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Scene 230 Human nature(1/2)

Due to a fire, DuPont, which was in crisis, recovered a lot in the Civil War.

As a top student who graduated from West Point Military Academy, Henry DuPont was unable to fully influence the military's procurement, but he was able to get enough orders to make DuPont survive.

Although, the only manufacturers in the United States and even the world can produce super explosives are Tom and Doug Chemical.

However, although it actually monopolized super explosives, the sales of ordinary explosives have not been seen much.

Because many things need not only be considered from the perspective of performance.

For example, the primary question that large weapons companies need to think about is what kind of raw materials to use to achieve stable supply.

If the super explosives from Tom and Doug Chemical Company were fully adopted, will Tom and Doug Chemical Company forcefully stop supply for the benefit of Winchester Weapons Company and would rather pay liquidated damages, so as to make other weapons companies default, so as to prove to the military the reliability of Winchester Weapons Company.

Just based on this, a large number of companies that can use super explosives will not use super explosives.

Although super explosives have strong performance, the focus of weapons companies is still on stable supply.

As for whether it is easy to use, it is the business of ordinary soldiers.

For ordinary soldiers, they don’t use one or two weapons that are not easy to use.

These soldiers also know that no matter when and where, they are the cheapest.

Even when they know the offer for their equipment.

Everyone thinks it is too cheap to be arrested for joining the army because they have not paid two dollars in recruitment donations.

After all, it is a helmet that can be used to resist bullets and rice and water, and the offer is far more than two dollars.

Yes, yes, the northern army marched to lighten the weight. The container for ordinary soldiers to eat is really their helmets.

However, this is not a rare thing in this era.

Those who go to the west to explore the cowboy hat on their heads can not only shelter from wind and rain, but also hold rice and water, and even use it as a pillow when sleeping.

Although the military green helmet in the north is not impossible to be used as a pillow, it is not very comfortable to pillow because it is too hard.

In short, although the recruits from the north have already destined to be cannon fodder.

But all the equipment that blesses these cannon fodders makes these cannon fodders not cheap.

It can even be described as expensive.

However, this expensive thing is not what the federal government hopes, but it is also a compromise between the federal government and capitalists.

Even, no matter what the result is, the core area of ​​the north, New England, is already prosperous.

The large number of jobs created by the war gave workers a place to work.

The processing of factories has driven upstream and downstream industrial chains and transportation chains.

The last time those workers, who were in their thirties, felt such prosperity was nearly twenty years ago when they were young.

And who do these workers most thank?

Besides hiring their bosses, they thanked most was Mr. Abraham Lincoln.

Even if the midterm elections votes started now, Abraham Lincoln might be able to get the highest proportion of votes ever.

For this reason, the Lincoln government is also very willing to let companies get more orders.

Even when it is a military warehouse, it is too late to put down, and the order quantity still needs to be guaranteed.

As for previous governments, why not do this?

The reason is very simple, not that they don’t want to do it, but that they don’t have the ability to do it.

Because they have no money, they just open their mouths and say things, but they won’t bring profits to entrepreneurs. Why do entrepreneurs listen to them?

The current Lincoln administration is undoubtedly very rich after implementing the forced implementation of the green back dollar.

There is no need to worry about losing money.

Because, once the government has no money, it can borrow again with the taxes for the next year, allowing Bank of America to print more green backed dollars.

Anyway, the essence of this kind of mortgage is not the tax, but the existence of the federal government.

If the federal government had been eliminated in the Civil War, the green back dollar would not count.

If it is not eliminated, the regime is still under maintenance. So what is the difference between mortgage debts for the next year and mortgage debts for the next ten years?

Of course, although some manufacturers refuse to charge Greenback USD.

However, such a manufacturer and his owner who were ignorant of the current affairs had become obedient or had left the world under the education of the army and soldiers.

After all, no one in this world is an angel.

"William, I ask you a question. If God had sowed ten thousand species on the earth on the day he created the world. Only the last of these species would become the top species in the world. What kind of traits do you think this species will possess?"

Doug asked Williams, who had just returned from the Rockefeller refinery in the office of Bank of America.

Although Williams is still very young, the poor environment in the refinery makes his skin look bad.

His weather-beaten appearance makes his appearance look much older than his actual age.

However, even such a young man who seems to be very mature still respects his teacher, Doug.

Williams thought about what Doug said, and in his mind he imagined that except for a vast land, the endless grassland was connected with the blue sky on the distant horizon.

And on this vast land, there are ten thousand creatures of all kinds, and they are competing for the first place.

Although this matter is simple to say, it is very complicated to think about.

Although Williams's mind is already useful in this era.

But when deducing such a complex system, I still feel that my head is about to explode.

Doug, who was standing by, brewed a pot of tea leisurely, filling the two of them.

After pouring the tea, he interrupted Williams' thinking and said, "What I just said was just a state of imagination. It's a bit difficult to think about it. Then we might as well turn the idea into reality.

Let’s think about what kind of animal it is in reality and finally became the number one?”

"Is it...we?" Williams asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes, it's humans." Doug confirmed, "Williams, what kind of creature do you think is humans?

Is he kind or evil?

Or, every individual in the human group will only work hard for things that are beneficial to themselves.

As for the infringement of the interests of other individuals or species in this process, they are all additional attributes.”

"That's it...teacher, what do you mean?" Williams had already noticed what Doug wanted to express.

"What I mean is that none of the species in this world are innocent. One is considered evil.

Human beings do not mean to have good qualities.

It is better to say that in the war of survival, what you learn is the characteristics of cunning behavior.

And all our actions now are nothing more than respecting our original instincts.”

The grassland in Williams' brain passed Doug's statement and entered a fast lane of deduction.

Ten thousand species, in the intrigue of each other, ultimately won a strange orangutan.

This kind of orangutan has allowed its footprints to travel around every corner of the world, but it is still not satisfied.

They began to develop technology, and one of them began to hope to control all other groups.

Differentiation began to occur within the orangutan group.

People like teachers and themselves have an absolute advantage in the entire group.

To some extent, this also means that oneself and his teacher are extremely evil.

"Teacher, do you want to say that we were born with original sin?" Williams asked.

"No, no. What I want to say is not original sin. I don't believe in the original sin at all. What I want to say is that humans can become creatures at the top of the food chain through cunning.

And if we want to stand at the top of the mountain of mankind, we must use any means.

So, William, don't be under too much pressure when doing things.

Of course, you can also imagine that everyone else has original sin.

And your role is to let them atone for their sins with their lives and all their sins.”

"Teacher, I understand." Williams's eyes when he said this made a subtle change.

He understood the meaning of what the teacher said to himself, which was to let himself give up the so-called kindness and focus all his energy on competition.

This time he came back because the construction of Rockefeller's refinery has been basically completed and he can produce kerosene in batches.

Williams learned a lot of knowledge during the entire refinery construction process.

He still admires Rockefeller, who is a little older than him.

However, the moment the teacher recalled him, he immediately set off and returned to New Haven.

"It's good that you understand. I want you to start from scratch now and set up an oil refinery." Doug patted Williams' shoulder and said, "Build an oil refinery at all costs. The current Bank of America is different from the previous Bank of America. In the past, even if we printed an extra bank voucher, we had to worry, for fear of encountering a run and going bankrupt.

However, the basis for issuing our banknotes is no longer metal currency, but credit of the US federal government.
To be continued...
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