1855 United States Tycoon

For officers like Lieutenant Colonel Neville who are willing to cooperate fully with "Blackwater", "Blackwater" must of course attach importance to and encourage them. As a result, the best talents are first inclined to Neville's regiment. For example, in the "Military Advisors", they won the title of "Marksman" in the "Blackwater", and thus have the use of the MacDonald 1857 precision shooting version. The proportion of military elites with rifle qualifications in Neville's regiment is much higher than in other units.

However, Neville's support for "Black Water" is not unlimited. For example, when Robson proposed the so-called "straight line attack" and "trench defense" tactics, Neville finally objected.

"What! Do you want my soldiers to dig holes all over the floor like a mouse? How about that? That will make me the whole army, no, the laughing stock of the whole of Europe! No! This is too detrimental to the military's might! When the enemy was standing upright in a mighty position, we were hiding under the ground like timid rats. This is simply..."

"Ah, Lieutenant Colonel." Robson tried to talk about the question from another angle. "Do you usually hunt?"

"Hunting, but what does it have to do with this?" Neville said.

"When you are facing a wild boar that is upright, without any weapons, and is straight and straight towards you, do you plan to take off your clothes and throw away your guns, and have an upright fairness with that wild boar? What about the contest?" Robson said with a smile.

"This... how is this the same thing? This..." Lieutenant Colonel Neville was almost amused by Robson's nondescript metaphor, and couldn't think of anything to refute it for a while.

"Why is it not the same thing? Are the Austrians who occupy Italy's land and enslaved the Italian people not beasts? They are worse than wild beasts! Why do you want to talk to them about gentlemanly? Besides, Mr. Garibaldi is here. Are you upright when you fight them? Then tell me, how do you Italians think of Mr. Garibaldi and his army?" Robson didn’t wait for Neville to come up with any rebuttal, but he came up again like a storm. For such a period.

At this moment, Neville really couldn't find a rebuttal for a while. After all, there is an example of Garibaldi, the founder of guerrilla warfare. In Italy's First War of Independence, Sardinia was defeated, but Garibaldi and his guerrillas did a great job and even took Rome once. Yes, Garibaldi rarely fights his opponents upright, but this does not prevent him from winning one after another. The whole of Italy also regards him as a liberator and a national hero.

However, Neville still did not intend to give in. He said: "Mr. Garibaldi is of course a hero, but his army is just a militia. We are a regular army. How can we..."

"Regular army? Your record is not as good as the militia." Robson laughed mercilessly.

If it weren't for the old acquaintance, if it wasn't for the virtue of Robson's mouth already known, I'm afraid Neville's feet could not help but jump up and fist at Robson.

"We made a huge sacrifice for the independence of Italy. In Custoza alone, we sacrificed nine thousand people!" Neville retorted. And his retort made Robson laugh into a ball, and the beards on his face spread one by one.

"I have only seen how many enemies I have eliminated. This is the first time I have seen anyone boasting about the enemy's record! Lieutenant Colonel, your logic is truly unprecedented!"

"I'm not talking to you bastard!" The unbearable Lieutenant Colonel Neville got up and left.

"Lieutenant Colonel, wait, I was wrong! You must know my mouth... Let's talk about it!" Robson chased after him stubbornly...

In the end, Robson succeeded in persuading Lieutenant Colonel Neville. Of course, this was not relying on his stinky mouth that could make Neville faint, but a trick that Scrooge gave him.

"If Lieutenant Colonel Neville has concerns, then you tell him that as long as he supports your work, you can represent the company and hire him to serve as the company's military research consultant after retirement for a lifetime. The monthly salary is now In this way, even if he loses the battle, he is not without a retreat. If he is worried about the impact, the contract can be kept confidential. In addition, the salary is calculated from the time the contract is signed and can be withdrawn on a monthly basis, or it can be counted as loaned to the company When he needs it, he can withdraw it at a lump sum with capital and profit, or pay him again after he retires."

This temptation defeated Neville. He looked at the contract and then at Robson. Then he said viciously:

"You devil! You want to seduce me!"

"What? Are you going to refuse?"

"Of course not." Lieutenant Colonel Neville said, and at the same time he quickly picked up a pen on the table and signed the name of the owner on the contract. After the ink dries, he carefully closed the contract. While saying, "I mean you and I must pay attention to confidentiality."

"You are too careful, Lieutenant Colonel. This contract is completely legal." Robson said disapprovingly.

"Yes, I know this, but I still don't want anyone else to know."

Using this similar "legal" approach to bribe others is not Scrooge's idea. In fact, this is just a common trading mode in the trading market of money and power after the development of the capitalist system-money rights futures.

There are two common forms of money and power transactions. One is spot transactions, that is, directly using the money in one's hand to purchase power services. To put it more clearly, it is bribery and acceptance. This kind of direct trading model is often too direct, so that many people can see the problem at a glance, and shout: "Against corruption!" Therefore, this too primitive trading model has never been for those. High-level people in advanced countries (whether they are high-level power or high-level money) love it, so a second, more concealed and cleaner transaction model came into being. This is the money futures. Its realization method is more concealed, and many people who have been brainwashed even regard its realization method as a sign of democracy. Because its implementation is the most typical and most importantly election.

At election time, money is invested in power futures. Among many candidates, the sponsors select the ones that they think have potential and can appreciate in the future, and then fund him a sum of money for campaign activities. Of course, this kind of investment is risky, because candidates may not be selected. It's like selling futures. When you buy, you are not sure whether the transaction has made a profit or not. If the candidate you choose is chosen, well, your futures investment is considered a success. Since he took your money to run for the election, he will naturally repay you when he comes on stage. For example, if you are a trader in arms, when he comes to power, he will develop armaments and even launch wars in return for you. However, there is another problem. That is, the money you give to others is only campaign funds. In theory, no penny can fall into the pockets of those with power. The ancients said, "A thousand miles to be an official is only for money." In this transaction of yours, money buys power, but power cannot be sold for money. So this method is still much cleaner than the first method. It is indeed a choice of a free and democratic country...

Wait a minute, because this transaction has not been finalized yet. When those in power are using their power to serve those funders, they are also doing a futures transaction. When they are still in office, they are naturally very "corrupt", and when the term expires, it is time for futures delivery. At that time, the outgoing presidents, and so on, can always get a position as a "consultant" with an ridiculously high salary in some large companies or other organizations, and their children can easily get the position of "consultant". Can get a very good position in some places where you can make a lot of money without much effort. For example, President Clinton owed tens of millions of dollars in legal fees when he was in office because of the lawsuit. However, when I stepped off the stage, I immediately became a "consultant" for several large companies. I felt that Su Qin was a member of the six nations, and then he was constantly asked by big capital to give speeches. The appearance fee was as high as millions of dollars. In less than a year easily, he also paid tens of millions in legal fees and earned another tens of millions. But at this time, people are no longer public servants. To be a consultant in a large company is their legal power. How much the company is willing to give him is their freedom. You see, the transaction of money and power is completed if it is reasonable and legal, and incomparably incorruptible. This is the advanced mode of money trading in advanced countries after the development of capitalism has matured. It is fair and open, reasonable and legal. Be more conscientious, and kind-hearted people will never see or pretend to not see the tricks in it. As for the low IQ people, they are naturally deceived, thinking that there is no money trading in our government. .

This advanced trading method conquered Lieutenant Colonel Neville, and also successively conquered the commanders of the other two teams equipped with McDonald's 1857 rifles. So a revolution in tactics began quietly in the unobtrusive Kingdom of Sardinia.

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