Under the sun of the Chesapeake Bay, eighteen battleships and seven torpedo ships were all painted white, lying quietly in the middle of the sea, the decks were polished, the guns were majestic and cold, countless sailors were clustered together, waving their arms excitedly, and the whole base was filled with a joyful atmosphere. 【 I want: super fast update 】

This is one of the most powerful fleets in the history of the United States! It is a real demonstration of the strength of the navy, which has quietly climbed to the third place in the world!

Although some people are using outdated words to describe this fleet that is about to depart, Evans does not think so, as the only veteran of the current Navy who has participated in the Civil War, he knows that as long as these behemoths are still in the water, it will be a shock to the whole world, and with the start of construction of four South Carolina-class and four Delaware-class battleships, it will only take three or four years for the strength of the US Navy to go to a new level, and it will completely say goodbye to the navy that was hit by others at the door!

The May Huā motorboat slowly sailed past the fleet, each warship was saluted, the national anthem was played, and the mighty honor guard lined up to salute the president, this spectacular scene also made President Fairbanks feel emotional, looking at the powerful fleet in front of him, which represented the power of the United States, he waved his top hat in greeting, and excitedly said to the reporters around him: "Please remember this day, today is a holiday in the United States!" ”

As if in response to his speech, twenty-five battleships whistled at the same time, and smoke billowed into the sky from huge chimneys, blackening the skies of the Chesapeake Bay.

When the latter Maine slowly left the harbor under the gaze of everyone, and the May Huā began to return, but Fairbanks, who was quiet in joy and excitement, did not expect that he had just come ashore to receive a shocking news.

There is a massive run on New York and the stock market is on the verge of collapse!

This news almost plunged Fairbanks, who had just sent off the fleet, into the sea, and "no one would have imagined" that in just a few days, the unstoppable US economy, which was as prosperous as a train, would crash into a cliff.

"What's going on! Tell me, what's going on! ”

Inside the White House, Fairbanks roared loudly, several economic experts turned black, and no one dared to look at the blood-red eyes with their heads down, no one thought that the news of the collapse of a trust company and an accidental fire would make the whole United States explode.

When the news of the fire in the banking clearing building and the burning of all internal materials broke out, the run on New York quickly spread to the whole United States: "From Boston to Florida, from Seattle to San Francisco, there were long queues in front of almost all banks, especially when several small banks announced that they would close indefinitely, and this terrible plague-like financial crisis quickly occupied the front pages of all newspapers in the United States."

Worryingly, in just one month, the crisis in the financial world has spread to industry, and a large number of small factory owners are beginning to show signs of running out of funds, and some have even closed their factories outright "waiting for the situation to change."

At this moment, Fairbanks, sitting in the White House, finally understood the pressure of the gold exchange crisis under the Cleveland presidency, and to his dismay, all the American trust oligarchs, including Morgan, Thomas and Rockefeller, were helpless and demanded that the government bail out the market.

But is it that simple to bail out the market?

The U.S. government is not a U.S. bank, and in a fully free economy, the U.S. government has very little binding on banks and trust companies, allowing them to raise a large amount of money, which led to a financial crisis. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Even if they are rescued, they will not be rescued at once, because the huge expenditure on the purchase of the Panama Canal in the first half of the year has caused a huge deficit in the finances, which is not a big problem and can be alleviated as long as it survives until the next fiscal year.

Of course, there is another way to "open the vault under the burned liquidation building, which contains 200 million dollars worth of cash" and then let the banks save themselves, but the problem is that due to the fire, the fifth floor of the database was completely burned down, and a large amount of financial information disappeared, according to the estimation of the New York Police Bureau, it will take at least half a year for them to sort out the clue.

Half!

Fairbanks almost cried, but there was no way to do it, the vault really can't be opened at will now, it's like you have a passbook to go to the bank to withdraw money, and after losing the passbook, then the bank can't tell how much money you have deposited, you have to do a thorough inventory to be able to pay you, and this takes enough time.

Of course, there is another reason that cannot be said, that is, according to intelligence, this crisis is very likely to be man-made, that is, whether it is the news of the bankruptcy of the trust company or the sudden fire in the liquidation building, it is very likely to be man-made, although there is no direct political situation, but all clues point to the Rothschilds and Morgan!

This rumor is currently only circulating in a small circle, but an hour after the Liquidation Building caught fire that day, Morgan suddenly sold off hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stocks in his hand, which has nothing to do with investment profits, and even greatly worsened the stock market, which is very suspicious.

However, the intelligence services have not yet grasped the evidence, and even if they do, it is impossible to really make it public, because Morgan has become one of the bellwether of the United States, and he is also the financial aid of the Democratic Party.

Whether this news is true or not, it means that once the banks are allowed to save themselves, then the US government will be excluded from this crisis, and will completely lose the right to speak in the currency, and he himself will become a rubber stamp for the United States.

So if he could, he would even be willing to close that vault for a little longer, but the problem at the moment is that there is not much time to turn around, and if the crisis really lasts for more than half a year, then the US economy will suffer serious scars in history!

Fairbanks waved his hand and drove away these economic advisers who only knew how to eat idle meals on weekdays, looked at Secretary of State John Hay and said, "John, is there nothing there can do?" ”

"No, there's another way."

"Oh?" Fairbanks' eyes lit up.

After a moment's pause, John Hay said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Thomas has proposed to the Vice President and Parliament that $200 million in gold bonds could be issued" and that he underwrite them all "in exchange for enough cash to bail out the market!" ”

"$200 million in gold claims!" Fairbanks' heart tightened, this is not a trivial matter, two hundred million dollars, that's a full three hundred tons of gold!

More than a decade ago, President Cleveland also issued gold bonds, which put the nation's gold reserves under private control, and although the U.S. government has regulatory powers, it is a private enterprise.

While the issuance of another $200 million in gold bonds now would have no effect on gold reserves, it would mean that the US government would pay the market a full 300 tonnes of gold over the next few years.

But is there any other way now?

Even if Morgan had nothing to do with the financial crisis, "he couldn't scrape together so much cash, as a big banker in the United States, all the banks and trust companies under his name were also affected by the run crisis, and his interest in steel and railroads over the years took up a lot of money, so it can only protect itself at present."

Rockefeller doesn't need to mention that although oil consumption has made him rich every day, his big exchange with Thomas Mining a few years ago has left him with a lot of debt, "so it is impossible to come up with so much money."

At present, the only person with a large amount of cash is Thomas, although his name Bank of America has also been affected, but the main business of Bank of America is in South America, and his investments are basically mining, most of which are overseas, and have not suffered much impact, so he is currently the only one who can contribute.

But Thomas is a strange person, "whether it is for the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, it seems to be a kind of neutrality, so it is not good to put $200 million in gold claims in the hands of such a person."

The whole United States knows that Morgan supports the Democratic Party, but he is a Republican "Originally, the Republican Party supported by Rockefeller can be comparable to the Democratic Party, but Rockefeller has been busy with his own affairs in recent years, so his support has begun to decrease, and if this crisis can be used at this time to pull Thomas to the side of the Republican Party, then there will be tremendous pressure on Morgan!"

Regardless of whether this crisis is manipulated by Morgan and the family behind him, "if the Democratic Party is ultimately profitable, it will undoubtedly be a great irony of the government he leads!"

Thinking of this, Fairbanks seemed to have made up his mind, looked at John Hay and said, "John, contact Mr. Thomas for me" Please tell him that I invite him to the Republican Sorority in New York next week. ”

"God! Thomas, you've become America's big creditor! $200 million gold bonds? Red tons of gold! Repentance. ”

Thomas, who had just finished attending the Republican Party Fellowship, returned to his residence, and was grabbed by George, and after colliding his fists, he immediately laughed regardless of his image, but before the laughter ended, the corners of Thomas's mouth had collapsed: "It's not me."

"Ha Xiao, so ridiculous!" His words, not only did not make George stop laughing, but leaned forward and backward, the corners of his eyes were moist, and after a long time, he walked to the closet and took out a bottle of Lafite, poured it twice as much, and poured it himself, and sighed: "You know what? Thomas, Lee may be the cunning guy I've ever seen! ”

"Yes, that's a vile and shameless, but rich, charismatic, and scheming bastard!" Thomas gritted his teeth and crossed his fingers to calculate how much gold he could get this time.

George looked at the funny Thomas and took a deep breath, in fact, until now, he still can't believe this fact, because when he and Thomas have been confused about how to profit from the crisis, Li Mo used a bold idea, not only dug a piece of meat from the United States, but also successfully made Thomas, a powerless businessman, squeeze into the Republican Party and become a figure who can really influence the United States!

"You're going to be the god of America!"

Remembering Li Mo's words many years ago, Thomas couldn't help but blood gushing up, and poured a sip of spirits fiercely, when he and George calculated how to use this crisis to get a vote from the American capital market, that madman was not satisfied with money for a long time, but used this crisis to squeeze himself into the inner circle of the United States!

He grasped the big problem of the US government, as the US economic crisis began to spread to the industrial sector, what the US government urgently needed was to raise enough cash, but the problem was that they had just taken out 180 million, and they no longer had that much money in their hands, and Morgan had lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot, his bank was in turmoil, and as for Rockefeller, he was still paying off his debts!

According to Li Mo's speculation at the time of Beijing, there are only two ways for the US government to come up with cash, one is to borrow from big banks, and the second is to bring in international capital to bail out the market.

The United States is certainly unwilling to do so, and when it comes to market closure, the United States is stricter than any other country in Europe, so there is only the first way left.

But borrowing is not easy either, because the U.S. government lacks sufficient leverage.

There is no land, no industry, no mineral deposits, all they have is the gold in the Federal Gold Reserve Board, but the Reserve Committee is private, shared by Thomas and Morgan, and the US government only has regulatory powers!

So Thomas bypassed others and chose to go to the vice president to knock on the side, but as a Republican, it was impossible for Fairbanks to hand over this sales power to outsiders, so Li Mo let himself stop being neutral and completely fell to the Republican Party in exchange for this huge benefit!

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Morgan, although he and Rockefeller belong to the same family support, but the two families have long been dissatisfied with the people behind them, but they still maintain a balance of strength, but now their own intervention has made the United States have a third force, which makes it impossible for the Rothschilds to infiltrate the United States!

And the "Democratic" main party supported by Morgan will also suffer a heavy blow!

Li Mo, that bastard, has a good grasp of the game in politics and sees through the essence behind the crisis!

In order not to become a rubber stamp, the US government must save the market, but the problem is that this Republican administration definitely does not want to let the crisis maker Morgan benefit, and Rockefeller is unable to complete the task of saving the US economy, so they can only win themselves over!

There is no doubt that the 200 million US dollars of gold debt will flow into Li Mo's hands, and if the interest is added, nearly 400 tons of gold will be needed in the next five years to make up for this hole! It is equivalent to putting all the gold earned by the US government in the next few years into his private pocket, and successfully making him a major shareholder in the gold reserve committee, surpassing Morgan! And what the United States will receive a few years later is just a pile of huāhuā green pieces of paper!

This is crazy!

George took his wine glass and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the brightly lit night scene of New York outside, and the smile on his lips gradually faded.

There is no doubt that Limer will continue to push Thomas to become the big economic controller of the United States, his ambition has been revealed, this madman will challenge the world with its powerful and powerful fleet!

Although the essence of his doing this is for the country, he has his own country among his opponents.

"George, are you worried about the future?" has been together for many years, and they have been good friends since childhood, how could Thomas not know George's thoughts, but the two of them have fallen too deep, as long as they look at the mysterious bodyguards outside, they know that there is no way to escape from the whirlpool.

"No, I'm not worried." George turned his head, blinked his eyes and regained his smile: "Actually, I asked Li Mo last time I was in Beijing, and he promised me that he would not invade Britain!" ”

"And, even without him, do you think Europe would be at peace?"

"The experience of this period of time is the wonderful and unforgettable years of my life, so I will leave my current job before Li Mo makes a move, and I will go to China and settle there."

"My dream is to be a writer, you know!" George's voice was low, echoing through the room, with a thick tiredness, and then nodded heavily: "Moreover, he has promised me."