Harry Potter Morning Light

Leon Boseman, president of Bank Peruzzi, is a fat middle-aged man who looks almost like a rich man in a caricature.

He didn't come alone, there was Minister of the Interior Chaputal, who came as the chairman of the French Industry Promotion Committee, and Mr. Brown, they brought Georgiana a gift, a bar sprinkled with chocolate and Nutty cake, plus a huge bouquet of Dutch tulips, like visiting a friend's house.

This kind of cake is just right with black tea. Georgiana asked Ferri 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 .

The Peruzzi Bank, like the bank run by the Medici family, is a "family" bank, but Bosman is a Dutchman.

Not all the children of bankers grow up to be bankers, and after all these years, even if the bank still bears the sign of the Bank of Peruzzi, the people in it will not be the same people.

Georgiana glanced back at the door. The American mercenary was still standing there, smiling at her when he saw Georgiana.

She really wanted to close the door, but she still pretended to be nonchalant and approached the guests.

Napoleon would not tolerate the establishment of a foreign national bank, and Leon Bosman did not come to establish a national bank. He created an industrial credit institution on behalf of the Netherlands, and at the same time empowered the establishment of issuing banks in Belgium. This means that 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 needs to use 20 million guilders worth of forests located on the outskirts of Brussels as collateral. It has a total of 100 million francs in assets. It is not only Funded the laying of the mine road in Mechelen and also financed projects such as the port in Antwerp. The bank is headquartered in Brussels.

No Belgian private can take out the 100 million francs. At the same time, joint-stock banks are prohibited, and Belgium has no sovereign currency. Denmark has a sovereign currency, the krona, but it soon becomes like waste paper and has to be mortgaged with public land.

It was the Brussels Assembly that made this decision, attended by the mayor of Brussels, city senators, bankers, and 60 local businessmen and property owners. Its certificate was a charter signed by Napoleon. This charter is not 1,000 francs 1 piece of license.

The East India Company's tea auction only allows people with a license to enter, and he only has the opportunity to bid, and he has to rely on his own auction price to buy the tea. Those who are not even qualified to enter not only have no right to bid, If you want to do tea business, you can only do smuggling.

Some people can wear decent evening gowns, talk and laugh with people in a magnificent palace-like place, and use a sense of humor to please people, while others have to drive a small boat, brave the fog and wind and waves of the North Sea, and sneak ashore.

So there are a lot of people who hate the franchise.

During the war, smuggling was serious, and it did not decrease after peace came. However, local industrial products were not affected by tariffs. In this way, they competed with the steel products that were also imported duty-free from Britain.

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

Neutrality without stating one's position ends up being a trophy.

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

While Edward III was refusing to pay his bankers, Philip II, the "handsome" 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, which once belonged to the king, the cash provided by Rothschild can be obtained after the sale of this land. The French have always tended to be conservative in terms of financial credit. Bonaparte repeatedly asked them to leave Paris and establish regional banks elsewhere. The Netherlands and Belgium are examples.

Mr. Brown came to talk about the purchase of steam engines, and he asked for 500,000 francs as an event fee.

This is the "event fee", which does not mean that it will be successful. Shaputal said from the side that the first ruling has already known about this matter. Immediately afterwards, Bosman took out a stack of documents for Georgiana to sign.

Napoleon had a castle in the suburbs of Brussels, which he bought from the Archduke Charles of Austria when he signed the Treaty of Campoformio. It once belonged to the Duchess of Christina and was inherited by the Archduke Charles. Now he will The castle was leased out as the headquarters of the Credit Industrial Bank, and Georgiana was the agent managing his assets in Belgium.

The 500,000 francs are 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 signs 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 almost scared to death. During the signing process, her mind went blank. After getting the check, Mr. Brown I was very happy to shake hands with her, and even gave her the silk fabric brought back from China.

Georgiana sent it back, a tribute silk that may have done more than gold.

Immediately afterwards, Brown talked about what he had seen and heard in the East. In some extremely poor areas, the people are still in the stage of being naked, and a family may wear a pair of trousers together. He is still very optimistic about the future Eastern market, provided that The country is to be opened to allow British textiles to enter the market.

Chaputal pretended not to understand what he was talking about, and then took out another document, which was the contract for the purchase of sugar refining equipment that Ghent had signed with France, and he wanted to ask the Industrial Credit Bank for a loan of 2 million francs as collateral.

She signed like a robot, and when it was all done, Boseman opened a bottle of champagne, and even the sound of uncapping it startled her.

Although the sowing season has passed, the Belgian wheat is already ripe, and Chaputal uses the 2 million francs he just borrowed to buy some flour, wheat and coal and transport them back to France. of.

On the surface it might seem like everyone is benefiting, but is that really the case?

Georgiana cursed secretly while pouring the wine. Of course, she didn't think of it herself, and she scolded herself.

"cheers!"

Everyone shouted together, and as the crystal cups collided in their hands, they made crisp sounds, as if victory and peace had arrived.