Chapter 183 Scapegoat

Two British technicians resigned one after another within the next half month and followed Ludo to France by boat. They were accompanied by six textile workers and their families.

The looms and mechanics were then sent to Versailles. There, His Majesty Louis XVI, "Honorary Lifetime President of the French Engineering and Technology Association" and King of France, will personally dismantle and imitate the machine.

Originally, Joseph wanted Murdoch to be responsible for the imitation, but considering that he was conducting research and development work on high-pressure steam engines, and the royal workshop in the Palace of Versailles had more finishing equipment, he finally decided to hand over this important task to Gave it to Dad.

At first, Louis XVI was a little reluctant to see that the new research and development task was not the new rifled gun as promised, but after Joseph introduced him to the huge profits of the British textile industry, and the importance of this automatic loom to the textile industry After that, His Majesty the King rolled up his sleeves without hesitation and devoted himself to the industrial development of France.

However, the shortage of R\u0026D talents also gave Joseph a sense of crisis.

In France, only the king's small team and the British people hired with high salaries have engineering research and development capabilities, but there are so many mathematicians and physicists in France who can't work hard. This is very unreasonable.

The reason is that the country's R\u0026D system is not perfect enough.

On the way back to Paris, Joseph looked out the car window and wondered whether the French Engineering and Technology Association should be truly established, and then there would be a "Royal Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress" to stimulate the speed of engineering research and development.

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Marquis Ludo returned home and immediately learned of the assassination of Necker.

Before he could be happy, he saw a bold headline on the newspaper handed by the butler: The murderer of Necker was captured on the spot and is being interrogated.

The Marquis of Ludo suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and he slowly fell down on the sofa, gritting his teeth and muttering to himself: "This idiot Boislandal... always brags about how influential he is in the underworld, but the killer he found is such a waste. !”

In fact, we can't really blame Boislandard. The killer he found was definitely the best. However, the Police Intelligence Department arranged for more than 80 people to follow Necker from a distance, controlling half a mile nearby. Unless these killers can fly, there is no way they can escape.

Joseph knew that those banking giants had suffered heavy losses due to being implicated in the Necker case, and they must have hated Necker, so he deliberately leaked the latter's whereabouts and asked the escorting police intelligence department to cooperate.

The royal family did pardon Necker, but the people from the Banking Guild wanted to kill him, and no one could do anything about it.

Moreover, the murderer was captured at the scene. The murder weapon and evidence were all available, and the motive was extremely clear. No one who wants to make up a conspiracy theory would be able to do so.

Of course, if Marquis Ludo and others are really deep in the city and refuse to take action, then Joseph is not in a hurry. After all, the Earl of Cape Fear was obviously a man with a temper bigger than his brains. After that, he sent agents to spread news to stimulate him several times. I didn't believe he could bear it.

Marquis Ludo looked at the newspaper in his hand, stood up suddenly, and ordered the butler to prepare a car and rush to the Earl of Cape Fear's house.

Two hours later, a group of banking giants gathered together, all with sad faces. In fact, they learned about the capture of the killer a few days ago, but because the "think tank" Marquis Ludo was not in France, they could only wait.

Marquis Ludo looked around at the five people in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Although Necker has been exiled, he is the former finance minister after all, so this matter will be very serious!"

"This is how to do ah?"

Marquis Ludeau's eyes showed a fierce look: "The killer was found by Boislandal, so we can only trouble him to bear all the charges!"

Everyone was shocked, and then noticed that Boislandar did not come today.

After a while, everyone sighed helplessly and acquiesced to Marquis Ludo's plan.

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Switzerland.

Fraunfeld an der Murg.

Count Segur was playing with the cup in front of him boredly, but he was not interested in the black tea in the cup at all. The tea was of such quality that even his servants would not drink it.

"These lazy Swiss people..." He took out his watch and took a look at it, and decided to go to the Swiss Federal Parliament to urge him.

It has been a week since he arrived in this ghostly place full of mountains. Although the Swiss were very respectful to him as the envoy of this big country, they never gave him a satisfactory answer.

Seeing that he was about to go out, the assistant quickly followed him: "Your Majesty, do you want to go to the parliament hall?"

"Yes." Earl Segur put on his hat and frowned, "I don't want to stay here any longer. There is no decent tea, not even drinkable coffee..."

The assistant helped him open the door: "What can be done? Their federal parliament can't control anything. They can only keep asking the state parliament. Or, let's go to the canton of Schwyz."

Segur rolled his eyes at him: "I represent the great King of France, how can I negotiate with a mere state assembly?"

Several Swiss servants were busy calling the carriage and setting up the wooden steps for Count Segur. The latter complained and got on the carriage: "This poor and miserable country does not even have a capital. Do you dare to imagine? There is no capital!"

"God, why did I take on this hard job? That Denaro bank had better come up with the 7 million livres, otherwise there will be big trouble..."

Yes, he came to Switzerland this time precisely to demand the repatriation of the absconding shareholders of Denaro Bank, and to urge the bank to pay the stolen money and fines involved in the case.

The carriage was traveling on a rugged mountain road, and from time to time it was necessary for the two Swiss servants "hanging" at the back of the carriage to jump out and help push the carriage up the steep slope smoothly.

When Count Segur came to the gray two-story building of the Swiss Parliament Hall, a middle-aged man with a square face and short stature walked out. After seeing him, he hurriedly raised his hat and saluted: "Oh , Dear Count Segur, I am about to go find you. There is finally news from Schwyz Canton."

Segur recognized the person as Fuller, a member of the Swiss Federal Assembly, and said with some joy: "Have those two fugitives been caught? Where is the stolen money?"

Fuller invited him into the parliament hall and said with a dry smile: "The person has not been caught yet, but the Schwyz State Assembly has sealed the Denaro Bank. However, the bank has less than 4 million livres on its books, including Most of them are loans, and it may take some time to get them back..."

Count Segur's face immediately darkened, he stood straight and stared at Fuller and said: "On behalf of His Majesty the King, I formally inform you that Switzerland must pay all stolen money and fines to the Reserve Bank of France within three months. "