After Jérôme Bonaparte heard the expansion plan of Toulon's industrial and commercial giants, he was not happy at all, but frowned.
When the industrial and commercial giants standing next to Jérôme Bonaparte saw this scene, they couldn't help but panic. They didn't understand which of their words had offended His Majesty the Emperor.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" the giants shouted uneasily.
After coming back to his senses, Jérôme Bonaparte loosened his frown, a smile appeared on his face again and said with relief: "No need to be so nervous! I just thought of something just now, you continue to talk!"
The giants breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to introduce their industries and plans to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Jérôme Bonaparte listened carefully to the descriptions of the giants and nodded from time to time, seeming to agree with their plans.
After the banquet was over, Jérôme Bonaparte ordered the butler to call Minister Dicko to the study, while he went to the study first.
"Minister Dicko, Your Majesty orders you to go to the study!" The steward came to Minister Dicko and said to him respectfully.
After Minister Dick was stunned for a few seconds, he asked the steward: "Did His Majesty tell you what he asked me to do?"
"Your Majesty didn't say that! He just asked me to inform you!" the steward continued.
"Then lead the way!"
Under the guidance of the butler, Minister Dico came to the door of the study. He opened the door and entered the study.
At this time, there was only Jérôme Bonaparte in the study. Sitting next to the desk made of fir wood, he quietly looked at the kerosene lamp burning with blue flames placed on the table.
It was not until the arrival of Minister Dicko that Jérôme Bonaparte turned his attention from the flames to Minister Dicko.
"Your Majesty!" Minister Dicko shouted respectfully to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Dico, you're here!" Jerome Bonaparte stretched out his hand and made an invitation gesture, "Sit down!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Minister Dico walked faster than before and came to sit in front of Jerome Bonaparte.
Seeing this, the housekeeper quickly closed the door for them. There were only Jérôme Bonaparte and Dicko in the room.
"Dico, I remember that you also ran a business before you became a minister, right?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Dicko in an easy-going tone.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Although Minister Dick didn't understand why Jerome Bonaparte asked this matter, he still answered Jerome Bonaparte's question honestly.
"How is your shipyard doing now?" Jérôme Bonaparte continued to ask.
"Thank you! The shipyard is operating well overall, and my wife plans to continue to expand the factory by the end of this year!" Minister Dicko replied to Jérôme Bonaparte.
Since Jérôme Bonaparte began to build the navy, all shipyards in France have enjoyed spring, and many factories are working overtime to catch up on work.
After the Crimean War began, France's industry with naval transportation as its core also took advantage of the east wind of the war to reach a higher level.
If the first beneficiary of the Crimean War was Jérôme Bonaparte, then the second beneficiary was entrepreneurs and bankers in the real industry.
"Do you want to expand?" Jerome Bonaparte looked at Dicko in surprise. He didn't understand whether Dicko was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Didn't he know that after the war stopped, all factories would probably lay off employees?
Well!
"Yes!" Minister Dico smiled and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte: "The current scale is still unable to meet the needs of our manufacturing fleet. Especially after the development of new warships, my subordinates found that many factories cannot
To satisfy the need to become a new type of battleship supply chain (this term was also given to him by Jerome Bonaparte), his subordinates wanted to merge all the companies that did not meet the regulations and let them form several larger groups! Even Paris
Like Norinco, we can complement each other's advantages!"
Good guy! I thought of the Trust Group so quickly!
Jérôme Bonaparte could not help but praise Minister Dick for his "vision".
In this country of small farmers and conservatism, being able to see the vague outline of the road ahead is already a genius.
"Dico, as an entrepreneur and politician, you should understand that this war will end sooner or later!" Jerome Bonaparte said to Minister Dicko: "We cannot delay the war for ten or eight years...
…No, don’t say ten or eight years! Even if the war is delayed until this time next year, I’m afraid the people in Paris will stand up and resist us!”
The short-term chicken blood can make the French people forget about the inflation caused by the release of water, but once the time is extended, the whole of France will immediately be in turmoil.
The French Empire in history ended the war in a hurry when the people re-evaluated their gains and losses in this war.
Even if Napoleon III acted so quickly, the French Empire would inevitably face economic turmoil in the second year after the war ended (1857).
Then Napoleon III continued his adventure in 1859, acquiring Savoy and Nice.
Almost every foreign intervention after the Crimean War began when the French economy was about to fail.
Jérôme Bonaparte did not want to repeat the same mistakes. He wanted to be the promoter of the war, not the one who was promoted.
"Of course I understand!" Minister Dico said with a sincere expression: "But my subordinates believe that we have to do this! The production of new warships can no longer be produced in small workshops like before, they must be centralized!"
"I agree in principle with your centralized plan, but you will need funds to acquire them! You will also need to arrange their workers! What are you going to do with the money?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked curiously
Ask Minister Dicko.
"Your Majesty, my plan is to mortgage part of the equity of the newly established company to the Bank of France and borrow an acquisition fund from the Bank of France!" Minister Dico responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"But the Bank of France will hold shares in your company! Don't you worry that the group you formed will be taken away by the Bank of France!" Jérôme Bonaparte touched his chin and asked Minister Dicko.
The problem described by Jérôme Bonaparte was common to all French businesses. Factory owners were afraid that their businesses would be taken away, so they rarely borrowed money from banks.
Banks are also unwilling to lend money to factory owners because factories are not as profitable as loan sharks and factory owners are difficult to deal with.
"Your Majesty, the Bank of France is only responsible for investment, not management!" Minister Dick responded to Jérôme Bonaparte: "And the Bank of France is now under the jurisdiction of the government, and its subordinates will mortgage the shares of the newly established company to
Isn’t the Bank of France just a mortgage to the government?”
"You are preparing to turn your left hand over to your right hand!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Minister Dick without hesitation.
Since the new company is under the jurisdiction of the government, Dicko, as the Lord of the Navy, naturally has the ability to interfere with the operation of the new company.
As long as Dicko remains in this position, the new company he founded will never have to worry about being seized of power.
What if Dico leaves his position... What qualifications does a person who has lost his rights have to discuss the future!
"Your Majesty! I am using legal means to maintain the navy!" Minister Dicko smiled slyly.
"Okay! Even if you can overcome all difficulties and successfully build the group you want, how are you going to face the unforeseen storm?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Minister Dick again: "I just heard that
By the time those guys are preparing to expand aggressively, I can already foresee that the scene after the war will definitely be "dead bodies everywhere"!"
Keynesianism in the gold standard era was not a god, and the prosperity brought about by large-scale water releases was just abnormal prosperity. Once the war ended, orders from factories everywhere would experience a massive decline, and workers would also face massive unemployment.
The banknotes in their hands are likely to completely overwhelm the domestic economic market.
After listening to Jerome Bonaparte's words, Dico also frowned. His eyes were blinded by the short-term prosperity, and he realized the destruction behind the prosperity.
"Your Majesty, what should we do?" Minister Dicko subconsciously understood Jérôme Bonaparte's solution.
"Your Naval Committee must consciously limit the expansion of the factory!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Minister Dicko.
He was not against expansion, but he was against barbaric and disorderly expansion.
When you see the crest of the wave, you keep pushing towards the waves. Once the tide recedes, a large number of people will face the situation of naked swimming!
"Also, your naval department must also learn how to develop externally! Rent out useless ships... No, sell them!" Jerome Bonaparte provided Dicko with a solution: "Sardinia
The Kingdom of Nia, the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Governor of Egypt, and the Governor of Tunisia are all potential customers. For some countries that want a navy but do not have qualified naval personnel, the naval department can also send people to provide guidance.
…”
Minister Dicko, who was "enlightened" by Jérôme Bonaparte, immediately realized that this method was indeed the only way to solve future problems.
Although the French Navy is slightly inferior to the British Navy (actually the gap is huge), it naturally has the advantage of crushing the navies of other countries.
"Although our hardware conditions are not as good as those of Britain, as long as our after-sales service is good, they will not choose us!" Jérôme Bonaparte once again instilled certain marketing concepts into Minister Dicko for later generations.
Britain's warships are indeed good, but this also means that they are difficult to reserve.
Not to mention, Britain itself is also a naval power, and they also want to build warships in their own country.
Therefore, French Helen only needs to be faster than Britain in terms of after-sales service and shipping speed.