"Napoleon, I ask you, what is the most important question in the revolution? "Joseph suddenly asked again.

"Of course who is our friend and who is our enemy? This is also a rare and not so stupid question for you." Napoleon said, "What is the most important thing in determining who is our friend and who is our enemy? Isn't it just to see where their economic interests are? When I was in Italy, which Italians supported me and which Italians opposed me? To put it simply, if you get land in war, those who get benefits will support us. And those who suffer losses will oppose us. To put it more clearly, that is, those who are consistent with our interests are our friends."

"But the question now is, where is our interests?" Joseph said.

Before Napoleon and Lucien could react more, Joseph handed them a statement: "This is the income statistics of various industries under our family's control. You can take a look."

The two of them quickly took the report and started reading it.

"Have you noticed it? The proportion of our income, which comes from agriculture, is already quite small. Although we have a lot of land now, not much is used for agriculture. Why is this happening?" Joseph asked.

"Because farming is not profitable," Lucien replied, "Even the most profitable high-end vineyards can make more money in a year? And our factory, once it runs, is not sure how efficient it is to make money than wine. Wine is already a profitable person in today's agriculture.

Before the Revolution, if a person had a large area of ​​farmland, he might be the richest and most prestigious person in a large area. Of course, there are no such people in France now, but there are still many such guys in many countries. What do we call such guys? Is the Tu Lao Hu? I still rely on making money by farming? Haha. These Tu Lao Hu will definitely hate us very much."

"Lucion, the peasants are living better than before," said Napoleon.

"That's right, but what farmers earn can be considered money? That's a little more?" Lucien shook his head disdainfully.

Indeed, French farmers have good life now, but this is good based on comparison with the ones before the revolution. But in fact, they can only barely maintain their lives. Of course, happiness is relatively good. Compared with farmers in some surrounding countries that pay taxes to the nobles, French farmers are of course very happy.

"So, no doubt, our most important interests are now industrial and commercial. If we understand where our interests lie, we will understand what our enemies are." Joseph continued.

"Then what do you think we have now?" asked Napoleon.

"There are the land nobles in the first place," Lucien said. "All the land nobles in Europe must be against us."

After saying this, Lucien looked at the two brothers, and saw that they didn't say anything, he said a little nervously: "What, am I wrong?"

"You said it well a few years ago," said Napoleon.

Lucien turned his eyes to Joseph.

"Napoleon was right," said Joseph.

"Stop playing the puzzle? Why is it wrong now?" Lucien said.

"A fool was sailing on a boat on the Seine. The revolver he carried accidentally fell from the side of the ship. This revolver was a high-end ivory handle, which was very valuable. So someone shouted at him: 'Go down and fish it, it's not deep here!' However, the fool calmly took out a knife from his pocket, engraved a mark on the side of the ship, and said: 'What's the hurry? My gun fell from this position. When the ship arrives, it's time to fish it out again.' Well, Lucien, you are such a fool."

Lucien was stunned. Before he could recall the taste, he heard Napoleon slap in his hands and laugh: "Joseph, this story is too appropriate and fun. No, I want to write it in my diary. I will tell it to Lucien's son in the future. Hahahaha."

At this time, Lucien gradually understood and immediately retorted: "Napoleon, don't forget that you have a story, and I will tell your son in the future!"

"Your stories are much more." Napoleon shouted without any weakness, as if "Come on, come on to hurt each other."

"But your reputation is more precious than mine. No one in the family except Polina doesn't need to pay attention to their reputation than me! We who have no pants are never afraid of wearing pants!" Lucien also looked like "I am a gangster, who am I afraid of."

"Okay, don't get out of the main problem," said Joseph.

So both brothers became quiet, but they were still teasing each other with their eyes.

"Lucion, I have taught you before that you should look at problems from a development perspective. The world is not static, but is constantly changing. 'People cannot step into the same river twice'. In the past, those land nobles were indeed our number one enemy, but the world will change, not only the world will change, but we will also change!" Joseph seemed to have returned to being teachers for the two brothers.

"Well..." Lucien listened to the class honestly.

"Look at what is the main source of wealth for their richest great land nobles, whether in Austria, Prussia, or even Italy, whether they are the rent?" Joseph asked again.

"Ah, Joseph, I understand! They have changed and become us!" Lucien suddenly realized, "Indeed, they still rely on the little wheat in the ground, and they will die of poverty. Their main source of wealth has now become other things, such as mines, trade, etc. They have become us like us. However, this does not affect the conclusion, because 'peers are the ones who hate them the most'."

"Wrong." Joseph shook his head, "they are not our peers. What is the core of our industry? It is manufacturing. It is our steel mills, our shipyards, our cement mills, our electrical and other factories that produce all kinds of other things. They are just part of our production chain. For example, copper and coal mines in Austria and Prussia are basically sold to us, and these mining nobles sell ore to us and sell industrial goods back from us. They are already a link in our chain. If they are satisfied with this, then they are our allies, or to put it more clearly, that is, they are our servants. Only those who also try to produce steel, electrical, ships and cement on their own are our peers. Do you know who I am talking about?"

"I understand, Britain is our enemy." Luciendao.

"It is not enough to understand this. To be precise, it is Britain's industrial capital that is our enemy." Joseph added.

"You're right, Joseph." Lucien nodded.

"But this is not the most dangerous enemy." Joseph shook his head again, "Napoleon, you are more politically sensitive than Lucien. Let me tell me who do you think is the most dangerous enemy?"

Napoleon looked at Joseph, held his hands on his chest, leaned back on the back of the chair, and smiled and said, "You are talking about the workers in our factory, aren't you?"

"What?" Lucien was surprised. "Our workers support us, they love us very much. They all cheer at you."

"The French people cheered to the king more than once, sincerely, and I have even seen it with my own eyes. They shouted to Louis XVI: 'Long live the king!' But in a blink of an eye, their shouts became 'cut off the tyrant's head'." Napoleon said disdainfully, "They cheered to us now because they saw the British workers, Austria and Prussia, and the farmers of the Rhine Alliance. Mainly because someone sets up well. And they have a North America to go. They have a way out, unlike the uninhibited trousers before the Revolution, so they won't rebel, and they will cheer to us. But look at Britain, those workers have already begun to rebel. There are even Prussia and Austria, and their mine workers are rebelling, which is even more common. The French workers have not done this yet, but if we do not handle it well, one day they will wave their fists at us."

"Well, by the way, Lucien, do you know why I say these workers are the most dangerous enemies?" Napoleon asked again.

"I don't know." Lucien shook his head.

"Because we can easily destroy the land nobles, and we can guarantee that there will never be them again in the future. We can also eliminate the British peers through hard work, but we can never really destroy the workers. Because without them, our interests will no longer exist. This is just like before the revolution, when the king and the land nobles faced the third level. No matter how the king and the them suppressed it, the third level itself will not die. As long as the third level is successful once, the king and the land nobles will be completely destroyed. Now there are lovely British people to help us block the gun, but we cannot waste the time the British have bought us, and we must be fully prepared before it rains. Do you understand?"

"So, how can we prepare?"

"Lucion, since ancient times, has always relied on two things most: the suppression of force and the deception of public opinion. We are no exception. Do you understand?" Joseph said at last.
Chapter completed!