Chapter 427: Hugo's Revenge
How can you endure the slap in the face? But Hugo endured it alive.
However, Hugo is not an idle person, as the president of the Bank of France, how could Hugo let Lopunov be so arrogant in front of him?
didn't say anything, after the slap in the face, Hugo immediately formulated a series of strategies against the economy of the Rus' country and began to order people to implement them.
Of course, in Hugo's heart, the most hated thing was not the country of Rus, but England. If it weren't for England, he wouldn't have been played around like a monkey.
Therefore, Hugo's main target is actually England.
Of course, with Hugo's weight, he can't deal with the behemoth of England. But to deal with the Bank of England, Hugo felt that it was more than enough.
After getting the cashier's check from the Bank of England, Hugo did not rush to withdraw the money, but was the first to find the Moses brothers.
That's right, it is the Moses Brothers Bank, which is one of the three giants of European banking along with the Royal Bank of England and the Bank of France.
Over the years, the development of the Moses Brothers Bank has been very good, except for the last time it was used by the Rus' State to fill the hole.
Finding Brother Moses, Hugo said straight to the point: "I know your situation, and your brother knows my situation." On a condition, how can you deal with the Royal Bank of England with me? ”
Moses, the eldest of the Moses brothers, smiled bitterly and said, "We really can't afford to provoke the Royal Bank of England, so you might as well find other banks to help!" ”
This is not a prevarication on the part of the Moses brothers, in fact it has long been said that the Moses Brothers' Bank, although it is rich, is not inferior in terms of funds to either the Royal Bank of England or the Bank of France. But as Jews, the two brothers and their bank were like a piece of fat meat in the eyes of the great powers, and everyone went up to bite it.
Therefore, for the Royal Bank of England, the central bank of England, the Moses brothers naturally did not dare to provoke.
Hugo was also clear about this. So Hugo directly stated his conditions: "In this case, I can make a proposal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Parliament, that if you are willing to do me this favor, in the days to come, you Jews will be equal to your own nationals in France and in any country that is shrouded in the sphere of French influence." ”
For such a big piece of pie thrown by Hugo, the Hugo brothers actually didn't dare to try it.
But if the Hugo brothers continue to be the first to end of the rat, I am afraid that they will not be able to continue to gain a foothold on the European continent in the future.
In Europe, the key is in Western Europe, where the economy is most developed, and France's influence is incomparable to that of any country.
In the ununified regions of Germany and Italy, and even in the Austrian Empire, the fourth largest power on the continent, France's political and economic influence was unmatched by any other country.
Once the behemoth of France is really offended, it means that the Moses Brothers Bank will not be able to gain a foothold in Western Europe at all in the future.
Therefore, for the sake of their own brothers, and for the benefit of the entire Jewish nation, the Moses brothers had to bite the bullet and agree.
Although he knew that Hugo's promise was mostly a blank check.
At Hugo's behest, the Moses brothers went to the Royal Bank of England three days later to withdraw half a million gold francs in cash.
It's just 500,000 gold francs, and with the wealth of the Royal Bank of England, it naturally won't be in your eyes.
But it's not just in a bank. In fact, in dozens of branches of the Royal Bank of England in Europe, the Moses brothers withdrew no less than five million gold francs in cash.
The Moses brothers even went to England in person, where they withdrew no less than three million gold francs in cash.
Because communications were not so developed in this era, the head office of the Royal Bank of England was not aware of the situation in various places.
In other words, at the behest of Hugo, the Moses brothers gave the Royal Bank of England a time gap.
By the time the Royal Bank of England reflected, it was too late.
More than eight million gold francs in cash had already been withdrawn by the Moses brothers.
At this moment, Winston, the governor of the Royal Bank of England, was a little panicked.
You know, in this era, especially in Europe, there was a gold standard. In other words, when European countries print paper money, they print it according to their own gold reserves.
The eight million gold francs that the Moses brothers had withdrawn could actually be exchanged for gold of equal value.
So, needless to say, the Moses brothers began to buy gold in cash all over Europe.
After the Moses brothers had finished their business, Hugo, the president of the Bank of France, took the cheque worth eight million and went to London, the capital of England, to meet Winston, the governor of the Royal Bank of England, and threatened to exchange the same value of gold.
Because of the previous exchange of the Moses brothers, in fact, at this time, the gold reserves of the Royal Bank of England were already somewhat stretched.
But Winston didn't dare to publicize this matter, nor did he dare to publicize it, so he gritted his teeth and exchanged it for gold of the same value to Hugo.
Hugo was naturally satisfied, and when he returned home with the gold, Hugo began to make a big announcement, saying that the warehouses of the Royal Bank of England had been emptied, and more than 50 million gold francs worth of gold had been withdrawn.
In order to show what he was talking about, Hugo made a number of announcements, including the eight million gold francs worth of gold that he had withdrawn, and of course the gold that the Moses brothers had extracted.
Hugo claimed that this was only part of the story, and others, especially depositors at the Royal Bank of England, believed it.
Because with the news of the Royal Bank of England's borrowing from the Ross National University announced, everyone in Europe knows that the Royal Bank of England will definitely be stretched thin for some time to come.
Even the Bank of France's withdrawal of eight million worth of gold from the Royal Bank of England was not surprising to them.
What they didn't expect, however, was that someone else had withdrawn eight million worth of gold from the Royal Bank of England.
And that's just part of the news that's been announced, and in the eyes of those depositors, the Royal Bank of England has spent more than the 50 million gold francs Hugo had said.
So, inevitably, in order to prevent their savings from being lost, depositors across Europe began to go to the Royal Bank of England to exchange cash......