＜ Secret meeting with a London banker. (3) >
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
At the request of the British ambassador to the United States, I reserved a special room in Waldorf-Astoria and was waiting in the drawing room.
“…there will be a real call. The intelligence power of the British Empire cannot be underestimated.”
Seeing that the carefully crafted blueprints with Barclays Bank and Lloyd’s Insurance flowed to the British Embassy as they were written, I thought that the 19th century was definitely the era of the British Empire.
It is the world before the existence of spy and counterintelligence agencies as it has not yet experienced the First and Second World Wars. The British Empire’s spy agency, SIS (Secret Intelligence Service), did not exist until 1909.
In any case, in this era, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in charge of the role of the intelligence agency.
smart.
With the sound of a knock, men in black suits rushed in. At the center of such men, the British ambassador who called me today was being escorted.
The British ambassador approached the drawing room desk with his secretaries. I pushed the chair and got up.
“I heard a lot. He is called the ‘Hero of Wall Street’ in the New York Stock Exchange and is a god of the financial world. You look amazing at the age of 16.”
“It’s overrated. Older or younger, isn’t it just a shell? I think the content is important.”
“haha. That’s it too.”
You’re a 16-year-old kid, so you want to lower it down?
The conversation hadn’t even started yet, but the British ambassador’s words stabbed me in, and I was very nervous. When talking to a diplomat, all negative parts should be thrown out.
I didn’t know when it would turn into a dagger and stab me.
“This is Julian Ponsette. Today is no different, but because of the contents of the ‘secret letter’ that came to our embassy, I contacted you to meet.”
‘Misery.’
Perhaps it is the content of the blueprint.
I went out of nowhere at once.
“Haha, it’s a secret. It seems that the British embassy staff suffered a loss due to the railway stock. Did I even have my backstory written on it?”
“Morocco.”
In an instant, the air froze.
The British ambassador was looking at me with a serious face, and I stiffened with a smile.
I’m going to stab you right in.
Barclays executives told me that he could enter the British embassy as it was originally written, but the British ambassador’s words in front of him instantly turned his head white.
“…how far did you know?”
“maybe. That’s all.”
“After that, we can skip the introduction and go straight to the main point.”
I put my hands together.
And he looked carefully at the face of the British ambassador, who was serious.
“Would you like to accept it?”
“Haha, if it’s Morocco, of course you have to accept it. When the Strait of Gibraltar comes into our hands, the Mediterranean Sea becomes the playground of our British Empire. I came here today for a different reason.”
“reason?”
After all, if you’re an ambassador to the British Empire, it’s a fairly high position in your home country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A tycoon that can be summed up in a single letter, such as a proposal from a new fund that is only five months old.
He certainly didn’t have to come in person.
“They sell their weapons to the Spanish Empire and force them into a moratorium to devour Spanish Morocco. I just need a few letters of my name inscribed on this grand plan.”
Aha.
Would you like to take this opportunity to step up your career path? Obviously, there is no need to use him as a communication channel in England.
Lloyd’s insurance’s Robert and Barclays executives are enough to do it.
In a word, the British ambassador now wants to hand over this blueprint to his home country of the British Empire with his name on it.
‘Well, if this is the number of cases, the imperialists of the British Empire will attack like hyenas.’
“Give and take. Please give me a reason why I should use it as a communication channel for the British Empire.”
“First of all, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The British ambassador raised a finger.
“The Lloyd’s Insurance and Barclays executives need two or three connections to communicate directly with the British Cabinet. But I am a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is absolutely no need for that.”
“Continue.”
“And the current Prime Minister of the British Cabinet, Sir Salisbury, also serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs, so he can communicate directly with the Cabinet.”
“…..!!!”
‘By the way, Prime Minister Salisbury, unlike other prime ministers, was concurrently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, not the First Treasurer.’
There is definitely an advantage.
The British ambassador to the United States is a special plenipotentiary ambassador to the United States, and he has a position that allows him to meet directly with Prime Minister Insara Salisbury, who is also known as a minister or vice-minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hopefully, I can get acquainted with Prime Minister Salisbury.
“Secondly, I also have face-to-face contact with the Bank of England. I have a history of attending the Suez Canal conference in Paris as a delegation, so I am familiar with the Bank of England and major banks in the City of London.”
“Five…..”
this is a masterpiece
If it was the Suez Canal meeting, surely the central bank of the British Empire, the Bank of England, as well as the big banks in the City of London, would have salivated.
It wouldn’t be a lie to say that I knew them.
‘I’m starting to like it. This man.’
“And the last third.”
The British ambassador raised three fingers.
“I have served as Attorney General in British Hong Kong.”
“…..!!!”
“Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank. In other words, he is quite friendly with the president of the HSBC bank. If Barclays Bank can’t stand it, insurance can bring HSBC to it.”
“DEAL.”
jump
I left my seat and got up. To see such a talented person rolling into me with my feet, is this a sign that things are going well?
I needed insurance in case Barclays Bank failed the loan it provided to the Spanish Empire, and HSBC is a good card to use later.
‘HSBC is too far away, so I thought it might be possible to communicate, but a communication window came up like this.’
I immediately grabbed the British ambassador’s hand.
“Let’s go together.”
“……!!!”
The British ambassador flinched for a moment at my sudden reaction, but returned to a calm face in an instant and waved his hand.
“Thank you, Director.”
what thanks.
Profit and Loss and the logic of power.
I like humans who can do these two calculations quickly. And this British ambassador certainly knew clearly who was holding the key in this matter and the benefits to be brought to him rather than being an ambassador of the British Empire.
I raised the corners of my lips.
“You’re welcome.”
***
Prime Minister’s Office of the British Empire.
10 Downing Street.
After entering the front door and walking down the hallway for a while, it leads to a five-story building containing the prime minister’s office.
‘Stairway of Prime Ministers.’
If you climb the stairs with photos of past prime ministers, you can go up to the office of the prime minister on the second floor.
“Interesting. A secret letter from the ambassador to the US.”
Prime Minister Salisbury went up to the second-floor office with a letter in his hand. It was a secret letter from the U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
However, if it was a secret letter, you had to go up to the Prime Minister’s office and open it for security reasons. His aides rushed up behind him.
quiver-
He went into the prime minister’s office and leaned back on his chair. Then he opened the desk drawer and picked up a knife to break the seal.
“It was tightly sealed. I’m getting more and more curious about what it is.”
wickedness-
When I cut the seal on the envelope and turned it over, a few pieces of stationery fell out.
I opened the letterhead and glanced through it.
“Morocco? The Strait of Gibraltar.”
In an instant, his imperialist nib rang out loudly. Morocco is a kingdom located in the Strait of Gibraltar. Bismarck’s Berlin Conference split the country into Spanish and French.
Prime Minister Salisbury adjusted his posture and read carefully.
“her. Selling weapons to the Spanish Empire and playing with fire with the loan? Bold and meticulous.”
It’s definitely a plausible plan. If Lloyd’s Insurance, Barclays Bank, and even the Bank of England were included, the success rate would be high.
Up to HSBC with insurance.
It is perfect.
tuk-
“Well? I have one more.”
Is it an appendix?
Prime Minister Salisbury picked up the other one that had fallen on his lap.
‘……!!!’
“aide.”
“Yes, Sir Salisbury.”
“Have the cabinet ministers secretly here at 10 Downing Street. Security first. right now!”
“Yes!”
quiver-
As the aide quickly exited the Oval Office, the Prime Minister slowly leaned back on his chair. One last piece of paper was in his hand.
haha.
“It’s going to come with a gift like this. This is a revelation from God to see the British Empire and devour Morocco.”
An imperial smile was on his face.
[Detroit D. Morgan. personal statement. ]
***
“Yes, I am the Detroit Morgan Director.”
After the news that the British Empire’s cabinet was also positively considering it, the work progressed quickly.
First, in ‘Germany’s history’, ‘German weapons’ had to be sold to the Spanish Empire through ‘German officers’, so a paper company was established in Germany and correspondents were deployed.
This place promised to be called the ‘German branch’.
“Mr. Morgan. I have received a call from the German branch. The Spanish Empire’s military will consider it positively. Let’s negotiate.”
“great. I have to enter the Spanish Empire from New York port via Germany, so I will set a schedule with that in mind and notify you.”
Immediately through the German branch, the promise with the Spanish military was fixed, and it was passed on to Barclays executives and Robert of Lloyd’s Insurance.
They were supposed to enter Spain ‘accidentally’ for ‘other business’ with the Spanish government.
boo woo-
We arrived at the Port of Santander, Spain from Hamburg, Germany from New York Port.
In the port of Santander, black wagons sent by the Spanish military were waiting in a row.
An interpreter officer approached us, leaving behind a row of black wagons.
“Are you Kahlik W. Veyron?”
“Yes, I am Veyron in charge.”
“Who’s the student behind you?”
“He is my assistant.”
“Oh, I see. Excuse me.”
Veyron took the lead and got into the wagon.
I followed that Veyron. As I had requested in advance, I let out a deep sigh when I confirmed that we were the only ones in the wagon.
He untied the tie of his suit.
“It’s frustrating.”
“Haha, is it the director who said that I, who is fluent in German, should be in charge of this transaction?”
“shit…..”
I speak only a little German, so I acted as an aide on this transaction.
The manager had to be fluent in German, as he had to disguise himself as if he was dealing with DWM’s German headquarters.
Besides, no matter what route he took, Veyron also acquired German citizenship.
‘Because he’s a strange guy anyway.’
We rode a horse-drawn carriage for a while and drove towards Madrid, the capital of Spain.
I leaned back on the carriage chair.
My ass was to die for when I rode the Benz Victoria and rode the carriage again.
“Bocchan, then why did you have to appoint a person in charge of the Spanish military? Was there any reason it had to be him?”
“Vyron, what was his name?”
“Valeriano Weiler. He is a general-level officer in the Spanish military.”
🥳-
I pulled a Pulitzer’s New York World newspaper from my pocket and spread it out in front of Veyron’s eyes. Valeriano Weiler was one of the targets of the yellow press due to his notoriety in Cuba.
“And a hardline greeting from the military, who served as governor of Cuba until last year.”
“….!!!”
Veyron widened his eyes.
He’s reacting so violently not because he’s the governor of Cuba, but because Weiler was the governor of Cuba “until last year”.
“Did you name the slayer?”
“Well, the best way to sell weapons is to sell them to hardliners, and even the Cuban governor was a greeting. You know how much machine guns are needed in Cuba. It’s also a good way to take responsibility.”
“……!!!”
Veyron’s expression twisted.
It seems that they misunderstood the idea of handing the gun to the slayer now.
I’ll have to fix it.
“Arthur. General Blanco, who took office as the current governor-general of Cuba, is a moderate person. I’m just selling it to someone who’s going to turn into a machine gun. Don’t worry, I’m not giving it to him directly.”
“But what if he comes back to Cuba!”
“It can’t be.”
f*ck.
I smiled.
“He will be transferred to Madrid next year as governor.”
“…..!!!”
Madrid is the capital of Spain.
Moreover, there is no denying that he has a keen interest in politics and is appointed governor of Spain’s core region.
So I’m just leaving him to buy a machine gun.
“…to make such a slaughterer the governor of Madrid. What kind of extraterrestrial magul is the Spanish Empire?”
“haha. So we have to stick with this contract.”
Valeriano Weiler.
When the independence forces rose up in Cuba, a hard-line military officer dispatched from Spain.
He was a rare demon who drove Cuba into a reign of terror, and a Cuban massacre that drove hundreds of thousands to death.
“At the same time, he even gave me a tour of hell.”
Refocusing Policy.
As Cuba’s independence forces rose, the Spanish military forcibly relocated the rural people to the big cities, thinking that they could only defend the big cities.
Reconcentra too.
so-called concentration camps.
The number of unofficial casualties killed in poor living conditions is approximately 150,000 to 400,000.
We were going to see the devil.
＜ Secret meeting with a London banker. (3) > end
