It is already the limit that a Zhili Steel Company can draw 50 million taels of silver on the ground of Zhili. If it weren't for the economic, political and military center of Beiyang that had been operating for decades, and gathered a large number of wealthy people in China, Wang Chenhao would not have achieved such great results.

Looking around the country, except for Shanghai and Guangzhou, other regions do not have such a wealthy foundation. Good things like raising huge sums of 50 million taels of silver will never happen again.

After thinking about it, Wang Chenhao believed that power can make money, and wealth can also help him fight for greater power, and both complement each other. After Li Hongzhang fell in history, Yuan Shikai developed from a small role to the future commander of the Beiyang, which was closely related to his bribery of Zhili Governor Rong Lu and Prime Minister Yi Li.

Especially Yi Li, who was greedy for money and lustful in the last decade of the Qing Dynasty, was the best in the dynasty. Even Yuan Shikai gave him one million taels of silver, he was willing to force Empress Dowager Yulong and Emperor Xuantong to abdicate.

Now the appearance of Wang Chenhao has changed history a little. Li Hongzhang's existence makes Ronglu impossible to become the governor of Zhili, but Yi Li will definitely take over Yi's squad in the next few years and must pay attention to it. Wang Chenhao knows that Li Hongzhang and Prince Gong Yi have not had a few years of survival. If he wants to develop in the future, he will have to rely on the greedy and lustful Prince Qing Yi Li, who is indifferent to money, lust and mediocre, and if he wants to firmly control him, he only needs money.

The best way to deal with the corrupt Qing government was to bribe money, so Wang Chenhao planned ahead and wanted to make more money to make a backup if he wanted to develop his career.

The country is too poor, so Wang Chenhao had to turn his goal of making money abroad. After combining the current domestic and international environments of various countries, he finally locked in the United States on the other side of the ocean.

In 1895, the US economy surpassed China and became the world's number one, and at the same time became the most promising emerging market power. Just like China in Wang Chenhao's era, it had a fatal weakness - an extremely lack of gold.

With the rapid development of the US economy, a large amount of US dollar circulation is needed in the market, but the US's implementation of a double standard of gold and silver has left huge financial loopholes to international bankers.

In the autumn of 1894, the U.S. fiscal crisis encountered an unprecedented gold run. In October, the U.S. fiscal deficit soared to $13 million, while gold reserves fell to $52 million. In January 1895, the situation deteriorated rapidly, with $26 million gold flowing from the United States to overseas; $45 million gold was proposed from the U.S. Treasury Department to repay fiat currency. The Treasury's gold reserves were only $40 million, and it also flowed out at a rate of $2 million every day.

The large outflow of gold will lead to a collapse in the US gold and silver standard. The US dollar will lose gold as support and face a crisis of large-scale depreciation. Correspondingly, US bank stocks will decline sharply.

However, Wang Chenhao knew that the US government would compromise with the international banking group led by the Rosscailder family and seek help to resolve the crisis. In mid-to-late November 1895, the stock prices of most American banks would fall to the bottom, but after January 1896, the stocks would rebound rapidly and return to the level before the gold run crisis in two months, and then they would fluctuate normally according to financial laws. Based on the average of 25 cents per share at the bottom, the average of 12 US dollars per share after returning to normal is 50 times, which is a huge opportunity to make a fortune.

Wang Chenhao used the 50 million taels of silver collected by Zhili Steel Company, and withdrew 20 million taels of silver for the first phase of the project, he still had 30 million taels left. In addition, the wealth obtained from the undersea shipwreck was 5 million taels, totaling 35 million taels of silver, Wang Chenhao was preparing to speculate on the US stock market.

Wang Chenhao told this plan to Wang Shizhen and several other aides, not including Zhang Peilun and Yang Shixiang. Because Zhang Peilun was Li Hongzhang's son-in-law, Wang Chenhao was afraid that he would reveal it to Li Hongzhang, and Yang Shixiang had always had an ambiguous attitude, not knowing whether he was hiding from Wang Chenhao or Li Hongzhang because of this.

Wang Shizhen, Zhang Feng and other shogunate personnel were promoted by Wang Chenhao. Through this period of investigation, it can be seen that they are already their own people after both gratitude and power. Therefore, Wang Chenhao asked Wang Shizhen and Zhang Feng to discuss countermeasures.

After hearing Wang Chenhao's plan, Wang Shizhen and Zhang Feng were shocked. Every cell on their faces conveyed a message, which was incredible.

"Sir, is this true? The United States is the world's largest industrial power, so how could a gold scarcity crisis occur?"

"Yes, sir, the Americans are richer than the British now, so their bank stocks will not fall to the bottom, right?"

Wang Chenhao laughed and said, "The US government and the banking community must strictly block the news in such a situation, otherwise it will cause national panic and social unrest. Do you know the Rothschild family?"

Both of them shook their heads and said they didn't know.

Wang Chenhao smiled and took out a copy of the American "Chicago Daily News" from last year, pointing to the above report: "The Rothschild family has 1.6 billion US dollars of gold (about 2,194 tons), and is known as the Sixth Empire."

Wang Shizhen and Zhang Feng were both stunned after seeing this and said in an almost unanimous voice: "There is such a family? This 1.6 billion US dollars is an astronomical number!"

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly, "The public is always the tip of the iceberg, and the actual number will be more than this. People in the industry generally believe that the Ross Tearde family has $6 billion (8,227 tons of gold)."

The two of them took a breath of air conditioning again, and they were shocked without saying anything.

Zhang Feng exclaimed: "No wonder he is known as the Sixth Empire!"

Wang Shizhen asked: "Then what does this family have to do with the US financial crisis?"

Wang Chenhao said: "There is a typical comic in the Western world, with the title "British Octopus: Eat only Gold". Under this title, it is a world map. The tentacles of the octopus extend from Britain to all continents of the world. The Rothschild family is the most profitable Jews, and their headquarters is in the UK."

As we all know, the Jews are the most profitable people in the world. Before the end of World War I, the Rosseld family, known as the Sixth Empire, was the Jewish family and the real leader of the Jewish nation.

The Rosscheld family has gold that is rich enough to rival a country and is headquartered in the UK. Anyone with a little smarter knowledge that this family is actually the octopus that eats gold.

Wang Shizhen suddenly understood what Wang Chenhao meant and said: "Sir, this crisis in the United States was secretly planned by the Rothschild family, with the purpose of forcing the United States to submit to the goal of controlling American finance."

Wang Chenhao nodded, not commenting.

Zhang Feng said again: "So, you should take the opportunity to speculate on stocks in the American banking industry. Buy at the lowest point and sell at the highest point, and make a net profit?"

Wang Chenhao laughed and said, "That's right, that's what I mean? If the money given by foreigners is not given for free, they will be struck by lightning."

Wang Shizhen and Zhang Feng were stunned for a moment, then they understood what Wang Chenhao meant and laughed.
Chapter completed!