Chapter two hundred and ninety-two, trade and wealth
Desarin visited all over France, and then went to Paris, which was praised as the "City of Miracles" by those who accompanied him. He first visited the Minister of Truth, Lucien, in the Heights of Montmartre.
Lucien has two filings for where to meet Desarin. One is in the serious building of the Ministry of Truth, the original Bourbon Building. (This building fell into the hands of Murah in its original history, became his mansion, and was named "Elysee Palace") The other is the Palace of Bliss on the Heights of Montmartre.
The Palace of Prayer is the private residence of Lucien. It is built on the location of the "Sacred Heart Church" in another time and space. It is not far from any place to enjoy the fun on the Montmartre Heights, but it can be quiet in a relatively unrest. This may be the reason why the "Sacred Heart Church" in another time and space is built on this location. However, it is different from that time and space. In this time and space, this is the place where mortals enjoy themselves. If they have to say that they have any similarities, there are probably only the materials and colors of the building.
Like the "Sacred Heart Church" in another time and space, the "Palace of Bliss" also uses a special white stone called "Fort London" as the main building material. When this stone comes into contact with rain, a white substance commonly known as glass chips will be dissolved, so this stone has the characteristics of becoming whiter and whiter in the erosion of wind and rain.
Whenever the rain begins to clear up and the sun shines, the white "Palace of Paradise" reflects the sunshine, and it is so crystal clear that it is really like a palace in the sky.
According to Napoleon's arrangement, during the inspection of Desarin in France, people from the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Public Security followed Desarin, observing him and recording his every move. These records were sent to the analysis center of the Ministry of Truth and the Ministry of Public Security for analysis to judge his personality and tendencies.
Whether it is the Ministry of Truth or the Ministry of Public Security, they all mentioned the following in their analysis of Desarin:
First, Desarin is quite sensitive and shows pride in some things, but in fact, he is quite inferior to his background. Because he is very sensitive to whether others are polite to his reception. Or to put it more clearly, this is a person with a little vain habit.
Second, Desarin is very yearning for luxurious "high-end life". For example, when eating, he always seems to prefer high-end foods such as "truffle" and "caviar". People who observe him can see from some of his details that he actually does not really like the taste of these things. (In fact, although truffle is known as "diamond-grade ingredients", it tastes weird. There are actually quite a few people who like it the first time they eat it.) However, analysts believe that his love for "truffle caviar" is also from the heart. He may not like the taste of these two things, but he really likes the status and luxury they represent.
Based on these two points and some other details, Lucien made a visit to Desarin at his residence, the "Palace of Bliss".
Of course, before this, some preparation is also needed. For example, I kept hinting to Desarin that Minister Lucien rarely meets other people in the "Palace of Bliss", and only the most valued people can get this honor; the building of the Ministry of Truth is quite crowded and is not suitable for a place to receive distinguished guests, where only ordinary people are received; the "Palace of Bliss" is the most luxurious and highest-end location in France. If you have never been there, you will be regarded as a rustic bun by people with real identities.
After making these preparations, when Lucien sent an invitation to Desarin to the "Palace of Paradise", Desarin was so happy that he almost couldn't control himself. His heart was suddenly filled with gratitude to Lucien and the Bonaparte family.
Two days later, Lucien received Desarin at Desarin. He first asked about Desarin's life in France; Desarin expressed his sincere gratitude to the French for his warm reception.
Desaring told Lucien that his trip to France had increased his knowledge and that he was deeply impressed by France's wealth and strength. He hoped to get help from France to build Santo Domingo into an oasis of democracy and prosperity, and make Santo Domingo a black France in Central America.
Therefore, he stated that France is a beacon of democracy and freedom all over the world, illuminating the direction of the people of the world; France is also the helmsman of the people of the world, and only under the guidance of France can the people of the world lead the people of the world to gain prosperity and liberation. The black men of Santo Domingo are willing to move towards freedom and prosperity under the leadership of France, under the guidance of the great man from heaven and the first ruler Napoleon.
Of course, these above are all official statements. According to some "historical inventors", the meeting between the two was not so formal at all. The two people were eating, drinking and having fun while chatting. Finally, Desarin asked Lucien for such a question.
"Dear Minister Bonaparte, I would like to know how much wages you can get every year that you can own such a luxurious building."
Lucien took him to the roof of the "Palace of Paradise" and overlooked the roads leading from Paris to the Montmartre Heights.
"Did you see those four-lane roads in both directions?" Lucien asked.
"Is there something wrong with my eyes, Mr. Minister?" Desarin said in confusion. "I only saw some one-way two-lane roads."
"Ah, that's because we are trampling on the other two lanes." Lucien replied.
Several years later, when Desarin came to power through a coup and became the new president of Haiti, the new French ambassador went to his presidential palace to submit his certificate of state, and in his chat, he also asked him almost the same question. President Desarin brought the ambassador to the balcony of the presidential palace, overlooking Port-au-Prince at the foot of the mountain, and said to him:
"Mr. Ambassador, have you seen the shipyards and power plants over there?"
"I saw nothing," said the ambassador.
"Oh, that's because they're all trampled under our feet now."
Of course, this kind of legend is also very unreliable, and it is probably entirely fabricated by those British people. However, in a relatively credible way, the two actually had a similar conversation in the statement of the famous historian George Lefeffer's "History of the New Roman Empire".
"Minister Lucien, I am in France, and seeing France so rich, I am both envious and puzzled. I want to know how France became so rich." Desarin
"Of course it's trade." Lucien replied, "Trade is the source of wealth. For example, even if a person owns vast land, this land can offer him wheat that cannot be pulled out with thousands of ox carts every year. If he just piles the wheat in the warehouse instead of selling it, will he have money? No, things that have not entered the market are not wealth. The wheat will only rot in his granary until others can use his wheat to grow cabbage, will such a person be rich? When can he eat truffles and caviar every day? Of course not. He is just a beggar guarding the treasure mountain.
Trade is the source of wealth. For example, do you think the salary of the French minister can allow me to own such a palace? How is this possible? But I also participate in a lot of trade, which makes me rich. Santo Domingo is a place with rich products and can produce a lot of things with great trade value. If you can be good at utilizing trade, you can be as rich as me."
After a cordial conversation, the two sides reached a general agreement on the status of Santo Domingo.
According to the consultation between the two sides, Santo Domingo will become the dominant of France until Santo Domingo can pay the payment for the purchase of national territory. After the payment, Santo Domingo will form an alliance with France as an independent country. France will help the new Black Republic of Santo Domingo establish its own industry and agriculture, and protect its land and trade security. Santo Domingo must accept French guidance in both diplomacy and internal affairs, and adopt French priority policies in trade.
It is said that after basically reaching this agreement, Lucien reminded Desarin: "A principle in trade is that one person cannot completely occupy all the benefits, because no one can trade with himself. Only by sharing equal interests can a truly solid community and allow more talented and capable people to stand on your side."
Later, after Desarin returned to Santo Domingo, he voluntarily gave up his post in the army of Santo Domingo and volunteered to become the chief foreign trade director of the Dominion of Santo Domingo. After becoming a human position, he used this position to communicate internally and externally to make himself and many people, especially those who revolted with him, to make money.
These black men who made money through trade all felt that Desarin was irreplaceable because he could bring everyone to wealth. This also made him resign from his military post on the surface, but his influence in the army did not weaken. Later, with the support of the army, he launched a coup and overthrew the lifelong ruling of the Republic of Haiti, Tousan Luveduer, and became the richest black man on the "Businessman Wealth List".
In his memoirs, he also admitted that his mission to France, especially his conversation with Minister Lucien, had learned a lot. These things benefited him endlessly in his future political life. They also allowed the new Haiti Republic to become a relatively wealthy country in the entire Central American region. (Of course, it is also the country with the greatest gap between the rich and the poor in the entire America and the entire world, and no one)
Of course, this was all later. Now, Desarin, who has reached an agreement with Lucien, has the rest of the matter is to quietly wait for the summons of the First Governor.l0ns3v3
Chapter completed!