After returning to Cleveland, Scrooge and Rockefeller were still doing almost nothing. As almost all the money in the company was put into this big gamble, now there is no two money left, so almost all business activities have stopped, but the good thing is that this company is still small, in addition to the three promoters, there are not even other employees, so do not worry about the problem of paying employees for nothing. In this way, it was the beginning of May.

However, for a dedicated person, there is no time when there is nothing to do.

Scrooge went and got a Smith & Wesson M1 swivel handgun. The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.

This gun is very cheap though, as long as $12, and the bullets are very cheap, 100 rounds of bullets also as long as 75 cents. But in Scrooge's opinion, this is already a revolver that is quite close to modern firearms. Unlike the Colt revolver, which still used paper shells, this gun used a full-rimfire metal cartridge, which was an era ahead of most front-loading pistols on the market. Only the edge-fire firing mode limits the power of the ammunition, and at that time still uses black powder as the firing charge, shooting up a lot of smoke.

"Just change to use the middle firing round, expand the caliber, is a very good revolver. It is a pity that the patent of the through-hole bullet nest is already in the hands of others, otherwise, directly take the path of Colt Python, so that Colt has no way to go. This should be how beautiful. But since there is no way to get the Colt Python, should we get the Ruger P-08 or TT-33, so that the Germans or Russians have no way out?" As long as the material level can be guaranteed, it is not particularly difficult for Scrooge, who has worked as a weapons engineer in his past life, to come up with these two things.

In this period, Scrooge in Cleveland has four places to visit, to prepare for their next move. After a period of observation, Scrooge set a few goals.

The first target was a shotgun factory called "Stru". This was a factory that mainly produced front-loading fire-cap shotguns. At the moment, the company's situation was not good, but not bad either. The important thing is that this company has a history of more than 10 years, and there are some skilled workers in the factory.

Looking forward to the civil war that will happen in a few years, the most important thing is to get the Mauser rifle out quickly. This shotgun factory has all kinds of equipment that are not bad, a little adjustment can be used to produce rifles, and it has no fame in the future, which also means that the chance that this enterprise can survive the coming crisis is not high. Once the crisis comes, according to the plan, Scrooge, who has just made a large amount of money, should be able to buy it and then rely on this enterprise as the starting point of his fortune plan.

In addition, Scrooge also seized the time at home to draw up the design of various weapons in the plan. Time passed slowly in this way, and in a flash, it was late May. The mystery of whether their speculation could be profitable on a large scale was about to be unveiled. With the time of wheat ripening approaching, Rockefeller was getting more and more nervous. The good news was that Clark's letters from Europe were largely good. The weather conditions in Europe had been good and the wheat harvest was almost certain as the wheat production areas were doing exceptionally well. Such news gave Rockefeller and Scrooge a great deal of encouragement ......

On this day, Scrooge stayed in his house to draw the design of the rifle.

"Well, that's it!" Looking at the rifle's rotating locking mechanism that he had drawn, Scrooge was proud that his drawing skills had not deteriorated much. At this time, there was a sharp knock on the door and an anxious cry from Rockefeller: "Scrooge, Scrooge, open the door!"

"What is it? I'm coming!" Scrooge stood up quickly, put the drawings into a drawer, and then went to the door and opened it.

Rockefeller was standing in the doorway, breathing heavily, and large drops of sweat were rolling down from his head. Rockefeller did not bother to wipe the sweat, so he shoved a newspaper into Scrooge's hand.

"The Indian rebels have captured Delhi on the 11th!" Rockefeller shouted.

"Don't panic! Come in and talk!" Scrooge said with a frown.

Rockefeller seemed to notice that such agitation would not help matters, so he nodded vigorously and followed Scrooge through the door.

The history of the Indian national uprising in 1875, Scrooge also studied when he was in high school because the trigger of this uprising is very special, so the impression left to Scrooge is still particularly deep. At that time, the East India Company, which ruled India, used lard or tallow to make lubricating oil on the bullets of rifles. Before loading the bullets, the soldiers had to use their teeth to break the shells of the rifle bullets, and the Hindus and Muslims in the Indian army refused to use these bullets because they were afraid of touching the fat of these forbidden animals with their mouths. The East India Company cracked down on these Indian soldiers, resulting in an uprising that swept through almost all of India.

Scrooge knew what Rockefeller was worried about. With an uprising of this magnitude in India, not only could the wheat produced in India not be counted on, but even more food would need to be prepared by the British to suppress the uprising. This means that the supply of wheat on the international market has decreased, but the demand has increased. This was not good news for Scrooge, who was shorting wheat. Of course, because he had foreseen this, and also foreseen that this change would not prevent the price of grain from diving, Scrooge acted quite calmly.

"Let's have a glass of water and calm down." Scrooge watched Rockefeller sit down and handed him a glass of water.

"Thank you." Rockefeller took the glass and drank all the water in one gulp.

"Scrooge, how do you see the impact of this incident?" After drinking the water, Rockefeller calmed down a bit.

"It won't have much effect." Although wheat is also grown in India, no one would bypass the Cape of Good Hope to ship a shipload of wheat back to sell because of the cost of transportation. And to suppress this uprising, the British did not see the need to ship wheat from Europe. Rice from Southeast Asia could have been supplied to the soldiers who were shot to India for the mission. If the Indian uprising would have had a major impact on the price of those things, I think it would have been opium and tea first, then cotton might have been affected a bit, and food would not have had much impact. At most, it is only to let those who are long, still foolishly looking forward to the price of food increase the fools are happy for a few more days. It's not a big deal. But let's get ready for another trip to Chicago as the delivery date approaches."

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"Mara, good news! The Indian rebels have won again, and it looks like the British will have to send more troops over. I can already imagine how much money those grain ships will bring back when they return from Europe! Oh, yes, Warren? How much food did that fool Delano borrow from you? That's going to make you a lot of money again, isn't it?" The fat man was talking business with the tall, thin man again, and being convinced that they were going to make a lot of money, they were both very excited, and spittle was flying everywhere as they talked. That's what happened a few days later when Scrooge, Rockefeller, and Warren Delano walked into the Chicago grain store again. Delano again walked into the Chicago grain futures market when he saw the scene.

"Hey, see? Warren? Drano and his little prodigy partner are here! Ha ha ha ha ha, Warren, you know what, India is fighting! You're going to be finished this time!" Because of the prospect of victory, plus the feeling that the other side is already dead, some people simply tore off the mask, and directly ridiculed Warren. The team was able to get to the bottom of the game.

It was a great joy for most people to see the once glamorous guys finished, and even those who did not have the opportunity to lend them food also followed the laughter. In the laughter, in the whistling, someone shouted: "This afternoon, the European side of the transaction can be sent back. Warren, do you want me to help you three find a pastor in advance?"

The so-called find a priest, is just for them to do the meaning of the final prayer. In their view, these short-selling guys are bound to lose their money and probably only jump into the lake.

"Warren, I heard that your daughters are beautiful, you can rest assured that I will help you take care of them." Some people even shouted out "your wife I raise" and so on.

"Warren, you fool, look at it, today the price has gone up again, up again!"

But all this did not scare Warren? He even put his hands next to his ears and bent his ears to look like he was listening, then turned to Scrooge and said, "Scrooge, are we in the wrong place? Isn't this the grain and futures market? When did it become a pig farm? Have you ever seen so many fat pigs coming out of the fence together?"

"No." Scrooge shook his head slowly, looked around at the smug guys with a sympathetic and compassionate gaze, and said, "They're so pathetic, they're about to go into the slaughterhouse and they don't even know it."

"Boy! What are you talking about? You fools are going into the slaughterhouse! But considering that we got a piece of meat from you guys, I'd like to thank you."

"That is ......" many people rushed to follow to help.

At this time, someone came running in.

"The first batch of ships to Europe is back!"