Benjamin cleared his throat and pretended to be sincere and said to William I: "Your Highness, I personally am not suggesting that you borrow expensive loan sharks... This is a huge financial pressure, and if it spreads, it will have a negative impact on you.
Reputation also has a negative impact. I personally recommend that you be more cautious!”
William I naturally did not want to borrow money at high interest rates. In fact, he was not interested in low-interest loans. If Benjamin could provide interest-free loans or simply give them away for free, he would be very happy.
Of course, this is completely impossible.
So he asked a little annoyed: "Can you give me better advice?"
This was what Benjamin was waiting for, and he immediately said: "As far as I know, there seems to be some disagreement between you and the Hesse-Darmstadt Highwayman Derwig III?"
William I suddenly frowned, because he did not have a good relationship with Dewig III on the Hesse-Darmstadt Highway, because in the German Confederation, Hesse-Darmstadt was more inclined to Austria, and often
He always followed Austria to cause trouble with Prussia. He had disliked Ludwig III for a long time because he didn't have an aristocratic style. He didn't like him.
However, he did not show these clearly. After all, when he was in power, although the competition with Austria for control of the German Confederation was fierce, he basically did not break his face. Therefore, although he hated Ludwig III, there was no direct conflict.
So how did Benjamin know?
Of course, it doesn’t matter whether you know these things or not. What’s important is what does Benjamin mean when he suddenly mentions Ludwig III?
Benjamin smiled and explained: "We are willing to mediate the relationship between you and His Highness Grand Duke Ludwig III, if you can give him some form of recognition, or publicly express your willingness to ease the tension with Hesse-Darmstadt
, I am personally willing to help you obtain more favorable loan terms.”
William I was a little stunned, because he did strongly criticize Hesse-Darmstadt after returning from London, calling it a shame for Germany, and also publicly expressed that he wanted to give Hesse-Darmstadt some shame.
Look, it’s just a pretense.
Because who made Hesse-Darmstadt make the most serious concessions to the Revolutionary Party in this revolution, even handing over the position of Prime Minister to liberals. In the eyes of the conservative William I, this was an original sin.
So whenever he gets a chance, he will attack Hesse-Darmstadt and Ludwig III. Who let this guy have no ability and disregard aristocratic etiquette to marry a commoner woman!
It's just that, although the verbal attack was quite fierce, William I shrewdly controlled the scope so that it would not directly cause war or armed conflict. To put it bluntly, William I deliberately captured Hesse-Dam.
The soft persimmon of Stadt is just showing its existence.
Of course, this was just the idea of William I. For Ludwig III, the situation was different. Originally, this revolution severely damaged the foundation of his rule, forcing him to make major concessions to the revolutionaries. This
It was already very uncomfortable for him, but what was even more uncomfortable was that it actually aroused a high degree of dissatisfaction from Prussia.
Yes, in Ludwig III's view, William I's constant trouble was Prussia expressing its dissatisfaction with Hesse-Darmstadt, and it was a threat. Because he had been following Austria over the years and did not buy Prussia.
Naturally, he severely offended Prussia. Now that Austria is in trouble, isn't it natural for Prussia to seize the opportunity to cause trouble for him?
To a little shrimp like Hesse-Darmstadt, Prussia is really a behemoth. As long as this behemoth sneezes, Hesse-Darmstadt will have a storm.
Not wanting to sit still and wait for death, he naturally had to find a way quickly. Among the German Confederation, the most powerful family was the Rothschild family. Ludwig III had no useful connections in Prussia, so he naturally had no choice but to look for Rothschild.
The German family tried to find a way, and he did not hesitate to promise huge profits for this, and this was the reason why Benjamin suddenly mentioned Hesse-Darmstadt.
Seeing this, one has to admire the management of the Rothschild family. In fact, the reason why this family was so new back then was not that they had superb business skills or means, but that they had a network of relationships and connections all over Europe.
Information network. They can grasp the key events happening in European countries as quickly as possible. Based on this information and relationship network, they can make huge profits at any time.
For example, the matter of Ludwig III is actually a very simple operation for the Rothschild family. They know very well that Prussia or William I are just talkative, and even without their intervention, the Hesse-Davis would not be destroyed.
How about Mstadt? It happened that William I was short of money, so they made reasonable arrangements. They not only earned William I's favor and high interest, but also got a handful of Ludwig III's wool.
.Can we not make money by doing this?
Naturally, William I didn't know what Benjamin or the Rothschild family was planning. He calculated that if he let Ludwig III go, the funding problem would be solved, which was completely acceptable.
However, he would not agree immediately and foolishly, but asked: "What kind of preferential terms are there?"
Benjamin smiled and said: "We will lend you 700,000 Prussian talers at market interest rates!"
【Seven hundred thousand!】
William I cheered in his heart. Suddenly he had an extra two hundred thousand, and it was no longer a usury but a market interest rate. It was not just as simple as two hundred thousand.
But this is still not enough for him, because he has calculated that he needs at least 1 million, and 700,000 is really not enough.
He immediately muttered: "This is still not enough!"
Gerson couldn't help laughing after hearing this. It must not be enough. You threw away your trump card too early. Let Benjamin and the Rothschild family know that you must have this million. Then they will still be polite.
, must not squeeze out all the benefits step by step!
Benjamin also immediately put on a very embarrassed expression. He told William I that this was the only solution he could think of, and that he really couldn't afford another 300,000 Prussian talers.
Of course, this is still a lie. 300,000 Prussian talers are actually nothing at all. To the Rothschild family, it is just a drop in the bucket! What they really want to do is still to raise the price.