British civil servant

Even India in the 90s was like this. It is still in the period of British India, and it is normal for the plague to occur. Otherwise, how could Sir Barron be a commissioner?

Alan Wilson was convinced, and quickly stated that the disaster was an order, and it would be too late if the plague did not break out.

"That's good. In many backward areas, the prevention and control of diseases is still very primitive, which is really worrying." Sir Barron said with a look of pain, "We also want to develop colonies, but the people in the colonies are generally resistant. Psychologically, helping backward people is not an easy task..."

"It seems that the next stage of the work of the Governor's Office is to formulate a comprehensive health bill." Alan Wilson still held the report and nodded to Sir Barron before leaving the commissioner's office.

The house leak happened to be raining overnight, and when British India was united under the leadership of the Governor-General, the National Congress Party and the Muslim League gave up their differences, and the peace was like a chicken, a plague hit, and the British who had already gritted their teeth Adding insult to injury is India.

The plague came so suddenly and so violently that even the elderly in areas where the plague was recorded decades later had no memory of the plague, only remembering the hunger that year.

When fighting the drought, it is also necessary to fight the plague at the same time, so it is very normal to add an additional anti-epidemic appropriation. Now that British India has to supply local needs and fight disasters and epidemics, there is a slight financial strain.

A few days later, Alan Wilson, who had ordered a few health officials to formulate a health bill, went back and forth and returned to Sir Barron's office, saying that while delivering benefits to the mainland, while carrying out anti-epidemic work, the financial There will be a little difficulty.

"The plague doesn't exist at all. Can we use the funds?" Sir Barron chuckled, but it was just a matter of a statistical report, and Alan Wilson became serious, "What health bills should be enacted? Let Nehru and the others formulate them after independence." .”

"This is also for the sake of the British Empire's legacy, my lord." Alan Wilson lowered his head and said softly, "In fact, everyone is not afraid of having a job, but they are afraid that nothing will happen."

"Hmm!" Sir Barron, who heard the overtones, leaned back tactically, and nodded to indicate to continue.

"Sir, in fact, there is no way around financial appropriations." Alan Wilson organized the language, thinking about how to start persuading.

"Issuing public bonds? This is a colony, not a native land." Sir Barron frowned. He understood the motivation of civil servants to work, but this matter?It's really difficult.

Issuing public bonds in British India requires approval from London. Even if it is approved by London, as a group of colonists, the independence of British India has become a consensus, but it is forced by the drought to unite with the Governor's Palace. Is there anyone? Subscriptions for government bonds are still an unknown.

"Actually, we can print a little!" Alan Wilson said that your immediate boss is overthinking. The production line of the banknote printing machines in the suburbs is still open. He has been there, and even the recent consumption in New Delhi is the banknotes brought out last time. .

Are precious metals on the rise?In fact, Alan Wilson himself is partly credited, but he has never been a greedy person, and he also gave some banknotes to his subordinates in Hyderabad for market experiments.

"Printing money? Do you know that unlimited printing of money will eventually lead to economic collapse?" Sir Barron was taken aback and shook his head. "Once something serious happens, London will definitely hold it accountable."

"Sir, you are talking about unlimited money printing. We just want to get through the current difficulties. It is limited money printing. Just balance the appropriation of the health bill. With the huge land and population of British India , an appropriation of no more than 3000 million rupees will not make the situation worse, isn't there a cover for famine?"

"Now that the capital flow of the people due to the drought is close to freezing, this is also done to increase the economic vitality of British India. It is not simply printing money. It is more appropriate to call it quantitative easing."

Alan Wilson, who was categorically rejected by Sir Barron, tirelessly carried out persuasion work, explaining what quantitative easing is.厽厼

Calculated in rupees, British India's annual tax revenue is already close to 20 billion, and the mere 3000 million health allocation will not be noticed by anyone, at least the Indians will not notice

Quantitative easing policy increases the supply of base money and injects a large amount of liquidity into the market as an intervention method. Quantitative easing policy is used to encourage spending and borrowing. Quantitative easing refers to expanding a certain amount of currency issuance, and easing means reducing the financial pressure on banks.

Quantitative Easing When securities of banks and financial institutions are acquired, newly issued coins are successfully put into the private banking system.

Alan Wilson is a restrained gentleman, and he will not exhaust his wealth. The last time he used it for himself was only 700 million rupees. This time, it was used to serve the health bill of the entire British India, and the sanitation funding requested was only 3000 million.

"Alan, this is a big deal." Sir Barron wanted to veto it, but when he thought that this assistant was quite capable, mainly due to the relationship with General Mountbatten's daughter, he still didn't say the veto, it just showed the seriousness of the matter sex.

"Of course, sir. Our imperial civil servants have always been responsible when defending national interests." Alan Wilson did not mention quantitative easing, but he still gave a guarantee.

"You must exercise restraint." Sir Baron thought for a long time and finally nodded, telling Alan Wilson to pay attention to the scale and handle things.

Alan Wilson nodded, and then left the Governor's Mansion. It was not the first time he had gone to Delaru's banknote printing factory in New Delhi, and he was already familiar with it.

Coming here for the second time, Alan Wilson was still excited, and he was breathing a lot. It seemed that the air was filled with the smell of money. Anyway, after India became independent, it would take back the right to print money. It will not be used now. up.

This time printing money is to test the waters for the official start of quantitative easing in the future. Alan Wilson will naturally use this method with absolute restraint as promised, and spend all the money on the health bill.

As long as there is no problem this time, there will be much less opposition when using this weapon in the future.

Chapter 254 Morgan Stanley

Because he had already been here last time, this time with the instructions of the Governor-General of British India, Alan Wilson achieved his goal more easily and made an order of 3000 million rupees.

The more troublesome thing is to write files. Alan Wilson has always been adhering to the principle of sailing carefully for thousands of years. Many files will be handed over to the independent Republic of India in the future. Destroying files is not the style of the British Empire, so we must use another One way, edit the file.

Because there is no outbreak of plague at present, when editing files with health officials, it is inevitable to check some information.See if there is any previous plague data in the Governor's Mansion for this out-of-the-box edit.

Of course there are, but lying requires certain preparations. A lie that can be exposed at a glance is not what Alan Wilson is after. Therefore, the plague that has not broken out must be as if it really broke out.

I saw that the names of the places where the plague broke out in the past were changed, but the place names were replaced by places where the drought was severe this time, so that it would not be easy to be exposed.

"It spread rapidly together. Pedestrians often fell down on the road in the streets and alleys, and died immediately after vomiting blood. There were many villages around the city, and the epidemic was also very serious, with a large number of deaths. Some even died of the whole family and hospital. The scene was very miserable. In the Mathura area, the whole village or the whole family died, and the people at that time had the experience that when they woke up in the morning and saw that the chimney of the house did not emit smoke, it meant that the people of that family were all dead.”

The rapid spread of death has caused great panic among people. For the drought-hit United Provinces and Central Provinces, this has made the local people very frightened, and the ensuing sense of suffocation seems to be entangled by an invisible noose.

Then came the enactment of the Health Act. Of course, there were health officials in British India, but compared with the huge administrative officials and judicial officials, it is the same as none. The total number can be accommodated in the conference room. Of course, this capacity is limited to the British. .

Although Alan Wilson is greedy, he is also really good at things. He doesn't even know that he is following up on the enactment of all bills at the same time, and plans to leave a sound legal system for India's independence in the future.

Compared with the negligible remuneration he received from his work, these bills are invaluable treasures, affecting India in the next few decades, are Indians suffering?Not bad at all!

Out of good intentions, when formulating the Sanitation Act with health officials, Alan Wilson suggested that the British Public Health Act introduced in [-] should be modeled on it.

This is considering that most of British India is about the same as Britain in [-], maybe not as good.The Sanitation Act of [-] should therefore have been more appropriate than the National Health Service which Prime Minister Attlee was working on.

The health officials in British India only had two or three kittens. After following the advice of the assistant commissioner to adapt to local conditions, they said that what Alan Wilson said was reasonable and that the objective environment of British India should be considered.

This is all for the purpose of building a doctor system in British India. The system is divided into two parts, and the doctor's practice standards are established and strictly supervised to ensure the standardized work of doctors.

This approach has broken the hierarchical order of the doctor's profession, making general practitioners increasingly dominate the medical and health service market.

Under the hierarchical order, many high-status doctors have mostly transformed into consultants of medical institutions. They have the respected status bestowed by traditional medical associations and have a relatively high reputation in the medical field. The large groups are simply Brahmins and Kshatriyas.

Of course, the British Empire does not have a caste system, so it can also serve rich people of low castes.

On the other hand, general practitioners are more tiring, responsible for ensuring the individual health and public health safety of the common people. This group, which accounts for the vast majority of doctors, is used to serve the working people in British India.

Alan Wilson suddenly discovered that the British Sanitation Act of [-] was simply too suitable for the current British India.The later Nehru was not buried by Modi, who was buried?Ignoring India's national conditions at all, and learning from the Soviet Union where everyone is equal, wouldn't it be so much trouble to learn from Britain and the United States early.

In order to use this money reasonably and legally, the outbreak of the plague must be announced, but it must not cause a big panic, so as to prevent it from being known by other countries, otherwise it is easy to be exposed.

This was a nerve-wracking problem, and at this moment a telegram from Hyderabad reached New Delhi.It mentioned that Vivien Leigh and Hollywood female stars are launching fundraising activities.

"It's a timely help. Inform all newspapers about Vivien Leigh's charity fundraising in the United States. Inform the foreign newspaper of the Governor's Mansion about the outbreaks in the United Provinces and Central Provinces, and that's it."

Recently, Alan Wilson, who has been worrying about British India, has nothing to say, and finally found good news that our India is too powerful.When manpower was limited, although he had worked very hard, from playing chess to prehistoric nuclear wars, the knowledge reserve in his mind was indeed about to bottom out.

Now that Vivien Leigh's fundraising activity has started, it is officially a good opportunity for publicity.The more important good news about the U.S. Steel Corporation, due to the current situation, is not suitable for British India, especially Indians, to know.

He believes that Vivien Leigh's fundraising activities will make Indians happy, and this is exactly the case. The "Times of India" and "The Hindu", the two most influential newspapers at present, have not forgotten Vivien Leigh's place in the United States. In India, which is in dire straits, this spirit is full of praise.

The Times of India The English-language folio daily that reflects the Indian point of view.Founded in Bombay in [-], it was called "Bombay Times".Published every Wednesday and Saturday.In [-] it was changed to a daily newspaper.In [-], it merged with the "Standard" and "Telegraph and Courier" and changed its name to "The Times of India".Originally operated by Bennett Coleman Ltd. in the UK, it was later bought by the Dalmia-Jain Consortium in India.The readers are mainly intellectuals, businessmen and officials.

The main business of the Dalmia-Jain Consortium is to open a bank with an impressive name called Cosmos Bank of India.

Alan Wilson remembers that there seemed to be a general of the universe in history, who is stronger or weaker than India's universe bank?

The front page of the "Times of India" was titled "Daughter of India", which said, "Vivien Leigh's benevolent deeds in the American continent can be compared with the goddess of wisdom and eloquence. , in front of the Americans."

"The Hindu" saw that the opponent robbed the goddess of wisdom, and could only use Ganga, the goddess of Ganga, to praise Vivien Leigh from another angle. The act of working hard for the current British India is "like the Ganges walking in the world." Goddess Ganga, she is so holy, wherever she goes, people are fascinated by her charm, bright moonlight white petals, dripping pearl flower core, copper red stamens, as if they can smell the faint scent of white camellia. The fragrance of God’s fragrance, the beauty is not only seen, but also seems to be smelled. The goddess recalled the sufferings suffered by India, sighed why it fell into such a tragic situation, and couldn’t help but burst into tears.”

"Goddess of the Ganges?" Alan Wilson sullenly looked at the Hindu newspaper, feeling offended.Although the level of this newspaper is obviously much better than the previous one.

Of course, this is just a small flaw, and the effect is still very obvious. Placebos are useful to many people. It is impossible for Indians to know about Vivien Leigh’s behavior in the United States. Only those who don’t know the details can be imaginative. Knowing Too clear will lose the sense of mystery.

It's like movie actors can't always participate in variety shows. Without a sense of mystery, the audience's expectations are lowered.

With the advocacy of the Governor's Office, and the fact that British India really needs such good news, the National Congress Party and the Muslim League also joined in the praise. For a while, the personality of Vivien Leigh's Indian daughter was further consolidated.

Vivien Leigh, who is still in Los Angeles, doesn't know that he has become a goddess in the eyes of hundreds of millions of people. He is still slowly manipulating how to grow his girlfriend group and achieve greater influence.

When Vivien Leigh was gathering actresses from Hollywood's golden age, through Vivien Leigh, Derek, who felt that British India had great potential, had already changed places, from Pittsburgh to New York Wall Street.

Wall Street is synonymous with wealth in the United States, and it is more important than the White House in Washington in the eyes of many people.What a coincidence, just as Alan Wilson encountered financial problems, Derek began to talk about how to expand the influence of the United States to the subcontinent.

Wall Street, the Morgan consortium, the Rockefeller oil king, Goldman Sachs and the DuPont consortium set up bank, insurance, shipping, railway and other company managers are concentrated here.Familiar names such as Citigroup and Morgan each represent unlimited wealth.

The person Derek wanted to meet was a family with a transcendent influence on the U.S. Steel Corporation, a member of the Morgan family. Even though he was undoubtedly a successful person in the eyes of others, he was a little nervous now.

The surname Morgan represents the ceiling in the United States of America. He, a successful person in the eyes of others, is nothing in front of this surname.

Even Derek didn't meet anyone from the Morgan family, but met the vice president of the bank at the Morgan Stanley building.

Although a little disappointed in his heart, Derek still elaborated on his views on this march into British India.

"The president has already known about this matter and is evaluating it. To save time, we will work with Chase Bank to evaluate the value of the iron ore you mentioned." The executive president met Derek and continued calmly. , "Mr. Morgan has other things to do, and he will meet with you tomorrow. You won't have any complaints, will you?"

"No, no!" Derek said with a humble look on his face, "It's very exciting that Mr. Morgan can meet me."

Chapter 255 Drake Wants to Improve

The Chase Bank mentioned by the other party is the bank established by the old Morgan, and Morgan Stanley was originally the investment department of the bank company. investment banking services,

Morgan Jr. split the investment department of Chase Bank and established Morgan Stanley as an investment bank. It was established in New York in [-], while Chase Bank was transformed into a pure commercial bank.厽厼

When Morgan Stanley was established, Chase Bank often sent people to assist. Now the senior managers of the two banks were colleagues in the same department in the early years. The banks established by the disciples are very familiar with each other.

As the people behind the U.S. Steel Corporation, the Morgan family did not ignore the good opportunity for bargain hunting discovered by Derek.The time savings of having someone from Chase do the assessment together is evident.

"Oh, my dear brother, you are not a traditional person, why did you come here?" Hearing the sound of footsteps, Morgan III did not look back, and the fishing rod in his hand did not move, and he had already identified who was coming .

Morgan Jr., the second-generation head of the Morgan family, died of illness in [-]. Now the leader of the Morgan family is Morgan Jr.'s two sons, Morgan III, who was born in [-] and is eight years younger than him. brother of Henry Morgan.

Compared with Morgan III, who has already seen his sixth year, Henry Morgan is indeed in his prime, and the age of 46 is by no means old.

The lake where Morgan III fished is the private territory of the Morgan family. It was bought by the old Morgan. This piece of residence includes a main building, two log cabins and several auxiliary buildings. It is located in the upstate area of ​​New York, about five kilometers away from New York City. hour drive.

This real estate located on the peninsula by the Mohegan Lake between the mountains and forests became the favorite place of Morgan III after the war. Not far away is the place where the old Morgan docked his yacht, and the shore is used all year round. villa.

Fifteen hundred acres of land nearby make this place very comfortable, and Morgan III likes this place very much.

But Henry Morgan doesn't come here very often. This eight-year-old brother is still very young in mind.If they were not very familiar with each other, Morgan III would not have thought that Henry Morgan would come.

Sitting down on the solid wood seat next to Morgan III, Henry Morgan knew that his brother was fishing, so he said in a calm voice, "I borrowed it from the asset appraisal department of Chase Bank. I hope you don't mind."

"It's just Anyi here. If you're not so comfortable, you won't be able to make calls." Morgan III was still staring at the fishing line, and asked with two things in mind, "You seem to think this is a good opportunity? Push the steel industry to Asia?"

"Why not? The Morgan family will never stop." Henry Morgan said without thinking.

"It would be best if there were no countries in this world, and everything is decided by the bank." Morgan III said something seemingly irrelevant, but in fact it was a recognition of his brother's ambition, "Is Derek's news reliable? ?”

"The small shareholder of the steel company, he is just a message. But if it succeeds, I don't mind letting him play a bigger role. It's not a mistake to pursue more money, right?" Henry Morgan nodded and said, "Whether the news is true or not, we will naturally evaluate it. I have passed the people in the Far East and am planning to go to British India. If there is no problem, I will give this opportunity to Derek."

"This is good news for U.S. Steel's stock." Morgan III raised his eyebrows, pulled a struggling fish up with his hand, and said with a satisfied smile, "Isn't that right, Henry."

"Exactly, my brother." Henry Morgan said with a knowing smile, "absolutely good news."

"Let's go back to the house and talk, it's been a long time." Morgan III greeted his younger brother Henry Morgan. Compared with many families, the relationship between the two brothers is still tolerable. Little Morgan had already arranged everything before his death. Whoever has more and who has less creates suspicion.

The villa has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and one bathroom without a bathtub. , the master bedroom bathroom retains the huge bathtub, shower, vanity and toilet that John Pierpont Morgan used when he bought the property.

The United States at the time was not as convenient as it is today. The rich businessmen created this new building method, that is, building American-style camp villas along the lake, using local original ecological materials to build them, and they could be self-sufficient before the popularization of railways and cars. self-sufficient.

In [-], old Morgan bought this place and built villas in the same self-sufficient mode.

Little Morgan also often came to live there. Before the death of Little Morgan, the two brothers did not come here very often. Now Morgan III sometimes comes to visit, and Henry Morgan almost forgot about this property.

If it wasn't for discussing something with Morgan III today, Henry Morgan would definitely not come here.

The two Morgan brothers and Derek are at different levels. Derek only wants to increase his voice in the U.S. Steel Corporation by buying the mineral resources of British India and take it to a higher level.

But the Morgan Brothers believe that they can also use financial means to promote the stock price of US Steel to operate.

Earn real money on the one hand and stock market money on the other. If everything goes well, it will achieve a win-win effect. Even if it fails in the end, there will be no loss in one entry and one exit.

As a referee and a goalkeeper, the Morgan Brothers would of course think that a win-win situation is more cost-effective. If you take a step back, you can make no loss, so why not do it?Anyway, in the end someone pays the bill!

This hand has been used very skillfully since the old Morgan was still alive, acquired the Carnegie Steel Company, and established the U.S. Steel Company. Even earlier, when most of the railways in the United States were included in the nineteenth century, it had already begun.

There are so-called railroad kings everywhere, but apart from a few tough bones, the real railroad king in the United States is Morgan, you mean the Vanderbilt family?When did that happen!

Many well-known banks represented by Chemical Bank, Chase National Bank, Hanwa Industrial Bank, Morgan Bank, Mobil Bank, Guarantee Trust Company, and First National Bank are all in the hands of the two Morgan brothers. The Morgan family is still as prestigious today. Where are the railroad kings?

Compared with Henry Morgan, Derek, who was a big shot in front of Hollywood female stars, pretended to be relaxed but was very restrained. After arriving at Henry Morgan's office, he didn't dare to take a breath.

厽厼. "As a director of a steel company, you are very motivated and very gratifying." Henry Morgan tilted his body and looked at Derek with interest. road.

"It's all for the development of the company. Everyone thinks that expanding the influence of U.S. Steel is a good thing." Derek finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the praise, and said modestly.

"Why is this tone the same as the hated federal government?" Henry Morgan said lightly, and directly shut up Derek. Just a few days ago, he had commented on Vivien Leigh in such a superior tone.

Now, on a different occasion and from a different angle, Derek has become the one who has been criticized and can't refute it.

"I have already sent people from the Far East to British India. No amount of analysis is as good as seeing it with your own eyes." Henry Morgan nodded in satisfaction, "As for you, if this project is valuable, you can naturally represent U.S. Steel and facilitate This good thing is all for profit, and it is up to you to see any results."

"Thank you, Mr. Henry." Derek was full of anger for a while, and thanked in an excited tone.This is his goal, a director who wants to improve too much, and now he has finally got the favor of the big boss, he doesn't know what to say.

"I still have entertainment!" Henry Morgan raised his wrist, and pointed his finger with the other hand, with a look on his face that you understand. Derek certainly understood, and he backed away from Henry Morgan's office with his head down.

After getting the other party to leave, I shook my head helplessly, wasting 10 minutes!

As long as financial means are used to operate the stock market, even if all the bad results appear, the Morgan family will not lose money, it's just that the stockholders pay the bill.