Fox of France

In short, the captains successfully sold the high-priced tickets, and then everyone shared the money with those passengers with status, and then the ship left the port and headed for India.

In this transaction, the captain and the passengers with status made money, and the leeks also successfully got the chance to return to India safely. Although they were cheated, as long as they can reach India as soon as possible, and then find a chance to bully Ah San, maybe they can still get their money back. So it's really a classic triple win.

All kinds of exploration materials sent back by the French were sent to the Academy of Sciences. After careful study by the Academy of Sciences, it is generally agreed that in southern Africa there exists a great gold mine.

"From the existing data, it may be larger than the sum of the two gold mines we found in North America. Of course, the burial is a little deeper than the two gold mines in North America, but the difficulty of mining is not particularly high. It is very valuable for development. .” Joseph put down the information in his hand, and finally said to Napoleon. Then he noticed without any surprise that Napoleon's eyes had turned yellow all over.

"Damn it, we're going to end the war as soon as possible, beat the British, and then... well, Lucien, do you have any news about the British?"

"The United Kingdom has been difficult to support for a long time. Recently, the inflation in the United Kingdom has been maintained at a very high level - it has far exceeded our situation in 1993, and there have been quite serious food shortages in some areas. The British Measures such as grain supply rationing have been adopted, and speculation has been cracked down. I have to say that the execution of the British government in this matter is still good, at least much better than that of our Directorate. Last week, there was In front of the Tower of London, more than 20 heads were beheaded in one go to calm people's minds."

"Haha, aren't the British still very courageous?" Napoleon laughed.

Generally speaking, when Napoleon now mentions the British, he always focuses on praise. This is of course because he feels that he has a certain chance of winning, and appropriately praising his opponent can add to his brilliance. Otherwise, just like in the anti-Japanese dramas of later generations, the Japanese devils are all filmed as mentally retarded, as if this can show contempt for the enemy. But if you think about it carefully, the enemies are all mentally retarded, and you have been invaded by the mentally retarded for more than ten years, so what are you? So, now, Napoleon would praise the British whenever he could. And the basic argument is:

"England's slavery genocide against humanity is the most powerful, evil, dangerous, and efficient armed criminal group in the history of mankind. Compared with it, even Genghis Khan pales in comparison. As for Attila, the lame post Compared with it, Mu'er is like a harmless little cat—this is the first time in human history, an industrialized gangster, even the big red dragon in "Apocalypse."

Now that the Bible and the Book of Revelation are mentioned, the Holy See, the number one authority in interpreting the Bible, will naturally stand up and support it. The great Confucianists of the Holy See, citing the scriptures, took a lot of detours, and spent enough space to fill a room. They systematically and rigorously proved through theology that the British royal family has been since Henry VIII out of dirty selfish desires. , when he betrayed the marriage blessed by God, "Satan entered his heart", and from then on, the British royal family is no longer the blood of the anointed Jesus, but the blood of the cursed Satan. Satan used the King of England to deceive the British people, making Britain embark on a road of anti-Christ and beasts.

After the Pope made his statement, the next thing was the Protestant side. As for Protestantism, there are many denominations, such as Lutheranism, Calvinism, not too many kinds. Strictly speaking, the Anglican Church, the Anglican Church, is also a Protestantism.

But among the Protestants, the Anglican Church is the least Protestant one. Except that the Pope has changed from the Pope of Rome to the King of England, everything about him is almost the same as Catholicism—especially when it comes to persecuting Protestants. so it is. Speaking of those people in North America back then, weren’t they all Calvinists who were persecuted by the Anglican Church?

Therefore, the general view of the Protestants on the European continent is that the Anglican Church is not a thing in the first place. The method of using the king as the pope is even more contrary to the teachings of Jesus. They have long been accursed and follow satanic cults. (Of course, so is Catholicism, so is Orthodox, so is Lutheranism (Calvinism), all except me...)

"It's just white gloves for the dead ghosts. The real investors may be the ones who put on a righteous look on the big tribunal, denounce their crimes, and sentence them to death in the name of God and the king— — But speaking of it, when we let the mob let them hang up those Jews, they didn't know who the real person who caused the stock market crash was. Hehe..." Lucien sneered.

Napoleon couldn't help frowning. Of course he knew who was behind the big stock market crash. The important force in this is the entire "Roman Empire". Almost most of the "Roman citizens" played at least a role in fueling the storm, and the real black hands behind the scenes are the emperor and the others. the whole family.

Subconsciously, Napoleon didn't think it was something glorious, so he felt a little uncomfortable when he heard Lucien say such words without any scruples, even with a sense of irony.

"Lucien, what are you talking about?" said Napoleon.

"Of course it is to remind you." Lucien said, "Napoleon, you know that our propaganda is all to guide others, to induce people with a hope, or even a phantom, and even more clearly to deceive people. But, We need to understand ourselves, who are we and what are we doing for? Napoleon, I think you have a weakness."

"What?" asked Napoleon. Napoleon was still very concerned about people claiming to have discovered his weakness.

"You have a dream, and your dream can give you strength and the courage to do things that many people can't do. But as Joseph said, there is nothing that has only advantages and no disadvantages. Your The same is true of character, you are easily confused by lofty goals and external vanity things, so that you lose your way. To put it more clearly, it is Napoleon, you have to remember that winning the cheers of the people is only ours. The means, not our goal. And I think you seem to be confusing them a bit lately."

Napoleon stared at Lucien for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Lucien, I have fallen so badly that I want you to find fault with me. However, as Minister of Truth, this is indeed your duty. In addition, I want to tell you Yes, I do like to see the people cheering for me, but I'm not so confused as to sacrifice practical interests for it. Now, let's move on to the British situation."

"The law and order problem in Britain is getting more and more serious now. Because of the serious unemployment, the government has to use the army to maintain law and order. Napoleon, you said before that if the army is used for such things, it will lead to a decline in the army's combat capability. In addition , in order to avoid too many unemployed people rebelling because they can’t eat. The British have also greatly expanded the number of the army, especially in recent months. The size of the British army has expanded a lot. In the last month, about One hundred and fifty thousand men were absorbed into the British Army. Today Britain has an army of about six hundred and fifty thousand men. This is unprecedented in British history."

"Britain really hasn't had so many mobs." Napoleon crossed his arms and said disdainfully. In his view, the troops pulled up by the British in a temporary Latin style, whether it is training or equipment, are in a mess, and there is no threat at all.

"Napoleon, they are preparing to fight to defend their country. As long as the British publicize well, their morale should still be good—just like ours back then." Joseph said, "So, we can't underestimate them too much, you know , An army, even if it is poorly equipped and poorly trained, as long as it has enough courage and dares to sacrifice, it is still an awesome army."

"Joseph, you are still cautious as always. But what you said is not completely unreasonable..." Although Napoleon did not agree with Joseph's statement, Napoleon's attitude towards Joseph was still different from his attitude towards Lucien .

"Joseph, you may be too worried." Lucien said, "As far as I know, the British government didn't count on these newly expanded armies at all. They even let them use old guns without rifles. The reason for this is The purpose of military expansion is more to put the most energetic young people in the society into the army, then disperse them into disorder, keep them in custody, and let them have a meal, so as to prevent them from becoming factors of the revolution. As for our The key to the war is the British navy. As long as we defeat the British navy again, we don’t need to land in the UK at all. The UK will either negotiate peace with us, surrender to us, or a revolution will happen. So the British are not investing in the army at all. Willingness for resources. Most of the existence of the army is just to maintain stability.

Well, some of the intelligence we've got even suggests that, while the British Army has grown in numbers, the military expenditures allocated to the Army have actually declined. Joseph, you also know that even publicity consumes resources. It would not be easy to keep this army from rebelling without investing resources. As far as we know, many new armies don't even have enough to eat. "

"In this case, what the British are doing is drinking sea water to quench their thirst." Joseph said, "Such an army itself can easily become a hotbed of revolution. It is impossible for the British to not know this. This only shows two points. First The outbreak of revolution in the UK is so close that the British have to use such means to temporarily delay it; second, the British navy will definitely take action recently. Well, do you have any information about the situation of the British navy?"

"A month and a half ago, the British transferred two newly launched battleships to the Irish Sea. Well, they just named these two battleships 'Cressy' and 'Poitiers'." Lucien replied road.

Crecy and Poitiers are place names in France. During the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the British won brilliant victories in these two places. At the Battle of Crécy, English longbows crippled French knights trying to cross muddy terrain with heavy casualties. In the Battle of Poitiers, Edward, the black prince of England, even defeated the French army with few victories, and captured the French King John II. Now the British use the places where these two battles broke out to name their cutting-edge battleships, and the meaning is self-evident.

Lucien continued: "As for more details, we don't know very well. These two battleships have not been in service for a long time, and it is still a question of how powerful they are."

"I have some other information here, which is also about the British Navy. Well, it was obtained by the Ministry of Public Security. You can take a look." Napoleon said while taking out a document and handing it to Joseph. Lucien leaned over with a sullen face and watched with Joseph.

This information is quite detailed, analyzing various production preparations in the UK and signs of personnel transfers, and then came up with a speculation that the British fleet is likely to leave the Irish Sea in the next week or two to carry out A risky attempt to break the blockade.

"There are two exits from the Irish Sea, one south and one north, and they are far apart. We can't tell which exit they will attack from." Joseph said, "At present, our army has launched five Augustus-class battleships, but they have been commissioned and completed. Only three of them have received basic training. Of the other two, although one has served, it has only been in service for less than a month. Not installed yet. So we can send up to three new battleships, plus the original Caesar battleship, a total of four battleships, plus the newly commissioned 'Hermes' super cruiser and 'Artemis' "Super cruiser. It is obviously superior to the enemy in terms of strength, but if we want to block two openings at the same time, we have to divide them into two squadrons. In this case, our advantage is not obvious. Especially our There are only three new battleships, so it's not easy to divide."

"Two new battleships, plus a group of armored cruisers, form a squadron to block St. George's Strait, and a new battleship, plus the Kaiser, plus two super cruisers, go to Islay Island Anchorage, used to block the North Sea Strait. (Islay Island is an island at the exit of the North Sea Strait. The British did not have time to update the coastal defense batteries on this island. With the support of other ships, the island was captured. Today the island is one of the important anchorages of the French Navy.)”

Napoleon said, "I think this should be good. No squadron is weaker than the enemy. Even if it is exchanged, it is a strategic failure for the British. The British have no ability to create another fleet."