Chapter 2687 The North’s Plan (Part 2)

Legend has it that Germans have more surnames than first names, because Germans don’t like to create new words, and no one likes to create new names. Surnames have been passed down for thousands of years, and most of them are related to occupations. There are hundreds of them.

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For example, Johann Heinrich Fischer. There can be many people named Johann Heinrich, including his grandfather, father, uncle, next door neighbor, blacksmith in the neighboring town, and doctor in the nearby city. Fischer

It means fisherman. Maybe many, many years ago, one of his ancestors was engaged in fishing.

But as John Adams once said: I must study politics and war, so that my son can have the freedom to study philosophy and mathematics.

In the generation of Johann Heinrich Fischer's grandfather, the family became the port officer of Danzig. In addition to the eldest brother who had to study law, Johann Heinrich's father had the opportunity to study art.

When Frederick the Great and Russia and Austria divided Poland, Heinrich's father was also brought to Berlin. John Heinrich was already 11 years old at that time, but he was not educated as a

The Prussian boy became a "weak" painter.

The king liked his father's works very much, but he was not very interested in Johann Heinrich himself, so the unsuccessful young painter had to leave Germany and go to France to further his studies.

There is not much information about how he spent his youth. Anyway, he encountered the French Revolution. Since the exiled nobles were in urgent need of cash, they pawned and auctioned all the antiques and famous paintings in their homes. Although these British collections

I am very interested, but not everyone has the courage to go to France in person like a young count and his wife who want to decorate their new home.

The latest fighter jet "Raptor" in service with the U.S. Air Force costs as much as 120 million U.S. dollars, and a pair of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" was auctioned for 100 million U.S. dollars. Even in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, people were not aware of famous paintings.

How high the price can be, and the turnover of so many famous paintings is amazing. In short, Fischer earned a large amount of liquidity through this method, and other members of his family also participated in the shares. He alone has

Four brothers and sisters, Peter, Christian, and Anna, not to mention the children of his uncles.

He set the bank's headquarters in Hamburg because his grandfather went to Hamburg after leaving Danzig and served as a judge. Their family's roots are not deep, unlike some "family trees" that have taken root in that land.

Hundreds of years, and he himself does not intend to stay in Europe anymore and plans to go to London for development.

When engaging in international settlement business, it is not very important where the headquarters is located. As long as the contact with friends is still there, it is just a matter of writing a letter and changing the address. But after the partition of Poland, because of the loss of this buffer zone, it became

The direct border between Prussia and Tsarist Russia. Catherine once said, "If I live another century, the whole of Europe will crawl under my feet and tremble." And after the Battle of Zorndorf, the tragic battlefield made Europe

They all regard the "East" as a threat, but this threat is no longer the same as the pagans before.

There is a proverb that goes like this: peel off the skin of a Russian and you will see a Tatar, that is, a Mongolian. However, the Mongolians are not the "scourge of God" after Attila.

In addition to Attila the Hun, the King of the Goths also received this title. When Attila appeared in Europe, it was still in the period of Roman polytheism, and it was already in the 13th century when the Mongols appeared.

In church literature, you can see the title "King John", which originally refers to a monarch in Christian legend. Because the Mongols eliminated many old enemies of the church during the Western Expeditions, they were awarded this title.

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During the Crusades, about one-fifth of Europeans were enslaved and trafficked to Arab traders by the Russians, also known as northerners, in exchange for spices and silk.

Moreover, Mongolia also sought alliances with European countries, because the Mongols were defeated by the Mamluks of Egypt, and the Mamluks even invaded Mongolia's Ilkhanate in West Asia.

These Mongol Khans and nobles who were allied with European countries later converted to Christianity, such as the leader of the Kled tribe who took in Genghis Khan when he was young. This was an achievement for the church that could be recorded in precious books.

Therefore, Tsarist Russia was not only a threat to Europe, but also an ally that could be used. When Napoleon was strong, he could form a large army composed of multinational forces to fight in Moscow; when his army lost to the Russian heavy snow, it would still be these people

, and by the way, they roped in Tsarist Russia to form an anti-French alliance, and Tsar Alexander also received the title of "Holy King", which was a higher title than Peter the Great.

At that time, Pomona saw Hathor's phantom in the Louvre. At that time, he had just left the front line and ran to a small hotel. The fire was not even lit. He was wearing a cloak and murmuring a reply after meeting the Poles.

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He looked quite pitiful, but what was more pitiful was actually the soldiers. Bonaparte only took a few million francs to satisfy the Polish officials.

This is difficult for people in the 21st century to understand, but that was the situation at that time.

During the Thirty Years' War, Sweden, the lion of the north, sent troops south to blockade North Germany's golden coastline and cut off Germany's external routes, causing all the industry and commerce in the German region to suffer.

Since the Middle Ages, Prussia has faced attacks from the Slavs, Vikings and Austria. If they did not use force, they would sooner or later become the "crossroads of Europe" like Belgium.

As Louis XIV came to power, France began to encroach on the western territories of the Holy Roman Empire, and Prussia's desire to remain neutral between France and Russia became unsustainable as its "geography" changed.

Georgiana once saw the wife of the Russian Minister at the Louvre, next to Josephine. She was a Russian woman who was not slim at all and looked sturdy. At that time, France had established diplomatic relations with Russia, but this Minister was

Sent by Paul I, his purpose was to weaken Britain's power in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. During Alexander's reign, he focused his attention on the Black Sea region and even conflicted with the Ottoman Empire.

When Paul was in power, he put pressure on Prussia, intending to occupy Hanover, force Britain to retreat, and then bring France along to realize the plan to carve up Austria. At present, Napoleon seems to have no intention of invading Hanover, but his troops still have not withdrawn from the Netherlands.

Go. Due to the tense relationship between Prussia and Britain under the "Basel Treaty", its power as protector of the armed neutral countries in North Germany was also lost. However, the residual power left by Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War was still there.

Some cities are willing to join its ranks and continue to be "neutral".

Compared to young people, Georgiana is more willing to trust Bertin's political sense. As for why she doesn't use Diloch, it is obvious that there should be another group of people surrounding him to fill the business vacated by the Fischer family.

When a bank is about to withdraw, the first reaction of depositors is to withdraw their deposits. In game theory, I wrote about a bank run. Depositors in a city heard that the bank where they deposited money was going to collapse.

, the bank manager stood up and gave instructions, asking everyone not to panic and only withdraw the money necessary for daily life. When everyone's panic subsided, everyone found that the bank did not collapse, so they deposited the money back, and the bank run crisis subsided.

During the Anglo-Dutch War, when the Dutch heard that the French and British coalition forces were pressing on the border, William III opened the treasury and let the investors of the East India Company see that it was full of gold and silver, which also had a pacifying effect.

"Now people are spreading rumors about why the First Consul didn't go to the Netherlands. We had already arrived in Antwerp at that time." Bertin said while doing Georgiana's hair. She was a bit heavy-handed, but Georgiana did not complain.

What she was looking at was not a mirror, but the dresses Bertin had prepared for her, each one of which was extremely gorgeous.

The so-called rest does not mean lying down. At least you have to put on makeup and change clothes. Narcissa takes an hour every time he goes out. Lucius Malfoy can only wait patiently no matter how anxious he is to go out. This is a man

demeanor and courtesy.

"Why doesn't the First Consul go to Holland, madam?" a seamstress ventured to ask.

Georgiana didn't bother to look at the person who was behind her.

"Because it's almost Christmas, and we have to go back before Christmas to reunite with our families." Georgiana said with a smile, then picked up a hat and tried it on her head.
Chapter completed!