After the war broke out, all the participants in the war thought about was winning!
The most important factor in winning the war is the production of munitions. It is the production on the rear that determines the outcome of the war.
After the United States declared war, under the banner of "resisting aggression," the Washington Congress passed a military appropriation of US$5 billion, which was an unprecedented huge amount of appropriation.
Inspired by patriotic enthusiasm, 90 million Americans purchased a large number of war bonds, and at the same time, billions of dollars in money were quickly transferred to the accounts of various arms dealers.
Stimulated by billions of dollars of military orders, factories that had been under-operated due to the economic depression immediately became active. Factory owners waved their banknotes to recruit workers. If men were not enough, women would do. In order to meet military production, factory owners
While they were producing, they also purchased a large number of machines to produce weapons needed by the army. They stopped producing ordinary industrial products and switched to producing profitable or highly profitable weapons.
mobilization!
It was essentially done under the stimulation of money. Faced with billions of dollars in military orders, the patriotism of every industrial and commercial capitalist was ignited, and they clamored to provide the U.S. military with the most advanced weapons to defeat the U.S. military.
Intruders, and at the same time, they quietly raised the price a lot.
Of course, their reasons are simple, such as rising raw material costs, rising labor costs, and the need to pay overtime pay. In short, they gnaw on the fat meat of arms without mercy.
This is something that ordinary people cannot imagine. They do not realize that their patriotism has only become part of the wealth of greedy capitalists.
Ordinary people certainly don’t know that when their children or their fathers enthusiastically sign up to join the army to resist the invasion of the Ming Empire, those rich or powerful people only need to pay a few hundred dollars to free themselves and their children.
Even if you are serving, you can still serve as a military representative in your own factory, away from the harm of war.
In a word, during the war, politicians provide ammunition, the rich provide food, and the poor provide children! When the war is over, politicians collect political prestige, the rich get more food, and the poor only go to their graves
Looking for my child...
Of course, all this is unknown to ordinary people. When they send their children to the battlefield to bleed "for the sacred America", the rich are quietly making a fortune. For them, iron and blood are just making money.
A means to obtain more wealth.
Everything is so easy, so cheap, and so lucrative.
War is always a feast.
On the surface, it looks like a feast for all countries, but in fact, it is a feast for capital! Whether in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ming Dynasty, or France, businessmen can always obtain unprecedented profits from it.
The arms trade has always been one of the most profitable businesses in the world. During a war, the profits of the arms trade are even greater. Even in such a war, arms brokers are indispensable.
They are even more active than before the war.
In Lisbon, in the early morning, the door of Santos Fertilizer Company was knocked open, and a well-dressed British man walked in. As soon as he saw Santos, he said directly.
"Mr. Santos, thank you for giving me the time to meet. I think you know why I'm here!"
The reason why Stan said this is because Santos has goods in his hands that he urgently needs. Not only him, but many countries need it.
"Yes, Mr. Stan."
Santos said with a smile.
"Then you should also know that many people want to get it. But..."
He looked at Stan, paused, and then said.
"Someone recommended to me that Mr. Stein is a very reputable tycoon, so I have waited until now."
Stan smiled and nodded.
"I think you will be very satisfied with my offer!"
As he spoke, he handed over a check.
"This is 1 million pounds. I hope to purchase all of your company's Chilean saltpeter, which is the 18,257 tons of Chilean saltpeter on the "Mermaid"!"
Chilean Saltpeter!
This is exactly why Stan came here. War cannot be separated from propellants and explosives, and the production of these two cannot be separated from nitric acid. The production of nitric acid cannot be separated from saltpeter, and the whole world extracts nitric acid from "Chilean saltpeter".
Chilean saltpeter is produced in Daming!
Before the war broke out, European countries imported more than 2 million tons of saltpeter from the Ming Dynasty every year for use as fertilizer. What about now?
The source of saltpeter is cut off!
It doesn't matter if there is no saltpeter as a fertilizer. Britain has vast colonies that can provide food and other crops. But without saltpeter, there is no nitric acid. Without nitric acid, there is no propellant and explosives. Without these two things... Britain should simply surrender.
Although Britain had stockpiled more than 100,000 tons of saltpeter before the war broke out, and after the war broke out, it requisitioned all the saltpeter in the country, but God knows how long this war will last.
Now Britain, Germany, Italy and other countries are rushing to buy saltpeter in various European countries. As for the French and Russians, they don't need to rush to buy - the Ming Dynasty will provide them with enough saltpeter.
"One million pounds..."
Santos's face, which was squeezed into a ball due to obesity, became a little solemn, as if he was thinking about something.
"Mr. Santos, this price is already three times your contract price."
Stan's brows raised. This was not three times the profit, but three times the total price! God bless him, he became a rich man overnight!
"I know, but you also know that saltpeter is really in demand right now!"
Santos still had a smile on his face. As a businessman, combining Qi makes money.
"And you should know that my company signed a long-term cooperation agreement with the Atacama Company as early as 5 years ago. I obtained an annual quota of 75,000 tons of saltpeter. Mr. Stein, just yesterday, I gave
Atacama Company sent a telegram in which I reconfirmed the contract between us. Do you know how they responded?"
Atacama Company is the largest saltpeter company in the world. It owns 70% of Chilean saltpeter mines. European countries purchase more than 1.5 million tons of saltpeter from it every year. Of course, it is also a state-owned company, owned by the Ming Empire.
State-owned companies.
Stan asked, raising his eyebrows.
"How did you reply?"
"The telegram is simple - our contracts are not affected by the war and they will continue to supply unless there are new instructions from the Imperial Commercial Department."
Santos stared at Stan and said.
"Do you know what this means? Mr. Stan!"
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!