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Chapter 628 Have some fun
Every autumn in the Kingdom of Anglia is gloomy, with occasional rains, making people feel unhappy.

In the royal palace of the royal capital of Londinium, Prince Charles and the Minister of Finance, Count Duval, saw off the staff of the Royal Bank and Wesson Bank and began to drink tea leisurely.

Charlie picked up a gold-printed bill of exchange from the head office of Wesson Bank on the table and shook his head, saying, "Just a few minutes ago, it was worth 100,000 pounds!"

The gold coins of the Kingdom of Anglia were larger than those of the Confederation of the Rhine. One pound contained twice as much gold as the florin, and one hundred thousand pounds was equal to two hundred thousand florins.

The money is part of this year's Wesson Friendship Bond.

In the Kingdom of Anglia, the Anglian branch of the Wessenbank deposited the money in the Royal Bank and used it as collateral to issue friendship bonds. The Anglian royal family purchased all the bonds and sold them on the spot to merchants who were about to go to Wessenburg to attend the World Expo.

After receiving the money from the royal family to buy bonds, the Anglo-Saxon Bank branch loaned it to the Anglo-Saxon Chamber of Commerce, which then organized the purchase of raw materials.

The purchases by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce are a feast for local chambers of commerce, large and small, and countless exporters and transporters are already gearing up for it.

The Dawn Chamber of Commerce pays the Chamber of Commerce with bills of exchange from Wesson Bank, which can be exchanged for gold coins at Wesson Bank or cooperative banks in the city of Londinium and other major cities in the Kingdom of Anglan.

In this series of operations, only bills of exchange were traded, while the gold lay in the vaults of various banks, changing owners constantly without moving an inch.

There are two types of bills of exchange. One is a named bill of exchange that specifies the exchange location and exchanger, and has a higher fee. The other is an unnamed bill of exchange that can be exchanged at any Wesson Bank or cooperative bank, and has a lower fee.

Recently, merchants in the Kingdom of Anglia have promoted a bill that allows the bills of exchange of several large banks, including Wesson's, to be used as currency.

Count Duval took a sip of tea and said, "Your Highness, this bill of exchange is a bearer bill."

"What?!" Charlie was shocked. "You mean, anyone, even a beggar, can take out 100,000 pounds from the bank with it?!"

Count Duval nodded seriously.

Charles frowned. This matter was discussed by Count Duval in Weissembourg. He always did things properly, so how could he make such a mistake?

Count Duval smiled and said, "Your Highness, if you were a bank employee and a beggar came to withdraw 100,000 pounds, what would you do?"

Charlie immediately said: “I’ll call the guards right away…Hahahaha, I know what you mean.”

Such a large amount of money is not something that ordinary people can handle. Even if someone steals or robs it, they will be caught as soon as the bill of exchange appears.

If the bill of exchange is damaged, just send a telegram to report the loss.

In this way, if the bill of exchange is made bearer, you don't have to pay more handling fees.

Charles was very pleased with Count Duval's act of saving money for the royal family. Suddenly, he thought of something interesting and said, "If this bill of exchange is given to an honest and clever person, what do you think he will do?"

Count Duval thought for a moment and said, "I think if it were an ordinary person, he would probably be terrified and even throw it away without knowing the value of the item."

"If you know the value of the currency and are brave enough to take it to the bank to exchange it, you will be arrested."

"If he is a smart man, he will go to some remote place and sell it to people who don't know the goods and make a fortune."

"It is also possible that he is a kind person who is not tempted by money and put an advertisement in the newspaper to find the owner."

Charlie looked at the golden bill in front of him and said, "How about we give it to someone before we go to the World's Fair?"

“When we come back next spring, we’ll see what his experience is and what his outcome is.”

Count Duval was speechless and could only say, "Your Highness, you still have a lot of work to do. Put aside the fun for now."

He could see that Charlie was just trying to amuse himself by using this useless, oversized bill.

Maybe he will have forgotten about it when he comes back next year.

But now the King Edward of Anglan was in poor health after being assassinated many years ago. He has been unable to handle state affairs for the past two years, and all government affairs have been handed over to Charles. Charles is quite 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 the preparations for purchasing weapons this year going?"

Count Duval said: "My distant nephew helped contact the Springfield Armory, but still could not purchase standard weapons."

Charlie said regretfully, "I didn't expect that even the Baron of Thermos Cup couldn't do anything about it."

Now everyone wants the standard weapons of the Wesson 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."

Charlie said helplessly: “Let’s go and have a look, it’s better than nothing.”

"We need to speed up the replacement of the longbowmen. The future of the Kingdom of Gaul in the Kingdom of Tarago is now becoming very uncertain."

"Although the Wesson Army killed the king of Madeira, who can guarantee that they will not join the battlefield?"

"There is also the Osmaga Empire. Their new army has performed very well. If Queen Anna is willing to intervene, the situation will change."

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Count Duval nodded and said, "We underestimated the Osmaga Empire before. They still have their strengths. If they show some strength, they can still change the situation."

Charlie put down the bill of exchange and began to think.

Count Duval continued, "Your Highness, you have not yet made it clear which side we are on in the Kingdom of Tarago."

Charlie took a sip of the teacup slowly and said, "We will help whoever is at a disadvantage."

Count Duval asked: "Even the Kingdom of Gaul?"

Charlie nodded and said, "Yes, we still have to help familiar enemies when necessary. If we change to unfamiliar enemies, we will have a headache."

Count Duval thought it made sense.

Charles thought for a moment while holding his teacup, and said, "What do you think about us helping the Piast Kingdom and getting His Majesty Casimir to turn his head back to the west and take revenge on the Rhine Alliance?"

"One hundred thousand men were defeated by eight hundred men. This is such a great humiliation. I think Casimir must be thinking of revenge."

Count Duval thought for a moment and said, "I agree in principle, but the specific plan needs to be discussed with the cabinet ministers."

"We can increase our intelligence gathering efforts and look for a focal point that could provoke an irreconcilable conflict between the Rhine Alliance and the Piast Kingdom."

Charlie nodded, took a sip of tea and said, "Focus on His Majesty Rudolf. Some conspiracies and tricks are useless to Grand Duke Wessen, but it's different for him."

Count Duval thought it made sense. Anyone who could come up with such a bad idea as to grant the city captured by the soldiers on the front line to the queen in the blink of an eye did not seem very smart.

Charlie took another look at the money order on the table, pinched his chin and said, "Well, what do you think if I throw it on the street in a residential area and let someone pick it up?"

Count Duval was speechless at his unconventional thinking and could only say, "If Your Highness is willing, then go ahead and give it a try."

"The most important thing now is to sell the bonds. We don't have much time left."

This year, because the Principality of Wessen suddenly had to send troops to Hanma City, the government had to deal with many things, and Wessen Bank also had some difficulties in cash flow, so the time of the World Expo and the issuance of friendship bonds were later than in previous years.

The journey to the Kingdom of Anglia was long and they needed to hurry, so Charles and Count Duval soon became busy.

(End of this chapter)