"Ah, everyone sees that." Lavoisier replied, "Joseph sees the same. He told me that one of the most profitable businesses in the world today is steel and the other is railways. At least for a short time. . You know, the British have invested a lot of money in steel, but it seems that progress is still limited. In this area of ​​technology, there is still a big gap between them and us. Even if they can come up with something , In terms of performance and cost, it is not comparable to us. What's more, we still have high technology that can't be written on a whole piece of paper, ha ha ha...

As for the railway, because of Mr. Watt, the British also have this technology. But because they want to buy steel rails from us, their construction period and construction cost will all be constrained by us. They can build it in the UK, and it is absolutely impossible to compete with us. So, to tell you the truth, all the money I have now has been invested in these two businesses. And these two businesses really continue to bring me more money. "

Speaking of making money, Lavoisier smiled with joy.

"It's just that the railroad doesn't seem to be pushed fast now?" Nathan Rothschild said.

"The main reason is that steel production is slowing down." Lavoisier said, "However, the bottleneck of transportation capacity has been broken, and new steel plants have been established. It will not take long for steel production to make rapid progress. , And then the railway can be advanced faster. Soon you will see that France is full of railways."

"I think outside of France, railways should also be a very good buy* such as in Austria and Prussia, or even the New World."

"It should be." Lavoisier said hesitantly, "I don't know much about the situation in these two countries. But Joseph said that building railways in these two countries means that the land problem is not easy to solve. You know, Their land is owned by nobles everywhere, unlike in France, where nobles are guillotined. So it is very troublesome to build railways on their side."

"However, at least a few sections of the railway are worth repairing," Nathan Rothschild said. "For example, building a railway from Lubin to the Oder River is very valuable."

Lubin has a large copper mine, and copper is also a very important material, especially when electrification is developing at a high speed, the demand for copper is also increasing.

"I have a lot of business dealings with the guys on the Austrian side. If we can get support from your side, I think we should be able to solve the troublesome land problems and build that railway."

Lavoisier thought for a while, nodded and said, "This is indeed a good deal, but I have no money to invest."

"Ah, Mr. Lavoisier, money is not a problem." Nathan Rothschild said, "Did you forget my introduction? I opened a bank."

"Oh, I haven't forgotten, but I have already borrowed a lot of debts from the banks of the consortium. A small half of the money I made for my investment went to the banks of the consortium, and to be honest, they The interest rate given to me is already very generous. Yes, under normal circumstances, you can’t find such a low interest rate all over Paris. But the reason why they are willing to lend me such a low interest rate is of course because they Knowing that my two investments will be 100% profitable, so although the interest rate is not high, there is almost no risk, so they only ask for this interest rate.

However, Mr. Rothschild, you know that the variables in Austrian business are much greater than those in French domestic business. That is to say, the risks of investing in that place will be much greater. In this way, the interest rate of the loan will naturally be higher, but the income is not necessarily higher. Even considering the higher interest rate of the loan, the yield will probably be lower. Therefore, although this is a good deal, for the time being, you may not need to invest in it. "

Nathan Rothschild was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "You are right, Mr. Lavoisier. But if you are willing to help, maybe, maybe you can greatly reduce the risk of this business. Well, of course I won’t let you help in vain... Well, you are the most respected elder of Dean Bonaparte, and his wife is your niece. If you can convince him to invest in this project, well, you don’t even need it. He really invested money. This money can be provided by me. Dean Bonaparte only needs to enjoy a share of shares. All I need is a name to put pressure on the Austrian government. In this name, they will definitely help us settle the land problem. If you can really help with this, we can also give you a share for free..."

This suggestion immediately moved Lavoisier, because this is a costless business. Even lower than the cost of buying and selling without capital. Think about it, Joseph's brothers go to buy those who don't have the capital*, such as going to the pope's crown to give generously, and they need to lead soldiers to fight a battle. And for this transaction, only a name is enough, which is really... his heart suddenly jumped.

Lavoisier talked with Nathan Rothschild for a while and negotiated the general intentions, and then he said to Nathan Rothschild: "Mr. Rothschild, you are really a genius in business, I I think Joseph should be very interested in this business..."

The two talked like this, but the train had already started to slow down.

"Mr. Lavoisier, Mr. Lavoisier, we are at the station, are you not going to get off?" a young man in his twenties shouted towards Lavoisier.

"Ah, of course I have to come down and take a look. Well, wait for me. Don't worry about everything. Peace Palace is not a train anyway. It has no wheels and can't run. Well, Gauss, don't you think?"

The waiters came up to help the passengers with their luggage, and Nathan Rothschild politely said goodbye to Lavoisier and Joseph's students and assistants, and then returned to his car.

As soon as he returned to his carriage, he couldn't help but stomped angrily on the floor.

Nathan Rothschild understands that it is very difficult for any business to make money without the endorsement of strong political forces. After all, violence is the guarantee behind all free trade. If you don't have a big stick in your hands, who wants to trade freely with you? Isn't it better to rob directly?

Without violence, there would be no huge profits. And in Europe today, is there anything more violent than France and the Bonaparte family? With their relationship closed, with violent endorsements, can huge profits be far away?

When everyone got out of the car, a waiter led them to rest in the rest area. After all, Napoleon came on the second special train. Only after Napoleon arrived and gave a speech, the Pakistan Fair was officially started.

So Lavoisier and Nathan Rothschild got together again and talked about business experience; and Gauss had already skillfully taken out a small book and started writing and drawing on it.

After a while, there was another whistle from afar, and then a train spitting smoke entered the station and stopped by the platform.

This is a relatively short train. In addition to the start-up car and the coal water car, this train has only three sections. The middle section is a Napoleon box, and the two cars on both sides are filled with guards.

Because not long ago, the Ministry of Public Security uncovered a conspiracy against the first ruling party. A group of royalists who wanted to restore their lost paradise tried to assassinate the invincible commander of the French people when Napoleon went to inspect the transformation of the old city. The golden sun in the hearts of all French people. They planted a large amount of explosives on the side of the road where Napoleon passed, in an vain attempt to assassinate Napoleon first, and then rebelled.

However, the eyes of the people are sharp. Their evil conspiracy has long attracted the attention of the people in Chaoyang District. No, it was the attention of the people in St. Antoine District. After receiving reports of hunger from the masses, the Ministry of Public Security attached great importance to it, carefully deployed, and worked closely with other departments to capture most of the counter-revolutionaries in one fell swoop, and individual criminals who fled will certainly not escape justice.

According to unreliable sources, the Minister of Public Security, Mr. Fouché, complained to the first ruling that if the Ministry of Truth hadn't come to grab the credit and startled the snake, none of the conspirators would have escaped. Of course, Lucien did not admit this, but instead said that if they hadn't joined urgently, there would be more slips.

Although the conspiracy of those royalists was crushed. But these guys will definitely not stop there, they will definitely continue to make trouble. To use Napoleon’s speech at the State Council, it is: "Troubleshooting, failing, tumbling again, failing again...until complete destruction, this is the basic logic of all feudal remnants, and they will never violate this logic!"

Therefore, after this incident, the security measures for Napoleon's trip were improved a lot. Although Napoleon was a little disgusted with this, he even felt that it separated him from the people. It is said that he complained privately that Laozi has seen a lot of bullets, and that the little tricks of the royal party members are not counted as drizzle! Besides, is there anything insecure for Lao Tzu to be with the people? When I am with the people, it is the strongest and safest time!

But even so, security measures have been raised by one level. For example, the train Napoleon was riding at this time, although it looks no different from other passenger trains from the outside, in fact, the carriages on his special train are much heavier than ordinary carriages, because these carriages are almost An armored box with thick steel plates on all sides.

Napoleon left the carriage under the **** of guards. He once again boarded the rostrum in front of the Freedom Palace to pay tribute to businessmen from various countries who came to participate in the second Pakistan Fair. He said to the businessmen that business activities have communicated with each other, brought about economic development, promoted mutual understanding between peoples of all countries, and enhanced friendship between countries, thus better guaranteeing the peace and peace of our time. Development, so the commercial activity itself is the biggest charity.

After delivering his passionate speech, Napoleon announced the official opening of the second session of the Pakistan Fair. As Napoleon finished saying this, more than two thousand pigeons were released, and the scene was also cheered.

Followed by various group gymnastics performances and demonstrations of various new techniques.

The theme of the Pakistan Fair this time is the electrical age, so the leading role is naturally all kinds of electrical. In addition to the well-known electric lights, telephones, and cable telegraphs, General Electric Bonaparte has displayed many new things that people have never seen before. For example, it can be a record player, such as a particularly bright arc lamp. Of course, the things exhibited this time are not a long one-man show by Bonaparte General Electric. Many other companies have also displayed a lot of imaginative works. There are even small electric vehicles that use electric motors driven by lead-acid batteries as power sources. Of course, because of the limitations of battery technology, this thing can't go far. But when it was on display, this thing still attracted the attention of many people.

The inventor of this thing claims that this thing can replace horse-drawn carriages in the near future, at least in cities, because it has a huge market prospect, so this thing will definitely make a lot of money in the future, as long as someone is willing to invest and help him It is enough to solve a little technical problem and further increase the battery capacity and charging speed.

This is certainly not a small problem. Even in later generations, this is the most important issue restricting the development of electric vehicles. Of course, Joseph knew that under today's technical conditions, trying to solve these two problems is nothing but a dream.

But the problem is that other people don't know it well. Therefore, this project may really attract investment. Then use these investments to establish a company, research the technology, and then declare bankruptcy, and then General Electric Bonaparte can buy their research results at a very low price.

In fact, many of the cool things on display today are similar baits. They are indeed very useful in the future and are worth investing in research. But even the landlord’s house has no surplus, even the Bonaparte’s house. Money promotes so many projects at the same time, then throw these things out, let those dreaming of getting rich invest in research and development, and then bankrupt their companies at the right time, and you can complete a lot of research at low cost.

Therefore, when Napoleon encouraged people to engage in the greatest charity, he reminded everyone more than once: "Business is risky, and investment needs to be cautious."

However, such reminders are definitely useless. Of course, if this reminder is useful, it is estimated that Joseph would not allow Napoleon to dress this good man.

In fact, apart from these little things, Joseph and Napoleon are discussing the idea of ​​allowing foreign capital to build railways in France recently. This idea is a genius idea put forward by the banker Mr. Bowen.

According to this concept, the military-industrial complex first hyped up the railway boom, making people feel that building railways is very profitable, and that “there is a lot of money when the train rings.” Anyway, important users of railways and railways, especially the most important customers of freight railways, are It is an enterprise in the consortium. They are all cross-holdings of each other, so it is entirely possible to reduce the profits of the users to increase the profits of the railway system. Anyway, for the major shareholders, this is just to change the money from the left pocket to the right pocket. That's it. As for the minority shareholders, who cares about you?

In this way, the various reports of railway enterprises will be pretty messy, and foreign capital will be opened to invest in railways. At this time, the lines that can really make money quickly and the most valuable lines have basically been taken by the consortium. , The remaining ones are more built for telling stories in the stock market, and are not particularly profitable, even if it is not because the railway freight rate is strong enough, it is not a profitable railway at all.

Then after these guys have built the railway almost, the railways controlled by the consortium can take the initiative to lower the freight price to give back to the public, and they can directly bankrupt the railways built by foreign capital, and then they can exceed the limit. These railways were purchased at low prices. Even considering the use of financial means, getting these railways in hand, on the whole, may not require the military-industrial complex to really spend money, and even allow those foreigners to build the railways and hand them over to the military-industrial complex. , Still owes money to the military-industrial complex.

As soon as such a plan was put forward, naturally it was immediately supported by the Bonaparte brothers~lightnovelpub.net~Joseph even applauded this genius idea. After careful analysis and discussion, everyone agreed that this plan is very feasible and worth trying. The chance of success is very high, and the benefits after success are very large. This plan even shakes Napoleon's confidence in himself as the world's number one trader. On the bright side, this plan also fully embodies the spirit of open free trade in France, and it can even take the opportunity to ask other countries to open the corresponding market to France equally.

Of course, after complimenting this idea, both Napoleon and Joseph gave Lucien orders that are basically identical in content: "Watch this guy and be careful not to let him sell us!"

In fact, this kind of operation has really happened in the history of future generations. For example, at the peak of the Lighthouse Nation, most of the 400,000-kilometer railways were built using similar means, with European capital investment. The first billionaire in the history of the lighthouse country, railway tycoon Vanderbilt also made his fortune by similar means.

Nowadays, France has become the lighthouse country of this era, so how can the advanced experience of another lighthouse country in time and space be used for reference?

And preparing for traps and letting these guys fall in is also an important mission of this Pakistan Fair.