Fox of France

Regarding the possibility of the British secretly buying cannons, the French had already expected it. Even the British guy pretending to be a Mexican has always been in the sight of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Truth. However, neither the Ministry of Public Security nor the Ministry of Truth responded to his small actions. Because according to the results of everyone's discussions together, the British could have directly purchased this cannon.

"Foreign trade weapons, although we can sign an 'end-user agreement' with buyers, stipulating that they cannot resell, but it is impossible for us to go to the user's army every day to count how many cannons are left, (it is said that a certain big country often Go to the country that pays the protection fee to count the planes.), even if they count, they can load these things on the ship, and then tell us that the cannons are 'floating'. We can really go to the bottom of the sea to find Poseidon Saying 'I'm going to count the guns'? Anyway, as long as we want to make money with these things, these things will definitely fall into the hands of the British. If that is the case, why should we let those middlemen take the difference?" , In the seminar, Joseph said so.

"Then the British are equipped with such weapons in large quantities, will they pose a threat to us?" At that time, Kano raised such an objection.

"Lazar, if the British can equip themselves with 2.5 to 3 guns for every gun they buy from us, then what is one British gun?" Joseph said disapprovingly, "and , This is only the profit of the cannon, considering the profit of steel, for every cannon sold to the British, we can earn 3.5 to 4 cannons."

"But the money earned will not be turned into real cannons to equip our army." Kano was still dissatisfied, but Napoleon remained unexpectedly silent.

"Napoleon, little bastard, you've made progress. I heard from Lucien that he had discussed with Kano in private for a long time in the past few days, following the opportunity of a military exercise. Now he wants Kano to ask me for money? This You bastard, he doesn’t know, economic construction should be the focus now, should the army be patient?”

"Lazar, you also know that the performance of this cannon is still very different from the cannons we actually equip our troops. Besides, when we sell cannons, we also pay taxes to the country, don't we?

For each cannon, from the mining tax to the tax when it is sold, it is almost enough for the government to purchase 0.2 cannons from us at a preferential price, and it is a self-use model. A breech-loading cannon with a bolt, not the monkey version that was sold to foreigners.

If the government is willing to spend the money to purchase these breech-loading cannons, for every five cannons sold, the government can buy one advanced breech-loading cannon just by collecting taxes. And our tests have shown that in terms of rate of fire alone, one of our guns can top four or even five monkey version cannons. Coupled with our own shells, the advantage is even greater.

Lazar, you also know that our cannons are sold to many countries, many of which are our allies, and some are far away from us and have limited threats to us, and not all of them are bought For the British. The British, even with the Austrians, can buy only a limited proportion of the guns we sell. No more than our allies have. And it won't be any more cannon than joining our government to turn all the taxes it collects in our business into.

So, Lazar, if you feel that the army has too few cannons, you should not come to me, but to Napoleon, because the various government expenditures are ultimately decided by him! You should ask him where he used the money! "

"How can this be my fault? Our government spends too much money." Napoleon said, "The construction of the countryside needs money—well, Mr. Carnot, you also agree. Seeing that the hometown is being built It is getting better and better, and our soldiers are more loyal to the motherland and their morale is higher. Well, there is also basic education, which also costs money. This is what you suggested, Joseph, three-year compulsory education, how much does it cost? Well, Mr. Kano, you also know about this matter, and you agreed with it very much at the time. And... Then, Mr. Kano, do the math, where do we have money?"

"So, Lazar, we have to export more cannons, no matter who they export to. You see, the money for the construction of the new countryside cannot be saved, there must be so much; the three-year compulsory education, this is really No less. You know, Lazar, whether it is a factory or an army, or even a farmer, if you have received some education, it will be much easier to organize. This is definitely not a loss. I feel that three years is a little less! This is not only indispensable, but it may increase further in the future.

Therefore, when none of these can be cut, if you want to buy more cannons for the army, you have to let us sell more cannons. Only by selling more can we spend more money for the army to buy cannons. "

So Kano was speechless, and it took a long time before he said: "Then Joseph, sell more cannons, and the extra taxes can really be used by the army?"

"Ask Napoleon here," said Joseph.

Carnot glanced at Napoleon, but did not immediately ask Napoleon, but asked again: "What if the British imitate our cannon?"

"Our cannons have only one real technology, and that is low-cost steelmaking. If the British are willing to use crucible steel for their cannons, they will get a cannon that will cost a lot more than what they can buy from us. The number of cannons will be limited. So what are we worried about?"

Because of this consideration, neither the Ministry of Public Security nor the Ministry of Truth paid much attention to the British people running around at the Pakistan Fair.

The bustling Pakistan Fair has been going on for half a month. During this half month, businessmen from various countries signed a lot of orders with each other. According to statistics from the Ministry of Truth, just at this trade fair, the number of contracts signed between the British and other European countries for woolen textiles alone has exceeded the sum of last year, and even surpassed the current value of the United Kingdom. supply capacity.

Now on the way back to the UK, those British businessmen with contracts in their arms are desperately rushing back, while planning to get a loan from the bank to expand production, and to buy wool and everything as soon as possible. slow hands...

With these businessmen returning to England. The price of wool in the British market immediately skyrocketed. In just one week, the price of wool increased by one-third, and there was no market for it.

Affected by this, some landlords who were still on the sidelines took back the land directly from the tenants regardless of the fact that the wheat in the field was earing and filling and would soon be harvested, and then distributed the purchased Pleasant, Lazy, and Beautiful Goats , Slow sheep, warm sheep and so on rushed directly to the wheat field to eat wheat.

What about food? It's simple, just go to the international market to buy it. You don’t know that the grain harvest in France is in sight, and the price of grain is much cheaper than that in the UK. Why don’t you just go to France to sell grain?

You must know that the land in France is many times more suitable for growing food than the land in Britain. It is really not profitable to grow food based on the mossy land in Britain. What? You mean food security? There is an international market too! Do you understand the international market? Not only France, but also Russia, Prussia, and the United States. Can they embargo the United Kingdom together? If such a situation really occurs, it must be that Britain has done something outrageous...

In short, in the UK, a large number of farmers were driven to the cities. Although the rapid expansion of textile enterprises has brought more "job opportunities", the increase in "job opportunities" still cannot keep up with the sharp increase in the unemployed population. In the city, the security situation began to deteriorate further.

But at this time, there was a group of unscrupulous British businessmen who sold a lot of various "self-defense supplies" from France, such as butterfly knives, switchblades, and daggers. Among these things are high-end fake "Damascus knives" that are sold to rich people, but most of them are poorly made, but they can definitely stab people to death, and they are cheap.

When some guys sell such goods, they even advertise intentionally or unintentionally: "Entering the factory is death, and the best way out for you is to go to the New World. To go to the New World, you need money for a boat ticket and money for living all the way. , need—but right now, what you need most is bravery first, and then a knife."

Although this kind of propaganda has brought a lot of dangers, even some merchants who sell this kind of knives were robbed by poor ghosts with this kind of knives, and some people were even stabbed more than ten times, but as long as there is a need , there are still merchants risking the last of their pennies to buy their knives instead of a loaf of bread.

"If you have bread and no knife, you will lose your bread; but if you have a knife and no bread, you will most likely gain bread for yourself."

Under such circumstances, London has almost become a crime capital, full of theft and robbery where theft cannot be turned into.

Faced with such a situation, the "England Press Union" and the "England Free Press Union", which have been attacking each other like cockfights, have rarely united and quickly reached a consensus to condemn these thugs for wantonly trampling on the law. , and asked the government to act immediately to suppress these bandits.

The "Times Review" of the "England Press Union" published an editorial entitled "Is there still a king's law, is there still a law", severely condemning the atrocities of the gangsters.

The "Voice of Free England" of the "England Free Press Union" published an exclusive interview with the London Municipal Authority, entitled "We must return London citizens to a peaceful sky."