European Financial Emperor

053 Advance into North America (1)

The year passed and the year 1824 dawned.

Northern Europe was still cold and barren, and the number of slaves entering the United States continued to grow.

Calls for abolition of slavery and return to Africa were growing inside the United States, but the wealthy peasants and landowners in the South continued to buy slaves.

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Meanwhile, the Dutch royal family continued to raid slave ships coming from Africa, bringing freed slaves to Literkirk.

The size of the East Stella mercenary corps, which initially started with 3,000 men, continued to grow, and in 24 years it was able to equip a whopping 8,000 troops.

They had ES-2s built by the East Stellar Company and were best trained as amphibious, all-weather armies on 30 battleships of 300 men aboard.

His morale was full and he seemed to shake the earth, and his loyalty to Lee Hwan was great.

In February 24, Lee Hwan finally decided to advance into North America and establish a forward base.

A naval force of 3,000 men would depart as an advance, followed by 20,000 migrants.

The immigrants included many of East Stella’s key personnel, including shipbuilders, chemists and construction engineers, as well as families of freed slaves brought from Africa.

When a total of 23,000 advance troops began to build fortresses and cities in North America, they were planning to open a dedicated route between North America and Ritterkirk and steadily influx the population.

Until then, Lee Hwan continued to maintain and measure the battleships and cannons.

Lee Hwan could not slow down the tension even for a moment because he was prepared to wage a battle with the United States as well.

In addition, he had to pay more attention to the composition of the escorts because he was waiting in line with gold for road construction in South America.

By mid-February, Lee Hwan had fired a total of 600 artillery fires, and the money spent on the experiment would have been enough to build a decent ironclad ship.

However, it was important to spend that much money to make a decent cannon.

Since it can completely handle the exhaust gas, the formation of tanme is suppressed as much as possible, and the action of the primer and the charge has been perfected, reducing the misfire by less than half.

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Moreover, most importantly, the introduction of Morse code made shooting more precise and quicker.

Early in the morning, Lee Hwan received a report from Joshua.

“The research you instructed is now complete. There seems to be no problem if we go out right now.”

“Very good.”

“Especially with the launch of Telegram, I think it will have a big impact on the future technology development.”

“Are there railroads and roads all over the Netherlands right now?”

“Yes, it is. The railroad will probably be completed in three or four years.”

“Put utility poles on railroads and roads and introduce telegraphy. Now, instead of writing letters and delivering them by hand, we will set up an exchange where there are railroads and roads and deliver the letters by telegraph.”

“iced coffee!”

“Let’s build it in the Netherlands first and then export it all over Europe.”

It was a coincidence that Lee Hwan came to the Netherlands, but it was truly a godsend to settle down here.

Still, it was clear that the Netherlands was a land of merchants and one of the wealthiest countries in Europe.

Although I don’t know what it would be like militarily, there were a lot of wealthy merchants in the Netherlands, and a lot of gentry people actively investing in new businesses.

Therefore, when developing any new technology, everyone rushed to it, so even when laying railroads or roads, getting development funds was just a breeze.

Perhaps, if you put up a telephone pole on the road and railroad and send a telegram, there would be a lot of uproar in all directions.

It was about time to prepare the car to go to North America for a while.

The Morgan family, who had gone to England, France, and the Netherlands to set up a bank, returned.

They posted a thick report to Lee Hwan.

“I’m glad we got there just before we left for North America. I have some very good news from England.”

JH Morgan proudly boasted to Lee Hwan of his achievements.

Lee Hwan, who received the report, also burst into laughter.

The Morgans set up bond companies in England, France and the Netherlands to make a profit by buying and selling bonds from the three countries.

In addition, he was working with a partner he met in the UK to buy bad debts on the London Stock Exchange, or even buy bonds from overseas linked by investing in London at very low prices.

In less than a year, East Stellar Finance had become one of London’s most influential financial companies.

Of course, it was only natural that insurance companies and reinsurance companies were established to create welfare for mercenaries and profits for the company.

“That’s great. You can do so much in such a short period of time.”

“I learned a lot from my boss.”

“Haha, is that so?”

John has now become a rather picky banker who has absolute trust in Lee Hwan.

When he heard the news that Lee Hwan was going to North America, he ran to one month later, and eventually received Lee Hwan’s approval.

John, who showed off his achievements to the fullest, made a request to Lee Hwan.

“Boss, that’s what I mean. Please take me.”

“Where do you mean? North America?”

“Yes, North America.”

“It is a barren place. It’s not going to be an easy life, are you willing to put yourself through hardship?”

“They say America is the land of opportunity. I thought that I could fill my shortfall a little faster there.”

To John, who now wants to get some rest, Lee Hwan smiled and expressed his positivity.

“okay. Then do it.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

“The desire to become a better person is all the same.”

The world is wide and there are many people, but among them, there were not many people that Lee Hwan could trust and write with peace of mind.

Perhaps John wanted to be one of those few.

***

That night, an unexpected visitor came to Literkirk.

Lee Hwan, who always does strength training after dinner, was in full swing at this time as well.

“Eleven, twelve… … !”

The fitness equipment made by the engineers of East Stella is an irreplaceable treasure for Lee Hwan, who was a ‘Hell Chang’ in his previous life.

Today, I was concentrating on the shoulder press with the determination to completely destroy the shoulder muscles.

It felt like he was popular.

smart.

“Boss, are you exercising?”

The person who came was accompanied by Joshua.

Lee Hwan roughly wiped his body with a towel and opened the door to his own gym.

When the door of the gym of about 20 pyeong was opened, a slightly cold outside wind blew past Lee Hwan’s bare body.

But he didn’t really care because he was in the middle of a fever now.

“What’s going on?”

Joshua exclaimed for a moment at Lee Hwan’s very angry body.

“Ugh! Also. Your muscles are fantastic.”

“thanks.”

“Ah, that doesn’t matter now.”

Joshua whispered to Lee Hwan that someone from the Golden Child family had come to him.

Hearing that, Lee Hwan tilted his head.

“Why me this night… … .”

“First, put on some clothes. You can’t greet people in that outfit, right?”

When they sent someone from Goldman, they came as if they were raiding, and this time it was no different.

The only difference was that the woman came from Golden Child.

A woman called a customer shook hands with Lee Hwan, who came out dressed roughly.

“You must be Sir Ritterkirk.”

“Yes, yes.”

“Nice to meet you. My name is Rachel from Switzerland.”

“iced coffee! You were supposed to see the match right away?”

“Yes, that’s right. At that time, due to some family circumstances, I had to postpone the appointment inevitably. I am sorry.”

“It can happen as long as you live. Anyway, let’s go have a cup of tea while the governor is here.”

Lee Hwan led her to the waiting room.

He sat Rachel in a chair and unloaded a fragrant snow tea from the East.

It seemed that the tastes of young women these days, who do not enjoy bitter things, were not taken into account at all, but there was nothing they could do.

This was because Lee Hwan did not enjoy sugar, so there were no conditions to prepare sweet tea here.

But she also had a deep knowledge of the construction car.

“It was harvested at the right time and roasted without being excessive. It smells great.”

“Do you know anything about green tea?”

“Oriental tea leaves are especially prized in Europe. Drinking it will calm your mind. I was born into a business family, so I have that level of knowledge.”

“okay.”

If an announcer had a conversation with a person in the tone of the news, I thought it would be just like this.

She made me feel as if I was looking at the representation of a woman from an aristocratic family, who was a bit stiff and dignified.

‘One not bad hardness.’

Elizabeth was beautiful enough, but Rachel felt like a calm and beautiful flower.

It’s like a soft goddess descending.

“Are you going to North America?”

“Yes, it is.”

“How long are you planning to take?”

“There are no promises yet. I don’t think I’ll be able to feel relieved until I take a seat and appoint a suitable person in charge.”

“It’s going to be a pretty long journey.”

“Well, that’s it.”

“Then, before you leave, wouldn’t it be right for you to do something productive, such as getting married or engaged, for the future?”

“… … Is it productive?”

“Originally, human beings are supposed to leave offspring, but they will be treated later. Besides, having a hostess to protect the empty family will make the group strong.”

Rachel was quite straight-forward.

Lee Hwan felt a bit strange when she, who seemed to be in trouble, spoke out about marriage so directly to herself.

‘Business between people, do you think of it as marriage? Even the composition of the family?’

Elizabeth said that she was anxious to have a person called Lee Hwan itself, but these two were treating Yi Hwan in such a way that they liked each other well.

I wondered how the two women’s styles could be so drastically different.

A marriage in which almost all human emotions were excluded, maybe it would be a better choice for Lee Hwan.

However, the marriage could not be confirmed yet.

“How about first building trust through mutual alliances?”

“We’re taking care of all of Europe’s finances on credit. One credit can be trusted.”

“No, human trust.”

“About me, for example?”

“okay. Marriage is a family thing, but in the end, isn’t it just the two of you who are bound by marriage?”

Rachel nodded her head.

“It is. Come to think of it, you are right.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

“Then I will try my best to build mutual trust. Today’s conversation was fun.”

She stood up as if she had no more regrets.

‘This does not think of people as horses on the chess board, but rather as a thorough business relationship.’