For a period of time since then, Paris seemed to have settled down. Barriers were gradually removed, and some shops that had closed the doors also opened. Except for the fewer goods and the prices were a little higher than before, there seemed to be no other changes.

Aunt Sophie is back, and Louis finally freed himself from the heavy housework. Louis has just learned to play chess recently, and when he was addicted, the school was temporarily closed and he couldn't go out even if he stayed at home, so he could only play chess with Lucien.

Lucien took this opportunity to use housework as a bet, bet on the board with Louis, and then successfully passed on all the housework he should have done to his younger brother. To be honest, the Bonaparte family was a good brother.

However, now, the schools have gradually returned to normal. It is funny to say that the schools in Louis and Lucien have resumed classes, while the Paris Military Academy where Joseph teaches is still closed.

But this is not surprising. Louis and Lucien's schools are both private schools, while Joseph teaches are financed and kingdom financed. The response speed of such institutions is always much slower. What's more, when the king is now quite dissatisfied with the army.

So now Joseph is free. He saw that Sophie had just finished cleaning and had just been free, so he started chatting with her.

"Aunt Sophie," said Joseph, "there are so many days. Are you doing well at your house?"

"What's good about it?" Sophie shook her head, "The life is as sad as it is, and it's even more sad. The price of bread has increased again, and there is something more terrible than price increase, that is, even if you have money, it's hard to buy bread."

"It seems that some people can't sit still." Joseph thought so, but asked, "Auntie Sophie, is it difficult to buy bread now?"

"Sir, you are a decent person, don't care about these things. You may not know that I ran four blocks to buy today's bread. While I was still grabbing bread, I squeezed my apron. God, I really don't understand what's going on! Didn't they say that everything is fine and everyone's life will be better in the future?"

Joseph shook his head. Since the third-level meeting began, more and more people have entered Paris. In addition to representatives from all over the country (in fact, there are not many people), there are also a large number of farmers and homeless people who have arrived in Paris. This has made Paris's already insufficient food supply even more tense.

Under such circumstances, a revolution occurred again. The revolution itself not only cannot generate more food, but will instead destroy the existing orders. When the existing order is destroyed and the new order is not able to be effectively established, the transportation and sale of grain will definitely be disturbed, and the efficiency will definitely decrease. Therefore, it is natural that the price of grain will rise, or even the price will not be bought.

In this case, there will naturally be rush purchases and hoarding, and then the price of grain will further rise and will be further unable to buy them. If someone intentionally takes advantage of this situation and artificially increases panic, the problem will become more and more serious.

Joseph suddenly remembered a history of Dongda Chin Kingdom in later generations. At that time, the most important city of Dongda Chin Kingdom, the Demon Capital, had just been liberated, and similar problems of soaring prices and economic chaos occurred immediately. How did Chen Leshan, the first mayor of Dongda Chin Kingdom's Demon Capital, solve the problem?

Mayor Chen used two tricks to solve the problem. One is economic means. If you raise the price of grain, I will import grain on a large scale from the grain production area to see how much you can eat, which will make you desperate; the other is political means. Those guys who play securities trading buy silver dollars in large quantities to increase inflation. I don’t have that many silver dollars in my hand to play with you, so I will send troops to seal off your entire exchange.

With these two moves, Mayor Chen quickly stabilized the situation. However, these two moves were difficult to implement in Paris at this time. The large-scale transfer of grain from the grain production area requires a state machine that can control the whole country and efficiently collect various resources. If France in this era had this thing, would there be revolutionary things? In the Seven Years War, the French were afraid that they would have "taken England and the Prussian king to blame the emperor" and obtained the greatest happiness in life as Genghis Khan said. (Genghis Khan said: "The greatest happiness in life lies in chasing your enemies everywhere, invading their land, plundering their wealth, and then listening to the cry of their wives and children.") Where would there be any revolution?

As for the second move, it also requires a powerful state machine. Although the Marquis of Lafayette controls the National Self-Defense Forces and some of the French forces, his control over these forces is not reliable, so he cannot take such measures.

Thinking of this, Joseph said to Sophie: "Aunt Sophie, I guess the price of food will probably be higher in the future. If you still have savings, try to exchange it for more food as much as possible."

"Oh, sir, you also know that families like us have any savings." Aunt Sophie sighed.

...

At the same time, there was a man who was worried about the continuous rise in food prices, just like Aunt Sophie. This man was the Marquis of Lafayette who had the upper hand in the previous political turmoil.

The Marquis of Lafayette had a considerable influence in the army, which gave him a lot of advantages in the revolution. However, his power in the economic field was quite limited. The Marquis of Lafayette was not low, but he was not the kind of old nobleman with deep roots. He did not have much financial resources and did not have much channel to make money. In this regard, the gap between him and the Duke of Orleans was as big as the military gap between the Duke of Orleans and him.

However, as a famous general, the Marquis of Lafayette was still quite calm even when faced with such trouble. Years of war experience made him understand that when he could not solve the problem of victory, he should consider how to retreat.

"All kinds of atrocities in Paris must be controlled, and we can no longer tolerate the innocent blood flowing. Some people, they are not revolutionaries, they are just thugs! They shout about democracy in their mouths, but what they are really interested in is plundering and massacre! They arbitrarily accuse others of being the "enemy of the people" in the name of revolution, and then kill and rob. In the city of Paris, many businessmen who operate themselves were hung on the street lights by those thugs. And those

The purpose of the thugs has nothing to do with democracy. They are only for robbing other people's legal property. This chaos must be stopped! Marquis, the people of Paris entrusted you to serve as commander of the Self-Defense Forces, one purpose is to stop possible plunders. Could it be that the plunders of mercenaries is plunders, and the plunders of those thugs are not plunders?" In a lounge next to the chamber, the representative Barnoff waved his arm and said to the Marquis of Lafayette, who was sitting opposite him.

"You're right, but you can't be too eager to achieve this." The Marquis of Lafayette leaned back a little. "You know, there are still many weapons in the hands of those thugs, and there are also certain gangs. Even in the National Self-Defense Army, there are many people who are their sympathizers, or even just one of them. Now we haven't had time to completely remove all of these people from the National Self-Defense Army."

"How long will it take to clear all these guys?" Sieres asked on the side.

"It's almost done. I don't want to use violent means to eliminate these people, but the economic conditions of these people do not allow them to participate in military activities without working for a long time." said the Marquis of Lafayette. "The National Self-Defense Forces have established disciplines, and those who are constantly absent from the activities will be fired. In this way, it won't take long for the hooligans to stay in the National Self-Defense Forces themselves."

"Even if these people are removed from the National Self-Defense Forces, they are a threat to order," said Barnoff.

"Do you want us to suppress them immediately?" said Lafayette. "That's really the only one who really threatens us. Those who really pose no trousers."

"Then should we just let it go..."

"Don't do what we cannot do, it will only destroy our strength in vain." Lafayette said, "It is not unacceptable to retreat a little when necessary. Everyone, His Majesty the King is still hesitant. He is neither willing to give up the old things and accept the new system, nor dare to take the path of Charles I at all. Speaking of which, we think that His Majesty the King is a Constitutional Majesty, isn't it because of this? However, some people will deliberately send His Majesty the King to the guillotine. But that Highness, although it seems very revolutionary, is not a Constitutional King."

After hearing this, several people nodded secretly. They knew who the person Marquis Lafayette was.

"In the current situation, that person may not be able to sit still than us. Let's watch his performance quietly first. We can use him to put pressure on the king, and also use the king to stimulate him. If I understand him, he will definitely reveal his flaws. Then we will take measures, which is much better than taking rashly now."

After saying this, the Marquis Lafayette looked at his friends again. Seeing that they were not making any noise, they seemed to be convinced by themselves, he nodded and said, "Actually, I have something else to invite everyone today."

"What's the matter?" asked Sieres.

"Introduce you a new friend," said the Marquis of Lafayette, "an archbishop who tends to be progressive."
Chapter completed!