Historical fragments of the war in the Yanar colony, and the story of wealth in the war are wonderfully staged. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.infoB century intercontinental colonial wars, the wealth of soldiers in the war, the legend of wealth creation of the rich generation.

(These stories are mostly from various secrets within the Imperial military circles, but they are by no means military secrets.) This chapter does not fight, this chapter is the story of the poor man who made everyone rich as a soldier in the great intercontinental colonial war. Most of these stories start from the period of strangulation warfare at sea, so I put it in this chapter, and if you want to make a fortune, you may be able to use it. ）

Story ZERO (prologue) War changes fate

At the beginning of the war in the Janar colony, the Marnerocco Empire ignored and contempt the strangulation of the Saint-Roman Empire's expeditionary fleet, did not send warships to escort merchant ships, equipped these merchant ships with some weapons, and let these merchant ships rely on their own firepower and luck to break through the blockade and keep the lines of communication open. It was a happy time for the United Expeditionary Fleet of the United Empire of San Romain, but the rewards of this kind of battle were very rewarding, as simple and pleasant as playing a game of fortune soldier or pirate robbery. With the exception of the Qingjiang munitions convoy, which put up a resolute and effective resistance, the vast majority of the remaining merchant ships did little to inflict decent losses on the fleet. Large quantities of supplies shipped to the colonies by the Marne-Rocco Empire were transferred to the Saint-Roman Army, sometimes on merchant ships transporting goods. In the vast ocean off the coast of the Yanar colony, the St. Roman "corsair" haunts, a group of happy pirates, expeditionary officers and soldiers live happily, at least there is no shortage of living materials and surplus. Of course, in addition to the large surplus of daily necessities, there are also many civilian industrial products that the army does not need at all, such as the valuable grandfather clock.

Compared to the huge captures, the harbor and temporary anchorage of Curry Island are too small in some places, and too much hoarding of things will inevitably affect the battle. Admiral Norman Rhodes, commander of the expeditionary fleet, ordered someone to find a way to dispose of the surplus supplies and ships as soon as possible.

A lot of food and cloth were given to the indigenous fishermen of Curry Island and other islands for free to improve the relationship between the military and the people, causing the local indigenous people to instantly enter the public pig memory society. Grateful to them, they began to serve as an extra-commodition reconnaissance alert force for the United Empire Expeditionary Force, assisting the expeditionary fleet in thwarting at least two of the Manx Army's sneak attacks on Curry Island.

Bulk surplus materials, such as coal and iron ore, were transported back to the mainland as war trophies from the beginning, and these strategic materials and other useless industrial materials were transported back to the mainland in large quantities by return supply ships or troop carriers, and were piled up on the wharves in the base in large quantities, and if they could not be put down, they were transferred to the newly built warehouses in or around the port area for storage. With the increasing number of seizures, large quantities of military and non-military goods have been hoarded both inside and outside the base on Curry Island.

Compared to Curry Island, Olive Island was only a coral atoll, and there was little room for it on the limited ground, so Vice Admiral Kolchak ordered that the ships be docked in the atoll after registering the various goods and commodities in the seized ships, which was to use the ships as warehouses, and when the return fleet departed, some sailors would be put together to drive back some of the freighters loaded with useless cargo. In the beginning, the waters inside the atoll were large enough to accommodate many ships, enough to dock merchant ships and warships in the division, and even the merchant ships that were originally parked at the anchorage of Curry Island were towed here. With the increase in seizures and the arrival of support fleets, the lagoon has become increasingly congested, which is bound to affect combat operations.

In mid-December B58, Admiral Norman Rhodes sent a telegram asking Caesar how to handle the seized materials, along with a rough summary of the names of the captured materials.

Julius Caesar received the telegram and was instantly thundered, he did not expect that the expeditionary fleet would accumulate small victories into big victories in the blockade of the lines of communication, and achieve such a great victory. Faced with a windfall, Caesar decided to share it with his men. He issued the famous half-split order in the history of the war: in principle, the entry on the return of seized goods to the public in military law will remain unchanged, but in this war, in addition to the original bounty provided by the naval regulations, the government will also reward the officers and men of the navy who have achieved this result with a wealth equal to half of the assessed value of the seized goods. The specific allocation is handled by the admirals themselves.

Although, due to human selfishness, only the high-ranking naval officers of the expeditionary fleet received this order in full. However, in this war, all the officers and men who achieved the results of the capture received a windfall, and under the heavy reward, there must be brave men, and the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops of the navy was overwhelming. After the war, many of them used the bounties they received to realize their imperial dreams of beautiful wives, villas, houses, and large tracts of land. However, this is nothing compared to the money received by the senior officers of the Navy who cut the cake.

After the war, high-ranking generals such as General Norman Rhodes (who died in battle, many of his descendants legally inherited the bounty) and Lieutenant General Kolchak (who later became general) received staggering amounts of wealth. Kolchak, who had captured the most supplies and received the most bounties, even used the bounty to organize a private war, a regimental military expedition to the frontier area, and at his own expense, took control of a wild area and developed and built a city there, the city of Kolchak. Today, Kolchak has become a prefecture-level city with a population of more than 2 million. The name of Lieutenant General Kolchak is always on the map.

Although the rest of the admirals were not so impressive, they used the huge bounty given by Caesar to create a wealthy family for their descendants, and now their descendants are either official or rich. These generals were almost the biggest personal beneficiaries of this war.

Those officers and men at all levels who participated in the strangulation operations received a lot of rewards for their achievements and survived to the end, and their living conditions were greatly improved compared with those before the war. Many of them have used this money as raw capital to start their own businesses, and have achieved achievements that they would never have dared to think of before. History has evolved to the present, and many descendants have lived a worry-free life because of the bloody battles of their ancestors.

These generals and other officers and soldiers at all levels seem to have taken a lot of money from Julius Caesar, but in Julius Caesar's view, wealth is not at all important compared to victory. A king should not rob his subordinates of the wealth, but a king should have higher aspirations, which is the quality of a wise leader.

In stark contrast to Caesar, the old men of the Marnerocco Empire are still greedy for goods in their dying years. (Later chapters also have stories of the wealth of these cabinet leaders.) ）

This history tells us that reincarnation is a technical job, and a strong leader is really strong.

War changes fate, not only the fate of the officers and soldiers on the front line of the war, but also many soldiers in other positions have also become extremely rich. They didn't get their money from Caesar.

Fortune story will be more exciting in the next section.

Story one, Roland Military Industry

Admiral Kolchak's fortune came from his position at the time and the generosity of his leaders, but not everyone had such good fortune.

In this story, the status of this tycoon in the military world is definitely not comparable to that of General Kolchak, because he has no status at all, this is only the first mate of an ordinary transport ship at that time, with the rank of major, who has been to the war zone but has not participated in any battles; Born in an ordinary small capitalist family, the family had some assets but not much, and at that time it had absolutely nothing to do with the high-ranking officials of the United Empire. This is Major Romile Roland, the founder of Roland Military Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., and this rich man likes to be called Major the most.

In December B58, the Major Romile Rowland arrived at the Atoll of Olive Island with a support convoy, unloaded supplies and loaded them with cargo, and as the fleet prepared to leave, he was appointed temporary captain of a captured cargo ship, the Starfish-031, with the task of returning the ship with a rabble of sailors.

This was the first time Romile Rowland had been a captain, albeit temporarily. On the way back, he patrolled the ship every day, getting to know every detail of him. This is a 3,000-ton iron-hulled mixed cargo ship, with an overall length: 81m, a beam of 13.6m, a total cabin depth D (m): 6.8m, a full load draft: 5.5m, a full load displacement of 3,300 tons, a two-tier cargo deck and six cargo compartments. The major had a dream of becoming the captain of a warship from an early age, for which he became a naval officer, but by chance, he went to the naval transport fleet. He sometimes wanted to convert a transport ship into a warship, or even build a warship of his own. On the way back, he had been thinking of transforming the cargo ship into a warship......

In February B59, the ship arrived in port, and Major Romile Rowland was injured in a gangway accident while disembarking, breaking his leg and unable to continue his mission. In May B59, the major recovered, but was left with a lifelong disability, and he became a cripple. In June, he retired.

After retiring from the army, Major Romile Rowland stayed at home and sometimes helped his father with his business, and most of the time he studied warship design and ship modification. His father, who was a shipbuilder, made this hobby very convenient for him. He may have spent his life happily in this hobby, but the Navy gave him a chance to realize his dream.

In February B60, the dock of the military port in the Odessa region, where Romil Roland was located, was expanded, and the navy wanted to requisition most of his father's ship repair yard and a number of surrounding ship repair yards. This was a good thing to make a fortune, but at that time, the navy was short of military budgets, so it had to pay for white slips or use goods to offset the price of the land occupied. Of the dozens of offsetting cargoes provided by the Navy, the only ones that can continue to generate benefits as assets are captured merchant ships. The remaining space of the ship repair yard was too small to make a few dollars, and the elder Roland, who had been the director of the ship repair yard for half his life, decided to transform into a shipping merchant. After thinking about it again, Old Roland chose two merchant ships, a wooden ship and an iron ship, of which the iron-hulled ship happened to be the same class ship as the Starfish-031.

Romile Rolland felt that the time had come to realize his vision and to transform the ship into a "warship" as a museum for people to visit. Old Roland is such a son, and decided to meet his request, first use another ship to temporarily throw stones in the shipping market and ask for directions.

With the help of the original crew of the ship repair yard, Romile Rolland completed the warship museum in his heart in only two and a half months, named it "Roland-1" ironclad cruiser, and hired two Sunia beauties as commentators. Soon after, the museum flourished, with a large number of visitors, and although the money was not very much, it was coming in every day. The steady stream of visitors also aroused the curiosity of officers at the nearby naval base. The officers on these real warships came to see the fake warship, and at a glance, they could see that something big was coming.

The layman looks at the bustle, the insider looks at the doorway, the "cruiser" designed by Romile Roland is of such a high level that it can be called a masterpiece of its time, so much so that users of these real warships are full of praise for this fake warship. Rear Admiral Corradi, commander of the fleet stationed in Hong Kong, even expressed his preference to use such warships for combat. This is not a joke, the rear admiral inquired in detail about the cost of the renovation of this "warship", and also made detailed records. After the incident, the rear admiral praised the major and once again said that he "fell in love with this warship".

To be praised by the major general, the former major could not have imagined, and what followed was even more unimaginable. A month later, the summer vacation arrived, and the naval museum welcomed a surprising number of small customers, so many people had to add more docents, extend its opening hours, and sometimes even open 24 hours a day to meet the needs of visitors. After a summer vacation, Romil Rowland made a lot of money, and in addition, a narrator big beauty seemed to be a little interesting to the lame curator.

On the side of the new shipping self-employed old Roland, the interlaced lines are like mountains, and the slender professional households who lack experience in shipping operations are losing money at the beginning, and the more they do it, the more they lose money. There was no way to lose money, so he sold the old wooden boat at a super low price and came to work as a conductor at the warship museum opened by his son.

On November 11, B60, something happened to the museum, and finally something big happened. Early that morning, several army officers bought out tickets for the whole day, went in and searched them, and asked about the staff. The Romir family had just finished breakfast, and many soldiers in ceremonial clothes set up sentry posts around the perimeter. A short time after lunchtime, a large group of servicemen and decent people were greeted by a large group of military and decent people at the Naval Ship Museum. The core of the team seems to be an unprecedented distinguished guest, who is actually a foreigner.

This is definitely a high-end figure, and there must be a hundred and ten guards in dresses, to say the least, and Major General Corradi has to be respectfully accompanied by him. With a slight wave of his hand, all the souvenirs on sale in the museum were all requested, and the entourage took out two gold ingots weighing 10 ounces to pay the bill, and there was no need to look for money. This absolutely classy, with diamonds and ornaments all over his body, shining stars, and a full set of outfits that are worth a lot of money, I am afraid that even Comrade Jinto, a gold lover in Yugoslavia back then, would be ashamed of himself.

The tall foreigner visited excitedly, and the group left like locusts. After a long time after the foreigner left, the officer came to inform him that the guards were withdrawn. It was nearly dusk when the guards left, and the Roland family and all their staff were relieved. On this day, they earned more than they did in the previous month.

Romile Rolland proposed that the entire staff go to the city for dinner to celebrate the most profitable day since the opening of the museum.

"We made two 10-ounce pieces of gold today, as well as the ticket revenue. It was the most profitable day since it opened, and everyone went to the best restaurant by the pier. Also, all employees will be paid double pay this month. ”

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Romile Rowland took his family and staff to a hearty meal, and only returned home in a taxi carriage at nine o'clock in the evening. By the help of the street lamp, Romir was surprised to find a few soldiers at the door, as if he had been waiting for a long time. The soldiers saw the Romir family get out of the carriage and took the initiative to meet them, led by Major General Corradi.

"Major Romile Roland," Major General Corradi smiled, seeming to regard the Rolands as his colleagues, "you have finally returned, and I have great news to tell you." ”

Old Roland immediately brought these distinguished guests into the house. After a few pleasantries and polite words from the officers, the conversation quickly got to the point.

Rear Admiral Corradi told Romile Rowland the purpose of his trip: "We need you to build a batch of warships for our country, to be precise, a batch of merchant ships from the military's stockpile." You're going to have to build a few more of these museums. ”

In the conversation that followed, Major General Corradi informed Romile Roland in detail of the ins and outs of the matter.

In the afternoon, the diamond-clothed local tyrant brother is the regent of a small country in the Far Eastern Continent, because the emperor is young, this person has the power and prestige like the emperor, and the domestic position is very stable. However, the regional security situation in that region is not optimistic, and several small countries are hostile to each other, as has always been the case throughout history. The regional arms race is heating up there, and several neighboring countries have bought warships from advanced countries. One of the purposes of this good diplomatic visit to the United Empire of Saint-Romain was to buy warships and ironclad warships. The prince believed that as long as a sufficient number of ironclad warships (at least three) were bought, the armaments in this area would be in a state of equilibrium again.

The ironclad ships of that era were high-tech equipment, and they were not something that you could buy if you wanted to buy them in a backward country. Fortunately, the Burning Bag Lord's ruling country was a traditional ally and trading partner of the United Empire in the Far East, and the United Empire's top brass decided to sell it to several refurbished old warships at a high price. Subsequently, the reception staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged for the prince to go to the Odessa base to select a warship. He watched it for a whole day, and he couldn't afford to buy it, and he couldn't afford it, mainly because the navy was reluctant to sell it so that he opened an outrageously high price. The next day, it was like this again, so much so that he shook his head and sighed again and again with the accompanying Foreign Ministry personnel, saying that he wanted to go to other countries to have a look.

Seeing that this deal was going to be yellow, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs panicked, and was furious with the base personnel, repeatedly reiterating that losing this business might lose this ally, and seemed to want the base to give the regent a few warships in vain. But these warships are the property of the state, and the navy department has issued an order that "they cannot be sold cheaply." At this time, we must find a way to solve the problem as soon as possible. Rear Admiral Koradi, commander of the fleet left behind at the Odessa base, remembered the ironclad ship converted from an iron-hulled freighter, and the cost of the hull (calculated at the auction price of the cargo ship) plus the cost of the warship's transformation, combined with the cost of weapons and the profits of the industry, this deal can be done.

On November 10, the major general discussed the matter with the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consulted their respective leading departments, all of which were approved. The next day, the group went to Major Roland's museum...... Burning Bao was very satisfied with such a "warship" and cautiously asked the price. Major General Corradi quoted the price previously agreed with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The burning bag was ecstatic, and immediately made a decision, and brought me three first. The expeditionary fleet captured a total of 12 Starfish freighters, all of which were returned to the mainland, and apart from some auctions and debt payments, only three of them remained in the hands of the navy, which happened to meet the demand.

Rear Admiral Corradi signed the order on behalf of the Navy, and such warships did not exist in the arsenal of the Saint-Roman Empire. The Navy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs needed Major Romile Rolland to build the ships. In return, Major Romile Rowland received a generous salary as a project engineer and a huge final profit share.

On 21 November, after the completion of the recruitment of personnel and the preparation of the slipways of the ships, the construction of three Rohr-class cruisers began, which can be counted as the first batch of products of the leather arms company Roland Military Industry, and Major Romile Roland was in fact only equivalent to the contract foreman and chief engineer of this project.

In the dockyard provided by the Navy, three warships were built at the same time, with enough workers, sufficient materials, and abundant funds, and three shifts were round-the-clock, and in just one month, the three warships were completed. The other party paid the bill in physical silver, and after the handover, the Navy paid Romill Rolland the profit share agreed in the contract, totaling 9,600 ounces of silver. Romill Rowland made a fortune, netting 3,200 ounces of silver per warship. In addition, there is a military manufacturing license issued by the Ministry of Defense, which was issued directly to Major Roland as a gift. However, these are not his first pot of gold.

In March B61, the navy came to the door again. The prince of the burnt bag wants to buy three more, which means that Romil Roland will make money again. But something went wrong this time, and the Navy only got two Starfish ships. Just as the officers were in trouble, Romil Roland proposed that he would solve the ship's affairs, but the ship was unilaterally sold by Roland's military workers to the burning buns. The Navy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed.

After returning to the warship to renovate the contractor, Romile Roland's business genes exploded, he was no longer satisfied with being a contractor of a leather bag company, he wanted to make a career in the warship manufacturing industry in his lifetime, and after thinking about it again and again, he decided to sell the "museum".

In May B61, this "museum" was sold, 340,000 ounces of silver, equivalent to about 26,000 ounces of gold, which is close to the price of an old warship of the same tonnage. Major Romile Rowland earned the real first pot of gold.

In June B61, Romile Roland bought a large abandoned ship repair yard in the remote suburbs of Odessa for a small amount of money for its own warship renovation business, which means that Roland Military Industry has transformed from a leather bag company to a physical ship manufacturing enterprise. The dark history of Roland's military shipbuilding industry officially began.

From July B61, Romile Roland dredged up relations through Rear Admiral Corradi, and repeatedly purchased merchant ships captured by the Navy at "wholesale prices" and "scrap prices", and after remanufacturing warships, they were sold in the international arms market under the banners of refitting retired warships, warships in combat readiness reserves, and even newly built ships abandoned by the Navy. During this period, all the remanufactured ships of the company were small and medium-sized ships, and the product design was reasonable and had sufficient price advantages, which were quite popular in the international market. Even a superpower like the Tasman Empire has ordered more than a dozen of these "remanufactured warships" from this company through international arms dealers to use as frigates for capital ships.

From July 61 of the B century Roland military shipbuilding industry began to operate as an independent entity to 89 years of B century the company completely abandoned the business of remanufacturing warships of civilian ships, in the past 30 years, the company used various types of civilian ships to rebuild 1,188 warships, all of which were exported. The company exported 140 warships in the largest year, and at that time, the company had been recognized by international arms traders as the world's largest supplier of low-end warships for many years.

No one can deny that there are indeed fine works among these merchant ships remanufactured by warships, although the vast majority of them are embroidered ships that do not look at the war, and can even be regarded as the originator of many inferior ships in the current international market. During that period of history, the company made unbelievably high profits from the manufacture and sale of these counterfeit and shoddy products, and then gradually became a respected supplier of high-performance warships.

This story tells us that in fact, many rich people can get rich purely by chance, and the vast majority of the super-rich have their own gray growth experience.

The two stories in this chapter are taken together, and it is not difficult for us to see with a little analysis and reasoning that these lucky people who have made a fortune are essentially dependent on the government to make their fortunes. The real world and real life are also like this, take a look at the current situation of the porcelain country:

Wealthy people in second- and third-tier cities: all kinds of real estate developers, who have survived to the present are definitely related to the government, leaders of various state-owned enterprises and quasi-state-owned enterprises, heads of private enterprises that provide supporting services for the government and state-owned enterprises, and some smart people with administrative level and real power......

The middle class in second- and third-tier cities: close comrades-in-arms of developers with government connections, contractors who can get government projects, some urban village land owners who are demolished, heads of various government functional departments who are flexible, and small bosses who rely on all kinds of large enterprises to survive at the middle level and above of various state-owned enterprises......

In fact, this is also the case in the first-tier cities in China, but some demolition households or courtyard lords can easily kill the rich in second- and third-tier cities.

There are only more white-collar workers in first-tier cities, but in China, compared with "black-collar workers", this white-collar worker is a fart!!

Look at the children of ordinary people around us, following the government, TM definitely has money to make; If a boss with a small amount of capital wants to make a fortune, he has to follow the government. Such examples abound, and this is actually the case in any country.

Why pinch, the reader will figure it out for himself.