Make France Great Again

Jérôme Bonaparte, who returned to the Tuileries Palace, took over the work from Ruet, Morny and other members of the Regency Council after another day of rest.

Although the people who had their power taken back by Jérôme Bonaparte were a little dissatisfied, their faces showed the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.

Jérôme Bonaparte patted their shoulders with a smile and encouraged them.

The power of the entire empire returned to the hands of Jérôme Bonaparte.

In the last two months of 1856, Jerome Bonaparte began to continuously adjust the economic route of the French Empire. The controlled economy originally formulated for the war gradually moved in the direction of marketization.

Shipyards, steel plants, steam train factories, canneries... all military-related orders began to gradually shift from domestic to foreign.

The "frozen" railway bonds also began to be active again on the Paris Stock Exchange without a significant decline.

At the same time, the Bank of France and the Ministry of the Interior also jointly established a police organization under the order of Jérôme Bonaparte to combat counterfeit and substandard Bank of France notes in the market and maintain the prosperity of the French market.

The person in charge of managing this organization is the old man Jérôme Bonaparte met on the train a few months ago. His name is Wilson Edwards, a former colleague of Thiers, Migne, A Swiss scholar who worked with Kizuo and others.

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December 31, 1855, in the dead of winter.

At the invitation of the French Emperor Jérôme Bonaparte, important ministers and generals of the French Empire, as well as invited foreign envoys and outstanding scientific workers (Louis Pasteur, Old Mauser, Karl Heinrich. von Siemens) braved the heavy snow and took a carriage to arrive at the Tuileries Palace to celebrate the arrival of the New Year together.

The party officially started at eight o'clock in the evening. Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta walked among the crowd in the hall, smiling at every guest who came despite the snow.

When Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta walked around the hall, he found that he did not seem to see any trace of Louis Pasteur and others.

"Strange, where have they gone?" Jerome Bonaparte muttered in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, who are you looking for?" Augusta asked quietly, standing on Jerome Bonaparte.

"Louis Pasteur!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Augusta, "I clearly remember inviting them!"

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask the Steward Basilio? I think he should know where Professor Louis Pasteur is now!" Queen Augusta responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot!" Jérôme Bonaparte reacted instantly. He hurriedly found Basilio and asked, "Where is Mr. Louis Pasteur now?"

After listening to the words, Basilio thought for a moment and replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, please come with me!"

Under the leadership of Basilio, Jerome Bonaparte came to a hidden corner of the hall, where he saw "national treasures" such as Louis Pasteur, Old Mauser, and Siemens.

When Louis Pasteur and others saw the arrival of Jerome Bonaparte, they all showed surprised expressions on their faces, as if Jerome Bonaparte should not be here.

"You guys are hiding here, it's really easy for me to find you!" Jerome Bonaparte complained.

"Your Majesty, I'm so sorry!" Louis Pasteur immediately responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"It's my turn to apologize to you. You are the guests I invited, but you are left here in the cold! It's my fault for not receiving you well!" Jérôme Bonaparte apologized to the group of scientific workers in front of him.

Then, Jérôme Bonaparte pretended to criticize Basilio severely: "Basilio, what's going on with you! I asked you to invite them here, not to let them sit on the bench here. Yes! Others don’t know the value of each of them, so you still don’t know it!”

"Your Majesty, this is my mistake! Please punish me!" Upon seeing this, Basilio decisively wanted Jérôme Bonaparte to admit his mistake.

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"No! Your Majesty, we stay here voluntarily!" Louis Pasteur hurriedly came to Basilio's rescue.

"Why?" Jerome Bonaparte asked puzzledly.

Louis Pasteur told Jerome Bonaparte that the vast majority of them were people who only knew scientific research and were not good at communication, so they were unable to cope with such a huge party.

In addition, most of the guests at the party were either rich or noble. They had no common language and had no choice but to stay where they were.

After listening to Louis Pasteur's speech, Jérôme Bonaparte realized his mistake. He quickly apologized to Louis Pasteur and others: "This was my negligence and I did not consider yours." Feelings! Please forgive me!”

"Your Majesty, it's nothing!" Louis Pasteur responded to Jerome Bonaparte, shaking his head.

Seeing that Louis Pasteur and others were out of place at the party, Jerome Bonaparte had no choice but to ask Louis Pasteur if he was willing to leave early.

"Your Majesty, will this have any impact on you?" Louis Pasteur asked Jerome Bonaparte.

"What impact can this have!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and responded to Louis Pasteur, "If you are willing, you can leave now! I will let Basilio send you away from Du Yinleli Palace!”

Louis Pasteur, Old Mauser, Heinrich von Siemens and others euphemistically expressed their willingness to leave to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Okay! I understand!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and said to them, "Please allow me to say a word to Basilio, and then he will take you out of here!"

Jérôme Bonaparte called Basilio aside and whispered to Basilio to give each of the scientists who left a red envelope.

"Remember, each red envelope is stuffed with 2,000 francs! Just say it is the New Year's red envelope I gave them." Jerome Bonaparte specially warned Basilio, "When the time comes, you can ask me to pay the bill. Got it!"

"Your Majesty, no need!" Basilio said to Jérôme Bonaparte, "I should have advanced the money."

"What nonsense! When the time comes, just come over and pay the bill!" Jérôme Bonaparte decisively cut off the topic and ordered Basilio to send all the scientific workers safely out of the Tuileries Palace.

After all the scientific workers quietly left, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta turned back to the crowd.

At this moment, Richard Metternich, the French ambassador to the Austrian Empire, appeared in front of Jerome Bonaparte.

"Happy New Year's Eve, Your Majesty!" Richard Metternich bowed to Jerome Bonaparte and said.

"You are Richard too!" Jerome Bonaparte responded to Richard Metternich with a smile.

After the two sides chatted for a while, Richard Metternich asked Jerome Bonaparte if he could take some time. He wanted to talk to Jerome Bonaparte alone.

Jerome Bonaparte glanced at Augusta beside him. Augusta nodded at Jerome Bonaparte, and then let go of Jerome Bonaparte's wrist.

"Your Majesty the Queen, thank you very much!" Richard Metternich quickly expressed his gratitude to Augusta.

"Let's go, Mr. Richard!" Jerome Bonaparte joked to Richard Metternich: "Let's find a room and enjoy the world of two people!"

Richard Metternich had an embarrassed expression on his face, and Queen Augusta also joked, "I wish you have a good time!"

Afterwards, Richard Metternich and Jerome Bonaparte left the hall and found a guest room to talk.

"Mr. Richard, what do you want to say?" Jerome Bonaparte entered the room and asked Richard Metternich.

"That's it, Your Majesty!" Richard Metternich told Jerome Bonaparte: He received a telegram from the Ministry of Interior of the Austrian Empire. The Ministry of Interior said that they had prepared 30,000 Croatian laborers, and now only Once the French side confirms the shipment, they will ship 30,000 Croatian workers away.

However, the Ministry of Interior does not know where exactly these 30,000 Croatian workers were transported.

After listening to Richard Metternich’s description, Jérôme Bonaparte said to Richard Metternich with slight surprise: “If my memory is correct, we just signed a labor agreement last month. .Right!"

"That's right! Your Majesty! Richard Metternich nodded and replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

"I'm very curious, what method did you use to gather 30,000 workers in just one month!" Jerome Bonaparte touched his chin, "We agreed in advance, old man We don’t want any weak, sick or disabled workers!”

"Your Majesty, I can guarantee that all workers are strong young men!" Richard Metternich hurriedly responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "As for what methods we used, please forgive us. Convenient to disclose!”

"I understand!" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a clear expression.

You don't need to think about it to know that the Austrian Empire must have used disgraceful methods.

There are not so many people who are willing to live in Africa these days. Even among the residents now living in Algiers Province, a large part are the people who were exiled at the beginning.

Those exiled people were forced to settle in Algiers for various reasons, and then gradually integrated into Algiers.

Those Croatian workers were probably deceived.

"Twenty thousand of the 30,000 workers will be transported directly to Algiers, where there will be dedicated people to handle them! The remaining 10,000 will be transported to Marseille first, and we will make other plans after completing military training!"