The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1507 Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt was indeed a man who had made great achievements in history. He immediately gave up the idea of ​​escalating his revenge. Vanderbilt had both strength and connections. No one, whether in the black or white world, would not give him face. Otherwise, he would not have become the richest man in the United States.

After all, Vanderbilt relied on only three things. The first was that he had enough money. There is nothing much to say about this. Looking back at Vanderbilt's growth history is a history of malicious takeovers and malicious competition.

Second, their background was strong enough. People at that time said that the court in New York was run by the Vanderbilt family.

On the one hand, the Vanderbilt family has never lost a lawsuit in the New York court, but on the other hand, cases against the Vanderbilt family are almost never accepted.

In addition, the most powerful thing about the Vanderbilt family is that they can directly arrest competitors with court search warrants, lynch competitors and disobedient workers, and even directly ask the court to issue an injunction prohibiting a company or an individual from participating in business activities, and unilaterally seize the opponent's funds and materials.

The two most famous incidents were that in a malicious competition, the Vanderbilt family asked the New York State Court to issue seven injunctions in less than a day in order to strike down its competitors.

Another was the Vanderbilt family’s police force that shot protesting workers on the streets of Pittsburgh and was ultimately exempted.

The third person is cruel enough.

The Vanderbilt family has always supported a group of desperate criminals, numbering between 300 and 500. These people usually help the Vanderbilt family solve problems and people that cannot be solved by legal means.

This was also the prototype of the largest private police system in the United States in the 19th century. They had the best weapons and the best training, and were even not inferior to the US Army.

However, this time his opponent, the Wildcat Bank, could be considered his old friend. Vanderbilt had also thought of attacking the Wildcat Bank before. He once hired a large number of gunmen and joined forces with local gangs and militias to rob the Wildcat Bank's gold escort team.

The result was that all these people died in the wilderness, and the robbery scene was like a battlefield. It was just a one-sided massacre, so Vanderbilt was terrified when he saw Wildcat Bank as a shareholder.

Vanderbilt did have many friends in the political world, and many congressmen and governors wanted to be friends with him. But there were certain requirements for being Vanderbilt's friend, and he would not just make friends casually.

However, Vanderbilt would never have dared to even think about making friends with someone like former US President John Tyler.

Vanderbilt toned down a lot after that.

As for whether it was ruthless or not? Those desperate criminals had already seen it.

Vanderbilt had a private army of three hundred desperate criminals under his command. Normally, they would not even take the U.S. Army seriously, and this time they sent the most vicious group of them.

However, the fact that these vicious people had been skinned and hung at the door of his house like dead dogs said it all.

Vanderbilt has not been home recently. He stays in City Hall every day. Only here can he feel a little at ease.

However, Vanderbilt felt that the reason why he did not continue to suppress the Emperor Southern Railroad Company of America was because there was not much conflict of interest between the two sides. After all, as the name suggests, the Emperor Southern Railroad Company's main power is in the South, while his power is in the North.

In fact, the fact that someone dared to take action against the Emperor Southern Railroad Company of America also frightened the senior officials in the southern United States at that time, and even alarmed the US Army.

The telegram was received by John Caldwell Calhoun, the Southern leader in Washington. The old man, who was very good at maintaining his qi, was so angry that he overturned the table.

"Who is so crazy? He dares to mess with anyone!"

The Southern bosses who knew the inside story were also a little scared. If someone really took down the Emperor Southern Railroad Company of America, they didn't know what the consequences would be.

Soros was also very depressed. The name was so scary, how could there be people who would dare to offend him?

"Vanderbilt." "Vanderbilt?"

These bigwigs in the Southern United States are not unfamiliar with this name. Although Vanderbilt feels that he has realized his American dream with his own strength, in fact he is just a tool used by the North of the United States to deal with the South.

Georgia Congressman William Dawson said bitterly.

"It's this Vanderbilt again. It was his malicious competition that bankrupted 23 of our Georgia steamship companies."

"Yes, it's this bastard! He actually asked us to insure the slaves, otherwise he would refuse to transport them. If it weren't for the Cuba incident, we would still be exploited by him now!"

"This bastard used to provide us with low-priced coal. After he drove away other competitors, he came up with a tiered pricing rule, increasing the price of each ship by 50% starting from the second ship. Even robbers are not as cruel as him!"

"This guy also came up with the transport mortgage loan! The interest rate is 18% per year, which is basically usury! And it's compulsory!"

"And there's that priority loading and unloading fee! If we don't pay him the 5% tax, our cotton will have to wait two more months!"

After the congressmen from the southern states communicated with each other, they found that this bastard was targeting the South everywhere, and this time he had targeted the American Southern Railroad Company.

In fact, the American Southern Railway Company was opened by Franz at the request of the bigwigs in the southern United States in order to counter the economic aggression of the North and to strengthen trade with Europe.

But Franz just wanted to reap the high-quality assets.
At this time, the congressmen in the southern United States had already determined that Vanderbilt was deliberately targeting them. With new and old grudges added together, even a clay man would get angry.

"Kill this shameless guy!"

"Yes! We must not let him harm our South again!"

"We must save the Southern Emperor Railway Company! Otherwise, we will never be able to hold our heads up high again in our lifetime!"

John Caldwell Calhoun slammed the table.

"Send a telegram to Virginia now! Investigate this Vanderbilt thoroughly! I want his company out of the South!"

"If this bastard dares to come to the South, he must be killed!"

"That's right! I'm sending a telegram to the state government right now to arrest all the Vanderbilts!"

"Have Narciso Lopez and his men get ready. We're going to teach this Yankee dog a lesson!"

The name Vanderbilt brought unprecedented unity among the southern congressmen of the United States; they did not want to be strangled by this guy again.

Of course, most of these lawmakers are just making harsh remarks.

In fact, Vanderbilt was also very cruel to Northern Americans, but mainly to civilians. For example, he asked his employees to sign a disclaimer, giving up the right to sue the Vanderbilt family and claim compensation.

Another example is the mandatory use of corporate bonds as a substitute for wages. These junk bonds have no buyers and can only be sold on the secondary market at a discount of more than 50%.

The disability rate among Vanderbilt's child laborers was as high as 68%.