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An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Mr. Barras really has a rich family, can you teach me one or two tricks to make money?"
Ballas smiled and asked, "What you did in Italy is much better than me."
This time, An Ning was poked in the sore spot and could not refute at all.
Ballas may be good at making money, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to what he made in northern Italy.
Damn, suddenly there's no place to blame Ballas.
But justification still needs to be justified.
An Ning: "I was trying to gather strength to launch a new industrial revolution. Science and technology have reached a point where they will soon usher in explosive growth, and the resulting industrial technological revolution will change everything.
"Whoever completes the industrial revolution first will be the master of the next 100 years.
"I'm here for France, don't compare me with you who are pocketing your own money!"
Chapter 306 Misjudgment
Ballas immediately showed an expression of "Fuck, someone can talk about being rich in their own pockets so grandiosely".
Even An Ning, who was not good at observing words and expressions, and who played super badly in office fights, could clearly interpret the meaning of this expression.
He couldn't help reaching out to the bell on the table again.
One thing about being a dictator is the same as being a magnetic field maniac: you can bomb and kill anyone who doesn't like it.
But before An Ning rang the bell, Barras controlled his expression and began to fart: "What a vision! I would like to contribute to your vision! I heard that your company in South France has started Shareholding, like the East India Company?"
Although the current scene is that I am confronting the BOSS at the current stage, I can't help but start to explain this when mentioning An Ning: "Yes, the joint-stock system, and futures, these are new things, and he operates very well in the south. Well, initial results!"
It turns out that in history, the world's first modern futures exchange was listed in the United States in 1848, and a complete futures trading system was not fully formed until 1865 and became a "practice".
But An Ning moved this directly to this era.
After all, global trade has already taken shape in this era, and you can enjoy coffee, tobacco and cocoa shipped from America in France.
Therefore, the objective conditions for futures trading have been formed.
There are also stocks. Although An Ning himself has accumulated a lot of money, compared to the funds needed to complete the industrial revolution in France, this is still a drop in the bucket.
So An Ning wanted to attract the wealth from the new rich who got rich during the Great Revolution to become the driving force of the Industrial Revolution.
This is the most important thing An Ning does outside of fighting, at least he thinks so.
So he has to show off in front of everyone, and then trick this person into buying shares.
Even Barras is no exception.
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Ballas looked at An Ning happily explaining his idea, showing a thoughtful expression.
As a famous speculator in the era of the Great Revolution, Ballas was keenly aware of the financial effect of what Frost was now explaining.
Yes, Ballas doesn't care about the industrial revolution at all. In his opinion, things like "making machines with machines" are simply fantasy and Frost's fantasy.
After all, it is impossible for those who have not seen the qualitative change in productivity brought about by the industrial revolution to imagine the significance of the industrial revolution.
When Ballas heard about industry, he thought of the Italian glassblowing workshops and the handicraft workshops of the North German states.
The productivity of that thing is just like that. It may make a place rich, but it will not form a crushing advantage over an agricultural country at all.
This is not his fault. In fact, among those who often listen to Frost's conception of the industrial revolution, few can imagine the crushing advantage. This is called "the limitation of historical figures."
Anyway, in Ballas' view, Frost just found a reason to collect money, and he used very clever and bold means to collect money. He even wanted to scrape off vested interests.
Balas, who has vested interests, thought helplessly, what else can I do, I can only be scratched, otherwise my life may be lost.
Barras had noticed that Frost tried several times to ring the bell on the table.
Some people have a bell on their desk and someone will bring him a glass of Coke when it rings, but not everyone has such a kind bell on their desk.
Barras thought about it and decided to bankrupt the disaster.
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"Great, Lord Frost! This idea is too great!" Ballas started his own rainbow fart.
As an ordinary person, An Ning is quite happy to be blown rainbow farts, even though he knows that there must be no good intentions behind this kind of rainbow farts.
This is like using the hardening skill in a Pokémon duel. This kind of coolness is not controlled by An Ning, right?
An Ning could only stare at Balas vigilantly while having fun, to see what he had to say.
Ballas said: "I would like to join your great idea! I offer five hundred ounces of gold!"
An Ning was shocked, 500 ounces of gold? 14 kg?The standard weight of a gold bar is 100 ounces. How the hell did you take out more than [-] gold bars at once?
This is 1793!Barras, Barras, you are greedy too much, right?Believe it or not, I will set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption and send you to the guillotine?
Seeing the change in An Ning's expression, Barras asked anxiously, "Didn't you reach the lower limit of the shareholding?"
An Ning: "No."
An Ning wanted to see if he could spit out another 500 ounces.
Barras looked embarrassed: "I can't get any more gold..."
At this time, in France, the economy has not recovered from the collapse caused by the excessive issuance of index bonds before, and only gold and silver are the real equivalents for preserving value.
It will be a long time before the stable currency value.
An Ning stared at Ballas for a long time, then shrugged: "Well, five hundred ounces of gold is also acceptable. What I want to explain is that this is your investment in me, and I will give you dividends in proportion in the future. You will make far more money with me than you put in. Believe me, the Industrial Revolution is the way of the future.”
What An Ning is talking about here is the real economic return.
In fact, investing in the industrial revolution at this time is similar to starting to buy bitcoin around 2000.
Although An Ning was uncomfortable with paying dividends to Ballas, she naturally had to be trustworthy in doing business.
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But on Barras' side, the return of understanding is completely different.
He felt that An An's words were "you have my political guarantee", so he was greatly relieved.
If I can get the protection of Frost, no one in Paris can touch me, Paul Barras.
At this moment, Ballas felt that the five hundred ounces of gold were really worth it.
The remaining thing is to publicize this matter. Yes, it is useless for Frost to promise to protect himself. Everyone in Paris needs to know that he is protected by Frost.
The fact of five hundred ounces of gold has publicity value in itself.
Ballas has already begun to figure out how to spread this matter.
Just at this time, Frost said: "Is there anything else you want?"
"No more, I will send the gold to the Royal Palace in a few days..."
"No no, you send to the Industrial Development Bank I set up, then, see you, Mr. Ballas."
"See you later." Balas bowed to An Ning, and then exited the room.
A moment later he was out of the Royal Palace and climbed into the carriage at the door.
Josephine in the car asked, "What's going on?"
"Frost is our backer now," Ballas said with relief, "but the price is a bit high."
Chapter 307 This is Investment!Military expenses cannot be saved!
Josephine Beauharne looked at Ballas suspiciously: "How tall is it?"
Ballas held out five fingers.
"Five gold bars? That's alright..." Josephine breathed a sigh of relief, "If you want to be an ordinary clerk in Paris, you have to pay a few gold louis. Naturally, Frost is worth five gold bars." ..."
Ballas shook his head: "No, no, it's not that cheap."
Josephine gasped: "Fifty? That's really expensive..."
Ballas: "It's [-] ounces. I promised to invest [-] ounces in what he called the steam revolution, and that's how I got his support."
Josephine's complexion changed: "Five hundred ounces? I didn't even know you had so much gold! I mean, I really didn't expect you to spend so much money!"
"I don't have it anymore," Ballas said angrily, "All the oil and water that has been fished for over a year are gone. Frost is still ruthless. When he told me, he really acted like a man trying to promote the future. Progressive sages, it seems as though there will be some sort of steam revolution!"
Josephine Beauharnet commented indignantly: "This is where he is superior to you. It is also to make money. He has set up a high-sounding reason for himself, for France, for the steam revolution.
"They are all gangsters, and so is Robespierre, who obviously did something like a robber, but said he was doing it for the revolution!
"I finally understand that one Jacobin faction counts as another. They are all hypocrites, and they are not as good as true speculators like you."
Ballas covered Josephine's mouth: "Be careful! This is Frost's stronghold. If someone hears it, my five hundred ounces of gold will be wasted!"
After covering for a few seconds, Ballas let go of Josephine, who sighed: "Louis XVI still had a bunch of ministers and nobles holding him back, but now that the ministers and nobles are gone, Frost, who is like a king, has nothing to do." People check and balance."
Ballas shook his head: "Stop talking! Let's go."
So Josephine knocked on the front glass of the carriage, and the groom in front of the carriage whipped the horses to start moving.
The carriage left in front of the Royal Palace in this way.
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After Ballas left, Christina entered Anning's study through a side door.
"I see that Fanny even prepared the poisoned wine, just waiting for your order to have a drink with Ballas." Christina said, "You didn't do it."
An Ning: "Because Mr. Ballas exploded the gold coins."
Christina: "How much?"
"Five hundred ounces of gold."
Christina gasped: "So many? This is almost catching up with you confiscating the church's property in Konta, right?"
"No, it's still not comparable to the offerings of the church, but it's a lot. As long as the five hundred ounces of gold are deposited in our newly established bank, other people who have gold hidden at home will come to the bank to deposit Gold, we'll get a lot of money quickly.
"Then the money can be used to invest in the steam engine industry and the machine tool industry. We are far behind the British in terms of steam engines. The British invented the steam spinning machine in 1785. Now the fabric produced by the machine is being sold all over France. , Killed all the handicraft workshops that produce fabrics on our side.
"We need to quickly establish our own steam spinning machine factory, at least to regain half of the cloth market."
An Ning was talking about this in high spirits, and suddenly noticed that Christina was looking at him with a smile, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
"No, but when you talk about this, your expression will be very dazzling. To be honest, I like you very much when you are talking about this."
An Ning scratched her head in embarrassment at her fiancée's sudden expression of love: "Yes, yes."
"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can ask Fanny." Christina laughed.
Fanny opened the door and came in: "Call me?"
"Come on, Fanny, tell me about the time when Andy talked about the Steam Revolution in high spirits. Is that when he is the most attractive?"
"Yes." Fanny said firmly.
An Ning: "Thank you."
But Christina changed the subject: "But it's not good for you to accept Ballas's five hundred ounces of gold so bluntly. Soon all Paris will say that Andy Frost is an insatiable guy, and your good reputation will be affected." .”
An Ning: "Whatever, as long as the industry can be developed, I don't really care. Rather, if all the ill-gotten gains made by these speculators in the past few years are stuffed into my bank, it will be a bad thing for France. Great job!"
Christina looked at An Ning, thought it over before asking: "I'm not saying that your statement is wrong, but think about it differently, assuming that one day in the future, Robespierre thinks that he should centralize his power, and he can be executed without a trial. What do you think of the perceived enemy of France?
"At that time, Robespierre would definitely think that it was for the good of France."
An Ning fell silent.
Because he knew that the real Robespierre in history did become like this in the end.
When Robespierre had a secret meeting with Saint-Just in his study for the last time before being overthrown, he said that he wanted to establish such a new mechanism that could send people to the guillotine without trial to defend France.
Once such a mechanism is established, Robespierre can "send all those cunning speculators to the guillotine to purify France."
At that time, An Ning saw this scene in a movie. The moment he saw this scene, he had a very complicated feeling for Robespierre: You can call him bad, he is really dedicated to France, but modern people know that once Things go this way and what happens after that.
If you don’t believe me, just ask the comrade who smokes a pipe and has a characteristic mustache.
An Ning: "So, did I seem so paranoid just now?"
"Actually, it's okay. I just think you should worry about the influence. But it's not all bad influence. When the honest people in Paris call you the same as those speculators in private, the smart people in Paris will think that you It is an object to curry favor with.