"I brought a sample of my gun," Scrooge said, while Carter took the gun pouch out and prepared to hand it to JP Morgan for inspection.

"Ah, let's not get too busy with the details. There's plenty of time to look at the gun. What I want to know is what you're trying to do with a gun factory like this." JP Morgan said, "I discussed with Warren Delano about your food speculation. We both believe that your performance in that operation was typical of a plan before you act. You had researched food production in the United States and even in Europe beforehand, and only after you had almost complete certainty, did you take action. I'm sure you didn't buy such a gun factory just because you saw that the previous owner was making good money due to the chaos in the security situation. Your new gun design is proof of that. It can't have been designed in the last few days, can it? So I'd like you to tell me the truth, that is, your prediction about the weapons industry."

Scrooge thought about it, and he knew that JP Morgan was not a man who could be casually fooled over, this was a genius in business. The best way to negotiate with smart people is to simply tell the truth, because you can hardly fool them, rather than wasting your time by going around in circles, tired and wasteful, it is better, to tell the truth and see if you can find a compromise that is acceptable to everyone.

"Well, now that you mention it." Scrooge said, "But this is a very complicated matter, irrelevant people will find it boring to listen to. What do you think?"

JP Morgan smiled, "Eugenie, take these two next door and get some rest while you help me take care of my guests."

"Yes, sir." The maid curtsied to JP Morgan, then turned to Carter and the others and said to them, "Gentlemen, please come with me." Then she led Carter and the others out.

"Eugenie has a nice figure, and she looks extraordinarily attractive from behind, don't you think?" JP Morgan looked at the maid walking out the door and said to Scrooge.

"Well, she is indeed a very attractive beauty," Scrooge replied.

JP Morgan turned his head and stared straight at Scrooge. The company's history does not mention that he has a sexual orientation problem.

"Scrooge, we're really on the same page." JP Morgan laughed happily, "I just said that Eugenie is a beautiful woman, completely forgot that you are still a child. And what's more interesting is that when you answer me, you seem to have forgotten that you are still a child. My friend, I always thought that earning money is to be able to enjoy life better. But my friend, I must also advise you, for the sake of the future of happiness, before the body is fully grown, well, you have to restrain a little."

If the scene had been drawn by a comic book artist in later years, the mouth of a laughing JP Morgan, with his legs crossed and leaning back in the big boss chair, would have been drawn as a half circle half the size of his face, and Scrooge's head would have been painted with a large number of black lines.

"Well, let's get down to business," Scrooge said, slightly embarrassed.

"Okay, I'm all ears." JP Morgan is no longer laughing, he is still very comfortable letting himself lean back on the boss chair's soft backrest.

"The main reason why I want to invest in arms is that I think there is a possibility of a war of unprecedented scale soon." The war will be even bigger than the War of Independence," said Scrooge.

"With whom? And why?"

"The United States would split into the South and the North, and then fight a civil war." Scrooge said, "As for the reason, it's simple: it's all about money."

"Tell me exactly."

"For a long time, the United States was ruled by the Virginia dynasty in the South. They represent the interests of the South. Their policies have to serve the interests of the South. You see, the U.S. tariffs on European industrial goods were very low, even lower than the tariffs between European countries. This was undoubted to the benefit of those European and especially British factory owners. But it hurts the interests of American factory owners. So, you see, the great development of the U.S. railroads in the past few years, in theory, should benefit a series of related industries. But in fact, steel and other industries in the United States hardly got any share from the railroad construction. The federal government knows that under low tariff conditions, our industry, at least for now, is not competitive with the British, but why are they doing this? It was in exchange for low European tariffs on American agricultural products. So that things like cotton from the South could make money in the European market. For years, the South has controlled the federal government and pursued economic policies at the expense of the North. But this situation will not last long, and it is expected that soon the situation will change."

"Very interesting, I wonder what kind of change you think will happen?" I do not know when JP Morgan pulled his body from the soft backrest of the boss's chair inside, his elbows on the table, ten fingers crossed together, fingers also kept wiggling, like an octopus.

"In a wolf pack, the position of the wolf king is not unchanging. When he grows old and the other males grow stronger, the crown of the wolf king will have to be worn by a new brain, won't it? When the United States was first founded, the southern states were a large continent in terms of economy and population, so they naturally had more power in the Union. However, the development of the South has its limits. They did not need large numbers of immigrants for their plantations. All they needed were black slaves. Negroes were not considered human beings politically. And even if black slaves could be counted as people, well, plantations didn't need many people. The North, on the other hand, had more industry and could absorb more people, so the North took in far more immigrants than the South every year. Compared to plantations, the industry can also bring more wealth. In this way, by now, both economically and in terms of population, the North had far surpassed the South. And in the expansion of the United States, the new states that emerged are more of the Northern type than the Southern type. This is because not all places have the natural conditions for plantations. Such a change in the ratio of power would certainly lead to a change in political power."

"Your analysis makes sense, but this is a long-term trend, how can you be sure that such a change will happen recently?" JP Morgan now feels that the young child in front of him is very interesting, such a macroscopic grasp of the major trends of the ability, it is tough to believe that will appear in a half-grown child.

"Because of the recent economic crisis." Scrooge understood that the most crucial place to convince JP Morgan had arrived.

"If the economy is doing well and the North is making money, it's not intolerable to let the South take advantage of the situation. But in the current crisis, the federal government has very difficult bridging the gap between the two sides. James Buchanan President Buchanan may still be able to bring the North and South together during his term, but how long will that last? And what means will satisfy both the North and the South? The South needs to keep its tariffs low, while the North if we cannot increase tariffs, our industries are no match for the European continent, and at best we can use female workers as male workers and male workers as cattle, while the Europeans can use child workers as male workers, female workers as cattle, and male workers as machines. If we want to do this, those workers can go to the sparsely populated west to open up the land themselves. Under such circumstances, how else could the economy of the North be maintained? Well, territorial expansion is one way to deflect the crisis to some extent. Well, there is no good place left in Mexico, so there is no point in fighting them. And the conflict between the north and the south will be sharpened to fight for such land. In addition, in the existing western territories, it would not be wrong to start a war against the Indians, and it would not be wrong to take on the Spaniards. Spain has fallen, but there are still some good places in hand, such as Cuba. But now the time is not too ripe. The really good way is to launch an attack on the Indians to seize their land. But how long can such means support? So, when his term of office expires, it is expected that there will be a major political change. And in the intervening years, President Buchanan will continue to send our troops to war with the Indians. A bad economy would also send more immigrants to the West. All these people need weapons. So I think that for some time to come, arms will be a good deal."

"So you think that the last three years, the arms business will not be bad, and after three years, there will be a big opportunity?" JP Morgan said.

"Yes," Scrooge replied in the affirmative.

"Well, let's talk about it here." JP Morgan said. "If the long trip didn't tire you out too much, I've got a date with some friends to go hunting this afternoon, do you want to bring your new gun along for the ride?"

"Yes, but I've never hunted before, you'll have to teach me then," Scrooge said.

"No problem." JP Morgan said, "I'll have someone take you to rest for a while, after lunch, we can go out hunting together. You'll also have a chance to meet some people there who can help you with your plans."

Scrooge's heart was filled with joy, knowing that he had impressed JP Morgan, who, he knew, had historically organized a millionaire's club that went everywhere to eat, drink and play. JP Morgan would not have invited himself to such an event if he had not been optimistic about his future.