Four days later, the French fleet returned to its most important military port in the Atlantic, the port of Brest. Before the fleet entered the port, the French military had already learned about the outcome of the battle by radio. However, in order to maintain secrecy, French newspapers did not report the news. But some influential media outlets still got some hints. For example, Scientific Pravda and Kommersant were given a hint in advance: the French Navy may have carried out a decisive operation.

As a result, both Scientific Pravda and Kommersant sent reporters to the port of Brest ahead of time. Before the Grand Fleet entered the harbor, the lead communication ship entered the harbor first, and then the gun emplacements outside the harbor began to fire a salute, announcing the victory to all the people in the harbor area. Then the Grand Fleet arrived.

More than ten minutes later, Pierre, a reporter for Scientific Pravda, rushed into the telegraph office sweaty, and then pulled out a ten-franc bill and switched places with the person at the front of the queue waiting to send the report. A few minutes later, the news of the victory reached the newspaper offices in Paris through this telegraph line.

A few hours later, a group of newsboys appeared on the streets of Paris holding an urgent print. As they ran, they shouted:

"Extra, extra! Watch the decisive battle between our naval fleet and the British naval fleet in the North Atlantic! ”

"Extra, extra! The admirals have won a historic victory! ”

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Pedestrians on the street stopped and asked for a free number from the newsboy. Yes, this type of number is always free in France.

"What? The British's 'Queen Elizabeth' sank, and the expeditionary fleet was completely destroyed? "Everyone who saw the news couldn't help but widen their eyes.

The news suddenly spread throughout Europe like wings. Even in the UK, some people are now starting to spread the news privately. Naturally, the British government had long known about the interception of the expeditionary fleet by the French fleet in the North Atlantic. But they don't know the specific results, of course, there have been no warships returning for the next few days, which already hints that the end of the expeditionary fleet is definitely not optimistic, but after all, this is not the final news, so many people still have the idea of luck. In addition, in order to maintain morale, the British government also forcibly blocked the news.

However, blocking the news has been aimed at the bottom since ancient times, and for the people at the top, blocking the news has a bigger role in giving them a time to deal with changes and reduce their losses.

In fact, everyone knows that this news will not be blocked for long, because the defeat of this war almost means that Britain has lost the right to control the sea, and then those cruisers of the French will continue to attack the trade routes of the British, and then the materials of the colonies cannot be transported, and the goods from their own side cannot be transported. In this case, it is impossible to keep the secret. The control of public opinion is effective, but it is also limited. It's like, even with Pravda, the former Soviet Union can't make Russians not know that the Soviet Union has collapsed. However, after the flood of steel, many people already believe that the Americans liberated Auschwitz.

However, before the news can be completely concealed, and before there is an inevitable movement in the market, those who know the news first have time to take various measures to reduce their losses, and even take this opportunity to make a profit. It's as if the Senate of a country can sell stocks precisely before the circuit breaker before the plague is bound to get out of control.

After the outbreak of the war, among other things, Britain issued a number of war bonds. The interest rates on these bonds are quite high, and of course, high interest also means high risk. There are many people with status, and there is a lot of investment in this. Now, once the news is confirmed, the value of these bonds in the market will plummet. One of the biggest meanings of blocking the news is that it allows those noble people to find a receiver and get rid of these things in their hands before everyone knows the news; Then you can go short and make another profit.

By the time the French spread the news to Europe, the British were still blocking the news. At this time, those noblest people, of course, have already thrown those hot things to the pick-up man and replaced them with golden gold coins, but among the people who take the plate, there are still some more noble people, and they also need to hurry up to find another pick-up, of course, most of them have no time to backhand to make a short.

In short, taking advantage of the time gained by the blockade news, most of the noblest people did not suffer any direct losses, and even made a fortune. Most of the nobler ones have also succeeded in reducing their losses. And these losses naturally end up on the heads of big-city writers who think they are "middle class". Almost overnight, they went from being "middle class" to destitute proletariat.

"Joseph, what do you think the British will do next?" Napoleon asked Joseph.

"What to do? How should we face the situation after losing the right to control the sea? Joseph sneered, "Isn't it easy? The noblest of the British have also understood that now they can only compromise with us for their sake. At the same time, they must have been preaching that they would fight to the end, that they would unite to overcome the difficulties and defeat the French invaders. And those "middle class" who have just become the proletariat in the market turmoil will certainly be excited by this kind of propaganda, and on the one hand, they feel that it is really a supreme honor to 'take over for the country,' and on the other hand, they must not shed their heads and blood to respond to the call of the motherland and work hard with us. In their intellect, they must not understand that their efforts have only one meaning, and that is to increase the bargaining chips between the noblest Englishmen and us. ”

"So, do we need to compromise with them?" Napoleon asked again.

"Of course, but not now." "If we really don't compromise and keep it under lockdown for two months, there will be a revolution in England, and then, of course, the noblest will go to the guillotine, or go to the Americas." And a revolutionary regime emerged in Britain. And most likely a very leftist regime. Like the mountain pies, to Marat and Ebel. Then, perhaps, the fire will cross the Strait and burn back to Europe. In short, the situation is very complicated and very difficult to grasp. On the contrary, if we put enough pressure on them, we will finally let them choose between becoming the Austrian royal family today and becoming the French royal family of the past. Our interests can be guaranteed to the greatest extent. ”