Two days later, the banker Nathan Rothschild received an invitation from the famous banker Mr. Beauwon, director and chief administrative officer of the Bank of Rome. The invitation invited him to a reception to be held two days later at the manor house of Mr. Beauwon's house.

The Bank of Rome was actually a banking union, made up of six French banks, which held shares with each other, forming a whole and in fact functioning as a central bank. The French government's franc banknotes are issued through the Bank of Rome.

It was almost Nathan Rothschild's dream. In fact, through years of cooperation with Austria, he is almost realizing this dream in Austria. But the heart of the world is, after all, New Rome. This is where the most money can be made. In fact, the hot money of various countries will basically come to France to look for investment or speculation opportunities. And in France, you can't do these things without dealing with the Bank of Rome.

Nathan Rothschild naturally had a lot of dealings with the Bank of Rome. At one point, he even hoped that he would be able to get his bank into the Bank of Rome in a different skin. Of course, this goal was not achieved, and the French still had some rejection of French capital. But Rothschild and Roma also often work together.

Nathan Rothschild will certainly not refuse Mr. Beauwon's invitation. Banque de Beauvan is one of the six members of the Bank of Rome, and although it is not the largest and most well-capitalized, Monsieur de Beauvan is considered to be the best banker in France. Now, Mr. Beauvan is the direct manager of the Bank of Rome, and he is able to attend the reception at his house, which is already a sign of status and status for many bankers.

Nathan Rothschild adjusted his schedule so that he could attend Mr. Beauwon's cocktail party on time.

Mr. Beauvan had a not-so-small estate in New Rome, where land was at a premium. Of course, this estate was much smaller than his estates in Bordeaux, but in New Rome there were probably only a few people whose estates were larger than those of Monsieur de Beauvan.

Although Mr. Beauwon's estate is not the largest, his estate is definitely the most luxurious. And unlike before, in the past, Mr. Bewwon's dwelling was very luxurious, and it was full of gold, as if he wished to use gold cloth like the Indians. (One of the stories of bragging in Buddhist scriptures, saying that Indians can brag, is really traditional.) But now, Mr. Beauwon's estate looks much more modest. But those who really understand, go in and take a look, and immediately know what low-key luxury is.

Nathan Rothschild's two carriages stopped at the entrance to the main building of Beauvang Manor, which was later called Beauvang Palace, and several servants immediately greeted him. In the first carriage was Nathan Rothschild's butler, who presented the invitation to the servants who greeted him, and then the Nathan Rothschilds, who were seated in the second carriage, walked into the building, which was distinctly Roman, surrounded by servants.

As soon as you enter the door, there is a particularly large rotunda, this hall is seven or eight hundred square meters, and the height of the inner space is more than 20 meters, but there is not a single pillar, it is simply a small pantheon. In the center of the hall is a black marble pedestal, more than a meter high, and on top of the pedestal, a white marble statue of Hermes stands partially.

Nathan Rothschild knew that the statue had been bought from the Turks and was said to have been dug out of the dirt by the Greeks while they were plowing the fields. It is said that the ignorant and devout Greek Orthodox Christians of the time recognized it as an ancient pagan idol and prepared to destroy it. But the Turkish lord stopped them - he knew that this thing could be sold for a lot of money. So it's here now.

In addition to this statue, the various paintings that hang here and the sculptures placed elsewhere are also the works of famous artists and are of great value. In terms of value alone, there are some works that are even worth more than this statue of Hermes. It was only because Hermes, as the patron saint of the merchants, was more in line with Mr. Beauwon's mind that he was able to occupy the most central position.

The servant led Nathan Rothschild through the hall to the back garden, where the reception took place.

At this time Mr. Beauwan was talking to a young man, and when he saw Nathan and Rothschild and his wife come in, he only nodded to them from afar, but did not come at once, but continued to talk to the young man.

Nathan Rothschild also took a glass of wine from a waiter's plate, raised it to Mr. Beauwon, and went to talk to the others first.

"Mr. Beauwon, who is that man?" The young man asked.

"Ah, Supervisor Bonaparte, that man is the Jewish banker we have just mentioned. This guy is very cunning, and if you are going to deal with him in the future, Monsieur Bonaparte, you must be careful. ”

This young Bonaparte was Jérôme, the little brother of Joseph and Napoleon.

Jérôme had just finished schooling at this time, and his older brothers had many different plans for his future. At first, Joseph wanted to try it and see if he could get a skill in science. Joseph did not really demand much from him, he did not expect this brother to be at his level in science, he only hoped that Jérôme would be close to Napoleon in this respect. Although this is not enough to become an expert, it is also enough to share the management tasks of some family industries, especially high-tech industries.

However, Jérôme's performance disappointed Joseph. It's not that Jérôme doesn't work hard, and when it comes to studying, he doesn't know how much more serious than Lucien. However, his results are not better than Lucien's, and they are basically a grade. If the paper had been simpler, his score would have been a little better than that of Lucien; If the questions were a little more difficult, his score would definitely not be as good as Lucien's. Of course, both he and Lucien, in Napoleon's view, were all the same: "Scum, all scum!" ”

In other words, compared to the eldest brother and the second brother, Jérôme, who is more obedient, lacks talent in science. So by the time he was in middle school, Joseph gave up on his first training program.

Napoleon then took over the younger brother, and after graduating from the Jérôme secondary school, Napoleon arranged for him to enter the newly built military academy of Saint-Cyr. Jérôme, however, behaved rather out of place, even worse than in the School of King Louis. Although he also tried hard to learn well, he was really not this material. So much so that after seeing his results, Napoleon angrily said: "He has disgraced my face!" Even if you let Polina go, you're better than him! So Napoleon personally ordered Jérôme, who had many red flags, to be expelled from Saint-Cyr. And so Jérôme's student career came to an end.

So, it seems, according to the rules, Jérôme should be handed over to Lucien to be trained. But neither the elder Joseph nor the second Napoleon believed that Jérôme could never be handed over to Lucien. Jérôme was once again sent back to Joseph.

And this time, Joseph gave Jérôme a position as a supervisor in the Bank of Rome, and then asked him to bring his ears and eyes to see and think more at the Bank of Rome. Then I went to Joseph every week to give a debrief. It can be regarded as teaching him to do business. That's when Jérôme came in.

Jérôme does not have any real power in his hands now. But he was surnamed Bonaparte after all, and the brothers of the Bonaparte family were still united in general. So even though he doesn't have much power now, Bowang still tries hard to get on good terms with him. He knew that Joseph had sent Jérôme to train him in his abilities, so he seized the opportunity to cooperate, and from time to time taught him a lot of business tricks.

"Supervisor Bonaparte, let's go over and get to know the Jew. We have a lot of business dealings with him. Mr. Beauwan said to Jérôme.

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