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In the blink of an eye, in 1915, after the brutal Battle of Verdun Meat Grinder, the French ** team blocked the attack of the German Army with great sacrifices and defended the capital Paris. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

Due to the failure of the German Army to defeat France, a European power, with the successive efforts of the British and Russian teams, the precarious France stood firm, and the two camps of the Entente and the Central Powers fell into a stalemate! The industries of the two camps were mobilized, and industry, agriculture, and millions of cannon fodder were organized and sent to the front in a steady stream. The attrition on the front line is staggering, and the power accumulated by mankind over the centuries of industrialization is erupting in an extremely brutal way.

Thomas Woodrow Wilson said that the United States was neutral and would not participate in the wars in Europe, and the American people were very happy to hear it, and the isolated and glorious Americans did not want to mingle with the Europeans, but they were very welcome to accept European orders. The British and French could not guarantee the consumption of supplies on the front line, and the war stimulated the orders from the warring sides like a tidal wave before the British Royal Navy imposed a large-scale blockade, and the American economy gradually prospered after a brief panic at the outbreak of war.

Robles Mellon tasted the sweetness of financial speculation after the success of financial speculation in New York, and did not want to return to Occidental Petroleum Corporation. The real estate business in Houston was also handed over to Situ Nan. Situ Nan did not have time to take care of the real estate business in Houston, and he could not find a suitable successor for a while, so he had to promote a former deputy to replace Robles under the real estate company. Fortunately, that guy was decent, and there was no big basket that made Situ Nan a lot easier.

After this successful speculation, Robles's confidence was even greater, and he was ambitious to get a piece of the growing Texas state!

And Guedas, who had replaced Robles, returned to his original position at Occidental Petroleum: manager of the oil investment department.

With Occidental Petroleum's influence in Texas, Guedas got into a hot fight with the shrewd oil merchants, who financed and bought large quantities of the crude oil from the wildcat prospectors. Wildcat prospectors, oil merchants, who have wells but limited funds, can only sell crude oil to big companies like Occidental Petroleum when it is extracted. Guedas did a good job in this matter, and the little unhappiness of leaving the real estate business in Houston had long been driven away by the oil business.

After the Western Petroleum Company had a large amount of money, the development of the reserve oil fields held in its hands was developed in advance, new oil wells were constantly drilled, and a steady stream of crude oil was transported to the refinery through the oil pipelines that the company had just laid, and finally turned into a variety of refined oil products that were sold to the eastern cities and sold to the European battlefield on the other side.

The busy Atlantic route is not only oil tankers, but also countless American goods landing in Europe, and at the same time, European capital and technology have fled to the United States in large numbers due to the impact of the war, which has accelerated the economic development and technological progress of the United States!

This era was also the era of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, due to geographical factors, the Central Powers led by Germany faced the blockade of the Entente led by Britain, France and Russia, and most of the goods sent by the United States to Europe served the Allied Powers, but some were sent to the Allied Powers, but this was far from meeting the needs of the Allied Powers.

With the Royal Navy intensifying the inspection of supplies, the blockade of the Central Powers became more severe, and later most of the materials sent by the United States to Europe were sent to the camp of the Entente. At the beginning of the refinery war between the American Occidental Petroleum Company and the German Bavarian Chemical Company, at the urging of the German side, most of the crude oil produced by the Western Petroleum Company was sent to Germany, until the British Royal Navy severely blockade, and most of the oil of the Western Petroleum Company had to be sold to the Entente countries except for a part of the oil sold to Germany through South America and European neutral countries. Anyway, it makes the same money to sell it to anyone, and it doesn't matter if the Western oil company is a little crazy, but it's a pity that the Germans are a little crazy, the oil can't be shipped to Germany, and Hans, the representative of the German side of the joint venture, is so anxious that he jumps to his feet, and he is under a lot of pressure from Berlin.

In order to break the blockade of the Royal Navy, Germany implemented unlimited submarine operations, and for a time a large number of merchant ships were sent to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine forces, and it was not only the British, French, Russians, but also Americans who were injured! Many American businessmen suffered heavy losses in the unrestricted submarine warfare in Germany, and the American side was angry with Germany and almost threatened war. Under pressure from the United States, the German Navy had to abandon a brief period of unrestricted submarine warfare, until two years later, when it was almost certain that the United States would join the Entente, Germany resumed submarine warfare.

This small episode during this period could not change the fact that the United States made a lot of war money, but it was enough to make many American businessmen lose their vitality for a while. Situ Nan also had two batches of cargo sent by German submarines to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, although the loss was not large, but Situ Nan, who survived the sinking of the Titanic, hated the sinking ship very much, and also hated the Germans. He swore that when the war was over, he would definitely let the Germans teach him a hard lesson, and the Germans would not vomit enough blood to make up for the loss of the cautious Situ Nan!

Sleep until you wake up naturally, count the money until your hands cramp!

This sounds a bit vulgar and unambitious, but it is the best portrayal of Situ Nan's current life. Since he came to this world inexplicably, Situ Nan has relied on his influence on history, and in just two or three years, Tong Guò has almost cheated to achieve a career that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve in a lifetime, which is easy to say, but not so easy to do, and it is impossible for others to understand the hard work in the middle. Over the years, Situ Nan has been spinning like a spinning top, all kinds of opportunities and troubles have come one after another, and he has been very busy, until after the outbreak of Europe, Situ Nan's layout can be completed, and his life has stabilized. Now Situ Nan doesn't have to do a lot of things himself, and if he is told to do anything, there are naturally professionals to do it. Life is like being pushed away, I have survived a bottleneck, and I can finally rest and reminisce.

Every morning when he opened his eyes and looked at Mary in his arms, Situ Nan always felt like a dream: a thriving career, a gentle and beautiful lover, and taking care of a lovely child, all of which made Situ Nan feel satisfied.

Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito said: "Drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women, wake up to the power of the world!" Although Situ Nan dislikes this person due to national feelings, he has to admit that this person has expressed a man's dream. Situ Nan did the first half of the sentence, and the second half of the sentence was nowhere to be seen, but it did not hinder Situ Nan's self-entertainment.

Situ Nan's career is booming, and the personnel in Situ Nan's family have also swelled a lot, the security guards in the mansion have increased, the number of servants has also increased, and many facilities have also increased! Although Mary was not born into a nobleman, this woman seemed to have an innate affinity, and she kept the house in order, like a hostess, and the servants in the house obeyed her. Situ Nan saw in his eyes that Mary, who was a dignitary in front of him at night, was indescribably excited under his crotch.

Finding a reliable man gave Mary a second spring, and this man still loved his son Tom so much, so Mary tried her best to serve Situ Nan very comfortably, and even a little flattering. Every morning, after Mary arranged for the maid to make breakfast, she carefully prepared the newspaper and placed it next to Situ Nan's table. Yes, reading newspapers has become a compulsory course for Situ Nan every day, and in the era when there is no Internet, no television, and no radio, newspapers are the main source of information for people. From world events, the war situation in Europe, the country's economic policies, to the small social gossip, of course, there is a lot of business information, etc., some of Situ Nan's projects are also obtained from newspapers. The United States is a big country in the newspaper industry, and thinking of the important role of newspapers and other media in American society, on a whim, Situ Nan bought a local newspaper in Los Angeles. With ample financial support, the newspaper was launched in Los Angeles in December 1881 and quickly grew faster than its original history.

The newspaper played an important role in the development of the western United States and the industrialization of southern California, and by 1915 the Los Angeles Times had become the largest circulation newspaper in the western United States.

History has left a vague back, but hidden behind it may be a conspiracy! Situ Nan has now slowly integrated into this era, although he remembers the memories of his previous life and knows the general trajectory of historical development, but some things are not too clear after a hundred years, Situ Nan combined the information obtained and the memories of his previous life to corroborate each other, and found that many things History is only the surface of the record, but the water below is deep, not as simple as he imagined.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and Situ Nan is no exception, with prescient foresight than others, Situ Nan's investment can often achieve or high returns.

Expand, expand, expand・・・・・・ whether it is the Western Petroleum Company or the steel mills, canneries, lighter factories, pharmaceutical factories, or real estate, the scale has been expanded again and again, and the products produced are in short supply.

In order to raise funds, Situ Nan took out loans from banks. Seriously, the European war not only made American businessmen make a lot of money, but also American bankers, who not only lent money to American companies, but also sold war bonds, making the difference in price. Before World War I, the United States owed Europe $4 billion in debt, and after World War I, European countries owed the United States $10 billion (some say $14 billion), and the United States became a European creditor, and most of the American money was in the hands of capitalists, that is to say, American bankers became European creditors!

In contrast, Situ Nan is not comparable to the predators on Wall Street in New York! All I earn is hard-earned money and a down-to-earth industry.

Borrowing other people's money to make money, this is the king! Feeling this, Situ Nan had the idea of setting up his own bank, but it was just an idea now, and it didn't have to be implemented immediately.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance! The industry under his hands is developing well, and there are more and more banknotes in his pocket, Situ Nan is happy to be a shopkeeper!

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