Chapter 1297 The Devil’s Whisper

Hathor once said that Napoleon would behave particularly affectionately as soon as he got into his carriage.

This was indeed the case before, but recently they were no longer alone in the carriage like they used to be.

He would hold her in his arms, sometimes reading documents, sometimes chatting about art, philosophy, mythology, war, etc. On the way to Notre Dame de Paris, they talked about "the road".

Corvee is a heavy burden placed on the people, especially farmers. While the rich marvel at the progress of society and the glory of civilization, the farmers live in despair.

At the end of the reign of Louis XIV, the traffic arteries were not maintained, or were maintained by the owners of the traffic arteries. Director Ory came up with a "genius" idea. These traffic arteries, or as people at the time called them, the royal family

The roads were built by the poorest peasants who traveled the least. After the Seven Years' War, the tax collectors tried to change the corvee into a local tax, but the peasants still had to pay, but they obviously no longer had the money to travel.

The naval fleet is slightly better. Transporting wood to the warship repair yards along the coast will require a certain salary, but the salary is paid at will, and the amount is very low. Even so, it is better than road construction corvee. The king does not pay a penny, and the farmers

It's all for nothing.

This was a great deal and saved a lot of expenses, so the nobles extended the idea and even used corvees for military barracks and all public projects. In the past, there were not many regular troops, and the corvées for building barracks were relatively light. Later, the army changed defenses.

With the expansion, each army carried heavy baggage, and the labor of moving the army became very heavy.

Nobles drove luxury carriages and enjoyed the joy of running on these sweaty roads. The prosperity of commerce had nothing to do with these poor people. Instead, it became a burden to them because of the severe wear and tear of the roads. The benevolent Louis XVI announced that this kind of road corvee was cancelled, but this

The peasants did not feel grateful to him; on the contrary, they rioted.

The lords called the peasants who created wealth for them as humble peasants. The wealth they grabbed in the territory was taken to places like Paris to spend. The peasants and the countryside were like useless pulp after the juice was squeezed out of the juicer.

, was discarded aside.

The roads are not repaired and caravans will not come. What are they doing in the countryside all day long?

After the religious reform, people's thinking also began to change. French literature was very developed, and writers in the three-level parliament were also a force that cannot be underestimated.

Not only city dwellers would read their works, but country folk as well, and the poor and the rich were already divided when they had little common interests, common grievances, and common affairs. The French aristocracy used privileges and official positions to obtain tax exemptions,

This was a very majestic thing at first, but the more power they were given, the more they valued civil service over military affairs, and their bad relationship with the military. They became the target of people's anger when they were isolated and helpless and had no ability to protect themselves.

After these nobles went to Paris, the church was responsible for territorial affairs, which also involved complex religious reform issues. Leon took them there without going into details. The impact of the American Revolutionary War on the French Revolution was not as much as the impact of French ideas on the revolution.

big.

The War of Independence surprised other European countries, but it was no stranger to the French, because they had experienced it in books. Those farmers lived in the utopia built by writers, and political education was entirely carried out by writers. This was considered by Napoleon.

A very terrible thing.

The great revolution wiped out all the good and bad things, and he wanted to rebuild a new country on the ruins. This year, due to the famine, he will exempt 10 million francs from land taxes. This tax reduction is for future generations and farmers.

Only when they have money will they buy wine, meat and grind flour, which they can tax.

But then he would have no money, and Miss Georgiana would have to find a way to help him earn it back.

"Have you ever wondered why the old man who visited you yesterday talked about tax exemption?" the great Napoleon said in a glib tone.

"fair."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was hit in the head.

"What's better about you than Joseph is that you are not blindly merciful. The Italian you told me about last time killed anyone in his enemy's family. I released some prisoners in Italy. They were very scared at first. When they heard about me

I was overjoyed to let them go. At that time, I thought that the courage of the ancients had disappeared from these Italians. Can you tell me who the woman the Italians killed was?"

"Austrian woman."

Leon smiled with satisfaction, "It seems that because of me, the courage of the Italians has been resurrected. The Sennis Pass is in the west of Italy, with its exit in Turin, and cotton is in the eastern Mediterranean. The caravan can go instead of the Sennis Pass."

Strasbourg and Lyon will not become the gateway for cotton imports."

Georgiana opened her eyes wide.

"The old man also asked you to be 'fair'. If I really exempted Germany from the raw silk tax, it would not be fair to Lyon or Turin, but it would be easier for the Viennese people. Do you know what his intention was?"

She shook her head blankly.

"After Britain buys grain from us, the excess grain from Russia and Poland no longer needs to be transported to them. Overland transportation needs to go through Germany. Whether Lyon's weaving industry recovers or not is not within his scope of consideration. The transportation industry also needs to

A lot of manpower, do you understand what I said?"

"Am I being used?" she wailed.

A fifty-year-old is not as smart as a 30-year-old, as if those years were spent elsewhere.

Leon smiled, "He is teaching you not to blindly listen to what others say. Every consultant has his own interests. If you don't know how to see through him, you will make unwise choices. I can see that he has feelings for Sai."

Nishan Road is very interested and may want to be contracted by one person. If he uses this road, he will have to pay the road maintenance fees himself. This is very unfair to other transportation companies that also want the right to operate this mountain road. He

So he treats you with all his heart, can you be so ruthless as to let him share the benefits with others?"

"My mind is spinning," she said blankly.

"You are still too young for these sophisticated people, mother," Napoleon said loudly and deliberately.

If she could pass out on the spot, she would definitely do it.

Her reaction amused the Corsican, who laughed loudly.

He touched her like a gangster, and because her self-confidence was shattered, she let him do whatever he wanted.

After the lingering kiss ended, he looked at her like she was examining a work of art.

"But he didn't expect that you could actually engage in engineering. I think this is where you British are so good. You try your best to reduce manpower. I seem to have other matters to discuss with Austria."

"With different track spacing, troop carriers cannot communicate with each other," she said.

"You still understand this point. You just said that you want me to support you, so now you tell me how to support you? Should you close the Strasbourg gate and continue to tax exported raw silk, or should you ignore the silk weavers in Lyon and let them

Are they going to do transportation?"

"I want to think about this." She said blankly.

"The army's supply of baggage requires a lot of manpower. This old man is thinking about us. Prussia is very closed. The Junker nobles enjoy the same privileges as our old nobles. They also gave me the contemptuous nickname of 'Bonnie'.

Don’t you think these people need to be taught a lesson?”

"Isn't it because you want to see the beautiful Queen of Prussia?"

"You little idiot," he said affectionately, "Why don't you prepare your wedding dress?"

"I understand." She smiled and nodded. "Girls decide where to buy their wedding dresses. They are willing to spend money no matter how expensive they are. Do you want me to buy Lyon silk for my wedding dress?"

"This way I can get tax exemption and protect Lyon's silk industry." He explained kindly, "A woman must do whatever she sets her mind to."

"You are a man. When you make up your mind to do something, you have to achieve the goal."

"When I left the Palace of Saint-Luc that day, I kissed you in front of Fouche and Dubois. I didn't mean to be scornful of you and show them." He said with a gentle smile.

She blinked and recalled the scene at that time.

At that time he took her out of the king's suite and boarded a carriage to the Grand Trianon. He also played a rogue to her as before, and then she gave him a slap in the face.

"I remember you slept on a camp bed the night before that day."

"Princess, you also told me that you are no ordinary woman, you are Medea. If I fall in love with someone else, you will kill my heir and my new love. I have never seen such a terrifying and ruthless woman.

, but... why don't you wear tights when you get up in the morning? I had an idea in my mind at that time, you are not wearing anything under your clothes, I think even if you really want to kill me and my heirs, I will have a taste,

You are as tempting as the forbidden fruit."

"Stop talking..." she whispered.

"You don't hate me, even though you hit me." He said with a smile, "No other woman in France dares to do this. I corresponded with the Prince of Wales. Are all British women like you? He asked me to ask you, you

Do you dare to hit him?"

"If you take off my shackles..."

"I know you didn't mean to show off, it was just your nature. That's why your father hid you in Scotland, but Severus couldn't help but want to bring you out to the world, just like those rich men who couldn't help but show off.

He must regret losing your wealth, but who told him to make an unwise choice?"

"he is very smart……"

"Don't overestimate men, Georgiana, we are all the same, even if he is a wizard." Napoleon smiled bitterly, "I will not be as stupid as him. After the canal opening ceremony, you will stay at home and don't go to social occasions.

"

"I don't go there much in the first place, but what should I do if I need to meet people for my cooking business?"

"Do you think you can take care of the business I gave you? Wasn't your mind spinning just now?" Napoleon asked.

"Then what do you want!" She was so angry that she wanted to scream.

"My mind is also spinning." He said expressionlessly, "I want to hide you and show you off at the same time."

"What do you men think about?" she asked inexplicably.

"When I was in Upper Egypt, I had a pair of enemies. A Greek slave girl made these two enemies give in. They united against me. That day you told me that the Americans had kidnapped the papal envoy. I was really like that.

Done, I am now very afraid that the United States will become myself and defeat those two combined enemies." Napoleon whispered, "I was thinking when I was a general, if I had the French and Italian armies,

Is there anything I can’t do? I guess I’m too confident.”

"Don't say that." She hugged him.

"Don't let the courtiers read The Prince. You shouldn't recommend it to that boy today." Napoleon said.
To be continued...