Chapter 854: Chapter 762: Investnt and Voting (Seeking Double Monthly Pass!)
Shevenemang allowed everyone ample ti to digest the discussion before adding:
“This investnt will exceed ten million francs.
“However, if the Walloon Region remains outside of France, the French Governnt, for risk considerations, will most likely not approve these funds.”
A Chamber of Comrce mber in his fifties stood up uncontrollably: “Do you know how long it will take for the investnt to materialize?”
Shevenemang replied: “Count Mirabeau’s assistant arrived last week, accompanied by the Northwest regional manager of the Bank of France Reserve. If the annexation of the Walloon Region into France is finalized, they will imdiately sign an agreent with the newly established Namuon Governnt Hall.
“As you know, the surveying and planning work has already been done, and full-scale operations can start around October.”
The crowd imdiately began excitedly discussing how each party could benefit from such a large opportunity.
It’s important to note that, with a governnt direct investnt of 10 million francs, it will drive financial flows exceeding 30 million along the entire industrial chain!
If anyone secures even a small slice of this, their fortune will instantly leap to a new level.
And for Joseph, this investnt is not a loss in the least.
Apart from fully developing the Walloon Region’s vast coal and iron resources, rely calculating by the Industrial Developnt Fund’s shareholdings in the Walloon Region ans at least one-quarter of the funds will return to the pockets of the French Governnt.
Adding future rail transport revenues to the equation, it will take roughly five to six years to break even.
Soon after, several Chamber mbers began advocating for annexation into France—mostly prominent coal and iron capital representatives—their numbers quickly exceeded 40.
Combined with the representatives from military backgrounds previously committed, they now constituted more than two-thirds of the Chamber’s total mbers.
In other words, even if Shevenemang called for an imdiate vote, the resolution for annexation into France would pass.
But instead, he rely exchanged a glance with the Chamber administrative advisor, Eckye.
The latter hurried onto the platform, signaled for quiet, and unfolded a piece of paper, proclaiming:
“This is news sent from Paris a few days ago. In essence, it states that after integrating into France, the Walloon Region will be divided into three provinces—Hengnei High, Liege, and Southern Brabant.
“The nominations for Governors and Municipal Commissioners will be proposed by the Chamber…”
Soone imdiately noticed sothing unusual and asked:
“Mr. Eckye, did you say Southern Brabant Province? Shouldn’t it be Namuon Province?”
Southern Brabant is a relatively large geographic term. From north to south, it includes Antwerp, Brussels, and Namuon. Among these, only Namuon belongs to the Walloon Region.
Eckye adjusted his glasses, looked at the docunt, and stated:
“It says here that the Southern Brabant Province encompasses both Brussels and Namuon.”
The Chamber mbers erupted in exclamation, “What? Brussels?”
“How can Brussels be included?”
“Did the gentlen at the Palace of Versailles forget that the Flemish dominate there…”
Eckye lifted the docunt: “The Crown Prince’s army advanced into Brussels three days ago.
“Perhaps very soon, it won’t belong to the Flemish anymore.”
Shevenemang followed up:
“The Austrian Army has already fled to Leuven, and currently Brussels is guarded only by so Dutch forces.”
This made even the previously hesitant Chamber mbers brighten their eyes.
Brussels is the core of the Southern Netherlands!
If it can be integrated into the Walloon Region, it will provide trendous impetus to overall economic developnt.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Brussels’ vast market could expand the businesses of everyone present by 20 to 30 percent in a short ti.
The next morning, the Walloon Chamber of Comrce began voting on the annexation into France.
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