Chapter 122 Chapter 122 The Red Shield Family...
In the spacious and bright study, Nathan Rothschild met Andrew Desay for the first time.
"He stood in front of the desk with his hands behind his back, with a smile on his lips, and his gaze moved with the figure of strange visitors." Afterwards, Nathan was telling his father and brothers about the scene of the meeting. "The first impression that Desai gave me was a handsome and tall nobleman, with elegant manners, extraordinary temperament, elegant demeanor, very paying attention to appearance, and was definitely not an old expensive style with embroidered robe or jewels.
Clan. He only had a dark blue school-level officer uniform with short hair, just like an ordinary soldier. It should be noted that the light cavalry uniform had no military rank ordinances except for a large medal hanging on his chest, and his beautiful military cap was casually placed at the desk. Only in this regard, he was very similar to the Emperor Napoleon in Paris. I was thinking at the time that although there was some trouble in the talks, I should be able to grasp a certain voice."
But soon, Nathan discovered that he was wrong because Desai, who he didn't know much about, all his understanding of the newly rising ruling monarch was based on the fragmentary pieces of words of the family messengers; in turn, Desai was "familiar" with Nathan Rothschild.
Over 200 years, the Time Traveler visited the descendants of this famous figure who brought the Rothschild family to the peak of power during his stay in the UK. For many purposes, Desay has read many related books and heard his colleagues discuss about Nathan Rothschild's great achievements, many of which are real, while some are fictional compilations that belong to descendants.
When the two met for the first time, Nathan only regarded Desay as a Napoleon-like foreign monarch, rather than a business colleague who was well-versed in finance, meticulous and keen eyes, he had already lost the first game.
On the left side of the study, there is a set of Huanghuali wood furniture from the East, which is one of the personal items that Desai ordered to move from this Portuguese palace back to the Manresa Palace. (A self-complain, Tang Sancai, who was used for burial of dead people, was moved from the book in the name of revolution last time, and was nagged by enthusiastic readers for many years. This time, the protagonist should not be wrong in plundering Huanghuali wood furniture, right?)
As a visitor who came here, Nathan's humble attitude paid tribute to the salute, while Desai welcomed him with a reserved and etiquette. He invited Nathan to sit in the Eastern "sofa" with a soft texture and a fragrant and fragrant Eastern style.
Sitting on the so-called "hardwood sofa", the Jews did not feel very comfortable. He preferred the soft leather sofas made in Italy with springs. Soon, Nathan's slight complaint was left behind. It was something he accidentally saw on the coffee table that he was most familiar with, a bottle of whiskey. To be precise, it was purely brewed by the Irish people, using barley main raw material, Irish whiskey, from the Bushmire Distillery, with an alcohol concentration of 43 degrees and the year was marked as 1784, which was the founding period of the distillery.
Nathan's hobby of drinking is well known, but his favorite Irish whiskey brewed at the Bushmire plant is little known, or, except for his father and brother, no one knows about it. In response to this, the Jewish banker has already secretly complained that it is not good in his heart, because he has a premonition of unknownness, and the young monarch who always keeps smiling in front of him seems to know much about his own **.
The visitor's thoughts were immediately disrupted, and he was no longer as confident as he had been a little bit earlier. When Nathan took the cup of whiskey sent by Desay with his trembling hands, the Jews looked a little dazed and forgot to thank the master.
Desai didn't care about this little etiquette at all. In fact, his expression seemed very happy. A few weeks ago, Desai assigned intelligence officer Jacques and the huge network of the Leicester Military Intelligence Bureau to conduct open and secret investigations, and purchased this bottle of original Irish whiskey produced in 1784 from a Lisbon nobleman. The purpose is self-evident, to shock Jewish bankers, to attack Nathan's self-confidence, and to demonstrate his strength.
This silent contest is just the beginning.
After mastering more and more favorable chips than opponents, the negotiations between merchants are not warm, not pretentious, and no longer hypocritical politeness or clueless chat.
When the whiskey was over, Desai put down his goblet and went straight to the point. Instead of asking Nathan and the Rothschild family behind him to assist the Mediterranean Bank in the London financial market, it was twice as much as the amount of bonds originally envisioned by Jewish bankers.
Before Nathan could react, Desai continued: "I know, Mr. Rothschild, your family will use agricultural futures trade to obtain at least 10 million pounds of high-quality Egyptian velvet raw cotton in Greece and Egypt every year. The owners of the cotton mills in Barcelona are very interested, so they entrust me to make a suggestion to you and your family to obtain half of the high-quality raw cotton. But I personally think the best way is to let the Mediterranean Bank intervene in the futures trading of the cotton fields in the two places."
"You are a little too much, your respected prince!" Nathan's unwillingness to surrender finally revealed.
If Desay’s request is simply to entrust Jewish bankers to successfully issue national bond rolls in the London trading market, or to purchase bulk Egyptian lint cotton for a long time, it is not impossible to negotiate even if the amount is higher. As long as the handling fee of the bond roll is suitable and the price of the raw cotton transaction is satisfactory, Nathan himself and the Rothschild family will not refuse the opportunity to make a lot of money.
However, Desai's real purpose was to influence and even control the cotton fields in Greece and Egypt through the Mediterranean Bank, rather than just purchasing cotton produced in the cotton fields, which made Nathan extremely angry. The family spent years, using countless manpower and financial resources to create a great situation, how could a foreign monarch easily get it?
"This is absolutely impossible, never!" Nathan ignored the sharp gaze projected by Desay, and his attitude was extremely tough.
Desai put away his seemingly threatening expression. He smiled, got up and returned to the edge of the book, took out a document from the drawer, walked to the Jews, and handed it to him. In less than a minute, Nathan's face changed drastically, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
That is recorded in this document, not only is the relationship network diagram of the Rothschild family, but also the secret history of their decades of making a fortune, including since Rothschild started his family business, Amslow (the eldest) assisted his father in Frankfurt, Nathan (the third) in London, James (the fifth) in Paris, Solomon (the second) in Vienna, and Carl (the fourth) in Naples, all kinds of unknown top-secret business information.
One of them actually recorded in detail the conspiracy of Nathan and James brothers from the perspective of participants, using the excuse of transferring gold to the Bank of France, and using deception to deceive the French Chancellor of the Exchequer. With the help of the secret transportation channel of the Rothschild family, he successfully paid millions of pounds of military pay to the British Expeditionary Force commanded by Wellington.
It is not difficult to imagine that once this document falls into the Palace of Duille in Paris, the furious Emperor Napoleon will definitely use force to forcibly eradicate all the forces of the Rothschild family on the European continent. This is something that no one or any force can resist. At the same time, those European monarchs who were "opunished" by the Rothschild family under unreasonable trading conditions, financial and trade colleagues from all over the country will not only refuse to save them, but will also take advantage of the situation, even the powerful British side cannot protect them.
As a wise and determined Jewish businessman, Nathan understood the difficult choice he had to make. He decided to change his course and immediately lowered his head, apologized to the Regent for his previous rude behavior, and on behalf of the family, he gave up control of the cotton fields in Egypt and Greece, in order to obtain the assurance that Desay would not report to Paris or disclose the contents of the document.
Desai, who wanted to win and pursue the defeated enemy, was obviously not ready to stop when he was ready. In addition to entering the bond market and gaining control of the cotton fields, he also asked the Rothschild family not to participate in or penetrate the financial system of the Catalonian-Aragorn Kingdom in any form, and allowed the Mediterranean banks to acquire or participate in Jewish banks in various cities in Poland.
After the above-mentioned exploitation, the monarchs of the two countries were still frustrated by the Jewish bankers who were even somewhat lost in their expressions and even lost their souls to throw out an olive branch as an additional gift. Desai vowed to make a promise that he would persuade or ban the anti-Semitism forces in the Kingdom of Cathay and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, eliminate various anti-Semitism, and encourage Jews from European countries to come to Poland to live and develop, and participate in all walks of life. After Desai returned to Warsaw and became the monarch of the Kingdom of Poland, he would also sign a decree that recognized the Jews as legal citizens of Poland and enjoy various civil rights.
Based on this commitment, Desai considers the differentiation of barren Poland and the rich Catalonia. The former requires not only population, capital and technology, but also an active business environment. The Jews are good at this trip. Although in Pan-Poland (including Polish territory occupied by Russia and Prussia), many people still dislike the Jewish nation's conservatism and stubbornness of refusing to integrate with other groups, and have strong political prejudice. However, Poland's long-term national and religious tolerance policy also prevents the lower house of parliament from the formulation and implementation of Jewish laws.
After hearing this, Nathan, who had been suffering and hit, finally recovered from his mental state. Although he may not believe in Desai's promise, at least he can make some explanation to his family and to the Jewish Freemason. What's more, as long as he successfully manipulates the huge national debt volume issued by the Kingdom of Catalonia and Aragon in the City of London, it can also substantially affect the country's economic structure. The most important thing is to determine the currency exchange rate of the new Rial.
After a series of political and economic transactions were reached, Nathan immediately stood up and said goodbye. He needed to rush to Frankfurt to report the content of his meeting with Desay with his father, especially to thoroughly investigate the business intelligence leak within the family.
Desai had just sent off the Jewish banker, and a side of the study was opened. The former full-time intelligence officer of the Polish crown prince, Captain Adam Koror, who had been far away in Poland, walked out of it. He asked strangely: "Your Highness, do you believe this Jew?"
The future monarch shook his head and then smiled: "Of course I don't believe it, but I hope the Rothschild family can make a wise choice. Besides, I also gave them a handle. Nathan Rothschild, who is proud of his ability to manipulate all financial activities, believes that mastering the 10 million pound national debt volume can be used as the best bargaining chip to hold me hostage."
Chapter completed!