Zhu Jingyuan was in Xintianfu, Yinzhou. Compared to Nicholas and William III, who were in Mozhou, he received the news that Hei Zhongzhong and Yinwanov met in the central grassland of Mozhou obviously later.
But for Zhu Jingyuan, this is not a particularly important matter, and no special response is needed.
When Zhu Jingyuan was in Mozhou, he had arranged the relevant matters. The black walls of the black nobles were designed by Zhu Jingyuan.
Officials from Honglu Temple will contact the Lucia court to determine the official boundary between the two sides.
This boundary line is obviously the meridian next to the "Black Wall".
On the other hand, the information sent by Yinzhou and Taixi gradually attracted Zhu Jingyuan's attention in the second half of the year.
Britain and France may not be able to bear it anymore.
The United Kingdom is slightly better. The United Kingdom is actually a country dominated by the bourgeoisie.
Most of the groups that controlled the British court and supported the British war have been transformed into the modern bourgeoisie.
Their ruling ability is much higher than that of the feudal nobles.
Of course, France is undergoing such a transformation now, and the boundaries between the traditional aristocracy and the bourgeoisie are becoming increasingly blurred.
However, compared with Britain, France's traditional aristocratic power is still strong.
It was still the king and the aristocratic group that dominated the country's power.
The news from all aspects of France and the situation in France depicted made Zhu Jingyuan's sense of déjà vu stronger and stronger.
Historically, France lost the Seven Years War first and lost most of the Yinzhou colonies in Yinzhou, resulting in a comprehensive diplomatic failure.
Now that France lost the war, it also suffered a diplomatic failure, and the king and court were deeply in debt.
Historically, he later participated in the American Revolutionary War and organized the "Anti-British Alliance". Although he won the battle, his finances collapsed.
Now Louis XVI also participated in the "American War of Independence", although the roles were reversed. Instead of helping the United States become independent, he joined forces with Britain to suppress American independence.
But the final impact was the same, and France's finances were also on the verge of collapse.
The domestic market environment is extremely bad, the prices of daily necessities have skyrocketed, and the lives of ordinary citizens have become increasingly difficult.
Against this background, Louis XVI tried to collect taxes from the nobility, but to no avail.
In the original history, Louis XVI then decided to convene a meeting of the Estates-General to prepare to collect taxes from the third estate.
The clergy were the first level, the nobility the second level, and everyone else the third level.
The third estate consisted of merchants and factory owners without noble status.
At the meeting of the three estates, the proposal to increase taxes on the third estate was not passed, but Louis XVI forced the decision to impose taxes.
This incident became the direct trigger of the French Revolution.
France has now reached a stage where Louis XVI failed to collect taxes from the nobility.
Louis XVI had not yet thought about convening a meeting of the three estates, but was preparing to end the torturous Yinzhou War first.
From the second year of Ankang to the third year of Ankang, during these two years, Zhu Jingyuan's main energy was elsewhere.
But Zhu Jingyuan has always been paying attention to the war situation in Beiyinzhou.
Soon after the war broke out, the situation on the ground battlefield fell into a state of anxiety.
Army commanders such as Wellesley and Napoleon accumulated a lot of experience in the world wars.
In this Yinzhou War, both sides were working hard to explore new combat ideas.
Napoleon quickly took control of large amounts of land early in the war using his bicycle troops for raids.
However, this method is only suitable for low-intensity battles, and it is very effective to surprise unsuspecting American militiamen.
When encountering the regular troops of the British and French courts, facing the regular troops with heavy equipment and complete equipment, they were somewhat powerless when confronting them on the frontal battlefield.
Napoleon also understood this situation, and when the Ming Dynasty came forward to stabilize the defense line, he directly began to prepare for a defensive battle.
After the British and French coalition forces came ashore, they faced this Napoleonic line of defense.
Wellesley and other coalition officers also had various new combat ideas, but they did not have the appropriate equipment.
The army equipment system at that time was still in the state of the world war.
Without enough mechanized transport teams, it is impossible to quickly put a large number of heavy weapons into the battlefield, and there is no way to move quickly.
Napoleon's defense is not purely defensive, and he can occasionally launch sneak attacks and counterattacks.
The war situation was once very anxious.
The British and French coalition forces later changed their thinking and asked the navy with absolute superiority to assist them in attacking along the coastline or directly launching a cross-sea landing battle. Instead, they began to achieve rapid results.
The British and French forces gradually regained all the northeastern coastline and forced Napoleon's troops inland.
Then the war came to a head again.
The British and French navy had an absolute advantage, but the navy had no way to go ashore.
Especially in the northeastern region, not long after landing, there are mountains and a large number of glacial lakes.
After the war lasted for a year, the British and French forces began to equip early and crude aircraft.
But it is mainly used for reconnaissance, and cannot launch large-scale bombings, nor can it fight in high mountains.
Napoleon took advantage of these complex environments and dealt with the British and French forces here for more than two years.
Simply looking at the overall situation of the war, the British and French forces still have the upper hand.
Even in the face of such a complex environment, it is still slowly advancing from the coast to the inland.
Now east of the Appalachian Mountains has been largely recovered.
Napoleon's troops had retreated inland to the west of the mountains.
However, as supply lines lengthened and Napoleon's troops continued to destroy communication lines, this advantage was gradually disappearing.
The current offensive efficiency of the British and French coalition forces in the north is highly dependent on the shipping of the St. Lawrence River.
The channels of the St. Lawrence River and the waters of the Great Lakes belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but French ships were allowed to navigate.
The British and French forces could not attack on the water, but they could transport supplies and personnel through the river and then attack after landing ashore.
Therefore, once the St. Lawrence River freezes, this offensive will not be sustainable.
The period between now and the beginning of next spring gave Napoleon a breathing space.
It also gave Britain and France a chance to breathe.
France decided to end the war and then figure out how to deal with its financial problems.
Britain agreed with this, and the offensive rhythm of both sides completely stopped with the arrival of winter.
In October of the third year of Ankang in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan looked at the situation between Yinzhou and Taixi and began to consider how to intervene.
Then Zhu Jingyuan received a private telegram from Prince Charles.
"Coming to visit Dashi Country? Come to Xintianfu to see me?"
Zhu Jingyuan was stunned after reading the beginning:
"Why do you, a cross-dressing boss, come to see me?"
Zhu Jingyuan positioned Charles, the French prince, as a tool who helped Chu Yuqiang sell clothes.
Accepting the other party's so-called friendship is also to make the other party cooperate more diligently.
Coupled with the other party's distorted aesthetics, in the eyes of Zhu Jingyuan, who came from a later generation, he was just a cross-dresser.
This made Zhu Jingyuan instinctively resist coming into close contact with Charles.
Zhu Jingyuan patiently read the telegram and realized that the other party wanted him to mediate the Yinzhou war.
French Foreign Minister Talleyrand will accompany Charles to meet and discuss with him in detail.
Zhu Jingyuan felt mixed after reading it.
The other party is the heir to the main country in Thailand and Spain, and together with the very important foreign minister, they come to Ming Dynasty for a friendly visit. There is no reason to refuse this kind of thing.
Even if it is sent to the Honglu Temple of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be accepted directly.
If there is no relationship between the two parties, that's it. I can specifically ask Honglu Temple to shirk it, or at least refuse it politely.
But this Ciel is his nominal "best friend"...
I was thinking about how to deal with the Beiyinzhou war situation, and the other party happened to be here to discuss this matter, so there was no reason to shirk.
In the end, Zhu Jingyuan could only "warmly welcome" the other party in a mature manner.
Chu Yuqiang's report and application telegram were also delivered along with Charles's telegram.
After reading it, Zhu Jingyuan realized that Chu Yuqiang had been working in Taixi for three years.
It’s time to let the other person come back and have a look, and it’s time to talk to him directly to strengthen your influence.
In addition to what Chu Yuqiang reported back, Chu Yuqiang also mentioned his plan to close the store.
Chu Yuqiang chatted with Prince Charles and just said that the store was closed to prevent risks.
But when he reported it to Zhu Jingyuan, he directly explained his real plan.
Chu Yuqiang prepared an unusual marketing plan.
Due to the continuation of the Yinzhou War, the market conditions in Paris continued to be depressed.
Louis XVI also showed that he wanted to make money.
Nobles and wealthy businessmen don't spend much money, to avoid showing off their wealth.
The performance of the commercial bank has not been good recently.
At the same time, Aoxue's smuggling sales channels have now been initially launched.
Aoxue's smuggling channel is not just about selling socks, but also "high imitations" of the entire line of products from Dashi Clothing Company.
When Chu Yuqiang's official genuine goods are sold normally, Aoxue's smuggled goods cannot be sold at the official price.
The price of Chu Yuqiang's official genuine products must also be sold at a standard fixed price.
However, if the official genuine goods are no longer available for sale, the smuggled goods may be sold at the same price as the original genuine goods, or even exceed the price.
The sales volume may even exceed that of the original genuine product.
Chu Yuqiang is preparing to use media and private means to create rumors that Dashi Clothing Company will withdraw from the British and French markets and stop operating in Paris and London or even two countries.
Trading houses in other countries such as Prussia, Spain, and Italy are still operating, so smuggled goods are unlikely to reach auction houses, and the price will hardly exceed that of licensed goods.
But sales are likely to surge.
The mentality of not being able to buy anymore may lead to retaliatory and preventive consumption.
The key products of Dashi Clothing Store are all luxury goods, and service and after-sales costs account for a high proportion of the value of the goods.
There is no need to worry about after-sales service for smuggled goods, and the service cost is also very low.
If smuggled goods are sold at a higher price than licensed goods, the profit will be much higher than through official channels.
However, this model cannot be maintained for a long time. Official commercial banks should be reopened at an appropriate time based on the situation in Britain and France.
In the end, the entire plan was based on guesswork, and Chu Yuqiang was unable to make a very definite judgment.
Regarding the arrangements for the clerks in these trading houses, Chu Yuqiang also had plans in two directions and wanted to ask Zhu Jingyuan for instructions.
One is to give all employees an indefinite long vacation and give them one-third of their normal salary so that they can maintain their basic living.
The second is to lay off ordinary employees, put key employees on long vacations and pay them full wages, and then recruit ordinary employees when the business is open.
After Zhu Jingyuan read it, he vaguely felt that this method was very familiar.
There may be no stock in the official store, but there are a lot of brand new and unopened ones on the second-hand market.
It happened that the situation in Britain and France was in chaos, and Aoxue had opened channels there. Zhu Jingyuan thought he could try a new method.
As for the employee's question, Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to choose the first option, but changed his mind when writing his reply.
“Ordinary employees who do odd jobs will receive half of their salary and keep them for three months. If the store reopens within three months, their normal work and salary will be restored.
"Core key employees, such as potential designers, senior craftsmen who make clothes, and senior models who display clothes, are paid full wages.
"But during this period, we will not let the other party stay idle in the original city and organize a paid trip in the name of employee welfare.
"Pick a medium-sized passenger ship and take them to visit the oil fields of the Food Country, the chemical plants of the Food Country, and the textile factories of Meng County.
“Let them understand our products and how those clothes are made step by step from raw materials.
“Of course, you can only stand and watch normally, and you cannot tell them the principles of chemistry and mechanical technology.
“At the same time, professional skills training and ideological education can be organized on the ship to and from Taixi.
“Arrange special teachers to take classes to improve their level of Ming Dynasty elegance and cultivate their Ming Dynasty traditional etiquette.
“Strengthen their recognition and yearning for Daming culture and increase their enthusiasm for future work.
Zhu Jingyuan listed as many details as he could think of and asked the telegraph operator to send them to Chu Yuqiang.
