Chapter 1447 "Paris Road"

Georgiana never thought that one day she might end up in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Of course, there was no international court in the early 19th century.

However, using ships to build gas chambers and submerging ships in order to destroy evidence does not seem to be justice in any way. Even if the country does not know about it due to the blockade of public opinion, it will spread abroad, and the British newspaper Napoleon has no control over it.

After the Treaty of Amiens, many French people will go to England. When they come back, they will be as shocked as the English people who traveled to Ireland during the famine.

His seemingly unbreakable rule was shaky, and she did not want to accompany him to the international court for trial and still be in the position of defendant.

It takes a lot of time and money to build an iron bridge, which needs to be built slowly during peacetime. This is what Napoleon lacks now.

In contrast, roads are more urgent.

The common people always blame the Girondins for not regulating grain prices. Lanzhi's method is to set a constant price, and any grain on the market higher than this price will be seized and auctioned. This is more in line with Napoleon's wishes, because the auction proceeds

It is owned by the state, and public opinion still supports him. Anyone who drives up food prices in the eyes of the common people should die.

But the basis for this price to be enforced is that there must be enough grain on the market. Everyone knows that scarcity is more valuable, so the price is set. However, there is not so much grain in the grain market, and the price will still go up.

Lan Zhi said a very simple and straightforward truth: transport grain from counties with cheap prices to counties with high prices. For example, in an area where the price is 23 francs per quintal, it is sold at 58 francs per quintal. In this way, it is considered to be 38 francs per quintal.

, not only the people who transport the food make a profit, but also the common people in areas with high food prices buy cheap food, so that everyone can benefit.

But this simple question involves two problems. One is the road conditions in France, and the other is that bandits and beggars block the road. If the army does not clear a clear road, there is no way for a large convoy to complete this kind of inter-provincial transfer.

At the same time, when the price of grain begins to rise, farmers will also wait for the price to rise. What can other people do if he does not sell the grain after harvesting it? He will not sell if the market price does not reach his "expected" price.

Rural people can eat their own potatoes and black bread, and make money by selling the wheat used to make white bread at a high price, and then put their coins in the field and save them for future emergencies, such as paying military service tax. After paying this money

There is no need to die as a soldier.

It was impossible to use paper money. They had already seen the scene when the bonds collapsed before, so Napoleon made a mistake by exempting them from taxes. He would impose heavy taxes and force them to sell grain to pay taxes.

Napoleon's military conscription was still in the ancient Roman period, thinking that the number of soldiers engaged in agriculture and farming was better than that in the cities. The most recent census in France had a population of 36 million. Excluding the duplicate registration and floating population, there are still about 29 million. Compared with

The population had grown from 28 million before the outbreak of the Revolution.

How many people died in France in 10 years? The number reported by the War Department based on the battle report was about 1 million, but this data may be false, and Napoleon himself changed the battle report.

Assuming that half of these 1 million people are married, based on the 600 francs allowance for a widow in Garnier, it would cost 30 million francs a year. Not including their legitimate and illegitimate children, 38 million francs is still a small amount.

Assume that a woman whose husband died while serving in the military gave birth to six children and all survived, then she can get an annual salary of 2,700 francs. An ordinary low-level government employee has an annual salary of about 1,200 francs. She can still farm at home, or

Doing other jobs to supplement the family income, and with such generous rewards, will women eagerly marry soldiers?

When Georgiana saw ringworm on Napoleon's body, she suspected that he had some strange disease that could be passed on to her. Soldiers were away fighting, and they lived a life where they didn't know whether they would see the sun rise tomorrow. They could rent a car for 3 francs.

They paid the coachman 6 francs and only asked the emperor to "teach him a lesson". What else did they care about?

It was not without reason that Napoleon kicked this "talking" political economist out of the Senate.

War is only good when it's over, and now Georgiana fully felt the humiliation of Narcissa Malfoy attending Lucius's trial.

The matter of subsidies for widows that Garnier mentioned can be put aside for the time being. The matter of giving them bread rolls can be considered. Most women are more law-abiding. They can receive bread with their IDs and bread rolls, so that their children will not

As for crying when hungry, they would not be like those women who went to Versailles with their aprons in hand to ask for cheap bread from the king.

It is common sense that there is a granary in the palace. When the capital is besieged and the king is waiting for other lords to come and save him, the food in the palace can not only be eaten by himself, but also by the Swiss mercenaries. Women and children are not allowed to eat.

With as much appetite as a strongman, Georgiana could try to persuade Napoleon to open the palace granary to supply bread to these orphans and widows, and those who cut his meat would have work to do.

After appeasing this group of people, those women who did not get the bread may be dissatisfied, but if other people's husbands die, other husbands can still look for them. These men need to work. Turgot said that the public

Engineering is the best job creator.

As the weather warms up and the ice begins to melt, the canal's 4-franc day's work is gone, and the grain ship is due to arrive soon.

Ships can bring hope to people, but they can also bring despair to people. When they see a full ship, people have confidence. When they see a ship that is almost half empty, people lose confidence. Panic consumption will accelerate hoarding, and most people will not do it at all.

Go figure out how much food you eat in a year.

3.3 quintals is just an average number. Some men who are relatively weak and are engaged in literary work may not eat as much as women who are engaged in heavy physical labor or are gluttonous.

When a person is confident, he feels that he can accomplish anything, but when he encounters setbacks, he will doubt himself.

Interest and fear are the levers that drive people to act. Even if it is not to resell and eat for themselves, they will hoard a little. The only solution at this time is to constantly fill the warehouse and empty it. When everyone has too much food at home, his fear will disappear.

will disappear, and then they will no longer buy food and hoard it.

It is possible to lower the price of grain by ensuring that transportation lines are smooth and that there is sufficient supply of goods, or by using the method used by the Song Dynasty, and having an official go around to notify businessmen who want to speculate that Paris is allowed to sell grain at high prices. Many grain merchants

They rushed into the city at once, so the quantity of grain increased and the price dropped.

According to Turgot's estimate, the total volume of grain shipping in Europe is 5 million quintals, with France accounting for half of it, about 2.5 million quintals. The total consumption is more than 50 million quintals, even if Godoy sold 2 million quintals.

Food was given to France, so how could so much food be transported to Paris?

Before the Revolution, France's main sources of food were the United Kingdom, the Baltic Sea, the United States, and Southern Russia. The main transit points for food imports were port cities such as Dunkirk, Rouen, Nantes, and Marseille. These ships were not all large ships, but small ships.

It can also be loaded.

These foreign grains from the sea traveled along the rivers to Orleans and then to Lyon via the Rhone River. During the Revolution, a vicious grain robbery incident occurred on the edge of the Orleans Canal. At that time, two ships loaded with grain were robbed.

Although canal transportation is relatively cheap, it cannot be used for three months in winter and summer due to seasonal factors. Therefore, building a railway from Lyon to Paris can solve the food problem.

The largest city, Paris, and the second largest city, Lyon, already have frequent exchanges. It is also more convenient to transport steel to Lyon. It will also be convenient to build a railway from Lyon to Paris. In the future, it will also be convenient to transport steel to Paris for the construction of an aqueduct.

Or try dog ​​sledding on frozen rivers in winter.

She thought she was so humorous that she wrote at the end, typed the report with a clatter of typewriter, put her name in the corner, and then put it in the folder together with the written letter, and called Mathile

Da, let her personally deliver this letter to the First Consul.

Georgiana didn't have a good impression of Americans in the 20th century, but the founding leaders of the United States were indeed very good. She never dreamed that the United States was sometimes bullied.

This may be because it is still in its infancy and has not become the behemoth it will become later.

Voldemort killed Harry because he thought Harry was a threat and she didn't want to become an "infanticide" like Voldemort.

Or should i? (or should i?)

She recalled the rising mushroom clouds and the dazzling light of the sun when the atomic bomb exploded.

Human nature is fragile in war. Perhaps the saying "There is no good war and no bad peace" is the truth.
Chapter completed!