In August, London is in a sultry and hot weather, even if there is a little drizzle in the sky from time to time, but it still can't relieve the irritability of London citizens.

There are five major exchanges in London, and the City Exchange is also known as the Noble Exchange because it is located around Westminster Abbey and the city hall, and it is surrounded by famous noble and wealthy merchants in London.

As the name suggests, the amount and number of transactions are larger than those of the other four exchanges, and the buyers are quieter, gentlemen, and not impatient to do business at all.

On this day, the sky was drizzling, and in the aristocratic exchange, they didn't care at all, they were still people coming and going, each doing their own thing.

It's just that today, the atmosphere in the exchange is particularly dull, or rather, more and more dull, and most of the buyers who come and go, their faces are solemn, their brows are furrowed, and they all look like they owe them millions of pounds, and they seem to know that they are in a bad mood.

Even the guards standing guard at the door had a straight face, without the gentle and respectful smile of the past.

"Bah-" In front of the exchange, a leather wagon stopped in front of the exchange, stirring up a splash of rain on the floor tiles at the door, and the carriage stopped steadily, looking like an old driver.

The wide carriage was drawn by two horses, the surface of which was hollowed out, and a large number of beautiful patterns were carved, and a neatly dressed groom sat high in front of it, pulling the reins.

The doorman immediately smiled, took out an umbrella from behind him, and walked over to prop up the people in the carriage, while the other moved a chair as a footrest.

Although, he understood, it was a rented carriage, and the people in it were nine times out of ten not nobles, so these were what he had to do.

The nobles and the rich did not need him at all, and the servants were already served.

The act of serving has been deeply engraved in my mind, and I will not be slow to treat because of the status of the guest, and the service is a must.

Inside the carriage, a well-dressed young man came out, in his twenties, with short black hair, and a hint of excitement and nervousness on his face.

Somewhat uncomfortable, he stepped out of the carriage and hid under the umbrella held by the doorman, looking curiously at the magnificent and splendid exchange in front of him.

At this time, behind him, another person walked out, with short light yellow hair and exquisite clothes that were tightly propped up, and there was no nervousness on his face, but he looked like a matter of course, enjoying the service.

"Richard, follow me!" Although the light yellow indifferent man in the back came out later, he naturally looked like a leader, and commanded proudly.

"Yes!" The brown man seemed to be shocked by the beautiful exchange, and after hearing the order, he relented, quickly hid under the umbrella, and walked over with the doorman.

Soon, after walking a few steps, the two of them came to the exchange, and they no longer needed to hide from the rain.

After arriving at the destination, the light yellow man immediately took out a silver coin from his wallet and threw it into the hands of the two doormen, leaving two bowing doormen, and then took the nervous Richard behind him to the exchange.

A nervous Richard followed behind the pale yellow man, following in unison, looking around with curiosity on his face.

"Bowen, the 'noble' exchange really deserves its name!" Richard sighed.

"That's it!" Bowen, who was leading the way in front, immediately replied, then realized that something was wrong, turned his head, and whispered beside him:

"The people who come and go here are either nobles or famous merchants in London, and each of them is worth no less than 10,000 pounds.

So, don't make a lot of noise here, don't look around, remember, we are buyers on the exchange at the moment, pay attention to identity! ”

Of course, this sentence is an exaggeration, but it is not a lie that the people who come and go are gentlemen with wealth.

After teaching his cousin a lesson, the man named Bowen immediately changed to a confident appearance, and with his well-dressed appearance, he looked like a big man.

"Yes, yes!" Richard, who was like a little brother, nodded immediately, even if he was wearing noble clothes, but the temperament of a commoner was undoubtedly revealed.

A few well-dressed gentlemen passing by hurriedly frowned, glanced at him with disgust, and then walked away quickly.

Richard followed his well-developed cousin Bowen closely, looking around secretly, and the surprise in his eyes could not be stopped.

Immediately, under his curiosity, his cousin Bowen did not go to the crowded and busy hall, but took a detour, walked to the side path, and came to a side hall.

In the side hall, there are only a few dozen people, and on the blackboard in front of the hall, there are only the names of a dozen large companies.

And the dozens of people in the side hall are even more dignified than so many buyers in the hall with bitter faces, and they look like they are eating people.

When Richard saw this, he panicked, so he could only follow his cousin closely and stop looking.

Bowen in front of him took steady steps, looking pampered and not shocked, as if he was really developed, and his face was full of confidence.

He came to the large blackboard in the center of the side hall, and looked at the young man with the chalk waiting by him.

Among them, the United Kingdom government bonds, as well as a number of corporate bonds selling French land purchase vouchers.

Since part of the land in France was occupied by England, many aristocrats and wealthy merchants took advantage of it to set up land companies, sell bonds, and then use the money from the sale of bonds to buy land from the military.

Use your connections to buy land at a low price, and if the British army wins in the end, then sell it at a high price, and the corporate bonds are the company's future earnings as a guarantee.

And now, it's all about French bonds, the situation in France is unfavorable, the city of Orleans has been besieged for more than a month, and these buyers are of course solemn.

If the Protestant situation was unfavorable, then the British occupied Normandy and Brittany were in danger.

Naturally, the price of bonds of these companies and governments has been greatly reduced.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the side hall was not quite right, and then seeing that the prices of these corporate bonds were about to break through the floor price, Bowen chuckled lightly and swaggered to the sales window.

"Give me a thousand pounds of government bonds and bonds from other French land companies!"

Looking at the stunned salesman at the window, Bowen's heart suddenly felt extraordinarily happy.

"What? Is this man sick? ”

"The situation in France is unknown, how can anyone dare to buy bonds on a large scale? I'm afraid I didn't get hit on the head! ”

"Alas! Another fool who doesn't care about breaking in! ”

The other gentlemen, frowning on the sidelines, were amazed to see Bowen so carelessly buy a thousand pounds of bonds.

Fortunately, everyone was a gentleman, so as not to make a big noise, although Bowen did not hear clearly, but he felt that it was not a good word.

He felt that he was a little embarrassed to pretend to be forced this time, and he lost face!