Munich to Zurich is only 300 kilometers, and the current train speed is 50 kilometers per hour, which is only 6 hours by car, and Munich and Zurich, which are among the most important cities in Europe, are of course connected by train, so it is really just a short journey.

The city grid may not spread to the whole world anytime soon, but electricity may soon reach all the major cities in the world, because Faraday Power not only builds the grid, but also sells wind power equipment directly, and individual and corporate users can't wait to enjoy electricity and light in the first place, and Zurich is such a city. Zurich is Downing's second home and will be the second place to build a power grid, where wind power was already in vogue before the grid was connected, and Downing's prestige in Zurich is no less than in England.

This is still a prestige in the eyes of ordinary Swiss citizens, and even more remarkable in the business world, with Eurosteel gaining momentum and profitability almost as strong as British Steel. European industrialists gradually found that the price of aluminum plummeted, to an incredible level, and people familiar with the matter found out that the steel king had founded the European aluminum company to produce aluminum at an ultra-low cost. The raw materials of the two major heavy industries are in the hands of the Earl of Cambridge, which is called the bull's ear of heavy industry. At the very least, all those who are engaged in heavy industry have to act according to the eyes of the Earl.

Generally speaking, the most important competitiveness of the financial industry is the size of the capital, the more money you have, the longer the history, the easier it is to win the trust of depositors, but the Bank of Zurich is an exception, because it is the only bank with the ability to wire transfers, transfers only a few hours, and it is backed by the reputation of the world's first industrial and technological master. The nickname of the Devil's Ambassador is scary, but the reputation of donating £1.5 million to public utilities is even more terrifying. Proper antonym of a bloodsucking moneylender, who would not be willing to put his wealth in the hands of someone who could not covet your little bargain? The speed of Zurich's rise is a miracle in Switzerland, where the financial sector is highly competitive. Nowadays, when it comes to the Bank of Zurich, almost no one in the Swiss knows that "it is the bank of the telegraph king, and it can send money at the speed of the telegraph", this is the impression of the Bank of Zurich.

For the big banks, it's hard to tell them to use your remittance system, but it's different for the small banks, they love the system very much, which means that the small banks first open an account with the Bank of Zurich and then use it as a platform to conduct business, and the actual network of the Bank of Zurich develops faster. The first thing Downing did when he came to Zurich was to notice the love of small and medium-sized banks for their own wire transfer system, and if there is love, you have to be fettered. It's like Intel_inside advertisement, haha, and in this way, the brand influence of Bank Zurich is even more impressive.

Take stock of another Downing-based company in Zurich: the SIX Swiss Exchange. The market maker system is really good, and the shareholders have gradually discovered that the trading on the Downing exchange is very smooth and the transaction is fast, of course, there is a market maker as an intermediary, as long as you want to trade, you can accompany you at any time, and the financial companies that smell the fishy smell have applied to become market makers on the Swiss Stock Exchange, so Downing has introduced a rating system to rate the market makers who apply, and let the stock issuers have a reliable reference according to factors such as strength and reputation. The Swiss Stock Exchange itself is also a market maker, does not participate in its own rankings, there is no doubt that it is an extraordinary existence, does not need to rank is also the most powerful and credible, by the Swiss Exchange to undertake the stock even requires dividends, which also gives other market makers the opportunity to provide diversified services.

Looking at the development of the Swiss Stock Exchange, Downing's next goal is to enter the corporate bond issuance industry, and the core competitiveness is to rate companies so that shareholders have a reliable reference.

In a way, bonds are a more powerful financial weapon than stocks, and you think, what does a country do to finance when it goes to war? That's right, issue public bonds. The same is true for enterprises, if the issuance of bonds can be financed, why do you need to give up your shares, if you are optimistic about the development of your own business, you will not easily give up your shares, so the companies that issue bonds are often those promising enterprises. The investment method of bonds is what stable investors like, and it is uncertain what stocks will look like next year, and bonds are a visible cash cow.

The last enterprise in Zurich was used to replace the telegraph production line that could not be produced in the UK, and before the final break with the British government, Downing still did not plan to sell the telegraph produced in Zurich publicly, but only used it for communication between its own enterprises, and gave it to related users, and the "Swiss Telegraph Company" was created in a low-key manner, making it clear that it would not sell telegraph publicly for the time being. This word "temporary" will put tremendous pressure on the British Government, and if the British Government does not give in again, perhaps at some point this "temporary" will disappear.

Clear-sighted people have seen that the day is not far off when the telegraph king will return, and how can a democratic government withstand this pressure, which means that the 3 million pounds sterling that originally purchased 25 percent of the shares of the British telegraph company has been lost, and the probability of the resignation is very high.

The cabinet will not step down now, because now the clouds of war are looming, and the Russians have invaded the territory of the Ottoman Empire in an attempt to gain access from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea on the Crimean peninsula. Both Britain and France opposed the southward movement of the Russians. On the European continent, the French army has formed an expeditionary force to fight the Russians, and in the Black Sea, the British Imperial Navy has formed a combined fleet with the French Navy to threaten the Russian Black Sea Fleet and try to prevent their invasion.

In the war against France against Napoleon, the big winners in the end were Britain and Russia. Russia has a large number of people and a special geographical location, even the 500,000 elite French troops of Napoleon the Great were consumed in their vast and cold land, and most of the European royal families and aristocratic rulers who were taken away by Napoleon relied on Russians to regain control of the original country, so the Russians have been a little fluttering since the Seventh Anti-French Alliance, and even the tiger whiskers of the Anglo-French alliance dared to brush it.

Britain had not yet formally declared war on Russia, but the tension between the two sides was already a sign that a major war was imminent.

If the war is going to start, what does wireless telegraphy mean?

Big Killer!

Due to the lack of new wireless telegraph production, Britain has begun to requisition civilian telegraphs, and strictly prohibit the export of this kind of mass murder, the French army also knows the power of radio telegraphs, but unfortunately they have no way to obtain it, they can only get a small amount from the British army, only allocated to the core command department, His Majesty the dignified French Emperor has felt the power of the telegraph king.

The establishment of the Swiss Telegraph Company, although low-key, immediately attracted a large number of requests for orders from the armies of various countries. The British, French and Russian ambassadors to Switzerland all asked to see him as soon as possible! At this time, the telegraph was no longer a matter of being expensive or cheap, but a non-sale, a strategic material. For a time, Zurich became the focus of the world.

Relatives and aliens, the first to see the British ambassador Charles? Augustus? Murray.

After the pleasantries, Murray said that he had purchased a batch of telegraph machines from the Swiss Telegraph Company on behalf of the Royal Admiral Dundas.

While drinking Longjing tea shipped from China, Tang Ning said in a weird manner: "Our Swiss telegraph company has just been established, and the supply is very tight, mainly for European customers, you see, we are so low-key, and we are not publicly sold." The British telegraph company is the big man in the telegraph industry, why should the emperor's navy go far and near? ”

Murray said with a little embarrassment: "Lord Earl, you also know that since you left the British Telegraph Company, they can no longer produce new telegraphs, for the sake of the party-state, this ......"

Downing shook his head like a wave drum and said, "No! I've been taught all my skills to the engineers of the British Telegraph Company, and they've fooled you, right? Is the Royal Navy offering too low a price? Or are they asking too high? These guys, so unpatriotic! Although I am not the president of the British Telegraph Company anymore, I am still a major shareholder, and I will talk about them when I go back, which is really unusual! ”

Murray: "...... They really can't make it, and everyone on earth knows it......"

"Smack", Tang Ning slapped the table, and was indignant: "These fools, sweat more in peacetime, and bleed less in wartime!" I don't understand this reason, what kind of system does it become if you drop the chain at the critical moment! You send a message to the Prime Minister and tell me to go back to being president and clean up all this useless stuff! ”

Alas...... Murray was an idiot and knew what Downing's intentions were, so he silently collected his feelings and went back to pass the word.

It's still a difference between intimacy and intimacy, although the French emperor is not a good thing, but Her Majesty the Empress is his own...... Friends, we'll see you.

Greeting the ambassadors is already very accustomed to Downing, Zurich is a German-speaking city, Downing has been speaking German for a while, and suddenly picked up French, there is a very cordial feeling, and the greetings are even more like a spring breeze.

Tang Ning was not in a hurry, and continued to drink Longjing, which has been good recently.

The French ambassador returned to the truth, saying: "Your Excellency, Your Majesty the Emperor may have had some slight misunderstanding with you in the past, but you see, I heard that you have now found a new beautiful and noble marriage partner, and I really want to congratulate the Count." ”

Thinking of Princess Sissi, Tang Ning couldn't help but have a sweet smile on his face and nodded frequently.

The French big user looked at Downing's eyes, felt that there was a play, and his heart was alive, and said: "France is a huge market, and an outstanding entrepreneur like you will definitely not let it go." When our emperor took office, he said: 'We have a lot of uncultivated land to be developed, a lot of roads to be built, a port to be excavated, rivers to be navigated, a canal to be completed, and a railway network to be completed.' In front of our Marseille is a huge kingdom waiting to be integrated into France. We still have a lot of ports to the west that need modern transportation to connect the Americas, but we don't have them yet. We have ruins to rebuild, false gods to tear down, and truth to be cherished. This is the empire I see, this is what I see that needs to be conquered. ’

You see, how much our emperor and you, the great industrialist, have a foundation of cooperation. Railroads will use your steel, ports and shipping will buy the ocean ships you build, and I've heard that the great engineer Brunel is the director of your crystal shipyard. There is a lot to be done in the future. ”

Downing continued to smile and nod. It's not useless, you see the king of Bavaria, who defied public opinion and recruited many pagan scientists, if it weren't for the king's enlightenment, he wouldn't have dared to throw out the theory of evolution at the dinner party of the Earl's Court.

The French ambassador continued: "I know that you are sympathetic to the republicans, Lord Count, but think about it, how can France, which lags so far behind England, and without a strong authoritarian government, lead the French people to this growing distance? This is the choice of the vast majority of the 8 million French voters, this is the real public opinion, Hugo's gang are literati, and literati are misguided by the country! Did you know? At the time of the French Revolution, when a country could not protect itself, Hugo also talked about the Federation of Europa! Although his literary attainments are respectable, his political views are ...... It's hard to agree! ”

Tang Ning smiled: "Mr. Hugo is indeed ...... It's ideal. However, I must say that I am not sympathetic to the republicans, and I have no political position. I sympathize with the entire cultural and artistic scene in France, and there are advantages and disadvantages of authoritarianism, the worst of which is the suppression of public opinion, and the abuse of power after the loss of public opinion supervision. You think Mr. Hugo is naïve, don't you? Well, you have to make your voice heard, for the French people to hear, and for them to decide who is naïve and who is reliable. Louis's method was to make these voices disappear, which is not good, your ears are quiet, but the French people have also lost the opportunity to hear and understand. This is going to be a problem.

You come to me to communicate, maybe it will make me do business in France, it looks good, but! It's just a superficial prosperity, if I say something that shouldn't be said in the Telegraph one day, and Louis gives an order, there is no need for a court trial at all, and the fruits of my Telegraph's hard work will be over. Maybe I'll have all the telegrams, bicycles, cameras, and steel that I might have invested in. That's what Louis liked to do the most. He lost 8 million francs when he repented of his marriage, and where did he get the money for a coup d'état financed by widows? confiscate other nobles. Let me do business under Louie's authoritarian rule? Give me a reassuring reason first! ”

Hearing that a certain Tang had such contempt for His Majesty the Emperor, the French ambassador's face turned green, and he knew that there was no need to mention the purchase of telegraph machines, so he could only say curtly: "This is ...... This...... It's all rumors, rumors made by people with ulterior motives......"

Downing: "Did my Telegraph write anything about politics?" Louis did not hesitate to kill him, this is already ironclad evidence before me, do I believe you, or do I believe the report sent to me by my colleagues from the French branch of the Telegraph? ”

The French ambassador could only wipe his sweat in embarrassment.

Downing: "You go back, we have nothing to talk about, the third will not step down for a day, I will not deal with the French for a day, oh...... Maybe Her Majesty the Queen is an exception, let the beautiful Queen talk to me, maybe I'll consider it for the sake of an old friend. I have heard that the Empress is quite politically wise, and maybe there is any way she can make me feel at ease to deal with the French, and you will ...... That's it. ”

The face of the French ambassador is green, let the "beautiful queen" talk, isn't this making all the French cuckolds? Who dared to mention this stubble was shot to death by Louis on the spot...... His Excellency the Ambassador stepped back in a gloomy manner.