In the 19th century, France definitely wanted to be a huge influence internationally, and the position of the world's second most powerful country was really not a hit.

The first industrial revolution emerged from Britain, and France and the United States followed the footsteps of Britain and also completed the initial industrialization of the country during the first industrial revolution and hoarded a large amount of capital.

Then during the transition period between the First Industrial Revolution and the Second Industrial Revolution, France took a completely different development path, that is loan shark capitalism.

In the international community at that time, there was a very common loan business between the people, the state, and the people.

At that time, European countries wanted to open up colonies, launch a war, and build a brand new army. It was very common for them to borrow without money. Anyway, with national taxation as the final safety valve, this kind of business is still very safe.

France tasted the sweetness of usury capitalism at that time. They made a fortune through this financial lending business. Then Napoleon III used abundant capital to develop the army and fought a few victories to expand some colonies, which further increased France's national credit.

The richer France is, the more it can make money from mortgages. The stronger France is, the more it can guarantee the safety of loan recycling in the end.

Until the late period of the Second Industrial Revolution, before World War II, France's economic model should actually be called usury imperialism, while Britain during the same period should be called colonial imperialism, while the United States should be called trust imperialism, and Prussian Germany should be called Junker imperialism.

Imperialism is actually a stage of capitalism and belongs to a monopoly stage. There is no need to worry about this, basically everyone knows it.

Since France can bear the hat of usury imperialism, we can imagine how rich this country is. According to historical records, France's foreign investment, that is, mortgage loans, reached 60 billion gold francs in 1914.

This is not a credit currency printed casually by the central bank. In that era, these francs were locked in gold, and paper money was equivalent to gold. In that era, I often heard about deflation, but I didn’t know what inflation was like.

In this way, the 5 billion gold francs compensated by the French-Prussian War are really a drop in the bucket for France.

Such strong national strength is indeed not something that the Chinese people can provoke at the moment, and Wang Huaiyuan and Sima Jack's concerns are not without reason.

Xiao Letian fell into deep thought, not just because of Molière's life, it didn't matter, but because he had to judge his relationship with France, and how to squeeze more oil and water without driving France crazy. This is the key issue.

In history, France compensated 5 billion gold francs during the French-Popular War. How much silver is equivalent to the Qing Dynasty during the same period? There have been scholars in their previous lives.

According to the currency exchange rate at that time, with the most stable currency of pounds, some people have calculated that 5 billion gold francs are about 200 million pounds, and 200 million pounds of silver converted into the Qing Dynasty is equivalent to 721 million pounds of silver.

It can be seen from this that the world in the 19th century completely followed the law of the jungle. Europe was cruel to the Qing Dynasty. They were not polite to their own people, and the knife that slaughtered people was sharp.

But what surprised the world even more, especially what made Pesme regret for life was that France spent only three years paying off the compensation with capital and interest.

After the compensation was exchanged, Europe was in an uproar and Pesme was shocked. The Iron-blooded Prime Minister was originally a lion who wanted to extort France, so that France could not afford the money in exchange for the long-term garrison of the Prussian army in France and the acquisition of the Alsace Lorraine area.

However, France's foundation was too heavy. The Qing Dynasty had three years of capital and profit, so he forced Bisme to issue orders to withdraw all troops.

Some people say that France only paid off the money by playing the game of issuing paper money randomly? After the end of the World War, Germany was the one who paid off the money.

It’s really not. The French redeemed their own strength to exchange it. At that time, the compensation repayment plan was divided into three parts. The first was three years of fiscal revenue, tightening the belt, saving money from the fiscal revenue.

The second part is the deposits of the Bank of France, which is the cash surplus.

The third part is patriotic government debt.

It is unfounded whether French civil servants have eaten melons and vegetables for three years. Anyway, they have paid off 721 million taels of silver in three years. This is an unquestionable historical fact.

Of course, there is also a possibility. It is after this incident that France left the title of usury capitalism in history books. This unique classification of capitalism is actually contributed by France.

Xiao Letian knocked on the table and frowned, thinking in his heart that I had already put the bet on Prussia. Although Prussia was the victorious side in history, history has changed, and I was not yet in the original history.

What if it fails? After France lifts the threat from the north, the next revenge must be me, which is definitely the craziest and bloody revenge.

If the madman of Napoleon III really mobilized 5 billion gold francs to expand the navy, I would not be able to fight against others at that time. The arms race game is not something that the Chinese can play.

France uses its might to deal with our Chinese people, so what else can I do besides escaping? Will I die in battle?

But it is not enough not to kill Molière. He has touched the bottom line of the Chinese people several times in a row. How can he calm the angry public opinion if he is not killed?

More importantly, if I don’t kill Molière, will I give Bisme a bad impression? Will he think that Xiao Letian is trying to bet on both sides?

It is not easy to deal with. It is easy to exchange for his trust. Is such a precious alliance going to be cracked because of this?

The three kings saw Xiao Letian's face changing, and they didn't dare to breathe loudly for fear of interrupting his thinking. After a long time, Xiao Letian punched the table, and the cup and plate jumped around.

"Damn it, are you asking me to throw coins? I'm going to kill all the way through this breath. If I let it go, we can't catch up with the gap. Damn it! Three days later, the Temple of War Gods held a public memorial meeting. I'll preside over the ceremony of the first batch of heroic spirits entering the temple in the Far East War!"

"I'll bet on this one!"

When the three of them saw that Xiao Letian had made up their minds, there was no need to talk about it anymore. This is the best minister. When the lord is not determined, they should make a bold statement and take into account all the dangers that the lord decides.
Chapter completed!