Alchemy Greater China

Clayhall is unaware of the golden century gambling that took place in the United States, and, at his level, he has not reached the level of using physical wars to drive financial derivative wars.

In fact, war is clear, it is to compete the comprehensive strength of the enemy and us, and the purpose is to obtain greater benefits!

Take other people's interests into your own pocket through violent means!

As for benefits, the most common appearance is money!

Whoever makes the money is the winner of the war!

If sufficient benefits can be obtained through 'virtual' financial battles without launching costly physical wars, then this will be something every good strategist is willing to do.

There doesn't have to be naval battles, sacrifices, or shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean, as long as it creates the appearance of fighting and stopping at any time, then the financial market is enough for Long Hao to control.

The manipulator is the most profitable bookmaker.

No, today is a vivid example. The warships and submarines of the two sides confronted each other without firing a single shot. They just invited a few workers with machines on board to shoot a small movie, and it blew up. The 'tornado' caused the US gold index to undergo earth-shaking changes!

The funds involved add up to billions of dollars!

Terrible!

"There are some things you don't need to understand, as long as you do it, remember, for your wic, and your subordinates who are serving their sentences in Yuan Island to pay off their debts!"

Long Hao raised his eyebrows and said lightly.

"Yes, I shouldn't ask, it's just... I can't suppress my curiosity!"

Clay Hall apologized and said with a smile: "Master, what should I do next? Now, I have mastered the two large fleets of the mainland and the Indian Ocean. Do you want me to drive them directly to the United States, and take the United States for you? Completely unplug the naval base installed on the west coast? Let the west coast of the United States become the world where you can gallop freely?"

In all fairness, Clay Hall's words are very true.

Although the two large fleets under his command have just been integrated, they can't launch any large-scale naval battles, but they sailed to the west coast of the United States.Cruising along the way, threatening the poor US Navy, is still no problem at all.

From this point of view, Clay Hall has fulfilled his duties as a servant and is very considerate.

"No, leave the United States alone for the time being, your next task is to focus on one goal!"

The big plan in Long Hao's heart is not something that Clay Hall can figure out, but he waved his hand.He said noncommittally: "Meyer, remember it for me. You are now the most steadfast and loyal Queen's party. Next, you will be crazily retaliated by King Edward and suppressed desperately. You will not get any supplies... Hey, Don't look at me. I won't provide you with supply resources! If you want to survive, you have to find supply points yourself."

Um?what rice?

Long Hao's words.Completely confused Clay Hall!

If you asked me to support the restoration of the Queen, it is true that His Majesty King Edward will be offended, and it is also expected and reasonable. Anyway, Clayhall has never thought about it since he got on Long Hao's "thief ship" And then get something from Edward VII.But... even you don't give me supplies, what does this mean?

Are we not ostensible allies?

If you don't give me supplies, how can I support so many warships?

I can't support it at all!

Once there is a shortage of money and food, wouldn't the sailors below who don't know the truth all rebel?

Clay Hall was dumbfounded for a while.I tried my best to use my brain, and suddenly, a flash of light flashed in my mind: "Master, master, you want us to be pirates..."

That's right, according to Clay Hall's understanding, only by changing his career as a pirate and "robbing houses and homes" can he support such a huge fleet, otherwise, although the Pacific Ocean is vast, there is no place for Clay Hall!

"What kind of pirate?"

Long Hao rolled his eyes, sneered, then sighed, stroked his forehead and said, "Forget it, with your IQ, I won't explain it clearly, you wouldn't be able to comprehend it last year, so come here a little bit, I'll make it easier for you." Let me tell you..."

Long Hao's intimate instructions to Clay Hall, as for the specific details, let's keep it a secret and not explain them one by one.

However, the general direction is: the integrated British fleet led by Clay Hall declared to the outside world that they are definitely not Long Hao's subordinates, and they will not obey Long Hao's words. They are a group that supports the restoration of the Queen of England. An important overseas force, they are a team of 'knights' who were abandoned by the mainland and struggled to survive outside for the ideal of justice.

The survival problem that this team of 'Knights' had to solve first would not be done by looting, because that would damage the 'Knights' reputation and be detrimental to Queen Victoria's restoration.

Of course, the deeper reason is: the Pan-Pacific region is the private land planned by Long Hao, and Clay Hall will not be allowed to use pirates to mess around with it.

In the end, Long Hao hinted more or less: Clay Hall, you can freely find partners in the Pan Pacific region...

On April [-]th, there was only one day left until the closing date of the Golden Century Gambling Game.

Today, the market price of gold is 236 US dollars. This price is not only beyond the expectations of two and a half months ago, but also from their pessimistic estimates three days ago.

This is how things go.

Three days ago, the price of gold once fell to the integer mark of 200 US dollars, which almost forced the two Johns to liquidate their positions in advance.

However, after that, the price of gold seemed to be reborn from Nirvana, bottomed out, and then went up again.

No, it has climbed back above the $230 mark.

For this result, the two Johns were not only grateful, but also gave the "New York Times" a thumbs up and a thumbs up in their hearts.

It turned out that just three days ago, the "New York Times" published an unidentified anecdote, which explained the not intimate relationship of 'protecting and being protected' between Clay Hall and Long Hao.

The article stated that the reason why Long Hao was not attacked was because he provided part of the gold mine property rights to Major General Clay Hall.

And the major general accepted this 'black gold' in order to help the queen restore her power!

Black gold, it really is black gold!

I just said, Clay Hall has no reason to help Long Hao!

At that time, the two Johns after hearing the news.Regardless of distinguishing the true from the false, he immediately mobilized the resources of his subordinates to launch a Jedi counterattack in the gold futures market.

Needless to say, the energy of the two Johns was not small, and they immediately stopped the price of gold that had plummeted all the way.

Then comes the rebound.

Calculated in this way, it will be delivered tomorrow.The two Johns will only lose a little bit, and the total is less than [-] million US dollars.

After all, in the previous few months, they had profited too much from Long Hao's 'irrational' brute force short selling.

The two offset each other, and the current situation of a slight loss is actually quite ideal.

However, from being able to earn all of Long Hao's property, to now he has to lose tens of millions, such a gap.It's like heaven has fallen to hell, and the two proud and arrogant Johns can't accept it!

That's right, ever since Long Hao was born, the two of them have suffered too much at the hands of this young man from the east, countless. This time, they finally had a chance to bring him down, but they ended up in such a situation. Of course they would not Willingly.

then.The two Johns met again to discuss countermeasures.

Morgan said: "The delivery will be made tomorrow. We will have to pay out a total of more than 800 million US dollars. Hmph, is it so cheap for Long Hao? That kid, he is so lucky!"

Rockefeller said: "This is already very good. If we hadn't mobilized a large amount of funds in the past few days to cover the position at around 200 US dollars and increase the position. The loss would be even more!"

Morgan stared at Rockefeller, and said word by word: "John, at this point, do you still have to pretend to be deep? You, like me, will never be willing to admit defeat. Right?"

Rockefeller said indifferently: "What if you don't admit defeat? The delivery will be made tomorrow. Even if the whole world suddenly goes to war tonight, the price of gold will not rise to $300."

"If you can't make it on May 300st, then wait until June [-]st. If you can't make it on June [-]st, then wait until December [-]st... In short, I am absolutely optimistic that the price of gold will rise to more than [-] US dollars! I will definitely Let Long Hao lose everything!" Morgan said through gritted teeth.

Speaking of these few days, in the Chicago Stock Exchange, the way TK Morgan swaggered in front of him had already blown him out of anger.

If he can't vent his bad breath, jp. Morgan thinks that he will never survive Christmas this year!

"But, the delivery day is tomorrow..."

There was a gleam in Rockefeller's eyes, he spread his hands deliberately, and said helplessly.

"Then delay the delivery date. I believe that according to the current situation, as long as we are willing to gamble, Long Hao will be willing to accompany you!" JP. Morgan clenched his fists with confidence: "He has the same goal as ours. We have to completely defeat the other party before giving up, and a mere tens of millions of dollars in profit and loss can't satisfy his appetite! So, if we propose to delay the delivery date and increase the bet, he will definitely agree! Well, yes, he is so complacent now In such a state, the possibility of agreeing to it is extremely high!"

"Is it necessary to burn the boat?"

"John, this is the road we have to choose. With Carnegie, the resource kingdom we are trying to build has no way to take shape. My steel company has lost a lot of money. And recently, on the 'wall' of your oil empire, There are also cracks?"

"What does that mean?"

Rockefeller frowned.

"Don't tell me you don't know yet, hehe, have you heard of the cars released by Long Hao's dmg? There are three models in total, bb, bm and bl, and their power sources have abandoned petrochemicals. This is not the same as you The prediction that oil resources will dominate the next three centuries is inconsistent? Think about it, once this kind of car is popularized in the global market, your oil company will go bankrupt sooner or later?" JP Morgan said viciously.

"...Okay, let's go to Melissa and ask her if she would like to delay the delivery date!"

Rockefeller's face was as cold as the toilet board in the ice cave, "If she doesn't want to, we have to stop. Remember, this is the financial market, and the risks are too great for the two of us to control!"

"Don't worry, John, she'll say yes! I'll bet ten dollars."

Just as JP Morgan expected, Melissa nodded and agreed to the proposal to delay the delivery date without blinking an eye.

However, she did not agree to delay the delivery date as far as Christmas in December, and she fixed a date: September [-]st!At that time, if neither party broke their positions, no matter how much they win or lose, they will all be delivered together, giving the Century Gambling a close.

In Melissa's original words: "We are all pure businessmen. This kind of emotional conflict is not suitable for a protracted and endless continuation, otherwise, it will only take advantage of the people watching the fun!"

To Melissa's words, the two Johns didn't take it seriously: What kind of conflict of spirits?This is a life-and-death duel, okay? Everyone is tearing their skins apart anyway.Is there still a need to speak so grandly?hypocritical!

But in any case, the delivery date has been delayed, which is always a good thing for the two Johns.

After leaving, the two Johns were confident to find and persuade Clay Hall to make him attack Long Hao again, so as to boost the price of gold.

And what about Melissa?

In the eyes of the two Johns, they must also be full of confidence in Long Hao, thinking that peace can be expected, perhaps.She's setting out to break the $200 mark for gold...

In short, both sides had their own ghosts, and May [-]st passed away peacefully.

April has been a fascinating time for everyone. To sum it up, the United States and the Pacific region did not fire a single shot, but the city has changed the king's flag several times.

In sharp contrast to this, it is Asia on the other side of the Pacific Ocean where wars are constantly raging.

To be precise, it is East Asia!

on the East Asian plate.But there is no well-developed and perfect financial system to complete the desperate struggle between the two countries.

What they rely on... is still the most primitive and violent physical war!

The contest between the Qing Dynasty and Japan began after the Great War in the Yellow Sea.They fell into a situation that neither of them expected.

The Great Qing, or Beiyang, never expected that the Yellow Sea War would be defeated so badly. Little Japan, who had never paid attention to it before, gave itself a hard bite and bit itself to death!

Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili and the "Godfather" of Beiyang, received Ding Ruchang's battle report.He vomited three liters of blood and fainted on the spot.

It is said that before he fainted, he scolded Ding Ruchang for betraying him!

In fact, it's also fortunate that Li Hongzhang didn't know the truth, if he knew the result would be good, no matter what.Beiyang also sank at least three Japanese warships, making it impossible for the opponent to claim a 'complete victory'. I don't know if he would die of anger on the spot.

The Japanese side is also very depressed. They did not defeat Beiyang in one fell swoop and achieve a "complete victory" as in the original history, which means that they cannot use warships to transport troops to North Korea unscrupulously, so that the war on the Korean battlefield did not progress as expected. That went smoothly.

The longer the land war on the Korean peninsula drags on, the heavier the military burden will be on Japan!

No, from the end of the Yellow Sea sea battle, for a whole week, the expenditure of the Japanese army made the emperor, who was frugal and frugal, turn blue with fright, and almost vomited stomach acid and bile.

Emperor Meiji never imagined that less than a month after the war started, he was the monarch of a country with four islands, and he was about to go bankrupt!

At this moment, Emperor Meiji, who initiated the "National War", really understood what it meant to be a cannon shot and a golden ten thousand taels.

The winner of the Yellow Sea naval battle is still Japan, but why is Japan so much more embarrassed than in history?

The reason for us is still because the battle in the Yellow Sea has not been completed and the 'complete victory' has not been achieved.

In the original history, Japan first won a complete victory, and second, with the British and other big powers observing the team, it could use the results of the war to immediately put pressure on the Qing court after the war.

There are many benefits of applying pressure, the most obvious of which are three. One is to cause panic in the Qing court, which in turn affects the Qing infantry on the Korean battlefield and weakens their morale.

Second, Japan can use this to carry out war blackmail and force the Qing court to raise a sum of money to compensate itself first, so as to ease the pressure on military expenses.

Thirdly, and most importantly, Japan can take advantage of this big victory to request loans from the banks of the European powers, use the loans to help them continue the Sino-Japanese War, and use war dividends to satisfy the gluttonous appetite of those lending banks.

But now, due to the appearance of Long Hao, none of these conditions that were originally beneficial to Japan are gone.

Instead of the expected victory, what we got was the bad news that three warships sank;

There is no observation group of the great powers, because the great powers are either enjoying themselves in Europe, or they were expelled from the scope of East Asia during the Shanghai negotiations some time ago;

There are also no state-level loans;

Because there is no complete victory as expected, Japan, which is small and weak, will not be favored by those war speculators after all. Besides, with this spare money, it is better to go to the United States to speculate in gold!In the past few months, the price of gold has gone up and down in the United States, and the jump has been astonishing. It has even affected Europe, the financial center of the world, in turn!

Obviously, the gold market is a better investment object than Japan in the Sino-Japanese War.

It is precisely because of so many differences that in May, Emperor Meiji of Japan called Ito Hirobumi and others to hold an emergency meeting with only one topic: should the war continue?If yes, how to proceed?Anyway, the money is gone, and the treasury is so empty that rats can starve to death!

As a 'competent' gambler, Ito Hirobumi's answer is of course: hit!

No fight!

Indeed, it is impossible not to fight. Japan has given up all its achievements and bet all its achievements since the Meiji Restoration and its future national fortune on this war against the Qing Dynasty.

If Japan wants to win, it must win the Korean War. Not only that, but also the Qing court must win the land and pay compensation!

Otherwise, without the Qing court's liquidation in the future, Japan itself will have to collapse first because of its high debt!

Therefore, not hitting at this time is not much different from suicide!

"Ito-kun, if we want to fight, where will the money come from? Do we have any money left to continue to push the troops forward?" The emperor didn't even have any peanuts to eat now. He drank the sweet water from the back of the latrine to moisten himself. Dry lips. (To be continued..)