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Chapter 323 Soap

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    At this time, France's rights were divided into three parts. The first was the traditional nobles. These nobles did not need to pay taxes and had their own fiefs.  One or two nobles are nothing, but if these traditional nobles unite, the French king will not be able to speak.  The second is the church, which lasted even longer. While the church endorsed the royal power of the French king, it also obtained huge benefits through the church's privileges.  Third, there are French bankers, who are France¡¯s emerging business class.  Napoleon served as the spokesman for the French bankers.  Later, the vigorous Paris Commune was defeated by French bankers who hired German soldiers with money.  At this time, Paris was the financial center of Europe, and bills of exchange drawn from the Bank of Paris could be used throughout Europe.  Since Jenny started the industrial revolution in France, these three groups of people have been jumping up and down.  For example, the old aristocracy believed that the railroad passing through their land would affect the number of eggs laid by hens in the territory and the level of food production.  Missionaries also believe that the rumbling trains passing by on the railway will affect the sleep of their ancestors.  ??The bankers quickly saw the benefits of the railway, which is that it can quickly transport large quantities of goods on land. However, the bankers want to control the railway in their own hands. How can they not do such a profitable business?  It¡¯s just that now French King Louis XVI has paid off their loan.  There are still more than three billion and nearly four billion francs in the national treasury, and the financial level is completely good, even if no taxes are collected in the next three years, so there is no need to offend the French bankers.  As for the Royal Factory that invested in it, there will be huge dividends after three years of the slowest profit.  Even if Queen Anne spends most of her life night after night, her annual consumption is tens of millions or hundreds of millions of francs, and if she sits there for three years, the mountain will not be empty.  And with the tax exemption for these three years, Louis XVI appeased the civil class, small and medium-sized businessmen, farmers, craftsmen, etc.  As for the unemployed population, Jenny has built so many factories, and they must need manpower. Even if they are recruited and trained for a few months before they can start working, it would be good.  And in addition to these, Jenny also spent money to build parallel horse-drawn carriage highways and roads in various places in addition to the railway.  In the 21st century, everyone understands that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. This era is similar, because poor places must be those remote places. The European Mediterranean region has been relatively prosperous for thousands of years because of its convenient water transportation system.  rich.  Nordic countries such as the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden are relatively wealthy because of their rich fishery resources and convenient shipping systems.  During the Hanseatic League, shipping in Northern Europe was able to exchange supplies. If a famine occurred in one city, it could immediately buy food from other cities.  Louis XVI was not only a French king who could work as a locksmith, but also had some political skills, otherwise he would not have said in front of the guillotine, "I died innocent, and I hope that my blood will prevent the French people from bleeding in the future."  if.  In fact, Louis XVI's character is still a little soft. If Louis XVI was a tyrant, his reform measures may have been successful in history with the blood of countless old nobles, missionaries and bankers.  Facing the antagonism between the three classes, Louis XVI said to the old French aristocrats: "If you donate 10 billion francs to the French royal family, the railway will not run from your territory." Louis XVI also told the missionaries  Said: "If the church can donate 10 billion francs to the royal family, then France does not need to build railways." Turning around, Louis XVI said to the bankers: "If someone can donate 10 billion francs to the royal family, then he will  Obtain the right to build railways in France. "What Louis XVI meant was that the Marquis Jenny obtained the right by donating 10 billion francs to the royal family.  You are unwilling to pay, so why bother talking here.  Speaking of these three classes, even if they do not join forces, it is not a difficult task for each of them to come up with 10 billion francs. Needless to say, the old nobles are always tax-free.  Also, never underestimate the financial resources of the church.  Bankers are naturally the wealthiest of the three classes.  ¡°However, if they are asked to spend ten billion francs to seek certain rights in France, maybe they will spend one billion francs to overthrow the existing French regime because it is more economical and affordable.  Now we can see the foresight of Louis XVI¡¯s three-year tax exemption. During the tax-free period, the people¡¯s burden was much lower. Even those who did not have enough to eat before can now have enough to eat.  Those who are unemployed have found jobs, and the wages are pretty good.  "The French people who have enough to eat will not rebel. And if it's not like today where starvation means death and rebellion means death, who would rebel?  It was later in history that Paris citizens violently stormed the Bastille, and in the end only seven were found from the Bastille, which was rumored to have held and tortured hundreds of revolutionaries.Among the prisoners, two are mentally ill, four are forgers, and one is the Marquis de Sade who committed debauchery.  Even if the three classes can fool a small group of people into rebelling, it will not be possible on a large scale.  The French Army had just defeated the British in the New World not long ago. Its combat power and numbers are now the largest in Europe. In addition, the national finances are not short of money. It is not easy to suppress a small rebellion.  Zhang Cheng has nothing to do at home, and he doesn¡¯t want to go to the smelly Paris.  Jenny already has a proposal for the urban construction plan of Paris. She is just waiting for Louis XVI to approve it. After the cement factory and cement component factory are built, the city will be renovated block by block. In this era of Paris, there are not many conditions, and the water supply and drainage must be put into it.  Household bar.  Seeing the royal factories being built one after another, Zhang Cheng remembered that he could make soap. Although it was homemade soap after buying various raw materials, Zhang Cheng understood the process.  How difficult is it?  It's nothing more than grease, caustic soda, and water.  Among industrial products, there seems to be nothing simpler.  Besides, soap also plays a big role in human life. Without soap, what would we pick up?  So, after catching a ride, Zhang Cheng hung up the brand of Royal Soap Company. Zhang Cheng built a factory here, recruited workers for training, and began to produce soap and toilet soap.  The by-product of making soap is glycerol. Even if it is not used to make bombs, it can be used to blend wine. France is originally a big wine-producing country.  Soon, cheap soaps and toilet soaps were on the market, completely defeating the pig pancreas used by people in the past. In fact, the formula for the reaction of pig pancreas with plant ash and oil and sodium hydroxide is the same, but the latter is more pure.  , got a better product.  Not to mention, Zhang Cheng¡¯s company here is for large-scale production, so the cost and price are naturally lower.  It would be strange if it could not capture the market.
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