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Chapter 102 Even the country dares to grab it! The last straw appears!

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"Why are you leaving so urgent?"

"I have something important, it has something to do with your father and Mr. Lincoln."

Sitting on the train to New York, Fiona was like a happy child, constantly asking questions.

To be honest, Li Mengyang didn't want to bring Fiona with him, but this peerless beauty seems to be unable to live without Li Mengyang now. Although she always says that the two of them are "fake", they are just so attached.

"Can you tell me something about it? Now the whole country wants to know, not only me."

“Hahaha…”

Li Mengyang was really amused. To be honest, Li Mengyang returned to New York this time, on the one hand, because of his subjective intention, and on the other hand, he really had a task from Lincoln.

"The main thing is to raise money. You know, the situation is very bad now, so money is a very critical factor."

That's right, Li Mengyang is not saying a lie. Lincoln really needs more money to fight this war, because he really underestimated the civil war before. He really thought it would be possible to handle it in three months, but now...

Lincoln just signed an order that he would recruit another 100,000 new recruits and serve for three years!

So how much does this cost?

And there is another point, you should know that the one Li Mengyang had issued before was also the suggestion that it has been adopted, which is to issue paper money. This thing is a government bond, a small denomination government bond. However, in order to promote this bond well, the premise is to prohibit the direct circulation of gold and silver. What's going on here...

Now, the country is in a battle of defeat!

National debt is related to a country's credibility. How much does the loss of a country have caused a reputation to fall?

Then, the government debt is in danger at this time!

To put it simply, it is to prohibit the circulation of gold and silver. In fact, it is to take gold and silver from the hands of ordinary people. You have to exchange the current gold and silver for national debts, which is paper money. Although this is not mandatory.

Before that, everyone was easy to talk to because your American Federation has a good reputation and everyone thought you could win. So, we ordinary people bought the government bonds and didn’t use gold and silver. It’s nothing, but now you’re losing!

If the Federation really loses the entire war, will the next government accept this?

Although the South is also issuing its own currency now, and I heard that the printing quality is speechless, your current national debt is so dangerous.

What’s more interesting is that the gold and silver collected are actually used as a kind of mortgage, which means that the real currency value is on these gold and silver. The consumption and losses of the previous wars are actually all the state using gold and silver to trade with capitalists!

As Secretary of Finance, Mr. Chase was a little stingy at the beginning. He just talked to JP Morgan about a 400 million treasury bond scale. In fact, this treasury bond operation is like this.

JP Morgan bought the treasury bonds first. Of course, he did not have such strong strength. He had to go to United Wall Street people, but this was equivalent to an underwriter and then selling these treasury bonds. This was equivalent to a retailer, so he naturally had to make some profits from it. This was normal.

So, the price given by Morgan was 390 million. To put it bluntly, the interest rate was equivalent to 25%. This was already very conscientious at this time. The interest rate of ordinary banks is 12% per year. But...

Will a smart bank capitalist only make so much money?

At this time, the US dollar bonds depreciated wildly!

The defeat, coupled with the impact of the economic crisis, is very normal. Before that, JP Morgan had already started shorting the US dollar. Of course, there are no related financial products now, but it doesn't matter. Just hoard gold and silver, that's fine, the same effect.

When the US dollar depreciates, gold and silver appreciate. At this time, the people cannot live their lives anymore, so they will naturally have to sell the government bonds in their hands, namely US dollar banknotes, so...

This money is just like I picked it up!

And because of the defeat, the national debt has to be increased because the war has to continue!

Anyway, there are too many things here, and Li Mengyang doesn’t understand it very well, but anyway, he just came to contact JP Morgan. In fact... I don’t care about how you do Morgan Bank, just have a lot of my copy.

Li Mengyang has already started to dare to steal even a country!

But it's not just grabbing, it's definitely not just grabbing.

It should be said that this is what Li Mengyang wants, everything. And now, he is going to really start doing things!

"The generals of the federal government are simply shameful. They actually lost this battle with the advantage of numbers! Our athletes sprinkled blood on the battlefield. I really wanted to rush up to kill the enemy!... But what is most heartbreaking is that these men, they took our hard-earned money, did not let us use gold and silver, but they were delicious and spicy!... Those noble soldiers, even in war, had to taste the pastry of Delmonico! I heard that a group of guys brought a thousand velvet stools in order to have a better rest!... They were drinking our blood!... Friends! Gentlemen! Ladies! Southern newspapers said that now is a good time to 'thrown tea into the river', but I want to say that now is a good time to 'capture the Bastille'!"

As soon as Li Mengyang returned to New York, he didn't look for JP Morgan at all, because just those things were discussed, everyone had already agreed. The young Morgan had joined forces with the bankers on Wall Street and had done everything he should do. He just needed to see the results. Li Mengyang picked up the pen.

In the New York Evening News, this commentary article can be said to be a heart-warming word and accusation!

Mr. Mao once said, "When you want to seize power, you must always create public opinion. The primary focus of creating public opinion is to declare the unjust, immoral and unorthodox of the old regime, and use this as the basis for justice of the new regime and the right and orthodox."

How could Li Mengyang not know such honorable teachings?

Li Mengyang turned his pen to attack the federal government at this time in public opinion. He also cracked down on justice and openly and honestly. His articles were signed by his own name, and he was completely unafraid of being retaliated against!

In fact, there is nothing I can do, because this is an article written in his newspaper. Even if he doesn't write his own name, he will not be able to do anything about it. Besides, he has been preparing for this matter for a long time, just waiting for this opportunity!

But... it seems that the method of issuing national debt was made by him, Li Mengyang. This... is honest and honest, sometimes it is a fragile item.

This article was published in the largest newspaper in the United States, and the name Clint Lee is almost equivalent to the supreme existence in the hearts of the poor, that is, God is a little bit inferior to him. Because this newspaper not only gave the poor people the gospel, but also gave these people real benefits.

Yes, if you have no money, you can sell newspapers. If you don’t have money, the newspapers don’t want it. This is a job that can make a temporary living. In addition, Mr. Clint and Li also give speeches frequently, and what he said is really reasonable.

Why are we poor people so poor? Isn’t it because those capitalists are stingy, selfish and evil!

Remind of the previous "The State of the Working Class in the United Kingdom", and "The State of the Working Class in the United States", and...

Too many too many!

Therefore, the mood of the vast majority of poor people can be imagined at this time. They have been closed to the dead end of their lives, and rebellion is right in front of them!

The United States has gathered all the conditions at this time.

Civil War, a civil war that is not very just, after all, this civil war is for money.

The economic crisis had spread before the civil war, and it was influenced by Europe, especially Britain. Industrial cities in the north had a large number of unemployed people. In comparison, the south was relatively better. After all, they were mainly agriculture.

And now, the civil war has lost!

Yes, this is also a condition. Because this creates a new situation.

Financial crisis!

When everything is gathered on money, then all the fig leaf will no longer exist!

Li Mengyang's "New York Evening News" has become a guiding light for the lower class people, and the core content of this article is already obvious, that is, to call the lower class people to prepare for the revolution!

Throwing tea into the river is a symbol of the American Revolution, and capturing the Bastille was the beginning of the French Revolution!

So are we Americans watching this?

Li Mengyang has reached the extreme of this era in terms of ideology. He only needs to wait and wait for the flowers and bear fruit. As for the next step, Li Mengyang has actually kept a hand, and don’t forget that he has prepared a lot of things on Rhode Island.

Now, it won't take too long...

"Are your articles too extreme?" After Fiona saw what Clint Lee wrote in the newspaper, she was a little worried. Her words were too powerful, and she could read the final incitement very clearly.

"Not afraid." Li Mengyang is really not afraid. Now he is in New York, and he is simply a high mountain and far away from the emperor. Moreover, his current power has actually expanded greatly. He is not afraid of the guys in Washington at all.

Besides, Li Mengyang has actually been prepared for a long time, just waiting for the opportunity now, so we have to do a big vote!

"But I..." Fiona was really worried. Almost all her body and mind were on Clint Lee now. She knew that she was 'real' and was definitely not 'fake'. But at the same time, she was also very clear that Clint Lee might be 'fake' to her, and this possibility was extremely high.

"It's okay." Li Mengyang shook his head and smiled. He had to explain, "Look at the New York Tribune, their editor-in-chief Mr. Greeley. This guy had advocated that 'can make the South escape', but later, he said that Mr. Lincoln would give up Fort Sumter, and then during the Baltimore riots, he would burn all the city. Then, recently, he advocated the occupation of Richmond. This guy was simply 'he's coming to be president'."

"Hahaha..." Fiona thought, it was indeed the case.

That's right, Li Mengyang is telling the truth. That Greeley is such a guy, who can do much more than him, Li Mengyang, although what Li Mengyang wants to do this time...

"Miss, Mr. Alan Pinkman came to see him and he said something important."

Li Mengyang was at Chase's manor in New York. Because the old salmon often traveled to Wall Street, he bought this manor. You know, he is a very smart guy. It is said that the money for this manor... It is natural that Fiona lives in now, and she naturally invites Li Mengyang over here. To be honest, she really misses Li Mengyang and doesn't leave.

"It's so late, why are he here?" Fiona didn't want to see Alan Pinkman at this time.

"Or I'll leave first." Li Mengyang happened to withdraw, but it didn't.

"Don't leave!" This is starting to keep a man. Fiona's heart is really impatient.

And at this moment, suddenly someone pushed the door open and came in.

"Fiona! You're in danger now!" It's Alan Pinkman! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!
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