Knight Alanbu gestured for the servant to bring chilled wine, speaking slowly, "Jose, you probably don't understand what a fund is. It's been popular over in Europe for more than ten years now.
"The Indians are buying it in large numbers, which is a great benefit for us. That will drive up the fund's yield...
"What is yield?
"Ah, just remember, the more people buy into the fund, the more dividends we can get."
What he didn't know was that the wealth and trade fund of New Granada, announced by the Spanish Government, with a principal of as much as 2.2 million Escudos, only existed and would continue to exist on the books of the Madrid Ministry of Finance.
According to Joseph's arrangements, all the propaganda machines in the colonies would soon launch a large-scale campaign touting the fund's profitability.
Since it's something that all the noble Peninsula People would hold, it would definitely be snatched up by Creoles and even Caboclos once it's publicly offered.
