Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 455 Conquering the British Empire
Guan Xuqing didn't answer, but picked up the ginseng soup again, and tasted it carefully. After drinking a small bowl of ginseng soup for a long time, he didn't finish it. Edmund's face was a little red. The financial situation in London was changing. Unforeseen consequences will occur every minute. At present, the family has invested a large amount of funds in London. If follow-up funds are not provided in time, this crazy plan is likely to end in a disastrous failure.Thinking of this, he couldn't hold back anymore, "Your Majesty, please make your wise decision. If you agree to provide financial assistance to Rothschild, we are willing to increase the amount of interest to 1%. This is by far the highest loan amount in the world."

Guan Xuqing finally finished drinking the ginseng soup, and said to Edmund who was waiting anxiously: "I have just said that I hope to establish a good cooperative relationship with Rothschild, and Rothschild has already accumulated tens of millions of dollars. With a hundred years of reputation, I can lend you money with utmost confidence, but there is one thing I still don't understand. Your Rothschild family has always been known for your prudent actions. This time you actually want to give London a What is the reason behind this financial turmoil?"

"Your Majesty, I can tell you frankly that the current strength of the Rothschild family is not as great as people imagined. The previous glory of the family has slowly dissipated in my generation." Edmond's expression looked a little painful , He paused and continued: "During the decades in the second half of the 19th century, the British established their hegemony in the world with their strong military and industrial power, and British companies developed rapidly with their tough methods. , During that period of time, they used all means to forcibly expel the family's power in the world, or even strangle it. The financial power of the Rothschild family was reduced to the smallest space by the British. The family's former glory no longer exists. Until the world After the Great War, Britain began to decline, and its economic sphere of influence also shrank sharply. I just want to take this opportunity to take revenge on the British. If this can be done, the whole family will regain their strength. Roth Chai Germany conquers the British Empire for the second time!"

"Second time?" Guan Xuqing was a little confused.

Edmund explained, narrating the proud deeds of his ancestors, with a faint red light on his face.

The first time it was about my ancestor Nathan Rothschild. On June 1815, 6, the Battle of Waterloo in the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium, was not only a life-and-death duel between Napoleon and Wellington, but also a huge gamble for thousands of investors. The winner will get unprecedented wealth. Losers stand to lose a lot.Everyone in the London Stock Exchange was anxiously awaiting the final outcome of the Battle of Waterloo.If the UK loses, the price of gilts will fall into the abyss; if the UK wins, the price of gilts will soar into the sky.

While the two opposing armies were engaged in a desperate battle, Rothschild's spies were also nervously collecting as accurate as possible information about the progress of the battle from within the two armies.A Rothschild express messenger named Rose Woods witnessed the battle and saw that Napoleon's defeat was certain, so he took a boat across the English Channel overnight.Nathan waited on the shore himself, took the letter from Rosewoods, quickly opened the envelope, browsed the headlines of the battle report, and then rode straight to the London Stock Exchange.

When Nathan walked quickly into the stock exchange, the anxious and excited crowd who were waiting for the battle report immediately fell silent, and all eyes were fixed on Nathan's expressionless and unpredictable face.Everyone pinned their wealth, honor and disgrace on Nathan's eyes.Nathan deliberately gave a deep wink to the traders of the Rothschild family around him, and everyone immediately rushed to the trading desk without saying a word, and began to sell British government bonds.Then bond prices began to slide, and then a larger wave of selling orders became more violent, and bond prices began to collapse.Nathan remained expressionless leaning on his throne.Someone in the trading hall finally screamed: "Rothschild knows!" "Wellington is defeated!"

Everyone immediately felt like being electrocuted, and the sell-off finally turned into panic.After several hours of wild selling, British government bonds have become a pile of garbage, with 5% of face value left.

At this time, Nathan was still watching all this indifferently, just like at the beginning.There was a slight flicker in his eyes that would never have been read without long training, but this time the signal was quite different.Immediately his signalmen began plunging to their respective desks and began buying every British gilt in sight.

At 6 o'clock in the evening on June 21, Henry Pere, Lord Wellington's messenger, finally arrived in London. The news was that Napoleon's army was completely defeated after 11 hours of bitter fighting, losing a third of his soldiers, and France was over!

This news was actually a whole day later than Nathan's information!On this day, Nathan made 20 times the money, more than the sum of the wealth Napoleon and Wellington gained in decades of war!

The Battle of Waterloo made Nathan the largest creditor of the United Kingdom in one fell swoop, thus leading the future issuance of public debt in the United Kingdom, and the Bank of England was controlled by Nathan.

Afterwards, Nathan made no secret of his pride in conquering the British Empire: "I don't care what kind of England puppet is put on the throne to rule this vast empire on which the sun never sets. Whoever controls the money supply of the British Empire controls the money supply." The British Empire, and that man is me!"

After Edmond finished his narration, he begged Guan Xuqing: "Your Majesty, as long as you can provide this help, the Rothschild family will be at your disposal."

Guan Xuqing's heart moved, this is what he wanted, so he said: "You know, this plan is too crazy, most people will never agree to your request."

Edmund finally showed a sad look, but Guan Xuqing immediately said: "But I just like to meet challenges, and now I can tell you clearly that the empire can provide you with financial support, and the interest amount will be based on the hundred you said. 15/[-], I don’t know how much you need?”

Edmund couldn't believe his ears at first, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Great Emperor. According to our initial estimates, to start this storm, at least one more need is needed" Edmund turned around and his assistant After muttering in a low voice, he said, "At least 8 million pounds are needed." Edmund said timidly, he was really afraid that the Emperor of China would reject him on the spot because of such a huge number.

Unexpectedly, Guan Xuqing looked up and laughed loudly: "Okay, but I think 8 million pounds may not be enough, I will provide you with 10 billion pounds!"

"What? Is this true?" Edmund looked at the young Chinese emperor in disbelief. 8 million pounds is not a small amount for any country. If you want to use this money to build warships, If it is early artillery, you may be very happy, but to hand over such a large amount of money to a businessman who met for the first time, I believe that no other country in this world except China is willing to do so.What is even more surprising is that the Emperor of China even promised an increase of [-] million pounds. From this moment on, Edmund regarded the Emperor of China as his friend in his heart.

"That's how the money is settled, but I still have a small request." Guan Xuqing changed the subject, he felt that it was time for him to make a condition.

Edmond, who has been in the mall for a long time, naturally understands the rules of the game in business. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and everything in this world is conditional. "Please tell me, Your Majesty, as long as I can do it, I will definitely do my best."

"Hehe, I believe you can do it. This request is actually very simple. I hope that the Rothschild family can move their headquarters to China. You have seen the development of China. The investment environment and other aspects here are better than that of China. Frankfurt is much better."

Edmond was stunned for a moment, and he immediately guessed the meaning of the Chinese emperor's words. To ask the Rothschild family to move their headquarters to China is undoubtedly to make the family politically subordinate to China, but this question Edmond immediately figured it out, France is now in decline, the financial and investment environment there is declining, and China is becoming a paradise for investors from all over the world. Being able to develop here, Rothschild will definitely be rejuvenated.So he smiled and said to Guan Xuqing: "It will be an honor for our entire Rothschild family to be able to move our headquarters to China."

"Haha, good deal!" Guan Xu said brightly.

After Rothschild and his party left, Sheng Xuanhuai urgently said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I think that what happened just now is inappropriate!"

Guan Xuqing frowned, and said, "What's wrong?"

"The emperor gave them 10 billion pounds with a single mouth. 10 billion is not a small amount. We only earned tens of millions of pounds from Wall Street. If we hand over such a large amount of money to them, it will be easy to handle. Once They failed to speculate, who else will take our money. So please think deeply, "Sheng Xuanhuai just thought it was inappropriate, but it was difficult to say anything in front of the guests.

"Xingsun, the bolder you are as an official, the smaller you are. Do you think I will easily throw our 10 billion pounds to them? I have considered this matter in advance. The strength of the Rothschild family You also know that their industries are spread all over the world. As long as I take this golden signboard into the pocket of the empire, it will be more than a mere 10 billion pounds in the future. The sycamore tree left behind is not afraid that it will not attract the golden phoenix, let alone me I have already thought about it, and Rothschild will definitely succeed in this shot."

"Oh? Why is that?"

Guan Xuqing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "Compared to the United States, although London is known as the world's financial center, its financial system is not very complete. Besides, the United Kingdom is currently busy with domestic construction, and the financial market is loosely controlled. Rothschild's gesture this time is sure to win, and with their strong strength, they will definitely succeed immediately!"

Sheng Xuanhuai deliberated carefully, and felt that what the emperor said was indeed reasonable, but he always felt uneasy in his heart, and wanted to say something, when suddenly the emperor's face darkened, and he was so frightened that he swallowed the second half of the sentence.

"Just do as I said, 10 billion pounds, it can only be more or less. What I want is that the Rothschild family finally come to China."

(End of this chapter)