Chapter five hundred and sixty-eight usury empire and export capital
"...At the invitation of Emperor Napoleon, Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and his fiancée are about to arrive in Paris!"
After Haussmann, the senior official of the Seine Province, said these words, bursts of cheers rang out in the square of the Paris City Hall. The Parisian citizens in the City Hall Square eagerly awaited the arrival of this foreign monarch.
Seeing the enthusiasm of the group of Parisian citizens in front of him, Ost struck at the Parisian citizens while the iron was hot and said: "In order to prevent stampedes and to maintain the stability of the square. At about 9:20, a group of soldiers will appear near the Paris City Hall.
I hope the general public in Paris can understand!”
Although the citizens of Paris subjectively do not like all violent institutions, it is indeed necessary to strengthen defense based on the presence of the two monarchs in the city hall. If a desperate assassin appears, that will be terrible!
Therefore, the citizens of Paris did not oppose Haussmann's demands.
When the time came to around 9:18, a group of nearly a thousand infantry troops appeared near the city hall. This group of infantrymen lined up in two lines spread out to the left and right sides of the city hall square on both sides.
The citizens of Paris are completely separated from the central square.
Some Parisian citizens who were squeezed into corners and could not see the square simply ran directly to nearby buildings, knocked on the door of the room, and lay on the balcony to watch with the owner of the room.
More Paris citizens decided to stand on tiptoes when the two emperors arrived so that they could see the emperors in the square.
In this way, the Parisian citizens at the city hall began their boring wait.
On the other hand, Jérôme Bonaparte on horseback, with the attention and cheers of Paris citizens, stopped and stopped for nearly half an hour to arrive near the temporary military railway station in the suburbs of Paris.
At this time, this temporary military railway station had been blocked by French soldiers the night before. No trains could stop at this platform until the Austrian Emperor arrived.
As for pedestrians and the like, that’s even more impossible!
When Jerome Bonaparte arrived at the train station, General Vaillant, the commander of the Seine Military Region who was responsible for guarding the train station, immediately walked up to Jerome Bonaparte and saluted Jerome Bonaparte!
"General Vaillant, thank you for your hard work!" Jérôme Bonaparte dismounted with a solemn expression and returned the greeting to Vaillant.
"Your Majesty, this is what I should do!" General Vaillant responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a sonorous tone.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte asked Vaillant where Richard Metternich was.
"Your Majesty! Ambassador Richard Metternich is at the train station! Accompanied by Minister Couzin-Montauban, he is waiting for the arrival of the Austrian Emperor!" Marshal Vaillant responded.
"Okay! Let's go! Come with me to the train station!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to General Vaillant.
"Yes!" Vaillant responded quickly, and then followed Jérôme Bonaparte alongside Niel.
Entering the inner platform of the railway station, Jerome Bonaparte immediately saw Richard Metternich in the center of the platform. Jerome Bonaparte hurriedly stepped forward and said to Richard Metternich: "
Ambassador Richard, I’ve kept you waiting!”
"Your Majesty! I have just arrived!" Richard Metternich responded quickly, but his peripheral vision glanced towards the end of the railway from time to time.
"No need to look any further! This train will arrive in about 20 minutes!" Jerome Bonaparte said with a smile.
Richard Metternich had a slightly embarrassed look on his face. He lowered his head and did not look at the railway again.
Seeing the atmosphere gradually solidifying, Jerome Bonaparte spoke to Richard Metternich again: "Ambassador Richard, while there is still some time, do we want to talk about something casually?"
"Your Majesty, please speak!" Richard Metternich quickly responded: "I will tell you everything I know!"
"What do you think about the railway?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Richard Metternich casually, pointing to the railway in front of him.
Richard Metternich glanced at the railway, and then tentatively replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, I think the railway is changing the way we travel!"
"This can barely be counted as an aspect!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded and replied to Richard Metternich: "The railway not only changed our travel, but more importantly, it changed the mode of war.
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"The pattern of war?" Richard Metternich showed a puzzled expression.
"Do you know how we maintained supplies when we were in Crimea?" Jerome Bonaparte asked.
"By transport ship?" Richard Metternich asked Jérôme Bonaparte.
"The role of the transport ship is to disassemble the assembled artillery and then transport it! We only need the weapons and all the materials used for the rails are transported by rail. Our rail network can transport the rails in the Lorraine area in the shortest possible time.
The ore is transported to Paris and Le Crezo, where it is processed and dismantled, and then loaded again to Toulon! From Toulon, take a boat to Strasbourg again! The entire delay will not exceed 3
God!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Richard Metternich: "And our arsenal in Paris alone can produce an average of nearly 30,000 rounds of ammunition, more than 5,000 rifles, and more than 300 artillery pieces every day.
, two thousand rounds of artillery shells, and more than 20 kilometers of railway tracks and logs. These production capacities are not the limit of Paris, and more and more arsenals have been put into construction in Paris!"
After listening to Jérôme Bonaparte's data, Richard Metternich couldn't help but feel an unprecedented chill in his heart.
What was the purpose of Jérôme Bonaparte saying this? Is it simply to demonstrate to him?
"I am not providing you with these data to demonstrate to you!" Jérôme Bonaparte seemed to see through Richard Metternich's inner thoughts at a glance, and he quickly reassured Richard Metternich: "
I just want to let you understand the role of railways in the military field. The logistical problems that originally plagued the Grand Army are no longer a problem after the rise of railways. We can move people and materials from one area to another within two weeks.
Shipping to another area!
This is something that my uncle could never have imagined at that time. Although there were steam engines in that era, their power was far less powerful than it is now... In less than half a century, our world has changed so much.
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If the Austrian Empire still embraces the new era with old ideas, then even with the help of France, Austria is destined to be ruthlessly eliminated!
The wheel of time should never know that a country has a long history and therefore pity this country. He will only ruthlessly crush everything that stands in front of him and hinders his progress!"
"Your Majesty, I am just an ordinary diplomat! You should say these words to Your Majesty or the Prime Minister!" Although Richard Metternich agreed with Jerome Bonaparte's words in his heart, he still had to correct himself.
In his own position, he responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Am I not talking to the future Prime Minister of Austria?" Jerome Bonaparte said with a slightly frivolous tone.
"Your Majesty, you really know how to joke!" Richard Metternich responded to Jerome Bonaparte with a wry smile and shook his head.
"What? You don't have much confidence in yourself as prime minister? Or do you want to live in the shadow of your father all your life!" Jerome Bonaparte asked Richard Metternich.
An excellent father often becomes a child's nightmare. People always compare the two with each other unconsciously, thus concluding that the son is inferior to the father.
In fact, some children are not inferior to their fathers, but they do not have the same stage and opportunities to perform as their fathers.
"Your Majesty..." Richard Metternich couldn't help but want to tell Jerome Bonaparte that he was not qualified to be prime minister, but when it came to his lips, he couldn't say it.
In fact, Richard Metternich still had a dream in his heart to be Prime Minister, and to surpass his father's dream.
"What's wrong? Prime Minister Richard!" Jerome Bonaparte asked Richard Metternich in a teasing tone.
"Your Majesty, I am just an ordinary diplomat!" Richard Metternich emphasized again, this time with a rather angry tone.
Jerome Bonaparte shrugged and said to Richard Metternich: "Okay! Ordinary Ambassador Richard!"
Then, Jérôme Bonaparte continued: "Where did we just talk about? Railway...well, railway..."
Jerome Bonaparte kept selling the benefits of building railways to Richard Metternich. After listening to Jerome Bonaparte's words, Richard Metternich was slightly moved.
However, when he thought about the finances of the Austrian Empire itself, Richard Metternich's heart instantly went cold.
As far as Austria's current financial situation is concerned, let alone building a railway like Jerome Bonaparte, even if it only builds one-third of the French Empire, the money required is as much as Richard May's today.
Astronomical figures that Tene could not imagine.
"Your Majesty, the railway you mentioned is indeed indispensable to a country, but the length of the railway also depends on a country's economy!" Richard Metternich said to Jerome Bonaparte.
: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Austrian Empire to build railways like the French Empire!"
"You are right! There are indeed some gaps between countries, so you need to use external forces!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Richard Metternich.
"External force?" Richard Metternich immediately understood what Jerome Bonaparte meant.
"That's right! External forces! The French Empire is willing to help the Austrian Empire, as long as the Austrian Empire can pay a certain amount of interest!"