"Iron ore!" Jérôme. Bonaparte smacked his lips and replied to Duke Snasa: "That condition sounds pretty good!" ”

"Your Majesty, so you agreed!" Duke Snatha asked excitedly.

"Promise?" Jérôme. Bonaparte turned to Duke Snatha with a surprised expression and replied, "Duke Snasa, you have misunderstood! What I'm saying is that this condition sounds pretty good, not that I'm going to promise you!

If you only want to pay the price of iron ore in exchange for the French Empire to provide you with security, I advise you to die before you are too late! ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte's response was categorical, and the Duke of Spina's originally happy heart suddenly fell into the abyss.

He knew that if he wanted to completely take Finland, he must rely on the army of the French Empire as a backing, otherwise even if Finland was taken, the Kingdom of Sweden would have to live a life of worrying about the Russian Empire all day long.

"Your Majesty, what do you want?" The Duke of Swana, gritting his teeth, asked Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"Mr. Duke Snasa, it's not what you want, it's what you have!" Jérôme. Bonaparte replied abruptly, "It is indeed important for us in France that your Kingdom of Sweden has high-quality iron ore, but it will not be so much that we will be able to protect you under the pressure of the Russian Empire!"

Don't forget, the Kingdom of Britain also has iron ore! We can import from the Kingdom of Britain! ”

The present French Empire is in Jérôme. Under Bonaparte's direction, the fast lane to industrialization was accelerating, and several cargo ships carrying iron ore and coal arrived in Paris from London.

Therefore, although he himself hopes to be able to live a large amount of Swedish iron ore, he is not going to put the whole of France into it for the sake of iron ore.

Unless Snasar is willing to cooperate with him more deeply, for example, in the Customs Union.

"Your Majesty, it seems that our Kingdom of Sweden has nothing of value other than iron ore!" Duke Snasa vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

"Duke Snasa, I'm tired! You're good to go! "Jérôme. Bonaparte replied to the Duke of Ssana with a cold face.

After that, Jérôme. Bonaparte made a gesture asking to leave.

Duke Snasa nodded and left Jérôme. Bonaparte's office.

After a while, Jérôme. Bonaparte called Mocal over again, and then gave him the order to invite Foreign Secretary Valewski over.

Mokal was ordered to leave, and about half an hour later, Valewski appeared in Jérôme. Bonaparte's study.

"Your Majesty, what do you command?" Valevsky asked Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"That's right!" Jérôme. Bonaparte replied to Valewski: "Just now the Duke of Snatha came to me and wanted our help! I told him there was something to pay, and who knew that this elm head didn't know anything at all! I really don't know if people who live in Sweden all year round will be blown stupid by the cold wind......"

Valevsky listened quietly to Jérôme. Bonaparte's complaint about the Duke of Snasa, and soon Valewski was dismissed from Jérôme. The key message was extracted from Bonaparte's remarks.

"Your Majesty, do you want to conclude a customs union with the Kingdom of Sweden?" Valevsky vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte asked.

"Yes!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded and said to Valewski: "Sweden's iron ore and coal are things that we are in short supply, so I would like to sign a customs union agreement with them to meet the needs of the domestic market!" ”

Valevsky immediately understood that Jérôme. The reason why Bonaparte was willing to sign a customs union with Sweden was nothing more than to look at the market of the Kingdom of Sweden.

After all, the Kingdom of Sweden had nothing else that France needed except iron ore and coal.

The high additions of the French Empire, on the other hand, were indispensable to the Swedish aristocracy and middle class.

Once the Kingdom of Sweden signs a customs union with France, the protective barriers set up by the Kingdom of Sweden for high value-added products (commonly known as the luxury industry) no longer exist.

The products of the French Empire were able to easily invade the territory of the Kingdom of Sweden and completely crush the Kingdom's native luxury industry.

After all, when Britain and France implemented free trade and trade treaties in history, the "fronts" almost completely collapsed, and only the luxury industry continued to export to Britain.

The luxury industry in the Kingdom of Sweden is far from that of the Kingdom of Britain, let alone compared to Britain and France!

Once the Customs Union was concluded, the Kingdom of Sweden would find out that the money that France had paid them for iron ore and coal would soon return to them.

The world has been a resource-based country since ancient times, and it cannot do anything as a high value-added country.

"Your Majesty, I see!" Valewski nodded to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

"Alright, let's talk slowly between you and Duke Snathar!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said a word to Valevsky.

Valewski got up and left Jérôme. Bonaparte's study.

……

A week later, Duke Snatha reappeared in Jérôme. In front of Bonaparte, he was in a better state of mind than Jérôme at this time. When Bonaparte met him, there was a big difference.

Obviously, this week has not been easy for him!

"Duke Snathsa, what's wrong with you?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Duke Snatha a false question.

"Your Majesty, nothing!" The Duke of Spinna replied with a reluctant smile, and then said to Jérôme. Bonaparte continued: "Your Majesty, we can agree to the conditions you have given me to Valewski!" ”

"Then what are we going to do with the treaty?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Duke Snathsa.

"After the meeting!" Duke Snasa vs. Jérôme. Bonaparte replied, "And my father wants a secret agreement between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden!" ”

"Secret protocol?" Jérôme. Duke Bonaparte was puzzled.

"Yes!" Duke Snatha nodded to Jérôme. "I can assure you that this agreement applies only to the Russian Empire, and that it will not be exposed as long as the Russian Empire has not made a move to invade the Kingdom of Sweden!" ”

"Good! I promise you! "Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded and replied to Duke Snasa.

Subsequently, the Duke of Spina was appointed to Jérôme. Bonaparte sent his blessing: "Your Majesty, I hope that the French Empire and the Kingdom of Sweden will be able to unite and help each other on the road ahead!" ”

"I hope so, too!" Jérôme. Bonaparte chimed in.

……

In the following period, Jérôme. Bonaparte received replies from the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Papal States, and Switzerland, and they all sent their letters to Jérôme. Bonaparte expressed his willingness to join Jérôme. The European Monetary Union formed by Bonaparte.

The Austrian Empire, on the other hand, remained skeptical of the so-called Euromonetary Union, and therefore did not choose to join it immediately.

On the contrary, it was the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Britain, Palmerston, who said to Jérôme. Bonaparte's formation of the European Monetary Union was of some interest, and in order to understand the nature of the monetary union, Palmerston sent Ambassador Kautz to inquire about Jérôme. The matter of the Bonaparte Monetary Union.

Jérôme. Bonaparte frankly told Ambassador Kaates of the purpose of his formation of the Monetary Union, and invited the Kingdom of Britain to join it.

Having learned that the nature of the monetary union was nothing more than a ploy by France to expand its own market (on the surface), Ambassador Kaates apparently lost interest in the monetary union.

After all, Britain is not like France, and its overseas trade is much more lucrative than France's.

Therefore, Britain did not need to strengthen its economic exchanges with European countries as France did.

This will certainly save him a lot of unnecessary trouble, but at the same time, it will also make it lose the possibility of uniting Europe.

After World War II, Britain was too far away from the European continent, which led to the continuous decline of its presence and economic status in Europe.

Of course, Britain was not interested in creating a unified currency in Europe, but it was interested in destroying the unity of the European currency.

Under Palmerston's instructions, the Kingdom of Hanover sent a veiled message to North Germany not to join the European Monetary Union.

This made Jérôme. The Bonaparte monetary alliance was less interested in the Kingdom of Prussia, which was even more estranged.

However, this pair of Jérôme, who had no intention of bringing the Kingdom of Prussia into the monetary union. Good news for Bonaparte.

……

Time flew by, and soon it was late March.

With less than a month to go until the Paris Conference, looking at the calendar hanging on the wall, Jérôme . Bonaparte was determined to stop all the unimportant work at hand and devote all his attention to the organization of this meeting.

It was the first major state conference to be held in Paris since 1815.

Even at the conference of 1815, France only participated as a loser.

The conference was organized by France as an unquestionable victor, and was far more important to France than the one in 1815.

Therefore, Jérôme. Bonaparte had to do it with all his might.

So, Jérôme. Bonaparte summoned the Minister of State, Fulder, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Magne, to ask them about their budgets for such a conference.

Fuld and Manie told Jérôme. Bonaparte, this was the first time for the Second Empire, so it was as big as possible, so they proposed to do it with a quota of 10 million francs.

Jérôme. Bonaparte agreed to Fulder's suggestion, but he was not prepared to let the Treasury spend the money.

Furd and Manie immediately understood Jérôme. Bonaparte got the meaning.

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