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German U-boat (Unterseeboot).
When I turned over the report, it was a blueprint of an early German U-boat, but it was clearly composed of patents and blueprints included in it.
I looked at Veyron.
“How did you get this?”
“They have a bit of a budget left, so I said frankly if they could get another patent.”
The honesty is bullshit.
I’ve been fishing with full dollars. The amount goes in increments of 100,000 dollars, and if you offer to give more, of course you will be bitten.
The end of the case was barely visible.
Veyron looked at me with slightly worried eyes.
“Are there any problems?”
“No, it’s not enough to praise him for doing a good job. Are you hitting me?”
“haha. You are exaggerating.”
Veyron’s eyes widened brightly.
He was doing great things with such a handsome face. I am surprised many times by his resourcefulness, which seems to be from a slum.
“However, this patent should remain silent for the time being.”
“Yes, there is no advantage for the US Navy to build and operate submarines right now.”
right.
There is no advantage. Right now.
But I knew two pieces of information the world didn’t know yet.
The fact that Germany, after losing World War I, pays huge reparations from the Treaty of Versailles.
The fact that the future American defense giant, General Dynamics, is still operating as a small submarine company called the Electric Ship Company (EB).
Incidentally, the Newport News Shipyard was later owned by General Dynamics.
German reparations.
Submarine Trust.
It was a pretty heartbreaking sound, but unfortunately it wasn’t very useful right now.
“Let’s stay for a while.”
“Yes, sir.”
rattle-
When Veyron left the room with the conversation sorted out, they alternated with James.
James came over to me with a file folder.
“James, what’s going on?”
“This is the case of the Japan Settlement Bank established in Basel, Switzerland, as mentioned earlier.”
“Are there any problems?”
Japan Settlement Bank.
It is a privately held company established in Basel, Switzerland by Goldman Sachs, Jewish Bank, and Detroit Bank.
In other words, a payment bank.
It is said that the bank is in charge of settlement of trading companies going to Japan.
Simply put, it is a company that processes trade settlement payments and brokers currency swaps.
‘Once it was established to broker currency swaps. So the head office is in Basel, Switzerland, but I tend to see actual work in Japan.’
The bank’s headquarters in Switzerland is anonymous, but it is to secure stability by establishing it in a neutral country. In order to be free from interference from any other country, including Japan.
“If it’s a problem, it’s a problem. Isn’t the Bank of Japan sucking the peso? We have peso-yen and yen-dollar swaps…”
“By the way?”
“It is said that Japanese trading companies are closing deals at a high speed in the raw material market in Southeast Asia. In other words, the inflow of pesos is getting faster and faster. In addition, there are more and more exchanges between the yen and the dollar.”
“her.”
The Japanese guys seem to have had a lot of fun.
That’s why we’re clinging to our Japan Settlement Bank.
‘They have no choice but to use the Japan Settlement Bank.’
In fact, in order for a currency swap (exchange) to take place literally, cash transfers between the two powers must take place.
But now is the era of imperialism at the end of the 19th century.
There is a risk of becoming a target of all empires and pirates the moment you float a cash transport ship on the sea.
Therefore, even in international transactions through the 21st century BIS (Bank for International Settlements), direct cash transportation is not performed. Instead, you need a settlement bank (exchange transaction bank) that intermediaries like the Japanese Settlement Bank.
bills of exchange and checks.
Instead of cash, you can print a check or bond for the amount of the transaction and send it.
However, for that to happen, we have to agree on a standard form with the Japanese Empire and provide a guarantee. Goldman Sachs, who used a trick, quickly obtained the Japanese Empire’s approval, brought the guarantee, and the Japanese Empire’s general became the guarantor on our behalf.
‘We just got to take the payment fee sweetly with no risk at all. Until the peso shock comes.’
The gold standard system of the Japanese Empire may be broken.
then what is it It could devour the Japanese economy.
“If there is a peso shock, the impact on Japan will be much greater.”
“Oh, it doesn’t matter. James.”
Because it was not for me to know whether the impact on the Japanese Empire would be great or not.
After the Japanese financial crisis went bankrupt, there were only more kinds of dinners for us to eat.
“Is it the lost 20 years?”
“Yes?”
“No.”
No, the case is different from the 20 lost years coming early.
IMF.
Japan will experience it.
The United States is once again ready to open the Hellgate of East Asia. Like the IMF, the Bank of Japan Settlements will become a spearhead for US capital and will take control of the Japanese Empire’s trade transactions.
Full opening of the Japanese economy.
It’s the best if you can do it.
‘I can set the ass of Meiji Tenno on fire.’
“Oh my gosh, I came to think of it, I brought a person outside who wanted to see you.”
“A person who wants to see me?”
“Yes, this is the Henry Huntington you mentioned earlier. Would you like to meet me?”
Ah, from the former Newport News owner family who spoke to James before.
It was Henry Huntington.
“Let me in.”
***
James brought Henry Huntington, who was waiting outside the door, into the hedge fund’s boardroom.
Henry Huntington, who came inside, was looking at me with a determined expression on his face.
“Mr. Huntington? There are a lot of people out there.”
“Ah, are you talking about them? They are the former directors of the Newport News Shipyard that followed me.”
They are key people.
I nodded.
“okay.”
“By the way, maybe you…”
“Yes, I am Detroit. Did you come here for any reason?”
“Right. I won’t speak long. Stop the operation of the Newport News shipyard immediately. Right now.”
“Yes?”
I looked at him with a puzzled face at his sudden remark. James, who was listening next to him, was astonished.
But Huntington, who watched it, looked at me with a more determined expression.
“Through my contacts, I was able to get a rough blueprint of the ship being built at the Newport News Shipyard. And I got a rough idea of the situation.”
“If you sue him, it will be a big deal.”
“Anytime you want to sue. But it’s good to keep in mind. If you continue to build those ships instead of suing me, one day you will pay a harsh price.”
strong tone.
There must be a reason why experts say this. The look in his eyes resembled the eyes of a whistleblower rather than revenge of the Huntington family who ate me.
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Once. Looks like I need to listen.
“…Sit down for now.”
I made him sit at the reception table, and Huntington, who sat down, poured his words out with a rapid-fire cannon.
“Say it outright. If that warship was designed and built that way, it would all be sunk within three years. I’m not sure.”
“Um, why?”
“Of course it is! Even the largest shipyards of the US Navy currently do not have the infrastructure to build such a huge battleship! I have no experience! But what would happen if it was clenched and dried!”
“….!!!!”
However, in the original history as far as I know, the South Carolina-class US Navy dreadnought was commissioned shortly after the Royal Navy’s HMS dreadnought was built.
The US Navy’s shipyards already have sufficient technology.
“What is the problem?”
“First of all, the temporarily reinforced structure of the dry dog cannot support the load of the dreadnought. This can be solved enough if I lead. If the displacement is more than twice that of a normal battleship, it would be all over if we only reinforced it twice.”
“Keep talking.”
“In addition to the lack of drying technology and know-how. The ability of the U.S. Navy to come up with blueprints is already superior. Leave it to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Bureau for a few days, and they’ll make it right away. And our Newport News shipyard. However.”
Huntington’s eyes widened.
“American shipyards are overwhelmingly inexperienced in building warships. Maybe there are some flaws hidden in this blueprint. Lack of ability to catch it.”
“….!!!”
“You seem to have figured out what I mean. Unless you’re very, very, very lucky, that’s going to be shit if you make it.”
after-
Huntington poured out his words like a pistol and leaned his back against the back of the sofa.
“Now do you understand?”
“…..James. Stop the operation of the Newport News shipyard immediately.”
“Yes, Master.”
Upon receiving my order, James sprinted out the door with a stiff face.
“First, we will cross-check, but Henry Huntington and all of his directors will be returned to the Newport News Shipyard. However.”
I looked at Huntington with cold, sunken eyes.
“I want to believe that you did not come without any measures.”
“There is only one solution. Working with shipyards in England. They probably don’t have the technology to build this ship right now in the world.”
“Are you talking about Vickers and Whitworth?”
“They are great too. But the Royal Navy’s naval shipyards could be better.”
I’m in a dilemma.
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Originally, they had prepared a show that would surprise the world by building and commissioning a dreadnought without any checks from the British Empire.
However, with the help of the British Navy, the British Empire will of course notice, and do not know what kind of brakes will come back.
First of all, one dry dock at the Newport News Shipyard stopped all, so there was a loss.
‘It’s just started, so I lived.’
This was an amount that could be covered by Coca-Cola’s dividend this quarter.
It hurts to stop one dry dog.
This was also a problem to be solved if the Royal Navy and the dreadnought were built together, and know-how would be gained by consulting them.
‘…..It’s not a bad choice than I thought.’
Long-Richard Esoteric.
The U.S. Navy and the British Navy have entered into a memorandum of understanding that divides the jurisdiction of the world’s seas. This secret treaty was both a treaty limiting the jurisdiction of the US Navy and a treaty limiting the jurisdiction of the British Navy.
If that is the case, there will be little chance that the jurisdiction of the US Navy will be invaded just because the Royal Navy has a dreadnought.
‘Anyway, right now, the budget of the US Navy overwhelms the budget of the Royal Navy. If you build a dreadnought in partnership with the Royal Navy, you will be able to extract more than the Royal Navy.’
The Long-Richard Secret is a de facto naval alliance.
American Roosevelt reasoning.
Great isolation of the British Empire.
As we are allies of the two Anglo-Saxons who advocate isolationism around the world, there will be no immediate rift.
Although Roosevelt is an expansionist and imperialist, his basic tenet is based on isolationism.
The United States is only interested in the Pacific right now, and the British Empire lacks naval power to project into the Pacific right now.
You don’t need to check right now.
It means that the interests are aligned.
Dreadnought is also an unstoppable flow of the world.
‘Even the Royal Navy of the British Empire will not reject the dreadnought. They will know that this is not something that can be stopped by blocking.’
In addition, if the US opens the dreadnought first, it is possible to build a stronger trust relationship rather than damage the trust relationship. As long as the interests of the navy are entangled, the protection of patents can be stronger.
Hmm. Rather, it has set the stage for solving clunky problems without hands.
However, the questionable part still remains.
“By the way, Mr Huntington. Why are you helping this? I don’t think it came out of pure favor.”
“You are quick to calculate like a businessman.”
“The Newport News Shipyard was founded by the Huntington family, but they went bankrupt.”
My words ignited Huntington’s eyes.
“I have no intention of going bankrupt like this. I just wanted to help you guys get the chance to run Newport News once again.”
I listened to Huntington’s honest words and raised the corners of my lips.
Calculations ran quickly in my head.
‘Newport News will soon stabilize quickly. It’s a godsend that Parsons still remains a British corporation. I’ll have to talk to Secretary of War Roosevelt.’
The US Navy, the Royal Navy, and the Japanese Navy are already in a kind of alliance relationship that operates as a single body.
Moreover, although the United States and the British Empire respect each other, they trust each other more than any other powers now that nationalism is rising in twenty-two.
The Japanese navy is the epitome of East Asia, aside from that.
‘AUKUS. This is true even in the 21st century.’
“Coming to see me will be the best choice in your life, Mr. Huntington.”
USA and UK.
A special relationship that differs from country but shares language, culture, and lineage.
Rather, the Royal Navy will see more importantly the fact that it can extract the dreadnought ahead of the Imperial Russian or German Navy currently in check. Because it was the same in the original history.
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Other than that, various interests, although unclear, began to float in my head.
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On the contrary, this privilege seemed sweeter.
‘…You’re welcome. It feels as if my vision that had been blocked has been opened.’
Crisis is both risk and opportunity.
I felt a risk once, and it opened up new opportunities.
In that way, as a 21st century person, in my heart, imperialism sprouted a small bud.
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