Chapter 697 King of Upper City

702. King of the Upper City

When it comes to the Harden family, the first thing that comes to mind is the telescope that is said to be the largest in the world. Yes, that is the masterpiece of their family members. However, in the eyes of the American consortium, the most terrifying thing about the Harden family is that they were once the "emperors" of the Upper City.

Although the history of the United States is very "short", there is a family that the four major consortiums dare not easily provoke.

That is the Harden family. Legend has it that their ancestor Harden Baring was the first person to come to America on the April Flower. Unlike other people, Harden Baring was the "noble" of England at that time.

No one knows why the Harden family was willing to give up the "fiefdom" of England and run to a new continent, but their strength should not be underestimated.

At that time, Baring not only took away a large number of "skilled craftsmen" but also brought the technology of steel smelting. The first steel smelting plant in the United States belonged to their family.

Later, the Harden family even served as the first "Federal Reserve" issuer. It can be said that the right to print money at that time was in the hands of the Harden family.

When the North-South issue broke out in the United States, the people who participated in the war suffered heavy losses, but the Harden family, which controlled steel and the right to print money, was unscathed and even built the most luxurious villa complex at the time.

That is now the upper Manhattan area. Even the people living in those old villas in the upper city are not easy to provoke.

Later, the Harden family began to design the field of science and technology, and gradually "relaxed" the power in their hands, so there was the rise of Rothschild and other four major financial groups.

Really speaking, the Harden family is the first financial group in American history. However, this family is very mysterious. From the beginning when the nobles gave up their fiefdoms and came to America, to the later development of smelters and taking over the right to print money, this family seemed to be uninterested in anything.

Until they came into contact with "science", the people of this family began to "retire" and slowly developed towards science.

Almost all pharmaceutical companies in the United States, including scientific research companies, have the presence of the Harden family. It is said that the first moon landing plan in the United States was also secretly invested by their family.

The weapons research and development companies behind them basically have their shadows in them. The reason why JA feels that the name Harden is very familiar is that the Harden family was the largest supplier of American equipment at that time.

"Damn, there is such a big fish?" Zhou Xu was stunned. He has been in America for a while, and he has never heard of such a thing.

JA shook his head and said solemnly: "It's normal. The people of this family rarely show up. Except for some scientific research exchanges, most of the business matters are handled by their agents. The largest shareholder of the Ajie Department Store we are familiar with is the Harden family."

"Tsk tsk, it seems that the other party's background is really not simple." Zhou Xu laughed after listening to JA's words.

JA sighed and said: "This Harden family was good at using mercenaries before. It was their suggestion to absorb local natives to join at the beginning, but their own family members attach great importance to "bloodline", even a little extreme."

"This is funny. On the one hand, they recommend foreigners to join, and on the other hand, they look down on them." Zhou Xu was very amused by the Harden family's performance of being both right and wrong.

JA said disdainfully: "They like this, acting like saviors, but the dirty work done in secret seems to have nothing to do with them."

"But I'm curious why the other financial groups have been leaving him alone?" Zhou Xu was very puzzled by this. Logically speaking, the Harden family is a bit too big to attract attention.

Although they have slowly begun to transform behind the scenes, the resources they have in their hands still make the four major financial groups very jealous.

Apart from anything else, just based on the "prestige" of the Upper City District, in the eyes of those who know the business, the four major financial groups plus Rothschild are not the opponents of the Harden family.

JA explained: "It's not that they don't want to do it, but that they can't do it."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Zhou Xu asked.

"You'll know after you look at this." After saying that, JA took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it over.

After Zhou Xu took the book and flipped through it, his brows furrowed more and more as he read on. Finally, he sighed and said, "No wonder they dare not take action."

After reading the information inside, Zhou Xu understood why the four major financial groups and Rothschild dared not take action. The book recorded some of the "shown" members of the Harden family.

These people are usually "insignificant" and their occupations and positions are not very eye-catching.

But if this group of people unite together, America is expected to usher in another "fight" between the North and the South, which may be even bloodier than the previous one.

The people on this list can be said to have their presence from education to military and even some technicians and some members of "associations". If they are "in chaos", it means that America is "completely in chaos".

Their power is no less than Texas grabbing "territory" from Mexico. And these people are not commanders alone, they have the financial support of the Harden family.

Therefore, even the Rothschilds at their peak did not dare to do anything to the Harden family, because when the Rothschilds dominated the United States, the right to print money was still in the hands of the Harden family.

Even if the Harden family hands over control of the federal savings later, the four major financial groups that have come to power will not dare to take any action against the Harden family.

Because at that time, they controlled more than 30% of at least half of the "important" companies in the United States. You can only imagine how awesome the Harden family is.

Later, in order to reduce their dependence on the Harden family in the United States, the four major consortiums slowly began to transfer some "enterprises" out through capital means, thus avoiding the Harden family's absolute "control".

Despite this, they still dare not conflict with the Harden family now, because the Harden family is too "low-key" now and they are neutral. If they are provoked, it will not be good for everyone.

That's why the Harden family has been able to occupy the bank town for so many years and no one dares to "touch" them. After Rothschild's defeat, they came to Europe and found that the Harden family seemed not to be simple.

Even in Europe, there are many "industries" of the Harden family. As they learned more about it, the Rothschilds sadly discovered that there seemed to be a "mysterious" organization behind this mysterious Harden family.

Therefore, the Rothschilds who returned to Europe also began to "low-key", and they were always on guard against the Harden family.

"It seems that we have found some clues." Zhou Xu looked at the information in his hand and smiled. He thought that Tang Wen would be very happy if he saw these things.