Count Scott Kowal stood in the square in front of the White House, watching the carriages of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Treasury leave.
He stood in the square for a while before walking to his carriage. When he came, he was riding in a royal carriage, but when he left, he was not treated like this.
The night is dark, but the nightlife in the Holy City is far from over. From time to time, cheerful laughter can be heard from the high-end residences on both sides of the street. In this city that brings together the best from all over the world, night is its most exciting moment, with dance parties, drinking parties and
Various salon parties are taking place in every corner, with feasting and feasting.
Count Koval was a little disheartened. When he came to this city with dreams, he was just like the thousands of people who came here to try their luck, and worked hard, but met with obstacles everywhere.
Just like the 1/20 tax, the Prime Minister gave himself a guarantee and promised to nominate him as a deputy minister of a certain ministry, but tonight the Prime Minister seemed to have forgotten about it, and instead took the initiative to block himself with the title of State Secretary.
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What a joke. Secretary of State is just a false title. You can get it as long as you can afford it. Count Koval knows at least seven people with this title, and there are even more people with titles such as Financial Advisor and Cabinet Legal Advisor.
The Parliament of Nobles is just a fraternity. It can neither decide the country's major policies nor influence the cabinet's administrative measures. The most important thing for the members is to attend various gatherings and seek benefits for their own families.
Most councilors regarded this position as a symbol of distinguished status because they were nominated by the emperor himself.
Unlike Count Koval, Sean is busy with his own career in Genoa.
Sean suddenly felt that his free time was getting less and less, so he registered five companies in one go:
Genoa Steel Company, Genoa Coal Company, Conn. Mechanical Power Company, Conn. Shipbuilding Company and Conn. Railway Company.
Of course, the latter three companies were now on the same team, and Johnson was now leading his engineers to build practical steam engines, not only for transporting ore and water from the mines in future mines, but also for the planned locomotive locomotives.
Both steel companies and coal companies require a large number of specialized talents, including a large number of miners.
For four months from July to October, Sean was busy building the teams of various companies under his name. He kept recruiting people and spending money. It was not until the weather turned cooler at the end of October that he breathed a sigh of relief.
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He spent all the 2 million he borrowed from Audrey, and also spent the large sum of cash earned by his tea garden this year.
Among the 5,000 acres of tea gardens, 3,000 acres are for later cultivation and will not be profitable until next year at the earliest. Even so, the existing 2,000 acres of tea gardens that can bring profits have earned Sean excess profits, which is enough to support his development in other industries.
Huge investment.
He is actually scrambling for time, because he predicts that the price of tea will fall off a cliff next year. If there is any trouble, he will have to pay more for investing in heavy industry in the future.
It is precisely because of this that the banking community in Poitou is paying close attention to Sean. They lobby Sean to borrow money from them every day - they will not lend to a person with poor repayment ability.
The more willing they are to provide loans.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Sean is now the richest man in Genoa. The profits of the tea economy shocked everyone, and the coal and iron resources in his hands are worth hundreds of millions - this area is only trial mining now, and not only cannot it be immediately
To bring in profits, you need to invest a lot of money.
However, the speed at which he spends money is equally shocking. For example, his workers work six days a week and only need to work 10 hours a day, provide free dormitories for migrant workers, and pregnant female workers receive half pay for three months.
Fake, as for those senior technicians with special skills, they have higher salaries and more benefits, especially those senior technicians who can make their families live a comfortable life just by relying on Sean's salary.
You must know that Sean's counterparts in the north are all ruthless. Workers in those factories work two shifts a day, working at least 12 hours a day, and can take at most one day off per month. They are not paid for taking leave.
In Gyeonggi and other industrially developed provinces, a kind of nightclub is popular. This is a nightclub specially provided for workers who do not have houses, especially single migrant workers. A rope is pulled horizontally in a room, and the people who stay overnight will be there.
Put your head on this rope.
This kind of rope also acts as an alarm clock. Once the shop owner feels that the time has come, he will untie the rope from one end, and all the sleeping people will fall to the ground and wake up.
The large-scale use of female workers and child labor is a common phenomenon, because female workers, especially child labor, are cheaper and the experience of these people is even more miserable.
Those terrible things are too numerous to describe, which made Sean realize the profound critical meaning of the phrase "capital comes into the world, from head to toe, and every pore is dripping with blood and filth."
In the eyes of many people, Sean's generosity was like opening a charity. For example, later on, young female workers kept getting pregnant, giving birth to one baby every year. They thought this was a mockery of Sean's ridiculous kindness.
Even his confidants hinted that Sean did not need to be so generous, but Sean still went his own way, feeling that he was already evil enough.
As the saying goes, the great the power, the great the responsibility. He can't control others, he just needs to manage himself. He has the minimum bottom line.
On November 1, 1832, the first load of iron ore was mined in the Darlington Iron Mining District, not far from Putnamburg. At the same time, the first load of iron ore was mined in the Docton Coal Mining District, 70 kilometers away.
Cart of coal.
This announced that Sean's steel company and coal company began official operations.
However, how to transport coal to steel smelting companies located in iron ore areas is a planned problem. Transportation by animal power is not only inefficient but also extremely costly.
A huge long strange black iron thing was parked outside the open dump of Dockton Colliery.
It drags more than twenty iron guys behind it. This is the train that Sean once strongly advocated.
It's the result of Johnson and his team of engineers over the past six months.
Steam power itself is not the most difficult thing. They have created a practical steam engine for ships, consolidated the technical foundation, trained the R&D and manufacturing teams, and are familiar with everything. It is not a problem to build a train locomotive.
Using steam engines to drive wheels has long been thought of, and many people have tried it. Even without Sean, many mines still use steam engines as transportation power. Those locomotives are only used within the mining area and cannot be used for long distances, because
They will inevitably encounter problems such as insufficient power, vehicle breakage, excessive vibration, etc.
In fact, Sean played a key role in making the train practical:
For example, the shape of train wheels, the innovations of rails and roadbeds, these ideas themselves are no less important in the eyes of engineers than the steam engine head.
Sean's train was also named Genoese. Its engine hauled 6 coal cars and 20 passenger cars, with a load capacity of 90 tons.
The Genovese has been tested before and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent. This is the result of avoiding many detours.
Today Sean will officially introduce it to all Genovese.
Governor Byrne, Poitou Mayor Stanley, the mayors of two cities in different regions where coal mines and iron mines are located, Poitou bankers, as well as nobles and factory owners who have close relations with Sean all received Xiao
An invitation.
With a whistle blowing, the Genovese moved slowly, humming, and then moved forward steadily at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.
It passes through the mining area and runs in the hilly areas of Northern Genoa.
Along the railway track, there were huge crowds of local people, some riding horses and running behind them, cheering for this miracle. For this reason, Sean had to hire a large number of people to maintain order to prevent anyone from running onto the railway track to seek death.
The guests in the carriage were so excited that they couldn't help but think too much.
This increasingly influential viscount always has many fantastic ideas and is far-sighted, never taking things one step at a time.
Sean was definitely not looking for iron ore and coal mines to build ironclad ships, nor was he just building trains to smelt steel. Sean had a complete plan. When Sean presented his business plan, people suddenly discovered a
The prototype of a business empire has been born.
From this point of view, it was not a wise move for the Koval family to bid against him in a vindictive manner. Of course, the opening of this experimental railway has brought some hope to the Koval family, but this hope will inevitably make the Koval family
Realizing the pivotal role Sean played in this.
The black steam engine head pulls the carriage filled with black coal and drives forward along the black railway track.
Perhaps in the near future, such black behemoths can be seen running everywhere in the vast territory of Europa.
The power of industry will shock the world, and with the extension of railway tracks, this power will penetrate into every corner of the empire and will greatly change the appearance of the world.
This powerful black force is inexplicably amazing. Some people are afraid, some are hesitant, and more people are eager to try it. Bankers are surrounding the governor to unblock the feasibility of building several commercial railways.
At the same time, this black power also represents the rise of a person.
"Sean, congratulations!"
In a special box in the last carriage, there were only three people, Audrey, Carl and Miller.
Audrey's sincere smile, and the pity under her smile for Sean, who had recently lost a lot of money, made Sean couldn't help but hold her soft hand.
Audrey rarely refused.
Taking advantage of the excuse of smoking, Miller led the excited Karl to the corridor outside the box and pointed at the wilderness running backward outside the box.
"Your arrival surprised me." Sean said.
Audrey smiled and said: "No, you still owe me 2 million. I'm worried that you will walk away. You can't default on the debt."
"I'm a pauper now. Otherwise, I'll leave myself to you." Sean said, "Or you marry me, so that we can clear up everything."
Audrey shook her head and stroked Sean's face: "I am a widow, and I am several years older than you."
"It's okay, I don't care."
Sean's eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness, almost melting Audrey.