Chapter 215: , This technology is really...

The journey later went smoothly, but everyone was panicking. So considering that the British usually lie down and don't need to work, they are relatively energy-efficient, so the French cut the amount of food for the British by another third. So ten days later, when Morrel and the others dragged the British steamboat into the port of Camare, several of the British people in the cabin had starved to death. The rest, except for the technician who was locked up in a separate cabin and cared for by someone, were too hungry to stand up.
Of course, the French would not admit that those British people who died of starvation died of starvation. They attributed their deaths to complications after injury.
The port of Camare is just a fishing port and there is no dedicated ship repair yard. But at this point, at least the news of the capture of the British ship could be spread quickly.
Joseph got the news while eating lunch. At this time, Napoleon was in Paris all day to rectify the order of the country, trying hard to establish a military government with tentacles extending to the village. Yes, Napoleon's government is essentially a military government. In France, only the tentacles of nobles could extend to the countryside. Now that the nobles no longer exist, Napoleon hopes to use the opportunity of the army to recover and let those veterans become organizers in the village.
Napoleon thinks this way, of course it is feasible. Those veterans, especially those who were discharged from Napoleon’s army, made a lot of money outside. When they return to the village, they can buy land cheaply under the preferential treatment of the government. Suddenly they all became the wealthy class in the countryside. Before going back, these people all joined the so-called "Veterans Association." Even after retiring, they still kept in touch with each other and kept their organization. This is the political force supporting Napoleon.
As for Lucien, he is now busier than Napoleon. As the minister of the "Ministry of Truth", his main job now is to establish a set of propaganda agencies for "propagating the truth."
The propaganda agency in Lucien’s plan consists of two parts. One part is a propaganda agency directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Truth. They are mainly responsible for external propaganda. In the last war, France won the right to conduct full-scale free trade in the Netherlands, Belgium, the Rhine Confederation, and Prussia. This "free trade" included opening news organizations and sending reporters.
Lucien intends to set up a European free news agency, responsible for interviewing all kinds of news, and after verifying its truth, provide all kinds of news to the newspapers of those countries, so that the people of Europe can understand the truth of France and the first ruling on the people of all countries. Kindness and caring. At the same time, Pravda Science will also set up branches in these countries and publish newspapers in various languages ​​for various regions.
Of course, the political nature of the scientific Pravda is too strong. Sometimes it is deceptive and wrong, but it is not good for people to subtly accept the truth. Therefore, in addition to scientific Pravda, Lucien also intends to establish a batch of XXX Kommersant newspapers through indirect control to spread the truth in a more euphemistic way.
As for China, Lucien intends to use a more concealed method to control public opinion. On the one hand, establish an official press and publication agency and formulate corresponding regulations. Of course, these regulations are used to "protect freedom of speech."
On the other hand, the "military-industrial complex" uses hidden funding to create or control a group of newspapers, and then through these newspapers, unite to form a "French News Agency" to monopolize the source of news.
Of course, if it were just these things, Lucien would not be so busy. But recently, a certain industry in Paris initiated a new event "Miss Paris Election". This also happens to be within the scope of affairs that Lucien is in charge of. As a result, this thing that the masses of people would like to see in the news took up the little time left by Lucien.
As for Louis, he is currently studying at the University of Paris. For the convenience of class, he now lives in Paris. As for Jerome, he is still in middle school. The researchers of the military-industrial complex often have children about the same age as Jerome or even younger at home, so a school for children was built near the research institute. Jerome is here. Reading.
In fact, Jerome very much hopes to go to the schools in Paris, because this can avoid Joseph's inspection work. Jerome is now very suspicious that every time his brother is too tired, he will use his homework to refresh his mind.
At noon that day, Joseph had been busy all morning, and was about to check Jerome's homework so that he would wake up. Just said: "Jerome, you guys this morning" I saw Fanny and her female secretary Polina coming together. Jerome immediately shouted as if he had found a lifebuoy: "Brother, I have just shown my homework this morning to Sister Fanny. Sister Fanny said it's okay."
While speaking, Jerome turned his head and winked at Fanny.
"Yes, I have seen it, no problem." Fanny said.
"Ah, in that case, let's eat first." Joseph sat down at the table, and Fanny’s face should be taken care of, "Well, Polina, you have fun with Fanny." Right?"
"What is playing? I'm working seriously." Polina immediately retorted with her eyes widened. Compared to her younger brothers, Joseph has always been more indulgent towards her sisters, so Polina is not like her younger brothers. We are so afraid of Joseph.
"Joseph, Polina helped me a lot." Fanny said, "We are coming now, but not just to eat, we just received a report that a smuggling ship captured a British steam warship in battle. Many British people were captured, including a technician."
The news immediately attracted Joseph's attention.
"They captured a British steam warship? How is the warship now? Is it controlled?" Joseph asked.
"They asked for fifty thousand francs. I think the price is acceptable. In fact, we can also ask the French government to come forward and give him a reward. I checked Morrel's information. This person is still capable and has certain Cultivate value. I have asked people over there to buy the British boat." Fanny replied, "In addition, it is said that the boat was seriously damaged and not easy to transfer immediately. And the boat is now In Camare, Camare is just a fishing port, without any maintenance capabilities. Moreover, if this matter is known to the British, Camare Port does not have any defensive equipment. They can come directly and completely destroy the ship. . So I suggest that we should organize personnel to survey and map that ship as soon as possible, and grasp first-hand technical information.
Fanny suggested.
"Well, I want to send someone right away." Joseph nodded, "Let's eat first, and draw up a list immediately after eating."
Morrel received fifty thousand francs from the military-industrial complex, so he handed over the steamship and the British to the military-industrial complex, and received a medal from the government.
The Bourbon dynasty originally established various medals of honor such as the Saint Michel Medal, the Holy Spirit Medal, and the Saint Louis Medal. After the revolution, these things were declared abolished by the government of the First Republic because of the obvious feudal and bourbon smell. For some time thereafter, the commendation for those who built merits became money or a symbolic weapon of honor.
But this kind of recognition is far less effective than a medal. Mainly because it cost more than the medal, so after the first ruling took office, the medal system began to be restored. Some secondary two, who particularly liked to imitate Napoleon of the Roman Empire, announced the establishment of an institutional "legion of honor" that imitated the Roman Empire, and its members were those who received medals.
What Morrel got was only the lowest order of knights. The knight here was not a knight in the later feudal period, but a cavalry composed of wealthy citizens in the Roman Empire. , But it was enough to make Morrel proud. You know, in the Bourbon dynasty, civilians like Morrel never got medals.
After getting the money, Morrel took his boat with a missing mast back to Roscoff, where he was repaired on the one hand, and he also had to seek compensation from the local insurance company.
People from the insurance company got on the ship~EbookFREE.me~ to register the losses on the ship. Ten days later, Morrel got a reply from the insurance company. The insurance company can provide compensation for the replacement of masts on their ships. However, the insurance company believes that these losses are not covered by the insurance policy.
Of course Morrel protested, so the insurance company took out the contract and turned to the appendix, and then used his deep knowledge of French grammar and law to bring Morrel's knowledge of French to a higher level. , And um, Morrel still failed to get compensation for the loss of the goods.
Just as Morrel continued to bargain with the guys from the insurance company desperately, Joseph also got the technical data about the British steamship from Camaret.
"Well, use two steam engines to jointly push two paddle wheels. The paddle wheels are not easy to use, and the paddle wheels are distributed on both sides. This is an obvious weakness plus the auxiliary power of a mast sail. The arrangement was too close to the boiler and it was damaged in the boiler explosion. Who designed this?"
After carefully studying the data of the British steam warship, Joseph finally came to a conclusion: "The technology of the British really cost us fifty thousand francs."
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