Chapter 628: Have some fun
The Kingdom of England is gloomy every autumn, and it rains from time to time, making people feel unhappy.
In the palace of the royal capital of Londinium, Prince Charles and Finance Minister Earl Duval saw off the staff of the Royal Bank and Wesson Bank and began to drink tea leisurely.
Charlie picked up a gold-printed money order issued by Wesson Bank's head office on the table and couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Just a few minutes ago, it was worth one hundred thousand pounds!"
Oil The gold coins of the Kingdom of England are larger than those of the Rhine League. The gold content of one pound is twice that of the florin gold coin. One hundred thousand pounds is equal to two hundred thousand florins.
The money is part of this year's Wesson Friendship Bond.
In the Kingdom of England, the England branch of Wesson Bank deposited the money into the Royal Bank and used it as collateral to issue friendship bonds. The Royal Family of England purchased all the bonds and sold them on the spot to the upcoming Businessmen who went to Weissenburg to participate in the World Exposition.
After receiving the money from the royal family to buy bonds, the Wesson Bank England Branch loaned it to the Dawn Chamber of Commerce England Branch, which organized the purchase of raw materials.
The Dawning Chamber of Commerce’s procurement is a feast for local chambers of commerce, large and small, and countless exporters and transporters are already gearing up.
What the Dawn Chamber of Commerce pays to the Chamber of Commerce is Wesson Bank's draft, which can be exchanged for gold coins at Wesson Bank or cooperative banks in Londinium City and other major cities in the Kingdom of England.
In this series of operations, only money orders were exchanged, and the gold lay in the vaults of various banks, just changing owners without moving an inch.
There are two types of money orders, one is a registered money order with a designated exchange location and exchanger, and the handling fee is higher; the other is a bearer money order that can be exchanged at any Wesson Bank and cooperative banks, and the handling fee is lower.
Recently, merchants in the Kingdom of England have promoted a bill that allows bills of exchange from several major banks, including Wesson Bank, to be used as currency.
After Earl Duval took a sip of tea, he said: "Your Highness, this money order is a bearer money order."
"What?!" Charlie was shocked, "You mean, anyone , even if he is a beggar, he can withdraw one hundred thousand pounds from the bank just by holding it?”
Count Duval nodded seriously.
Charlie frowned. Count Duval went to Weissenburg to discuss this matter. He has always done things properly, how could such a mistake happen.
Count Duval smiled and said: "Your Highness, if you were a bank employee, what would you do if a beggar came to withdraw one hundred thousand pounds?"
Charlie immediately said: "I will call the guards right away... Hahahaha, I know what you mean."
Such a large amount of money is not something ordinary people can touch. Even if someone steals or robs it, the money order will be gone as soon as it appears. Got caught.
If the money order is damaged, just send a telegram to report the loss.
In this way, you don’t have to pay more handling fees by keeping the money order anonymous.
Charlie was very satisfied with Earl Duval's behavior of saving money for the royal family. Suddenly he thought of something interesting and said: "If you give this money order to an honest and smart person, what do you think he will do?" Do?”
Count Duval thought for a while and said: "I think an ordinary person might be frightened and throw it away without even knowing the goods." Caught.”
"If he is a smart person, he will go to some remote place to sell it to an ignorant person and make a fortune."
"It is also possible that he is a kind person who is not tempted by money and publishes a newspaper to find the owner."
Charlie looked at the golden money order in front of him and said: "We put it before going to the World Exposition. How about leaving it to one person?"
"When we come back next spring, we will see what his experience and fate will be."
Count Duval was speechless and could only say: "Prince. Your Highness, you still have a lot of work to do, so put the fun aside for now.”
He could see that Charlie just wanted to use this useless oversized money order to fool people and have fun for himself.
Maybe he will have forgotten about it when he comes back next year.
But now King Edward of the Kingdom of England is in poor health after being assassinated many years ago. He has been unable to handle state affairs in the past two years, and all government affairs have been left to Charles. Charlie is pretty good at handling government affairs, but he is still a young man and his playful nature cannot be changed.
"Okay, okay..." Charlie was a little helpless, "How are you preparing to purchase weapons this year?"
Count Duval said: "My distant nephew helped contact the Springfield Arsenal, but he still couldn't purchase standard weapons."
Charlie said regretfully: "I didn't expect that even Baron Thermos couldn't do anything."
br>Now everyone wants the active standard weapons of the Wesen Army, but no one can buy them, and the allies can only get the old models.
Count Duval said: "There is good news. A manufacturer of double-barreled shotguns has made some improvements to the original double-barreled shotguns, which can greatly increase the power and range of the original shotguns."< br>
Charlie said helplessly: "Let's go and have a look, it's better than nothing."
"We need to speed up the replacement of longbowmen. The future of the Kingdom of Gaul in the Kingdom of Tarago is now very unclear."
"Although the Wesson Army killed the king of the Kingdom of Madeira, who It can ensure that they will not join the battlefield."
"And the Osmaga Empire, their new army performed extremely well. Well, if Queen Anna intends to intervene, the situation will change."
Count Duval nodded and said: "We underestimated the Osmaga Empire before, and their background is still there, and their fingers are leaking. Some coming out can still change the situation."
Charlie put down the money order and began to think deeply.
Earl Duval continued: "Your Highness, in the Kingdom of Tarago, you have not made it clear which side we are on."
Charlie took a sip from the tea cup and said: " We will help whoever is at a disadvantage."
Count Duval asked. Said: "Even the Kingdom of Gaul?"
Charlie nodded and said: "Yes, we still have to help familiar enemies when necessary. If we change to a strange enemy, we will be very disappointed. Headache."
Count Duval thinks it makes sense.
Charlie thought for a moment while holding the tea cup and said: "How about we help the Piast Kingdom and let His Majesty Casimir turn his head to look back to the west and take revenge on the Rhine League?"
" One hundred thousand people were defeated by eight hundred people. It was such a shame and humiliation. I think Casimir must be thinking of revenge."
After thinking about it, Count Duval said: "I agree in principle, but the specific plan is needed. The cabinet ministers discussed. "
"We can increase the intensity of intelligence collection and find a focal point to provoke irreconcilable conflicts between the Rhine League and the Piast Kingdom."
Charlie. He nodded, took a sip of tea and said: "Pay close attention to His Majesty Rudolf. Some conspiracies and tricks are useless to Archduke Wesson, but he is different."
Count Duval thought it was reasonable. Someone who could come up with such a bad idea of instantly conferring the city where the frontline soldiers were captured to the queen didn't look very smart.
Charlie glanced at the money order on the table again, pinched his chin and said, "Hey, what do you think of me throwing it on the street in a residential area and letting others pick it up?"
Count Duval was speechless at his out-of-the-box thinking and could only say: "If His Highness is willing, then go and try it."
"The most important thing now is to sell bonds, and we don't have much time left."
This year, because the Principality of Wesson suddenly wants to send troops to Hanma City, the government needs to deal with a lot of things, Wesson Bank There are also some difficulties in the turnover, so the time of holding the World Expo and the time of issuance of friendship bonds are later than in previous years.
The Kingdom of England has a long way to go and needs to be in a hurry, so Charles and Earl Duval quickly became busy.
(End of this chapter)