Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2323 peternnnchen (five)

   The speed at which the Netherlands accumulated wealth in the 17th century was a wonder of the world, especially Amsterdam, which resisted the Spanish until 1578 and was one of the last towns in the Netherlands to fall.

Immediately after the war, refugees poured into it, seeking a more stable environment. They brought with them the wealth, connections, and technology of places like Antwerp. Within a few decades, Amsterdam became a Nordic business and financial center. has become a European trade center.

The same pattern played out in New Amsterdam in America, now New York, when there was a Dutchman named Peter Stewiesan, who in 1643 was in a failed raid on St. Maarten, still occupied by the Spaniards He lost a leg in 1647 and was appointed governor of the New Netherlands and Governor of the Leeward Islands in 1647. To attract migration, he introduced a new system called "patrons," in which anyone who brought 50 adult males as tenant farmers could get a fief from the company.

   The company mentioned here is not his own company, but the Dutch West India Company, which has no sense of existence compared with the East India Company, but they did bring a lot of wealth to the Netherlands.

  The main business of this company is the trade of slaves and precious metals. Before Georgiana got angry, Farron added that 75% of its trade was from precious metals and 13% from the slave trade.

  They transported slaves from the Gold Coast of Africa to Suriname, sold them to middlemen at a price of 200 guilders, and then brought the sugar from the New World back to the Netherlands for trade, and then went south to Africa to form a triangular route. But by 1792, the West India Company had been dissolved due to a debt crisis due to lower demand for heavy metals and slaves due to falling national income in the Netherlands, and reopened in 1800.

The reason for this has a lot to do with the French Revolution. France is a big country in demand for tobacco and sugar, and with the death of the king, many of the money lent to him became bad debts, and the banks went bankrupt one by one. During the reign, there was almost no consumption other than military orders, and the Third New Holland West India Company chose military work as a way to reverse its disadvantage.

But now there is a new turn for them. Napoleon is obviously looking for an alternative to Santo Domingo, but Belgium can grow sugar, but they cannot produce coffee. Coffee is a tropical plant that grows in greenhouses. It is also possible, but the cost is a bit high, and there is another way.

The name of Mocha coffee comes from a port named Mocha. In the 15th century, coffee beans from the Red Sea were almost concentrated in the port of Mocha and then exported, so they were collectively called Mocha coffee. The Dutch, they squeezed out the Portuguese who had occupied the place, just like any other trading post.

   And they didn't lose this business because they were excluded, coffee beans are both the fruit and the seeds of coffee. Coffee beans need to be roasted before they can be ground, but in ancient times it was not necessary, and roasted coffee could no longer grow into a coffee tree.

  With the rise of the Ottoman Empire, coffee also came to Austria with the Turks on the westward expedition, and then was brought to Western countries. The first coffeehouse in Europe was opened in Vienna, Austria. The coffee at that time had a very strong Middle Eastern flavor, that is, the ground coffee powder and sugar were added to a copper pot and brewed, stirring and adding water repeatedly, and a small cup of coffee was brewed in about 20 minutes.

   Its taste is no different from herbal medicine. It is bitter and "refreshing". It was originally used as a stomach medicine and a refreshing medicine. When Georgiana was in Italy, I saw the locals drink espresso, and they were all cups the size of your thumb. You can drink a little bit of it without adding a lot of auxiliary materials like latte, cappuccino, and "mocha".

In fact, many people add these "seasonings" just because they can't stand the bitter taste of espresso. This actually masks the original aroma of coffee. Different roasting processes will have different tastes, but this kind of taste is very mild, and milk is added. Can't get it out.

  Coffee, just like flowers, is not a necessity of life. You can go without coffee for a month, but you can’t go without food for a month.

  Santo Domingo produces half of the world's sugar and coffee, which originally accounted for one-third of France's total foreign trade, and the remaining share is the share of tobacco and other trade.

   That is to say, the defeat of France this time suffered heavy losses, but most people have not yet reacted, because the Royalists have ceded all overseas colonies in order to gain British support.

  If there is nothing in the beginning, then there is nothing, and I am afraid of gaining and losing. With the current prestige of Napoleon in the Arab world, it is not impossible for him to reopen the "Eastern Trade" in the Port of Mocha.

   It's not medieval now, and the church is secularized, who cares about pagans.

   As for why the Dutch West India Company found Georgiana instead of the West India Company, it was also because of the "Tobacco Group".

After Napoleon took away the properties of private French tobacconists, he exchanged the newly received territories, where they could become "lords", "counts", live in the same castles as nobles, and continue to work in the French tobacco industry. Company employment.

   Even if Napoleon didn't have to threaten the guillotine, most people would actually be willing, otherwise why would the Rothschild family buy the forest of Chantilly?

The rich have so many invisible assets that they may forget it themselves. Sometimes the housekeeper will not tell the young master how much your father has left for you, but ask him to sign it. When the young master signs it, this asset is not the young master .

  In order to avoid this from happening, it is very important to find a trustworthy escrow, usually a trusted friend, brother or business partner with good character. In the story of "Pride and Prejudice", Mr. Bennett has so many daughters, and everything he inherited was inherited by a nephew, who was then taken advantage of by "old girl" Charlotte. After Mr. Bennett's death, whether Mrs. Bennett and other unmarried daughters can continue to live in their own home will depend on Charlotte's face, so there will be a plot to force Elizabeth to agree to Collins' proposal.

In this way, in terms of sisterhood and mother-daughter love, Elizabeth will not drive her mother and sisters away. Mrs. Destal said that she does not want a marriage without love, but no amount of love will be in a poor life. Grind to powder and die with the wind.

In fact, even if Napoleon gave his partner status to Georgiana by way of gift, Georgiana found a "next home" and changed hands, she didn't have to worry about taking risks, Farron and the others have found their goals, after all, everything seems to be right now. It is prosperous, and many people want to enter this "quasi-central bank".

   As long as Georgiana is not afraid of being unable to sleep for the rest of her life, and her sleep quality has always been very good, her greatest hobby is sleeping and dreaming.

  People will eventually live the way they hate the most. How did she treat those who wore luxury goods to buy food in the market?

  Georgianna needs to be "quiet", although her solution is to go to the noisy market opposite to buy the dishes to be made in the evening.

   Bonaparte's French may not be very good, because this dish called "Vienna Fried Chicken" is pronounced "à lamilanaise" in French. Where did he eat this dish? If it were Milan, it would not be called this.

   Or is it the same as the oranges that the Queen of Spain ate?

   "It's time to change your eating habits, Leon." After she said that, she put on the vegetable basket, wrapped her cape, and left the palace.

   (end of this chapter)