King's Landing in France

Chapter 307 Misjudgment
Ballas immediately showed an expression of "Fuck, someone can talk about being rich in their own pockets so grandiosely".

Even An Ning, who was not good at observing words and expressions, and who played super badly in office fights, could clearly interpret the meaning of this expression.

He couldn't help reaching out to the bell on the table again.

One thing about being a dictator is the same as being a magnetic field maniac: you can bomb and kill anyone who doesn't like it.

But before An Ning rang the bell, Barras controlled his expression and began to fart: "What a vision! I would like to contribute to your vision! I heard that your company in South France has started Shareholding, like the East India Company?"

Although the current scene is that I am confronting the BOSS at the current stage, I can't help but start to explain this when mentioning An Ning: "Yes, the joint-stock system, and futures, these are new things, and he operates very well in the south. Well, initial results!"

It turns out that in history, the world's first modern futures exchange was listed in the United States in 1848, and a complete futures trading system was not fully formed until 1865 and became a "practice".

But An Ning moved this directly to this era.

After all, global trade has already taken shape in this era, and you can enjoy coffee, tobacco and cocoa shipped from America in France.

Therefore, the objective conditions for futures trading have been formed.

There are also stocks. Although An Ning himself has accumulated a lot of money, compared to the funds needed to complete the industrial revolution in France, this is still a drop in the bucket.

So An Ning wanted to attract the wealth from the new rich who got rich during the Great Revolution to become the driving force of the Industrial Revolution.

This is the most important thing An Ning does outside of fighting, at least he thinks so.

So he has to show off in front of everyone, and then trick this person into buying shares.

Even Barras is no exception.

**
Ballas looked at An Ning happily explaining his idea, showing a thoughtful expression.

As a famous speculator in the era of the Great Revolution, Ballas was keenly aware of the financial effect of what Frost was now explaining.

Yes, Ballas doesn't care about the industrial revolution at all. In his opinion, things like "making machines with machines" are simply fantasy and Frost's fantasy.

After all, it is impossible for those who have not seen the qualitative change in productivity brought about by the industrial revolution to imagine the significance of the industrial revolution.

When Ballas heard about industry, he thought of the Italian glassblowing workshops and the handicraft workshops of the North German states.

The productivity of that thing is just like that. It may make a place rich, but it will not form a crushing advantage over an agricultural country at all.

This is not his fault. In fact, among those who often listen to Frost's conception of the industrial revolution, few can imagine the crushing advantage. This is called "the limitation of historical figures."

Anyway, in Ballas' view, Frost just found a reason to collect money, and he used very clever and bold means to collect money. He even wanted to scrape off vested interests.

Balas, who has vested interests, thought helplessly, what else can I do, I can only be scratched, otherwise my life may be lost.

Barras had noticed that Frost tried several times to ring the bell on the table.

Some people have a bell on their desk and someone will bring him a glass of Coke when it rings, but not everyone has such a kind bell on their desk.

Barras thought about it and decided to bankrupt the disaster.

**
"Great, Lord Frost! This idea is too great!" Ballas started his own rainbow fart.

As an ordinary person, An Ning is quite happy to be blown rainbow farts, even though he knows that there must be no good intentions behind this kind of rainbow farts.

This is like using the hardening skill in a Pokémon duel. This kind of coolness is not controlled by An Ning, right?

An Ning could only stare at Balas vigilantly while having fun, to see what he had to say.

Ballas said: "I would like to join your great idea! I offer five hundred ounces of gold!"

An Ning was shocked, 500 ounces of gold? 14 kg?The standard weight of a gold bar is 100 ounces. How the hell did you take out more than [-] gold bars at once?
This is 1793!Barras, Barras, you are greedy too much, right?Believe it or not, I will set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption and send you to the guillotine?
Seeing the change in An Ning's expression, Barras asked anxiously, "Didn't you reach the lower limit of the shareholding?"

An Ning: "No."

An Ning wanted to see if he could spit out another 500 ounces.

Barras looked embarrassed: "I can't get any more gold..."

At this time, in France, the economy has not recovered from the collapse caused by the excessive issuance of index bonds before, and only gold and silver are the real equivalents for preserving value.

It will be a long time before the stable currency value.

An Ning stared at Ballas for a long time, then shrugged: "Well, five hundred ounces of gold is also acceptable. What I want to explain is that this is your investment in me, and I will give you dividends in proportion in the future. You will make far more money with me than you put in. Believe me, the Industrial Revolution is the way of the future.”

What An Ning is talking about here is the real economic return.

In fact, investing in the industrial revolution at this time is similar to starting to buy bitcoin around 2000.

Although An Ning was uncomfortable with paying dividends to Ballas, she naturally had to be trustworthy in doing business.

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But on Barras' side, the return of understanding is completely different.

He felt that An An's words were "you have my political guarantee", so he was greatly relieved.

If I can get the protection of Frost, no one in Paris can touch me, Paul Barras.

At this moment, Ballas felt that the five hundred ounces of gold were really worth it.

The remaining thing is to publicize this matter. Yes, it is useless for Frost to promise to protect himself. Everyone in Paris needs to know that he is protected by Frost.

The fact of five hundred ounces of gold has publicity value in itself.

Ballas has already begun to figure out how to spread this matter.

Just at this time, Frost said: "Is there anything else you want?"

"No more, I will send the gold to the Royal Palace in a few days..."

"No no, you send to the Industrial Development Bank I set up, then, see you, Mr. Ballas."

"See you later." Balas bowed to An Ning, and then exited the room.

A moment later he was out of the Royal Palace and climbed into the carriage at the door.

Josephine in the car asked, "What's going on?"

"Frost is our backer now," Ballas said with relief, "but the price is a bit high."

(End of this chapter)