Make France Great Again

"Mr. Emil, can you please tell me what is the purpose of doing this? If you do this, won't you two brothers get everything?"

Augusta looked at the Perel brothers in front of her with a puzzled look. She was a little confused about Emile Perel's thoughts.

If the Bank of Luxembourg belonged to her and Jérôme, then Emile Perel and the others would have been busy in vain.

If bankers are not there to make money, are they doing charity?

"Your Majesty the Queen, my brother Insac Perel and I are staunch Saint-Simonians like Your Majesty (Emile Perel does not know it, Jerome Bonaparte is a believer in Keynes ism.)” Emil Perel responded devoutly like a Christian: “I think the role of banks is not only to earn enough profits, but more importantly to alleviate or even eliminate poverty. A country full of poverty will only breed countless extremists!"

"Mr. Emil! If you really want to alleviate poverty, you should do charity!" Augusta said to Emile Perel.

Emile Perel shook his head and responded to Augusta: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! In the past many centuries, we have always relied on charity and charity to alleviate poverty over and over again. However, this The approach is always to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, which will increase the burden on society and cause greater unrest. Only by encouraging industrial development to create more jobs, and using science and education to not only advance scientific progress, but even workers can participate Share the benefits of investment and plan for retirement income..."

When Emile Perel talks about it, he seems to be putting himself in the position of a meat eater.

However, Queen Augusta does not dislike bankers like Emil Perel, because compared to those bankers who only know how to make profits and cause more people to go bankrupt, Emil Perel's The rhetoric is obviously much better.

"Your Majesty, the money my brother and I have earned over the years is enough to survive for several generations, as long as our descendants don't spend lavishly, so we hope to do something meaningful to the entire society in our lifetime. !" Emil Perel responded to Queen Augusta with a solemn expression.

After Queen Augusta pondered for a moment, she still smiled and replied to Emile Perel and Insac Perel: "Mr. Emil, I'm afraid I can't tell you the result right away! Because the issue of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is not No small thing!

However, please rest assured that I will tell you the results immediately after questioning the leaders of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg! Just wait patiently for a few days! "

"Your Majesty the Queen, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with us!" Emil Perel expressed his gratitude to Queen Augusta.

"Mr. Emil, I have benefited a lot from meeting you!" Augusta also responded politely, "I sincerely hope that society can have more and more bankers like you. Now bankers The vast majority of people only care about their own immediate interests and forget about the country they are attached to. Some people even try desperately to hollow out this country. Do they really not know that once this country is hollowed out and collapsed, They’re not much better!”

Queen Augusta's complaints made Emil Perel feel that it was very worthwhile for him to take his brother on this special trip.

Emile Perel does not need the Queen's unconditional support, he only needs the Queen to lean towards them between him and the Bank of France.

Of course, who owns the Bank of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg depends on the wishes of His Majesty Napoleon, who is far away in the Crimean Peninsula.

However, Emile Perel is still confident that he can defeat the Bank of France.

After all, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is still an independent country.

Then, Emil Perel took out a beautifully crafted gift box from his arms.

Holding the gift box in both hands, he raised the gift box in front of Queen Augusta, "Your Majesty the Queen, this is a gift from me and my brother! Please accept it!"

"This..." Queen Augusta looked at the closed gift box. After hesitating for a moment, she refused: "Although I don't know what is inside, I am sure that the things inside must be valuable, so please allow me. I reject it!"

"Your Majesty, please accept it!" Emil Perel still held the gift box in both hands and said complimentarily to Queen Augusta: "Only someone as noble as you can own it!"

"Is it noble? Maybe!" Queen Augusta smiled and whispered.

Since Emile Perel has already said this, if Augusta National refuses to accept the gift, it will indeed be suspected of being a little pretentious.

"Mr. Emil, I promise to accept your gift!" Queen Augusta said to Emile Perel: "However, I also hope you can promise me something!"

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Emil Perel responded to Queen Augusta.

"I hope you and your brother can accept the title!" Queen Augusta said to Emile Perel: "Your contribution to the empire is obvious to all, so please do not refuse this honor!"

Emil Perel hesitated for a moment. To be honest, he didn't particularly care about the title.

After all, being canonized as a baron would not bring him any benefits. Instead, it would cause him to suffer some malice in certain noble social gatherings.

Some nobles who have no money but have particularly high titles like to ridicule bankers who have been canonized as barons at banquets.

By the way, in the 19th century, French knighthoods were like loans issued by banks in a certain country. For those who really wanted a knighthood but did not have the strength to meet the standards, French knighthoods were always granted with a certain amount of money.

For some people who meet the standard of strength, the role of title is not as important as the relationship between them and the monarch.

Especially after Jérôme Bonaparte took charge of France, the way French bankers purchased national debt changed from one or two powerful bankers to a method adopted by the entire population.

When the imperial government relied far less on bankers than it did during the two generations of Bourbons, maintaining relations with the monarch became even more important.

However, in order to maintain the goodwill between Queen Augusta and the emperor, Emil Perel chose to accept it.

Later, Queen Augusta told Emile Perel that he would be canonized as a baron by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg!

Emile Perel, who heard the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly remembered that the Queen said that the Grand Duke of Luxembourg was not His Majesty.

Your Majesty did not confer them as barons in the name of the French Empire, but instead conferred them as the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Is this implying something?

"Mr. Emil and Mr. Yinsak, I hope that after you two are canonized as nobles, you can do your best for the Principality of Luxembourg!" Queen Augusta hinted almost nakedly to Emile Perel and Yinsak. .Perel said.

Emile Perel nodded quickly, saying that as a baron conferred by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, he should do his part for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, but in which aspect they should do their best.

"The Principality of Luxembourg will sell a batch of national bonds in the near future, mainly to improve the infrastructure of the Principality of Luxembourg! However, the situation in the Principality of Luxembourg is a bit complicated, and the interest rate may be a little low, about 3%!" Queen Augusta sighed He said to Emile Perel.

For Emile Perel, the interest rate on the government bonds issued by the Principality of Luxembourg is indeed a bit low (the interest rate in France during the same period was 4%-5%, the British Kingdom was 3%-7%, and if the Russian Empire is not afraid of death, the current interest rate is 10 %), but this is also in line with the conditions of the Principality of Luxembourg itself.

Because the Principality of Luxembourg itself has no other resources except forests, there is no other way to build railways and roads except borrowing debt.

Of course, the citizens of the Principality of Luxembourg should be grateful that they have welcomed a "little daddy" who will lead them to the road to wealth.

The French Empire can satisfy the Principality of Luxembourg by deducting just a few things.

"Don't worry! I know what to do!" Emil Perel replied solemnly.

Afterwards, Queen Augusta chatted with Emil Perel and Isaac Perel for a while. From Emil Perel's mouth, Queen Augusta learned about his "great achievements in the Austrian Empire" ” (Taking away from Austria’s Rothschild Bank the railway line from Prague to Buda-Pest, second only to Vienna to Budapest).

She reminded Emil Perel that investment in the Austrian Empire should not only consider economic factors, but also give due consideration to political factors.

After all, the relationship between the Austrian Empire and the French Empire would remain an alliance for a short time.

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Moreover, the Austrian Empire itself is also a country with relatively sufficient resources, which is suitable for making money over a long period of time.

"I will convey your words to the person in charge in Austria!" Emil Perel replied to Augusta National.

With a knock on the door, the conversation between Queen Augusta and the Perel brothers (Emile Perel was talking throughout the whole process, Yinsak Perel's role was to act as a background) also Stopped abruptly.

"Please come in!" Queen Augusta responded as she sat upright and faced the door.

The door opened and Mokar entered the room. After taking a look at the Perel brothers in the room, he showed a hesitant expression on his face, as if he wanted to avoid the Perel brothers.

Upon seeing this, the Perel brothers hurriedly told Queen Augusta that they had been harassing the queen for a long time and it was time to leave.

After saying that, the Perel brothers stood up and left, and Augusta ordered Mokar to send the Perel brothers out of the Palace of Tuilleries.