King's Landing in France

In this era, Europeans all wore braids, which was exactly the same as in the Qing Dynasty.

After getting dressed, An Ning decided to go out to collect her mission rewards—a total of 550 crowns!

As he opened the door to go downstairs, he almost ran into a maid head-on.

The moment she saw the maid, An Ning froze for a moment.

He always thought that the maid who came to take care of him must be that kind of aunt, but he didn't expect the Duke to send a girl who looked like a teenager!

The girl had brownish-blonde hair, most of which was covered by a French maid's puff cap.

There are slight freckles on the girl's ruddy face, but this does not prevent her from being a beauty.

Seeing An Ning, the maid saluted respectfully: "Mr. Frost, the housekeeper arranged for me to take care of your daily life. If you need anything in the future, please tell me directly."

An Ning: "Uh... they actually sent such a young maid..."

The girl frowned: "Why, do you think I'm young and afraid that I won't be able to serve you well?"

——No, no, I'm afraid you're serving too well, okay?

An Ning: "No, no, I definitely didn't mean that. It's good to be young, it's good to be young."

The girl asked with a straight face, "Are you going out?"

An Ning nodded: "Yes, I am going to go out."

"Come back tonight?"

"Come back of course!"

"Then I will make your bed and leave the door open for your return. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

An Ning: "Wait a minute! What should I call you?"

"Usually you can just call me maid or 'hello'."

—Is this some kind of humor?

An Ning: "This is not good, my name is Andy Frost, please tell me your name, Miss, so I can call you conveniently."

"Fanny, Fanny Gray."

An Ning: "Annie? Your name is very popular..."

"Fanny! Can't you pronounce the VA sound?"

"Of course, of course I will. Fanny, I remember." An Ning paused, and in order to quickly get over the embarrassment, he continued to ask, "Fanny, I have a question, where is there a bank nearby?"

"A bank? Do you want to exchange coins or deposit and withdraw money? If you just want to exchange krona silver coins on your body for sou, just go to the bridge and find a Jewish merchant."

An Ning thought for a while, and replied, "I'll go to the bank where the money was deposited and withdrawn first, and then go to the Jewish merchant to exchange coins."

Fanny: "Then... maybe I can't tell you clearly as a person who just came to Paris. I will report to the head maid, and then I will show you the way."

An Ning frowned slightly—why did it feel like a countryman was despised by Parisians just now?

After the maid pulled up her skirt to salute, she turned around and went to ask the head maid for instructions, and An Ning was left where she was.

That's right, his master is the Duke, and he is just a guest living in the Duke's house, so there is no need for him to be too polite to him.

An Ning curled her lips, and suddenly thought, when the Great Revolution broke out and she made a name for herself, she wondered if the maid's attitude would change.

——Just wait and see, when I show a wave of future people's skills of sitting on the fence and become a great nobleman of the revolution.

While An Ning was thinking wildly, Fanny came back: "Let's go, Mr. Frost. The head maid asked me to take you to buy some clothes that fit you in addition to taking you to the bank. Are you... rich? "

An Ning really wanted to find a time to answer that she had no money, and see how the maid behaved.

But before he could speak, the maid continued: "Forget it, the head maid will send someone to notify the tailor that serves the Duke's house. After all, you are the lady's benefactor."

It seems that the clothes thing has also been resolved.

"Are you going to walk, or take a cab?" Fanny asked again.

An Ning: "Is it very far?"

"A bit."

"Then take the public carriage."

"Then you wait here a moment, I'll rent a carriage." Fanny curtseyed before turning around and leaving.

Chapter 013 Receiving Mission Rewards

Fanny had found a cab, one of those little buggies that a coachman drives behind a carriage.

After An Ning got into the car, Fanny also followed into the car and closed the door behind her.

An Ning: "Does the coachman know where he's going?"

"You only ordered the nearest bank, so I told him. Or do you want to specify a bank?" Fanny asked.

"No, any bank will do." An Ning paused, and then said, "It's better to be a more reliable bank, I mean one that won't go bankrupt easily."

"In this case, I personally recommend Tellson Bank. It is a British bank headquartered in London and has a branch in Paris. Many nobles' money is stored in it." Fanny replied.

An Ning: "Is it a British bank? Why would the French nobles deposit their money in a British bank?"

"Of course it's because of the recent rumors that His Majesty the King is about to go bankrupt and may raise taxes." Fanny replied.

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "As a maid, you really know a lot..."

"Every Parisian is talking about this, you just need to listen to the gentlemen's high-spirited talks on the square of the Royal Palace." The maid paused and then said, "What's more, most of these contents are from the dukes. Your Excellency concocted it."

An Ning let out an "oh", he already understood what was going on. The Duke of Orleans, Thorestère, opened his aristocratic territory to the citizens of Paris, making the Palais Royal a public opinion center for the citizens of Paris, and then spread all kinds of Bad news for the king.

The duke probably didn't know what kind of giant fire he was adding firewood to.

Fanny: "Do you want to divert to the branch of Tellson Bank in Paris?"

An Ning hesitated for a moment. As a person who knew the future, it seemed a natural choice to put his money in a safer British bank.

But the question is, after Britain becomes a member of the anti-French alliance in the future, as a Frenchman—a Frenchman who leans towards revolution, can he still get his small money in this bank.

An Ning thought about it, and decided that it would be better to go to the local bank.

In this way, although there is a risk of the banker being sent to the guillotine in the future, as long as he operates better, he should be able to get the money out before then.

An Ning: "No, as a Frenchman, I don't trust Brits very much."

Fanny: "That's right. I heard that you are from Caen. Shouldn't the people in Normandy have a better impression of the British?"

An Ning: "This is a prejudice. The Norman Conquest took place more than 700 years ago, and the British occupied Normandy 400 years ago. We are the young French."

The maid stared at An Ning for a few seconds, and then said in shock, "Sure enough, it's just like what Miss said, you're a bit weird."

An Ning: "Huh?"

"Miss said, you are the son of a cobbler, but you speak fluent German, and your French doesn't have that rude accent. And just now, you spoke the history of Normandy fluently, which is not something you can learn in Sunday school Arrived something?"

An Ning thought to herself, good guy, so you are assessing me on behalf of your lady?

He hurried to make up for it: "The priest in the Sunday school likes to tell historical allusions to us children. It's quite interesting to listen to the stories."

Fanny was speechless: "It's the priest's interest...it makes sense."

An Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Damn, being too knowledgeable as a cobbler's son in this day and age is also suspicious.

Fanny asked again: "What money are you going to deposit in the bank? Since you are looking for a bank at random, shouldn't you want to withdraw the money that was deposited in the bank before?"

An Ning thumped again, and it was hard to answer this question after thinking about it carefully. If he took out a large bag of coins from the bank under the watchful eyes of the little maid later, he would not be able to explain clearly.

So An Ning said: "When I was escorting the princess to escape from the battlefield, I defeated a robber who robbed me, took some spoils, and exchanged them for money from a merchant on the way back to France."

"Is that so? I just chatted with Miss when she was taking a bath. She never talked about this kind of thing."

"I exchanged the money with her on my back. In fact, I also took a few kroner silver coins from the lady, and I also went to a merchant to exchange them for more convenient copper coins."

Fanny curled her lips: "I see."

At this time, the rental carriage slowed down significantly, and the driver opened the window at the rear of the carriage and said loudly: "The Bank of Sauron is here, do you two want to get off?"

An Ning immediately said, "Okay, I'll get off here!"

Then there was a "wow" sound from the coachman calling to stop the horse outside the car window, and the car stopped slowly.

An Ning didn't wait for the little maid to open the door, she opened the door and jumped out of the car.

The coachman sitting in the back of the carriage pointed to the two-story building in front of him and said, "This is the Bank of Sauron, sir."

As soon as An Ning looked up, she saw the bank's signboard, so she strode towards the gate.

Fanny also got out of the car, paid the fare to the driver, and then ran in small steps to catch up with An Ning.

An Ning was stunned, thinking that this guy really wanted to follow in.

I don't know what form the task reward will be paid in the bank, will it look weird.

Unexpectedly, when he just entered the bank, the middle-aged gentleman who looked like a very British butler standing behind the counter looked up at him, and immediately smiled and said: "Oh, Mr. Frost! You came at the right time, and there is a card Your money order!"

An Ning thought badly.

He glanced at Fanny who had come in, and found that the maid was already shocked.

That shouldn't be a shock, because An Ning will come to this bank, and she will choose it based on the distance.

As a result, as soon as the bank staff came in, they greeted An Ning as if they knew An Ning very well, which was incredible to everyone.

If I knew this earlier, I should have come to the bank alone...

But the next moment, the maid's shocked expression disappeared, and she whispered, "No wonder you want to come to this bank, so you are a regular customer."

--Wait a moment?So is your own plug-in rationalizing this unreasonable place?

An Ning couldn't help but take another look at Fanny, but nothing unusual could be seen from her expression.

——With my cheat, can I reverse other people's cognition and memory quietly?

At this time, the staff of Sauron Bank had already come out from behind the counter and greeted him proactively: "Mr. Frost, please come to the VIP room. Miss maid, please wait in the lobby for a while."

Fanny nodded: "Well, I'll just wait here, Mr. Frost, hurry up and do your business."

An Ning nodded, and then entered the VIP room under the guidance of the bank staff who looked like an English butler.

Chapter 014 The chaotic monetary system

The decoration of the VIP room gave people the feeling that it was originally a baroque room, but it was forcibly changed into a rococo style.

This is especially evident in the desk: in a rococo environment, there is such an ornate desk full of gold and ivory carvings, which is a bit abrupt.

An Ning couldn't help but commented: "This desk is simply incompatible with the decoration of the entire VIP room. You can move a desk from a coffee shop on the street to be more suitable than this one."

The bank clerk looked apologetic: "When we bought this room as the bank's office, this desk was here, and the supervisor thought it was not good to throw it away."

At this time, the door opened, and a gentleman dressed as an aristocrat entered the room, and saluted An Ning: "Hello, Mr. Frost, I am the banker who is unwilling to throw away this table. You can call me Croix .May I ask if we can start handling your business?"

An Ning nodded: "Mr. Croix, let's start."

Croix came to the table and took out a document from a stack of documents: "We have received a money order for you. According to this money order, we have to pay you 550 crowns. Do you want us to pay directly or convert Pay you in gold? 550 silver coins are very heavy."

The currency of France in this era was very chaotic. There were many different currency units, such as the gold louis, the gold egus, the livre, the sou, the daniel, and the crown.

The main reason for this is that metal currency circulates throughout France. Before the French finance minister made banknotes, the banknotes quickly became waste paper due to problems such as excessive issuance. As a result, the people generally did not trust banknotes.

Because metal coins themselves contain precious metals such as gold and silver, they are valuable in themselves. The exchange between them must be converted according to the content of gold and silver, so it is very complicated, unlike the official currency endorsed by the central bank, which can be forcibly stipulated Conversion ratios for different units.

For example, the British stipulate that one pound is equal to 20 shillings, and one shilling is equal to 1 pence.Regardless of how much gold and silver is contained in the coin, it is exchanged in this way.

A unified monetary system is of great benefit to economic development.

This is not the case in France. Not only is the currency in a mess, but the feudal nobles also retain a certain degree of autonomy in tariffs, which seriously affects the development of commerce.

For this reason, Louis XV's Minister of Finance once planned to carry out reforms, so he stipulated that one mark of gold could be exchanged for 740 livres and 9 sols, trying to unify the currency system, but it was of no use.

Because of this, An Ning now has a headache as to how to withdraw her reward.

He thought for a while and said to Croix, "I'll open an account with your bank..."

Croix: "Account? Uh... you mean deposit the money in our bank? Shall we make you a deposit check?"

An Ning opened his mouth wide - he just remembered that the current bank does not have an account system. When you deposit money in the bank, you will get a deposit check as a voucher, and anyone who brings this deposit check can exchange it.