MTL - Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner-v2 Chapter 181 "The Kingdom of Boas"

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"Tony, look what I bought!" Heidi proudly showed off a book in front of Tangning that day.

At first Tangning thought she had bought some original or signed book, but when she took a look, she found that it wasn't, but a travel journal called "The Travels of Boas Kingdom".

After thinking about it for a while, he immediately laughed dumbly and said, "Where did you buy such a magical book?"

The reason why Tangning said this book is amazing is because the story behind this book, as the name suggests, is the author Thomas Standgeway's travelogue in "The Kingdom of Boas". The general framework is similar to Marco Polo's travelogue. The background of "Marco Polo's Travels" is similar, except that Marco Polo has not yet determined whether he has actually been to China, but this "Boas Kingdom Travels" is completely fake, because there is no "Boas Kingdom" in the world. "The presence

In fact, this book "The Travels of the Kingdom of Boas" was written by McGregor himself, who falsely claimed that "Prince Boas" carried out an epic fraud, and the purpose of writing this book was to increase the risk of his own fraud. reliability.

While this McGonagall-Rigger isn't the biggest scammer in history, the "essence" of the scam is to build undeserved trust in the belief that something doesn't exist -- or that it works like a **** stock-picking techniques (such as the Madoff case), or high-return, risk-free investment projects (such as a Ponzi scheme).

At this point, McGregor is far bigger than any liar: because he made up a country!

Regal claimed that the country of Poas covers an area of ​​8 million acres (larger than the area of ​​Wales in the United Kingdom) and is located near the Black River in Central America, which is now in Honduras. This country is extremely rich in natural resources but is in urgent need of development, so it needs to absorb funds and absorb immigrants.

This guy is extremely foolhardy, giving speeches and propaganda everywhere, and using this carefully crafted book of "Boas's Kingdom Travels" as propaganda material, and the result is a big win. Not only are the British scrambling to buy the bonds of this fictional government, There are even people who happily "immigrate" to a country that doesn't exist!

Another important reason for Reger's success is that he caught up with a good time when a person was stupid and rich, due to Napoleon's defeat in the early 1820s; the British economy was steadily growing driven by manufacturing; the cost of living was falling; Income is rising; the country is thriving.

As a result, interest rates on government bonds continued to fall, leaving people with a lot of spare money and nowhere to invest, and at the same time the collapse of the Spanish colonial empire led to the sudden emergence of a bunch of emerging countries to invest in, such as Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala, etc. It was this wave of "Latin American optimism" that McGregor took advantage of, and he ended up making a total of £1.3m (£3.6bn in today's money), and that's just the UK, because after being dismantled he went to France again. Shi tricks to deceive a wave

Although as a travelogue and promotional material, this book is deceiving, but if you read it as a science fiction novel, it's still a good read, well-printed, beautifully bound, with engaging descriptions, and quality illustrations. It's all good, and it's probably because of this reason that some people keep this book so that Heidi today can buy it.

Just as Tangning was full of thoughts, Heidi suddenly asked, "Tony, did you say that if you were there at the time, you would have been deceived by this Prince Boas?"

Tangning answered without hesitation, "How is this possible? How could someone as shrewd as me give so much money just by listening to a few words from him and adding a picture book!"

Then he asked, "Where did you buy this book?"

"It's in the Galis Bookstore. It seems that they recently received a collection of books from a noble family, so there are a lot of rare books." Heidi replied casually.

Hearing the name "Garys Bookstore" brought back Downing's memory. This is an old bookstore with a bit of history in New Orleans. Back then, he bought a copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "Murder on Mogue Street" at their home. Woolen cloth.

As for this way of collecting books, it is actually quite common and sad. The fathers and grandparents tried their best to collect the books little by little, but the younger generations did not live up to their expectations, did not cherish them, and sold them cheaply. Perhaps this can be regarded as a reincarnation.

So Tangning stood up and suggested, "So that's how it is, so if you want to accompany me again, I'll also pick a few books."

"Okay!" Heidi readily agreed.

When the two came to the Galis Bookstore, they found that many people had come. It seemed that everyone had a sense of collecting books. He wasn't interested in ordinary Shakespeare, Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, etc. Tangning. What he was looking for was a lesser-known and interesting book like "The Travels of the Kingdom of Boas".

After flipping through the pages for a while, Tangning was surprised to see a copy of Wu Jingzi's "School of Foreign Studies", which shocked him, because he never expected to see a Chinese novel in a thread-bound book in New Orleans. Do these Americans understand?

Just as Tangning was about to pick up the "School of Foreign Studies", another hand happened to reach out, and when they touched, Tangning looked up and was surprised to find that it was Mr. Warner.

Before he could speak, Mr. Warner asked with a smile, "Mr. Tangning, do you also like this Chinese novel?"

Tangning nodded and replied, "Well~www.novelbuddy.com~ I have always liked Chinese culture very much. I even traveled to China a few months ago, but I don't know Mr. Warner, you like it too?"

"Actually, I went to China once two years ago, and I also have this "School of Foreign Studies" at home, but I didn't expect to see it here, so I was surprised and wanted to pick it up and read it. But since you like Mr. Tangning , then you can buy it!" Warner motioned.

"Then thank you, Mr. Warner!" Tangning thanked him and picked up "The History of the Confucianism", then remembered a question and asked, "Mr. Warner, besides "The History of the Confucianism", there are other Chinese novels in your family. Is it?"

Warner nodded and replied, "Yes, I bought a lot of books in China that time!"

Hearing this, Tangning regretted that she didn't bring a few copies with her when she returned to China last time. Well, she was cheated by Bai Min. At this time, Warner invited him, "Mr. Tangning, if you are interested, please come and have a look. !"

ps: Marco Polo has come to China or not, it seems that the two sides are still debating, but I am more inclined to exaggerate that the old horse is deliberately fooling people. Anyway, few Italians at that time could go to China, no matter what. No matter how you blow it, it won't be dismantled