C2191 Representative of the British aristocracy

Duke of Newcastle was a representative of the British aristocracy who was very good at management. No one knew how much his family property was, but his extravagant life was extremely famous in the circle of British aristocracy.

There were more than a dozen estates in England alone, and there were many estates in London, not to mention the lands purchased in other European countries.

In India and the North America both had Duke's own manor, with countless slaves growing cotton, spices, wheat, corn, and even opium for him. Duke's own family's fleet was extremely busy just selling the goods they produced every year.

Not to mention that he also had a large amount of internal shares in many companies, with countless dividends every year.

This was a true lord of wealth. He was the typical representative of the transition aristocrats in the Victorian era.

Yes, the nobility in Britain were the first aristocrats to undergo the transformation in Europe and even in the world. The main feature was that they had abandoned the old mode of earning money, and their allocation of assets completely exceeded that of all the aristocrats of this era.

For example, the Great Qing, Sha Russia and even feudal dynasty, those noble rulers still relied heavily on the land, such an extremely primitive method of wealth creation.

The princes of Great Qing had countless of farms under their command. Every year, they would produce large amounts of food and sheep from the livestock, which was also very suitable for them.

Of course, there were also some nobles who bought shops such as stores to rent, or directly invested with the Han Chinese to open up all kinds of trading houses.

For example, the famous restaurants and merchants of the Beijing actually all had shares of the noble clans of the Manchu behind them.

The aristocrats in Europe were doing better than the Great Qing. They all had some factories and workshops, and could more or less enjoy the benefits of the Industrial Revolution.

However, compared to the British aristocracy, these people were too lacking. Britain, the first constitutional monarchy in the human world, had awakened all of the nobles after many years of fighting.

They had given up on the backward mode of earning money from the original land output and had upgraded to commercial aristocracy.

That's right, the land nobles in the past were no longer adapted to the development of the times, and the group of British aristocracy s had already become commercial nobles.

Basically, all the British aristocracy s agreed that they could not rely on the land to create wealth anymore, because the land held the benefits of countless small citizens.

Ordinary citizens did not have much capital, did not have a very high level of education, and did not have a wide range of connections and information.

The ocean-going merchant fleets that cost millions of pounds, the railway systems that cost millions of pounds, including the textile mills of the big ironworks, were out of the ordinary.

Therefore, the people could only rely on the land, this meagre production, or the cheapest wages they could earn from the factories to survive. Under this kind of background, the British aristocracy chose to retreat.

Retreat from the industries that the people depend on to survive, and stop fighting with the people for it … Of course, even if they made a lot of money, they wouldn't be able to look down on this small amount of money. The nobles, including the royal family, started to transform into commercial nobles one after another.

Not only did they give up the interests of the farmers, the nobles also stopped relying on taxes. It was possible that they were intimidated by the tragedy of the decapitated Charles I.

That year, the Charles I had a fierce conflict with the council because of the power to collect taxes, and in the end, there was even a war!

Look, even the king can't collect taxes as he pleases, so who would dare to mess around on their own feudal fiefdom?

They could not squeeze too much out of the land, nor could they make a fuss over taxes, because all this money was related to the welfare of the people. The nobles ate too much, and the citizens ate too little.

A bloody lesson was being learnt in front of them, causing all the British aristocracy to tremble in fear. But life had to go on, and greed had to be satisfied, so that their eyes could only look abroad, to business.

From this moment on, the nobles of England began to distance themselves from the nobles of the other countries, carrying out an independent upgrade.

They distributed large amounts of overseas assets and business investments. Colonial War, Railway Construction, Steel plant, Spinning Factory, Ocean trade Caravan … Even if there was a group of aristocrats with unique feelings towards the land, they would still invest in North America, India and other places.

After so many years of management, the British aristocracy was finally able to make a ton of money. The royal family led the nobles to finally walk down a brand-new path, a golden path that could make a lot of money without relying on the commoners.

Up until now, the annual allocation given by the National Assembly to the royal family and nobles was not enough to maintain their luxurious life. However, none of the nobles complained because they had already created hundreds, thousands, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in wealth through commercial means.

When the Great Qing's emperors and nobles were still thinking about the tax money and food, the British royal family had already given up on trying to steal from the people.

If he could make a lot of money from his business, why would he bother collecting taxes from the commoners?

It could be seen that the fact that the British royal family and the nobles could survive through two world wars and still gain the affection of the people even in the twenty-first century was inseparable from this philosophy of survival.

When the royal family and the commoners each created their own way of making money, helping each other without competing, how could such a royal family not be loved and respected by the common people?

Today, the Duke of Nexor displayed the basic qualities that a merchant noble should have.

Earning money was more important than anything. After a day of fighting, Duke of Newcastle felt that doing business with Xiao Letian was becoming more and more reliable.

First of all, the attitude of the Queen and the Crown Prince were ambiguous. Even when Xiao Letian counterattacked the royal family in that way, he did not show any signs of anger.

This was a very clear signal. Seems like Benjamin's plan did not get the approval of the royal family, this was great, this directly increased Xiao Letian's chances of survival.

As long as Xiao Letian was safe, then the fresh source's business would definitely be profitable!

The Duke kept tossing and turning on the bed, and finally his wife was so angry that she slapped him hard. "You're not going to work tomorrow?" Why aren't you sleeping! "

The Duke felt wronged and said, "Darling, I suddenly feel very hungry …" The delicacies we have eaten in the palace today, when compared to the Chinese cuisine, are just too horrible to look at! "

"My God! Are you crazy? You don't even want the food in Buckingham Palace? If His Majesty hears those words, then wait for us to deal with them! "

"Dearest, I didn't lie to you. It's so incomparable to the delicacies of the Chinese …" At that moment, not to mention feeling wronged, the Duke's stomach suddenly rumbled as he thought about the unique and fresh taste of the fresh source.

He was so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back!