Chapter 214: The Shrine Maiden (I)
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After a year of hard work and the king's endorsement, the Royal Bank of England expanded rapidly, and in less than a year, the Royal Bank expanded from four branches to twenty branches.
Among them, there are ten in London, one in Birmingham, one in Edinburgh, Liverpool and other places, and it can be said that Adler Bank, which originally had total assets of less than 10,000 pounds, has expanded to assets worth 50,000 pounds.
It can be said that in England, the Royal Bank is no longer a small fish in the middle of the ranking, but has become the top three existence of banks.
In this regard, Adler was very confident that he would expand to all of Great Britain within three years and complete the mission given to him by the king.
Edward is also confident in this.
In order to develop the Royal Bank, Edward made it mandatory for all officials of the municipal and central governments, as well as the Guards, to receive their salaries from the Royal Bank.
Even, this year Edward has invested 20,000 pounds as development funds, which has led to the rapid development of the Royal Bank.
At the end of the year, Edward decided to have the Royal Bank open all over England, and thirty-nine counties must have one branch, that is, by the end of the year, twenty-nine branches would need to be established.
In this regard, Adler does not understand very much, if the wind is smooth, after three years, the goal will definitely be achieved, why rush to work? The belly of my heart discussed.
In desperation, Adler had to resist the pressure and began to complete the temporary task set by His Majesty.
But the £50,000 set aside by His Majesty the King relieved Adler, and it made it much easier.
For this reason, Adler had to start poaching people, otherwise there would be no one to do it on the bank grounds.
The number of staff needed in so many branches was huge, so Adler had to send people to the Netherlands and start inviting some unemployed staff to come.
And the situation in each county is different, some can be acquired, some need to be rebuilt, Adler feels that he has suffered some in the past few months!
Our Majesty the King could not control so much, and the establishment of branches throughout England was an indispensable part of his future reforms.
The Kingsleyan area of Kent, near London, was panicked at this time, and a sense of panic and fear spread through the crowd.
On the road, instead of going to work, the usually busy crowd gathered together and cast all kinds of eyes on a neatly decorated house, such as doubt, hatred, and fear.
However, no one dared to knock on the door, or even speak loudly, so men and women could only gather outside the house, whispering softly, for fear that the people in the house would find out.
But how is this possible? So many people get together, the goal is too big.
Inside the house, Mary in her fifties. Smith was preparing dinner for her husband and son.
Compared to the rest of the village, Mary's family lived a wealthy life, and it is not an exaggeration to say that her family is the richest man in the village.
Compared to the rest of the villagers, Mary's family is typical of England.
Not only did her family own ten acres of land, but they also rented fifty acres of land from the noble lord's family, and after expenses, she earned nearly twenty pounds a year.
The son also married the daughter of another Yomanon family, raised three children, and the daughter also married into a wealthy family, so it can be said that her life is perfect.
But last week, she was accused of being a chicken thief by her neighbor Elizabeth, which angered her, a dignified Mrs. Smith, would she steal her neighbor's chickens?
Moreover, her family is not nothing, how can she steal chickens? This is a slander against her reputation, a strong slander.
Anyway, the two had a big fight, and in the end, Mary cursed Elizabeth to die of smallpox.
Of course, Elizabeth scolded her as well.
Who knew that Elizabeth had been so angry with her husband that she had quarreled with her husband the previous night, and that she was still lying in bed, which made Mrs. Mary happy for a long time.
At the thought of this, Mrs. Mary felt that she had chopped the food much faster.
At this time, she glanced out the window and saw the neighbors gathered in front of her house one by one, pointing and pointing, which made her puzzled.
Putting down the kitchen knife, Mrs. Mary walked out of the kitchen and opened the door, staring at the crowd in front of her with somewhat cloudy eyes.
"What are you doing? What are you doing there? Mrs. Mary crossed her waist and said with some irritation.
In response, the crowd slowly retreated backwards, slowly dissipating, and there was no trace of a human figure in sight.
"There's nothing to do when you're full!" Mrs. Mary looked at the dissipating crowd, muttered, and closed the door again.
At this time, at the home of her neighbor, Mrs. Elizabeth, who was lying on the bed with a painful face, and from time to time she howled a few words to show her presence.
And her son, Jay, sat on the edge of her bed, looking at his uncomfortable mother with a worried face, and then got up again in a hurry, hoping that his father would come back soon.
His father was a deacon in the Baron's manor, assisting the housekeeper in managing the manor, so the family was quite wealthy, and from time to time he could bring back a little meat from the manor to improve the food, which was much better than those villagers.
My mother was sick, I thought it was a minor illness and didn't pay much attention to it, but who knew that after lying down for a week, the doctor couldn't see anything wrong, which scared them a lot.
Instead, his father consulted a seventy-year-old man on the manor, only to learn that his mother had been cursed by a witch.
This made them so anxious that his father, with a large sum of money, decided to ask the priest in the church to take the curse of the virgin witch for his mother.
In this way, Jay waited restlessly all morning before finally seeing his father.
I saw a simple carriage slowly parked in front of his house, and his father rode a donkey out of the carriage.
In the carriage, a gray-bearded priest in a gray robe, supported by a servant, got out of the carriage and led by his father to his house.
"Father, Father!" Jay happily opens the door to greet his father.
"Lord Gilbert, please follow me!" His father winked at him, and then respectfully invited him into his mother's room.
In response, Jay stepped out of the way, followed his father, and followed.
Father Gilbert, with a gray beard, glanced at Mrs. Elizabeth lying on the bed, hurried over, looked at her face, rolled her eyelids again, and said to the man behind him with a solemn face: "Mr. Ban Cook, your lady is indeed cursed by a witch!" ”
In this regard, the male host, Ben Cook's face turned even paler, and he hurriedly pleaded: "Lord Priest, please save Elizabeth!" ”