Chapter 2457
This is often the case when things are going well.
Georgiana stood by the lake and watched the ducks swimming in the lake again. Bonaparte canceled the 1802 conscription plan and issued a decree exempting some people from military service. A war is waged.
Likewise, if the Louisiana Acquisition went well, it would be the Americans who now feel that everything is going well, and they can easily get loans for their expansion in the west.
After years of development, the East has become somewhat crowded, not to mention that Jefferson also has his own "Utopia", that is, a world composed of farmers without exploitation by nobles and lords, and this acquisition is successful, he will allow the Republican Party to gain more seats, not only If he is re-elected as president, he will pass any bills smoothly.
The key to the slave trade is credit. Slaves can be regarded as a kind of movable property that can be used as collateral. Even if the slave owner himself goes bankrupt, the bank can take the slave away and sell it to the next person.
As long as this system is legal and exists, those investors who bought French grain bonds will not give up. Their purpose is to coerce France to sell Louisiana. Without those "white gold" as raw materials, even if a factory is built, it will be because There is no material shutdown, and the price of cotton will also increase due to market supply and demand, and then a series of domino effects will cause many people to lose their jobs.
Napoleon banned British merchant ships from docking in the port, but he could not stop smugglers from docking on the beach in small boats where they could sell cotton cloth directly to French farmers.
But the harm of smuggling is still much less than the harm caused by the 1786 trade treaty. Even the Irish saw the huge benefits and wanted to share the food with the English. At this time, the British Parliament said that Ireland and England were not the same in the trading system.
Why share a bite with others when you can eat it alone? Who wants to play with this kind of person? Russia and England compete for hegemony in the Baltic Sea. Once Prussia, the protectorate of the North German Neutral Alliance, chooses to surrender to France, the force deterrence formed by the British bombardment of Copenhagen will not be able to produce an advantage in trade.
The war is actually on the verge of breaking out, and it is too early to feel relieved, but Georgiana will not tell the bankers directly. That would make them lose confidence very quickly, not to mention expansion, it would be good if they could disband without withdrawing capital.
"lady."
Georgiana looked back.
"You may call me Georgiana," she said to the visitor.
The principal of the bridge and engineering school, Kreit, smiled and said nothing.
"Is everyone happy with the new office?" Georgiana asked.
"Why are you here today?" Claire asked.
"I just want to ask if you are comfortable living here."
"I heard that you are a person who doesn't like to beat around the bush. Please tell me what your purpose is."
Georgiana hesitated.
"I heard that the purchase of food for disaster relief cost a total of 26 million francs."
"Yes." Krete leaned forward and said, "In addition, there is the bill owed to the Bank of Spain that His Excellency Lucien gave us. No matter how much the King of Spain owes us, the money must be calculated separately."
At this moment, Georgiana remembered the 10 million franc bill that Lucien gave her before. It was a loan from the previous dynasty for disaster relief, totaling 75 million francs. It is said that it also caused exchange rate fluctuations at that time. The debt he owed was gone after the king died, but the money still had to be repaid, otherwise the new bank would not have Spanish and Portuguese speaking areas.
"Why are so many released!" Georgiana couldn't help questioning.
"The First Consul heard that the 'Bread and Blood' movement had also taken place in England, and thought that Britain also had a food crisis, so it bought a lot of British grain." Kleite whispered, "Fortunately, it was stopped."
She really has nothing to say.
There is a saying that they tacitly say that it is enough to sell Louisiana and pay back the money. It seems that good luck always favors Americans.
"Walk with me." She said softly.
Clayte didn't say no, although he must be busy right now.
They walked a short distance along the lake where the ducks were swimming, neither talking, while she thought about what to start with.
Inadvertently, she saw a carriage passing by in the forest, and then remembered the Rothschild Bank. She had been ignoring one thing all this time. Shuttle normally?
"Is it safe here?" Georgiana asked.
"If you mean whether anyone is watching..."
"No, I mean were there any muggers, thieves, robbers?" said Georgiana.
"We haven't thought about this." The governor said, "In the past, only the gardener's family guarded this place."
"We need security here."
"Who are you going to introduce?"
Georgiana also had no idea, as if neither the French garrison nor the Belgian National Guard were suitable.
If you don’t think about some problems, it’s as if they don’t exist. It’s like safety, and some people take it for granted.
"How much do you know about Rothschild's intelligence system?"
"The first consul once told me that in 1700, the king of Spain died, he had no son, and the whole of Europe was concerned about his last words. At that time, the Spanish ambassador came to the Palace of Versailles, and he told Louis XIV that the Pyrenees There will be no more mountains (I I n'y a plus de pyrenees)', and when the mountain road to Italy is completed, the Alps will no longer exist."
Georgiana thought for a moment.
It is precisely because "the Pyrenees no longer exists" that the French will occupy northern Spain. In order to allow them to withdraw their troops, Spain has a sky-high arrears, and Godoy won the title of "Peace King".
Because of the famine in France, Spain reduced this arrears with 2 million quintals of grain, which was already half of Europe's shipping capacity.
Although the context of what the Spanish ambassador said about Napoleon's words to Peregau was different, because it was the pickaxes of the engineers that made "the Alps no longer exist".
There is no such natural barrier between France and Belgium, or the "natural border" of the Rhine River, but there are vast forests and muddy roads.
At the beginning, she was still wondering how a bridge builder was appointed as the head of the new bank. She forgot that Kreiter also worked in an insurance company, and presided over the revision of the Constitution, as well as the first land census and notarization.
"Don't you all like his style?" Georgiana asked.
"I had already built a monastery and planned to retire from the world, until I met Napoleon Bonaparte." Kreit said with a smile.
"What's his next plan?" Georgiana asked.
"I don't know, do you know why Duke Abar came to Brussels?" Kreit asked.
"How do I know that?"
"Didn't his box be right next to yours at the opera the night before yesterday?"
She remembered, no wonder she would meet the adopted daughter of the former Duchess of Abar in the corridor.
"Do you need me to accompany you to visit?" Kreit asked.
"No, thank you, go ahead," Georgiana said, and Clayte bowed and turned away.
After he left, Georgiana took a look at her attire. She was wearing men's clothing for the convenience of riding a horse. Is this suitable for meeting the Duke's family?
"Oh ~ fuck him." She murmured and left the lakeside.
