Chapter 2394 "Refining Love" (1)

  Royal Palace is just north of the Louvre, on Richelieu Street. It was originally the residence of Cardinal Richelieu. Later, it was owned by the French royal family, and then fell into the hands of the Duke of Orleans.

   During the Great Revolution, the assets of many churches and royal families were confiscated, and the Royal Palace was one of them. In fact, before the Revolution, Palais Royal was a famous "social" place in Paris, but now it is more public. Perfume can be used by both men and women. Farron has always had a keen sense of smell in this regard. The Royal Palace can be said to be an internationally famous place. The first stop for many foreigners to Paris is to experience the “romantic” of Huadu. ".

   There are new cafes with unique decoration, marble coffee tables are placed inside and outside the palace, ornate stucco painted the walls, covering the wallpaper with lily patterns, all kinds of people smoke, chat, and read newspapers there.

  Paris is now rejecting those old-fashioned outfits called "ridiculous", as if they were going to replace everything that was once prevalent in Paris.

In the past, dress represented a person's social status, but mutual imitation in terms of dress and behavior has swept away people's concept of hierarchy. Whether it is a female worker in a dairy farm or a duchess in the past, they all wore damask satin and gorgeous dresses. If you don't wear jewelry to participate in entertainment activities, someone who dresses too simply will be considered disgraceful and will be blocked from the door.

   After the Great Revolution, frugality was advocated, and people were more concerned about polite etiquette than dress, and they expected to hear inspiring speeches there.

   Of course, beauty is always an unimpeded pass no matter where you go. Paris is also known as the "flower capital", and this flower is not a flower in the Dutch flower field.

   You can understand that this is a large party similar to the Venice Carnival, except that the participants did not wear masks, but played their own roles. Like an actor on stage, if he's going to play Caesar, he'll never be wearing the jester's clothes.

In the old days, the milkmaid union wore a long skirt of a duchess, while the queen Marie Antoinette would wear a milkmaid's skirt. The plain men's clothing made one unable to tell whether the person standing in front of him was a clothing store clerk or a marquis. .

   Now the times have changed, the queen is gone, the marquis is gone, people's social life has no class barriers, there is no need to guard against each other, this new free and equal way of life can be seen everywhere in the Royal Palace.

There is a grenadier named Cobain who committed suicide for love. He is not the first, but Cobain likes a girl who sells water. This is an individual phenomenon. The Royal Palace is the "important". disaster area". Other soldiers who were recruited out of the field and stationed in Paris would go there for a cup of coffee during their shifts, and sometimes there would be a charming girl who watched one of them for a while, and then he felt that he had a chance and stepped forward. get in a word.

   Times have changed, but Farron is knowledgeable, and similar situations were not uncommon in old times. Paris is a big dye vat, no matter how white your clothes are, they will eventually get dyed. Josephine from Martinique has few chances to appear in Versailles, Farron has no impression, but she is definitely not a girl who is not involved in the affair, willing to be someone's mistress, living in a summer resort or a suburb of Paris In the house, this kind of house is called "Love's House", which is also a major local feature.

   She knew how to curry favor with someone as powerful as Barras, and under his protection, she used her charm to walk among the various ghosts and monsters in Paris, and she even became the first lady of the ruling class.

  The relationship between supply and demand in the market determines the price of cotton. If the supply of cotton exceeds the demand, the price will rise, and if the supply exceeds the demand, the price will fall. Slavery, the opening of new lands, and European money were all needed to bring down the price of cotton in the American South. If you don't care, the price of cotton will continue to rise until it reaches an inflection point that exceeds the market's ability to bear. Why do you have to buy cotton instead of silk at the same price? But the high tariffs set by Napoleon brought this inflection point earlier.

  At present, the textile industry in the United States is not completely self-sufficient. Slaves also have to wear clothes. These clothes are borne by the slave owners. The raw cotton produced in the United States still has to be sent to the United Kingdom, and then shipped to the United States after processing.

  Slave owners are "kind" to their slaves. Slaves live better than free workers. If they are naked, what's the good?

There is also a law in South Carolina that a slave can work for himself on a rest day for a week, and the money earned on this day belongs to the slave himself. free.

   Shouldn't slaves be knocked out of their bones by slave owners, and left without any property?

  If the slave owner really did that, the slaves would be passive and slack, and no matter how hard they tried, they would not change their destiny. On the contrary, it gives them a little hope that they will work hard. In the end, the slave has not handed over all his wealth to the slave owner for freedom, and the slave owner can use the money to buy a new one that has not been exhausted. Strong slave.

Not everyone is optimistic about the "Peace of Amiens". It is not only Americans who create conflicts in Mississippi. After the Seven Years' War, the "Peace of Paris" was signed in 1763. French Louisiana, part of the area east of the Mississippi River was ceded to Britain, the west to Spain, thanks to Spain's support in the Seven Years War, Napoleon got Louisiana from France, this area has been ruled by Spain for a long time, so the foundation of French rule there is not solid.

Farron did not understand the financial knowledge just mentioned on the table, but he knew the economics of Quesnay. If Egypt could be opened up as a new raw cotton production area, the price of cotton could be reduced, and the United Kingdom did not need to Gold outflows to the United States of America.

Before the United States discovered the gold mines in the west, there was no precious metal to make coins. Both continental and federal coins were used paper money. They even used Indian shell coins. They wanted precious metals only from trade. That is to say, the British provided the same funds as the Portuguese in this slave trade.

Slaves are not real estate, they will run away. As their value increases, the loss of a slave owner will be greater. After all, if the slave runs away, the debt is still there. When the bank asks the slave owner to repay the money, the slave owner is willing to sell himself. Slave?

   Or did the slaves not only gain the status of free people through their own efforts, but also save money to buy slaves and become slave owners?

   The skyrocketing price of slaves will only affect those who have just started their businesses. Large farms and plantations will not be affected. On the contrary, slaves can have children and create more value for them.

  Jefferson abolished primogeniture, and all sons and daughters could inherit the inheritance, so that they would not be much different from other small farms.

  Unless they borrowed to expand on the existing foundation, their business would go bankrupt at any time, like John who runs Indigo, because of a government decree.

   She remembered reading it in a library in Chinatown. European immigrants would leave their careers and go there when they heard that there was gold, while easterners would stay and work conscientiously.

   Not every adventure will be rewarded, but if you don’t take risks, you will only be stuck in the status quo.

   Perhaps she is more unable to survive in troubled times than Josephine.

  Georgianna doesn't like to gamble, and she also doesn't want to show off wearing diamonds.

   She liked Farron's suggestion, but the question was how to "wake up" the men who were already running on a mind-set.

   She couldn't tell whether it was the pain caused by the silk on her body or the more pain from the thorns in her heart. She wanted to end it all.

   "About Turner..."

   "Why did you mention him?" asked Georgiana.

   "He refused to sell your portrait," Farron said. "His patron stopped him."

   She froze for a moment.

   "Idiot," she muttered.

   "Are you laughing?" Farron asked.

   "No." She suppressed her smile.

   "You'd better not let the Führer see it." Farron sighed, "Young man."

   She laughed, "Why don't you retire at your age?"

   "After two years of leisure, I soon discovered that I am a restless person, even though my sense of smell has been 'retired'." Farron pointed to his nose. "The perfume company is inherited by my son."

   "How about I find you something new to do?" asked Georgiana.

   "What is it?"

   "Are you interested in paper?"

   (end of this chapter)