Fox of France

The Paris Import and Export Commodities Fair is about to start in one month, and this matter has become an important matter for the Ministry of Truth. Whether it is at home or abroad, the Ministry of Truth must carry out extensive publicity on this matter. To promote this event as the most important event in Europe.

Internally, we should talk about the benefits that this fair will bring to people from all walks of life in the country.

"For farmers, publicity is required, because of the existence of the Pakistani Trade Fair, they—no, remember, when publicizing them, we must use less 'they' and 'you', and use more 'we', and add Compare the bitterness of the past with the sweetness of today—for example, we can publicize that after we had a bumper harvest in the past, we sold the inexhaustible grain in the market, but there was a bumper harvest everywhere, and the market was everywhere It's all grain, so we can't sell it at a good price. If we don't sell it, it will cost a lot of money to preserve it. If we buy it, it seems to be at a disadvantage again.

If it was back in the kingdom, those nobles and profiteers would still collude together to lower the price of our grain. In many cases, even if it was a bumper harvest, we harvested more grain, and finally sold it, and the money we could get was instead Still less. Then they either hoard the grain and sell it at a high price when there is a famine, or they ship the grain and ship it to a foreign country to sell it for money. We have worked so hard to grow so little food, and all the benefits have been taken away by them!

But now, the First Consul is not the same as those bad guys, he is really our own! Spring plowing and summer hoeing are all thought of, and flood prevention and drought resistance are at the heart. Of course he knows that it is not easy for us farmers, so he set up such a Pakistan trade fair, we have a lot of grain, and we can directly sell it to foreign countries. There are no nobles and middlemen to make the difference, and the money we get is all our own.

What, you said that foreign countries also have good harvests, what should I do? Brother, foreign countries, do they have water pumps? Do they have a power station? Most importantly, do they have a first ruling like ours? They have nothing but a lot of the same nobles as we used to be. What do you think they get a good harvest every year? Well, remember it all? "

At the meeting of the Ministry of Truth, Lucien was giving instructions to his subordinates. The subordinates also took paper and pens and took notes.

"Also, the propaganda to foreign countries must also be stepped up. We must let the British, Dutch, Germans, Spaniards, Russians, Turks, Americans... let the entire civilized world know about this grand event , everyone knows that you can find opportunities to make a fortune here. You have to find a way to describe this event more attractively, and describe it so that people feel that participating in this event is like... like Ali Baba walked into that treasury, no, only the treasury of a few bandits has more money, it should be the treasury of Alexander the Great!"

The Ministry of Truth issued instructions, and French newspapers, especially those published in foreign countries, of course tried their best to repeatedly promote the Pakistan Fair.

For example, in London, when the British newspapers were still busy attacking each other, the French newspaper "London Businessman" had already devoted its main force to promoting the "Parcelona Fair". These days, "London Businessman" has added two more pages of content. Except for the front page, the latter content is almost all about "Pakistan Fair" (in fact, there are quite a few related content on the front page).

Some are direct product advertisements, such as various wines and various metal products. Most of these advertisements do not directly give prices, but use the phrase "high quality and low price, beyond imagination" to seduce the interest of businessmen . Some are so-called "knowledge science" and even accompanied by some drawings to popularize knowledge about various commodities, such as various types of wine, how to choose a good wine; such as the difference in the material of various metal products , and their advantages and disadvantages. What's more, it introduces the products of various parts of the European continent, as well as basic business conditions.

For example, this year, France has a bumper harvest of grain, and the price of grain may drop. In addition, due to the influence of fashion, woolen products may become popular in France this year...

The "Science Pravda" pays more attention to reporting this grand event from the perspective of big data. It tells that all kinds of commodities and merchants in almost the whole of Europe will gather here. Just considering that during the Chamber of Commerce, it is more convenient to obtain information on various commodities, the cost of trade can be greatly reduced, and everyone can earn more money.

The news of the "Pakistan Trade Fair" quickly attracted the attention of various businessmen, and all businessmen widened their eyes. Whether they are supporting peace or supporting war, whether they are doing textile business or arms business, their attention has been attracted by the "Pakistan Trade Fair". Affected by this, even the English Press Union and England The firepower of the free press alliances against each other has been weakened-after all, no matter which side you are on, making money comes first. Even arms dealers wondered if they could take this opportunity to export some arms to Europeans.

However, the British Admiralty fell into panic at this time, because in the advertisement page of the latest issue of "London Businessman", a portrait of a French weapon appeared.

On this page, there are all kinds of advertisements for French weapons, including the muzzle-loading rifles that the British are already familiar with, various landmines, various small melons, various artillery pieces, and a picture-only, but no Anything that can be described in words.

"Isn't this our mine?" Others couldn't recognize what it was, but the guys from the Admiralty could tell what it was at a glance.

"It's very similar, but it's still a little different. Our mine has ten trigger fuzes, but this one has only eight. But the others are really similar, the same anchor chain, and even the same installation mode of the fuze! This... what's going on here?"

Indeed, the unexplained mysterious weapon painted on the "London Businessman" looks too much like the British mines. If you analyze this with palette software, you can definitely get a stone hammer of plagiarism. But now the problem is:

"How did the French get this technology!"

The Admiralty was well aware of what it would mean for Britain if this technology fell into French hands.

The British can use this to block the coast of Ireland, and the French can use this to block the coast of England. It is true that the French Navy does not have the ability to compete with the British Navy for sea control, but the French Navy has many other means that the British Navy has no choice. For example, the French high-speed warship.

Until now, the British Navy has not been able to crack the mystery of the propulsion technology of French steamships, which also means that it is almost impossible for the British to intercept these ships. The French can use these high-speed steam ships to lay mines off the coast of Britain, and even near British ports.

Of course, the British can also lay mines near the French ports, whether it is a port on the Atlantic side or a port on the Mediterranean side, but France's dependence on ports is far lower than that of the United Kingdom. Use the ports of those "alliance (pu cong) countries", and if Britain also conducts offensive mines on these ports, it will really cut itself off from Europa.

Therefore, before the development of efficient mine-sweeping technology, the plan to block Ireland with mines can only be thrown into a cabinet and locked up. As for minesweeping, the difficulty is much higher than that of mine. Even in the 21st century, the most primitive anchor mines are enough to threaten the most advanced warships and even the most advanced minesweepers. Therefore, to come up with efficient and reliable mine-sweeping technology, even if Joseph doesn't care about anything from now on, and just concentrate on doing this, it will not be solved in his lifetime.

Compared with efficient mine-sweeping technology, the more important thing for the British today is to figure out how the secrets about mines were leaked. Of course the British knew that the existence of naval mines had been leaked because of a lunatic's problem, but the lunatic's article did not mention key technical means.

The Admiralty has also been tracking down the person who leaked relevant information to the lunatic. According to the inference of the Admiralty, this person is probably not a French spy, because if a French spy knows about this, he can just report it to the French. Play tricks. So they are more likely to be done by the British who don't want the war to affect their business. But now, that inference seems less credible. After all, who would have thought that there was a guy from the French who had traveled through time and had the special ability to get pregnant at a glance.

This is like a question on a certain website: If we take the entire Chitu Kingdom today before Mao Xiong disintegrates, and then fight Mao Xiong with conventional weapons, what will be the result? The answer is: The most direct result is, of course, that the entire Sukhoi Design Bureau was dragged out by the Maoxiong Ministry of Internal Affairs and shot. Today, the British also feel that their institutes are full of French spies.

"There is a French spy in our Admiralty! We must dig him out and tie him to a mine for testing! Or cut him into small pieces and feed them to sharks!" Lord William, the Secretary of the Navy, was almost outraged when he heard the news. Passed out, and then let out such a roar.

Lord William's anger was completely justified. Someone had to take responsibility for something like this happened in the Admiralty. Even if the damned traitor could be dug out and dealt with, the leak would not just end like this. I'm afraid that soon, he will have to "take responsibility bravely" and then go home to receive his pension.

Soon, the king also knew about it, and said something like this: "Everyone who has access to this technical information must be investigated, no matter who is involved, must be investigated to the end! Britain will never allow Traitors will not be punished!"