Ah, everybody sees it that way. Lavoisier replied, "Joseph sees it that way." He told me that one of the most profitable deals in the world today is steel, and the other is railroads. At least certainly for a short time. You know, the British are investing a lot of money in steel, but it seems that progress is limited. In terms of technology in this regard, there is still a big gap between them and us. Even if they can come up with something, they can't compare with us in terms of performance and cost. What's more, we still have high technology that can't write on a whole piece of paper, hehehe......

As for the railroads, because of Mr. Watt, the British also had the know-how to do so. But because they have to buy the rails from us, the construction time and the cost of their construction will be constrained by us, and they can build it in England, but it is impossible for them to compete with us. So, to tell you the truth, all the money I have on me has been invested in these two businesses. And they do keep bringing me more money. ”

Speaking of making money, Lavoisier smiled with joy.

"It's just that the speed at which the railway is being pushed out now doesn't seem to be very fast, right?" Nathan Rothschild said.

"It's mainly steel production that's holding back." "But the bottleneck of transport capacity has been broken and new steel mills have been built, and it won't be long before there will be a leap forward in steel production, and then the rail will be faster." Soon you will be able to see that France is full of railways. ”

"I think railways outside of France should be a very good place to buy, as in Austria and Prussia, and even in the New World."

"I guess so." Lavoisier said hesitantly, "I don't know much about the situation in these two countries. However, Joseph said that the construction of railways in these two countries is that the land problem is not easy to solve. You know, their land there belongs to the nobility everywhere, unlike our France, where the nobility is guillotined. So it's very troublesome to build a railroad on their side. ”

"But there are at least a few sections of the railway that are well worth repairing." Nathan Rothschild said, "For example, it would be very valuable to build a railway from Lubin to the Oder. ”

Lubin has a large copper mine, and copper is also a very important material, especially at a time when electrification is at a high speed, and the demand for copper is increasing.

"I have a lot of business dealings with the guys over there in Austria. If we can get the support of your side, I think we should be able to solve the troublesome land problem and build that railway. ”

Lavoisier thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "It's a good deal, but I don't have any money to invest anymore." ”

"Ah, Monsieur Lavoisier, money is not an issue." Nathan Rothschild said, "Have you forgotten what I just introduced myself?" I run a bank. ”

"Oh, I haven't forgotten, but I've borrowed quite a bit from the banks of the Consortium. A small half of the money I made from my investments went into the hands of the banks in the consortium, and to be honest, the interest rates they gave me were already very good – yes, you wouldn't find such a low interest rate in all of Paris. But the reason why they are willing to lend me money at such a low interest rate is, of course, because they know that my two investments will be 100% profitable, so although the interest rate is not high, there is almost no risk, so they will only ask for such an interest rate.

But, Mr. Rothschild, you know, the variability of that business in Austria is much greater than that of business in France, which means that investing in that place is also much more risky. In this way, the interest rate on the loan will naturally be higher, but the yield will not necessarily be higher. Even considering the higher interest rate on the loan, the yield is probably lower, so while it's a good deal, you see, I probably don't need to invest in it for the time being. ”

Nathan Rothschild was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "You are right, Mr. Lavoisier. However, if you are willing to do a favor, maybe, you may be able to make the business much less risky. Well, of course I'm not going to ask you to help in vain...... Well, you are the most respected elder of Dean Bonaparte, and his wife is your niece. If you can convince him to invest in this project, well, you don't even need him to actually invest the money, the money can be paid by me, and Dean Bonaparte only needs to sit back and enjoy a dry share. All I need is a name to put pressure on the Austrian government. As long as we have such a name, they will definitely help us settle the land problem. If you can really help with this, we can also give you a share for free......"

This suggestion immediately moved Lavoisier's heart, because this is a business with no capital. It's even lower than the cost of buying and selling without capital. Think about it, Joseph's brother went to do those who didn't have the capital to buy ***, if he went to find His Majesty the Pope's generosity or something, he also needed to bring troops over to fight. And this deal, only one name is enough, this is really ...... His heart pounded.

Lavoisier talked with Nathan Rothschild for a while, and then he said to Nathan Rothschild: "Mr. Rothschild, you are really a genius in the business, and I think Joseph should be very interested in this business......"

As the two talked like this, the train had already begun to slow down.

"Monsieur Lavoisier, Monsieur Lavoisier, we've arrived at the station, aren't you going to get off?" A young man in his twenties shouted at Lavoisier.

"Ah, of course I'm going to come down and take a look. Well, you wait for me. Don't be in such a hurry about everything, anyway, the Peace Palace is not a train, it has no wheels, and it can't run. Well, Gauss, you say, don't you? ”

The waiters came up to help the passengers with their luggage, and Nathan Rothschild politely said goodbye to Lavoisier and Joseph's students and assistants, and returned to his carriage.

As soon as he got back to his car, he couldn't help but stomp on the floor in excitement.

Nathan Rothschild understood that it would be very difficult to make money on any business without the endorsement of a powerful political force, after all, violence is the guarantee behind all free trade. If you don't have a stick in your hands, who wants to trade freely with you? Wouldn't it be more fragrant to rob directly?

Without violence, there is no profiteering. And in Europe today, is there anything more violent than France, more than the Bonapartes? pulled up their relationship, with the endorsement of violence, will the profiteering be far away?

When everyone got off the bus, a waiter led them to the rest area, after all, Napoleon had come by the second special train. And only after Napoleon arrived and made a speech, the Pakistan trade fair officially began.

So Lavoisier got together with Nathan Rothschild again and talked about business; Gauss, on the other hand, had skillfully taken out a small notebook and made it up with writing and drawing on it.

After a while, another whistle was heard in the distance, and then a train puffed into the station and stopped at the platform.

It was a relatively short train, with only three cars except for the locomotive and the coal and water wagon, the middle one was Napoleon's box, and the carriages on both sides were filled with guards.

Not long ago, the Ministry of Public Security uncovered a conspiracy against the First Consul - a group of royal elements who wanted to restore their lost paradise tried to assassinate the invincible commander of the French people, the golden sun in the hearts of the whole French people, when Napoleon went to inspect the renovation of the old city. They planted a large amount of explosives on the side of the road where Napoleon passed through his reign, in a vain attempt to assassinate Napoleon first, and then rebel.

However, the eyes of the masses of the people are clear. Their evil plot has long attracted the attention of the masses of Chaoyang - ah, no, it is the masses of Saint-Antoine. After receiving reports from the masses about the hunger, the Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to it, made serious arrangements, and worked closely with other departments to arrest most of the counter-revolutionaries in one fell swoop.

According to unreliable sources, Mr. Fouché, Minister of Public Security, complained to the First Consul that if it had not been for the fact that the Ministry of Truth had come to snatch the credit and startled the snakes, none of those conspirators would have been able to escape. Of course, Lucien did not admit this, but said that if they hadn't joined urgently, there would have been more fish that had slipped through the net.

Although the conspiracy of those royal elements was crushed. But these guys will definitely not stop there, and will definitely continue to cause trouble. In the words of Napoleon in his speech at the State Department, it was: "Trouble, failure, trouble, failure...... Until complete extinction, this is the basic logic of all feudal remnants, and they will never violate this logic! ”

So, after this incident, the security measures for Napoleon's travel were improved a lot. Although Napoleon was a little disgusted by this, and even felt that it separated him from the people. It is said that he complained in private that Lao Tzu has seen a lot of bullets and bullets, and this little trick of the royal party members is not counted as drizzle! Besides, is there anything unsafe with Lao Tzu and the people? When Lao Tzu is with the people, it is the strongest and safest time!

But even so, security measures have been raised a notch. For example, although Napoleon's train at this time looked no different from other passenger trains from the outside, in fact, the carriages on his special train were much heavier than ordinary carriages, because these carriages were almost armored boxes, with thick steel plates on all sides.

Napoleon left the carriage under the escort of the guards. He once again ascended the rostrum in front of the Freedom Palace to greet businessmen from all over the world who had come to attend the second Pakistan Trade Fair. He told the businessmen that commercial activities communicate what is not there, bring about economic development, promote mutual understanding between peoples of all countries, enhance friendship between countries, and thus better ensure the peace and development of our times, so commercial activities themselves are the greatest charity.

After his enthusiastic speech, Napoleon officially opened the second edition of the Ba Fair. As Napoleon said this, more than 2,000 pigeons were released, and the scene was also cheering.

This was followed by various group gymnastics performances and demonstrations of various new technologies.

The theme of this meeting is the electric age, so it is natural that the leading role is all kinds of electricity. In addition to the well-known lights, telephones, and cable telegraphs, Bonaparte General Electric showcased many new gadgets that had never been seen before. For example, you can have a record player, for example, a particularly bright arc lamp. Of course, what was on display this time was not Bonaparte's one-man show, and many other companies also exhibited a lot of imaginative works. There are even small electric vehicles that use an electric motor powered by a lead-acid battery as a power source. Of course, because of the limitations of battery technology, this thing can't go far at all. But when it was on display, it still attracted the attention of many people.

The inventor of this thing claims that in the near future, this thing can replace horse-drawn carriages - at least in the city can replace horse-drawn carriages, because it has a huge market prospect, so this thing will definitely make a lot of money in the future, as long as someone is willing to invest to help him solve a little technical problem, and further increase the battery capacity and charging speed.

This is certainly not a trivial issue. Even in later generations, this is the most important issue restricting the development of electric vehicles. Joseph, of course, knew that under today's technological conditions, it would be a complete dream to solve these two problems.

But the problem is that other people don't know much about it. So this project may really be able to attract investment. And then they can use that investment, build a company, look at the technology, and then declare bankruptcy, and then Bonaparte General Electric can buy their research at a very low price.

In fact, a lot of the cool things on display today are similar baits, and they are indeed very useful in the future, and it is worth investing money in research, but even the landlord's family has no surplus food, and even the Bonaparte family does not have the money to promote so many projects at the same time, so throw these things out, let those guys who dream of making a fortune invest in research and development, and then let their enterprises go bankrupt at the right time, and a lot of research can be done at a low cost.

Therefore, when Napoleon encouraged people to engage in the greatest philanthropy, he also reminded everyone more than once: "Business is risky, and investment needs to be cautious." ”

However, this kind of reminder is certainly useless. Of course, if this reminder had been useful, it is estimated that Joseph would not have allowed Napoleon to pretend to be such a good man.

In fact, in addition to these small things, recently Joseph and Napoleon are also discussing the idea of allowing foreign capital to build railways in France. The idea was a genius idea developed by the banker Mr. Beauwon.

According to this concept, the military-industrial complex first hyped up the railway craze, making people feel that building a railway is a huge profit, "a train rings, gold ten thousand taels", anyway, the important users of railways and railways, especially the most important customers of freight railways, are enterprises within the consortium. They are cross-controlled with each other, so it is entirely possible to use a small trick of lowering the profits of users to raise the profits of the railway system, which is nothing more than a change of money from the left pocket to the right pocket for the major shareholders. As for the minority shareholders – who cares about you?

In this way, the various statements of the railway enterprises will look like a mess, open to foreign capital to invest in the railway, and at this time, the lines that can really make money quickly, the most valuable lines, have basically been taken into the hands of the consortium, and the rest are more built for the purpose of telling stories on the stock market, and are not particularly profitable or even if it were not for the fact that the freight rate of the railway is strong enough, the railway will not be profitable at all.

Then, when these guys have almost built the railway, the railways controlled by the consortium can take the initiative to reduce freight prices to give back to the public, and they can directly fight the railways built by foreign capital to bankruptcy, and then they can buy these railways at a very low price. Even considering the use of financial means, getting these railways into their hands, on the whole, may not require the military-industrial complex to really spend money, and even those foreigners can still owe money to the military-industrial complex after building the railways and then handing them over to the military-industrial complex.

As soon as such a plan was proposed, it was immediately supported by the Bonaparte brothers, and Joseph even applauded the genius idea. After careful analysis and discussion together, everyone decided that this plan is very feasible, it is very worth trying, the chance of success is very high, and the benefits after success are very large. This plan even shook Napoleon's confidence in being the best in the world. On the bright side, this plan also fully embodies the spirit of France's open free trade, and can even take the opportunity to ask other countries to open their corresponding markets to France in the same way.

Of course, after praising this idea, both Napoleon and Joseph gave Lucien an order that was essentially identical in content: "Keep an eye on this fellow, and be careful not to let him sell us!" ”

In fact, this kind of operation has really happened in the history of future generations. For example, at the peak of the lighthouse state, most of the 400,000 kilometers of railways were built by European capital by similar means. And the first billionaire in the history of the Lighthouse Nation, the railroad tycoon Vanderbilt, also relied on similar means to make his fortune.

Now that France has become a lighthouse country in this era, how can the advanced experience of the lighthouse country in another time and space not be used for reference?

And preparing traps to let these guys fall into them is also an important mission of this Pakistan Fair.