Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne Chapter 387

England, Buckingham Palace.

Queen Victoria was in her drawing room today, in addition to Prime Minister Disraeli and Foreign Secretary Russell, Prince Edward and a strange old man in his 60s.

And the person who is speaking now is this strange old man. When he spoke, even Queen Victoria, who has always been very shy about things, showed due respect, and Foreign Secretary Russell and Prime Minister Disraeli lowered their bodies, and the smiles on their faces were very professional. Well, even the always arrogant Crown Prince Edward has become restrained at this time, with an unnatural modesty on his face.

Obviously, this stranger, who is about the same age as Disraeli, has a power that makes several people in the room very jealous.

"In 1857, William IV, who was still the crown prince at the time, entered the Dutch East India Company, which had already existed in name only, and changed the structure of the previous seventeen-member board of directors to an eighteen-member board of directors. He became the largest shareholder and chairman of the board. , occupying half of the shares, and then supporting Randy Alton, the seventeenth representative who was selected by the Small and Medium Chamber of Commerce to represent their interests, among the seventeenth people who were the lowest and most unstable in the seventeen-member board of directors at the time. William IV was appointed general manager of the Dutch East India Company.

Randy Alton is a visionary, he saw the possibility of turning the company into a force in the Far East, and for this he spared no effort to use force to complete the 18th century led by William IV. A five-year long-term plan formulated by the board of directors.

In 1860, Randy Alton moved the headquarters from Rotterdam to the new headquarters in Amsterdam. In order to cooperate with the ruling policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, he pacified the commercialization of the indigenous people in the Far East while supervising them. Later, in Australia and The island of New Guinea is even more likely to kill or drive away natives who oppose Dutch rule.

Randy Alton's second success was to help William IV establish a national trade system in Far East Asia, extending his trade footprint to Japan, North Korea and the Netherlands in addition to the Dutch East Indies, Pacific Islands, and New Guinea. The xian peninsula, the northern superpower and the kingdom of Siam, etc., and frequent cross-border trade with the Americas and the Pacific region.

After the Dutch government acquired the Australian mainland from Britain in 1863, the Dutch East India Company followed the Dutch government's relocation policy and was building a new headquarters in Sydney to move its European headquarters to Sydney.

With the influence of the Netherlands around the world, the Dutch East India Company continued to build its own ports, and at the same time, it also acquired land in various countries to establish its own strongholds and ports, and its influence in the world was very large.

Especially in the Americas and the Far East, it is almost everywhere. Even in colonies such as British India and Malaya, there are traces of the Dutch East India Company doing business.

Last year, the Dutch East India Company was the largest company in the world and the richest private company in the world, with more than 150 merchant ships, 20 battleships, 500,000 employees, and a private army of 10,000 mercenaries. With an annual dividend of more than 40%, the Dutch East Sea India Company's shares were in high demand when there was a rush to subscribe for shares in the Dutch East India Company. The total assets exceed 2.5 billion guilders, 500 million US dollars or 150 million pounds.

During the rush to subscribe for the shares of the Dutch East India Company last year, the Dutch East India Company released a total of 25 million guilders for subscription. At that time, the Dutch guilder was 25 guilders, which is about 1 pound. Last year, the annual salary of a respected teacher in the Netherlands was For £200 and 5,000 guilders, half of the shares were subscribed in Amsterdam alone. "

The stranger smiled humbly at the highest-ranking British people, and said, "I think the strength of the Dutch East India Company has threatened the interests of the United Kingdom, and perhaps it has come to a point where we should contain it. it's time"

The Queen's face just showed a momentary embarrassed expression, which fell into the eyes of a stranger, making him understand that this mission to Buckingham Palace seemed a little tricky.

As for the few people next to him, he found that, except for the excitement on Crown Prince Edward's face, he clearly agreed with it. Disraeli was a little hesitant after showing joy, while Foreign Secretary Russell hesitated. Obviously, these few People's positions seem to be different, but it is obvious that these people, except Crown Prince Edward, do not want to deal with the Dutch East India Company.

However, the strangers in front of him are not in a hurry, it seems that he is just a proposer, but he also understands that these people in front of him will eventually agree to him.

Because his name is Lionel Rothschild. He is the eldest son and heir of Nathan Rothschild, who has passed away in England.

Queen Victoria is now in a very difficult situation. Lai Onel in front of him is the richest man in Britain at the moment. He just mentioned the many achievements of the Dutch East India Company, but Lai Onel in front of him did not mention his own record.

His father, Nathan Rothschild, came to London, England alone in 1879 and started a small cotton cloth business. At that time, during the Napoleonic Wars in continental Europe, some aristocrats from the German Confederacy fled to England, including Count William of Frankfurt~www.mtlnovel .com~ In order to protect his wealth, Earl William entrusted his father Nathan Rothschild to buy a large number of bonds issued by the United Kingdom. Nathan took the opportunity to start the bond and stock business. With his shrewdness and talent, Nathan soon He made a fortune and became a giant in the financial securities industry in London. Later, he took the opportunity to provide huge military expenditures to the British government and established close contacts with military and political dignitaries in London, England.

In 1836 Nathan Rothschild had become the richest man in Britain, and almost the richest man in the world at that time, with assets exceeding 3 million pounds.

And her eldest son, Lionel in front of him, was also Nathan's best son, with a talent for finance that seemed to have inherited his father's brilliant mind.

Under the tutelage of his father, Nathan, he inherited Nathan's financial talent and showed extraordinary wisdom and business skills. In 1833, six years before Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne, the British government from Rothschild Deutsche Bank borrowed 20 million pounds, and Nathan Rothschild personally operated the loan. The result was a very successful organization. As a result, Leonel in front of him became famous in the British financial world.

After Nathan Rothschild's death in 1836, Laonel Rothschild became the head of the Rothschild family in England at the age of 28, and the business of the bank was well managed in his hands.

By 1852, the wealth of the British Rothschild family doubled to 6 million pounds, and by 1867 last year, Queen Victoria learned from the information at hand that their British Rothschild family had more than 8.8 million pounds, more than any family of the same period in the UK.

In the face of such a giant crocodile that has been in British business for more than 30 years, how can a few people be able to settle down?

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