Although he was put on a show by the boss and showed a bit of foreign appearance, in general, Napoleon's prestige increased a little. In the past, Napoleon was considered a science enthusiast at best. But after all this trouble, it was widely believed that Napoleon was a true scientist – although he sometimes made mistakes. As for what ordinary people think? Many times, ordinary people do not have their own opinions, and what public opinion is, they are what they think.

Of course, because of this, Napoleon's approval rating also rose further. This is also natural, you see, His Majesty Napoleon understands military affairs, law, politics, economics, science, he understands everything, he is really a Majesty who understands everything, he is simply a philosopher-king.

After that, it was a good time of peace. For a period of time after this, Joseph wanted to continue to trouble Napoleon and give Napoleon more tasks for reviewing papers. This time, however, Napoleon took Lucien's advice and responded with a weak, humiliating approach. He went to tell his mother that he was already busy, and that Joseph had thrown him so many things that he had no time to go out on a date with Miss Lola.

Letizia has always been inattentive to the affairs between her sons. Because she felt that these things were too complicated for her to understand. But this time, Letizia decided to take care of the boss. After all, it's about holding a grandson.

So Joseph was successfully repulsed. Napoleon's life suddenly improved, except that Letizia urged him to marry from time to time. But Napoleon always wanted to delay as much as he could, because he found that many things could be blamed on Joseph and Lucien as long as the appointment was an excuse.

Of course, as a revolt, Joseph and Lucien naturally joined the forced marriage party, urging Napoleon to get married quickly.

The good times were short-lived, and in the end Napoleon had to give in to the three mountains, and then the Roman Empire had one more empress.

As Napoleon had predicted, as soon as he got married, his mother immediately returned to retirement, and then many things could not be left behind.

So as soon as the honeymoon was over, Napoleon was busy again.

Today, for example, at a family meeting, Joseph threw another report to Napoleon.

This statement is about the economic situation in France. Over the years, the French stock market has been a bull market, to be precise, since Napoleon became the first consul, the French stock market has blossomed. Although there have been a few twists and turns, in general, the situation in the stock market has always been good. As a result, the prices of various stocks in France have been climbing, and now the stock price has reached a fairly high position.

On the other hand, on the other hand, on the fundamentals of the economy, the situation was not as good as it used to be. Taking railways as an example, the emergence of railways has indeed greatly improved productivity, but it is also because railways make money, so in France and even on the European continent, railway investment has increased wildly, and the market is also very sought after for railways.

One of the consequences of this popularity is that more and more railways are being built. In the beginning, railways were built only where there was a need, but later it became a repeated construction of railways where there was a need, and then it became a clamoring to build railways wherever it was possible. For example, there are three railways from Paris to "New Rome" at a distance of only a few tens of kilometers. From Paris to Marseille, there are two railways, and even a third is under construction.

However, neither France nor the rest of Europe need so many railways, and there simply aren't so many things that need to be transported by rail. As a result, there was a serious surplus of rail capacity.

Because of the excess capacity of the railway. So most railways don't have a lot of cars running. On average, railways across the continent account for a little more than 20 percent of their capacity, while in France the proportion is even lower, even less than 10 percent.

Most railroad companies plan to operate at more than 50 percent capacity, so in today's situation, there is simply no room for profit for these companies. They're still alive today, largely relying on bank loans and telling stories in the stock market.

"Joseph, why are you showing me this?" Napoleon asked.

On the sofa across from his desk, Joseph crossed his legs and said, "Napoleon, your reputation has risen a little recently, and it can just come in handy, isn't it?" Well, the wheat is ripe, it's time to harvest. ”

Napoleon knew what Joseph meant, and in fact he was responsible for the fact that the railroad was overheating like this. Relying on the construction of overheated railways, Lorraine Steel sold a large number of steel products and made an unknown amount of money. And the banking system of the military-industrial complex also made an unknown amount of money from this railroad mania.

The railroad craze also brought about a lot of foreign capital investment, which of course was to make quick money, so they naturally paid more attention to the stock price on the stock market than to the actual business situation. So the Bank of Rome (a consortium of banks belonging to the military-industrial complex, including the Bovan Bank) took advantage of this opportunity and slowly transferred many of the junk railroad claims to the foreign banks. In the process, those foreign banks also seem to be making a lot of money.

"You mean to burst this bubble so that you can reap it?" Napoleon said, "This is very hateful." What are you going to do? ”

"Let the French railway company reduce the freight rate first." Joseph said.

The French railway company is naturally the son of the military-industrial complex. It has the best and most profitable railways in France. Of course, in the recent period, especially after the boom in railway construction has developed to the stage of overheating, even the French railway company is losing money. But this is not a problem, because at the same time that the French railway is losing money, its parent companies, Lorraine Steel and the Banque de Roma, do not know how much money they are making. So in general, the profit is still more, so the operation of the French railway company is naturally not a problem at all.

But this is not the case with other railway companies, especially those that rely on foreign money to make foolish money, and if they do not falsify, their statements are almost impossible to read.

In the past year, such companies have not thought of cutting prices in order to compete. But they were soon warned that if any railroad company cut its price, it would be an admission that they were struggling to make a profit, and then immediately it would cause a change in the stock market, and then — these companies are now living on bank loans and stock market storytelling.

But Railways de France is not worried about this, if they cut the price, the whole bubble of railway fever will burst. Then you can harvest the insolvent railways.

Napoleon shook his head and said, "I am against this. It's too simple and crude. And it will make people think that we are the culprit, although we are indeed the culprit, but we can't let people know that we are the culprit. We had to do it differently, we had to find a scapegoat. ”

"What kind of scapegoat are you looking for? This scapegoat must have some weight, at least in this market. So that his actions are enough to burst the bubble. And something too small can't hide something bigger, just like an elephant can't hide behind a mouse. Joseph said.

"No, my dear brother, an elephant can't hide behind a mouse, but an elephant can hide behind its eyelids. As long as the eyelids are closed, everything in the world is obscured. The media is the eyelids of the world, and these eyelids are under our control. "We can blame the British, or somebody else," Lucien said. ”

"Pushing it on the British will lead to a lot of trouble, at least for now, unnecessary." Napoleon said.

"Then do you want to push it to the Americans?" Lucien said again.

"There's no need, there's no need to turn the other cheek with the Americans now." Napoleon again vetoed Lucien's proposal.

"Then push it to the Jews." Josephus said, "First, the Jews have no state. Push to them, there is no trouble diplomatically. Second, there are Jews who are rich enough to puncture this bubble and benefit in the process. So, wouldn't it be nice to find a Jewish banker and let him do this? ”

"You mean Rothschild? Will they be willing? Lucien said.

"Is there anything willing or not? We have decided that the Jews will bear the blame, can he disagree? "Besides, since ancient times, has it been necessary for him to agree to put the black cauldron on whose head?" You're so young, too naïve......"

Lucien was silent, but Joseph spoke: "Napoleon, don't be so simple and rude, be able to seduc, don't always coerce. Burst this bubble, Rothschild can also get a certain benefit, can also make a little money, as for the black cauldron, it is all the Jews to carry it, not his family to carry it, and even, we can protect them, by the way, we can show that we adhere to the "Civil Code". So, you see, isn't this something that can be talked about properly? Well, Rothschild also has one or two railways in his hands, and he can first reduce the price of these railways, and then our French railways will immediately follow suit, and then this will not be done? And let him know in advance that the railway stock was going to collapse, and the benefits in this were still enough to impress him. As for the other Jews, what about Rothschild? ”

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