I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 763 Investment and Voting (Please give me double monthly tickets!)

Chevneman gave everyone enough time to digest the information, and then added:
“The investment will be tens of millions of francs.

“But if Wallonia remains outside France, the French government will probably not approve the funding due to risk considerations.”

A chamber of commerce member in his 50s couldn't help but stand up and asked, "Do you know how long it will take for the investment to be realized?"

Chevenneman said: "Mirabeau's assistant came last week, and brought with him the Northwest Regional Manager of the French Reserve Bank. If the annexation of Wallonia to France is finalized, they will immediately sign an agreement with the newly established Nemur Government Office.

“You know, the surveying and planning work has been done a long time ago, and the construction will be fully started around October.”

Everyone immediately started excitedly discussing how to divide such a big cake.

You know, if the government directly invests 1 million francs, it will at least drive the flow of more than 3 million francs of funds in the entire industrial chain!
As long as you take a bite of this, your wealth will immediately rise to a higher level.

But for Joseph, these investments are actually not a loss at all.

Not to mention that it will enable Wallonia's huge coal and iron resources to be more fully developed, just based on the proportion of shares held by the Industrial Development Fund in Wallonia, at least a quarter of the funds will eventually flow back into the pocket of the French government.

If we take into account the later rail transit income, the investment will be recovered in about five or six years.

Immediately, more and more Chamber of Commerce members expressed their agreement to join France - basically representatives of major coal and iron capitals - and the number soon exceeded 40.

Together with the representatives who previously came from the military, they now account for more than two-thirds of the total number of members.

In other words, even if Chevennement directly requested to start the vote, the resolution to join France could be passed.

But he just winked at the Chamber of Commerce's administrative adviser, Ekeye.

The latter hurried to the stage, signaled everyone to be quiet, took out a piece of paper, and unfolded it:
"This is a message that arrived from Paris a few days ago, which states that after being incorporated into France, Wallonia will be divided into three provinces - Hennegau, Liege and South Brabant.

"The candidates for Governor and Municipal Commissioner will be nominated by the Chamber of Commerce..."

Someone immediately noticed something was wrong and asked, "Mr. Ekje, are you talking about South Brabant? Shouldn't it be Namun?"

South Brabant is a relatively large region. From north to south, it includes Antwerp, Brussels and Namun. Only Namun belongs to the Wallonia region.

Ekeye adjusted his glasses and looked at the document in his hand.

"It says here that South Brabant includes Brussels and Namunurn."

The committee members immediately exclaimed:
"What? Brussels?"

“How does that include Brussels?”

"Have the gentlemen of Versailles forgotten that the Flemish people occupy that place..."

Ekyer held up the document: “His Royal Highness’s troops left for Brussels three days ago.

“Perhaps soon it won’t belong to the Flemish anymore.”

Chevennemang continued:

"The Austrian army has fled to Leuven. Brussels is now defended only by a few Dutchmen."

Now, the eyes of the commissioners who had previously been hesitant about joining France also lit up.

Brussels is the core of the Southern Netherlands!
If it can be integrated into the Wallonia region, it will greatly promote the overall economic development.

It is no exaggeration to say that the huge market in Brussels can expand the business of everyone here by 20% to 30% in a short period of time.

The next morning, the Wallonia Chamber of Commerce voted on its annexation to France.

(End of this chapter)