As soon as the news of the victory of the French Navy spread, it caused a stir in European countries. The whole "civilized world" immediately united and prepared to set off a frenzy for the partition of the United Kingdom.

Yes, the whole civilized world is very hungry right now. In the midst of the economic crisis, the rest of Europe, with the exception of the French, who used the gold of North America and had a decent time, were not doing well. Their enterprises, in free trade, for various reasons, not even technical and scale reasons, are fatal enough just to not get low-interest loans from the "Bank of Rome". Failure to obtain loans with lower interest rates leads to an increase in financing costs, rising financing costs leading to rising product costs, rising product costs leading to rising commodity prices, rising commodity prices leading to commodity prices not being sold, and commodity prices not being able to sell leading to a break in the capital chain......

Just as in another time and space, a certain great man said in his classic work "Capital": "It is a thrilling leap from product to commodity, and its result is either to generate profit or to kill the capitalist." So the capitalists of Austria, Prussia, the Rhine, Italy, and the Low Countries, one after another, appeared on the rooftops and the like.

But the French are the leaders of the free world, and they are rich in all kinds of good people. So those foreign capitalists stood on the rooftop with trembling feet, looked down, and then closed their eyes, full of nostalgia for this world, and crossed into another world, obtained the golden finger, became Long Aotian, and then reaped it all...... The fantasy was about to leap when a hand grabbed them.

When they look back, they often see a guy dressed in a gray suit, with a top hat on his head (many suspect that the reason they wear hats no matter what the weather is to hide some unusual feature on their heads), a monocle on the bridge of their nose, and a parchment parchment in their hands - ah, no, it looks a bit like it, but it really wasn't written on parchment.

These people will tell him: "You don't have to despair, because you still have the opportunity, if you are willing to transfer some of your shares, along with yourself, to some gentlemen, well, although your shares are not very sellable now because of business difficulties, but what we value is not all about these shares, but more importantly about your ability." Yes, it's your ability. To be able to persist until now and not stand here is in itself a sign of ability. By signing this agreement, you will have access to the much-needed flow of money and you will remain the owner of the business to the outside world. ”

Those who came to buy those enterprises that still had a certain amount of acquisition value were naturally the people of the French military-industrial complex. According to Joseph, in the economic crisis, many valuable companies will be seriously undervalued due to panic, and this is a good opportunity to acquire them.

As for why the original boss was left, and even left him a little bit of shares, of course, there are reasons why the original boss is still quite capable, understands management, and is worth exploiting, but more ......

"Napoleon, if one day, more than half of the business owners in France become British, do you think the French people will hate the British?" While discussing this issue, Joseph posed such a question to Napoleon.

"Of course. Who in the world doesn't hate the boss? I've heard that in some companies, even those white-collar civilian workers like to hum the "Slave War Song" when they are fine. Speaking of which, it's all you who hurt people! Napoleon replied.

"Napoleon, do you know that in this world, there are two basic ways to distinguish between groups of people." "One way to distinguish is by economic status, to put it simply, between the poor and the rich," Joseph said. Generally speaking, the poor will naturally hate the rich, and the rich will naturally despise the poor. This is not due to a misunderstanding or anything, but a real conflict of interests.

The second division is to divide people into different ethnic groups according to language, customs, and so on. French, British, Austrians, Italians or whatever. Of course, there are also competing interests among various ethnic groups. But to be honest, do the poor in France really have a conflict of interest with a poor man in Austria? Would they naturally hate a poor Austrian? How is this possible?

To put it simply, hatred between classes is inevitable, but hatred between nations is not, unless these two things coincide. ”

"Do these two things coincide?" Napoleon said.

"Well, as an example, you look at Ireland and Poland. Why is it that Ireland can make a fuss, but Poland can't? The Poles are still secretly throwing some grenades or something, and it's not at all a climate. Why? "The starting point

Napoleon did not answer.

"You look at Poland, why didn't the Poles at the bottom oppose the Russians, not the Prussians and the Austrians? Because they hated the Polish aristocracy even more than the Russians, Prussians and Austrians. Those who are clamoring for rebellion, without the support of the bottom, can do anything, just like France, if the sans-culottes did not stand up during the Revolution, wouldn't it be easy for the king to crush the Jacobins?

On the contrary, if you look at Ireland, the British came to Ireland and expropriated violently, making the entire Irish people become poor ghosts, and the English people have become landlords and bosses, so the contradiction between the Irish and the British, on the surface, seems to be a national contradiction, but under the national contradiction lies a more fatal class contradiction. So who doesn't hate the British at the bottom of Ireland? So you look at the Irish, when they rebelled, they were resolute and resolute. Hehe, without their cooperation, we would have been able to deal with the British so well.

What the British did in Ireland, we can't do in other countries. The British made the Irish feel that the Irish were all poor and that the British were landlords and bosses, at least they came into contact with them. That's the big question. We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past.

So in those places where we are of other nationalities, we have to be careful to use proxies. Those workers and peasants at the bottom are not clear about the shareholding structure of an enterprise, and it is impossible for them to know who the real big bosses of these enterprises are, and they can only have direct contact with the direct 'bosses' who manage and operate the enterprises. Their hatred will only be concentrated on these people. We can continue to use these people to oppress them, and at the same time be good people, so that the guys at the bottom will have a good opinion of the French. ”

Speaking of this, Joseph couldn't help but think of the operation he had seen in his previous life.

It is said that back then, the development of East Asia was very good, especially the southern stick, and the development momentum was quite good. And then um, Ah Mei, you see the cyclical operation of the yuan, well, Nan Bangzi was immediately dumbfounded, a lot of enterprises are going to be finished, at this time, Citi, **** or something, just take the checkbook and come out to play God. Then, 55 percent of the common stock and 88 percent of the preferred stock of Samsung Group became theirs. Fundamentally speaking, at this time, Samsung Group is actually already a sister-in-law company.

However, Ah Mei, you see that you are very smart not to move the management of Samsung, so the whole world, of course, more importantly, Jeonnam Bang, still thinks that Samsung is still the Li family. Although the shareholding ratio of the entire Li family is less than two percent. But if Koreans want to scold the chaebol, they must still scold the surname Lee, not the surname Morgan.

Since you have seen such a successful experience, if you don't learn from it, isn't it a vain traverser? Therefore, the French are very secretive and very benevolent to the acquisitions proposed by those European companies. Generally speaking, the original boss has retained his "leadership position" in the company, and has a certain number of shares. (If they don't have a stake in their hands, they will become workers who have little to do with the company's profits, and God knows if they will use their power to buy companies and make a fortune.) ）

By now, the acquisitions of particularly valuable companies have almost been carried out, and it is time for them to make a profit for the empire. And the thing that can play such a role is naturally the partition of Britain.

The first trumpet of the frenzy for the partition of Britain was naturally sounded from Ireland. The day after the news of the naval battle in the North Atlantic was confirmed, the United Irish Federation published an editorial in its organ, Free Ireland: "The last battle against the British colonists!" ”

This short article was printed separately as a special issue, and they were first sent to the various districts, counties, districts, and villages of the base area. In the previous counterattack, the entire "free zone" of Ireland has been rapidly expanded and connected. The British had retreated to a few large and limited coastal areas, and the Irish people had become more and more convinced that they would win their independence immediately. In the village, in the town, the soldiers of the Independence Army, dressed in gray-green uniforms, recited the article aloud in front of the crowd, their excited voices punctuated by the cheers of the crowd.

"On 12 October, the French Republic declared war on Great Britain, and on 20 October, the French Navy defeated the British Navy in the North Atlantic between Iceland and England.

As a result of this victory of our French allies, the process of freedom and liberation of the Irish people will be greatly accelerated......"