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“I see the problem with Detroit Morgan.”
White House.
Today was a historic day.
President Theodore Roosevelt, the vanguard of the antitrust, invited John Pierpont Morgan to the White House.
The meeting of the two at opposite points.
Their gazes at each other were as bloody as if they were going to kill them, but the subject was clear.
“If you tell me it’s my son’s problem, it breaks my heart.”
“I told you to tear it apart.”
“Are you so anxious that each of the presidents can’t eat a single capitalist? Just leave it alone. Just.”
“Your son was caught by the Prussian secret police and was on the verge of being shot, can you say that?”
Roosevelt’s words as he was organizing the papers.
Silence fell for a moment.
“……What kind of gunshot is that?”
John Pierpont Morgan’s face rose fiercely. He pulled his upper body.
The hand clenching the fist turned white, and it seemed as if he was about to leave his seat at any moment.
Seeing him, Roosevelt added.
“To be precise, you didn’t get hit, so calm down.”
Why Roosevelt Called Himself Today.
Until recently, I thought he was threatening to tear down the monopoly of JP Morgan Bank.
So I’ve been working hard to prepare.
But the response that came back shocked Morgan even more, and his heart sank as if he had been hit by a truck.
“Tell me more.”
“Literally. Detroit Morgan tried to interfere with Deutsche Bank and came out after being imprisoned by the Prussian secret police. He could have been shot if he did it wrong.”
“……”
“That’s why I called you. To the White House.”
President Roosevelt stood up.
I stood by the window, looking out the window.
“After thinking about it, I knew what the problem was with Morgan Detroit.”
Roosevelt has been watching Detroit Morgan for as long as J.P. Morgan.
It was interesting.
His actions have always been directly linked to the national interest of the United States.
There was only one conclusion he came to.
“He doesn’t use people.”
“You don’t use people?”
“It means that the habit of trying to solve anything with one’s own hands is ingrained in the body. If you look at the style of work, it is a style that is closer to a working group, not a manager.”
That’s… right.
John Pierpont Morgan listened silently.
“That’s why Detroit Morgan’s life continues to be at risk. He’s going out more than necessary, which leads to exposure.”
It’s already the third time.
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Once for the KKK team, once in Japan and once in Prussia.
He went out on his own and was assassinated.
If the Prussian secret police shoots a gun, it is an assassination. ’cause I’ll be buried
“I need to teach him how to deal with people.”
“…I’m not someone who sits quietly and learns.”
“That’s the same opinion I have with President Morgan.”
Roosevelt has his back and pucks! I hit the floor with my shoes.
“So… you have to force them to learn.”
“Are you forced to learn?”
“If both hands and feet are constrained by public office, shouldn’t they use their limbs whether they like it or not?”
“……!!!”
“Anyway, the affair between the U.S. Treasury Department and New York Wall Street is an open secret. Just looking at the Federal Reserve, it’s a similar situation.”
imprisonment for high-ranking officials.
The Minister of Finance cannot act directly.
No, to put it bluntly, you can’t directly ‘attack’ like the previous steps. High-ranking officials are like that.
Even if you look after Detroit as much as possible with presidential powers, you will not be able to escape from the United States in the end.
Except for really important events.
then?
write a person
New York Wall Street’s limbs need to be pampered.
“I know that the economy is important, too. The economy is the backbone to run an army. If you want to buy a big stick, you need a lot of cash.”
President Roosevelt needed a backup of Wall Street in New York right away, and he knew well that to make America great, economic power must follow.
Great White Fleet.
The situation in which the new dreadnought is being dried. And the current situation in Europe is urgent.
President Roosevelt is not particularly negative about war.
But I think the US should be prepared.
Detroit Morgan is one of the important pieces, and for that to happen he needs to be safe.
“Detroit Morgan and you are almost the only people who cover the entire economic world, including New York finance, Japanese industry, and American industry.”
“Andrew Mellon and Rockefeller, too.”
“I’d like to add one more thing. Among the ‘good friends’ people, then you’re eliminated. Congratulations. Your son, Detroit Morgan, is the only one left.”
“……”
wow.
John Pierpont Morgan clenched his teeth. In any case, President Roosevelt called him to turn his stomach around. I can’t tell if it was called for Detroit.
Still, you should be satisfied with just being respectful.
If it wasn’t for Detroit, it was doomed to be torn apart by an antitrust mace.
“The good news is that.”
Roosevelt raised his glasses.
“The absence of the hostile forces in Detroit. The forces that Jack Morgan had gathered have already been swept away. Existing railroad tycoons were sacked by Black Wednesday, and the speculative forces in New York were all swept away during the Canary Incident in New York.”
There was no person who would immediately become an anti-morgan faction, and there was no talent to unite that force.
New York revolved around Morgan. In a situation where Detroit Morgan is already predicted as the next emperor of Wall Street, New York financiers have already dipped their feet so much that they cannot be left out.
“Detroit Morgan still has time.”
From now on, there was still time left to protect from the suppressive forces that would spring up from now on.
“It is encouraging. In addition, this time, the sovereign wealth fund made a large-scale investment in Europe as a German settlement bank.
Detroit Morgan.
With such a profit, it was a crime for the U.S. government to let him die.
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Once the Secret Service under the Ministry of Finance was attached, it is still unsettling.
Europe is also shaky, so you don’t know when it’s going to explode.
“Now is definitely the time for Detroit to be protected. The US government will support him to the fullest. Frankly, I’m personally very curious to see how Europe he has intervened will play out.”
Most people would just attach bodyguards, but Detroit is a human being who plays internationally. As a high-ranking official, protection was essential, and he needed an official reason for the United States to protect him.
No matter how good money is, it is not as precious as life.
Imperial Russia….
This time, there was one more information obtained through an interim intelligence agency established at the request of the State Department.
In fact, it was being done through the Federal Reserve system, so if you were determined and searched for it, it was difficult for you to know as the President of the United States.
The fact that he was working on such a huge project with the UK without him was embarrassing, but seeing this, Roosevelt took Detroit’s situation seriously.
“We must be his fence.”
I don’t like John Pierpont Morgan.
The existence of Detroit Morgan, who had been a partner in the past, was necessary. Detroit was almost the only business man Roosevelt could count on.
“For now, I plan to put down all useless other public offices. Instead, the White House will support Detroit Morgan’s limbs to sit down. It’s easy because the White House can interfere with the appointment right.”
“Why do you care about my son so much?”
“I’ll ask you the other way around.”
Roosevelt smiled.
“Why shouldn’t you care?”
If you have a good piece of equipment, of course you should use it.
If there are talented people who can bring the national interest to the United States like this.
“……under.”
John Pierpont Morgan shrugged his chin slowly with an amusing expression.
“Will Detroit really accept it?”
***
“But I’ll see you before I go to America.”
Daimler.
The director of the German automaker Daimler came to my residence. He brought a Mercedes Simplex as a gift as well as a thank you for the large investment.
“Yeah, I’m honored to meet the Detroit Director. I’ve heard a lot of rumors about it. And…”
Daimler whispered to me.
“There was also talk of being arrested by the Prussian secret police inside the German Settlement Bank.”
“…haha. It seems to have already become an issue within the German settlement bank?”
“I heard this by accident. Oh, this is Maybach-nim. He is our technical director and one of the core engineers.”
“Nice to meet you.”
Seeing the giants of Germany’s automobile industry like this was very moving.
In fact, it has now turned to war rather than technological development, but it is true that it is better than nothing. It is good to do automobile development or aircraft development when possible.
I shook hands with them.
“Detroit Director, I heard about the aircraft development through Sir Graf Zeppelin. I heard that you were going to hire our technicians in exchange for a technical agreement with the Berlin Palace.”
“Yeah, if you’ve developed engines for airships, I think you can make aircraft engines too.”
“Haha, that’s a lot of fun.”
“It’s too much.”
I smirked.
“This Mercedes Simplex, brought as a present today, won the automobile competition for the second year in a row. The 1902 Frankfurt Circuit Race and the 1903 Nice-La Tourbi. I believe in your technology.”
In the current automobile industry, France, a consumer advanced country, took the top spot. Although production and technology were on the rise, it was a proof that German cars were also pushing for high performance.
That’s why I wanted to acquire Daimler.
First of all, it was an aircraft.
Maybach.
As the core technical team of Sir Graf Zeppelin’s engine development for the Zeppelen airship, he and his son Karl Maybach were the talents he wanted to take.
“You don’t have to look at me like that. I was thinking of moving to the United States. Even at the Berlin Palace, they actively pushed me to develop technology. Since the license is shared, the aviation industry and the German automobile industry can also grow.”
“Berlin Palace? Oh, Wilhelm Kaiser was a car racing fanatic.”
“Yeah, sometimes they say encouraging words. They like to win two years in a row. It’s just an honor.”
Maybach looked at me.
“First of all, I’m an engine part, but I heard that ThyssenKrupp recently took over the automobile-related technology division…”
“Yes, I took over.”
“The automotive steel sheet division is… It has no standards and is primitive, so all steel sheets are made of steel, so the bus and truck divisions must have been merged. The rest of the metal processing parts are likely to be quite helpful.”
“Well, it’s because the auto industry hasn’t grown enough to come up with a standard yet. The UK didn’t kill its own auto industry by creating a bizarre system called the Red flag ordinance.”
“It’s not dead. It’s just that the market is dead.”
“That’s right.”
“Anyway, I want to be a good partner with the Detroit Director. It’s my personal wish, and I’m going to follow it… um. A lot of our technicians are going to follow along.”
Maybach shrugged and showed the technicians standing behind him.
“I told them that I could develop a car in the US to my heart’s content, and they flew very well. They insisted on going.”
“…that’s a good thing.”
Dobby… No, I got a lot of balls.
It seemed that life would be quite interesting if I went back to America.
“And a few months ago, an engineer named Benjamin Holt of the New York Ordnance Bureau came to our Daimler, and that’s what he said back then. A money maker… No, I’m sorry. Investors are angels who put money in silently.”
“ah…..”
“These bastards heard about it and followed them like a flock of dogs.”
“Yeah, I don’t really judge you for performance. If you have an accident, I’ll try to fix it as much as possible. I trust you.”
“””Waa!!!!”””
Maybach sighed.
“Please understand. They are born engineers.”
“The engineers who are serious about engineering would rather take me there. Have fun.”
“It’s like heaven.”
“Oh, how about the people of the Graf Zeppelin Airship Division?”
“All of those who came today are included. They became close friends at the Graf Zeppelin Airship Division.”
“Haha, I’m glad it looks good.”
Somehow. I smiled broadly at the poses that seemed to work hard.
As an investor, I cannot stand still.
“I promise you one thing. Whenever we succeed in developing a powered airplane or show performance, we will pay you a bonus.”
“Waa!!!”
“It’s not just a bonus. Once we succeed in developing the first powered airplane, we’ll put it in enough to buy a house in New York. Well, if you’re dissatisfied with New York, we’ll let you live in Berlin, Germany or any other big city you want.”
“……Waa!!!”
“The stock option is paid, of course.”
A house in New York.
It would be a decent reward for the German upper class, though they may not know it. I went with stock options.
The reason I do this is simple.
It is because my butterfly effect that I have had on history is changing history.
It should always be borne in mind that the Wright brothers may not be able to develop a powered airplane.
Right now, even in the steel industry, with my intervention, powerful capital and iron mines in the United States and Australia poured out, pulling the steel industry in the United States by leaps and bounds.
Relations between the UK and the US have changed a lot.
Right now, the Pacific market has yielded some results from Japan to the US.
I was fully aware that the world was a little different from the world I knew.
Maybach raised an eyebrow.
“Airplanes are also aircraft, but I’m personally looking forward to a ‘tank’ guy.”
“The New York Ordnance Bureau is always open to you. If you want to develop tanks, you are welcome to come by anytime. The facilities are clean, and the latest equipment is updated every month.”
“I’m looking forward to that too.”
“Oh, you have to ask Mr. Benjamin Holt for permission. You’re in charge of the tank division.”
“Don’t worry. I ate my friend.”
“That’s good news.”
For the time being, I will be living in the United States.
ThyssenKrupp Chairman Thyssen, Kluge, and Kaitel have already finished greetings.
He also said goodbye to Kylian and Yalmach.
“Then come with me.”
The only thing left to do now was return to the real United States.
“To New York.”
***
There was a time when I was naive when I thought…
My final destination was not New York.
“Please accompany me for a while.”
“Yes?”
boo woo
As soon as I entered New York Port, I was caught by suitors who came out of nowhere and loaded into a luxury wagon. I soon found out that the vehicle belonged to the Ministry of Finance. The Secret Service personnel of the Ministry of Finance, who were in charge of my escort, got into the wagon and took a seat next to me as if it was natural.
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Outside the window, Daimler engineers were staring intently at me being kidnapped (?) with their eyes wide open like an abandoned cat.
I was going to take a tour of New York.
“Don’t worry, we will take you to a safe place.”
“…I see”
I looked inside the carriage slowly with a look of wariness.
Seeing me like that, the bodyguard added politely.
After tens of minutes passed, we arrived at the train platform and got on the train with a horn sound from the platform and were transported to Washington DC as it was by the presidential train.
At this point, I couldn’t know.
This was President Roosevelt’s joke.
Is kidnapping a performance of revenge?
The back end is really great.
“……”
White House.
President Roosevelt’s office.
As soon as I arrived here, what I saw by the staff of the Treasury was three tycoons with lofty auras. President Roosevelt was looking out the window with his hands in his pockets.
Chairman John Pierpont Morgan.
My father was sitting on the sofa with a serious expression on his face.
“Have you been to that…?”
“……”
With those staring eyes that seemed to kill me, I realized everything. You’ve heard all about Prussia.
Averting his gaze and looking at the sofa on the other side, Treasury Secretary Ryman Gage was holding a car in a hororok way.
He was sitting idly, pretending to be as calm as an old man on the verge of retirement.
“What is this… what the hell is going on?”
“It’s not a good choice to hide the truth by pretending to be ignorant of adults who have gone through everything before birth. Detroit.”
“…..”
“You must have already figured out what it was called.”
President Roosevelt pulled his hand out of his pocket.
Chairman John Pierpont Morgan.
President Roosevelt.
Just looking at these two, I knew what was going on.
‘Ah… it’s time to escape.’
Chief among them is Finance Minister Lyman Gage.
His expression exuded a sense of liberation that only the sages who laid down everything could build.
“I’ll give you two options.”
“You have a choice.”
“It doesn’t really make any sense.”
“…Let’s hear it first.”
“Then open your ears and listen.”
Roosevelt raised two fingers with a grim face.
“Marry my daughter. Appointed as Minister of Finance. Choose one or the other. There will be no disagreement.”
‘ah.’
Also no options
“These are all options for your own safety. This is something your father acknowledged. Did you know for sure this time too. America needs you, but you need America too.”
Somehow.
Contrary to the wretched words, it was Roosevelt who looked quite happy.
“I heard that you are planning a pretty big project. I don’t know where your major shareholder’s stake is going anyway, and I think being the Minister of Finance is a pretty useful position. What do you think?”
Roosevelt smiled.
“You have to think carefully. Now is the perfect time for you, as there are no hostile forces in the country that have a particular quarrel with you. This golden hour will not come again.”
that.
It was a fact I was well aware of.
There were clearly limits to the state’s informal protection of individuals. However, there are too many restrictions to just put them into public office, and to do that, it was beneficial to each other and broadened the scope of my activities to sit in a high-ranking public office with relatively free overseas visits.
However, if you put it in an ambiguous place, it will sound like overprotection when security is added again.
For my race and age, Secretary of the Treasury was quite an over-deserved position, but at the same time, it is difficult to find another comparable position in the administration of the United States of America.
‘More than anything else, when a world war breaks out, the protection of high-ranking officials becomes more thorough than usual. The authority of the ex officio also expands.’
But I soon discovered a hidden trap.
“That… I have one question, is it possible to retire?”
Also.
The bad foreshadowing is right.
No reply came back to me.
＜ Return to New York. (1) > end
