Chapter 2493 The past is like smoke

Adam Smith once wrote in The Wealth of Nations: Every shrewd parent knows that if the cost of purchasing an article is less than the cost of producing it himself, then he will not produce it himself. A tailor will generally not think of making it.

To make his own shoes, he would rather buy them from a shoemaker. The opposite is also true, the shoemaker would rather hire a tailor to make clothes. As for a farmer, he can hire a tailor to sew clothes for him and a shoemaker to make shoes for him, provided he has enough money.

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Georgiana watched the magic show and still didn't leave. The well-dressed men and women. In fact, it was not that difficult to recover the stolen money that Jeanne spent. She mainly used it to buy clothes and shoes, the "necessities" of Versailles.

Now, she only needs to pursue claims from the luxury goods manufacturers one by one according to her bills. Even if she cannot recover all the money, she can still reduce her losses.

With Marie Antoinette's influence in the fashion world and Versailles, she could issue such an order. If anyone comes to the court wearing goods made by a certain tailor or shoemaker, they will all be kicked out. In order to avoid

When that kind of scene happens, there will be people who don't wear those clothes and shoes.

These people had to make a choice at this time, either to pay the money and stay in Paris, or to leave Paris and develop elsewhere. The whole of Europe was learning the fashion of Paris, and these people who had served the court went to other small towns.

The principality may even develop better.

No matter how much money Jeanne could spend, she could not afford the large-scale population migration that occurred when Louis XIV abolished the Edict of Nantes.

When Georgiana reappeared at the ball, the people closest to the door noticed her first, and they bowed to her respectfully.

If others were aware of it, they also saluted together. Soon even the music at the dance stopped, and the entire venue fell silent.

She doesn't like this. She used to "dance" with everyone at parties in Hufflepuff's lounge, and everyone was happy.

But she still walked through the crowd calmly.

Charlotte "invited" Teresa Campini away in a very high-profile manner. Except that Teresa Campini walked out on her own and maintained the last trace of dignity, she was almost the same as being kicked out.

the difference.

Maybe Georgiana herself will have one day, oh, no, she was treated like this. At that time, she was still in charge of the canteen of the Tuileries Palace. Later, senior French officials collectively "strike" and then she was kicked out.

.The cause of the matter was the exemption of tariffs on British steel.

The premise of dumping is that the product is not produced in the country and is a consumer product. For example, tea is not grown in the UK, so tea is dumped at a reduced price and occupying the British market is not harmful to the UK.

But when dumped goods compete with domestic goods, the losses suffered by domestic manufacturers need to be offset by the benefits gained by consumers. British textiles are devastating. There was originally import tariff protection, but the 1786 treaty revoked this protection.

Already.

The importance of steel is self-evident, but it currently only accounts for 1% of France's gross national product, and the territories with iron ore are mainly concentrated in the hands of the nobles.

The outbreak of the Revolution was sudden. July is the hunting season. The purpose of hunting in this season is not for the fur or meat of animals. If you follow ancient etiquette, crops are growing vigorously in summer, and animals such as wild boars will leave the forest and destroy farmers.

of crops, hunting them at this time can also ensure the harvest of food, but in this era, hunting palaces are usually chosen in places with beautiful mountains and clear waters. Of course, hunting is for summer vacation.

Precisely because quite a few people left Paris for vacation, not many nobles actually died by guillotine, and of course they were not imprisoned like Josephine, so they still maintained some of the habits of the old times.

She used to think that Bonaparte was a hero and that the acquaintance between him and Josephine was quite romantic, but now she no longer feels this way.

Perhaps Beethoven felt the same way when he heard that Napoleon wanted to proclaim himself emperor. Germany has no shortage of princes and dukes who want to proclaim themselves emperor, because the crown of the Holy Roman Empire is elected and is not unique to the Habsburg family.

As long as their own principality can also become an elector, they can also become an emperor. In fact, they are indeed like emperors in their own land.

This huge gap made her feel bad. She kept a superficial smile and greeted a few familiar people. Their expressions were... quite complicated.

Even if some people don't shy away from prostitution like Dandong, they don't think it is a heinous crime.

This is the difference between men and women. Why do women hit women instead of hitting men? Georgiana herself vividly performed it, although she was not like some wives who beat other women and still planned to continue living with their husbands.

Maybe those whispering behind her back were saying that she had no tolerance for others. Campini was already a member of the "passers-by", so why target her so much?

As long as Duroc intervenes in this matter, Campini will not really do anything bad, and she will still be fine, just like Jeanne can still write everywhere after being whipped, and there is not even a debt collector.

Two million francs, the price of a warship, is all gone after a beating?

Father Grégoire stood in front of her.

She was a little surprised. After all, a priest should not appear in such entertainment occasions.

"Let's talk," the priest said.

Georgiana looked at the Duke of Alba's family not far away, and she wanted to know more about how to get to South America.

Before Marie Antoinette and the King prepared to escape, they took a lot of valuable jewelry with them in case of emergency, but this also exposed her whereabouts...

"Let's talk." The priest blocked her view.

"What are we talking about?" she asked listlessly.

"I know you are angry now," said Grégoire, "but please don't lose your mind."

"I haven't lost my mind." Georgiana said with a smile. Her head could still analyze the international situation just now. John Adams appointed many judges before leaving office. How much threat and trouble these judges posed to the current President Jefferson, at least

After the Vice President's case breaks out, they will definitely be "upright and impartial".

Grégoire sighed.

"Where is Saint Merry?" Georgiana asked the people around her with a smile.

"He...is sick." said a person next to him.

"Is it serious?" Georgiana continued to ask with a sweet smile.

The other party glanced at Father Grégoire.

"As long as he's not dead, let him come. This party is lifeless." Georgiana said coldly, "How is he responsible?"

No one said anything, Georgiana walked straight towards the Duke of Alba, when someone blocked her way.

"Can I invite you to dance?" asked the man with a beautiful mustache.

"Who are you?" Georgiana asked.

"I won't tell you until you dance with me," he said jokingly.

She glanced at the people around her, and it seemed that everyone wanted her to dance.

"I hope you are a good dancer," Georgiana said, putting her hand on his.

Then he took her into the middle of the dance floor and danced a minuet.

At the same time, the music started playing again, everyone joined in, and suddenly they started to look beautiful again.

"Can you tell me who you are now?" Georgiana asked.

"I heard that you are going to build a prison." Mustache asked, "Why not a garden?"

"Because there was a typhoid fever in the original prison." Georgiana said, "Who are you?"

"Should I ask what you plan to build the prison into?" he said with a smile.

Georgiana was stunned for a moment.

"Normally I would ask you what you want your garden to look like."

"That's a shame," she said with a smirk.

"I heard that the design concept of that prison originated from Bentham." He said painfully. Perhaps because of his accent, the pronunciation of Bentham's name sounded strange. "I am not familiar with him."

She wanted to ask who the other person was. To be honest, he was very handsome and very tall. But the reason was the same, the cost. If buying something was more than what she could produce, she would consider producing it herself.

Madame Pompidou opened a ceramics factory, and Justinian inquired about the silk production process, and discovered that Spain, which had South American silver, did not become rich and powerful because of this. They had so much money in their hands, why bother to buy things with silver coins?

How about making it yourself?

On the contrary, the countries that received money from Spain and provided them with goods developed their own handicrafts and industries.

There will be a price to pay for betraying Napoleon, at least not yet.

In the past, she was still thinking about how he could betray his relatives, and she even thought about accompanying him to St. Helena Island.

Now that she thought about it, she quite liked the young general who carried Josephine's portrait and showed it to others everywhere. Unfortunately, he was just like the years, and he would never come back.

"I want to waltz," said Georgiana.

The man dancing with her was a little surprised, but she laughed.

No matter who he is, every day without dancing is a failure of life. Today she will have fun and do whatever she wants.

As for replying, screw it.
Chapter completed!