Fox of France

Francois couldn't make a decision on such a big matter, so he could only tell Louis that he needed to go back and inform the investors behind him of this situation. And Louis also expressed his understanding, and then the two parties agreed on a time for the next meeting, and Francois got up to leave.

Francois got out of "Bonaparte General Electric", got into the carriage waiting outside, and went directly to the Austrian embassy. In the embassy, ​​Francois informed Metternich of the results of his conversation with Louis, and then said to Metternich: "Your Excellency, what do you think of this French proposal?"

Metternich thought for a while and replied: "François, I think that in general, the Bonaparte family has shown us a certain kind of goodwill. As they said, they don't actually lack access to funds." .If they need funds, I believe that all European banks, including those of the British, will be willing to cooperate with them. In this case, it is not easy for them to give us a part of the shares. .As for the matter of preferred shares, I have never seen such a thing. I think these terms are actually not bad. Anyway, I think our goal should not include competing with the Bonaparte family for 'Bonaparte General Electric' control right?"

"At least in a short period of time, it's impossible." Francois shook his head and said, "The Bonaparte family's rule in France has gradually taken root. It's not easy, but they really did it. Bonaparte The ruling of Pakistan became the ruling of France as a war hero. This status is not stable. Although when he first ascended the throne, the people praised his great achievements and praised him. However, great achievements will fade. It won't be long before the people forget his feats on the battlefield.

This is because they supported him before, in the final analysis, because he took them to rob a lot of things, robbed the savings of the French nobles, robbed us, robbed the Italians, and robbed Prussia. He distributed some of the looted things to the fools in the country, and those guys would naturally be grateful to him.

But the money obtained by robbery will always be used up, and the people have been accustomed to getting money easily through robbery, so it is difficult for them to settle down and live a poor life honestly. And if General Napoleon wants to maintain the support and love of the people for him, he must let them live a relatively easy life. It was difficult, and we all thought it was impossible for him to do it. We think his biggest possibility is to keep taking the army out to grab. But this is just drinking poison to quench thirst. What he does will only make France and him the enemy of the whole of Europe. By that time, his failure was to be expected.

But we have to admit that we underestimated General Napoleon and the Bonaparte family behind him. There was more than one military genius among them, and the French, under their leadership, blazed a new path—one that we did not foresee. With commerce and science they can now easily earn more money than war could. Therefore, at least for the foreseeable time, General Napoleon's rule in France has been stabilized. It's a pity that he was not from a royal family, otherwise he could directly turn France into a kingdom.

Since they won't have problems in a short period of time, it is naturally impossible for us to seek their core interests. Now, the rise of France is unstoppable. It seems that God is really on the side of Bonaparte at this time. We can only temporarily put away other thoughts and obey God's will. Mr. Ambassador, I know what you mean when you ask me. The reason why I still have doubts is more because preferred shares cannot be transferred at will. This also means that if we board the French ship, it will be difficult to disembark.

I think the reason why the French proposed the trick of preferred shares is probably to see how far we are willing to bind ourselves with them. So, I was hesitant. "

"François, you are asking me the wrong question, for I am not very well versed in these things, you know. But I have a friend, a Jew, who is quite well versed in economic matters. Maybe you can go and ask his opinion."

"Thank you for your help," said François. "Who is this friend of yours?"

"Mayer Rothschild - a banker in Frankfurt. He was a good trader and a good trainer of his sons. He had five sons, all of them good tradesmen. Now his sons are Sen Meyer Rothschild opened a bank in Paris, and the business is doing very well. You can ask him, and he may be able to give you some advice."

Nathan Meyer Rothschild was the most important figure in the history of Rothschild's famous family. He was the third son of the old Rothschild and the most capable of his five sons. one of. In the original history, at the end of 1798, he came to London with a sum of start-up funds. At this time, he should have run his own bank in London, and he had become a recipient of the British capital market. respected person.

But in this time and space, for some reason, in 1798, Nathan did not go to London as in the original history, but came to Paris instead. During the Battle of Verdun, Joseph's false news of his injuries deceived almost everyone, but Nathan deduced from the various information he had learned before that even if the news was true, the British-Prussian allied forces It is also impossible to shake the Verdun defense line, and it is difficult to escape the conclusion of the fate of final failure. Therefore, when the French national debt fell crazily to only one-twentieth of its original value due to the spread of rumors, he decisively put down most of his net worth and started to buy French national debt on a large scale before Bowan Bank. He made a fortune in one fell swoop, and also won Bowang's hatred and admiration.

It is said that when Mr. Bowen was educating his son, he often took Nathan Mayer Rothschild as a role model. This practice stimulated little Bowang, and he studied extraordinarily hard. But on the other hand, it also brought about another consequence, that is, it made little Bowen very disgusted with those surnamed Rothschild, and even Jews.

Since then, Nathan Meyer Rothschild has been hoping to infiltrate the French military-industrial complex, but Mr. Bowan is very opposed to it, and Joseph seems to be a little bit unfriendly to the surname "Rothschild". the opinion of.

This is actually quite normal, after all, Joseph also watched "Currency War" in his previous life. Although Joseph in his previous life also knew that "Currency War" and the like were just novels. The Rothschild family is not so awesome at all. Even Joseph knew that since missing the United States, the Rothschild family had suffered two big losses in World War I and World War II, and it was no longer the most powerful consortium.

But that doesn't mean Joseph can let his guard down, especially when facing a guy called "Nathan Meyer Rothschild." Joseph remembered that in the original history, this guy almost controlled the monetary policy of the entire United Kingdom at one time.

Monetary policy is one of the most important sovereignty of a country. This kind of thing must never fall into the hands of any consortium other than the Bonaparte consortium, otherwise, the interests of the French people will not be guaranteed, and the French people will become slaves.

Just like the lighthouse country of the later generations, the monetary sovereignty has fallen into the hands of a private institution, so that when the plague occurs, it has a few months of warning time, the most sufficient medical resources and medical technology in the world, and an infinite The president who knows everything is impossible, but in the end, he chose the former to protect the economy or human life, making the world's number one superpower into a third world country. How can such a thing be allowed to happen in great France? How can monetary sovereignty fall into the hands of the Jews?

The French people will never agree to such a thing, except for the "Bonaparte Consortium", we don't recognize anyone!

Because of this vigilance, although Nathan Mayer Rothschild made a lot of money in France, his efforts to join the "military-industrial complex" were not very successful.

François, carrying Metternich's letter of introduction, met the banker in the lavishly furnished home of Nathan Mayer Rothschild. Francois told Nathan about his intention to come.

Nathan crossed the fingers of his hands together, sat on the sofa and thought for a while, and said: "I can understand your concerns. You think this business is worth doing-in fact, I think so; you Intending to put as much cash as possible into it—in fact, I would love to if I had the chance. But you worry that once the money becomes preferred stock, it won’t be able to trade in the market like ordinary stocks. Turn it into cash. If you put too much cash in, it can get you into trouble when you need it; Chance. Do you see what I'm saying?"

Francois nodded and said, "Mr. Rothschild, you are absolutely right. This is exactly what I am worried about."

"Mr. Francois," Nathan Meyer Rothschild said, spreading his hands on the table, "I have a solution that gives you the best of both worlds, which allows you to invest your funds with confidence, but also ensures that you funds and sufficient liquidity. You see, we can create an investment company first, then inject funds into this company, and then use this company to purchase the preferred shares of 'Bonaparte General Electric'. In this way For one thing, although the preferred stock of 'Bonaparte General Electric' cannot be traded in the market, the shares of the company holding it can be freely circulated in the market. What do you think of this method?"

"Mr. Rothschild, thank you very much. This is really a good way. Tell me, how should I thank you?" Francois said.

"Ah, Mr. Francois, if you are really willing to express your gratitude to me, then I very much hope that you will allow me to invest in your new company..." Nathan Meyer Rothschild said with a smile.