Chapter two hundred and sixty-two naval construction plan
"How do you think France should seek overseas wealth? There are many people in the government who think that focusing too much on overseas is a wrong behavior!"
Jerome Bonaparte asked the Marquis of Allais with great interest, and he admitted that the sufferer in front of him did have two brushes.
"Your Excellency, please forgive me! Anyone who adheres to this idea is short-sighted. They only focus on their own existing interests, and they do not consider the future of the French nation!"
The Marquis of Allais' tone was unusually excited, and he used his hands and feet as if to highlight the authority of his words.
Judging from his expression, this man should be a loyal supporter of navalism.
At this moment, the maid brought over the pastries and two cups of steaming coffee. She carefully bypassed the Marquis of Allais and placed the pastries and coffee on the table one by one.
Jérôme Bonaparte picked up the steaming coffee, gently blew away the heat on the coffee, took a sip of the coffee and said: "Mr. Marquis, our business in Algiers is still at a sustainable loss stage!
How are you so sure they will be profitable!"
"Your Excellency, science!" the Marquis of Allais responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a firm tone: "I don't like the Revolution, but I have to admit that after the Revolution, France's development has begun to take off. If we say
Pulling the timeline back to a few decades ago, who could have predicted the development of railways. Nowadays, the speed of railways has reached 15-20 miles per hour (1 fari = 4 kilometers). I believe that in the future, this will happen
The progress will only get faster and faster, and my ships will get bigger and bigger. There will be more and more things for export. By then, it will be too late for us!"
Although there were certain problems with some of the words of the Marquis of Allais, Jérôme Bonaparte had to admit that there was some truth in what the Marquis of Allais said.
Why were there two world wars in the 20th century? It was not because the benefits of the colonies were unevenly distributed, and late-developing countries were unable to occupy the colonies and industrial products could not be dumped.
If there are too many industrial products and there is no room for dumping, the domestic market will fall into depression, and too much unemployment will also lead to more unrest.
The First and Second World Wars were accidental and inevitable factors. The late-developing countries did not obtain enough dumped colonies and had no choice but to let go and grab them.
"What you mean is that we will export more and more things, and then we must have enough raw material supply places and dumping space, right!" Jérôme Bonaparte also tried his best to use plain and easy-to-understand language to express his opinions to Azerbaijan.
Marquis de Lai said.
"Your Excellency, you are right! I think France should learn from Britain and occupy as much land as possible! If France can build a group of ocean-going fleets, then we can go further!" Marquis Allais
Responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"But our navy is far inferior to Britain's navy!" Jérôme Bonaparte frowned and said to the Marquis of Allais: "I am afraid that building a navy hastily will cause dissatisfaction in Britain!"
"Your Excellency!" the Marquis of Allais said calmly to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Even if we do nothing, we will still suffer the malice of Britain! The original emperor made the whole of Europe fearful, and we can only arm the navy until Britain is no longer there.
Only when they dare to despise us can they calm down and negotiate with us! The Angsa nation is a nation that bullies the weak and fears the strong, and their business mentality will not allow them to make a loss-making business."
The words of the Marquis of Allais made Jerome Bonaparte feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered that the theory of the Marquis of Allais was not the "existence fleet" that Mahan later called.
Jérôme Bonaparte thought carefully about the success of fleets in history. He suddenly discovered that there was not much possibility of success for fleets.
In the otl world line, the Second German Empire wasted a large amount of gold marks to create a fleet that the Kaiser was proud of. It was blocked directly at the door by Britain, and finally ended his life by sinking himself.
Although the Marquis of Allais has a big misunderstanding about the ocean-going fleet, compared to his contemporaries, he is already at the forefront of the team, which undoubtedly refreshed Jérôme Bonaparte
understanding of this era.
Jérôme Bonaparte's silence made the Marquis of Allais feel a little uneasy. He decided to reveal another piece of news to the president. He believed that the president, who had so many things to do, would not pay attention to the news.
"Mr. President, before I leave my post, the Navy is developing a latest model of gunboat! If successful, we will be able to fight against Britain with a better warship!" The Marquis of Allais told Jérôme Bonnet in an excited tone.
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"The nearest gunboat?" The words "ironclad ship" came to Jerome Bonaparte's mind.
If he remembered correctly, the country that built the world's first ironclad was France.
"That's right! We plan to wrap the outer hull of the ship with a thick layer of iron and use a steam engine as power..." the Marquis of Allais gushed to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte was even more convinced that the latest model gunboat mentioned by the Marquis of Allais was the ironclad ship of the future.
If he had made some compensations to him out of guilt before, now he couldn't help but feel love for his talents.
Anyway, in the "open and tolerant" France, there has never been the so-called hatred of seizing wives. On the contrary, being overly obsessed with one's wife without a mistress will only be regarded as a symbol of weakness.
In the seriousness of the "rebellious" people of Paris, marriage is only based on the combination of the interests of the two, and only the lover is the destination of one's mood.
"Your Excellency, President? Your Excellency?"
The voice of the Marquis of Allais returned in Jérôme Bonaparte's ears. Jérôme Bonaparte came back to his senses and showed an apologetic smile and said to the Marquis of Allais: "I'm really sorry!"
"No... nothing!" the Marquis of Allais responded to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Thank you for sitting down and listening to me!"
"Monsieur Marquis! I have a suggestion!" Jerome Bonaparte said to the Marquis of Allais.
"Say it!" Marquis Allais made a listening expression.
"Mr. Marquis, I wonder if you are interested in returning to the navy!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to the Marquis of Allais: "I personally think that people like you should not condescend here!"
Jérôme Bonaparte's words made the Marquis of Allais' mind go blank.
If he had not been forced to retire, he would certainly not have wanted to leave the Navy.
"General...Your Excellency, President, thank you very much..." Count Allais trembled, and his body trembled slightly with excitement.
"Nothing! It's just a little effort!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to the Marquis of Allais.
Then, he glanced at the time on his pocket watch. It was already 7:30 in the morning. A ray of early morning sunlight shone through the window lattice of the mansion and shone on Jérôme Bonaparte's face.
In the eyes of the Marquis of Allais, Jérôme Bonaparte was like an angel who came down to save his soul.
"It's getting late! I'm going back to the Elysée Palace!" Jerome Bonaparte stood up and said goodbye to the Marquis of Allais.
"Let me see you off!" the Marquis of Allais hurriedly stood up to say goodbye to Jerome Bonaparte.
The Marquis of Allais, who originally planned to personally escort the president, sent Jérôme Bonaparte outside the castle, but found a carriage waiting outside the castle for a long time and the palace guards surrounding the carriage.
"Monsieur Marquis, please stay!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to the Marquis of Allais.
Under the watch of the Marquis of Allais, Jérôme Bonaparte left the residence of the Marquis of Allais in a carriage.
The Marquis of Allais, who returned to the mansion, quickly went upstairs. He stopped in front of the Marquise's door and knocked gently.
"Please come in!" the Marquise's voice came out.
The Marquis of Allais hurriedly entered the door and saw the Marquise who was looking out of the window.
"You..." Marquis Alai couldn't help but want to ask.
"What's wrong?" The Marquise turned and looked at the Marquis of Allais with a smile.
"Nothing!" Marquis Allais shook his head, turned and left.
Anyway, it's just for the benefit of the couple, so what qualifications do you have to care about her.
Thinking of this, Marquis Allais showed a bitter smile on his lips.
On the other hand, Jérôme Bonaparte did not immediately return to the Elysée Palace as he said, and tried his luck at the Navy Minister's Building.
[The Minister of the Navy appointed by Jérôme Bonaparte is a conscientious person who often goes to ports to inspect warships. The time he spends in the Navy Department can be said to be only a handful. Even so, he can always do an outstanding job.
mission accomplished.】
When Jerome Bonaparte entered the Admiralty Building, almost all members of the Admiralty looked at Jerome Bonaparte.
"Is your minister here?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked cordially.
"Yes! Yes!" the receptionist at the Navy Department nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Take me to see him now!" Jerome Bonaparte called the Secretary of State of the Ministry of the Navy over, and he led Jerome Bonaparte to the minister's office.
When Jérôme Bonaparte gently pushed open the door of the Minister of the Navy's office, the scene in front of him surprised him.
Mountains of documents were piled on the minister's desk, leaving only a gap between the documents. In these gaps, Jérôme Bonaparte saw the minister he appointed.
At this time, he was lying on the table with his hands as pillows. It looked like he was fast asleep. The candles in the chandelier hanging on the ceiling of the minister's office had burned out, leaving only wisps of white smoke.
There are various indications that the Secretary of the Navy may not have had a rest all night.
The Secretary of State shook his head. He wanted to go over and wake up their minister, but was stopped by Jérôme Bonaparte.
