Chapter 555 Million Pounds

  Lucius Malfoy’s father, Abrams, died of dragon pox, a magical infectious disease, and James’ parents also died of this disease.

  After all, old people do not have the same resistance as young people, but the reason why the plague of the magical world spread is related to the gap between the rich and the poor.

  Saint Mungo’s operation mainly relies on donations, and some of the medical expenses are still provided by the patients themselves. Patients who have dragon pox but look down on the disease have no choice but to give up treatment.

  In the face of illness, people are not divided into classes.

  In the Middle Ages, the Black Death took away the lives of not only the poor, but also princesses, princes, nobles, wealthy merchants, and clergy.

  The huge sum of money donated by Lucius is mainly used for those poor people who have severe infectious diseases and have no money to treat them.

  During the death of Abraxas, the Ministry of Magic was busy competing with Voldemort for power. No one paid attention to disease control at all. Those who should be isolated are not isolated, and those who should be allocated no funds. With this money, Saint Mungo can at least guarantee that those who are too poor will not go home and spread the disease to others. Lucius actually doesn’t care if he has done good deeds, he just doesn’t want to get sick and die. .

  There is nothing wrong with paying attention to your own health. The money is donated to St. Mungo. How to operate this money is not something that doctors who specialize in medicine can do.

  There is a concept stock in the Muggle stock market. Compared with blue-chip stocks, which must be supported by good operating performance, concept stocks only rely on the same topics and have a very powerful advertising effect.

  The wizarding world does not allow a stock market, but Lucius can use this concept to raise funds. Even if he loses money, the advertising effect is achieved. The former Death Eaters are doing good deeds, and they are protecting the people's livelihood.

  Draco does not intend to inherit the family business. People from other families will inherit. Those who have children in the family can be sent there to practice hands. Anyway, they are "donations".

  Originally, this person was Breszabini, but Iris hoped that he could be transferred to the end of the world. It was a question of who would replace him.

  There are many cases of employees carrying their bosses to make false accounts and lose public funds. Cupid from Ireland was deceived by his partners.

  After the South China Sea bubble in 1720, Britain has not issued stocks in a hundred years, but capital needs a place to flow.

  Since the 17th century, Britain became the center of the world's maritime trade, and the center of marine insurance also began to move to the UK.

  At that time, insurance was like a gambling. Insurance was a tool to transfer risks. If there was no accident, the insurance company would collect the premiums given by the customer, and the insurance company would compensate if something happened.

  The situation on the sea is unpredictable. Even if the weather is calm, you may encounter pirates. Most traders will buy insurance to transfer risks.

But sometimes merchants have poor turnover. Good luck and the ship arrives safely. The shipowner not only loses a ship’s cargo but also compensates for the casualties of the seafarers. If you are willing to gamble, you will lose. From a rich man to nothing or even debt. It's normal.

Palmerston inherited 75,000 pounds of property from his father and also inherited 90,000 pounds of debt. It is definitely not worthwhile to inherit this inheritance if you just add and subtract, but most companies have to bear debts. Yes, and the debt can be reorganized, which means that as long as the original debt repayment terms are modified, the creditor will make concessions in accordance with the agreement reached with the debtor or the court’s ruling.

  As long as there is working capital in hand, there are still opportunities. Now many wealthy children in Muggle schools take loans to study. It's not that they can't afford the tuition, but that they have the working capital in their own hands, so that they have start-up funds for graduation. Coupled with the external pressure brought by loans, they will study harder.

  Time is also one of the costs of the game, and the party with ample time is definitely more advantageous than the party with tight time.

  During the Crimean War, not only the Russians were short of money, but the French were also short of money. Napoleon sold 2.6 million square kilometers of Louisiana for 80 million francs.

  During the reign of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia, he encouraged Russian merchants and Cossack cavalry to open up land and develop trade freely without paying taxes.

  Driven by huge interests, these people have turned their attention to the fur business in Siberia. You must know that at that time, a sable fur can be obtained in Europe to earn a large amount of gold and silver, so it is also called "soft gold."

  In addition, the surface of Alaska is basically a barren land. In 1854, a businessman from the United States came to St. Petersburg and met with the then important Russian minister Nikolaevich. The two discussed for a long time. Three years later, in 1857, Nikolayevich made a proposal to the Russian government to sell Alaska.

  The reason he gave was: the United States will unify North America, which is foreseeable, and Alaska will not bring huge benefits to Russia, and selling it will not have any impact. Although the Minister of Foreign Affairs disagreed, the Czar stated that it is worth considering. Nikolayevich was the younger brother of the Tsar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gorchakov, although he did not agree to betray Alaska, but he did not dare to violate the Tsar’s will, so he took the method of procrastination and delayed it for 10 years. . Although the United States is in a civil war, it is not relaxed about Alaska's affairs, especially Nikolaevich, who often agitated in front of the Tsar, and also pulled many ministers into his camp, especially the Minister of Finance Reiteng. In September 1866, Finance Minister Reiteng gave an application to the Tsar, saying that in recent years, the debt platform has been high and the treasury has been empty. It is necessary to raise 4.5 million rubles as soon as possible. This problem can only be solved by international loans. In fact, it is the kind of warning to the Czar that whether to sell Alaska is closely related to whether it can get a loan. In other words, selling Alaska can not only get a loan, but even postpone repayment. In 1866, the Czar finally decided to sell Alaska for 5 million cash.

  In March 1867, the negotiations between the United States and Russia came to a close. The United States made a change from 5 million gold coins to 7.2 million. Even if Baron Schigli reported to the czar, the czar instructed to collect the money as soon as possible and deposit the money in a bank in London.

  The two parties formally signed on February 29, 1867, so that the U.S. had received Alaska without payment, but later the U.S. did not agree to pay in London because the Bank of London was the private account of the Tsarist royal family, and the national account of Tsarist Russia was in England.

In 1990, at the "Russian America" ​​exhibition, there was a receipt issued by the Russian side for the purchase of Alaska by the United States. According to historical records, the transaction was paid in Washington, but how did the receipt show New York? The receipt was signed by Szczely. Although, as a representative, he has the right to collect money, but afterwards, he has to go through the Russian Ministry of Finance and transport all the gold coins back to St. Petersburg. However, Scheelj’s hands are banknotes. The paper money at that time could not be compared with gold coins at all, and its value was much lower. 7.2 million paper money was equivalent to 5.4 million gold coins.

  In this way, Baron Schigli caused Russia to lose nearly 1.8 million gold coins, and the money remitted to the London bank after the receipt was handed in was only 7.035 million US dollars. The rest was also intercepted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Coupled with the fishing grounds, gold mines, and natural gas that were later discovered in Alaska, the Russians suffered a terrible loss in this transaction.

  In the Second War of Independence in 1812, His Excellency Cupid made a fortune through the war, but the money was run away by his partners.

  The British Postal Savings Bank was established by the Palmerston government in 1861. It was the world's first postal savings system. Its predecessor was a British state-owned savings bank. It is the executive agency of the UK's non-ministerial government departments and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The main task of this bank is to attract funds from individual depositors to fund the borrowing needs of the British government's public sector.

  The outbreak of the plague is a public crisis. The Ministry of Magic’s income is mainly political donations and sales of regulated trade goods, and there may not be any remaining funds allocated to Saint Mungo.

A banker refers to a person who is good at turning the conceived business vision into a business reality. Although human nature is evil, the education people receive is to guide people to good. The donation can be loaned to the Ministry of Magic, and then some interest will be charged slowly. Slowly. The Ministry of Magic only needs to change the guidance of public opinion, don't always say that Slytherin is all bad embryos.

Little Henry Shaw’s family is rich, but he didn’t use his family’s money when he was running for the campaign. Draco used his family’s money for the Slytherin team to exchange broomsticks. Pomona really didn’t know what to say. What is this kid?

  Compared with his dad, Draco is really far behind. Just like Narcissa said, he is just a spoiled boy, so he inherits the family business, and it is estimated that he will be defeated a few times like Sirius.

  It is also one million pounds. The first thing the lucky winner in the newspaper does is to buy a house. This kind of real estate flows too slowly and takes up a lot of liquidity.

  Otherwise, it’s just buying cars and luxury goods, which will soon be squandered. There are so many financial institutions in London, why don’t you find out about it.

  Weasley had 700 Jin Jialong at home and immediately used it to travel, as it was written in the story of "Million Pounds", although Adams lost his money, he gained a lot.

  Pomona envied the Weasley family’s poor but happy life. The six years of hermit life were her happiest time, but those days are gone forever.

   "Sleep well, my prince." She kissed Severus on the cheek, and he was sleeping on her thigh right now.

  Lucius asked Iris to show the documents to Severus, but it didn’t really show him.

  Cunning albino snake.

   Pomona sighed, took out a pile of documents from the flannel pocket and looked at it.

  (End of this chapter)