The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 181



< Aldrich Plan (2) >

A month before the meeting of the Council of Seven.

Baron Rothschild was struggling with a mountain of papers with his old body.

“Baron. Are you inside?”

“Come in.”

One week.

The Baron spent his days going back and forth between his home and his office diligently reading reports.

Why did the Baron go through such extreme trouble in his later years?

The reason was simple.

This is probably because the last important meeting I will attend in my life is just around the corner.

“Your Majesty take your time.”

“….”

“And then you really get sick.”

Despite the dissuasion of his subordinates the baron did not budge.

Although his eyes were sore the Baron quickly wiped his magnifying glass readjusted his glasses and straightened his disheveled posture.

After that I started to review the documents furiously and store the numbers written on the scraps of paper in my head.

“hmm….”

Baron Rothschild was reviewing materials related to the bill that was about to be enacted to establish the Federal Reserve System the central bank of the United States.

Very naturally in the process.

The United States and the United Kingdom.

We also worked on comparing the economies of the two countries.

“her!”

The Baron sighed deeply as he recalled the materials he had seen ten years ago.

This is because the economic situations of the two countries are so different that anyone with even a little knowledge of accounting can tell.

“Is the difference already this big?”

In the Baron’s right hand he holds a report summarizing the British economy.

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In his left hand he holds a report summarizing the situation in the United States.

“The gap has widened even further compared to ten years ago.”

He looked at the documents his servants had given him alternately in each hand then slammed both documents onto the desk.

After that to cool my angry head I pushed the relevant documents under the desk.

“Father please hold on.”

The economic gap between the British Isles and the United States was about twice as large as just a decade ago.

But now more than a decade later.

The gap has widened even further to the point of tripling.

However since these statistics were not surveyed at a national level we cannot trust that the data is accurate.

Since this was the common opinion of economic research institutes under the Rothschild family even if the exact figures were unknown the general trend could be taken into account.

“How did the British Empire come to be like this?”

Baron Rothschild doesn’t love England very much.

It was not the collapse of the British economy that made him so angry but his own past choices.

“father!”

Walter just arrived at Rothschild’s office.

The Baron asked his son handing him the relevant information.

“Okay. Walter what do you think?”

Walter Rothschild the Baron’s adopted son.

Unlike my father he considered himself a proud Englishman.

That’s why.

He tried to console his father by slightly rebelling against the Baron’s opinion.

“father.”

“Speak.”

“America still has a long way to go.”

“What?”

“If we only consider the productivity of the mainland the gap with the United States is even wider but doesn’t our country have colonies? If we add up all the colonies I think our British Empire is still superior to the United States.”

The Baron shook his head and became angry at his son for ignoring the essence of the matter.

“How can you put the mainland and the colonies on the same level?”

“….”

“You still think like a seven-year-old. Tsk tsk.”

The Baron clicked his tongue and presented Walter with the basis for his opinion.

“The wind of nationalism promoted by our own country is blowing hard across the European continent. For now the wind is blowing mainly in the Balkan Peninsula and Eastern Europe… but we don’t know when or how the wind will spread to Asia North America or Africa.”

“….”

“Look at the Indians demanding independence. Right now it is just a breeze but if their power grows a little more and our national power weakens it will spread into a huge wildfire at any time.”

As the story of India was brought up an Oriental figure lingered in the Baron’s mind.

‘There’s that guy Lee Kang too.’

Because he was a person he usually avoided the Baron tried hard to deny Lee Kang’s existence.

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Afterwards the Baron warned Walter in a confident voice.

“Within ten years at least the United States will surpass Britain not only economically but also militarily.”

“yes?”

Walter’s eyes widened at this.

I was rebelling against the Baron’s statement that even if we were not sure about economic power we would be caught up in military power.

“Are you saying that those punk-like American soldiers are stronger than our British soldiers?”

“okay.”

“That seems too far-fetched. Even in twenty years let alone ten the American military will not be able to catch up with us the British. Even if you just calculate the number of warships built right now we are overwhelmingly superior.”

The Baron refuted Walter’s claims.

“Military power ultimately blossoms based on economic power. If our country’s economy continues its low growth we will have no choice but to retire our existing warships.”

The Baron looked at Walter with a confident expression.

“It will eventually happen because we cannot reverse this great trend. Moreover the United States has no enemies. It has the natural breakwaters of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans on both sides and the only potential enemies along its border are Canada and Mexico.”

“….”

“But we Britain are different. Don’t we have Germany France and Russia?”

“…”

“Once military power explodes we will never be able to catch up with the United States again.”

Baron Rothschild looked at his son Walter with a sigh.

“I should have sent you to New York twenty years ago.”

“….”

“If only I had trusted you a little more this wouldn’t have happened.”

Baron Rothschild thought back to Morgan’s past.

JP Morgan who came across the Atlantic with a young face.

The Baron believed that Britain’s economic growth would be steeper than that of the United States.

Instead of sending Walter to New York he left him in London.

The results are now before him.

Morgan who had been managing railroad companies in the United States as an agent for the Rothschild family was now the richest man in the world and was growing even more powerful.

‘I never thought that the dog I raised would grow up to bite its owner.’

It all came down to one wrong choice.

The Baron recalled this and vowed never to make that mistake again.

dripping-

“Your Majesty we have a guest.”

“I will go.”

Walter notices and falls.

Even though he is his son the Baron usually meets people alone when he has an important meeting.

“You said the Morgans sent someone?”

“Yes Baron.”

The Rothschild vassal looked at the Baron and asked.

“Should I just send it back?”

“No. Tell them to listen now.”

* * *

“There’s still a month left until the meeting…”

The Baron looked at the guest who had just arrived and asked.

“What urgent matter brings you here?”

“Lord Rothschild.”

Henry P. Davidson one of Morgan’s closest aides pulled a letter from inside the package.

“Representative Morgan asked me to deliver this letter to Lord Rothschild.”

“This is…..”

“This is a list of financial stocks invested by the Morgan family in the UK Italy France etc.”

Davidson pointed down the list of investments and said:

“Please teach me the subject that interests me the most.”

“why?”

The Baron naturally asked why.

Because he had no reason to know the Morgan family’s investment list.

“Are you thinking of giving it to me cheaply?”

“As expected… I can’t hide anything from the great Baron Rothschild.”

Henry Davidson praised Rothschild again and again with his lips like butter.

He touted Rothschild as much as he could and told him all the offers Morgan had made.

“That’s right. Mr. Morgan has decided to transfer a significant portion of his investments in Europe to you Baron.”

“In return you will receive my support for establishing a US central bank?”

“yes.”

“It sounds like Morgan is trying to take over the entire American financial market.”

“….”

“Instead I will eat all of Europe. Am I right?”

Ps …

Henry Davidson raised a corner of his mouth.

“That might sound like it.”

Davidson continued emphasizing each word.

“Because of the recent series of moves even Mr. Morgan thinks [the monopoly] is dangerous.”

Morgan knew that Baron Rothschild had a long-standing attachment to American finance.

So I didn’t suggest breaking it up into pieces and dividing it by continent.

“So the banks owned by the Baron will be able to continue to operate in the United States just as they are now.”

“What if I refuse?”

Davidson took another letter from his bosom.

The list contained the Rothschild family’s short selling status.

“We’ll have to find another trading partner. For example… Prince Lee Kang?”

“….”

“I was thinking of giving him a little more power.”

Currently the Rothschild family is shorting all the stocks that Lee Kang invested in including Standard Oil.

The scale of the issue was so large that the stock price of the stock fluctuated.

Henry Davidson looked at the Baron as he remarked this.

“Is it okay for Representative Morgan to act like that?”

* * *

“I’m sure there are no objections?”

Baron Rothschild’s sudden offer was truly magical.

Haha hoho-

Because the atmosphere of the villa which was full of laughter was frozen in just one second.

“….”

“….”

While everyone kept their mouths tightly shut.

I too took the same action as others present at this event.

‘You’re smiling.’

but.

If there’s one difference.

A fleeting moment.

I checked the faces of each and every one of the attendees.

I have stored in my mind the expressions they are making.

‘My mouth is about to burst.’

The first person to confirm this was JP Morgan the organizer of the meeting.

You can’t tell everything from his expression but he was enjoying the current situation.

Actually it was understandable to make that kind of expression.

Because the person who benefited the most from Baron Rothschild’s surprise announcement was Morgan.

‘I can understand the laughter but right before that… there was no sign of surprise at all.’

There is one thing we can infer from this.

I guess you’re saying there was prior discussion with the Baron.

‘The Baron is a great negotiator and politician. He would never do something like this on the spur of the moment without prior coordination.’

I quickly turned my head away.

“….”

“….”

Rockefeller who was next to me had an expression on his face like he had just been hit in the head with a hammer.

As one of the richest men in America along with Morgan Rockefeller’s information network was as dense as that of a secret society.

But Rockefeller has recently gone all-in on antitrust litigation.

Given his actions which showed that he was unaware of the situation in Mexico it was highly likely that he knew nothing about this incident as well.

“Representative Rockefeller.”

“….”

“Representative Rockefeller.”

Perhaps because of the shock from earlier Rockefeller is not responding properly to my proposal.

In times like this it’s best to point out the name and call it again.

“Yes Your Majesty.”

“Come to your senses.”

“Oh yes.”

He warned Rockefeller in a small voice to be careful.

Is it because of my warning?

Rockefeller soon came to his senses and returned to his usual self.

“Let’s wrap up today’s meeting here.”

I took a step forward and shouted loudly at the members attending the meeting.

“Huh? What is that?”

Now was a crucial time.

Because Rothschild just withdrew his offer.

I also suggested that we move on to the next question without ending it as the question of whether there were any objections had just ended.

At this Baron Rothschild slightly objected and Morgan slightly frowned.

“Representative Rockefeller and Senator Aldrich here are having a hard time.”

I continued to open my mouth as I looked at the two older figures.

“You seem to be very tired from the long voyage. I don’t know about the others but the three of us including myself were only able to arrive here today.”

“….”

“….”

“Let’s wrap up our conversation here for today and have a meal together. Mr. Rockefeller. What do you think of my opinion?”

“Ah! I was just talking about that and the prince said that at the perfect time.”

There needs to be time to think and come up with a plan.

Morgan agreed to my suggestion that we take a break.

“That would be good. I think I rushed too much. Then let’s eat first.”

Morgan agreed.

Because there’s nothing scarier than a cornered rat.

It seemed like he was giving us time because he wanted to calm us down and not turn us into enemies.

‘It’s time to come up with a plan.’

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