Industrial development and statistical charts

Upon hearing this, Fouche was taken aback, then his eyes lit up with excitement, and he clapped his hands, saying, "Your Highness's method is absolutely brilliant! I request that it be included in the training manual for Spy."

Joseph smiled and waved his hand, saying, "What I just described was only the basic model of 'moral attack.' You can expand upon it further on your own."

Countless celebrities and business tycoons in later generations have had their reputations ruined by this simple and low-cost method. Even though many eventually proved their innocence, they were still greatly affected.

"Basic mode?" Fouche's eyes widened even more. "You mean, it can be even more ruthless than that?"

"Yes," Joseph said casually, "You need to broaden your thinking."

"For example, have a handsome man dress up as Noblewoman to seduce Paoli, then get him Paoli, and proceed as before. After he shouts 'molestation,' attracting the Police and onlookers, he 'accidentally' reveals his chest hair..."

Fouche was petrified. For the first time, he felt as innocent as a little girl, and this treacherous and perverse world made him tremble.

Seeing his expression, Joseph realized that these methods seemed to be damaging his image, so he quickly coughed and said, "Ahem, well, actually I was inspired by the rural stories told by those Austria soldiers."

Before the Director of the Intelligence Bureau could react, he quickly continued, "Also, I want to say that you can't attack that separatist solely on a moral level."

"After all, even a morally corrupt leader will still have followers."

Fouche pondered, "What do you mean?"

"Interests." Joseph clenched his fist. "If everyone believes that Paoli will erode their interests, coupled with his deplorable morals, then he will be utterly 'socially dead'!"

"Social death?" Fouche heard an unfamiliar word.

"Oh, it's short for 'social death'," Joseph explained. "Some people may be alive, but within their social circle, they're already dead."

Fouche nodded thoughtfully. "I should also include this in my Spy training guidelines."

He then looked at Joseph: "Your Highness, then let's devise some traps involving the interests of Paoli and his organization members..."

After listening to his plan, Joseph immediately offered suggestions for improvement, drawing on some of the more outrageous practices of later generations.

The two discussed for nearly an hour and finalized a preliminary plan to deal with the Corsican Restorationist Faction leader. Fouche then returned to the Intelligence Bureau to make specific arrangements, constantly reminding himself. "I can't afford to offend His Crown Prince."

The door to the Reception Room was pushed open again, and the Minister of Minister of Industry and Minister of Commerce walked in.

The two bowed to Joseph, Mirabeau first handed over the documents he was carrying with both hands.

Joseph glanced at the document's title—"Overview of National Industrial Development in 1789"—and immediately smiled, praising, "You've compiled last year's industrial development in just over three months; your efficiency is truly remarkable."

In an era without Excel or even telegraph, compiling national industrial data would have been an extremely challenging undertaking.

Since no industrial data had been previously collected, the comparison with agricultural data could only be used. It took a full nine months to complete the national agricultural overview in 1788.

Mirabeau, as Emerging Nobles familiar with capitalist production methods, was far more efficient than the Old Nobles bureaucrats. Of course, this was also due to his usual attention to collecting and organizing archives, which enabled him to complete last year's industrial report in such a short time.

"Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. It is simply my duty."

Seeing that the Crown Prince had begun to look through the documents, Mirabeau gave him a brief introduction. "Under Your Highness's wise leadership, last year our country's industrial scale expanded to more than 140% of its original size."

"The Papermaking and Mechanical Industry, in particular, saw growth rates of 3.5 times and 2.3 times, respectively."

Joseph nodded.

With the support of wood Pulp technology, the Papermaking's significant growth is not surprising. However, it is quite remarkable that the United Steam Engine Company single-handedly boosted the entire Mechanical Industry by such a large margin.

However, he also knew that this was a wild burst of growth in the early stages of a new industry's expansion, and that as the industry matured, the growth rate would gradually slow down.

Mirabeau glanced at where Joseph had been looking and continued:

"Ah, the brewing industry, yes, although the scale of the brewing industry has only increased to 115% of what it was before, thanks to your new Brewing Technology, profits have increased 2.3 times."

Joseph was quite satisfied with this number.

It's important to understand that winemaking is a pillar industry in France, and it's already a very large industry. A 15% increase is already quite remarkable.

Moreover, with the help of Pasteurization, France Wine have almost monopolized the entire high-end market, greatly increasing their profitability. This alone contributes nearly 10 million Franc in tax revenue to the France Finance each year.

Meanwhile, Joseph noted in the report that, driven by Wine, France Beer has also begun to gain momentum. Starting in the second half of last year, Normandy Beer has gradually expanded into Germany and Italy, markets that were previously mainly in Dortmund and Bavaria.

Mirabeau continued his explanation as Joseph turned the page, "The Textile, steel, and coal industries have also seen good growth. We've invested heavily in these industries this year, and although we face competition from countries like United Kingdom and Austria, I'm optimistic about the development prospects this year..."

Joseph finished reading "An Overview of Industrial Development" and felt a great sense of accomplishment—thanks to his continuous efforts, France industry was developing rapidly, far better than in the past.

If this trend continues, it won't be long before France's industrial production capacity is able to rival that of the United Kingdom.

Of course, the United Kingdom still held a huge advantage in terms of markets and raw materials, after all, they possessed the most Colony in the world.

Therefore, France's main goal going forward is to leverage the Rhine-Seine River Treaty to penetrate the Germany market as much as possible, while simultaneously developing the North Africa market as quickly as possible.

After all, for industrial development, the sales market is even more important than technology and scale.

Joseph looked at the densely packed data on the report and couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

He rubbed the bridge of his nose and turned to the Minister of Industry, saying, "Earl Mirabeau, I have a more efficient and intuitive way of writing documents of this type."

"Oh?" Mirabeau leaned forward hastily. "I hope Your Highness can teach me."

Joseph took paper, pen, and ruler, and began plotting according to the data on the document, explaining as he went, "The vertical axis represents output or amount, and the horizontal axis represents months. Plot the output for each month at corresponding points on the two axes, and then connect all the points with lines."

He handed Mirabeau the completed graph of Paper Industry production. "This is called Line Chart."

He gave Mirabeau a moment to process it, then drew a circle on another sheet of paper and labeled it with data. "This is Pie Chart."

This is Bar Chart...

This is Scatter Plot...

"And a spider web diagram..."

Joseph silently apologized to Laplace in his heart. "In order to improve the efficiency of government work, I have no choice but to 'spoil' your chart statistics method in advance. Speaking of which, you are France, so you should be able to understand me."