King's Landing in France

Chapter 318 Fulton's Refuge
After that, Talleyrand chatted with An Ning about some unimportant things, and then got up to leave.

An Ning: "I won't see you off, I've been very busy these days, and there are still people queuing up to find me after you."

Just as An Ning finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!" he answered.

The door opened and a middle-aged man entered.

"Hello, Mr. Frost!" he said in heavily accented French.

Talleyrand hadn't left yet, so he said directly, "I want to call Your Excellency the General."

"Oh sorry, Your Excellency General!" The visitor immediately corrected himself, "I'm sorry, I'm not very familiar with these rules yet."

Talleyrand: "You should be thankful that General Frost is an informal man, notoriously informal."

An Ning looked at Talleyrand, thinking that this walking sycophant really never misses any chance to sycophant, so she gave me two more.

While thinking about this, An Ning didn't leave the visitor alone: ​​"Hello, what's your name?"

The visitor was a little nervous, and the little hands that had nowhere to rest mingled together: "I... I am an American, my name is Robert Fulton, and I am an inventor. I heard that you welcome inventors and engineers from all over the world to develop steam. Technology is here."

An Ning let out an "oh", seemingly calm on the surface, but in fact she couldn't calm down at all.

People who are not familiar with history may only think of the funny Fulton recovery device in Metal Gear Solid 5 when they hear the name Fulton, but An Ning is a person who is familiar with history.

This Robert Fulton is the guy who invented the steamship. His most famous story is that he dedicated the steamship to Napoleon who became emperor, but Napoleon didn't know the goods! '

Steamboat!If France wants to defeat the Royal Navy, there is only one way, which is to innovate naval technology and use ironclad ships to smash sail warships.

The French Navy beat the Royal Navy in the era of the American Revolutionary War, but that is past glory.

It takes a great deal of money to maintain a large naval fleet, and the National Assembly has no money.

Anning has money, but the money is used to develop steam engines, and there is not enough money to build a fleet.And now the fleet is built with good wood.

There is a famous story that after a certain country was defeated by the Royal Navy, it planted a batch of good wood and planned to build a fleet to fight back when the wood grew well.

These timbers have been grown for more than 200 years, and finally grew in the 21st century. Their forestry minister also informed the Prime Minister with a sense of ritual that our timber has grown and can be cut down to build a fleet to fight back against the Royal Navy. Fuck it .

The funniest thing is that the Royal Navy at that time wanted to fight sailing warships, but I am afraid they could only use the classical tactic of ramming, because the Royal Navy had no money to buy shells.

The post-modern shape of the Queen Elizabeth seems to be very suitable for post-modern things like ramming a sailing warship.

Asking is art.

After a round of brainstorming, An Ning said to Fulton, "I've heard that you build steamships."

Fulton was overjoyed: "Yes! You actually know me! I read the article you mentioned about the age of steam in the newspaper, so I packed my things and came from England. I even packed my good friend and mentor Watt. , but he seems to have a prejudice against France."

An Ning: "Ah, Watt is an Englishman. It's normal to have prejudice against France."

After all, the Anglo-French feud began during the Hundred Years' War.

Fulton: "I'm going to start building a new steamship in France, give me a little time and it should be done soon!"

An Ning: "Don't worry, France is still in chaos, and there may not be enough resources for you to concentrate on developing steamships for the time being. I will arrange for you to go to the south, where it is relatively stable and gathers a large number of skilled craftsmen.

"The steam engine industry over there is also more mature. I just established a factory to produce steam engines. You can find all the resources you need over there!"

Fulton: "Great, I knew you must be very interested in this! I will do my best to build a steamboat with excellent performance!"

An Ning shook her head: "No, no, the point is not excellent performance, but good reliability, do you understand, reliability! If the cylinder explodes after running for a while, such a ship is unqualified!"

Fulton: "Got it, reliability."

"Okay, you go to my adjutant Murat, he will arrange for you to go to the south."

Because Murat has no military merits yet, she cannot be promoted to an official, so An Ning brings her by her side to serve as an adjutant.

Because Murat was more handsome, he suddenly became the most popular person among ladies in Paris, and Lasalle's teeth gritted with envy.

But Murat envied Lasalle's military capabilities to lead troops to counter the rebellion.

After Fulton left, Talleyrand, who watched the whole process, sighed: "It seems that not only the soldiers have ushered in a good era, but the engineers have also ushered in a good era."

An Ning: "From now on, it will always be a good time for engineers."

——If you don’t believe me, go to Little John’s hardcore and ruthless series.

Talleyrand: "When I was planning my future, I thought that being a priest would definitely make me a profit. I didn't expect that I would take a wrong step in the end."

An Ning: "You didn't want to emulate Richelieu at that time, did you?"

Talleyrand laughed loudly: "You guessed it, yes, I really admired Richelieu when I was young."

Talleyrand was silent for a few seconds before asking An Ning: "Do you really think we can defeat the Royal Navy with a steamship?"

An Ning: "A simple steamship may not work, but when we install iron armor and breech-loading guns on the steamship, it should be fine."

"Iron armor and breech-loading guns... My God, the British Navy is still saying that breech-loading guns will never run out of ammunition in the fleet." Talleyrand lamented.

An Ning immediately became interested: "Did they say that?"

"Yes, all breech-loading technology is ridiculed in England, and the proof they show is you! They say you like the new technology of breech-loading so much that your troops still carry flintlocks gun."

An Ning: "Damn, I don't want to use breech-loading guns? I can't make a gun that can arm all the troops, otherwise I will let everyone use breech-loading guns."

Talleyrand: "They don't know you, of course they don't know this. But there is one person who is very interested in the results of the elite marksman army you formed."

"Who?"

"A little guy named Arthur Wellesley, a lady with a corgi."

An Ning was shocked: "Wellington?"

"what?"

"Uh, ah, I mean who is this?"

Seeing that An Ning was interested, Talleyrand immediately changed his attitude just now, and explained in detail: "A young man is still working as the adjutant of a certain celebrity, and he is writing a sonnet chasing a certain young and beautiful woman. And play some terrible violin, boy.

"After he knew that I was French, he came to me and curiously asked about the results of your elite shooter unit. Of course I boasted to him fiercely!"

While Talleyrand was eloquent, An Ning fell into deep thought: The future Duke of Wellington has become interested in my tactics, so he won't be my formidable enemy like in the past, right?
But An Ning thought about it, why couldn't Wellington admire me and come join me?

Just collecting famous French generals can no longer satisfy me. I want to form a European coalition. There is already a Grand Duke Karl studying my advanced ideas in a small dark room. In the future, what about Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Even the younger Clausewitz can have a copy!

It just so happens that I will enter the German region next year, so I can make adjustments.

　Woke up late, there is another update in progress
　　
　
(End of this chapter)