The Final Battle Against the British Colonizers (1)

News of the French Navy victory immediately caused a sensation throughout Europe. The entire "civilized world" united to prepare for a frenzy of partitioning the United Kingdom.

Yes, the entire civilized world is currently extremely hungry. During the economic crisis, apart from the France Europe benefited from the gold reserves in North America and fared relatively well, the situation in other Europe countries is dire. Their businesses, in free trade, are facing various difficulties—not even considering technological or scale-related issues—simply being unable to obtain low-interest loans from "Roman Bank" is fatal enough. The inability to obtain lower-interest loans leads to increased financing costs, which in turn leads to increased product costs, which in turn leads to higher prices, which in turn leads to unsold goods, and ultimately, a broken cash flow...

Just as a great man in another time and space said in his classic work "Das Kapital": "The leap from product to commodity is a perilous one, the result of which is either the generation of profit or the death of the capitalist." So one after another, capitalists from Austria, Prussia, the Rhine Region, Italy, and the Low Countries appeared on rooftops and other similar places.

However, the France, as expected of leaders of the free world, are known for producing all sorts of philanthropists. So, just as those foreign capitalists were already standing on the rooftop, trembling with fear, glancing down, closing their eyes, and filled with longing for this world and fantasies of transmigrating to another world, obtaining a cheat code, becoming an overpowered protagonist, and then taking everything they could get... just as they were about to leap off, a hand grabbed them.

When they turn around, they often see a guy dressed in a gray suit, wearing a top hat (many suspect that the reason they wear hats regardless of the weather is to conceal some unique feature on their head), with a monocle on his nose, and holding a contract written on parchment in his hand—ah, no, although it looks somewhat like it, the contract is really not written on parchment.

These people would tell him, "You don't need to despair, because you still have a chance. If you're willing to transfer some of your shares, along with yourself, to certain gentlemen—well, although your shares are harder to sell now due to business difficulties—we value not only the shares, but more importantly, your ability. Yes, your ability. The fact that you've persevered until now is itself a testament to your ability. Once you sign this agreement, you'll receive much-needed cash flow, and externally, you'll still be the owner of this company."

Those who came to acquire companies that still had some acquisition value were naturally from the France Military-Industrial Consortium. According to Joseph, during the economic crisis, due to the influence of panic, many valuable companies would be severely undervalued, which presented a good opportunity to acquire them.

As for why the original owner was retained, and even given a small share of the company, there's certainly a reason: the original owner was quite capable and knew how to run a business, making him worth exploiting. But more importantly...

"Napoleon, if one day, most of the business owners in France were Britain, do you think the France people would hate the Britain?" Joseph asked Napoleon this question during a discussion on this issue.

"Of course. Who in the world doesn't hate their boss? I've heard that in some companies, even the white-collar office workers like to hum that 'Slave War Song' when they have nothing to do. Come to think of it, it's all your fault!" Napoleon replied.

"Napoleon, do you know that there are two basic ways to distinguish people in this world?" Joseph said. "One way is based on economic status, simply put, the poor and the rich. Generally speaking, the poor will naturally resent the rich, and the rich will naturally despise the poor. This is not due to misunderstandings or anything, but a real struggle for interests."

The second method of classification is based on language, customs, and so on, dividing people into different ethnic groups, such France, Britain, Austria, and Italy. Of course, there are conflicts of interest between these ethnic groups. But frankly speaking, do poor France people really have a conflict of interest with poor Austria? Would they naturally hate a poor Austria? That's highly unlikely.

Simply put, hatred between classes is inevitable, but hatred between ethnic groups is not, unless these two factors coincide.

"These two things overlap?" Napoleon asked.

"Well, take Ireland and Poland as an example. Why is it that Ireland can cause so much trouble, while Poland can't? The Poland are still just secretly throwing Grenade and such; they're not a big deal at all. Why is that?"

Napoleon did not answer.

"Look at Poland. Why don't the lower-class Poland oppose the Russia, Prussia, and Austria? Because compared to the Russia, Prussia, and Austria, they hate the Poland nobility even more. Those who clamor for rebellion don't have the support of the lower classes; what can they possibly accomplish? Just like in France, if the Sans-culottes hadn't stood up during the French Revolution, wouldn't it have been easy for the king to crush the Jacobin?"

Conversely, look at Ireland. When the Britain Ireland, they levied exorbitant taxes, turning the entire Ireland population into paupers, while the England became landowners and business owners. So, the conflict between the Ireland and the Britain, on the surface, appeared to be an ethnic conflict, but beneath that lay a far more serious class conflict. Therefore, who in Ireland's lower classes didn't hate the Britain? That's why you see how decisive and resolute the Ireland were when they rebelled. Heh, without their cooperation, how could we have dealt with the Britain so effectively?

The mistakes the Britain made in Ireland are ones we cannot repeat in other countries. The Britain made the Ireland believe that all Ireland people were poor and all Britain were landowners and bosses, or at least that's the image they had of them. This is a serious problem. We cannot repeat the same mistakes.

Therefore, in those areas inhabited by other ethnic groups, we must be careful to use agents. Those working-class peasants and farmers at the bottom of society don't understand the equity structure of a company; they can't possibly know who the real bosses are. They can only directly contact the direct 'bosses' who manage and operate the company. Their hatred will only be concentrated on these people. We can continue to exploit these people while simultaneously playing the good guy, making those at the bottom of society feel goodwill towards the France."

At this point, Joseph couldn't help but recall the actions he had witnessed in his past life, the kind of actions that United States.

Back then, East Asia was developing very well, especially South Korea, which was booming. Then, well, United States, the cyclical operation of the A-mei (a term referring to a specific economic cycle or period) happened, and South Korea was immediately stunned. A lot of companies were going to go bankrupt. At this time, Citigroup, FX, and other similar institutions stepped in with their checkbooks United States God. Then, 55% of Samsung Group's common stock and 88% of its preferred stock became theirs. In essence, at this point, Samsung Group was already a company.

However, United States, very cleverly didn't touch Samsung's management. As a result, the whole world, and more importantly, all of South Korea, still believes that Samsung is still owned by the Lee family, even though the Lee family's shareholding is less than two percent. But if South Koreans want to criticize a chaebol, they will definitely criticize the Lee family, not the Morgan family.

Having witnessed such successful experiences, wouldn't it be a waste of time to become a time traveler if we didn't learn from them? Therefore, the France acquisitions of Europe companies were conducted very secretly and with great leniency. Generally, the original owners retained their "leadership position" within the company, along with a certain number of shares. (If they didn't hold shares, they would become employees with little connection to the company's profits, and who knows if they would use their power to buy companies and make a fortune.)

By now, the acquisitions of those particularly valuable companies have been largely completed, and it's time for these companies to generate profits for the empire. And the most effective way to achieve this is naturally through the partitioning of Britain.

The first clarion call for the partition of Britain naturally sounded in Ireland. The day after news of the Battle of the North Atlantic was confirmed, the Society of United Irishmen published an editorial in its official newspaper, * Free Ireland *: "The Last Battle Against the Britain Colonizers!"

This short article was printed as a special issue, which was first sent to various regions, counties, districts, and villages in the base area. In the previous counterattacks, the "free zone" throughout Ireland had rapidly expanded and become contiguous. The Britain had retreated to a few limited major coastal cities, and the Ireland people were increasingly convinced that they would soon win independence. In villages and towns, Independence Army fighters in grey-green uniforms recited the article aloud to the crowds, their excited voices frequently interrupted by cheers from the masses.

"On October 12, the French Republic declared war on Britain. On October 20, the French Navy defeated the British Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and England. This victory marked the complete collapse of Britain naval power, the evil pillar upon which Britain colonialists had relied to rule the world and plunder the people of the world."

Thanks to this victory of our France allies, the process of the Ireland people gaining freedom and liberation will be greatly accelerated...