However, Sean used this rhetoric in his letter to Philip Solon, because his lover accidentally saw Her Royal Highness the Princess in "distress" and reached out to help out of good intentions and loyalty to the monarch.
Otherwise, saying that she was just a passerby would arouse the royal family's suspicion of her intentions. Why did she "abduct" to Poitou? Sean didn't want the royal family to trace that she was a killer or a member of a bloodthirsty organization.
Sean's silence convinced Elizabeth that it was true. This was a natural thought.
"Your Highness, I think you should write a letter to His Majesty now. This is the self-consciousness you should have as His Majesty's daughter." Sean said.
"I will write it." Elizabeth nodded.
She is now afraid of being scolded by her father and brother. It is impossible to say that she does not regret it.
Sean said understandingly: "Your Highness, you care about the living conditions of the subjects of the empire, go deep into the people, understand the world situation, and prepare to make a detailed report on the world situation that can be used as a reference for His Majesty's governance. This is a very meaningful thing!"
"Yes!" Elizabeth said happily, "That's my plan!"
"Your Highness, before His Majesty's latest decree arrived, he lived in the town of Vichy. The residents here are very hospitable! But before that, we made three agreements."
Elizabeth asked: "Which three?"
"Article 1: You must not reveal your identity at any time. Two years ago we tried a bloodthirsty rebellion case that caused a sensation across the country."
"Of course!" Elizabeth nodded.
"Article 2: You must not leave the sight of my escorts at any time. Unless necessary, I guarantee that they will not restrict your personal freedom."
"What about the third one?" Elizabeth asked.
"I haven't thought about the third one yet. It depends on the actual situation. If you don't cause me trouble, there will never be a third one. In addition, I reserve the sole right to interpret the above three items." Sean smiled.
"You are a well-spoken person, do you always put yourself in an invincible position?" Elizabeth asked dissatisfied.
"You can think of me as a businessman, not a count. You know, a businessman must always consider risks, otherwise he will lose miserably." Sean said.
"Okay. I want to go to the beach first. I have never seen the sea before!" Elizabeth said.
"I forgot to tell you that it is forbidden to approach the seaside. Although the Navy has set up a sailor school here, soldiers will control warships to train and patrol on the nearby sea every day, but who knows if a fish monster will suddenly attack
Are you curious about land?" Sean asked immediately.
“Very boring!”
Just as he was talking, Cleveland walked in from outside: "Sir, Countess Robinson and Master Carl are here."
Elizabeth noticed the bright look on Sean's face.
In fact, when Sean came back from the Holy City, except for sending someone to deliver a letter to Fort Rowan and delivering the gifts he bought from the Holy City, he never met Audrey.
In the shipyard.
"My wife said that she would personally attend the dividend meeting of Kang's Shipbuilding. As the second largest shareholder, she asked Master Carl to come along and have a look." Cleveland said.
"What dividend meeting?" Elizabeth asked.
"Because the shipyard has started to make money from this year, it is exactly in the middle of the year that we return returns to shareholders for the first time." Sean said proudly, "We will have a second one at the end of the year."
"Then I also want to see it. No, this is a social survey." Elizabeth emphasized.
"So, please remember our agreement, and by the way, what's your name?" Sean asked.
"Ellie Humphreys!" said Elizabeth, "the daughter of a northern earl."
"very good!"
However, turning around, Sean quietly told Audrey Elizabeth's true identity and emphasized that Elizabeth's arrival was just an accident.
After not seeing each other for several months, Sean and his lover met again without saying anything. Audrey could feel Sean's hot eyes.
Elizabeth's eyes moved back and forth between Sean and Audrey, and she suddenly became Rose's defender.
"It would be great if Rose could accompany me," Elizabeth said.
Women are naturally masters of this, regardless of their age.
"Is Rose back?" This really caught Audrey's attention.
Sean said awkwardly: "I haven't seen her yet. She seems to have a prejudice against me and has not returned to the Rose Garden."
"Really?" Audrey's tone was drawn out.
While Sean was helping her get into the carriage, Audrey pinched Sean secretly, and Sean could only bear her dissatisfaction with a grimace.
This detail was seen by Her Royal Highness the Princess, who had been paying attention to Audrey. Her Highness the Princess blushed, but she was happy to see Sean being punished.
Thanks to Sean's special care, Audrey knew Elizabeth's true identity and pretended not to know. Therefore, when Elizabeth asked to ride in a carriage with her, she readily agreed.
It was necessary to establish a good personal relationship with the royal family, whether it was for the Robinson family or Sean. Although the image of the royal family in her mind was greatly affected when the news of Sean's arrest outside the dignitary meeting came a few months ago.
fall.
Carl Robinson is ten years old this year. As the heir of Rowan Castle, he endures the strictest instruction from his mother. His weekly class schedule is very full.
At this point, even Sean couldn't convince Audrey.
If according to Audrey's education standards, Sean is considered a weirdo. He has not received any aristocratic education, but he was lucky enough to be awarded a noble title, and he also promoted his title by one level at an extremely fast speed.
The speed of Sean's rise is astonishing. Of course, people, including Audrey, attribute this to Sean's own extremely high intelligence, so Sean is a strange existence and cannot be copied.
Because of Sean's outstanding performance, Audrey paid more attention to Carl's education. In her words, hard work can make up for failure.
For the battered little Carl, it was very exciting to be able to visit the shipyard this time. He could finally play openly.
He and Sean rode in the same carriage, and they kept asking about shipbuilding along the way. The curious baby had a lot of questions, but Sean could always give him satisfactory answers, and he was very patient, but at the same time he evoked a lot of questions.
Carl more curious.
"Godfather, can a man really fly like an albatross?" Carl asked.
"Of course!" Sean replied affirmatively.
Carl's eyes told Sean that this was incredible.
"Your mother arranged a physics course for you, right?" Sean asked.
"Of course, but I think this course is useless." Karl said.
"Hot air rises and cold air falls, right?" Sean asked.
"Godfather, the Kong Ming lantern you made for me last time is based on this principle. Kong Ming is really amazing!"
Sean laughed: "Look, if the Kongming Lantern is made bigger and can pull a person, wouldn't it be able to fly with it?"
"Godfather, can you find someone to make such a... super big... Kongming lantern?" Carl's face was full of hope. He raised his arms and made exaggerated gestures.
"Of course you can, but your mother won't let you ride." Sean said.
"We can make a dog fly first!" Carl said immediately. "Like a guinea pig, dedicated to science."
Carl Robinson visited Dr. Nolan's laboratory at the University of Poitou and was deeply impressed by the mice there.
"You're a teachable boy!" Sean nodded, "Of the two dogs you raise, which one are you going to let fly first?"
Karl struggled for a long time and said: "Let them race. Whoever runs slower will win! Fair competition!"
Sean laughed loudly after hearing this: "What a great idea!"
In the carriage ahead, Elizabeth heard Sean's hearty laughter and was very curious. She always has a strong curiosity.
"Madam, the Robinson family has a good relationship with the Connery family?" Elizabeth asked deliberately.
"Yes, we are neighbors. It is also tradition for nobles to watch each other. We abide by the king's decree and rule each other. Once something happens in the place, the first person the nobles seek help from must be the nearest noble." Audrey said.
Audrey's beauty and elegant posture made Elizabeth envious.
The princess has seen too many noble ladies, but few can match Audrey's in her memory.
Just because those noble ladies would inevitably have a flattering attitude when facing a noble princess like her, so Audrey's neither humble nor overbearing and gentle attitude made her immediately feel different.
Kang's Shipbuilding's first dividend meeting was held in the open space next to the dock, and the workers set up a huge pergola.
There are a total of 200,000 shares, of which Sean holds 40%, the Robinson family controls 10%, and Johnson, the main manager and chief engineer, personally holds 5%.
The other 5% are collectively held by technical staff, who have dividend rights but cannot be transferred. Once they are fired or voluntarily leave, they have nothing to do with the company's shares.
The remaining 40% of the original shares were sold to the public at a price of 100 gold louis per share, raising 8 million funds.
There were more than 1,000 individual shareholders registered at the earliest. According to the principle of balancing interests, almost all the rich people in Genoa were wiped out, unless he himself was not interested.
Just because of purchase restrictions, these people don't own many stocks. Now the value of Kangshi Shipbuilding's shares has increased from the initial 100 gold louis to 600 gold louis.
For example, Viscount Brandon asked his two sons and one daughter, plus his wife and five other people, to purchase 100 shares per person according to the maximum limit, spending a total of 500,000.
This was all the savings that the not-so-rich Viscount could put out at the time. Obviously, this investment makes Viscount Brandon regret it now, because he could have borrowed money from the bank to buy more stocks - as long as he borrowed money from others
name, such as the name of one’s own housekeeper.
In addition to the general optimism among investors, arms dealers Bess and the Koval family have contributed to the rise in stock prices.
The former was because they were in the Holy City and did not catch up with the sale of the original shares. The latter was because the relationship between the Koval family and Sean was not very harmonious at the time. They had to pay high prices to acquire shares from other small shareholders, which directly pushed up the stock price.
The number of shareholders is now down to less than 500, and those who sold their shares early now regret it.
As of June 1834, Kang's Shipbuilding had delivered 15 shark-class ironclads to the Navy. The first 10 ships basically enabled Kang's Shipbuilding to recover its huge initial investment, and the next five ships began to make money. At this time, the production cost had dropped to 600,000 per ship.
ship, the Navy’s bid is still 700,000, which means that on the Shark-class ship type, the profit is 500,000.
500,000 is not much, but it is a good sign that the navy's order has increased to 50 ships, because the meeting of dignitaries made the imperial finance minister breathe a sigh of relief.
If you add in the newly launched Rocky Mountain iron-clad cargo ship, it is not a small number. The price of this new model is as high as 2 million, and the cost is 1.5 million. The user of the first ship belongs to Kangshi Dynamics, although it is still in Sean
For the property in his name, he still spent 2 million in real money as a benchmark for the future.
Therefore, Kangshi Shipbuilding paid a dividend of 1 million this time, with an average dividend of 5 gold louis per share.
500 of the richest people in Genoa gathered here, not just for these five gold louis.
Nor was it to see Audrey, who made a slightly high-profile appearance in person this time - everyone in Poitou now knows that she is Sean's lover.
Not to mention the strange and beautiful girl standing next to Audrey.
They are eyeing Kang Dynamics.
Especially the launch of the Rocky Mountain, this means that the civilian ship market will start. The number and tonnage demanded by businessmen for new cargo ships are far from comparable to that of the navy. These cargo ships will not be able to get rid of Kang Dynamics' key equipment for at least the next ten years.
of monopoly.
So the dividend meeting ended hastily in only half an hour. People surrounded Sean waving checks, among them Sieyes was the most enthusiastic. He represented the Genoa consortium and wanted to collectively invest in Kang Dynamics.
"Count, if you nod, 20 million in cash will be received immediately, and we only need 30% of the equity." Sieyes and these people are truly wealthy.
"No, no, this is too much. The consortium as a whole can obtain at most 10% of the shares. Of course, we don't know how much each share will cost yet. This needs independent professionals to evaluate it." Sean shook his head.
"Is there anyone more powerful than our consortium? You must know that we are only interested in value-added and capital security, and we promise not to interfere in the operation and management of Kang Dynasty." Sieyes said.
He felt that his bid was fair, which was partly due to his recognition of the market prospects and partly due to his high personal trust in Sean.
"Well, I just sent an invitation to the nobles of Genoa to hold a hunting event this month. You know, there has been no large-scale hunting in the Rocky Mountains for several years, and wild boars are overrun. It just happens to be a hunting event, and it will be held by the way.
A barbecue party, I think all the nobles are happy to share the delicious food." Sean said, "Mr. Sieyes must understand my style of conduct."
Sieyes was a little disappointed, but Sean was implying that he still adopted the principle of equal sharing of interests to unite more people. The aristocrats controlled the political power and administrative power, the consortium controlled the capital, and the business community was caught in the two circles.
In the middle, whoever can unite these three forces will be the uncrowned king.
Sieyes actually appreciates this aspect of Sean, and it is in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the consortium.
In Genoa, the relationship between the nobility and financial groups, including the business community, has become very harmonious in the past two years, and Sean plays a very important role. In the past, Viscount Brandon would laugh at the vulgarity of these upstarts without scruples, and the latter also
Used to laugh at Baron Davis's poverty and persistence.
Sean has changed some of the traditional and conservative ideas of the nobles, making them begin to accept the changes of the times. At the same time, Sean has also had increasing influence on the financial groups and the industrial and commercial circles.