Chapter XIV Favorable Forms
Catherine. Parr's words were not expected by Edward, and they were indeed for the sake of her marriage.
In fact, Edward still cares a little, he is grateful and respectful to Henry VIII, and if he allows his wife to remarry, it will always make Edward feel a little sorry for him.
However, unlike China, Western societies do not have the custom of widowhood, and there is also a craze for widowhood, especially rich widows.
Many people have the idea of having both wealth and wealth, and actively pursue widows with wealth, hoping to get rich overnight.
Like many people in history, they have married rich widows and lived a chic life.
So Thomas. Seymour is still willing to marry Catherine, love is one thing, and I'm afraid that worrying about her property is also an important reason!
Edward thought a lot, but only a split second.
Catherine was looking at Edward nervously, hoping to get his blessing, because her marriage was not favored by people, and many people did not agree with it.
Therefore, Edward's blessing is extremely precious, and it can withstand a lot of pressure for her.
"Yes, Catherine! I will support you and wish you happiness! Edward's words startled Catherine, and then burst into tears.
"Oh! Is this true? Edward, you've got your back! "Yes, Catherine, I have great respect for your right to pursue happiness! I will pray to God for your blessings! ”
"Is this true? Oh God! Edward is so touched by you! Catherine burst into tears of excitement, "Kid, thank you so much for your support, really!" ”
"I think His Majesty will be happy to be above heaven! Edward! Catherine's tone was a little relieved, "And you are his pride, Edward, and you will be a great king!" ”
Edward obviously knew that this was Catherine's compliment, but he was still very happy, and he couldn't help but pluck up confidence and courage for the struggle for power two years later.
"Catherine, may God bless you!" "Edward, you too!" Edward and Queen Catherine, oh! No, it should be that after Mrs. Seymour said goodbye, she took the little maid Lucy to her study.
"Lucy! Let's report on the profit of the tavern this month! "Yes! Your Majesty! "Edward and the little maid started the domineering president mode.
"The four pubs in London contributed £128 this month, Yorkshire in the north contributed £115, Buckinghamshire contributed £43 and Wales £58......" Lucy said a lot of stats in one breath, and Edward listened tirelessly, after all, it was money.
"All in all, the total profit of 100 pubs in England and Wales for the whole of March was £2,458!" Lucy reported a surprisingly large number, but there was no expression on her face, and at first glance it was the result that she had often encountered.
"London profits are up two percent, York is up one percent, Buckinghamshire is up four ......percent," Lucy then reported on the county's profit growth.
"Last month's profit was not bad, the tavern prime minister who had increased his profit increased his salary as usual, and his bonus was deducted from the profit drop." Edward pretended to say something that would determine the distribution of the income of dozens of people.
"Yes! Your Majesty! Lucy lost her usual naughtiness, and her face was serious.
That's right! The tavern was the only direction that Edward had spent five years running.
At first, when Edward first came to England, as a five-year-old prince, especially a depressed and sick little prince, he was not capable of carrying out activities.
By a year later, Edward's health had improved significantly, and he began a long-awaited plan to open a tavern.
Yes! It is to open a tavern, a good way to collect money and gather information at any time.
Some people are about to ask, why do you have to open a tavern? At that time, Edward couldn't make mirrors, and he couldn't make Jenny's loom that was necessary for the traverser, let alone make steel.
To put it bluntly, Edward used to be a little white college student who was not diligent in his limbs and did not distinguish between grains and grains.
He only remembered the distillation techniques he had taught in chemistry class in high school, so winemaking became almost Edward's only option.
The next thing in front of Edward is how to expand profits and increase the industrial chain. At this time, the tavern and the wine seller were united.
So, Edward used his only possession, £50, to make high-grade barley wine and rye wine for the primitive accumulation of capital.
With the hard work of hundreds of serfs, 50 pounds was converted into 500 barrels of high-height barley wine, which was then sold to the rapidly expanding Royal Navy for a whopping two pounds each, resulting in a direct profit of 950 pounds.
What the? For public and private, the whole of England is my family's, and what is private.
In fact, the fifty pounds were only used to buy the distillation machine, and the rest of the barley, manpower, was done in the royal family's serf estate, and the cost was almost nothing.
Next, because the shelf life of Edward's high-grade wine is almost half that of ordinary wine. So the orders came like snowflakes, and Edward bought a few more sets of machines to produce, and made almost 50,000 pounds in the whole six months.
A happy period of expansion ensued, and Edward first taught fifty young serfs to keep accounts, and then bought taverns from all over the place.
Slowly, relying on the high barley wine, the tavern quickly grew like a balloon.
And then there were some local gentlemen and nobles who wanted to contribute to the development of the tavern.
Edward, as they wished, gave up nearly four floors of shares, in exchange for a scene of taverns spread throughout England and Wales.
The distribution of shares not only cleared the way for the tavern to develop, but also made Edward contact with the local gentlemen's group, thus making Edward a lot more clear about the distribution of local power.
And the last one is very important to Edward, when he implements centralized power in the future, the local big power groups will definitely vigorously obstruct it, and the little gentlemen are the objects of Edward's bribery.
Edward would not use force unless absolutely necessary, and only the internal division of the gentry group was the guarantee for the smooth implementation of centralized power.
Of course, the name of the tavern was also acquired by Edward, a very awesome name - the Wonderful Tavern, a name with a hazy beauty.
But the bulk of the income is still high barley wine, no! It was supposed to be a fiery wine, which was named by His Majesty Edward himself.
As its name suggests, it was warmly welcomed by the people of Britain and the people of Northern Europe, and it was a good relief for people's cold bodies.
And sailors love it because it's the longest water available at sea.
"Last month, 12,509 barrels of Agni were sold, 3,560 barrels were sold in England and Wales, and 8,049 barrels were sold!" Lucy swallowed and said, "The profit is a total of 36,890 pounds!" ”
Speaking of currency, at that time, because of the centralization of power by the king, England had the right to mint money to the king, and all the coins were gold and silver, so they were collectively called the pound sterling. It is not the pound sterling in the current sense, which is a banknote issued by the Bank of England in 1694.
This is the full profit minus other expenses, and yes, Edward has increased the price again, now three pounds a barrel.
Even though Edward had already estimated a lot, reality slapped him hard.
Edward said, "Whip me hard!" I don't mind.
As time went on, the situation became more and more favorable to Edward.