Catherine's love affair is not good, Scrooge doesn't care too much, anyway, this matter is naturally handled by his eldest brother Carol. Besides, isn't it normal for a woman in menopause to be a little arrogant? Scrooge actually paid more attention to the very low lower limit of the British in this action. This meant that the McDonald's business would have to take into account the low ceiling of the British, so many of its plans had to be adjusted accordingly.

In the evening, the day's work was basically over, and when it was time for dinner, several of the MacDonald's giants, as well as a group of small characters, had gathered. The eldest Carroll and his wife sat in the main seat (although the family was made by Scrooge, but when they sat in the order of the eldest and youngest), on their right were the Scrooges, on their left were Donald and Greystone, then Scrooge's youngest daughter Mary and Carroll's youngest son John, and in the back seat sat the housekeeper Anna. She has been serving the family for many years, so she is often seen as a member of the family, just as many Western families will consider their pets as part of the family.

"Thank God for giving us food and water, thank God for giving us ......" Before dinner, Carol, the eldest in the family, led everyone to pray. Joseph Sr. and his wife died a few years ago, but the rule still remains. Finally, everyone said together, "Amen! Then he began to lower his head and eat.

Today's MacDonald's rules are gradually becoming more and more. It is natural that after a successful family is developed, as more and more money increases, the organization within the family must also be strengthened. From a physical point of view, everyone in a family is like a particle, and the amount of money they have is like the energy that the particle has. When each particle does not have too much energy, it is naturally relatively easy to hold them together. And once the energy of these particles increases, the binding force required to put them together again must be greater. The increasing number of rules is this bound binding force. Since ancient times, the rules of aristocratic families are not all for the purpose of pretending13, and there is always a reason for the existence of zài in history.

In today's MacDonald family, talking is not allowed while eating. So everyone bowed their heads and finished their dinner quietly, and then thanked God again, and then Carol spoke.

"Mary, John, you can go back and finish your homework."

The two children stood up, nodded to Carol and Scrooge, and then turned around and walked out together under Anna's lead, and when they got out of the dining room, the servant in charge of educating them came up and took them to do their homework. Although he came from the 21st century, Scrooge has always been dismissive of "happy learning". In his opinion, happy learning or something is just a good excuse to cut investment in education at the bottom. Anyway, the stupid hat at the bottom, learning is almost there, and being stupid is not a bad thing. As for the social elite, of course, a more rigorous education is necessary. For example, in later generations of countries where happy education was popular, schools that really prepared elite children, such as Eton Public School, were not happy at all.

With this in mind, Mary and John's days were naturally very fulfilling.

When the young children have gone out, the others have started the routine exchange and analysis meeting.

"Today the British are using poison gas on a large scale in South Africa. According to what we have gotten, this poison gas should be light. Gas and things like that. "The effect was quite obvious, and in just one day they basically captured the fortress." It is astonishing that the British can make up their minds so quickly. In the light of this expression of the British, I think that some of our expectations for the Boer War should be adjusted accordingly. ”

"Scrooge, are you saying that it is possible for the British to win soon?" Catherine asked.

"It's not that simple. However, since the British have already used chemical weapons, they will naturally continue to use them in the future. So naturally it's not much use to defend a fortress or something. I estimate that it will not be long before the Boers lose all their major cities. That's actually a good thing for us. You know, the Boers still have a lot of gold in their hands. They don't intend to deposit all the gold in our bank. It's easy to understand that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. So they've been talking to some European banks, but they haven't found a more reliable option yet. The sudden change in circumstances would naturally force the Boers to do everything they could to get their gold out. As a result, the amount of gold placed in our place will rise dramatically. And we know that Britain will win this battle. Once the British were victorious, the Transvaal Republic would naturally not have zài, and was there a more lucrative deal than saving gold for them? With that, both of Scrooge's eyes lit up.

"That's certainly a good thing. But don't we have an important goal in mind? Let the British go out of the way in order to dispel the fear of Britain in European countries, and thus encourage them to challenge Britain. Will the victory of the British interfere with the achievement of this goal? While Catherine and Dorothea were still basking in the wonderful situation of being able to cheat the white wolf out of all the gold of the Transvaal Republic, Carol was determined to grasp the key thing. This is also one of Carol's great strengths, although Carol is not as talented and capable as his younger brother, and even inferior to the women in his own family in many places, however, Carol is rarely seduced by other, non-strategic gadgets, and can always cling to the most critical things.

"That's a real problem." Scrooge said: "I am afraid that future operations will be dominated by guerrilla warfare." At present, the British were not prepared for the guerrilla warfare they were going to face, so guerrilla warfare would be a headache for the British for some time. However, guerrilla warfare is not impossible to deal with. After all, the number of Boers is too small, and the land area is limited. As long as the British were willing to put their forces into it, they would certainly be able to suppress them. Moreover, given that the British had such a low ceiling, they might soon come up with a weapon of mass destruction against guerrilla warfare -- to concentrate on the civilian population. Generally speaking, after a person has done something that breaks through the lower limit, then it becomes quite easy for them to continue to break through the new lower limit......"

"Are you talking about the trick that the Spaniards played in Cuba?" Catherine asked.

"Of course, but I reckon the English may be able to play better than the Spaniards," Scrooge replied, "but it doesn't matter, we can use the media to contain the British." Second, the British relied on chemical weapons to turn the tide of the war, which in itself was an encouragement to some countries. The Germans, for example, have more chemical weapons reserves than the British. And even if they get out of the concentration camps, they won't necessarily be able to suppress the guerrilla warfare quickly. After all, the Boers were taught by us, and they are not so easy to deal with......"

……

On a manor house on the outskirts of London, some members of the Rothschild family came together to discuss the situation in South Africa.

"We won a game today, but it was just a small win." Alberto is summing up what is happening in the gold market today, "The key to our fight with Macdonald in South Africa is whether we can quickly end the war and restore the normal supply of gold. The faster the war ends, the better it will be for us, and vice versa. Six million pounds is not a small amount, but it is a small amount compared to the benefits that can be brought by the restoration of the gold supply from a quick end to the war. Have you ever wondered what kind of expertise the MacDonald Consortium has in the war? ”

The rest of the people began to talk about it. The last old man said to Alberto: "Alberto, you have a lot to do with the Macdonald consortium, so let's talk about it."

"Yes, father." Alberto replied, "MacDonald started out of war. Mr. MacDonald himself is said to have said something like this: 'I may often make mistakes in other things, but I have never missed much in my judgment of war.' If we examine how the MacDonalds have made their fortune from war over the years, we can see that Mr. Scrooge MacDonald was a genius in the matter of war. If he had become a general, instead of a businessman, perhaps he would have eclipsed even Hannibal. In the American Civil War, he pioneered trench warfare, and when it came to Cuba, they developed the tactics of guerrilla warfare. Now in South Africa, the large-scale regular fighting may soon be over, but if the Boers also engage in guerrilla warfare - this is almost certain, because MacDonald's role in the Boer War is well known. If South African society is not able to recover, then the recovery of gold supply will be far away. So, I think we should use our influence to prepare Britain and take the most advantageous means to stop guerrilla warfare once it arises. ”

"Very well, but Alberto, do you think there is any way to deal with Cuban-style guerrilla warfare?"

"Uncle Peter, there was a time when the Spaniards were actually doing well in Cuba. That trick we can learn is the centralized management of civilians. I gave it a name, 'concentration camp.'" ”R1058