Chapter 384 Make the cake bigger and distribute it reasonably!
"Your Majesty, didn't I tell you that you'd better bring some guards with you when you go out in the future! What if you encounter a dissatisfied guy?"
Jérôme Bonaparte, who returned to the Tuileries Palace alone, was questioned by his wife before he could fully enjoy the service from his wife. The most important thing was that he could not refute.
After all, Jerome Bonaparte is not a franc, and he is destined not to be loved by everyone. In Paris, there are still some extremists who hope that Jerome Bonaparte will die immediately.
It is not a wise choice to head to the city hall without any escort.
"If you really need to summon George Osman, you can summon him! Why go there in person!" Queen Augusta continued to complain in a low voice to Jerome Bonaparte.
"I don't think it's still raining outside! It would be a little inconvenient to ask him to come over!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Augusta with a smile.
In fact, he was not concerned about the inconvenience to the Ottomans, he just wanted to raid the Paris City Hall on a whim.
"As ministers, they should naturally satisfy all the demands of the monarch! Don't say it's raining, even if it's hailing or knives, they should come over!" Compared to Jérôme Bonaparte and Ogu, who don't have many aristocratic styles, they should come here!
Star obviously has more aristocratic and arrogant qualities.
It was precisely because of this that Augusta was able to form a small circle in the Tuileries Palace in less than half a year as queen.
The noble ladies in the circle come from the Orthodox sect, the Orleans sect, and a small number of bourgeois nouveau riche sects.
What is even more commendable is that these three factions did not fight each other in their small circles.
This made Jérôme Bonaparte once again feel as if he had found a treasure.
"Forget it! Stop talking!" Jerome Bonaparte waved his hand to stop Augusta's gossip. Sitting on the sofa, he adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable.
: "Fortunately! I've got what I need! By the way, it's a wake-up call for that guy George Osman!"
"Huh?" Augusta looked at Jerome Bonaparte in confusion. She didn't understand what Jerome Bonaparte meant. Recently, the emperor always did some things mysteriously.
"That's it..." Jérôme Bonaparte told Augusta about his plan to build a workers' community.
Augusta also showed a horrified look, she seemed not to understand Jerome Bonaparte's purpose of doing this.
"House prices and rents in Paris will increase as Paris renovates, while the wages of Paris workers are indeed a constant value. In Paris, the average worker needs a house of 121 francs and about 935 francs per year.
The total cost of food is 1,051 francs, and the salary of a Parisian worker is about 1,300 francs per year. The salary of a Parisian male worker cannot meet the needs of a family of three, while the cost of a female worker is about 635 francs
.
After deducting all expenses, they only have an extra salary of less than 200 francs per year. This kind of salary was before Paris housing prices did not increase!
If rents in Paris increase significantly, the annual expenses will be higher, and people who cannot afford housing will become a factor of instability!
So we must plan ahead! I asked George Haussmann to reserve a large amount of land on the outskirts of the Saint-Antoine district, where a large workers' community will be built! In this way, I can use these low-priced houses
, to force houses in the center of Paris to lower their prices!”
Jérôme Bonaparte explained to Augusta, and then added: “We must try our best to eliminate the contradictions between classes, and at the same time provoke the internal contradictions between classes so that they cannot unite together.
.Only in this way can the empire maintain long-term peace and stability."
Augusta looked at her husband in front of her with surprised eyes, and she suddenly realized that she still didn't seem to understand her husband very well.
"How did you get those data?" Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte.
"Investigate and collect evidence!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded calmly, "If you implement policies at will without data, it will only be like a castle in the air!"
"Building a workers' community requires huge funds, how do you solve these problems?" Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte again.
"The Tuileries Palace has no money, but Bonaparte has money!" Jérôme Bonaparte said with a sneer: "Don't think I don't know, they secretly made money from this country behind my back.
How much! Now is the time for them to make a donation!"
From the time Jérôme Bonaparte completely usurped power until now, the Bonaparte interest groups that relied on themselves have taken out no less than 500 million francs from France.
It can be said that the Bonaparte Group perfectly explained what it means to be a porter of nature in a very short period of time.
If Jérôme Bonaparte hadn't restricted it, these gluttons who didn't know the meaning of satisfaction would have swallowed up the entire foundation of France.
Now is the time for them to donate. Building a house here and renting it out to workers is not necessarily a loss-making business.
On the contrary, it is a long-term business, but these Bonaparte groups are used to making quick money, so they naturally look down upon this method of making slow money.
"Would this cause a backlash from them?" Augusta hesitated.
"Rebound! These guys have no qualifications to rebound!" Jérôme Bonaparte said contemptuously: "They are just a bunch of tough guys!"
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On May 18, 1853, Jérôme Bonaparte summoned all the core members of the Bonaparte Group together.
Since Jerome Bonaparte summoned him suddenly, everyone present did not understand what Jerome Bonaparte's purpose was.
"That's it! I plan to build a large community in the suburb of Saint-Antoine that can accommodate 100,000 people. This community will be open to all Paris citizens..." Jerome Bonaparte said bluntly to the Bonapartist members present.
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As soon as Jerome Bonaparte finished speaking, the Bonapartes in the audience began to whisper. They understood that Jerome Bonaparte seemed to want to ask them for money.
"Now the community has been approved by the Paris City Hall! I also have a small savings, but I still knocked out some funds! So I brought everyone together, just to let everyone brainstorm and come up with a solution! However, everyone
Please rest assured that the houses in the community are guaranteed to be rented at market prices!" Jérôme Bonaparte described the prospects of the market to the Bonapartists present. Now he was not at all like an emperor, but rather like a
A philistine businessman.
The people sitting in the audience are all his potential investors, but the following group of "angel" investors seem to have little interest in the community investment initiated by Jérôme Bonaparte, so they can transfer their rights as soon as possible.
Realize.
"I don't want to force you on this issue! As long as you do what you can, that's all!" Jérôme Bonaparte showed a hypocritical smile on his lips.
At the same time, Jerome Bonaparte set his sights on his cousin Pierre Bonaparte.
Seeing Jerome Bonaparte paying attention to himself, Pierre Bonaparte recalled the day before when Jerome Bonaparte asked him to be his "trustee".
At first, Pierre Bonaparte did not want to agree to Jérôme Bonaparte. He also obtained the money by using his power. Why should he pay for the emperor's ideas?
It wasn't until Jerome Bonaparte revealed all the nonsense that Pierre Bonaparte had done and threatened Pierre Bonaparte that he would go back to Rome if he didn't follow his advice.
, Pierre Bonaparte prostrated at the emperor's feet, saying that he would definitely do as he was told.
"I, an old man, should take a share!" Before Pierre Bonaparte could stand up, Prince Montfort in the crowd expressed his support for Jérôme Bonaparte.
"I am also willing to invest in shares!" Now that Prince Montfort had attracted a wave of hatred, Pierre Bonaparte could only stand up and said.
"Very good!" Facing Pierre Bonaparte on the road, Jérôme Bonaparte nodded with satisfaction.
With Prince Montfort and Pierre Bonaparte, two heavyweights of the Bonaparte family, as examples, everyone present did not understand what they should do next.
The money is gone, you can make it again!
If you are estranged from the emperor, you will never think about the possibility of turning over again in your lifetime.
Next came Morny, Pesini, Rouet and other ministers in important positions. For them, the emperor had already borrowed money from them for financing, so how could they dare not lend it to the emperor.
Emile Perel, who served as the president of Société Générale in Paris, was even more generous and directly injected 200 million francs into Jérôme Bonaparte's dream.
This money is the money that the miners in California and Melbourne took out of the mines with their blood and sweat.
Thanks to the "generous donation" of Bonapartist members, Jérôme Bonaparte quickly completed the first round of financing.
On May 20, a Workers' Credit Bank with a market capitalization of 350 million francs was quietly established in Paris.
The newly established Workers' Credit Bank acquired several construction companies and merged them into one company.
At the same time, George Haussmann, with the secret support of Jérôme Bonaparte, defeated the suburban city council and won the ownership of the suburb of Saint-Antoine. In the future, large areas of land in the 12th district of Paris were sold at more than 100 francs per square meter.