Fox of France

In fact, the French had long anticipated the possibility of the British buying cannons secretly. Even the Englishman posing as a Mexican was always 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 based on the results of everyone’s discussions, the British could have bought this cannon directly.

"For foreign trade weapons, although we can sign an'end user agreement' with purchasers, stipulating that they cannot resell them, it is impossible for us to count how many artillery there are in the user’s army every day. 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 tell us that the artillery is "floating". We can really go to the bottom of the sea to find Poseidon Say'I'm going to count the cannons'? Anyway, as long as we want to make money with these things, these things will definitely fall into the hands of the British. In that case, why should we let those middlemen make the difference?" For this question In the discussion meeting, Joseph said so.

"Then the British are heavily equipped with such weapons, will it pose a threat to us?" At the time, Kano raised such objections.

"Lazar, if the British buy one cannon from us, we can equip ourselves with 2.5 to three cannons, then what is a British cannon?" 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 turn into real cannons to equip our army." Kano was still dissatisfied, but Napoleon unexpectedly said nothing.

"Napoleon, this little bastard, has made progress. I heard Lucien say that he has discussed the opportunity for military exercises with Kano for so long in the past few days. Now he wants Kano to ask me for money? Bastard, he doesn't know, now that economic construction should be the focus, should the army be patient?"

"Lazar, you also know that the performance of this cannon is still very different from the cannons that we actually equip troops. Besides, when we sell cannons, we also pay taxes to the country?

For each cannon, starting from the tax paid when the mine is opened, to the tax when it is sold, together, it is almost enough for the government to purchase 0.2 cannons from us at a preferential price, and they are still self-use models. The rear-mounted cannon on the bolt, not the monkey version of the cannon sold to foreigners.

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

Lazar, as you know, our artillery is sold to many countries. Many of these countries are our allies, and some are far away from us, and threats to us are limited, but not all of them. For the British. The British, even with the Austrians, the cannons they can buy are limited in the proportion of the cannons we sell. No more than our allies have. It will not be more cannons than joining our government to turn all the taxes collected on our business into a cannon.

So, Lazar, if you think the army has too few cannons, you should not find me, but Napoleon, because he ultimately decides the various government expenditures! You should ask him where he spent the money! "

"How can you blame me? Our government has too many places to spend money." Napoleon said, "The construction of the countryside costs money. Well, Mr. Carnot, you agree with me. Seeing that the hometown is being built more and more. The better, our soldiers will be more loyal to the motherland and morale will be higher. Well, there is also basic education, which also costs money. This is what you suggested to Joseph. Three-year compulsory education. How much does it cost? Well, You also know this, Mr. Carnot, and you very much agree with it at the time. And... Then, Mr. Carnot, you count, where do we have money?

"So, Lazar, we must export more cannons, no matter to whom. You see, the money for the construction of a new countryside cannot be saved, there will definitely be so much; three-year compulsory education, this is true No less. You know, Lazar, whether it’s the factory or the army, even the peasants, if they have some education, it’s much easier to organize. This is definitely not a loss, if it’s not for Napoleon’s stinginess, I’ll still I think it's a bit less in three years! Not only is this indispensable, it may increase further in the future.

Therefore, if you want to buy more cannons for the army, you have to let us sell more cannons under these circumstances. Only by selling more can the army buy more cannons. "

So Kano was speechless, and after a long time he said: "Then Joseph, sell more artillery, and the extra tax, can really be used by the army?"

"I want to ask Napoleon here." Joseph said.

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

"Our cannon has only one real technology, which is low-cost steelmaking. If the British are willing to use crucible steel to make cannons, the cannons they get will be a lot more expensive than the ones they buy from us. The number of cannons will be very limited. So what are we worried about?"

Because of this consideration, neither the Ministry of Public Security nor the Ministry of Truth cares too much about the British who run around at the Pakistan Fair.

The bustling Pakistan Fair lasted for half a month. In the past half month, businessmen from various countries have signed a lot of orders with each other. According to statistics from the Ministry of Truth, only at this trade fair, only woolen textiles, the number of purchase contracts signed by the British and other European countries has exceeded the total of the previous year, and has even exceeded that of the United Kingdom. The 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 bank loans as soon as possible, expand production, and buy all wool and everything, soon they have them. Slow hands...

With these merchants returning to England. The price of wool on the British market immediately went up. In just one week, the price of wool rose by one-third, and there was still no market.

Affected by this, some landlords who were still on the sidelines ignored that the wheat in the field was heading and grouting, and it was ready to be harvested soon. They directly took back the land from the tenants, and then bought the Pleasant Goat, Lazy Goat, and Beautiful Goat. , Slow sheep, Nuan sheep, etc. rush directly to the wheat fields to eat wheat.

What about food? It's simple. You can't buy it in the international market. Don’t you know, a bumper harvest in France is on the horizon, and the price of food is much cheaper than that in the UK. Can’t you just go to France to sell food?

You know, the land in France is many times more suitable for growing food than the land in the United Kingdom. With those moss fields in the United Kingdom, growing food is really unprofitable. what? You say food security? There is an international market too! The international market understands it, not only France, but also Russia, Prussia, and the United States. Can they still embargo the United Kingdom together? If this happens, it must be something that the UK has done.

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

At this time, there was a group of unscrupulous British businessmen who sold a lot of "self-defense supplies" from France, including butterfly knives, switch knives, and daggers. Among these things are high-end, high-grade fake "Damascus knives" sold to the wealthy, but more of them are poorly made, but they can definitely kill people, and they are cheap and cheap.

When some guys sell such goods, they even advertise: "Entering the factory is a death. The best way for you is to go to the New World. To go to the New World, you need money for a ferry ticket and money for living all the way. , But 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 holding this kind of knives~www.readwn.com~ some people were even stabbed more than ten times Knives, but as long as there is a need, there are always merchants who risked the danger and used their last little money to buy their knives instead of selling a piece of bread.

"If you only have bread without a knife, then you will definitely lose bread; and if you only have a knife without bread, then you can probably win bread for yourself."

Under such circumstances, London has almost become the capital of crime, and there are thefts and robberies that cannot be turned into thefts.

In the face of such a situation, the "English Press League" and the "English Free Press League", which have always attacked each other like cockfighting, have rarely united and quickly reached a consensus to condemn these thugs' wanton trampling of the law. And asked the government to act immediately to suppress these gangsters.

The "Times Review" of the "English News League" published a report entitled "Is there a king's law, is there a law", and severely condemned the atrocities committed by the bandits.

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

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