The other Genoese nobles had naturally also heard the rumors of a possible outbreak of war on the European Continent, and without exception, their faces grew grave.
Baron Ikobeley said, "So, those buying French bonds are doing so to avoid the risks of war?"
Once the Austrian Army entered Italy, agriculture and industry here would inevitably suffer devastation, and investments would stand to incur massive losses.
Whereas buying French bonds would be much safer.
Not a single person even raised the question, "What if France is defeated?" For most people in Northern Italy had personally witnessed Napoleon's troops sweeping aside the Austrian Army just a few years ago, and held no doubts about the fighting power of the French Army.
Beside them, Alfeiri once again began promoting British bonds, but Baron Todrick immediately retorted coldly, "Have you not heard? The British Government, in order to purchase sugarcane, is printing British Pounds non-stop.
