Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2286 Jackal's Loyalty (Part 2)

  Peruzzi Bank President Leon Boseman is a fat middle-aged man who looks almost exactly like the rich man in the caricature.

He didn't come alone, but also the Minister of the Interior, Sharptar, who came as president of the French Council for the Promotion of Industry, and Mr. Brown, who brought Georgiana a gift, a chocolate sprinkled and Nutty cake, plus a big bunch of Dutch tulips, like a visit to a friend's house.

This cake goes well with black tea. Georgiana asked Philip to cut the cake and serve it up. Then she went to the living room. Everything was ready. The fire in the fireplace was so strong that she had to take off her coat. .

  Bank of Peruzzi, like the one run by the Medici family, is a "family" bank, but Boseman is Dutch.

  Not all bankers’ children grow up to be bankers, and after so many years, even if the bank still bears the signboard of Peruzzi Bank, the people in it will not be the original people.

  Georgiana glanced back at the door, where the American mercenary was still standing, smiling at her when she saw Georgiana.

   She wanted to close the door, but she pretended to be casual and approached the guests.

Napoleon would not tolerate the establishment of a foreign national bank, and Leon Boseman did not come to establish a national bank. He created an industrial credit institution on behalf of the Netherlands, and also gave the power to set up issuing banks in Belgium. That is to say, it will open 60 new branches throughout Belgium, absorb the savings of Belgian residents, and provide loans for industrial activities.

The start-up capital of this bank is 30 million guilders, which is equivalent to 60 million francs. In addition, it will use 20 million guilders worth of forests on the outskirts of Brussels as collateral. In total, it has 100 million francs of assets. It is not only It financed the laying of the mine road in Mechelen, and also financed projects such as the port of Antwerp, and the bank is headquartered in Brussels.

  100 million francs are not available to any Belgian private person. At the same time, joint-stock banks are prohibited, and Belgium has no sovereign currency. Denmark does have a sovereign currency, the krona, but it will soon be like wasted paper.

This decision was made by the Brussels Parliament, which was attended by the mayor of Brussels, city senators, bankers and 60 local businessmen and property owners. Its certificate was a charter signed by Napoleon. 1 of that kind of license.

The East India Company's tea auction only allowed people with licenses to enter, and he only had the opportunity to bid, and he had to rely on his own auction bid to buy the tea. Those who were not even qualified to enter not only did not have the right to bid, If you want to do the tea business, you can only do smuggling.

  Some people can wear a decent evening dress, chat and laugh with people in a magnificent palace-like place, and be pleasant with a sense of humor, and some people have to drive a small boat, brave the fog and waves of the North Sea, sneak ashore.

   So there are a lot of people who hate franchises.

  The smuggling phenomenon was serious during the war, and the arrival of peace did not decrease, but the local industrial products were not affected by the tariffs, thus creating a competitive relationship with the same duty-free imported steel products from the United Kingdom.

  Free competition means that there is no monopoly, France is only exempted from British tariffs, and it does not say that others are not allowed to compete with it. What's more, there are so many people in the UK who are not in favor of peace, and the peace that is already in jeopardy because of "profitable peace" will be even more in jeopardy, and it is simply hanging by a thread. Once a war breaks out, some people will suffer heavy losses, especially those that need to be imported from overseas. Fortunately, there are abundant iron ore in the European continent, and the price is better than that of "broken cooking". At this time, who will recognize a "neutral country" like the Netherlands What about being a "leader"?

   Neutrality without taking a stand will end up being a trophy.

   But if you take the wrong stance and stand in a hostile camp, you will be regarded as an enemy.

  When Edward III refused to pay the banker's debt, Philip II the "beautiful man" of France was seizing the assets of the Knights Templar. During the French Revolution, church assets were also confiscated. In addition to the castle and forest in Chantilly, these once belonged to the king. After selling this land, you can get cash provided by Rothschild. The French have always tended to be conservative in the area of ​​financial credit. Bonaparte repeatedly told them to leave Paris and set up local banks elsewhere. The Netherlands and Belgium are examples.

Mr. Brown came to talk about the purchase of a steam engine, and he asked for 500,000 francs of money for the event.

   This is the "event gold fee", which does not mean that it will be successful. Sharptar said on the side that the First Government already knew about this matter, and then Boseman took out a stack of documents for Georgiana to sign.

Napoleon had a castle of Lechschen on the outskirts of Brussels, which he bought from the Austrian Archduke Charles when he signed the Treaty of Campo Formio. It once belonged to the Duchess of Christina and was inherited by the Archduke Charles as an inheritance, and now he will The castle was leased to serve as the headquarters of the Industrial Credit Bank, while Georgiana was the agent managing his assets in Belgium.

  500,000 francs is the rent paid by the Industrial Credit Bank to Bonaparte for the lease of the castle. This money will be transferred to the bank account. Georgiana is the first customer, and she signed the first check.

Rather than feeling a sense of history and commemorative significance (maybe this check will be framed and placed in a museum), it is better to say that she was scared to death, and her mind went blank during the signing process. After getting the check, Mr. Brown I was very happy to shake hands with her, and I gave her the silk that I brought back from China.

  Georgianna returned it, and the silk as a tribute may have done more than gold.

Immediately afterwards, Brown talked about what he saw in the East. In some extremely impoverished areas, people are still in the stage of being naked, and the whole family may wear a pair of trousers. He is still very optimistic about the future market in the East, provided that To open up the country to allow British textiles to enter the market.

   Sharptal pretended not to understand what he was saying, and then took out another document. It was a contract for the purchase of sugar-making equipment that Ghent had signed with France. As collateral, he asked for a loan of 2 million francs from the Industrial Credit Bank.

   She signed like a robot. After all this was done, Boseman opened a bottle of champagne. Even the sound of opening the bottle cap shocked her.

Although the sowing season has passed, and the wheat in Belgium is already ripe, Sharptal used the 2 million francs he just borrowed to buy some flour, wheat and coal and ship them back to France. These are Belgian specialties and are urgently needed by France in winter. of.

   On the surface, it seems that everyone has benefited, but is it really so?

  Georgianna scolded while pouring wine, of course she didn't expect that she scolded herself in.

"cheers!"

  The crowd shouted together, and as the crystal cups in their hands collided with a crisp sound, victory and peace seemed to have come.

   (end of this chapter)