The crackdown on the workers who occupied Wall Street did damage Morgan's reputation. Compared to Scrooge, who has the aura of a saint on his head, Morgan's current image must be with horns on his head and bat wings on his back. However, a negative image is just as useful, and even a negative reputation can be more useful than a positive reputation in some cases, as long as it is well controlled. Although due to Morgan's negative image, some political groups, some religious groups, and so on the surface began to distance themselves from Morgan, but in fact, the donations that should be collected are still the same. On the contrary, because of the "decisiveness" expressed in the settlement of the Occupy Wall Street incident, Morgan's influence on Wall Street has risen to a certain extent.

Of course, Morgan still paid the price, that is, even the organizations that took Morgan's donations did not dare to say that they took Morgan's donations, and "he took Morgan's money" has become a common way to accuse opponents when political and religious organizations attack each other, and the first reaction of the accused is often "You just took Morgan's money, and your whole family took Morgan's money".

"The dollar that can't see the light will never be as good as the dollar that can be used in the sun." From this point of view, Scrooge's calculation of Morgan can still be said to be quite successful.

The demonstrations were suppressed, but the problem of the unemployed workers' livelihood remained severe, and if the problem was not resolved quickly, the emergence of new riots was almost inevitable.

At this time, the savior Scrooge stepped forward, first announcing the official start of construction of the Atlantic Communication Tower, and then began to recruit construction workers. Scrooge said he could only hire each worker for 30 days to help more unemployed workers, and after a month of working for him, those workers could use the wages they received to leave New York and go further west or south to the rebuilding states.

In addition to the Atlantic Tower, if someone is willing to make a trip to distant Alaska and participate in the construction of several ports in Alaska, then he can also receive twice the salary of working in New York, as well as a longer two-year work contract. So that when they come back from their work, well, they must have enough money to go west and get a piece of land to cultivate.

……

"When these workers arrive in Alaska, they will be divided into two groups, and one group will be responsible for building the simple port. The other group, predominantly Irish, would mine the gold under the supervision of Blackwater. During the family meeting, Dorothea began to introduce the Alaska plan to Carol and Kathryn.

"When the workers arrive at the mine, they will build barracks and a fence around the entire mine. At this time, we will tell them that this is done in case of possible wolves, brown bears, and savages. Outside the fence, we will set up barbed wire and set up minefields to ensure that no one can leave the camp at will. ”

"So what if the workers get sick or injured or something?" Carol asked.

"In the vicinity of workers' quarters, we will have hospitals that can solve some minor injuries. As for the big injuries," Dorothea smiled, "Isn't it normal to die in Alaska when the conditions are so bad?" Rest assured, there will be no workers who leave due to injuries and illnesses and the news of the gold mine will be leaked. ”

"And what about after the two-year period?" Catherine asked, "Aren't we going to let them go back?" As soon as they returned home, the news of the gold mines in Alaska could not be hidden. ”

"By that time, our own factory will already be impregnable, and no homeless person will be able to touch our gold mine. Even if they did, they would just be looking around for other gold mines, well, there may be other gold mines in Alaska, and as far as we know, there are some very small gold mines near our gold mines that are not very valuable to be mined. I deliberately left these things for them, and they might bring a prospecting fever and a gold rush. At this time, our port can make a lot of money. Scrooge explained.

"Then I don't have any more opinions." Catherine replied.

"The mined gold will be secretly loaded onto ships, transported to that small port near Duck Fort, and then sent to the underground vault of Duck Castle." Dorothea continued, "For the safety of the vessels, we bought a shipyard and started building dedicated transport vessels. These boats will be called tall yachts. They are equipped with our latest heavy oil steam turbines and propeller thrusters, and with a special boat structure, they can reach a maximum of 23 knots. There is still the possibility of further development in the future. That way, we don't have to worry about pirates. Because not to mention pirates, even the British Navy has no way to intercept such a fast ship. ”

"Our heavy oil steam turbines have been put into practical use?" Carroll asked, saying that the news was even more important than the gold mine in a sense.

"Small and medium-sized ones can be used, but large turbines, well, it's going to take a while." "However, with careful maintenance, it is now okay to use it on high-end yachts of about 1,000 tons." ”

"How can the loyalty of the crew be guaranteed?" Catherine asked.

"Their families are in our hands, and there is no permanent crew and captain on any of the ships, and they will rotate in several such boats, which means that any captain will not have a fixed combination of the first mate and the crew under him. This will of course reduce efficiency, but it will also minimize the possibility of rebellion. In addition...... "Dorothea began to tell her about the Golden Ship.

"Now, do you have any questions? If not. Then let's go according to the plan. Scrooge finally said.

……

Just as the MacDonald family began to organize the excavation of gold in Alaska, a purchasing group from our Great Qing Dynasty approached the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company.

"Business from China?" Scrooge was a little interested, he remembered, "What kind of Westernization movement in the Manchu Qing Dynasty seems to have started during this period of time, right?" "Although in a short period of time, the market in China is limited, and the money that can be made will not be too much, but such a large country, put it there, no matter how you can completely ignore it. It wouldn't be a bad thing to establish a little connection with the upper echelons of the country first. Besides, Shi Koozhi, who was a Chinese in his previous life, is still a little curious about the Chinese of this era.

"Well, take a look, anyway, although the Qing government doesn't have a lot of money, but people are stupid and well-deserved. Rather than let the British and Germans play with them as fools, and make their money and play them like fools, it is better for me to make this money. At the very least, I'm not going to sell the. ”

Shi Scroozhi, who was interested, also took an afternoon out of his busy schedule to meet these representatives from the Manchu Qing Dynasty......

"Mr. Rong, is this company the company that produces the Mike Quick Gun?" Looking at the not-so-conspicuous gate of the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company, a chubby Chinese wearing a horse coat with a braid behind his head asked another young man in a suit with his head draped.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, this is the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company, the largest arms company in the United States. Not only did most of the guns in the U.S. military come from this company, but the British, French and Prussians, and the rifles they use are, technically, also from this company. ”

"It doesn't look very magnificent." That Mr. Zhang shook his head and said.

"Americans are generally not prosperous." Mr. Yung replied, "The proprietor here is the most famous and wealthy man in the United States. He is also the most famous scholar in the United States, with a very high status. It is rumored here that if you offend this person, even the president of the United States will not be able to sit in a stable position. It is not easy for us to see this person today, and Mr. Zhang should not regard him as an ordinary rich businessman. ”

"The dignified United States has allowed a businessman to enjoy such a status. What a barbarian country! That Mr. Zhang said disapprerovingly, he looked at Mr. Rong standing in front of him, looked anxious, and then smiled and said, "I'm just saying, when I see that local tyrant, I will never put on such a posture again." Sir, rest assured. ”

Mr. Rong is one of the earliest Chinese students in China and the earliest Chinese graduate of Yale, Rong Hong. In the original history, Mr. Rong Hong is also a man of the hour, he participated in many activities in the Westernization Movement, many factories built by the Westernists, he was responsible for the procurement of the machine, and later he also single-handedly promoted China's earliest official study abroad activities - the Qing Dynasty's young children in the United States, and cultivated a lot of talents for China.

As for the Mr. Zhang beside him, he was a staff member of Li Hongzhang, who was the governor of Liangjiang at the time. This person's name is Zhang Yu, because of obesity and snooze, he got the nickname of "fat cat", and people who are familiar with him often call him Zhang Fat Cat.

The two of them walked straight towards the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. After informing the doorman of their intentions, within a few minutes, they saw a yellow man in a black suit walking over and asking them in an official dialect with a Guangxi flavor: "You are Mr. Rong and Mr. Zhang from China?" ”

The person who came was none other than Wang Qinian, who was on duty at the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company, because he had to receive Chinese, so he was called in to help. At this time, as soon as he opened his mouth, Rong Hong and Zhang Yu were startled. Originally, when they saw such a yellow man without braids, both Rong Hong and Zhang Yu subconsciously regarded him as a Japanese. But as soon as this person spoke, his accent immediately made them realize, this is a Chinese?

"Are you Chinese?" Rong Hong asked, it was a pleasant thing for Rong Hong to meet a Chinese fellow countryman in the MacDonald Infantry Weapons Company.

"Where's your braids?" Zhang Yu asked with an eyebrow furrowed.

"It's a shame to keep that pig's tail, cut it!" The man also deliberately looked at Zhang Yu with a provocative eye.

"You ...... who forgot your ancestors," Zhang Yu couldn't help but scold.

"Lao Tzu's ancestors were Han Chinese, and there was no such pig tail." Wang Qinian responded unceremoniously.

"You, you ......" Zhang Yu was so angry that he didn't say anything for a long time.

"Mr. MacDonald is waiting for you, come with me." After Wang Qinian finished speaking, he turned around and left. Rong Hong hurriedly pulled Zhang Yu, who was still standing in place and was angry, and signaled him not to be rash, and then the two of them followed Wang Qinian together and walked upstairs.

"It's weird, it's like I've seen this guy somewhere." Rong Hong thought as he walked.

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