Chapter 2286 The Jackal’s Loyalty (Part 2)

Leon Boseman, the president of Banco Peruzzi, is a fat, middle-aged man who looks almost exactly like a caricature of a wealthy man.

He did not come alone, but also the Minister of the Interior, Chaptard, who came as president of the French Council for the Promotion of Industry, and Mr. Brown. They brought gifts to Georgiana, a cake sprinkled with chocolate and

A nutty cake, plus a big bouquet of Dutch tulips, was like visiting a friend's house.

This kind of cake goes well with black tea. Georgiana asked Philly to cut the cake and bring it up. Then she arrived in the living room. Everything was ready. The fire in the fireplace was so bright that she had to take off her coat.

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

Not all children of bankers grow up to be bankers, and after so many years, even if the bank still bears the sign of Banco Peruzzi, the people inside will not be the same people as before.

Georgiana looked back at the door. The American mercenary was still standing there. When she saw Georgiana, he smiled at her.

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

Napoleon would not tolerate the establishment of a foreign national bank, and Leon Bosman did not come here to establish a national bank. He created an industrial credit institution on behalf of the Netherlands, and also gave him the power to establish an issuing bank 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 Dutch guilders, equivalent to 60 million francs. In addition, a forest worth 20 million Dutch guilders located on the outskirts of Brussels is used as a mortgage. The total assets are 100 million francs. It is not only

It provides funds for the laying of the Mechelen mining road and also provides funds for projects such as the port of Antwerp. The bank is headquartered in Brussels.

No Belgian private person could come up with 100 million francs, and joint-stock banks were prohibited. Belgium did not have a sovereign currency. Denmark did have a sovereign currency, the krona, but it soon became like waste paper and had to use public land as collateral.

The decision was made by the Brussels Assembly, 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. This charter was not 1,000 francs.

1 piece of license.

The East India Company's tea auction only allows people with charters to enter, and they only have the opportunity to bid. They have to rely on their own auction bids to buy the tea. People who are not even qualified to enter not only do not have the right to bid,

If you want to do tea business, you can only do smuggling.

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

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

Smuggling was serious during the war and has not diminished since peace came. However, local industrial products are not affected by tariffs, which creates competition with steel products that are also imported duty-free from the UK.

There is no monopoly in free competition. France only exempted Britain from tariffs, and did not say that it would not allow others to compete with it. What's more, there are so many people in Britain who do not support peace, and they are attracted by "profitable peace".

The precarious peace will become even more precarious, literally hanging on by a thread. Once a war breaks out, some people will definitely suffer heavy losses, especially those who need to import raw materials from overseas. Fortunately, the European continent is rich in iron ore, and the price is more expensive than "Stop Cooking".

Okay, who will a "neutral country" like the Netherlands recognize as its "leader" at this time?

Being neutral without expressing one's position will eventually become a trophy.

But if you express your wrong position and stand in the hostile camp, you will be regarded as an enemy.

When Edward III refused to pay the banker's debt, France's "beautiful man" Philip II was confiscating the assets of the Knights Templar. During the French Revolution, church assets were also confiscated. In addition to Chantilly, there were castles and forests.

These people who once belonged to the king can get cash provided by Rothschild after selling this land. The French have always been conservative in the field of financial credit. Bonaparte repeatedly asked them to leave Paris and establish elsewhere.

Regional banks, now the Netherlands and Belgium have set examples.

Mr. Brown came to discuss the purchase of a steam engine, and he asked for an activity fee of 500,000 francs.

This is an "event fee", which does not mean it will definitely succeed. Chaptal said on the sidelines that the First Consul was already aware of this matter, and then Bosman took out a stack of documents for Georgiana to sign.

Napoleon had a castle on the outskirts of Brussels, which he bought from Archduke Charles of Austria when he signed the Treaty of Campo Formio. It once belonged to Duchess Christina and was inherited by Archduke Charles as an inheritance. Now he will

The castle was leased 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 Credit Industrial Bank to Bonaparte for renting the castle. The money will be transferred to the bank's account. Georgiana is the first customer, and she signs the first check.

Rather than feeling a sense of history and commemoration (perhaps this check will be framed and placed in a museum), it is better to say that she was 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 gave her the silk fabric I brought back from China.

Georgiana sent it back. The silk as a tribute may have a greater effect than the gold.

Brown then talked about what he had seen in the East. In some extremely poor areas, people are still in a state of scanty clothing, and a family may share a pair of trousers. He is still very optimistic about the future market in the East, provided that

We need to open the door to allow British textiles to enter the market.

Chaptard pretended not to understand what he was talking about, and then took out a document, which was a sugar-making equipment purchase contract that Ghent had signed with France. As collateral, he wanted a loan of 2 million francs from the Industrial Credit Bank.

She signed like a robot. After everything was done, Boseman opened a bottle of champagne. Even the sound of opening the bottle startled her.

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

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On the surface it seems like everyone benefits, but is that really the case?

Georgiana cursed secretly while pouring the wine. Of course, she didn't expect that she was scolding herself.

"cheers!"

Everyone shouted together, and as the crystal cups in their hands collided and made a crisp sound, victory and peace seemed to have arrived.
Chapter completed!