I'm the Demon King in Marvel

Chapter 167: The First Texas Rebellion

The Texas Consortium is a consortium that rose to the top after World War II with the help of arms and oil. Compared with the old consortiums, they are relatively weak in the financial field and have always been controlled by the old consortiums such as Rockefeller, Morgan, and Citigroup which have strong financial capital.

Now that the unrest in Houston has just ended and the Texas financial groups have been badly damaged, the vultures, far from offering a helping hand, continue to seize opportunities and pounce on them to bite them.

"If we do this, there might be riots in Texas."

"Hasn't the bordering states been prepared?"

"If the rednecks go crazy and encourage rioters to rush the border, the riots may spread."

"Isn't that perfect? ​​More people can die. Population is the root of everything. The rednecks have no more people, so we can just remove a chair."

"The situation is difficult now, but we are losing our composure. What if the aliens attack us?"

"It is precisely because of the threat from aliens that we need to control LTV and Hughes Aircraft. The rednecks have been on high alert over the years, and our infiltration has been fruitless. Now is the perfect opportunity to force them to surrender!"

"Do you want to see the rednecks once again use the war to strengthen themselves, or even stand above us? You know, in the war with aliens, we can't avoid relying on the power of the space city."

This is a meeting where there will be no meeting records. Only the leaders of several major American financial groups are qualified to participate in the meeting.

Throughout history, every major decision made by the United States originated from this conference. From the independence of North America to the Civil War, and then to World War I and World War II, this conference has always dominated the direction of the United States.

The "Freemasons" and the "Skull and Bones Society" are just peripheral organizations of this small-scale meeting, and are extracurricular clubs joined during the youthful period.

These young people must wait until they take over as the patriarch of a wealthy family and then be elected as the decision-maker of the consortium before they are eligible to enter this private meeting.

Lin Hao casually placed two chess pieces, and the American bosses behind the scenes seized the opportunity and pursued the Texas consortium relentlessly.

The deliberate refusal to pay for property casualty insurance is a blow the old consortium is throwing at the Texas consortium by leveraging its financial advantages.

This time, the gentlemen were not arrogant. They knew very well what the hot-tempered rednecks would do when faced with the unreasonable demands of the insurance company.

"No compensation! How dare you not pay compensation!"

Elman was angry and wanted to vent, but the cowardice he had developed over the years told him not to be impulsive.

Until a Texan who was also looking for compensation for an accident rushed into the roadside weapons store.

Then, the redneck rushed back to the insurance company building with a single-barreled shotgun.

"Fuck it! Give me back my money!"

A loud "bang" marked the beginning of the Texas Uprising.

Seeing someone taking the lead, the angry insured persons followed suit and rushed to the weapon store, first got a gun, and then turned around and rushed to the insurance company building.

The insurance company's building was quickly breached by rioters, who began frantically "buying for zero dollar".

"Hey, buddy! You're here to ask for compensation too, right?"

The owner of the weapons store shouted to Elman who was wandering at the door: "They have already started. If you don't hurry up, you may not be able to grab much later."

"I..." Elman was very hesitant when he heard the gunshots coming from the insurance company building: "I don't have money to buy a gun."

There was more than one type of gunfire in the building, and the insurance company's security guards, who were also legally armed, must be engaging the intruders now.

How dare I go in and join in the fun without a gun?

"It's simple. You can leave your ID with me as a deposit and I'll lend you a gun and bullets. When you get something, come back and pay me to redeem your ID." The owner of the weapons store said this while holding a gun in his hand. "Make a decision quickly. The sooner you get in, the more valuable things you can get."

Thinking about his collapsed house and the lingering bank loan, Elman finally gritted his teeth, took out his driver's license and threw it to the owner of the weapons store.

The boss took his driver's license with one hand, put it in the drawer, and took out an old gun and a box of bullets for Elman.

"I wish you good fortune, go!"

With the other party's ID in hand, the weapons store owner was not worried that Elman would just leave.

At this moment, the boss felt that he was truly a business genius!
Unsurprisingly, riots broke out again as large insurance companies controlled by established financial groups refused to compensate surviving Houstonians for unexpected property losses.

Intensive gunfire was heard again in downtown Houston.

Looting, smashing and burning continued, and the surviving Houstonians vented their anger at will.

The riots quickly spread from the buildings where several insurance companies were located to other parts of the city. The empty shopping malls and apartment buildings became the best targets for the rioters to make "zero-dollar purchases."

The whole city was shrouded in smoke again.

"Fuck! Son of a bitch!" After the new head of the Texas consortium learned the news, he immediately realized the plan of the old consortium.

"They deliberately provoked conflicts in order to stir up unrest and deplete our resources!"

"What should we do? We can't let the riots continue." The other family patriarchs in the Texas consortium said anxiously: "Should we send troops to suppress it?"

"No, sending troops will only play into their hands." Someone immediately raised an objection.

"Send people!" the new leader said, "But not to suppress them..."

"Let our own commanders take off their uniforms, lead the rioters, and advance to the east."

“If they want to play, we’ll play with them!”

The older generation of the Texas consortium all failed, causing the next generation to take over early. Most of these people are energetic middle-aged people. According to the original trajectory, they might have to wait for more than ten or twenty years before they could take over.

Because old people are afraid of death, they will try every possible way to prolong their lifespan.

Due to an accident, the Texas consortium became the consortium with the youngest senior management among all the consortiums in the United States.

Being young, one is courageous.

These newcomers are all dandies who have been used to being lawless since childhood and have always been resentful of the old men in the consortium.

Now that the old guys from other consortiums have come to their door, the reaction has been far more intense than they had imagined.

They actually sent their own trained officers and veterans from the battlefield to infiltrate the rioting group, gather manpower, find means of transportation, and rush towards Louisiana in the east.

New Mexico to the west and Oklahoma to the north are both poor, and there is the ocean to the south, so they can only rush east.

Not only was the riot not suppressed, but it intensified with the Texas consortium adding fuel to the fire, officially turning into a major unrest that spread across the southern United States.

The unrest came to be remembered as the "First Texas Rebellion."

The open and covert infighting among the financial bosses has widened the rift between Texas rednecks and other Americans.

(End of this chapter)