Make France Great Again

It was only then that Eugene Schneider realized that another advantage of cooperating with the president was that he did not need to be subdued by local forces. When he went to Le Clézot, in addition to being able to make charcoal due to the local trees and a small amount of iron ore, he also One is that Le Clézot's local power is not strong.

If it is Lorraine, Eugene Schneider may have to wrestle with local forces large and small in Lorraine for a long time.

None of the German aristocrats and bourgeois in the Lorraine enclosure were good friends.

Now as long as the president can continue to serve, Schneider Steel will continue to grow stronger.

"By the way, Mr. Schneider, you should know some giants in the steel industry!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Eugene Schneider.

"Your Majesty, every steel company like mine is inseparable from the bank that supports it!" Eugene Schneider said tactfully to Jerome Bonaparte.

After being reminded by Eugène Schneider, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly remembered that the road to industrialization with French characteristics is inseparable from the bank's capital injection. If you want to make them succumb, you must make the banks behind them also succumb.

Jerome Bonaparte thought about it for a long time, and he felt that it was necessary to have a friendly understanding with the "magnates" of the Paris banking industry, otherwise, wouldn't his own president become a decoration.

However, the time for communication should be set after he ousted Odi Lombaro.

Otherwise, those giants in the banking industry simply don't understand what the power of the president is.

"I see!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded, expressing his understanding: "I will trouble you about the Lorraine Iron and Steel Works! If you have any difficulties, you can come to me directly! If you can't find me, you can Find Pescini!"

"I see!" Eugene Schneider nodded happily.

"You can take this blueprint!" Jerome Bonaparte pointed to the blueprint and said to Eugene Schneider, and then he suddenly remembered a shortcoming of the Bessemer steelmaking method, and said: "That's right. , The inner wall of the furnace needs to be lined with dolomite, otherwise the steel produced will not meet the standard!"

Since the iron ore in the Lorraine area is a high-phosphorus iron ore, impurities cannot be extracted without using an alkaline lining, which makes the steel brittle and cannot be used as rails and iron plates.

For a long time after the advent of the Bessemer steelmaking method, the steel production value in Europe as a whole did not increase significantly. On the contrary, Sweden made a lot of money.

Since Sweden's iron ore is low-phosphorus iron ore, even Germany during World War II agreed.

After the 1870s, the birth of Siemens open hearth furnace technology made iron ore a cheap product. At the same time, the improvement of the Bessemer converter steelmaking method also leveled the gap between the converter and the open hearth furnace again.

Now after Jerome Bonaparte's operation, it is unknown whether the Siemens open-hearth steelmaking method of moral will can continue to exist.

After all, capitalists are not willing to continue to invest in climbing the technology tree when there are convenient products.

"I understand!" Eugene Schneider held the rolled-up blueprint under his arm, caring like a baby.

Jerome Bonaparte and Eugene Schneider chatted for a long time, during which Jerome Bonaparte tentatively asked Eugene Schneider if he was interested in getting involved in the artillery business.

Although it is said that the most famous "Miss 75" of the Schneider Artillery Company will not appear until more than 40 years later, Jerome Bonaparte still has certain hopes for Eugene Schneider.

If they really succeed, not to mention the type of artillery Miss 75, even if it is Krupp's practical steel gun Jerome Bonaparte in 1870, he will be satisfied.

During the Franco-Prussian War, Krupp used their specialty breech-loading steel guns to bombard Napoleon, who was proud of his cousin, and smashed the dream of French artilleryism by the way.

"Your Majesty, I think that the company's booth is too large and it is easy to cause some unpredictable situations!" Eugene Schneider rejected Jerome Bonaparte's suggestion in disguise.

Since Eugene Schneider is not willing to enter the arms industry now, Jerome Bonaparte is also not good at forcing him.

Jerome Bonaparte, who sent Eugene Schneider out of the Elysee Palace, returned to the study again.

Looking at the setting sun outside the window, Jerome Bonaparte showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and muttered: "The decisive battle is about to begin!"

...

October 1, 1849.

The Legislative Assembly officially opened with a solemn proclamation by Speaker Marast.

All 750 members of the Legislative Assembly were present.

In the corridor on the right side of the Legislative Assembly, all the cabinet members headed by Jérôme Bonaparte are present. They will enter the rostrum one by one at the invitation of Speaker Marast, and present to the 750 members of the Legislative Assembly. They set out what happened to the French government in the first half of 1849.

"Citizen President Jerome Bonaparte, please come to the stage!" Speaker Marast said to the rostrum in a solemn tone.

Jérôme Bonaparte tidied up his sleeves and walked slowly up the steps. He placed the documents under his arm on the rostrum.

"Dear speaker, members of the parliament, I am Jerome Bonaparte, and now, on behalf of the French government, I will report everything that happened in the first half of the year to the sacred and solemn National Assembly..." Jerome Bonaparte eloquently told the members present It tells about everything that happened in France in the first half of 1949, including the two major taxes of Prime Minister Odilon Barro, the war of intervention in the Roman Republic, and the "diplomatic achievements" made in the German region, etc.

After the report was over, Jerome Bonaparte stood quietly waiting for inquiries from members of parliament.

"Mr. President, I would like to ask about the military expenditure of the Roman Republic? From the column you just reported, I did not hear the specific military expenditure!" The republican member got up and asked Jerome Bonaparte.

Jerome Bonaparte looked at Odi Lombaro in the corridor with pretended hesitation, and then said to the councilor with a slightly apologetic tone: "I am not very clear about the military expenditure of the Roman Republic! The specific question needs Ask Prime Minister Odilon Barrow!"

"Okay!" The republican congressmen "beat the drums and retreat". They want to concentrate all their firepower on Odi Lombaro. The "puppet" president who does nothing in front of them is not within their attack range.

No one wants to find fault with Jérôme Bonaparte right now, and Jérôme Bonaparte bowed and walked off the rostrum consciously.

Odilon Barro entered the Legislative Assembly with high-spirited steps like a fighter in the arena. He wanted the Legislative Assembly to expound all the regulations of the Cabinet Assembly in the first half of the year and his government expenditures.

At the same time, it is proposed to the Legislative Assembly that the French army that needs 9 million francs and the "war widow" of the Countess of Orleans will pay 300,000 francs a year in compensation.

In the words of Odilon Barrow, these are issues that should be addressed by the Legislative Assembly.

There was a small disturbance in the Legislative Assembly after hearing the two bills that Odilon Barrow had introduced to the Legislative Assembly.

The remnants of the Montagne in the parliament got up excitedly and retorted to Odilon Barro: "Prime Minister Odilon Barro, I think your two proposals are unreasonable! Interfering in the Roman Republic is because you sent troops without the consent of the parliament. Now we are asked to admit it again! The compensation of the Countess of Orléans is unheard of, and I have never seen 300,000 francs a year in compensation! Monsieur Prime Minister, it is now a republic!"

Members specifically emphasized a sentence.

Odi Lombarro straightened his slightly round abdomen, put one hand on the rostrum and thought of a cock about to enter a fighting state, and said: "Mr. Congressman, I think the two objections you mentioned are all unreasonable. Intervention in the Roman Republic is an action that we sent troops first and then approved by the parliament, but the parliament has agreed to our action, which means that the entire intervention process is within the constitution, and the army's request for military expenses is also reasonable. As for the countess of Orleans The widow's compensation, I also know that the amount is a bit huge, but we have to recognize the contribution made by the Count of Orleans to France."

As he said that, Odilon Barro turned his attention to the party of Order and the Republicans and said: "I think it is necessary to pay compensation to the widow of the Duchess of Orleans!"

Afterwards, Odilon Barro turned his head decisively and said to Malast in an orderly tone: "Speaker Malast, I request the parliament to start voting immediately!"

Odilon Barrow's aggressive attitude made Malast a little annoyed. He also received the favor of the Duchess of Orleans, and he also felt a little sympathy for the Orleans family in London. He followed Odilon Barrow's opinion and began to vote.

"Voting begins!" Under Malaster's wooden hammer, all councilors began to take refuge in the two motions.

In the end, the proposal to intervene in Rome's military expenditure was passed by a margin of 600 to 150 votes.

The Orleans widow compensation bill was also passed by 450 to 300 votes. Except for a small number of republicans and Montagnards who voted against, the vast majority were orthodox factions in the party of order.

well!

Odilon Barro, who voted through, couldn't be happier. He knew that the rift between the Orthodox faction and the Orleans faction might not be healed for a while.

Next is the report of the ministers of various departments. Unless a few ministers with special secrets (Minister of Public Works Morni, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce Bife) concealed part of the expenditure, the rest of the ministers reported the situation truthfully.

Lawmakers also did not question them.

The first National Assembly in October is over.

In the next few days, Odilon Barro often went to the headquarters of the Party of Order in the Poirti Street to unite the Orleanists.

Under Louis-Philippe's "golden signature", many Orleanist MPs were persuaded by Odilon Barro to temporarily eliminate the contradictions. Odi Lombarro seemed to want to win the trust of the comrades of the Party of Order again.

On October 15, Odi Lombaro was hastily summoned by Jerome Bonaparte to the Elysee Palace.

"Prime Minister Odilon Barrow, from now on you will no longer be Prime Minister!"