European Financial Emperor

072 Grand Duchy of Haustria (1)

After a while, the coach announced that patronage had been reached.

“Sir Ritterkirk, we have arrived. The Archduke is at the patron shelter. If you keep going along the road, you will probably see it.”

“Hmm, good. See you later.”

After a while, Lee Hwan got off the carriage and walked along the trail of the patron at the coach’s explanation.

If the size of the mansion was so large, it would take 30 minutes just to walk around the backyard.

He was captivated for a moment by the beautiful scenery of the patronage.

The feast of flowers blooming over the hill where the breeze blows was like a painting.

But among the flowers, I could see plum blossoms and bamboo.

“what… … ?”

To see Asian breeds here, Lee Hwan couldn’t be more happy.

Apparently, there were quite a few exchanges with Asia.

After a while, Lee Hwan arrived at the shelter.

He saw Duke Roan playing chess alone.

It was a little more dwarf than what I had heard.

Compared to Lee Hwan, who is called the Colossus of Litterkirk, it looked very different, but the energy was different.

‘The aura of irrelevant comes out.’

Duke Roan led Austria’s military reform from 1800 and made a significant contribution in the Great French War.

He had small scars on his face as he wandered the battlefield from a young age.

Lee Hwan pretended to be popular with Duke Roan.

“This is Ritterkirk, Grand Duke.”

“Uh… … ?”

Duke Roan, who was playing chess, slowly turned his head.

Her eyes as if she was looking at a mountain lion, and even a heavy voice.

‘… … It’s overwhelming.’

The word “little giant” was just right.

Duke Roan cleared the chessboard without saying a word and moved the pawn in front of the bishop two spaces.

Lee Hwan wondered if this meant a great nation, so he sat down.

Soon Lee Hwan’s rivalry started.

percussion!

He paved the way for the knight.

“It is truly an opening for someone who walks a different path than others.”

“Do you like chess?”

“Originally, I like Oriental organs more. Go is good too.”

“You are well acquainted with oriental culture.”

“There is so much to learn from them. Especially in terms of culture, we can’t keep up. If I had to ask, maybe we looked like savages. But if there is one thing that I regret, it is that I cannot see the world because I am so locked in the frame I made myself. They are not flexible. It may be because of the high-spiritedness of a large country called Cheong.”

Duke Roan was surprisingly interested in oriental culture.

There were even a few books written in Chinese next to him.

Among them, there were also books that Hwan Lee recently received great help from.

“Son Tzu’s Warfare, a very good book.”

“Do you know about grandson’s disease?”

“On a few occasions, I have followed the basics of the Sun Tzu method in naval and land battles so far. Thanks to that, I was able to save many of my subordinates.”

“Hoo… … . Even for a young man, I think deeply. Finding your way in a book.”

“There is nothing more discreet and convenient than walking on the path paved by our ancestors.”

The Duke of Roan stood up without even making a second move in chess.

He seemed to think he no longer needed to play chess with Yi Hwan.

“I think that’s enough to get me to know you.”

“The game hasn’t even started yet.”

“You can understand your opponent’s tendencies just by opening. That was it.”

Duke Roan was a person who smiled better than expected, unlike his dazzling eyes.

He said with a smile that curved like a seagull.

“Go. Now I have to attend the banquet soon.”

“A banquet?”

“I have decided to attend a people’s charity held by the Rashchild family and meet the members of the Federation. You’ll have to bring my letter today and meet some of the Federation members for me.”

Lee Hwan tilted his head.

I hadn’t heard that I was going to meet Duke Roan today, but suddenly he even ran errands, so I wondered what the hell was going on.

However, this was a golden opportunity for Lee Hwan.

“The Federation members are very interested in your skills. And they have quite a bit of money. As I deliver my letter, you will be able to show off your abilities to the fullest.”

“Hey, did you come here to give me a business opportunity?”

“Now, isn’t your performance accumulating wealth for our family? It’s hard to find an entrepreneur who makes this kind of money even in Austria.”

The territory of the German Confederation, including the Austrian Empire, was the largest in Europe, and the respective factions had quite a lot of money.

Besides, there was a reason why Lee Hwan could get what he wanted here.

“Make good use of this opportunity. Germany is full of rich, vain rich people.”

“iced coffee… … !”

German aristocrats preferred luxury more than anyone else.

If it is a disease, it will be able to sufficiently satisfy their purchase desire.

***

That evening.

Lee Hwan got Elizabeth into the car and drove through the streets of Austria.

She looked around the car with considerable interest.

“My back hurts a bit, but it’s still better than riding a horse. You make a lot of amazing things.”

“How about this, is this enough to be coveted by Austrian nobles?”

“I think so. When they say it’s rare, they’re very happy with it.”

Austrian aristocrats tend to be rather extreme.

There was a habit of collecting very old coins, collecting recently discovered gems, and finding harmony between old and new in strange places.

“Once upon a time, when the Rashchilds first got into the finance business, they said they found their seed money in a rare coin. German aristocrats, including Austrians, valued rare coins and spared no expense in collecting them. It is the same with the recent increase in demand for jewelry. They often pour huge amounts of gold into collecting special crystals created by rare minerals. They are the ones whose eyes are turned over by the rarities and wonders.”

“So, you’re saying that I could become the best financier in the German Federation by selling cars?”

“It will depend on what you do, but it won’t be impossible.”

It was no coincidence that Lee Hwan came up with the idea of a diamond mine after receiving Elizabeth’s business proposal.

He was trying to attack the German Confederation with the rare diamond mineral, just as the Rashchild family made money with old coins.

It was clear that opening that door with a car would make it much easier to sell diamonds in the future.

Eventually, the two went to the Donaustadt house of the Rashchild family, where the event was held.

The mansion was so huge that it was absolutely overwhelming.

‘It’s like looking at the headquarters of a large corporation.’

No matter how much money a Jew has, it is not easy for a Jew to brag about his money.

This was an indicator of how influential the Rashchild family was in Austria.

The Rashchild family is a German financier from the Frankfurt ghetto, a symbol of racism, but was known as the capitalist who now holds the most Austrian government bonds.

They raised money through a transaction with Wilhelm and the hereditary Crown Prince of Hessekasel, who were rare collectors, and based on this, they made a fortune as a clothing business, which was disrespected at the time.

After that, he provided finance throughout the German Confederation, and eventually grew to the point where he was treated as aristocratic by the Austrian Habsburgs.

Huschel Rashchild, the head of the Rashchild family and the president of Rashchild Finance, has passed away.

“Come, Baron. It’s called Huschel Rashchild. Still, I was looking forward to today’s meeting.”

Huschel Rashchild looked like a typical middle-aged Jewish man with a beard.

He was rather short and dwarf, and when he smiled, his face was quite wrinkled.

Lee Hwan first asked him to shake hands.

“Nice to meet you. It’s called Easterfield.”

“It is such an honor to be able to see the divinity of the Netherlands, which I had only heard of, in person.”

There is a clear difference between the Golden Child family and the Rashchild family.

Although they are German financiers, if the Golden Child pursues a more aristocratic aspect, the Rashchild family lowered themselves limitlessly, and they tended to satisfy the aristocrats quite well.

Even now, even though he was treated like aristocrats, he was living with infinitely low self-esteem.

‘It’s like watching Gan-woong’s way of life.’

Although Lee Hwan didn’t know a person named Huschel, he could know that he was intentionally lowering himself.

He was a person who saw an opportunity to take a practical profit while lowering himself and raising the other person out of necessity.

Yi Hwan delivered the Archduke’s letter to him.

“The Archduke told me to pass it on to you.”

“thank you.”

Huschel Rashchild reading the Archduke’s letter.

After pondering over the letter over and over again, he captured it well in his arms.

Huschel Rashchild’s gentle smile followed.

‘what? Did you include any secret stories in the letter?’

I read the contents of Lee Hwan-do’s letter, but there was nothing special about it.

They were all about saying thank you for hosting this charity event, and saying that a passage in the Talmud was impressive.

“I hope you enjoy this event. I know that the nobles are very interested in the carriage you are riding in this time.”

“Um, right?”

“This is a bit true, but you will be able to make a big contribution to it.”

The atmosphere of the event was a banquet of chatter, and a charity event was simply a matter of determining how much money to send to the Austrian imperial family.

Now, the concentration of capital supporting the Habsburg dynasty was considered more important than the livelihood of the people.

When Lee Hwan appeared with Elizabeth, the nobles began to show a deep interest in the two.

“Oh, it’s Baron Easterfield!”

“Finally here!”

“I was very impressed with the carriage I rode on my way there. Horseless carriage, where did you get these strange things?”

“The horseless carriage! Can I drive it once?”

Indeed, as Huschel said, the Austrian nobles flocked to Lee Hwan like a tide as soon as he appeared.

Lee Hwan attracts nobles like a magnet.

Looking at him like that, Huschel Rashchild was smiling somewhat satisfied.

‘It’s Gan-woong, Gan-woong. It’s clear they’re up to something.’

Lee Hwan was in the midst of a chaos because of the nobles, but he could be sure that Hushel’s eyes were not unusual.

Lee Hwan decided to take the customers and go out to the yard.

“Those who want to drive a car, come out. I will show you the newspaper.”

“Oh, I can’t stand the newspaper again!”

Taken from readwn.com

Men are obsessed with cars.

An experiment by researchers at a university even found that all males of primates, not just human males, generally liked the shape of the car.

In the past and now, even those who see cars for the first time, those who have seen them often, or those who are passionate about cars, were the same.