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Chapter three hundred and fifty first, fundamental

The joint statement of the two countries suddenly made the reporters attending the press conference begin to wonder whether this is a dream. Some people can't help but pinch themselves hatefully, twice... And this time, after the joint statement was issued, Foreign Minister Talleyrand and Ambassador Metternich did not even leave time for the reporters to ask questions, but directly announced that the press conference would end.

In fact, the reporters didn’t have time to ask anything. What is the most important thing now? Of course, it is to immediately send out the big news. Isn’t it just to make a big news? So as Foreign Minister Talleyran announced the end of the meeting, the reporters immediately rushed out of the gate like a tide, and then rushed towards their respective newspapers.

It is said that after that, some newspapers have added a new requirement when recruiting reporters, that is, to conduct physical fitness tests on reporters for twelve minutes. "How can you be a reporter if you can't even run?" It has also become a reason for newspapers to dismiss some reporters. At the first Modern Olympics not long later, Dresler, who won the world championship of sprint for France, was also an entertainment reporter for the Sun. So much so that in this time and space, a new proverb appeared in France: "It's as fast as a tabloid reporter."

Yes, in general, the reporters of the tabloids always run faster. In contrast, the reporters of the Science and the Truth and the Businessman do not need to run so fast, because in fact, their editorial department has already understood the news in advance. Although the time in advance is not long, it is enough for them to send out the outs first. At this time, just as the reporters of the newspapers such as the Sun were still parkouring on the streets of Paris, the Science and Technology were already considering the editorial terms.

Of course, as the Scientific Truth and the Businessman's first issued the number, another group of people also began to run away, and they were not slower than tabloid reporters. These people were speculators.

Before this, because of the general concern that Austria would go to war with France and would be defeated in the war, Austria's national debt fell a lot in the market and almost became waste paper. Now with this news, everyone knows that Austria's national debt will definitely rise, rise back, and even rise higher.

Unfortunately, most people had already sold out all the Austrian government bonds in their hands at prices almost like waste paper. Now in the market, they only saw that the price of Austrian government bonds soared, but there was no Austrian government bonds that could be bought at all. So everyone sighed regretfully and couldn't help but think about which guys had bought all the Austrian government bonds at prices before that.

But they never thought that someone who bought Austrian government bonds at the price of selling waste paper was also full of dissatisfaction.

"The financial tools of this era are so backward and lack financial innovation! There is no way to make the price of Austrian government bonds fall to negative numbers, and there is not even a useful financial leverage. Otherwise, how much money can you make in this brush!"

Faced with Napoleon and Lucien who were able to make a lot of money in vain, Joseph couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

However, Napoleon was obviously much easier to satisfy than Joseph. This money had already made him very satisfied. He calculated the income from the Austrian national debt and found that the income from this trip was even higher than the income from his personal visit to the Pope.

"Joseph, this is really robbing money, and the efficiency is even higher than sending troops directly to rob. Last time in Italy, we said we were doing a lack of capital transaction, but the cost of using the army is actually not low. And this time, we just said a few words of "truth" and got so much. This is really..." Lucien also rubbed his hands and said excitedly.

Although Napoleon was also thinking about this in his heart, he was instinctively unhappy when he heard Lucien say this, because this was really a bit, well, a little denying his own value.

However, before Napoleon could speak out, Joseph spoke first.

"Lucion, and Napoleon, there is one thing I want to remind you." Joseph suddenly said, "There was a fool who ate four bread one morning and then had enough. So the fool said, "How stupid I am. If I had known this, I would have eaten the last bread directly. Why would I waste the first three breads?'

Of course, those who say such words are fools. But Napoleon and Lucien, we must also be wary of whether we will become fools. We can now use financial means like harvesting wheat, which is not without reason. If we do not have an invincible army in our hands, which makes it difficult for any enemy to even develop the courage to confront each other, how can we use such means to harvest wheat?

So, Lucien, don't think that financial harvesting is really costless. If we hadn't had our invincible army, who could I reap with this means?"

When Napoleon heard Joseph mention "the invincible army", he immediately became happy and said with a gaze: "What Joseph said is that this harvest depends on the army in the final analysis. Only the army is the sickle in our hands."

"Napoleon said something is reasonable, but not all. We haven't fought for several years. Why is the deterrent power of our army not only not declining, but is rising? When those guys signed a peace agreement with us, they were all thinking about it. I think you should also understand very well. So do they have such plans now? Why?"

Napoleon was stunned for a moment, and then said, "At first they should have thought of taking a breath, licking the wound, and then fighting with us when they recover. But now, they definitely don't have this idea. Now, there is no need to fight anymore. Fools know that they are not opponents. The difference between us and them is like a strong man and a child."

Joseph nodded: "Our strength has grown faster than them. Now the artillery firepower of one division of our army is much stronger than one of their army. It won't take long, and even the firepower of one division can overwhelm them. What do they use to fight us? As long as the commander on our side is not a fool, they will have no chance at all."

"Joseph, what you want to say, if this continues... the rest is all about bullying children. War will no longer have artistic beauty, and the rest is about crushing... Life is really lonely like snow." Napoleon sighed with extreme ranks.

Joseph glanced at Napoleon and continued: "Many things in the world have their root causes and external manifestations. Everything has its beginning and end. When we deal with it, we should know what we should do first and then do what we should put in the most fundamental position, and use what we should only use as a general trick to know what we should really pay attention to, even if we really understand the truth.

What is the fundamental thing that makes us so powerful nowadays? It’s not that we have superb skills, nor even our army. In the final analysis, it’s that we have strong industries. Why is only Britain a little bit of our opponent in Europe? Isn’t it because in comparison, Britain has relatively good industries? Therefore, maintaining a strong industry is the foundation for us. Although the industry costs are high and the money is slow, at least it is much slower than financial harvesting, we must always remind ourselves not to have the idea of ​​skipping industries and relying on financial means to live directly."

"How could we have such a mentally retarded idea?" Lucien spoke.

After hearing this, Joseph laughed: "Lucian, people are always used to being lazy. Even smart people will do this. When did France change from an industrial empire to a financial empire, that is the beginning of the end of France's hegemony."

"Joseph, what you said makes sense!" Napoleon said, looking around, "Lucion, give me your notebook, I will write down this passage and carve it on my desk."

Not to mention Napoleon's actions, the news has now reached Hungary. The Hungarian nobles who were making trouble for Hungarian autonomy, and the Polish nobles who had just been encouraged by the Hungarian nobles, once again mustered up their courage and planned to make those "severe elements" come over and put a few bombs quickly, were all stunned.

Some fools were so loud that they had called out so hard before. For a moment, they couldn't turn back and could only bear it to the end. At least they had to bear it to the end on the surface. Other nobles began to consider how to express their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor and stated that they had joined, but they were actually being used by someone, or simply said: "Your Majesty, I am an undercover agent. I joined in to report it to you to inquire about information. I've found out now..."

Even those who jumped hard and could not look back for a while, quickly rectified the team and said, "Everyone should be united, united." At the same time, they also quietly sent people to find the emperor to confess.

Under such circumstances, the Hungarian National Self-Defense Forces mutinied as soon as the Imperial Army led by General Carl Philip arrived in Hungary.

The mutiny National Self-Defense Forces, led by a young Viscount Bartori, arrested the rebel leader, Marquis Bartori of Viscount Bartori, and handed him over to General Carl Philip. At this point, the Hungarian rebellion was suppressed.

After that, both His Majesty the Emperor and the French showed amazing kindness to the rebels.

"Since they have realized their mistakes, they have become our fellow citizens again." Emperor Franz made such a statement in the newspaper, so even the Marquis Bartori, the leader of the rebel, was exiled. His title and land were not deprived.

Of course, any checkpoints and taxes in Hungary that hinder free trade were abolished.

As for those Polish nobles who followed the trend, they were also forgiven after honestly giving up key land at the "market price". After all, the Hungarian Empire had to use them to bully ordinary Poles.
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