"Everyone, how can I say the purpose of my invitation to come..." King Charlie faced a group of merchants and officers from the East, but it was a little difficult to say.

A dignified king faces bankruptcy and has to borrow money from foreign merchants. This is really a loss of authority as a king of a country.

"His Majesty the King, please speak out if you have any questions. Our two countries have signed a trade treaty and are half an ally. We have always been your most reliable friend of the King." said a director of the Western Company.

Since Li Jinde, the executive director of the Western company, left, a businessman from Guangdong, Huang Xiushan, has replaced Li Jinde as the new person in charge. Currently, Western companies have several factories, more than a dozen business shops in London, and some have teahouses in other counties, which have already owned many industries here.

At least during the reign of Charles I, Western companies were unable to directly control raw materials, but other commercial activities were able to follow their own ideas. They could obtain land as long as they had money, and they could also buy the coal and other raw materials they wanted from cities such as Newcastle.

This time, the Western company that made a lot of money seemed to be targeted by Charles I.

"Then I'll just say it. The formation of the Royal Navy and the preparation for the war have spent almost all the royal family's savings, including the spoils obtained from the Mediterranean. Now the Scottish vows are asking for compensation for the war, and the royal family is overwhelmed. If the remaining savings are compensated to the Scots, the royal family will go bankrupt directly. I have tried to find the big merchants in London to borrow money, but they are not willing to borrow money to the royal family again. I really have no choice but to bother you." Charles I was embarrassed, but he had no money and had to ask for help from this group of foreign merchants.

Huang Xiushan looked at Sun Chuanting, who was also in the room. There are now four groups that can provide large sums of funds in London in a short time, one is the parliament, one is the merchant group of London in London, one is the Western company, and the other is the Fourth Fleet that has obtained a large amount of trophy.

The parliament was the last object Charles I wanted to contact, and the merchant group in the City of London borrowed a lot of money from the royal family, and the king always tried to delinquently owed their loans, because the defeated royal family was in danger of bankruptcy and had a very low credit. In addition, there were opposition members putting pressure on the merchants in the City of London, so the merchant group in the City of London did not want to continue to lend money to Charles.

However, Western companies have their own difficulties in their funds.

Huang Xiushan said: "According to the requirements of the major shareholders of the government, our Western companies purchase raw materials, organize production, purchase goods and return to the local area, maintain merchant ships, and purchase new factories are all expensive expenses. I am afraid there is not much free money. The most important thing is that I don't know how much money His Majesty wants to borrow?"

Charlie's eyes lit up when he heard Huang Xiushan, the executive director of the Western company, agreed to borrow money in his tone. Although Western companies need a lot of funds to maintain operation, it seems that they still have spare money?

Charlie rubbed his hands: "The Scottish people may speak loudly. I don't have enough money to pay their war reparations. Even if they barely pay, the royal family will go bankrupt. It will probably need to borrow 300,000 pounds... No, it only costs 250,000 pounds!"

"250,000 pounds... This is not a small number," said Huang Xiushan.

"It's true. Even the annual trade volume of Levant and the Ottoman Empire is less than this number. Of course, I know that it is not easy to take out gold and silver worth four ships of the Sea Kings at once. But please understand my difficulties. Maybe I can give you the price you want. For example, I can reduce your tariffs and repay your loans year by year in the future." Charles I asked.

Huang Xiushan was silent for a while, 250,000 pounds, which is undoubtedly a wealth that even a country feels great.

If you use £250,000 to build a ship, you can produce four luxuriously decorated battleships of the Sea Monarch.

Of course, the total assets of Western companies are 250,000 pounds, but the current amount is far less than that.

"His Majesty the King, please give us a few days to consider. We want to evaluate the risks and benefits of this loan." Huang Xiushan said.

"No problem, if the price you raised is within a reasonable range, I can meet your requirements." Charles I said.

Huang Xiushan led several directors out of Charles I's palace and was still discussing whether to borrow money from Charles I.

"In fact, our free funds are less than 30,000 pounds. Unless we take out the operating funds, we can raise more loans. However, in that case, our daily funds may be insufficient and the capital chain may be broken at any time."

"But the king took the initiative to borrow money from us, which is a good opportunity for our Western companies to expand. If we can take this opportunity to ask the king for more privileges, we can even dig important minerals such as coal, tin, and iron in Britain. Coal and iron are very important resources for us, and the same is true for them. According to the trade treaty we signed with Charles I, we do not have the power to open mining farms. Almost all coal and iron ore must be purchased from British merchants. If Charles I falls, the parliament may threaten us by restricting the provision of raw materials to us."

"But where did we raise the £250,000 that Charles I needed?"

Huang Xiushan walked towards Sun Chuanting and said to him: "Sir, did the Fourth Fleet obtain a large amount of spoils from the Mediterranean? It is useless to keep the Fourth Fleet for the time being. It is better to lend it to us Western companies at a low interest rate, and then our Western company will lend it to King Charlie and ask King Charlie for more trade privileges. At that time, these trade privileges will be repaid to the Fourth Fleet after they generate profits."

"Your plan is pretty good." Sun Chuanting was surprised when he heard Huang Xiushan's thoughts.

The Fourth Fleet obtained more than 3 million taels of silver gold, silver treasures and goods from the Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean, Egyptian province, and Livante area. It should not be difficult to take out 250,000 pounds.

"If you want to mobilize this amount of funds to lend to Charles I, I don't know who should ask for instructions? Does the Fourth Fleet have the right to use this amount of funds?" Huang Xiushan asked.

"The Fourth Fleet seems to have transported one of the spoils back to the country, and some of the goods obtained were handed over to your Western companies for sale. The money obtained from the sale of this part of the goods should not be shipped back to the local area. You can go to the Fourth Fleet people, who should have the right to decide the purpose of the money, and the money is under the account of your Western companies, so it must be easier to use."
Chapter completed!