Fox of France

Joseph had just completed all the experiments on his ship when the news of Robespierre's lost head reached Toulon. The performance of this ship is very good in all aspects, the only problem is that, now, it is useless.

The news came to him personally from Napoleon.

"Napoleon," Joseph said, "has the carriage ready for a long journey?"

"Everything is ready," Napoleon replied, "the four-wheeled carriage, and a team of cavalry. I will ask Leclerc to escort you with the cavalry. You start now."

"Okay." Joseph said, "Wait a minute, I'll go get something and leave."

Joseph went in, changed into a more travel-friendly clothes, and came out with a large suitcase.

"What is this?" asked Napoleon.

"Some experimental data." Joseph said, "You put this thing away, it's very useful. Don't lose it, break it, and don't let the brats see it."

"I know that Lucien won't let me see it," said Napoleon.

"Don't let him know even if you know it." Joseph said, "Besides, Napoleon, you didn't fully understand what I just said. What I mean is, don't read it..."

There was a reason why Joseph was in such a hurry to get back to Paris.

First of all, in Paris, there is no Guillotine Demon King anymore. Joseph feels that there is nothing scary there now, and it is even safer than Toulon. After all, there are still some chaotic parties active in Toulon.

Of course, this is only the least important reason. The most important thing is that he has to rush back as soon as possible so that he can receive the most valuable wealth—the staff of the "Military Technology Research Institute" that few people will notice.

Joseph knew that in Paris after Robespierre, there would definitely be a good time with demons dancing. The Gigi kings, who have been suppressed by the big tiger Robespierre in the past, will definitely mess up Paris. In such a situation, even Kano may not be able to keep the 'Military Research Institute'. If you rush back as soon as possible, you can snatch the most valuable treasures.

Just as Joseph expected, the gang of King Jiji in Paris really let go of their messing around. They first abolished all price fixing measures, so prices immediately went up. Of course, the common people in Paris complained, but a group of guys headed by Barras took advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune one by one. Especially Barras, as the biggest hero in the struggle to overthrow Robespierre, his status has been greatly improved. Relying on the power in his hands, he quickly made a fortune. Soon became a millionaire.

Another great hero, Talian, also won a position in the "Council of National Salvation". Although the power of the "National Salvation Committee" can no longer be compared with Robespierre's era, this committee is still very important.

But among these victors, there were two people who played a key role, but they were all unlucky.

The first to be unlucky was Fouché. Hardly anyone played a more pivotal role in the struggle against Robespierre than Fouche. But Fouche worked behind the scenes, and his credit is most easily overlooked. Now it's time to compete for the fruits of victory, and everyone is naturally happy to ignore his contribution.

If it’s just that the credit is ignored, what’s more terrible is that although everyone has forgotten his credit for overthrowing Robespierre, they have not forgotten his “credit” when he was a special commissioner. And they remembered Fouche's speech in the National Assembly that "I have made merit for Jacobin, I have shed blood for Jacobin, and I want to be a dog for Jacobin". So Fouché actually became the "remaining Jacobin leader".

Seeing that the situation was not right, Fouché first went to Kano for help, but Kano always looked down on this chameleon, coupled with this person's upright personality, as a result, the two of them couldn't talk together at all. Fouche was helpless, so he really ran to try to organize the remaining Jacobins and become a veritable "Jacobin leader". To be honest, the remaining Jacobins, at least the pan-Jacobins, are actually quite strong. If Fouche can really unite them, then he can indeed become a pivotal role in the National Assembly.

However, those people were also in a panic, and they didn't trust Fouché at all, and even worried that Fouche did this to lure the snake out of the hole. Some of these people prepared for the uprising without success, and some escaped from Paris. As for Fouché, to hell with him!

As a result, Fouché was expelled from the National Assembly, lost his status as a member, and lost the wages used to support his family. In the original history, Fouche had no choice but to condescend to do odd jobs for Ballas, and was responsible for inquiring about the various privacy of Ballas' political opponents. By this means, he was able to make ends meet.

As for the second unlucky guy, it is Kano who has made great achievements even on the bright side.

Kano's problem is nothing else, but that he is too ignorant to try to block everyone from getting rich.

Now the war between France and the Anti-French Alliance is still going on. During the war, which business is the most profitable? Of course, the business related to the production of military supplies is the most profitable. However, when the evil Robespierre and the evil Jacobin were in power in the past, they actually adopted various means, such as sending relevant personnel from the army to conduct overly strict audits on product quality, so that everyone's profits were greatly reduced. decreased.

Such a policy, formulated in the hands of the evil Great Demon King and itself very evil, should of course be abolished immediately. However, Kano actually came out and said that this policy is very good and worth sticking to.

In addition, there is also a military research institute, which is highly confidential, not to mention using state money for research, and also organizes the production of key weapons by itself. Doesn't this go against basic economic principles? What's more, this is also a bad thing created by Jacobin, shouldn't it be abolished?

However, Kano was even more stubborn on this issue, and he even threatened to withdraw from the "National Salvation Committee".

In the Robespierre era, Kano often contradicted Robespierre and the others, but seeing Kano's indispensable ability, even Robespierre tolerated him. On the night before Robespierre’s downfall, when he wrote the speech, he wrote down the names of all the people who had been secretly met with Fouche by his spies, except for one name, which was Carnot . Because Robespierre knew that this man was indispensable—Robespierre, even in his craziest moments, still had a bit of a politician's mind.

But that's not the case with the Gigi Kings. Since Kano is in the way, let him go! Threatening everyone with "withdraw from the National Salvation Committee"? Then let him quit!

So Kano was kicked out of the National Salvation Committee.

Kano was so angry that he almost resigned and returned home. But his wife resisted his urge.

"Lazar, what are you working for? Aren't you working for France? Think about it, if you leave at this time, what will happen to France?"

So Kano reluctantly stayed, but his power and influence have shrunk significantly.

Without Kano in the way, the new "National Salvation Committee" quickly passed a resolution to abolish everything that blocked their way of getting rich-so, before Joseph rushed to Paris, the Army Technical Research Institute had already become a ruin . The items inside were divided up by the Gigi kings; as for the researchers, these guys don't intend to spend a lot of money to receive such a research team, they just want to make quick money, so they put these experienced seniors Level researchers are dedicated to society too.

Lavoisier finally regained his freedom, but Charles, who guarded him, went to prison. The chances of life are so strange and changeable. But I believe that Charles should be able to adapt quickly to prison life.

Lavoisier, who was free, found that his property had long been confiscated by Robespierre and the others. Of course, there is no need to think about the movable part of it. Lavoisier still has several confiscated real estate. So he ran around, looking for people he knew, and spent a lot of money, but he didn't return any real estate. Fortunately, as Lavoisier, it was not difficult to find a decent job, and he quickly got a job at the University of Paris. Now I have to rely on this teaching position to support my family.

Various military technologies in the research institute were also "shared" to some arsenals of upstarts for free. It even includes related technology of nitrated starch. And this approach is almost doomed that this key technology will be leaked out soon.

Now that the leakage of these technologies is inevitable, some factory owners simply proposed that certain neutral countries are very interested in purchasing "little melons", or they would simply open up the export of "little melons". You can also change some things back to ease the current economic difficulties.

Of course, Kano desperately opposed such a motion, but his current status is not the same as before. As a result, the opposition was invalid, and such a bill was successfully passed. Of course, there is still such a clause in the bill, that is: "Selling to non-neutral countries is prohibited."

As a result, a new trade method began to appear in Europe, that is, to fly a ship of goods to France under the flag of a neutral country, replace it with "Bonaparte's little melon", and then sail the ship to Britain or Spain or Italy. Sell ​​these things to these anti-French allied countries.

At the beginning, the people who did this job were all British and Italians. But later, they were quickly squeezed out by another group of more competitive businessmen in this market. As for this group of businessmen who came from behind, they are of course French businessmen.

When Joseph arrived in Paris, what he had to face was such a situation.