Four days later, the French fleet returned to its most important military port on the Atlantic Ocean, the port of Brest. Before the fleet entered the port, the French military had already learned about the outcome of the battle through radio. However, in order to keep it confidential, French newspapers did not report the news. However, some influential media still received some hints. For example, "Le Scientific Truth" and "Le Businessman" received a prompt in advance: the French Navy may have taken decisive actions.

So both Pravda and Brestman sent reporters to Brest Port in advance. Before the large fleet entered the port, the pilot communication ship first entered the port, and then the forts outside the port began to fire salutes to announce the news of victory to everyone in the port area. Then the large fleet entered the port.

More than ten minutes later, Pierre, a reporter from Pravda, rushed into the telegraph office with sweat, then took out a ten-franc bill and changed the seat with the person waiting to send the newspaper in the front. A few minutes later, the news of victory was transmitted to the newspaper in Paris through the telegraph line.

A few hours later, a group of newspaper boys holding urgently printed newspapers appeared on the streets of Paris. They ran and shouted:

"Outside, outside! Watch my naval fleet and the British naval fleet fight in the North Atlantic!"

"Extra, extra! The navy won a poetic victory!"

...

The pedestrians on the street stopped and asked for a free extrapolation from the newspaper boy. Yes, this kind of extrapolation is always free in France.

"What? The British 'Queen Elizabeth' sank, and the expeditionary fleet was wiped out?" Everyone who saw the news couldn't help but open their eyes wide.

This news suddenly spread throughout Europe like wings. Even in Britain, some people have begun to spread the news privately. The British government naturally knew that the French fleet intercepted the expeditionary fleet in the North Atlantic. But they did not know the specific results. Of course, no warships have returned in the following days, which already implies that the ending of the expeditionary fleet is definitely not optimistic, but after all, this is not the last news, so many people still have the idea of ​​luck. In addition, in order to maintain morale, the British government also forcibly blocked the news.

However, blocking news has been targeted at the bottom since ancient times. For people at the upper level, blocking news has a greater effect to give them time to deal with changes and reduce their losses.

In fact, everyone knows that this news will not be blocked for long, because the failure of this battle almost means that Britain has lost its control over the sea, and then the French cruisers will continue to attack the British's trade routes, and then the colonial materials cannot be transported in and the goods on their own cannot be transported out. This situation cannot be kept secret. The control of public opinion is effective, but it is also limited. It is like, even with Pravda, the former Soviet Union could not let the Russians not know that the Soviet Union had disintegrated. However, after the torrent of steel, many people already believed that the Americans liberated Auschwitz.

However, before the news cannot be concealed at all, before there is any inevitable movement in the market, those who prioritize the news have time to take various measures to reduce their losses, or even take this opportunity to make a profit. Just as before the plague is bound to get out of control, the Senate of a certain country can accurately sell stocks before the circuit breaker.

After the war broke out, not to mention anything else, Britain issued a lot of war bonds. The interest rates of these bonds were quite high. Of course, high interest also mean high risks. Many people with identities have a lot of investments in it. Now, once the news is confirmed, the value of these bonds in the market will plummet. One of the greatest significance of blocking news is that it can allow those noble people to find a buyer before everyone knows the news, and then make a short time and make another profit.

When the French spread the news all over Europe, the British were still blocking the news. At this time, the noblest people had of course thrown the hot things to the buyer and replaced them with golden gold coins. However, there were still some noble people among the buyers, and they also needed to find another buyer to buy them quickly. Of course, they probably had no time to turn their hands around and make a waste.

In short, the time obtained by using the blockade news was to make, most of the noblest people did not suffer any direct losses, and even made a fortune. Most of the noble people also successfully reduced their losses. These losses naturally fell on the heads of the big cities who thought they were "middle class". So almost overnight, they changed from "middle class" to an extremely poor proletariat.

"Joseph, what do you think will happen to the British later?" Napoleon asked Joseph.

"What should I do? How should I face the situation after losing the sea power?" Joseph sneered, "It's not simple. The noblest British people have already understood that now they can only compromise with us for their interests. At the same time, they must be propaganda, fight to the end, unite, overcome difficulties together, and defeat the French invaders. And the "middle class" who have just become the proletariat in the market turmoil will definitely be excited about such propaganda. On the one hand, they feel that they are truly glorious in "take over the country" and respond to the call of the motherland with great blood and fight with us. With their intelligence, they must not understand that their efforts have only one meaning, that is, to increase the bargaining chips when the noblest British people bargain with us."

"So, do we need to compromise with them?" Napoleon asked again.
Chapter completed!