Just as the tranquility was attacked by a sudden surge of emotion, Talleyrand said again: "As for the wedding, have you decided on the bishop who will preside over the wedding?"
An Ning couldn't help but narrowed his eyes: What a good Talleyrand, you came this way!
In Europe of this era, weddings had to be officiated by a priest.
In fact, Europeans in this era were related to priests from birth.
When you are born, you need to be baptized by a priest, when you become an adult, you need to be blessed by a priest, when you get married, you need to be baptized by a priest, when you give birth to a child, you need to be baptized by a priest... Finally, when life comes to the end, a priest has to preside over the funeral.
Therefore, the priests have great energy. The previous priestly oath law led to the division of the priests, which turned into the division of the entire France.
Although Talleyrand took the initiative to sell out the church property and proposed the confiscation of the church property to save the Parliament, he was indeed a bishop certified by the Pope.
An Ning: "What, you plan to be the host?"
Talleyrand smiled: "I can hide nothing from you."
——Damn it, are you hiding it? Why the hell didn’t I see you hiding it? You said “I want to be a host” on your face, and then you said “I can’t hide anything from you”. This flattery is so direct.
Already.
An Ning An resisted her desire to flatter Talleyrand and got down to business: "Actually, Christina and I are still considering whether to invite a bishop to officiate the wedding."
Talleyrand was shocked: "Don't preside? This is absolutely not allowed. It will put you on the opposite side of the entire Holy See! Not only that, the religious people will also have opinions about you, saying that you are the son of Satan and so on."
There is indeed such a possibility.
By the way, Christina also prefers to find a priest to officiate the wedding. An Ning is an atheist and a fierce warrior, but his wife is not.
He just said this because he wanted to see Talleyrand's reaction.
An Ning: "An Ning, we just thought about it and didn't really make this decision. Your Excellency, Bishop Talleyrand, are you sure you still have the authority to officiate weddings... um, authority?"
Talleyrand shrugged: "Although I have sworn allegiance to France instead of the Pope in Rome, the old Pope has not revoked my appointment as bishop. I am still a bishop certified by the Vatican."
As he spoke, Talleyrand took out the bishop's little hat and put it on his head.
To be honest, An Ning has always thought this little priest hat is funny - he has thought so since before he traveled through time.
An Ning: "Okay, since you have the qualifications, then please be the host of our wedding."
Talleyrand smiled slightly: "I will definitely complete my mission. By the way, has the church for the wedding been decided? If not, please allow me to recommend..."
"We are going to use Notre Dame de Paris." An Ning interrupted Talleyrand, "Yes, of course because I particularly like this building."
Mainly because a long time later a great writer wrote a book named after this building, and An Ning happened to be very fond of this book - and the movie of the same name based on the book.
Talleyrand: "Oh, Notre Dame, you have good taste, you have good taste, Your Majesty the General!"
An Ning: "Can you stop your endless flattery? Haven't you asked? I don't like this very much."
Talleyrand: "Sorry, this is my habit of dealing with people. I forgot that you are a..."
"Here we go again, okay, I agree to host the wedding. If you have nothing else to do, you can leave, Your Excellency Bishop."
Talleyrand did not say goodbye. He rolled his eyes and said: "I have other things. I don't know if you still accept...accept investment?"
"You also want to come and get the dividends?" An Ning asked back, "You know the UK. You should know that we are indeed on the threshold of the steam age, right?"
Talleyrand: "Of course I know that many chimneys have been erected in Britain, spewing thick smoke every day, and underneath are steam boilers. But I also know that the British have launched several campaigns to destroy machines!
"For example, the one in 1778 was particularly large-scale. Later, small-scale incidents of destroying machines also occurred from time to time. It happened several times during the six months I was in England.
"The steam age you advocate will not be as beautiful as you imagine."
An Ning thinks nonsense, don’t I know?
But on the surface, he smiled and said: "There will be some side effects, but there is nothing in this world that does not have side effects.
"The British have used steam engines to massively improve their production. Their national power is getting stronger and stronger. You may not be able to see it now, but one day, they will definitely become the world's hegemon.
"As French people, we cannot allow this to happen. So we must develop our own steam industry and catch up with the British in this regard.
"Talleyrand, you know Britain, and you know that what I said is not a high-sounding excuse, nor is it a fig leaf to make money for myself. I really intend to develop the steam industry, and I really intend to give every investor generous returns!
"This return is not the return that many people understand, but a real economic return!"
Talleyrand was stunned by An Ning's sudden passionate speech. When An Ning finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he should respond: "It is a very great idea. Then please let me contribute to this great idea. By the way, I
I also want to make a fortune."
An Ning: "You also want to pay five hundred ounces of gold?"
Talleyrand: "I... don't have that much. I can only take out more than a hundred ounces."
That’s a lot!
You co-authored a proposal to confiscate church property and subsidize parliament, and you yourself have made a lot of money!
How can we manage France well with such insects?
However, Talleyrand was already considered good among speculators and ambitious people. After all, he really promoted France's progress.
Just like Fouche, Fouche's contribution lies in the establishment of a modern police system.
An Ning: "Okay, you can send the gold bars to the bank I opened. Now the bank is holding an event. If you deposit gold, you will get paper francs equivalent to the gold. This is one of the means I use to consolidate the value of paper money.
"After you take the banknotes, you can buy any goods at the chamber of commerce under my name."
Talleyrand: "Only paper money?"
"Of course, there are also investment certificates and documents. As for the dividend rules, we stipulate that one gold bar is worth 10,000 shares, and dividends will be distributed according to the share capital at the end of each year." An Ning also said this very skillfully, like
An insurance seller.
Talleyrand: "You are so skillful in what you say. Have you already told many people who come to invest?"
An Ning pretended to be stupid and said: "Yes, especially after the news of my getting married was released, I don't know why more people invested! Everyone hopes to embrace the future steam era!"