Alchemy Greater China

"The Earl of the North Sea was threatened by a gunboat? Well, this Benson is really non-stop... It seems that today's stock market will have an earth-shattering change!" JD. Rockefeller smiled half-smile, and the mustache on his lips was slightly upturned.

"Mr. Rockefeller, should we take this opportunity to short the Earl's plate and take advantage of the situation to chase down a futures deal?"

The people in this vip room are all the top talents arranged by the Rockefeller family on Wall Street. Who said that those who are involved in oil are not involved in the financial field?In fact, on some occasions, it was the Morgan family who stood out, but it was Rockefeller who got the most benefits.

"Chasing and killing?"

jd. Rockefeller shook his head, and shook off the huge temptation in his heart: "The shortest time limit for buying short futures is ten days, ten days, the price change of just one day yesterday is enough to scare many veterans to death! Ten days, I guess my heart isn't that strong yet!"

"Boss, yesterday's market was caused by the media's fanfare, which is not normal... Now the federal navy is looking for trouble with the earl. This is a golden opportunity. Don't be short, this is just watching the dollar crash. Let the earth flow away!"

The one who continues to suggest is a veteran futures trader. In the past ten years, under his manipulation of oil futures, the Rockefeller family has earned at least tens of millions of dollars.

"Yes, yes, if you don't want the free money, Jesus will look down on it!" A group of traders, jealous like wolves, suggested one after another.

You know, Rockefeller's cash flow is not bad at hand. Although it is not as good as Morgan's families who specialize in playing with money, tens of millions of dollars are still available. Even its mother can't recognize it!

"Let me think twice..."

JD. Rockefeller's eyes shone with a light called wisdom, and after a while.He pulled out his cigar and said loudly, "Okay, I've decided..."

The traders below are like hounds staring at the flying saucer in the owner's hand, raising their heads, ready to go: Grandma, everyone is going to grab money today!Aww!

"...I've decided. We Rockefellers stand still today!"

ok, uh, what?

These elite traders almost fell down when they understood it. After recovering, they quickly wagged their tails and barked, "Wow, why?"

"Because...John and I are good friends!"

JD. Rockefeller smiled mysteriously, and said: "He holds a lot of stocks in Earl's plate. If I make trouble again, it will be too dishonest!"

"Wow...the casino has no father and son, the stock market does not recognize relatives, Rockefeller **** oss, you can't be too kind!" These elite traders almost knelt down to lick JD Rockefeller's leather shoes: mb's, don't grasp the great opportunity, yes Will be struck by lightning!

However, no one can change the idea set by jd. Rockefeller.He dusted off the ashes from his cigar and signaled the elite traders to get out.Order them to watch today's stock market that is destined to be unusual.

After the people left, JD Rockefeller closed his eyes and thought to himself: Is it really that simple?pick up money?Don't forget, Jesus was also crucified... Six battleships, hehe, Benson can make a fuss.Ten out of ten of these six ironclad battleships are the service battleships of the British Far East Fleet, thanks to him being able to get them... However, all this is too coincidental, this Mr. Doragon, just demonstrated the submarine technology for salvaging sunken ships .Benson's fleet popped up like an appointment, and then, Mr. Doragon hid back in the harbor, and held a press conference overnight like a trial meeting, hehe, I heard that there are only There are more than a dozen telephones prepared, it seems too much like he deliberately wants to pass back the news of his bad luck! ?

But I received the news that before the market closed yesterday, the little guy at TK Morgan was selling the stocks of the Earl plate crazily!

Does it mean... Mr. Doragon has long expected that he will be 'grounded'?

If so, then the changes in the stock market in the past few days will be in his hands... Oh, he can also use Benson's fleet to create momentum for himself, this oriental boy is too scary, hehe, I'm not JP Morgan , I don’t have Earl’s stocks in my hand. In this case, the so-called short position is light, and the situation is so turbulent. I still foolishly rushed into it. Scared, do I really think that my Rockefeller’s money is blown by the wind?

jd. Rockefeller is worthy of being a business tycoon who built an oil empire with one hand. If Long Hao learns about his thoughts, he will probably be shocked. The plan that he thought was seamless, after all these years In the eyes of the refined old monster, there are actually so many loopholes, and you can tell it at a glance? !

In fact, not only Rockefeller, but even the other John, if he was not in the middle of the situation, I believe that with his wisdom, it would not take much time to see through Long Hao's hands and feet in the stock market.

Of course, the two Johns can make this judgment not only because of their decades of accumulated experience, but also inseparable from the efforts of their respective intelligence departments. With enough intelligence to support, Zhu Geliang can also become a material Kong Ming is like a god!Therefore, Long Hao needn't belittle himself.

After explaining the reaction of the two Johns to the blockade of the San Francisco harbor by the Benson fleet, there is still some time before the opening of the market at dawn, let us return our attention to the commercial harbor of San Francisco - the sea area surrounded by six battleships.

The sea at midnight is as black as ink and squid vomit. It is so greasy that it makes the scalp tingle, the pores shrink, and the seepage makes people flustered and short of breath.

But tonight's sea, a 500-meter circle around the San Francisco harbor, is not the sea, but the gloomy, thick shadow of a huge ship on the sea!

The undulating shadows of the boats are as frightening as a ghost ship against the background of the vastness of the dark night without stars, and there are one of these boat shadows every other distance, as if they were uninvited guests from hell. There are six ships in total. The entire sea area is firmly blocked.

The six battleships with a displacement tonnage of more than 5000 are huge. Therefore, they are 4km apart from each other. On the sea surface, because the pupil diameter and the curvature of the earth's surface must be considered, the theoretical limit for humans to observe ships during the day is 16~25km. However, in the dark night, the distance of 4km is safer.

because.Benson is not an ignorant naval captain, he is able to achieve this position at a young age, and he still has real talents.

The safe ship distance of 4km is to prevent the Earl of the North Sea from jumping over the wall in a hurry and breaking through overnight, although... neither Benson nor Fremantle thinks that the possibility of this is more than one in a thousand.

The flagship of the Vengeance Fleet, the Gogol, is located in the center of this arc-shaped encirclement net.Benson sat in the town above, and he didn't sleep until midnight, in order to ensure that his bold words would come true: if the Earl of the North Sea was not handed over, there would be no ship sailing out of San Francisco Harbor!Hey, not even a small sampan!

To be honest, Freeman had a little admiration for Benson's determination.

The old-fashioned British refused to accept it, at least it was Fremantle himself.He thought to himself that he was not as 'kind' as Benson, who dared to issue a 'crazy order' to block his country's international seaports!

Think about it, if any British fleet dared to blockade Portsmouth Harbor, it would either be greeted by Queen Victoria's thunderous wrath, or hundreds of battleships' main guns would be fired together...

Hmph, this kind of absurd thing makes people laugh and cry.It can only happen in the barren land of America... Fremantle bit off a petal, his deep eyes were full of disdain and contempt: Made.I drank too much coffee tonight, and I actually stayed with this little Benson through midnight!

"Little Benson, are you really planning to bombard the harbor after daylight?"

Bored, Freeman joked frivolously: He is British, the Americans bombed their own harbors, he would only be happy to watch the show.

"Bombardment? How is it possible..."

Benson lowered the binoculars.There was a cryptic wry smile at the corner of his mouth: "General Fremantle, I'm not crazy, how could I really bombard an international commercial seaport?"

"Oh, I thought your courage was infinite... you dare not even block the harbor? What's the point of bombarding it again?" Freemante pretended to be surprised: "Could it be that you are doing it for Cannonballs that cost twice as much. That’s why you gave up the original intention of shelling to save money?”

"General Fremantle, with your experience and wisdom, you should have known these things long ago, so why are you teasing me?" Benson took out an old pocket watch from his navy pocket and looked at the time: "Blocking the seaport, you don't have to admit it afterwards, but if you bombard the seaport, blow up the ships, and kill or injure people, then you can't blame it afterwards!"

Benson is not a fool, of course he knows how shocking the White House and the military would be if news of his blockade of the San Francisco harbor spread to Washington, so he just wanted to make a time difference. Once the Earl of the North Sea was captured, the six battleships would Quickly evacuated from San Francisco without leaving a trace.

What 'seaport blockade'?Benson will only come and deny it!

But if the bombardment is different, if it causes losses, then I will have to go around without food, and no one will be able to protect myself.

Freeman smiled: "Oh, so you are very confident that the Earl of the North Sea will be escorted back before dawn?"

Benson grinned, showing his healthy and white teeth: "I am very relieved when Kerim handles affairs. With your six armored battleships as the backing, and using the disappearance of the warship as an excuse to put pressure on the San Francisco city government, I believe , the Earl of the North Sea, under pressure and in order to clarify himself, will definitely come to accept our navy's investigation."

After all, Benson is still a typical Caucasian way of thinking, thinking that no matter whether the other party is a respected nobleman or not, as long as he is of yellow race, he will feel humble in his heart, so he dare not go against his request!

What's more, Benson didn't think in his heart that the five destroyers were really lost by Long Hao, so it's very likely that this "very white" Earl of Beihai would board the ship for a walk.

After all, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door...

Benson was so confident that Fremantle didn't say anything else. He was just a little unhappy that he lost the compensation for twice the shell loss, and continued to tear the petals. He came here for nothing but to repay the bet. If the blockade of the harbor ended in a peaceful way, he was extremely unwilling to pay debts and earn extra money.

It's past one o'clock in the morning, and the six battleships squatting on the sea like monsters in the deep sea are heaving and sinking. Most of the British sailors on board can't bear to go to sleep: shit, today's overtime pay is really not worth it, it's so late Yeah, still want me to work, Yankee.Please add more money!

At this moment, Benson in the captain's room of the flagship could not sit still, because Kerim hadn't returned to the voyage yet, and according to the original plan, he should be escorting the Earl of the North Sea at this time.Are you victorious?

Something went wrong?Shall we send another boat to see what's going on?

As soon as Benson had this thought, a cluster of lights suddenly lit up in the dark sea opposite. It was a ship departing from the harbor and heading this way.

Benson's eyeballs were about to sink into the binoculars, and he exclaimed joyfully, "Here we are, we're back, that's the boat that Kerim drove, haha, now. The Earl of the North Sea has fallen into my hands."

Freeman curled his lips. He had already discovered Benson's unusual "desire" for the Earl of the North Sea. It must not be due to the simple reason of "tracking down the whereabouts of the five destroyers". There must be other unspeakable reasons. People's secrets... The old and cunning General Fremantle sniffed the petals, his eyes flickered, and he was already thinking about what to do, so as to gain another benefit for himself in this matter.

Twenty-five minutes later, Benson's ecstasy turned to fury.He yelled at Kerim's accompanying sailors who boarded the boat from the boat: "Why did you come back? Where's that bastard Kerim? Where's the guy, where's the Earl of the North Sea!?"

The accompanying sailor fought back his fear.He recounted everything that happened on the pier, and when he heard that the Earl of Beihai was protected by the expeditionary force and did not come to accept the investigation, Benson threw the telescope angrily.

"How do you do it? Waiting for evidence? If I have evidence, I will directly bombard the mother. Is there any need for that trash of Pai Kerim?"

Benson finished yelling.Freemante persuaded leisurely: "Hey, little Benson, don't be angry, no matter what, the Earl of the North Sea has promised not to leave San Francisco until we have the evidence. Then, you still have a chance!"

"That's right, he didn't dare to leave. His property and those warships are in San Francisco. If my blockade is not lifted for a day, he won't dare to do anything wrong!" Benson said viciously, his ferocious expression seemed to frighten those people. An accompanying sailor made him completely forget to confess the large number of reporters in the big warehouse, as well as the telegraph and telephone lines that could send news to Washington quickly!

This big pit will undoubtedly trap Colonel Benson severely.

After appreciating Benson's fury, Freemante waited until the accompanying sailor retreated in disgrace before he said leisurely, "It seems that your wishful thinking has come to nothing, little Benson."

Benson gritted his teeth, patted the desktop in the main control room, and growled: "This is a guilty conscience, this is a typical guilty conscience! My five destroyers... now I can be sure that they are absolutely inseparable from the Earl of Beihai!"

Fremantle was also very curious about the mysterious disappearance of the five destroyers described by Benson. With his many years of experience in the ocean, he could not imagine what kind of means the Earl of the North Sea used to be able to 'Total annihilation' of five destroyers?

You know, it's not repelling, but total annihilation!The complete annihilation without even a single surviving sailor privately felt that even if he was given the command of an entire royal fleet, he might not be able to do it so cleanly.

After all, you think, those are five destroyers like sparrows. Unless ten times as many troops are used to lay a net, one or two of these little sparrows will always fly out.

And will the Earl of Beihai have an entire fleet?

Nonsense, it is impossible to think with your head!

Because of the British strategic center of gravity, the British Navy did not pay much attention to the Pacific Ocean, but even so, the Far East Fleet will still patrol this vast and hopelessly vast sea area, huh, huh, want to hide an entire fleet?Sorry, unless you are diving into the sea, it is absolutely impossible!

"Then what are you going to do next?"

Freemante asked: "You sound so sure, but can you produce real evidence? Hehe, without evidence, those Spanish soldiers won't let you arrest people!"

Spain, the name of this fading empire, is not only looked down upon by the British, but even Colonel Benson, who is the US Navy, can only hear him humming: "Evidence? They say I will give evidence if they want it? A down-and-out viscount in Spain used it." They are just two motley troops recruited by rotten money, and I, Benson, will give them the best 'evidence'..."

Freemant smelled a bit of murderous intent from Benson's words, and couldn't help but brighten his eyes and said with a little joy: "Little Benson, what is your 'evidence'?"

"Bombard! I decided to bombard!"

Benson punched his fist and made a gesture of war declaration that pleased Fremantle: "As soon as the day breaks, I will bombard this harbor, and I will let the earl know that relying on the protection of the Spaniards alone is It has no effect! The 'evidence' of the navy has always been just a powerful shell!"

Bombardment means money in the pocket, and Freemante was very happy, and he pretended to persuade: "Little Benson, didn't you just say that bombarding an international seaport is an act of madmen, are you sure you Aren't you... going crazy now?"

"Hmph, of course I'm not crazy, my bombardment is wise...it won't directly bomb the pier, and it won't even blow up a ship!" Benson seemed confident, "I haven't So stupid, this is not a war. The bombardment does not have to hit a physical target to be effective. As long as I scare them and force the Earl of Beihai to emerge from the turtle shell, my goal will be achieved! Of course, Fei Li Don't worry, General Mante, I will pay you the cost of the shells spent in the bombardment afterwards!" (To be continued...)