My British Empire

  Chapter 205 Banks

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  750,000 pounds, this is the annual income of the Tudor royal family, but at this time, the annual income of the wealthy Henry II has reached one million, there is still a gap in comparison.

  Although there is a lot of money, more is spent. The combined annual expenditure of the two spy organizations, Blood Blade and Palace Intelligence, is 50,000 to 60,000 pounds.

In addition, the monthly salaries of the guards and the navy are 20,000 pounds, and the construction of courts, dukedoms and earldoms. If the palace expenses are added, it will cost at least 400,000 pounds a year, which is nothing. The year of the war.

   In fact, the biggest expense is still the court. During the time of Henry VIII, hundreds of thousands of pounds were spent on clothing every year.

   On the contrary, in other aspects, the royal family spends very little.

  Of course, this is not only true of the nobles and royal families of England, France, Spain, Austria and other countries.

  The advent of the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery liberated human nature and got rid of the oppression of religion on human nature.

   When it comes to the nobles, the performance is even stronger.

   Once the nobles who have been repressed by religion for a long time are released, the consequences will be dire.

  During the Middle Ages, religion required people to dress simply, be loyal and partner.

   In the past, the nobles kept mistresses secretly, afraid of seeing the light, but now, the nobles raise mistresses openly, and even show off by comparing who has more mistresses.

   But the clothing is even more extreme. Before each nobleman attends the banquet, he must prepare a unique and gorgeous dress. If he wears old clothes, he will be laughed at.

  It usually costs hundreds or even thousands of pounds to prepare such a dress, and if your dress is brilliant, you will get the favor of the ladies and become the darling of the banquet.

   Male aristocrats tend to be more crazy about beauty than women.

  For example, Henry VIII, the proud and complacent king, owned hundreds of thousands of clothes, and even when the money was not enough, he asked Parliament to approve taxation to buy clothes.

  So, the way to identify a nobleman is very simple, just look at how often he changes clothes and his luxurious clothes.

  The emperor's new clothes in Andersen's fairy tales satirize the nobility.

  Edward decided to use the remaining 300,000 pounds to develop industry and establish an industry belonging to the royal family.

   In this regard, Edward is going to spend 50,000 pounds to develop the woolen and cotton textile industry. This is England's strength, with low risk and high profit, and it is the most suitable for investment.

   Moreover, with the vigorous development of the Spanish market, demand exceeds demand, and there is no need to worry about sales.

   Moreover, it can also supply the annual refitting of the Guards and Navy.

  At this time, the clothes of the Guards and Navy are only distributed when they join, basically for a lifetime, and there is no such thing as changing clothes at all.

  Therefore, cotton mills are used to make soldiers’ clothing, and woolen mills are used to serve officers. They can be used for the army and exported to generate profits. This is a good investment direction.

  According to the plan, he will spend 20,000 pounds to build a steel factory.

   In the following centuries, steel is the most representative of national strength.

  Steel can not only forge weapons, but also produce agricultural tools in wealthy lands, improving England's agricultural productivity. This steel factory must be established.

  With a steel factory, there must be an arsenal.

   In this regard, Edward will allocate another 50,000 pounds to establish an arsenal, produce flintlock guns and cannons, and gunpowder, and establish a modern military industry.

  The cost of the navy is the big one. If you want to defeat Spain and dominate Europe, the current English navy must be expanded tenfold in order to have hope.

   Therefore, Edward must invest 100,000 pounds a year in naval shipbuilding and crew training, these are the least.

  In addition to this, it is necessary to develop its own fleet, develop handicrafts, and of course, have its own bank.

  Speaking of the bank, the manager of the Royal Bank at this time, Mr. Adler Todd, is sitting on a chair with a smile on his face, looking at the middle-aged man in front of him quietly and peacefully.

  Although he didn't say a word, the silent power couldn't help but shock the heartstrings even more. The raised lips naturally carried sarcasm or sarcasm, making the face of the middle-aged man sitting opposite him paler.

   "Mr. Dwight, you are clear about the purpose of my coming here today! Do you need me to be straightforward?" With a provocative tone, Adler placed his hands casually, with a look of contempt in his eyes.

"I understand, Mr. Todd!" The middle-aged man wiped his sweat, and looked at Adler opposite him pleadingly, "Give me a week, and in just one week, I will turn around and owe you 20,000 pounds a penny I will give you back a lot!"

  The middle-aged man looked tired, and his long brown hair, which had been combed meticulously, was messed up at this moment. He looked at Adler with pitiful eyes and a pleading expression on his face.

   "It's not that I didn't give you a chance, Mr. Dwight!" Adler showed a sincere expression on his face, "It's just that you didn't seize the opportunity! God can't save you anymore!"

   "It's been a month since you repaid the loan!" Adler said disappointedly, "But you still haven't repaid the loan. I can't blame me for being too vicious!"

   "According to the treaty, this place will be mine from now on, and you will have to live in the stinky sewers in the slums!" Adler said with a smile on his face, with a look of pity.

   "Adler, don't think that I don't know that you sent someone to instigate the robbery of my bank, and you even bought people from the police department!"

   Seeing that all his wealth was about to be lost, Dwight stood up abruptly, his face livid, pointed at Adler's nose, and said excitedly.

   "Hehe! I'm just using your tricks to deal with others. I'm just learning from you!" Adler shook his head, dismissing his accusation, and smiled lightly.

   "Besides, do you think I don't know that you are going to run away? Is it the ship in three days' time?"

  Looking at Dwight's paler face, dripping with sweat, Adler couldn't help sneering.

   "You are going to sell the bank to a Hanseatic businessman named Bill today. After sending me away, I'm afraid I will lose everything!"

   Speaking of this, Adler's face became more and more ugly, and he suppressed Dwight sentence by sentence, with a forceful momentum.

   "This is Lawyer Douglas, do you need me to drive you away?"

   As he spoke, a man with meticulously combed hair and eagle eyes came out and bowed to Dwight.

   In response, Dwight limp on the ground, he knew that this time he might really be homeless.

   "You send someone to clean up the office, this rotten gambler's room, I'm afraid there are bad luck curses or something, I don't want to stay!"

   As he spoke, Adler walked out of the bank's headquarters with four branches, commanding the bank staff beside him majestically.

  (end of this chapter)