Chapter 1458 Son of the Forest

The French were under siege, although most people did not feel it.

Opposite the Louvre is the Paris Botanical Garden. Kleber's copper pillars are still under construction. What was erected last year was only the pillars. The craftsmen are applying plaster to the outside. It seems that it will not be completed in a year or two.

Kleber and Desaix died on the same day, one died in Egypt and the other died on the battlefield of Marengo. I heard that Desaix was a very educated man, and perhaps he was the last one of the expeditionary force eager to win.

lack of.

Georgiana took a sip of wine. There was such a huge price difference between the four-and-a-half sous bread in Paris and the seven-sou bread outside the city. Any fool would know what to do.

Smuggling will quickly exhaust the originally sufficient food, and prices will rise by then. Fortunately, as many bakeries as possible have survived, and they also have attached granaries. They should be able to maintain low prices for selling bread for a while.

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If the government sets a price, then the tax collector may be able to ask farmers to use physical goods instead of currency, just like the people in ancient times. This is also a channel to ensure the supply of food. They are not afraid that they will hold back the grain and wait for the price to continue to rise. That's it.

The tax revenue will be reduced.

Georgiana put down her glass, returned to the table and started writing a letter on her typewriter.

That's what Napoleon was like. He rarely went to extremes unless necessary, always looking for a balance in a chaotic situation, just like he couldn't completely distinguish between love and the world. Maybe Napoleon's own war is not over yet, but for

For the vast majority of civilians, it is over. The "turbulent freedom" has lasted for ten years. People miss civilization and rationality. Even the "enslaved peace" is still attached to some people.

Spain is still a feudal monarchy. They can use slave labor, but France cannot. Whether they are road construction workers or dock transshippers, they have to pay wages. This is also part of the "cost". Cheap labor can reduce expenses, but doing so will cause other problems.

social unrest. The residents of the Saint-Antoine district of Foxburg are all casual workers and day laborers from all walks of life. There is a rumor circulating among them that the boss of a paper mill has also reduced their wages to no more than 15 days.

Su, they immediately became furious. Without asking whether the rumor was true, a large number of people rushed into the boss's house and destroyed everything in the house, warehouse, and workshop, but they did not occupy anything in the process.

Until the regular army arrived, they continued to smash. The army opened fire as a matter of course. After the battle, 100 people were killed and the rest were dispersed. In the old days, there was almost no year without such riots happening in various places in the kingdom. These people were trying to destroy

Destruction is done to vent anger. Those big taxpayers all understand this truth - only by paying taxes can the king have an army. Only with the protection of the army can their property and family be properly protected.

They were grateful to Georgiana for arranging them in the Elysée Palace, but their representatives also expressed to Georgiana that they were willing to donate money. In the past, the parish priest asked them to donate money once a week to provide food for the poor. They hoped to restore this system.

It's just that they don't trust priests very much, because there are indeed some priests who are extravagant and squandered.

She could only advise those outsiders to go to Leoncour and his friends. The operation of the charity was considered a success, but whether it could be used in other provinces was another matter. There were many things even if their original purpose was good.

, will eventually become something harmful to others, especially the corruption of moral people, which is even more unacceptable.

There was a knock on the door, and Georgiana looked up and found that it was Napoleon's confidant, "Chief of Staff" Berthier, holding a sword inlaid with gems in his hand.

"What can I do for you, General?" Georgiana asked.

"The commander asked me to give it to you." Berthier said, "Please return to Versailles as soon as possible."

"What am I going to do there?"

"You have a mission to perform." Berthier placed the sword on the table in front of Georgiana. "There are troops waiting for you over there."

Georgiana froze. "He wants to send me to lead the army?"

Berthier said nothing.

"What kind of army can a woman lead?" she said disdainfully, not wanting to look at the sword at all.

"It's time for you to go." Berthier whispered, "Please don't make it difficult for me."

"Where is he sending me?"

Berthier bowed to Georgiana and left her office.

"Wait." Before he left, Georgiana handed him the written page of paper. "This is my suggestion."

Berthier went back and took away the page, and then Georgiana took the sword and left the Tuileries Palace as quietly as when she came.

She first went back to Sèvres and changed into men's clothes, leaving "home" to Matilda and Madame Montesquieu. After a brief explanation, she took Felice with her to Versailles.

She met Davout at the entrance of the Palace of Versailles. He seemed to have received the order long ago and took Georgiana into the military camp, and then introduced the situation to her.

Georgiana is responsible for commanding a very well-prepared hunting regiment, with a total of 1,000 people. It is under the command of the Chief of General Staff and is responsible for service under his command. Its mission is to ensure the safety of communication line strongholds and escort incoming military envoys.

She had eighty horses and the necessary number of French military postmen, including Gaudin Poitevin's friend Gilles Gobert.

The Chasseurs are the descendants of mountain residents and forestry workers. These people are suitable for serving on the national borders of the Alps and Pyrenees. If they appear in the northern combat troops, they will mainly attack the highlands.

and use them when carefully searching the forest.

Of course, they are also very suitable to go to Saint-Domingue to fight in the jungle. Georgiana was actually afraid that Napoleon would send her to Saint-Domingue, because he seemed to have abandoned human emotions and thought about problems with absolute rationality.

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Love is a woman's most suitable weapon, but even Cleopatra was of no use when she met Octavian, who didn't understand the romance. He sent her out to perform military missions, so that even if someone wanted to inquire about her

I can't find my whereabouts.

She didn't know where she would be sent. She only knew that she had to find her company and then set off with the large army.

These Chasseurs were originally curious about why there was a girl following them, and they all looked sideways at her. Later, when they passed by the first resting point, they all knew it, and they all stayed away from her and Phyllis.

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This Chasseur Regiment also has a small number of Guards, and Phyllis knew them all. Through them, Georgiana knew that the place she was going to was the Alps, a place where witch hunting was once very rampant.

Later, a messenger came and gave her an order from Chief of the General Staff Berthier. She was also responsible for finding someone to shovel the snow and open up the passage for herdsmen to go to the Alps to graze their cattle.

There are some 5-foot-tall acrobatic cavalry companies stationed in the Alps all year round. According to the previous recruitment standards, their height could not become soldiers. However, Napoleon himself was short, so as long as he had fighting ability, he could use the short ones.

Georgiana herself was so resistant when she mentioned Saint-Domingue, not to mention Pauline, who had been living in Paris and was caught on the ship.

She increasingly felt that sending prisoners to Santo Domingo was a terrible idea.

But if Georgiana had a choice, she would still go to the Alps.

Please forgive me, she is not a saint, and she will not go to that hell.

"Damn sugar, damn coffee." Georgiana cursed, then threw the general order to Phyllis, got on her horse, and left the bustling Babylon.
Chapter completed!