Mary's Nineteenth Century

The words have come to this point, and I can no longer pretend to understand.

Mary's last stubbornness was that she did not admit positively that she was the "M" who disturbed the wind and rain, but only speculated on the facts of the big business that might make the manager Toby silenced.

"If you want to make a big deal, you can't do without timing. As you can see, the United States ended the Civil War a few years ago. War is a waste of money. Both the North and the South are financially tight. At that time, the United States suspended convertible notes and The method of minting payment is changed to issuing non-cashable currency. The new currency is commonly known as green notes."

Mary pointed out that during the war, the U.S. Congress formulated relevant regulations for the issuance of green notes, stipulating that green notes are equivalent to gold.

The general public may not understand that bad money drives out good money, but people have a common understanding.Green notes are a newly issued currency in an unstable situation, and this currency has depreciated at some point; gold is a valuable item since ancient times, and its price stability is self-evident.

As a result, people only use green notes, but instead store their gold in case they are needed in case of emergencies.

"Soon, gold could not be seen in the currency market. The U.S. Congress realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately abolished the very unreasonable green bill gold equivalent law. Later, with the unification of the North and the South, the green bill Printing is also gradually standardized, and everything seems to be without any problems."

Mary paused at this point, "Mrs. Roman, I wonder if Mr. Toby made the above introduction when he introduced the Wall Street investment project to you?

So did he mention another regulation about green notes and gold?That regulation seemed to have no impact on everyday life, but it was enough to be a ticking time bomb for a financial war. "

What regulations?

Of course Toby didn't mention it.

Mycroft, however, paid attention to the relevant content when he browsed through the various legal provisions of the United States.The U.S. Legal Tender Act mentions that equivalent greenbacks are allowed to fulfill contracts that specify performance in gold. ①

Notably, this statute was not repealed altogether.

After the end of the Civil War, the United States did not fully restore the gold standard, and implemented a double standard system in which gold coins and green notes were circulated at the same time.

At the same time, speculators on Wall Street can get involved in buying and selling large gold contract investments with a small amount of margin.Everyone knows that gold speculation has become the most dangerous but also the most profitable project.

It is not difficult for Mycroft to draw this inference, "Because there are many loopholes in the management of greenbacks and gold in American regulations, Mr. Minton, you mean that the reason for Mr. Toby's murder is related to a conspiratorial gold speculation. Yes. ?"

"Yes, and neither."

Mary smiled, "Mrs. Roman, your guess is in the right direction, but it is still too conservative. Please put aside your usual caution, what is about to happen will not be an ordinary gold speculation, but enough to make Wall Street managers Suffered a golden catastrophe of annihilation."

Mary briefly explained how to use financial leverage, legal loopholes, and the exchange rate between greenbacks and gold to create a big gold squeeze.

"It doesn't sound too difficult, doesn't it? The only obstacle is government intervention in the market. It would be bad if the government used the gold reserves in the treasury to balance the price in time. However, those speculators who dared to plot will not be stingy." Lobbying the government with a lot of money, giving up small money to get big money.

As you have heard, I am 90.00% sure that an airdrop panic is brewing.It doesn't take a month or two for a very small number of people to sweep away most of Wall Street's wealth, leaving many people impoverished overnight.listen!What an exciting deal. "

Is this alarmist talk?

Not at all.

Mary's inference is also a matter of experience.

In her previous life, the Wall Street gold holocaust actually happened in the nineteenth century as she knew it.Gould and Fisk, two of the most daring speculators famous Wall Street.

Even if there is no speculator with the same name and surname in this life, will the gold squeeze case not happen?

No, big cases will definitely happen again.

Because there are huge loopholes in the double-standard currency system of American gold and green banknotes, because human greed will not change.

If there is no Gould, there will be Gurman, Field, etc. In short, as long as people's desire to get rich overnight is not extinguished, a golden catastrophe will inevitably breed.

Mary was not surprised that a shocking gold manipulation case was being conspired, and she had faintly felt that something was wrong in the gold market, but she was also a little surprised that the manager Toby was silenced because of the unlucky discovery of the inside story.

Don't get me wrong, it's not accidental murder, there's nothing a person who is obsessed with money can't do. "Das Kapital" said, "For 100% profit, capital dares to trample on all human laws; if there is more than 300% profit, capital dares to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged."

What is surprising is Toby's bad luck value. He was discovered while spying on intelligence, and he lacked some luck after all.

Thinking of this, Mary cast a veiled sympathetic look, Madam Roman's informant's loss rate is high enough.

Mycroft: Thanks, he doesn't need sympathy.Would he still be flattered that he actually received one of the few sincere cares from Mr. Minton?

But it is one of the few cares.

Someone who could have predicted a Wall Street catastrophe was coming, but turned a blind eye to it and had no intention of intervening to dissuade it.It's not indifferent, but it's not kind and warm either.

At the moment, Mycroft did not question Mr. Minton's thoughts at all.

Changing places, he is also too lazy to be nosy, and will not bother to stop the impending financial war.It's not the US government, so why bother with it.

Even now that Toby is unfortunately killed, there is no undercurrent of emotionally exposing the surging undercurrent in order to help Toby get revenge.Regarding the follow-up actions, it is not based on personal feelings, but on the overall monitoring task.

At this time, Mary said, "However, now we want to stay out of the matter, I'm afraid we can't help it. People know that we are investigating the truth about Toby's death. Maybe those people will do nothing for you. Instability like mine arranges a few assassinations. Believe me, they can do it."

Yes, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the gold squeeze, all obstacles must be killed in the cradle.

Mycroft nodded, still in the mood to joke.

"It doesn't have to be an assassination. Maybe those people will be convinced by your wisdom and invite you to be an accomplice? And I also escaped death with honor."

This possibility is not low.

After all, Mr. Minton has had a brief history of turning touches into gold deals.One more reliable trader can guarantee the victory of the financial war, as long as Minton does not turn against the water.

Perhaps Mrs. Roman will be used as a hostage, who makes the scandal spread vigorously, as if M;&L's love will never change until death.

"Let them regret it."

Mary is not interested in joining, "I just want to be a good student who is quiet."

Safe?you?

Mycroft was suspicious of someone's self-identification, but it wasn't the time to correct the words, because the threat the two faced was not only from the gang that killed Toby, but also from another person.

"Mr. Minton, do you think the real Jars will come to us?"

Mycroft thought of a possibility, "Toby was stabbed to death, and the murderer wanted to bring trouble to the strange Zar. The one who had no way of knowing who set the blame, but knew who was investigating. "

Is there anything wrong with this?

Big problem.Like Benny and Kenan, the Jars are obviously mentally unstable. The difference is that the latter two are hurting themselves, while the Jars are hurting others.

As I mentioned before, will the Zaer freak start a murder contest to prove that he has mastered the real means of killing?

The target of the murder may be an innocent bystander, or someone related to the perpetrator.It doesn't matter even if you can't find the culprit, because you know who is investigating the murderer, and killing the investigator can just warn the culprit.

Who in normal life would do that?

But for people with unstable mental state, this operation is very logical and self-consistent.

Almost instantly, Mary smoothed out the irrational logic.

"Your concerns are very reasonable. It is hard to find the culprit in the dark, but it is easy to find the investigator in the open. We have become a target and we need to be more careful. Especially you, maybe the other party will choose the persimmon because of their gender. pinch."

No matter what Madam Roman's real identity is, to the outside world, this is a widow who came to New York for a trip.Compared with Mr. Minton who was on campus, Mrs. Roman was obviously more likely to be intercepted and killed.

"Thank you for the reminder, be careful."

Mycroft said so, but he didn't say that he would stop the investigation because of this.

The next moment, the two looked at each other.It was determined that not only did they not have the emotion to back down, but they were a little eager to try.

It's not bad to use your body as bait, and you look forward to catching a big fish.If Jars can be caught, it may be possible to find out whether he has some connection with Bernie and Kenan, who are also mentally abnormal.

This side is gearing up, but the other side is extremely depressing.

In a dark basement in New York, there were three people standing in the room.

"Andrews, you stupid brain! Why did you go to the trouble of making Ouija boards and ear piercings?"

The tall boss couldn't hide his anger and looked at his subordinates, even though he never dreamed that a simple assassination would be so complicated. "To kill Toby, just give him a knife. What are you doing with those tricks? Are you afraid that you won't attract people who investigate?"

Andrews, who was reprimanded, was full of grievances, "Ouija board attracted the undead and made the inventor Kenan jump off the building, and it was rumored that the dead body was pierced through the ears in Brooklyn. , just to divert the line of sight.

People only think that the murderer is a weird murderer. Who can find out that we silenced the matter in order to prevent the gold manipulation from leaking?I'm obviously doing this for everyone's benefit. "

Ahhhhh!

Why did you let this guy close the logic loop!

The tall man was speechless, took a deep breath and looked at the other subordinate.

"Benjamin, look at Andrews, and find a few more people to monitor the movements of Minton and Roman. If you find that they have tracked down the movement of short-squeezed gold, report to me immediately."

"Yes."

Benjamin responded immediately.

Andrews was muttering to himself, it would be easier to kill someone in the street, how could he be sure how far other people have gone in the investigation?

Do you want to eavesdrop, but you can't hide in the room to do it, right?Or do you follow up and determine who the two contacted to judge?But Minton was originally connected to Wall Street.

This is simply a task beyond the scope of ability, but as a subordinate, you must obey orders.

A surveillance and tracking operation has begun.

For three full days, Andrews found nothing unusual.

In his observation, Minton and Roman didn't seem to seriously investigate Toby's death at all. One went to school with peace of mind, and the other went shopping leisurely.

Is it true that the tall and big boss are all soldiers?Some people talk about investigating Toby's death, but they will not pursue it seriously at all.

Andrews will never know the answer.

one morning.

Mary set foot on the way to school and walked 300 meters from the door of the house, when she heard exclamations from the streets.

Passers-by shouted, "Dead man! Someone was killed by piercing his ear!"

I saw Andrews lying in a pool of blood. His death was similar to that of Toby he had killed, but somewhat different.A crooked line of blood was written on the wall on one side of the corpse, "Death to the counterfeit! I am the only warrior who can kill the demon S!"

coming.

The Jars are really here.

Mary turned around immediately, and went to what school, of course to check the scene.

Just the blood on the wall, the amount of information is a bit large.

Jars, know who blamed him for Toby's death.In addition, he doesn't think that murdering and torturing corpses is a crime, but that it is clearing the ears of the demon S.What does this mean?