Chapter 174: Rescue the Bankrupt Crown Prince
Sizzling steak, Qiao Si took out the treasured red wine, there is no pasteurization and pasteurization method now, and the wine made can easily become grape vinegar, so the high-grade red wine can only be drunk by the big nobles.
"Steak! French fries! Explosive fishing! These three are so perfect that I will never eat those stewed meats like dog food in the future! Qiao Si was wearing a bullfighting suit and said in a somewhat smoky tone.
Ye Kai said that it was a prince's dress, but in fact it was just a bullfighting suit, because Ruan Fuying, the king, only claimed to be a self-proclaimed, how could he make the prince's costume of the Ming Dynasty!
However, it was expected that Qiao Si didn't understand, so Ye Kai said that the bullfighting suit was a prince's dress, anyway, it was all an embroidered dragon, and Ye Kai couldn't figure it out himself, let alone other Europeans.
However, Qiao Si, who was wearing a bullfighting suit, really looked like that, and the slightly wide bullfighting suit perfectly covered his big belly.
As for Fitzherbert, who was wearing a first-class command suit, Ye Kai found that this woman looked like a cabbage in a European-style long skirt, but as soon as she put on a Chinese-style command suit, she was quite attractive, and she revealed a kind of wealth and nobility in her roundness and elegance.
Mrs. Polyna blinked her eyes twice, looking very envious, as for why Ye Kai took her, it was because Ye Kai found that this woman was very good in all aspects except for being a little brainless, especially at banquets and other similar occasions, she was very good at adjusting the atmosphere, and she was a good courtesan!
And she has a good talent for clothing, Anna has studied for many months and can't even recognize all Chinese clothes, this woman is in contact with a few times, she can skillfully wear Chinese commands with complex styles and many rules, today Maria. Fitzherbert's dress was what she helped put on.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, George IV has already drunk a little too much, probably knowing that he is about to be kicked out of Carlton Mansion recently, Qiao Si Fat Man seems a little out of shape, and keeps pulling Ye Kai to pour out the pain in his heart, such as how much he has been blinded by his father George III since he was a child, and what he is not as important as a little thumb in the eyes of his sisters, etc.
Ye Kai wanted to laugh a little when he heard it, isn't it popular for your Hanover Dynasty to be incompatible with father and son, especially between the king and the crown prince.
Besides, George III is a well-known daughter, and your father must not be as good as your sisters' little fingers.
After chatting, the two talked about money, and George IV sighed, "My father, who can be called the most sinister king in Europe at present, just yesterday, he did not hesitate to refuse my request to increase the annuity a little.
I don't understand, the parliament will give me 60,000 pounds a year, and what can a father do if he increases the annuity he gives me by 20,000 pounds to 70,000 pounds? He doesn't spend so much money himself, and he doesn't let me spend it! ”
The depressed George IV became more and more angry, originally thinking that as long as his father George III could give him an annuity of 20,000 pounds a year, he could save some money to pay off his debts, or at least pay the annual interest.
Why would anyone dare to come to his house because this guy doesn't pay any interest!
If he had been willing to pay the interest, his creditors would not have dared to come and collect the Calton House, so that he would have saved some face and would not have to go to Mary. Fitzherbert's apartment went to live.
"If His Royal Highness has any difficulties, I still have 30,000 lifolks, you can use them to save the emergency!"
Ye Kai took a sip of wine and said, 30,000 livres is almost 17,000 taels of silver, which is about 1,500 pounds.
"No need! You don't know my financial situation at all! George IV stretched out his hand and shook his thick fingers.
Fifteen hundred pounds is a lot of wealth for ordinary people and even ordinary nobles and officials, but for Qiao Si, who can spend an average of more than 300,000 pounds a year and has a debt of up to 150,000 pounds, it can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.
But Mary. Fitzherbert's eyes lit up, Qiao Si didn't need it, it didn't mean she didn't need it, she didn't have any savings, and the first two marriages didn't bring her much wealth, and now he still has two children and several younger siblings to support, and soon add Qiao Si, who is in debt, the economic tension can be imagined, and 1,500 pounds is still very valuable to her.
Of course, Ye Kai noticed Maria. Fitzherbert's gaze, he glanced at Mrs. Polina, who took out a check with gold trim from the lady's purse.
"Here is a cheque from the Bank of Bahrain for fifteen hundred pounds, although it is not a lot of money, but a friend's heart, it should be my blessing for your wedding to you and Mary, a belated blessing!"
Ye Kai pondered the sentence, trying not to stimulate Qiao Si's heart, which had become a little fragile.
Maria. Fitzherbert hesitated twice, but still gently pinched the check into his hand, and Qiao Si also sat up and looked at Ye Kai.
"Alright! My friend, I took it, but unfortunately I am not the king of Britain yet, and I have no power, otherwise, I can directly order the navy to send you a third-class battleship!
Actually, this is nothing at all, those old guys in the Admiralty and the Cabinet are too old-fashioned, we have dozens of third-class warships, what does it matter if one or two are missing? ”
Ye Kai shook his head quickly, "Don't talk about these my friends, it's enough to have your words, this is enough to prove the friendship between us, two fourth-level battleships are fourth-level battleships, you are right in Portsmouth, two fourth-level battleships are enough in the East." ”
After another glass of wine with Qiao Si, Ye Kai gently wiped the wine on the side of his mouth with a white hand towel and continued, "But my friend, you already owe such a big debt, and they are still increasing.
If this continues to accumulate, even if you become the king of Britain in the future, it is estimated that it will be difficult to pay off.
I'm afraid that the last penny in your pocket will be earned by your creditor! And a noble crown prince of Hanover, can't live in an apartment all the time? ”
Qiao Si hissed with a headache, and glanced at Ye Kai with some unhappiness, he felt that this Seris man did not mean to stab him in the wound.
"Yes! You're right! But what should I do? Really, I've started saving, but it's not enough! ”
Do you save? You save a hair! Ye Kai complained in his heart, this guy spends as much as 34,500 pounds a year on horses, stables and grooms, which he is also aiming at?
"Actually, Frederick, my friend, I have a solution, but I'm afraid the two of us can't handle it!" Ye Kai pretended to think for a while and said.
Well? George IV looked drunk, his eyes were hazy, but his head was spinning rapidly.
In fact, he has always felt that Ye Kai is always intentionally or unintentionally leading the topic to his debts, although he is a rich second generation, he is not unlearned, but in these aspects, he is more vigilant than ordinary people.
"Tell me, what is it that we can't handle either, isn't it going to rob the vault of the Bank of Bahrain?"
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