1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 316 I want to change the world (2)

“Our chance?” Clark murmured.

“But, Scrooge, do you think a war can really break the whole of Europe?” Rockefeller asked.

“Are you doubting the destruction efficiency of modern warfare? John. Recall the civil war not long in the past.” Scrooge said with a sneer. The cannons are still smooth-bore bronze guns. But what’s the destructive power? Throughout the Civil War, we killed millions of people and the entire South was destroyed. Atlanta was simply burned to white ground. And after that, the technology used to kill people Revolutionary changes have taken place.”

Speaking of this, Scrooge bared his white teeth and smiled: “You are not familiar with the development of weapons now. John, you used to control the infantry weapon company a lot, but in the past few years Your energies are all on oil; Mr. Clark doesn’t even understand it. Houtian happened to have a procurement group coming to us to purchase new weapons, and we’re going to give them a firepower demonstration. You can also follow along and have a look. In our time, the destructive power of war is ascending at a rate never seen before.”

“Will Europeans be so stupid to fight like this as soon as they fight?” Clark still had some doubts.

“Yes, Clark.” Rockefeller said, “Wars are difficult to end once they begin. It’s like our civil war. Besides, on the European continent, the Germans have become France’s mortal enemies. To continue to suppress the French, they must let the own industry to France. Because industry is the foundation of strength. But the stronger the industry, the bigger the market is needed, and the hot money in Europe also needs a place to go. Many of them Will enter Germany. This pair will make Germany’s power swell too fast. Oh, who will come to see our weapons in two days?”

“It’s French.” Scrooge said, “They came to buy from us the cannons that beat them badly. Maybe in the future, we will also produce these cannons directly in France.”

“French?” Rockefeller frowned. “Are they able to pay?”

During the time of Napoleon III, France’s finances were tight, and the problem of insufficient ability to pay was always serious. This has even become people’s impression of French government procurement. Can the French government pay a big price to buy weapons?

“France is different from the France of Napoleon III.” Scrooge laughed. “At the beginning, Napoleon III insisted on keeping farmers’ income equal to that of Emperor Napoleon. All the money was spent there. Of course, finances. Tensions. Now the French government has cancelled various subsidies to farmers on the grounds of repaying the indemnity in order to recover the occupied northern territories, which can be regarded as a financial surplus. Moreover, the French have a lot of valuables in their hands. Things, after mortgaged to others, also made a lot of money.”

“Pledge valuable things? What did they mortgage?” Rockefeller asked.

“I heard that they mortgaged most of the shares in the Suez Canal to Rothschild.” Scrooge replied, “I borrowed a lot of money on this.”

“It’s a good business to make money,” Rockefeller said. “It’s a pity that the Rothschild guys took advantage.”

“No way, their influence in Europe is not comparable to ours, especially in terms of financing. But sooner or later, we will defeat them! Mr. Clark, do you think we can do it?”

“Mr. MacDonald, we can definitely do it. In addition, I think our food companies should also use France as a springboard to enter Europe. Mr. MacDonald, how about our propaganda ability in Europe?” Clark asked .

“Not too good, at least it is incomparable with our propaganda ability in United States.” Scrooge replied.

“So, have we set off a wave of public opinion on food safety issues in Europe?” Clark asked.

“Mr. Clark, your idea is very good! It’s really good!” Scrooge laughed. “We should go to Europe to produce Spam and build 163 pig farms. To be honest, those in Europe now Food companies are too small to be our rivals at all.”

“But it’s better to let Europeans also formulate a food safety standard first, and that would be the best.” Clark said.

“It’s not easy. Those guys in Europe are not fools, and our propaganda power in Europe is not enough. But…” At this point, Rockefeller seemed to remember something and suddenly stopped.

Scrooge and Clark are very familiar with Rockefeller, knowing that he must have suddenly thought of something horrible, but it is still perfecting in his mind, so he didn’t ask him, but just waited there quietly.

After a while, Rockefeller raised his head and said to Scrooge and Clark in a hasty tone: “Scrooge, Clark, can you see if this works? We deliberately provoked a trade dispute and let them When reporting this incident, the media followed our relevant standards and so on. For example, after Ohio passed the mandatory standards, we wanted to help the law allow the government to deliberately check the food of a certain European country. , And then found out a lot of harmful substances, and then Ohio announced the prohibition of the sale of this country’s products in this state. Such things will definitely arouse the attention and reports of European media. In this way, the issue of food safety standards , It will naturally attract attention in Europe.”

“Sounds great! John, which country do you think we can pick?” Scrooge asked.

“How about Spain? Spain’s power is limited, and its image in United States is very poor. Even if he sins, there is nothing terrible about him.” Clark said.

“What do you think, John?” Scrooge asked.

“Spain can at most be an addition,” Rockefeller said. “Spain is too weak to target him alone, and its influence is not enough to make a sensation. I think Germany is the best target. Germany is now very important in Europe, but Germany’s overseas power even Spain is not as good. They have nothing to do with us, but if we move them, the attention that can be drawn in Europe is much greater, and even many European media will stand on our side to attack Germany. Especially those that have German products. Competitive countries, they will also investigate the safety of German food, and then it will easily lead to mutual testing competitions and commercial struggles, and then they will also establish their own food safety standards. Germany is the best target. And the target must be something very famous. What is it in Germany? There is sausage in Germany, and what kind of ham is called in Spain or what?”

“Iberian ham, and Germany also has Black Forest ham.” Clark, after all, is in charge of food, and said these two names almost without thinking.

“Okay, then take them!” Rockefeller said viciously.

…

Two days later, Scrooge, Rockefeller, and Clark accompanied a group of Frenchmen to an artillery shooting range of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company. The Frenchman who led the team was an army colonel named Charles. It is said that in that tragic war, he was an artillery officer and witnessed how the German artillery ravaged the French army. On the way to the shooting range, Scrooge could feel that perhaps because he was hit too badly by the German cannons, Colonel Charles had a bit of resentment for himself who provided the Germans with cannons. However, as long as he can make money, Scrooge doesn’t care much about the French Tsundere attitude.

Soon, the group arrived at the shooting range. On the shooting range, five cannons have already been set up.

“Colon Charles.” Scrooge said to the lanky, tall French colonel who looked like a compass. “This is the artillery we want you and your colleagues to show today. This is the smaller one. The biggest advantage of the 70mm infantry gun is that it is light, it can be dragged by two people, and the curved trajectory can shoot the blasting projectile directly into the trench. This one is…”

“Mr. MacDonald,” said Colonel Charles, his voice trembling, as if mixed with fear and hatred, “I know this gun. This is a 75mm field gun, with a rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute and a range of 8. Kilometers, back then, it defeated our army.”

Then Colonel Charles was silent for a while, and then asked, “Mr. MacDonald, can you introduce us to the larger artillery?”

“It’s better to let an expert introduce you to such a thing.” Scrooge said.

At this time, a middle-aged and elderly man in a gray trench coat came up and said to Colonel Charles, “Hello, Colonel. I am Burr, the artillery technology director of the McDonald Infantry Arms Company. Please allow me to serve as yours. Narrator.”

“Thank you so much, Mr. Bull.” Colonel Charles resisted the urge to choke this guy to death, and tried to maintain his politeness.

“This one is a Macdonald 1870 105mm howitzer with a range of 10 kilometers and a rate of fire as fast as 15 rounds per minute. Although its rate of fire is lower than that of a 75mm cannon, the power of the projectiles it fires is more powerful. It is much larger. Especially the high-explosive grenades, which are more than twice as powerful as the 75mm high-explosive grenades, so in terms of firepower, it is much stronger than the 75mm field gun. With our unique steel and barrel technology, this gun is actually It’s not heavy, plus we equipped it with the latest rubber pneumatic tires. As long as four heavy-duty horses, you can pull it around. The battlefield mobility is almost the same as the 75mm field gun. Of course, if For use in mountains, you still need to add four heavy-duty horses. I suggest that your army can use this artillery as a division-level artillery against the Germans.

As for this MacDonald 1870 155mm gun. Power and range are more outstanding, but heavier, more suitable as a fortress cannon or railroad cannon. Of course, you can also use a 12-horse horse to move it. As for the 203mm cannon over there, we designed it as a fortress cannon and a train cannon when we designed it…”