Doug thought of this but didn't say it.

Sometimes it's one thing to understand, it's another thing to know.

If Doug directly said at this moment, would it be that the south would block the shipping lanes with torpedoes.

Vanderbilt may play dumb and blame Doug.

Because, if you don't sell picric acid to the outside world, can the South make a threatening torpedo?

Of course, although in fact, once picric acid is introduced, in peacetime, it can still be used by law to restrict the production of other businesses.

However, in the wartime when they are now opposing each other.

If there are chemical factories in the south that make their own picric acid, there is no way for Doug to deal with it.

After all, in times of peace, it is only a lawyer's letter warning that if they do not listen, they will be made to obey by force.

However, although the Claydon consortium, it has a very strong fighting team.

But even if all the security guards of the White Rock Security Company went to the south, how could they ensure that the factory that synthesized picric acid was found and eliminated accurately?

Of course, Doug doesn't actually think that there are factories in the South that synthesize picric acid.

What he now suspects is that there are chemical factories in the north that secretly synthesize picric acid and sell it to the south.

Don't think about this for now, the most important thing now is how to get Vanderbilt to reduce the cost of rail transportation.

For the current rail transportation, which is close to a monopoly, Doug has no good way to persuade Vanderbilt to reduce the price.

Just like the plot shown in "Monopoly", once a certain player obtains a de facto monopoly on a certain business.

Then, he is 100 percent, and he will increase the price of this service.

However, the result of this performance in the game is an increase in tolls.

And in reality, it's like Vanderbilt.

"Captain, while I live in New Haven. But I grew up listening to your stories. I have always admired your bravery and admired your career.

I believe you must also know that only a stable social environment can make more money.

And now we in the North are at war with the South.

Only when we win, we will have a stable business environment, and we can make more money.

It is for this reason that I believe you must be patriotic. At least love the business environment in our north.

And your current endless price increases are moving us further and further away from victory.

I think, with your wisdom.

You must have the foresight to be able to relax a little bit for the long-term good.

I don't know if you think so?"

Doug said with great restraint.

Vanderbilt, however, apparently didn't listen.

He still had a serious expression on his face, he looked at Doug deeply, and then said, "Boy, do you think I'm old and foolish? You think I don't know that you started this war at all!"

"Huh?" said Doug, looking surprised, "why do you say that......? How could I start this war? What good will it do me? I want peace too......"

"Don't be stupid! Do you think I don't know how much you've benefited?

Are you afraid that you don't have any money?

I've only slightly increased the shipping price compared to you, so what's that?

If you say that my price increase is a banditry.

Then you will be very civilized if you steal money directly from all the northerners?"

Vanderbilt has a natural aversion to any financial practitioner.

After all, not long ago, he had just been cheated by a few financial practitioners and took away a huge amount of money.

And compared with those petty and petty Wall Street "talents", Doug's behavior is simply stealing the whole of America into his hands.

As for Vanderbilt, why is Doug robbing all the money in the hands of the northerners?

This is because money corresponds to commodities.

In the case that the total amount of goods remains unchanged, if the currency is over-issued.

As a result, the goods that originally corresponded to one dollar now correspond to two dollars.

And the money in everyone's hands is unchanged.

Someone who had a dollar in his hand yesterday will not have two dollars in his hand just because Bank of America printed an extra dollar today.

And one dollar used to buy a dollar of goods, but now a dollar can only buy fifty cents of goods.

That is, the money in everyone's hands has depreciated.

Why the depreciation?

It's because Bank of America printed more money.

The extra money printed will be issued to specific people.

For example, the U.S. government has no money to buy weapons, but it needs weapons on the front lines.

Therefore, the Bank of America printed a batch of money and lent it to the U.S. government.

And the U.S. government used the money to buy weapons from Winchester Arms.

And the money Winchester harvests will be deposited back into the Bank of America.

In other words, in the end, the money went into Doug's hands.

In addition, the Claydon consortium has many industries, and as long as the U.S. government needs it, it can borrow money from U.S. banks and then direct the purchase of goods.

Although it seems like it's just a numbers game.

However, as long as this figure is recognized by the U.S. federal government, then the money is real money.

In this process, the wealth of the Claydon consortium has swelled dramatically.

And this method of making money is the easiest way to make money in the world.

Many people will always wonder why so many people get rich so easily.

Is it because they are very capable of being individuals?

No.

Not.

Under certain conditions, it is completely possible to outperform more than 99% of the human beings on the earth with zero personal ability.

Of course, even if it is like Doug at this moment, he is making money in this way.

However, he still says to his employees, "Work to get rich".

Because finance doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Money will only be useful if there are still people who are still producing goods.

However, for those who have already fallen in love with financial getting rich. There's never going to be a way for them to make a product.

However, there is always someone who has to go and make the product.

In the end, ordinary people can only be coaxed into working through various methods.

Of course, what the Claydon consortium is doing is something that ordinary people can't see or understand.

But for one of America's richest men, Vanderbilt, what secret could he have hidden?

To this, Doug could only return an embarrassed but polite smile.

He pondered a little before he said to Vanderbilt, "Captain, you can't say that. The Bank of America may act in the future to bring a little trouble to people's lives.

But, look at it now.

Decoupling the U.S. dollar from metal currencies completely liberates productivity.

The productive forces that we have now can completely defeat the South.

It's just that it's now bothered by capacity.

Can you lower the price of shipping and promote economic prosperity?"

"Boost economic prosperity and make you more money?" Vanderbilt said unkindly.

Doug also saw how hard it was to convince an elderly man, and most importantly, that the man was one of the richest people in the world.

Although Doug came with sincerity, at this moment, he said, "Since you think this is more appropriate. Then there's nothing I can do. I can only wish you the healthy development of your railway career. ”

After Doug finished speaking, he got up directly and left Vanderbilt's office.

Out of the Vanderbilt Building, five personal security personnel immediately posted up.

Even, the whole street, since Doug came out, was like a drop of water, falling on the calm surface of the lake, and began to move.

Doug left New York Harbor and boarded a steamer, a few hours later, he returned to New Haven.

In the headquarters of Bank of America, Doug convened nearly all of Claydon's investment bank's middle and upper management.

Doug stood at the tip of the oval table and said in a loud voice, "From now on, make every effort to acquire all the railroads except those owned by Vanderbilt, and all the railroads that can be acquired to the steel mills."

We want to build our own railway to the south.

I need to see results in one month, see construction start in three months, and be able to get straight from New England to the front line in half a year.

Don't ask why!

Don't ask how!

This is my command.

Your job is to do it, and then do it!"

"Yes!"

The middle level spoke in unison.

They may do other things, and they are not very good at it.

But they are very good at investment-related things.

The acquisition of steel mills and railways is not a direct investment in the past.

Instead, we need to lower the price at which they sell them.

How to reduce the price of an asset?

This is also very familiar to those at Claydon Investment Bank.

What is the essence of the financial industry?

It's faith!

As long as the faith is destroyed, the speaker can be lowered.

And they have the most experience in destroying confidence.

After Doug left, Claydon Investment Bank was bogged down in endless meetings.

Although Doug's goal is clear, it is not easy to execute.

Break down the task into small parts.

Then assign these links to the corresponding people.

These small managers, who have their own departments, subdivide their work again.

In the end, the grassroots staff will do all the work well.

Then, make the final result.

This is the charm of human society.

Even if it is an impossible task, it seems that it is possible to complete it under such a distribution.

Of course, there are not many organizations with such mobilizing power.

Some organizations use a unified ideal or belief, and Claydon Investment Bank, which maintains everyone's motivation to work, is the word "money!"

Since the establishment of Claydon Investment Bank, both large managers and small junior employees have reaped benefits that they dare not imagine.

This income has made them an absolute high-income group in this era.

Even, the so-called bosses, that is, those small and medium-sized business owners, are far less profitable than them.

And what does it mean to get money?

It means having the power to drive others to do things.

The more money you have, the more power you have.

Although, this young organization is not as open as the Eagle Bank in New Haven before.

However, it also allowed these young people to enjoy the fun that they had never enjoyed in their lives.

Even, although the salary level of various stores near Claydon Investment Bank is not very high.

However, once you enter these stores, you will have an illusion.

A, almost all beauties, gather in New Haven for the illusion.

Why, are they here?

The reason is simple.

Because, they are also hungry for money.

Different people have different ways to get money.

And for young and beautiful women, their gender and their appearance are the most powerful ways for them to obtain money.

And those who have a lot of money in the financial sector also enjoy great pleasure in the process.

Of course, the atmosphere of the whole circle has also changed.

Even, perhaps, it won't be long before they will be even better at playing than those old-school financial practitioners in the past.

However, Doug does not prohibit this.

For him, what he needs is someone to do the work.

And when a person works hard, there must always be something to pursue.

If a person does not pursue anything, but works hard.

Doug is absolutely impossible to reuse for such a person. Even if he is very capable.

Because, as long as a person works hard, it means that he has a goal.

Some people work hard to play with women.

Some people work hard to play with horses.

And those who only work hard and do not make any consumption.

What is the reason for their efforts?

In Doug's view, it is that they want to be capitalists.

Capitalists, who are capable and able to restrain their desires, are the most fearsome competitors.

For these competitors, Doug should have eliminated them.

After all, for Doug, the most stable social structure is an environment in which everyone, regardless of income, does not have much savings.

Therefore, even if these people have had enough of playing with women and enough with horses.

Doug will also develop more trendy things for them to play with.

Because, only in this way, these people will not threaten him.

They couldn't even leave Doug.

He can only be physically attached to Doug.

Because, they don't have a deposit, because once they change jobs, they don't have a penny.

And in order to maintain their current life, they can only work for Doug.

As soon as Doug abandons them, they immediately decline from their current standard of living.

Of course, there are some things that these young people don't know very well.

It's like they don't know how many of the beautiful young ladies around are Doug.

Doug gave them exorbitant wages.

In the end, they will still return most of the money to Doug.

And this is the charm of engaging in large enterprises.

Large, complete, full coverage.

Business is society.