Braischroeder respectfully pulled out his chairs for the two arrogant knights, and smiled like a butler: "I have always remembered the distinction between dignity and inferiority, and I am but a servant, a servant in the service of Paris and London. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info I wouldn't be where I am today without the generous funding of the two major banks. Therefore, I will bring out the best wine and ham for the two of you, and I will never dare to hide it. ”

Sir Barton of Paris sat down satisfied, and as he exclaimed, his red beard squirmed incessantly to show his manhood: "You are full of flattery, not like a noble banker, but like a slick official." Sycophants are not as real as business, you tell me that the economy of the HRE Empire is defenseless, like an unguarded princess, she can ravage at will. Is this true?"

Breeschroedt skillfully betrayed the country, calmly as if he were a seller: "Yes, the Empress Elena has abandoned her loyal servants, and has come to believe in me, she is like the financial empire of the empire, unguarded and jade. ”

"Weakness at a glance?" asked George of England.

"Weaknesses are at a glance and the body is within reach. "Under the pressure of the cabinet, Elena was determined to industrialize and improve the country's infrastructure, and the first phase of the project generated an internal demand of up to 50 million marks, and in order to make up for the shortfall, she even accepted 11% of the usury and issued 20 million national debts. But I still can't make ends meet. This is a huge business opportunity, which can generate windfall profits that are 100 times higher than that of 'operating retail investors'. ”

"What kind of profiteering?" asked the Parisian knight.

"Since she was stupid enough to sell government bonds, we used the capital of the Bank of Paris and the Bank of England to buy 20 million government bonds in batches and in large quantities, hoard them, and then throw them out at once, creating financial panic, and reaping two major results: First, the frightened capital fled from the HRE Empire, causing the economy to decline and the land to plummet, and we can take the opportunity to enter the market forcefully and sweep away cheap land and high-quality assets at low prices. Second, the one-time sale of hoarded treasury bonds will cause the price of Shinra's treasury bonds to plummet: in one go, we will destroy the HRE treasury bonds into waste paper, and then eat them in large quantities, hoard and appreciate, and earn a huge price difference. When the HRE Empire's economy recovers, we will be able to harvest the country for the second time, like shearing sheep, shearing one stubble, and continue to shear after a few years, and Elena has no ability to resist. In those days, we managed the Seven Years' War very successfully, and we can prove that the profits generated by 'harvesting the country' were 100 or 1,000 times that of 'harvesting retail investors'. This is the consensus of the current financial industry. Brace Schroeder elaborated on this thrilling, wild plan, then bowed his head humbly and added: "Of course, with my central bank finances, I can't do either of these things." So Paris and London need to join the hunt. ”

"How bold are you, as the chief executive of the Habsburg Central Bank, to plan a financial attack on the homeland?" said Sir George of Britain.

"And it's an extinction financial blow, after harvesting this time, the economy of the HRE Empire will go back five or six years, and it will take a five-year cycle to recover. The wild Parisian knight laughed, his eyes lit up: "You're not a financial attack, you're choking the queen by the neck and getting her up from behind." And she gasped in pain, but she couldn't resist. ”

After the sirr in Paris finished his joke, he suddenly changed his tone and expressed a serious wait-and-see attitude: "You have always been cautious, and you should know that this devastating financial blow is very dangerous, and can only be carried out under the premise of great economic advantage, and only if it does not trigger war." These are two premises. ”

Braischroeder hunched over, but he watched his words, and he knew that when he had finished his introduction, the two knights' eyes lit up, and they were ready to move. The doubts they raised were just professional risk management and control awareness.

So Braeschroedt took advantage of the victory and sent the Empire's financial annual report to the two knights, solemnly expounding his plan: "The empire is troubled internally and externally, the economy is defenseless, the empress is drawing on me, and Frederick is too busy to take care of himself, which creates a great advantage for us. As Sir George said, Elena's HRE Empire is like a princess with a jade body, her weaknesses are clear at a glance, and her body is within reach. This satisfies the first condition: a huge advantage. ”

Then Breschroeder smiled and looked up at the two proud knights defiantly: "Elena, though she is a delicate beauty, guards a ruined and withered Germany, does she dare to wage war against the mighty Fran the Great? ”

The two knights listened with pleasure and nodded solemnly at each other. They are very confident in the strength of the country. Sir George of London agrees: "She would not be so stupid as to go to war. The Royal Navy's galleys were invincible. ”

Braischroeder easily completes the proof: "Yes. If Elena had any objections to this financial attack, the Bank of England and BNP Paribas could instigate Congress to wage a war of commercial protection against the HRE Empire in the name of protecting the interests of the Empire. Elena will give in and let us slaughter. This satisfies the second condition: the war will not be triggered. ”

Sir Barton, with a meaty face, pursed his lips and thought for a long time, his red beard tufted together. He thought for about two minutes, and was cold for most of the day, before he looked up at Sir George.

Sir George of London, biting his pipe, nodded extremely gentlemanly to the commissioner of the Bank of Paris, and answered in a dashing manner.

"Suppose BNP Paribas is interested in joining in the harvest and agrees to inject capital - I mean what if," said Sir Patton of Paris, narrowing his eyes with an uncharacteristically cunning: "How shall the profits generated be distributed? shall they be distributed in proportion to the capital injections, or shall they be borrowed at a large short-term rate of interest at 25 per cent per annum?"

Sir Barton began to negotiate the price. He is very greedy because he knows that this kind of financial attack, if successful, will make a windfall profit of about 35%, while taking the risk of losing all his money. He proposed two plans for sharing the spoils, the former was to share the risk, but he injected a lot of capital, so he naturally made a lot of money; the latter seemed to be preferential, but in fact it was even more ferocious, because all the risks were put on the Habsburg central bank, and Paris only sat firmly on the Diaoyu Tai and shouted out 25% vicious interest, which was not a loss.

George was pleased with both options, biting his pipe and squinting at Breeschroeder. In his eyes, Braischroeder is also a sheep to the slaughter.

For people like them, there is no attachment to the country, no friendship for the class, only condescending contempt, only accurate calculations like clocks, everyone else is wheat waiting to be harvested, and only profit is the real family.

Sophisticated people like Braischroeder were silent for a long time in this painful choice; even when he had not drunk, his face was red and white, and sometimes his blood was rising and he was eager to give it a try; sometimes he was so cold-faced that he did not dare to take the risk of investment.

"It's only a little bit of life in total, so you'd better decide quickly. The Parisians were arrogant, and had begun to eat rudely, and were coldly urging.

Braischroeder remembered his son's gnashing of his teeth: "I'm going to use his mouth as an ashtray, and I'm going to do it, the day I buy the headquarters of BNP Paribas!" (To be continued.) )