[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

George sighed and said, "Because of the market."

Charles still didn't understand: "The market?"

George nodded and said: "The amount of wealth determines the purchasing power. Although the south is after British products, only the rich, that is, the owners of large estates, can buy British products. Even poor white people can't afford British products." .”

"And the Yankees? The Yankees are poor..."

Ashley Wilkes said: "One hundred acres of land may not be able to make a large estate owner, but a ten-acre factory can definitely make a large factory owner. Factory owners can also become customers of British goods. For For Britain, there is no greater possibility in the South."

"But the manufacturer may also be the enemy of the English factory."

George held his wife's hand and answered first: "Not necessarily. The British only want the United States to produce primary products, or low-level products, such as yarn and homemade cloth, and they continue to produce high-grade fabrics such as taffeta. They can still make a lot of money."

Gerald suddenly realized: "I remember that Barton Manor also produces taffeta."

Marge looked at her husband, and then said: "Yes, many goods that were only available in the UK before, are now also available in Barton Manor, but the output is not very large. I am grateful to Captain Butler, he got me including mulberry silk All kinds of materials, which allow Barton Manor to develop healthily."

Gerald was furious: "Rhett Butler! Since you have the time, energy and money to make silk, why don't you help the South get|gun|ammunition and medicine?"

"Well," Rhett Butler shrugged, and said, "Mr. O'Hara, you should ask the Yankees about this, not me. Actually, if it wasn't for Mrs. Clark's goods, I wouldn't have It is possible to break through the blockade of the Yankees. Yes, the Yankees just think that those mulberry silks are irrelevant, so I can entrain |guns| ammunition and medicine in those mulberry silks. Those mulberry silks are easier to hide than those taffeta and calico There are a lot of things. It is because of the cover of Mrs. Clark's goods that I can hide it again and again."

Gerald flushed.

Although this man has helped his daughter, although this man has done a lot for the south, he is one of the few speculators who can break through the blockade and has made great contributions to the south, but he just doesn't like this man.

He just wanted to punch him.

There is no reason.

George said: "So, our Barton Manor has become Britain's opponent?"

Rhett stood up straight, just like those deacons of the British aristocrats, but his face still had the ridicule that belonged to Rhett Butler: "Yes. More precisely, in the north, In other states, British products are still popular, but in Georgia, the products of Barton Manor have surpassed British products. I believe that as the war progresses and the Yankees blockade the South, the goods from the South to Barton Manor demand will continue to rise.”

Everyone in the room fell silent.

If that is the case, then the enemy of Barton Manor is the whole of England.

Henry Hamilton broke the silence: "Aren't we discussing, why did Britain support the Yankees?"

"Yes." Reiter replied, "It's very simple. The South is so big, there are not many big estate owners, and there are only a few decent families. For Britain, he needs new customers. Britain needs the Yankees Get rich and be their customers. Britain needs more rich people in the South, more factory owners."

Simply put, it is a process of making the cake bigger.

For Britain, the South is a ready-made cake. It is clear at a glance how big it is, how much it is, how many products it can consume every year, and how much profit it can provide them.

But the North is not.

The possibilities in the North are endless.

It is impossible for Britain to give up these countless possibilities.

Everyone who understood the case nodded.People who don't understand, although they don't understand, can also understand the faces of the people around them.

This also made them clear that what Rhett said was not a lie.

This is not a good sign.Even Gerald understood that the war was no longer just between the Confederacy and the Union.

Gerald muttered, "Okay, okay. I see. No wonder Margot said the war was stupid."

Margot is not Scarlett, and she will share the secrets of the two with her father. There are some things that Margo will not tell Gerald, but this does not prevent him from teaching the two younger sisters below.Suellen's mouth was not so tight, and Gerald was a shrewd man, and with a little care Gerald would still hear.

Charles said: "Then what should we do now?"

Rhett shrugged and said, "No, it should be said, what should the United States do."

Rhett's words are always sharp.And these words are not so much his own point of view, but rather the consensus between him and Margot.

With a cynical smile, Reiter said: "I don't know how much everyone present understands, but for me the answer is very simple. Whether the South wins or the North wins, the benefits of Britain are indispensable. If the South wins, then, The federal government of the Yankees went bankrupt, and the bonds of the federal government became a pile of waste paper. Because of this, the factories of the Yankees would also go bankrupt one after another due to lack of funds or even simply broke the capital chain. The American industry stagnated or regressed. The United States will become The Great South is still Britain’s source of raw materials and consumer market. If the Yankees win, the Confederate government will go bankrupt, and southern families who hold a large amount of southern bonds will also lose a lot of wealth. If the federal government increases our tax, the current big estate owners will lose their land because they cannot pay the tax. At the same time, the United Kingdom has become the largest creditor of the federal government because it holds a large amount of federal government bonds. The United Kingdom can also firmly hold the entire United States in the hand."

Everyone present was silent.

Margot added another fire: "Actually, Her Majesty the Queen Mother can do more. She is the Regent Queen Mother of England, and some people kneel on the ground begging to work for her. If I were the Queen Mother , I will secretly buy U.S. treasury bonds, squeeze out competitors like the Rothschild family, and seize the U.S. banking industry. Once the U.S. securities market falls into the hands of the other party, Britain wants to It is easy to hit the American manufacturing industry. I don't even doubt that after this war is over, even the issuance of US dollars will not be in the hands of the US government, whether it is the Confederate government or the federal government."

Gerald was furious: "Shut up! This is not what you should say!"

"Mr. O'Hara, what Margot means is also what I mean." George said, "In fact, this is what I'm most worried about. If the US dollar is not controlled by the government, if the US dollar is controlled by the Queen Mother, it will be more difficult. Regarding the bonds that have almost fallen into the hands of Her Majesty the Queen Mother and the banking industry that is about to fall into the hands of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, it is too simple for Her Majesty the Queen Mother to keep the United States in turmoil for a long time. Sometimes, war is not the most terrible thing, but the invisible smoke is the most deadly. It is a pity that in the United States now, there are too few people who can see the future. Even if some people can see the future, but among these people Most are not strong enough to change anything at all."

Artificially creating inflation can easily disrupt the order of the entire United States and keep the United States in chaos for a long time without any development at all. Of course, it is inevitable to follow the British baton in the future.

Gerald was dumbfounded. He looked at George and then at Ashley, but couldn't say anything at all.

In Gerald's eyes, Ashley was the brightest young man in the county, and George the brightest young man in the state.If neither of these two can do anything, it is tantamount to announcing the death penalty for the United States.

Henry Hamilton frowned and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "So, what can we do for the United States?"

George nodded to Margot, and said: "I have discussed this matter with Margot many times. Our conclusion is still that what we can do is very limited, but it doesn't mean we can't do anything. "

"Huh? What do you mean? What are we going to do? Do I need to cooperate?"

George said: "The South will undoubtedly be defeated, and after the war, the Yankees and their federal government will not get much benefit. The real benefit will definitely fall into the hands of the Queen Mother. It will not be in the hands of the U.S. government. Even after the war, the U.S. dollar will depreciate on a large scale because there will be large-scale violence in the market. I even doubt that someone will use the U.S. dollar to cause a series of turmoil. Let the conflict between whites and blacks continue and erupt for a long time, so that American factories will encounter various strikes."

If Scarlett had been here, he would have said what the Yankee factories had to do with the South.Maybe the boys in the South before the war would have said the same thing.

However, when the war came to this point, even people like Charles who had never actually been on the battlefield knew that no factory meant no weapons, and no weapons meant defeat.

The importance of the factory is self-evident.If all factories are at a standstill, then American industry will only go backwards and forwards, and America will become the Great South.

"What should we do?" Charles was also anxious.

George replied: "Try to keep the land in our hands. There is no doubt that only by keeping the land in our hands can we continue to have a steady stream of various supplies and resist the powerful Queen Mother. This There is no way around it. We cannot keep the dollar, nor do we have the strength to snatch it back. We can only accumulate supplies as much as possible. Dollars without supplies are just waste paper, and supplies without dollars can still feed the United States.

"The original purpose of this war was actually for state rights. We can't control other states, but at least we can do something for Georgia. In the United States, private property is protected. Even if the South is defeated and the Confederate government is bankrupt , as long as we can afford to pay taxes, we can keep our estate. However, after the greatest victory of the war is taken by Britain, in order to pay those national debts, the Yankees will definitely require us to pay huge taxes. For taxes, for us After the war we will certainly have a tough battle to fight. But as long as we keep our land, our estates, we have a chance.

"After the war, the Yankees will definitely make a fuss about suffrage. For example, give blacks the right to vote and let blacks vote for them. In this regard, both Barton Manor and Rose Manor can play a role. The problem is that we must give priority to keeping these two. The estates, and the black recognition of these two estates must also be preserved. I am sure that suffrage and taxes will be the two sharp weapons of the Yankees after the war. We must prepare in advance, and we must not relax either.

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