Chapter 49 The God of War Is Still Good to Me

"I have specially investigated the whereabouts of this batch of artillery in the arsenal. Generally speaking, it is in accordance with the regulations of the empire.

The flow of this batch of artillery must be marked, but I only found a withdrawal slip.

The record on it is that Ali Pasha took away this batch of goods, but there is no record of any reason for taking away this batch of artillery and the final destination of the artillery."

Napoleon took out a piece of paper and threw it to Selim.

Looking at the list in hand, Selim noticed that this monogram did not seem to be his.

"No, the forgery can't be made more similar, right? It's wronged to draw it better, right?"

Selim felt that he couldn't hold it in.

A withdrawal slip that he had never approved, a second-rate slip with no reason for application, a thing that didn't even look like the Sultan's monogram.

This can take away such a large batch of artillery from the arsenal. Is the head of the arsenal dead?

There are bad people among the masses, it's not good.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing is that the commander of the arsenal was dead when I found him."

Selim didn't know what to say. It seemed that he had become a prophet just like what Patriarch Nicholas reminded himself before.

"Are there any other clues?"

Although he knew that there was little hope, Selim was still unwilling to give up.

Or rather, no normal person would be willing to give up.

The Sultan felt very uncomfortable when he thought he had everything under control but was tricked by someone.

But to Selim's surprise, Napoleon actually gave a positive answer.

"Your Majesty, the commander of the arsenal is not the only path.

When I broke through the camp of the Guards, I didn't find Aladdin Pasha, and I thought Justinian wouldn't have any gains either, he should have run away.

But this doesn't mean that I didn't gain anything."

Selim's hope was rekindled at this time.

"Aladdin Pasha himself, his adjutant, and their families have all disappeared, but I found this."

Napoleon then took out a stack of bills and account books and said.

"Your Majesty, I have to say that Ali Pasha is indeed a genius.

He exchanged a large amount of the Guards' wealth for Venetian ducats and British pounds.

The exchange rate between these gold coins and Kurus (one of the main silver coins of the Ottoman Empire during this period) changed dramatically before and after the war.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ali Pasha had already exchanged a large number of ducats for pounds before the war began.

According to my statistics, such a huge fortune was not something Ali Pasha could come up with alone. The disappearance of many high-ranking members of the Guards may also be related to this matter.

At the end of the first stage of the war, the Imperial Mint had actually carried out a small-scale currency devaluation, and the news of the defeat on the front line caused the exchange rate of Kurus coins to ducats and pounds to plummet.

For example, in 1787, the imperial kuruks were still quite strong.

About one ducat gold coin could be exchanged for five kuruks and sixty akçes, and one pound could be exchanged for eleven kuruks. (One kuruks is equivalent to one hundred and twenty akçes)

But by June 1788, one ducat gold coin could be exchanged for six kuruks, and one pound could be exchanged for twelve kuruks.

But it should be noted that although the Imperial Mint devalued the currency, the devaluation was about three percent.

The market value of the kuruks fell by about ten percent, and the circulation of this batch of new coins was not enough to replace the original kuruks.

This provided space for Ali Pasha's operation.

He used the ducat gold coins exchanged in the early stage with The British pound replaced the early-issued Kurus silver coins in large quantities, and the easily liquidated parts of the Guards' property in the later period were also exchanged for Kurus silver coins in large quantities.

Of course, the signals sent by the Austrians' withdrawal from the war and Sweden's joining the war before this actually brought a small-scale appreciation of the Kurus silver coins.

But I don't know how much profit Ali Pasha made.

Then again, by this time, there was actually a small-scale tightening of the money supply in the empire. I have to say that the wealth of the Guards is impressive.

And when the empire signed a contract with the Russians, forcing Russia to seek peace, the Kurus silver coins began to appreciate rapidly.

Although both countries claimed to be a peaceful truce, the bankers in the market were not stupid.

They quickly seized the opportunity to exchange a lot of Kurus silver coins, and Ali Pasha exchanged the silver coins on hand. The Kurus silver coins on the bank were idle, and the ducat gold coins and pounds began to be exchanged for Kurus silver coins in large quantities.

When the exchange rate of Kurus silver coins was basically stable, Ali Pasha started the second round of currency exchange. A large number of ducat gold coins and pounds were exchanged by him, and a large number of Kurus silver coins flowed into the market, which reduced the competitiveness of this currency.

At the same time, the currency reform policy led by Governor Abraham initiated a small-scale currency devaluation to a certain extent, and Ali Pasha made a lot of money again.

In the end, the part of the wealth that Ali Pasha handed over to Your Majesty that originally belonged to the Guards was indeed not reduced, but the wealth he took from the empire was estimated to be almost one-third of this money.

The current situation is that no one knows where this money has gone, and no one knows where Aladdin Pasha and many high-ranking members of the Guards have gone.

No one knows why Ali Pasha was able to complete such a large-scale currency exchange. Abraham, as the vice president of the Imperial Royal Bank and an expert in currency exchange, did not remind His Majesty of this matter. "

Napoleon stopped talking and just looked at Selim.

Although his eyes seemed to have no emotions, Selim could always feel a sense of sympathy, which made the Sultan embarrassed.

"A group of rebels teamed up to bully the Sultan, don't you understand? "

Selim was madly attacking the traitors in his mind.

He couldn't handle these bastards. He was one step short of winning against Ali. Don't question it. It was only one step short.

As for Abraham, Selim could guess why he didn't remind him.

After all, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire hadn't raised his head in front of the Guards for many years. Even if Selim had some tricks, the Guards still had their prestige.

Considering the situation of the Jews, it was normal for this old guy to want to sit on the fence.

But this didn't mean that Selim wouldn't punish him. I guess the old guy also guessed that this would happen and had already prepared money to buy his life.

After sending Bonaparte away, Selim felt a little emotional.

"Compared to this group of insidious things, the God of War was good to me. He helped me in the Russo-Turkish War, suppressed the rebellion in Egypt without saying a word, and even made Ali's conspiracy clear to me. "

Looking at the direction where Napoleon left, Selim remembered his final fate.

"Perhaps, when he is defeated, I can take over the King of Rome, as long as Napoleon agrees.

It just so happens that the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia can be combined into Romania, so why not give him a king.

When the Ottoman Empire reaches 1815, I want to see who dares to fight for it!"

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