the state first-level. Not a small control, but at the national level, because of financial constraints, their influence is much smaller. Even some members of the House of Representatives and Senators, who had always maintained good relations with them, seem to stand on their opposite sides on this issue.

In fact, this is also very easy to understand. Whoever can sit in the seat of the Senator and the House of Representatives is not a human being? They naturally know the current balance of forces on this bill. Under normal circumstances, the passage of this bill, which has the support of the big capital in the east, is almost without problems. And once this bill is passed, the financial situation of their former benefactors will probably be quite pessimistic in the future. It may not be able to continue to give yourself enough support. Therefore, except for those who are too closely entangled with the power of those places, others have more or less other thoughts. In such a situation, it is not so easy to veto this bill by legal means. It can even be said that there is no hope at all.

As for the other way, that is, the illegal way. This method is actually very simple, that is, find someone to kill President Roosevelt with a single shot. Those guys in the east have done this kind of thing. So some people really tried to send out killers to try it. For example, the sniper Sith got such a mission.

Sith had worked in the army, and when he was fighting the Spaniards, he successfully killed more than fifty Spanish dumb hats, including several stupid officers who like to show off in costumes. Therefore, he has also won several medals.

It's just that Sith has a bad habit, which is gambling, and as a result, he owes a lot of gambling debts. But these gambling debts are not a big problem, Sith has a solution. Because he can help others solve problems. There are always things in the world that his customers don’t want to mention again, and some people are things that his customers don’t want to see again. What Sith is best at is to make such things forever forgotten by his customers. Such people will always be forgotten. Will never show up in front of his customers again. For a period of time after the end of the war, Sith solved many such troubles for the customers and gained a good reputation for himself in the dark world.

A few days ago, an old customer found Sith and told him that someone was sorry to his boss. His boss wanted this person to never trouble him again, so he wanted to ask Sith to persuade him. People, let him stop bothering the owner boss.

At that time, Sith only thought it was a general business, so he didn’t care too much and asked: “What’s that person’s name and is there a photo? Are there his life habits and activities? If so, as long as you are willing to make a reasonable contribution Labor costs, this is not a problem."

In fact, killing is not an easy thing, even for a veteran like Sith. To kill someone is to take a certain risk. If it is not difficult and risky, why don't those customers who place an order with him do it themselves? They can't do it or don't dare, which in itself shows the difficulty and risk of this matter. Just for Life, Sith must take risks.

"Yes, I don't think I need to give you the picture of this man because you recognize him." The man replied, "He is President Roosevelt."

"What? You need me to assassinate the president?" Sith was taken aback.

"Why, are you scared? Or do you think you have no ability to do it?" The man lifted his legs and said, "Sith, we all know that you are expensive. After all, killing is a high-risk thing. If you always do it, There will always be accidents. Have you ever thought about doing a big business, earning all the money you can spend in the next half of your life at once, and then finding a good place to live happily?"

"Kaul, do you think I can still refuse now?" Sith smiled bitterly.

Sith is not a fool. Of course he knew that since someone came to the door and said such a terrifying request as soon as he spoke, he would never be allowed to refuse. Over the years, Sith has made no fewer than ten trades just through Mr. Kaul’s matchmaking. I have too many handles in the hands of others, and the other party knows his own situation too well. Although Sith believes that if he turns his face now, he can kill Kaul in 0.5 seconds, but what about afterwards? He doesn't have too much confidence in whether he can escape. More importantly, Sith is not alone. He also has family members, he has a wife and children. Ciss was sure that when Kaul came to find Own, his family must also be under surveillance. Kill Kaul and escape with his family. This may hardly exist.

"What do you mean?" Kaul said with a smile, "Sith, let's not mention the hurtful things. Don't Tathagata talk about some pleasant things. For example, our favorite money. "

In this way, Sith took over the deal with the highest price and the highest risk in his life. Then he told his wife that he was going to the east to negotiate a deal, and it might take several months to come back, and then he lifted his box and went out.

At the train station, Sith was sitting on a bench with a suitcase waiting for the bus. At this time, a man also sat beside Sith with a much larger suitcase, and Sith nodded towards him. After a while, the train that Sith was waiting for came, and Sith picked up the box the man had brought and got on the train. The box was much larger and heavier than the original box of the Sith, because there was a special newest McDonald sniper rifle in it.

Compared with the old-fashioned 1857 series of sniper rifles, this gun is much more advanced in technology. This rifle pioneered the use of a heavy-duty floating barrel and a special sniper bullet, which is much more accurate than the old-fashioned rifle. Of course, the price is naturally not cheap. If it hadn't made a lot of money in the previous business, the Sith would really be reluctant to buy such a gun.

Since President Lincoln was killed with a sniper rifle, theoretically, when the President appeared in public, relevant departments, police, agents, etc. should first control some possible sniper points nearby. At that time, under normal circumstances, the kill range of a sniper rifle was only about 600 meters, so the deployment and control were carried out in accordance with this standard. But because of the low efficiency of the police department and the low energy of the security agents directly under the president, the actual control is much worse than the theoretical one.

However, the assassination of the president just happened not long ago, and the current president has proposed a bill that may lead to assassinations, so the police and security agents believe that they will also cheer up. Moreover, considering the interests of some people behind this bill, I am afraid that these people may not be willing to see the President have an accident. With their influence, I am afraid that the morale of the police department will be quite high.

But these are not enough to stop the Sith, because the police's control range is still 600 meters, but the rifle in the Sith's hand has a range far beyond 600 meters.

Sith stayed in a hotel in Philadelphia. In the evening, Sith closed the curtains and closed the door. Then opened the mezzanine of the extra-large box. In the mezzanine, the most conspicuous is the barrels fixed along the diagonal of the box. This is a 0.50-caliber barrel with a length of 1.2 meters. And the large scope and various other accessories fixed next to it.

Due to the lack of coating technology, and the quality of optical glass of this era is far comparable to that of later generations, in order to ensure sufficient field of view and clarity while ensuring magnification, the size of this scope is exaggerated. It has an objective lens diameter of 110 mm and a weight of 2.5 kg. And the price is terribly high, just this sight cost more than one thousand dollars for the Sith. Including the price of the gun, the entire price is even more than three thousand dollars.

Sith carefully inspected and wiped all the parts one by one. These things must not be sloppy. Finally, Sith picked up a special sniper bullet. This is a 0.5-inch caliber bullet, using the highest precision manufacturing technology, coupled with this expensive obstruction rifle, can effectively attack targets around 900 meters. Of course, the price is not cheap. The price of a bullet is as high as $25, almost as much as an ordinary second-hand rifle. If it weren't for a goal like the president, the Sith would really be reluctant to use such a bullet.

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