Chapter 937: Wind and Sand

United States.

New York.

Actually, Philander Knox never left.

In 1901, Andrew Carnegie sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan for $500 million.

At that time, Carnegie Steel accounted for 25% of the total steel sales in the United States.

Its rise relied on the tariff barriers implemented by the United States in the last century, and the companies that were promoted with high import tariffs.

At this time, Carnegie changed its name to U.S. Steel.

J.P. Morgan merged several steel companies.

At this time, J.P. Morgan was more prosperous than when he was dealing with Zhao Chuanxin before.

It has opened a new era of financial oligarchs dominating corporate tycoons, and some people have already called it the Morgan era.

The old guy John Davison Rockefeller has to avoid his edge now.

Strictly speaking, Philander Knox and J.P. Morgan have a grudge.

Once, Philander Knox left his small village, got in touch with Ronaldo, and began his journey to challenge the trust.

Starting in 1902, Philander Knox investigated Northern Securities on the grounds of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and J.P. Morgan was the first to bear the brunt.

Because Ronaldo was worried that prosecuting J.P. Morgan would affect his election in 1904, he once said to Philander Knox: "Is it necessary to write Morgan's name on the indictment?"

Leave a way for others to meet in the future.

Philander Knox said: "If you order, I will cross out his name. But in that case, I will refuse to sign the resolution."

Ronaldo lost J.P. Morgan, the giant of the trust, but won the hearts of the people. He lost in the east but gained in the west, and then won the election.

Now Philander Knox has climbed to the position of Attorney General, and Ronaldo's career has basically come to an end.

In politics, there are no permanent friends and enemies.

When Philander Knox visited the monopoly capitalists headed by J.P. Morgan, his face was not embarrassed at all.

"Mr. Knox, your idea is good, but Zhao Chuanxin can't take advantage of the German emperor."

"If it is Mexico, there is still room for improvement. In fact, we have already assumed a lot of public bonds issued by Mexico, with Mexican oil mines and railways as collateral. Porfirio Diaz is undoubtedly a good partner, haha..."

The others also laughed.

Porfirio Diaz, the number one boss in Mexico, is quite cooperative with these American capitalists.

These people are of course angry that Philander Knox targeted them.

Especially Edward Henry Harriman, who was about to die, spoke in a sarcastic tone, because the railway trust company he and J.P. Morgan formed was declared dissolved by the court, which was the credit of Philander Knox.

Philander Knox was unmoved and looked at J.P. Morgan.

J.P. Morgan was still serious as always: "In any case, we love this country and want to see it getting better and better. Your proposal is good, but there are two points at present. First, can Zhao Chuanxin escape unscathed after making a scene in Berlin? Second, will Zhao Chuanxin cooperate with our actions outside the Qing Dynasty? I know Zhao Chuanxin a little bit. He is an extreme patriot and a supporter of pan-nationalism."

Felland Knox nodded. Old J.P. Morgan has a longer-term vision than others.

He said seriously: "Mr. Morgan, we are old friends. You know me. I will spare no effort in everything I decide and promise to do. As long as I get your support, I will give you rich rewards in the competition for the commodity and investment markets in China, the United States and South America."

First, he stated his views and positions, and then Philander Knox continued: "As for Zhao Chuanxin, he is indeed a barbarian who makes people feel scared. However, I don't think his political and economic acumen can be compared with those of you. Facts have proved that he is also a greedy person."

J.P. Morgan smiled rarely: "Mr. Knox, I don't know whether he has political acumen, but if you say he has no economic acumen, it's really unfair to him. Have you forgotten what happened on Wall Street the year before last?"

Philander Knox was stunned.

Although the root cause of the 1907 economic crisis was not Zhao Chuanxin, his instigation caused heavy losses to the US economy.

Washington also gave in to J.P. Morgan because J.P. Morgan saved the market and J.P. Morgan risked his life to go to Zhao Chuanxin in person to ask him to stop.

This incident made him famous and widely praised in both the business and political circles.

He made a lot of money.

Philander Knox frowned: "I think it was all coincidences, plus the help of Thomas W. Lawson and Jesse Livermore. He doesn't have that kind of brain. In the East, there are no Wall Street elites to help him with advice."

J.P. Morgan moved back: "I am very happy that you can talk to us openly and seek cooperation. This is very important to us. But Zhao Chuanxin, let's wait for his news from Berlin before making a decision."

Ferland Knox was about to speak when his attendant knocked on the door, nodded to everyone, walked quickly to his side, whispered a few words, and presented a piece of intelligence.

Ferland Knox looked down for a few times, his face showing joy.

He smiled and handed the intelligence to J.P. Morgan: "Mr. Morgan, take a look, our butcher has never failed in the war."

J.P. Morgan took it, read it carefully, sighed slightly, and handed it to the next person.

Ferland Knox relaxed physically and mentally, took out a cigarette and lit it.

The general trend is set!

Sure enough, after everyone finished reading, everyone's eyes were focused on J.P. Morgan again.

J.P. Morgan said: "Mr. Knox, let's talk about the details..."

...

Zhao Chuanxin did not return to The Hague.

He drove the second-generation Youlong and ran along the Labe River to Hamburg.

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany because a large fire occurred in the last century, burning down one-third of the city.

There are many ancient monuments in a big city like this old European country. After a fire, most of the ancient buildings were burned, and there were large areas of open space for modernization.

If modern buildings are used to measure the advancement of a city, Hamburg looks more prosperous than Berlin.

Hamburg is the most important port in Germany, the largest foreign trade center, the second financial center in Germany, and has developed media and industrial manufacturing industries. This place can hardly be completely destroyed.

Every time it experiences a disaster, it will be reborn at the fastest speed.

Zhao Chuanxin knew that in 34 years, this place would experience a bigger disaster. The surviving monuments at this time would be completely destroyed, and Hamburg would become a thoroughly modern metropolis.

In the warehouse on the shore of the Alster Lake, Zhao Chuanxin inserted a No. 20 copper eye and looted it by the way. He took away two valuable pianos and several violins from the Hamburg State Opera.

Following the Labe River into the sea, Zhao Chuanxin swam along the Danish coastline, circled into the Baltic Sea, and inserted the No. 21 copper eye in the Gdansk Port warehouse in Poland.

On the return trip, Zhao Chuanxin teleported back to the Berlin furniture warehouse.

Activate the energy fluctuation convergence rune fragments and arrive at the white house of Quetshalan through the holy light channel.

At this moment, night fell in Berlin, but it was not yet noon at the white house.

Zhao Chuanxin saw the fat boy Juvencio Toric sitting on the steps in front of the yard, staring at the clouds in the sky in a daze.

"Don't you have to go to school?" Zhao Chuanxin's voice frightened the dazed Juvencio Toric.

He turned around in astonishment and said in surprise: "Mr. Constantine, you are back."

Zhao Chuanxin took out the door lock that Xingyue "planted" with a good steel mouth. Just when he wanted to make a hole in the door, he found that the door had experienced countless years of wind and rain baptism, and it would fall off if he scratched it with his fingers.

Seeing that Zhao Chuanxin ignored him, Juvencio Torick volunteered: "Mr. Constantine, do you need my help?"

Zhao Chuanxin thought seriously: "Hu Wenxiao, if you can go to the monastery in Puebla and steal some food for me, I will be very grateful."

Juvencio Torick scratched his head: "Sir, I can't do this. Stealing is wrong."

"Then go to the side." Zhao Chuanxin cut off the door axis with the elf carving knife and threw it to the side.

There was a "boom" sound, and dust flew.

Zhao Chuanxin entered the house, and Juvencio Torick wanted to follow, but was blocked outside the door by Zhao Chuanxin's door-like body.

While the little fat man was not paying attention, Zhao Chuanxin released the digging puppet.

Because the terrain here is high and the climate is dry, it is not easy to dig out groundwater. Zhao Chuanxin asked Xingyue to control the digging puppet to dig hard.

When Zhao Chuanxin went out, he saw Juvencio Torick still wandering in the yard, frowned and asked: "You really have nothing to do, right?"

"Not really, sir." Juvencio Torick answered seriously: "I have to learn Latin and Spanish every day."

Zhao Chuanxin casually threw a popular science book published by Lugang Town.

The name is - "Encyclopedia of Animals and Plants".

Author - Zhao Chuanxin.

This is a popular science book for children written and drawn by him a long time ago, but it is said to be very popular among adults.

Many children who have never left Lugang Town have learned about Antarctic penguins, polar bears, African giraffes... through this book.

Juvencio Torick couldn't take his eyes off it after he opened it.

"Mr. Constantine, please tell me, what do these words mean?" He pointed to the introduction text on the book and asked with shining eyes.

Zhao Chuanxin casually gave him a hand-drawn picture of the first animal, the Siberian tiger, in the Asia chapter, and annotated it in Spanish, saying to him: "First, find the same words in each picture and text, and translate them into Spanish according to this note."

After that, he kindly handed him a pen.

Juvencio Toric, who didn't like to study, couldn't learn a few words in a week, but he figured out the meaning of several Chinese characters in a short time...

Zhao Chuanxin went into the house to demolish it and released the puppet servants to help.

The shattered and peeling wall was simply destroyed.

The stove, which was so dirty that its original color could no longer be seen, and the thin wall in the middle were directly demolished and smashed, and the waste was transported to the yard.

All the places that were not pleasing to the eye had to be renovated.

In order not to shock the world, Zhao Chuanxin chose to renovate rather than rebuild, and the renovation took more time than the reconstruction.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Juvencio Toric rubbed his rumbling stomach and asked Zhao Chuanxin eagerly: "Mr. Constantine, can I take this book home? I want to get you food, but unfortunately my father won't let me do that."

Zhao Chuanxin was a little sleepy, and he waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go, don't come in the afternoon."

Juvencio Toric was ecstatic, holding the book and ran towards the direction of the setting sun.

He was afraid that Zhao Chuanxin would regret it and ask for the book back.

Zhao Chuanxin heated oil in a dust-free place and had a simple meal.

He put on an eye mask and fell asleep in the sunset at the west end of the house.

Aguire Ida, a shepherd boy, drove the sheep back to the corral amid the jingling of the bells on the neck of the head sheep.

As the sun set, the evening prayer bells rang through the quiet town.

The smoke from the cooking in Quetshalan rose and dissipated.

Some people were eating with oil dripping from their mouths, while others were chewing bean dregs to satisfy their hunger; some were sleeping soundly, while others were starving and cold.

These scenes passed by the sleeping Zhao Chuanxin.

When even the people in the town who were patrolling with torches and standing the last shift fell asleep, Zhao Chuanxin woke up instead.

In the cold night, he first used the old god's crucible brand to warm himself up.

After the warmth came up, he thought: Who am I, where am I, and what will I do later?

After thinking clearly, Zhao Chuanxin got up and lit the oil lamp in the dark night.

The waste in the yard was piled up like a mountain.

The puppet servants carried a bag full of soil dug by the digging puppets and staggered to increase the height of the soil pile.

Zhao Chuanxin entered the house, crawled into the tunnel in the corner, opened the "Old God Code", and the first thing he did was to transport sand, use the mud trowel gloves to reinforce the underground passage, and build load-bearing walls and columns.

After transporting enough sand, Zhao Chuanxin began to refresh.

[The wind and clouds changed color, and the storm was coming. ]

[I asked the residents of the Pioneer Partner Safe Haven to hide in the tower. ]

[The craftsman led the giant beetle and hid in the shelter I built specifically for them. ]

[All the assets of the Pioneer Partner Safe Haven have been arranged. ]

[The efforts of many days have not been in vain. ]

[At noon, a strong wind suddenly blew. ]

[I, my brother and sister, Dudu, and the craftsman were crowded in the fused quartz glass storm observation room on the top of a tower and looked into the distance. ]

[But I saw a wall of sand on the horizon, which was blown up by the wind and moved like a landslide and tsunami. ]

[The sky was gloomy and dark. ]

[Thunder and lightning flashed in the dark clouds, and the Curse Desert was a rare wonder. ]

[Dudu said: Fearless Pioneer, it must be raining there, right? ]

[I said: I don’t know, maybe it’s raining, or maybe it’s just thunder without rain. ]

[Dudu stood on tiptoe and lay in front of the window sill and said excitedly: I have never seen rain. I heard that after the rain, the rain will give birth to a piece of vibrant oasis, attracting colorful creatures to gather. ]

[I picked up Dudu and put him on my shoulder so that she could see more clearly. ]

[I said: In Middle-earth, forests and grasslands are not uncommon. Stones and streams are everywhere. There is a forest called Shadow Forest, where the Nine Clans live. Not long ago, there was a war between them. It is a strange and bizarre world different from the Cursed Desert. I will take you to see it when I have a chance. ]

[Dudu widened his eyes: Really? ]

[Brother can't wait to answer: It's true, we are from there. I never thought I would come to a world with nothing but sand. ]

[As we talked, raindrops hit the fused quartz glass. Accompanied by the wind and sand, the surface of the glass lookout quickly became turbid and difficult to see. ]

[The craftsman said: There is nothing to see, and we can't go out. ]

[But Dudu was reluctant to leave, and his eyes were still staring at the outside. ]

[Suddenly, Dudu pointed out the window and said: Look, what is that? ]

[I looked closely and saw a black line surging in the sand dunes in the distance, which seemed to be some kind of living creature. ]

[Just as I wanted to take a closer look, the wind and sand soaked by the rain completely covered the lookout. ]

[I asked the craftsman: Do you know what that is? 】

【The craftsman's face turned pale: I don't know, but it is certain that it is some kind of living thing, either very big or a lot of it. We have to completely block the entrance and exit. 】

【As he said this, he hurriedly left with his brother and sister, and ordered the residents to close the tower complex. 】

【Dudu and I are still at the lookout because Dudu doesn't want to leave. 】

【Suddenly, something blocked the lookout. Dudu and I saw a tentacle with a suction cup, wriggling on the thick surface of fused quartz glass, and it flashed away. 】

【Because that thing scraped off the wet sand, we briefly saw the nearby scene. 】

[I saw a long leg of an unknown creature, while Dudu saw an eye without any emotion looking coldly at us behind the glass. ]

Zhao Chuanxin became interested and asked the puppet craftsman and the digging puppet to stop working and teleport Xingyue over.

[Xingyue said: There are many creatures outside that are not seen on weekdays. They are attracted by water vapor. They follow the storm to move, some are killing each other, and some smell the smell of humans in the tower and try to get in. ]

[Before Xingyue finished speaking, there was a banging sound from the gates everywhere. ]

[Dudu got scared and got into my arms. ]

[I took out my gun, went down the watchtower, locked the entrances and exits, and went to patrol everywhere. ]

[Xingyue suddenly said: The gate of the left wing auxiliary building was damaged. ]

[I rushed over and sure enough, the craftsman was leading people to stab and chop a hairy strange leg that stretched into the door with weapons. ]

[Because the wind and sand that poured into the tower were so strong that we could hardly open our eyes, we couldn't see the specific appearance of the strange leg. ]

[I took out my lightsaber and chopped at the strange leg. ]

[The smelly liquid splashed out, and the strange leg retracted as fast as lightning. ]

[I took the opportunity to put on the mud trowel gloves and blocked the broken door with a stone wall. ]

[The sound of the wind stopped. ]

[With the light of the sea monster grease wind lamp, we saw a pool of dark green liquid on the ground. ]

[The craftsman grew black hair on his body, and the strange leg just now triggered his sea wolf state. ]

[The craftsman's voice became low and hoarse, and he said: It's fucking stinky! ]

[Then we heard someone shouting in the black giant beetle corral on the rear wing: They destroyed the air vents, they came in...]

[The craftsman was in the sea wolf state, and his reaction and action speed were extremely fast. ]

[It jumped up, attached to the roof, and ran quickly with its limbs touching the ground. ]

[I hurriedly took Dudu and the brother and sister to chase after them. ]

[Before we got close, the craftsman flew back. ]

[He was covered in wounds, howling in pain and anger. ]

[The brother and sister opened fire at the same time, and I heard the piercing whine and the sound of the giant beetle falling to the ground. ]

[The brother shouted: Fearless Vanguard, there are too many, we can't hold on. ]

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanxin could no longer hold back, and opened the Holy Light Channel to substitute in...