As for the possible British secretly buying cannons and the like, in fact, the French have long expected it. Even the British, who pretended to be Mexican, was always in the sights of the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Truth. However, neither the Ministry of Public Security nor the Ministry of Truth reacted to his small actions. Because according to the results of everyone's discussions together, the British could have bought this cannon directly.

"Foreign trade weapons, although we can sign an 'end-user agreement' with the buyer, stipulating that they cannot be resold, but we can't go to the user's army every day to count how many cannons there are, (it is said that a certain big country often goes to the country that pays protection money to count the aircraft.) Even if they counted, they could load these things onto the ship and tell us that the cannons were 'drifting'. Can we really go down to the bottom of the ocean and go to Poseidon and say, 'I'm going to count the cannons'? Anyway, as long as we want to make money with these things, these things will definitely fall into the hands of the British. In that case, why should we let those middlemen make the difference? On this issue, at the seminar, Joseph said this.

"So the British are equipped with such weapons in large quantities, will they pose a threat to us?" At that time, Cano raised such an objection.

"Lazar, if for every cannon the British buy from us, we can equip ourselves with two and a half or three guns, then what is a British cannon?" Joseph said disapprovingly, "Moreover, this is only the profit of the cannons, and considering the profits of steel, for every cannon sold to the British, we can make 3.5 to four cannons." ”

"But the money earned will not be turned into real artillery to equip our army." Canot was still not satisfied, but Napoleon was surprisingly silent.

"Napoleon, this little bastard, has made progress, I heard Lucien say that he has been discussing with Cano privately for so long in the past few days, and then he wants Cano to ask me for money? This bastard, he doesn't know, now that economic construction should be the center, should the army be patient? ”

"Lazar, you also know that the gap between the performance of this cannon and the artillery that we really equip the troops with is still obvious. Besides, when we sell cannons, we also pay taxes to the state, don't we?

Each cannon, from the beginning of the tax paid by the mining to the time of sale, is almost enough for the government to purchase 0.2 guns from us at a preferential price, and it is also a rear-loading cannon with a bolt for its own use, not a monkey version of the cannon sold to foreigners.

If the government is willing to take out this money and purchase these rear-loading cannons, for every five cannons sold, the government will be able to buy an advanced rear-loading cannon only by relying on the taxes collected. And our tests have shown that in terms of rate of fire alone, one of our guns can top four or even five monkey cannons. Add to this our own shells, and the advantage is even greater.

Lazar, as you know, our artillery is sold to many countries, many of which are our allies, and some of which are far away from us and have a limited threat to us, and not all of them are bought by the British. The British, even with the addition of the Austrians, are limited in the proportion of cannons they can buy for what we sell. No more than in the hands of our allies. Nor will it be more than the cannons that the governments that join us will turn into all the taxes they collect in our business.

So, Lazar, if you think that the army has too few artillery, then you should not look for me, but for Napoleon, because all kinds of government expenditures, in the end he decides! You should ask him where he spent the money! ”

"How can I be blamed for this? Our government has just too many places to spend money. Napoleon said, "The construction of the countryside costs money—well, you agree with this Monsieur Carnot, seeing that the homeland is being built better and better, the more loyal our soldiers are to the motherland, and the more their morale is high; Well, there is also basic education, which also costs money. This is what Joseph you suggested, three-year compulsory education, how much does it cost? Well, you know about it, Mr. Carno, and you agreed with it at the time. And also...... And then Mr. Carno, you calculate, where do we still have money? ”

"So, Lazar, we must export more cannons, no matter who we export them to. You see, the money for the construction of the new countryside cannot be saved, there will definitely be so much; Three-year compulsory education, this is really indispensable. Lazar, you also know that it is much easier to organize, whether it is a factory, an army, or even a peasantry, if they are more or less educated. This is definitely not a loss, if it weren't for Napoleon's stinginess, I still think three years is a little less! Not only is this indispensable, but it may increase further in the future.

So, if you can't cut any of these, if you want to buy more cannons for the army, you have to let us sell more cannons. Only by selling more, can you buy more money for the army to buy artillery. ”

So Kano was speechless, and after a long time, he said, "Then Joseph, sell more cannons, and the extra taxes can really be used for the army?" ”

"Here I have to ask Napoleon." Joseph said.

Cano glanced at Napoleon, but instead of immediately asking Napoleon, he asked again, "What if the British copied our cannons?" ”

"There is only one real technology for our cannons, which is low-cost steelmaking. If the British were willing to make cannons out of crucible steel, they would have received a lot more expensive cannons than they had bought from us, and their number of cannons would have been limited. So what are we worried about? ”

It is precisely because of this consideration that neither the Ministry of Public Security nor the Ministry of Truth cares too much about the British running around at the Pakistan Fair.

The lively Pakistan Fair lasted for half a month. In this half month, businessmen from various countries signed a large number of orders with each other. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Truth, at this trade fair alone, the number of orders signed by the British and the rest of Europe for woolen textiles alone has already exceeded the total number of orders signed by the British and the rest of Europe in the past year, and even more than the current supply capacity of the United Kingdom.

Now, on the way back to England, the British businessmen with the contract in their arms are desperately rushing back, and at the same time they are thinking about getting a loan from the bank as soon as possible, expanding production, and buying wool and everything in a hurry......

With the return of these merchants to England. The price of wool on the British market immediately skyrocketed, and in just one week, the price of wool rose by a third, and there was no market for it.

Affected by this, some landlords who were still waiting and watching, regardless of the fact that the wheat in the field was being tasseled and filled, and it would soon be harvested, directly recovered the land from the tenants, and then drove the purchased pleasant goats, lazy goats, beautiful goats, slow goats, and warm goats directly to the wheat fields to eat wheat.

What grain to do? It's simple, just buy it in the international market. Don't you know, France's grain harvest is in sight, and the price of grain is much cheaper than that in England, so why don't you just go to France and sell grain?

You know, the land of France is not much more suitable for growing food than the land of England, and it is too unprofitable to grow food with those mossy fields in Britain. What the? You say food security? There is an international market too! Do you understand the international market, not only France, but also Russia, Prussia, and the United States, can they still embargo Britain together? If such a situation really arises, it must be something angry that Britain itself has done......

In short, in Britain, a large number of farmers were driven to the cities, although the rapid expansion of textile enterprises brought more "jobs", but the increase in "jobs" still could not keep up with the sharp increase in the number of unemployed, so the British cities, the law and order situation began to deteriorate further.

At this time, there was also a group of unscrupulous British businessmen who sold a large number of various "self-defense supplies" from France, such as butterfly knives, switchblades, and daggers. Among these things, there are high-end and high-grade pseudo-"Damascus knives" sold to rich people to play, but more of them are still poorly made, but they can definitely stab people to death, and the price is cheap and low-grade goods.

When some guys sell such goods, they even advertise intentionally or unintentionally, "Entering the factory is death, and your best way out is to go to the New World." To get to the New World, you need money for a ferry ticket, you need money to live all the way, you need – but right now, what you need most is first bravery, then a knife. ”

Although this propaganda brought many dangers, and even some merchants who sold such knives were robbed by poor devils with such knives, and some were even stabbed more than ten times, there were still merchants who risked their last bit of money to buy their knives instead of selling a piece of bread as long as there was a need.

"If you have bread and no knives, you will lose it; And if you only have a knife and no bread, then you will probably win bread for yourself. ”

In this situation, London has become almost the capital of crime, full of theft and robbery.

Faced with such a situation, the "Union of the Press of England" and the "Union of the Free Press of England", which had been attacking each other like cockfights, came together in a rare unite, and quickly reached a consensus to condemn the wanton trampling of the law by these rioters, and demanded that the government take immediate action to suppress these bandits.

The Times Review, a newspaper of the "Union of English Press," published an article entitled "Is There a Law for the King, Is There a Law for Distribution?" and severely condemned the atrocities of the bandits.

The Free England Voice of the Free Press Alliance of England published an interview with the London Municipal Government, entitled "We must give London citizens a peaceful sky".

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