Let All Europe Tremble!
The Donbas Region had Russia's largest Coal and Iron Mine by current output, as well as its largest Ironworks. All of these had been invested in by the Frenchman Viscount Olivier, and the French Industrial Development Fund also held shares.
After so many years of development, this place supplied nearly two-thirds of Russia's steel consumption.
Joseph had not forgotten this place.
Now that Russia was going to make an enemy of France, it had to be prepared to bear the losses.
He had promised Viscount Olivier sufficient compensation, and the latter would certainly cooperate.
In truth, this was also to prevent Alexander I from tearing off all pretense and confiscating this Ironworks outright when the fighting grew fierce.
Of course, Viscount Olivier had operated in Russia for so long that he was sure to have no shortage of connections. Nothing would happen in the short term.
With the Mica traveling at full speed, it arrived at Marseille Port the next afternoon.
After Joseph changed to an Inland River Transport Ship, he took out the draft bill that had been revised many times and reviewed it once again.
There was no helping it. This bill was far too important; not the slightest mistake could be tolerated.
He opened the wooden folder and saw that on the first page of the draft, written in striking characters, were the words—Declaration of Human Rights.
Yes, this was the "trump card" Joseph had prepared to deal with the Anti-French Alliance. As early as when France was still preparing for war, he had instructed Baron de Breteuil to begin compiling this decree, and it had been fully completed several months ago.
In history, France, which had just suffered the devastation of the Great Revolution and had been pushed to the very brink