Versailles is worse than being queen
Chapter 45
◎How difficult is it to install a bathroom in Versailles? ◎
It is a big project to start construction in Versailles. Even if the king orders it immediately, it needs to go through a series of procedures such as the cabinet and parliament.
And the king's order is not so easy to obtain.Antanya knows this well.
However, Mrs. Dubali, who didn't know about this matter, enthusiastically stated that she was responsible for "consulting" with the king, and asked Antanya to wait for her news with peace of mind.
I hope Madam du Barry's coquetry will be useful.
Before the king's formal decree was issued, she took advantage of this time to sneak out of the Palace of Versailles with Henriette, and entered Paris in an ordinary carriage.
She did not take this route a thousand times in her previous life, but hundreds of times.Antania walked so smoothly that even Henriette couldn't help but look sideways—"Your Highness, how do you know how to walk like this?"
"I asked many people." Antanya prevaricated casually.
The carriage dropped them off at No. 34 Chancellor Street, and the two of them carefully walked across the block and walked into a villa.
This is the villa that Antania bought with the private money her father gave her.
Although the Holy Roman Empire had a generous dowry, and the King of France gave her many valuable gifts, but those were all registered with the court director, and if she wanted to use them, they would leave a record.
And this house belongs to her completely, and no one else will know.
She is going to hold a core member meeting here as the boss, and the main topic is the self-positioning and future development of the Rheinische Zeitung.
Attending the meeting were representatives of the newspaper's staff -- Henriette represented the news correspondents and had been acting as a messenger between the behind-the-scenes bosses and the newspaper's staff; the editor-in-chief, treasurer, graphic designer and printing staff long.
Everyone is nervous and excited.They all knew that the behind-the-scenes boss of the newspaper was a wealthy and prestigious lady, and she knew very well what to inquire about and what not to inquire about.
In fact, at the beginning, the editors were quite disapproving of the boss's instructions, but because they were paid by others, they had to follow the instructions-no one had ever tried to serialize novels in newspapers.After all, shouldn’t one read novels one at a time?
Hey, another self-righteous aristocrat who likes to guide professionals to do things!Can't they be honest and be the patrons?
It wasn't until Henriette obtained fresh, fast and high-quality news sources from the palace, which made the sales of "Rheinische Zeitung" reach a peak in a short period of time, that they took a new look at this boss who had almost never seen it.
You must know that news pursues "fastness", and all news must be reviewed by the royal family's censors-this means that they often secretly manipulate the speed at which information is delivered to major newspapers according to the amount of bribes.
Being able to send news in such a short period of time shows that the boss is either rich or powerful.
Later, after a few heavy news, the sales volume remained steady, and even increased instead of decreasing. At this time, the editors realized that it was the little-known "The Sorrows of Young Werther" that was being serialized. " worked.
Even walking on the street, you will hear people talking about what kind of fate the illegitimate love between Werther and Lotte will face next!
"Ma'am, Henriette has already told us that we are short on time," Chief Editor Benjamin rubbed his hands, "so I'll be blunt - serial novels are doing quite well, but I think we can take better care of readers' needs. "
"for example?"
Benjamin glanced at the boss carefully—the girl, who seemed too young for her financial resources, was professionally listening and memorizing, without seeming to put on airs.
He spoke with confidence: "We have received letters from many nobles and rich people, and they want to see the ending in advance."
Antanya stopped writing and raised her eyebrows slightly.
Benjamin hastily added: "We all think it's a great idea! You see, they're happy to pay a premium to see the ending early. It's a whole new business opportunity! Let's call it - the early reading experience. "
"No." Antanya shook her head.
Benjamin became anxious: "Ma'am, let me do the math for you—it’s only a few sous to sell a newspaper, but these rich people are willing to spend several livres to read the whole novel! What a lot of money this is." ?”
"But in the end, it must be the majority of people who don't spend money to watch the ending in advance." Antanya said calmly, "A small number of people enjoy the privilege of spending money in advance, and they must not be able to resist showing off to others—no matter what Whether it is spoiled or treated differently, most people's normal reading experience will be destroyed, which is not conducive to the development of newspapers in the long run."
"This is a newspaper after all, not a fiction printing house - we need to get more readers to our message and to believe it."
"Ah...you really think very far..." Benjamin was stunned.
"certainly……"
"What?" Everyone pricked up their ears.
"There is a more important realistic factor." Antanya sighed, "To see the ending in advance, the author has to write it. Do you think Mr. Goethe can write it?"
Everyone fell into an eerie silence.
Write the ending ahead of time?He couldn't even provide the normal daily novel manuscripts, all relying on the liaison officer's desperate reminders.
Everyone who was originally elated and thought they could make a fortune was a little depressed for a while.
Antanya smiled: "It's okay, you don't have to be sad. Today, I want to announce one thing - I will raise everyone's salary."
Huh? !
Everyone raised their heads one after another.
"Of course, there is something to do when the salary is raised. Although no one in France has done this yet, I hope that everyone can make the "Rheinische Zeitung" better play its role as a real newspaper-we need news. , the second is truth, and the third is a wide range of sources."
Under everyone's focused gaze, Antanya said calmly: "The news not only comes from the Palace of Versailles, but also from the people. We need more correspondents to collect news from the people, from all over the country."
"But...the Palace of Versailles is the center of the entire kingdom." Benjamin said puzzledly, "Everyone wants to know what happened in the palace."
Antanya sighed, "Trust me, sir, you'll see soon...the stage is shifting."
After she decided to come to the Palace of Versailles again, she thought about what she should do countless times.
France in this century is like a layer of ice at the end of winter. It may not be visible on the surface, but the bottom is full of cracks, and the torrential river is rushing under the cracks.
This decision may be very dangerous, but she can see this through the lens of time-the trajectory drawn by history in this century is unstoppable.
"Ma'am, we all listen to you." A handsome young man said in embarrassment, "But the newspaper office has no extra income, and you have to raise your salary and recruit people, please forgive me... Where should the money come from? "
"Oh," Antanya couldn't help laughing, almost forgetting.
"It's time to change the profit model that relies solely on selling newspapers. Guys... let's try advertising."
"Advertisement?" Everyone looked at me suspiciously, and I looked at you.
what is that?
……
There was unprecedented movement in the Palace of Versailles.
Mrs. Dubali came out, and the king really readily agreed to the joint request of his beloved woman and the crown princess, and arranged for the court director, Count Noaille, and the director of the construction department, the Marquis Marini, to preside over the project.
When they got the news, almost all court ministers and nobles were taken aback.
You must know that there is only one public bathroom in Versailles at present. It has a history of 100 years. , and involves intricate aristocratic relationships, it is impossible to apply for it.
But it is simply impossible to add a bathroom to a personal room in the Palace of Versailles.Five years ago, the Countess of Deerford applied for a bathroom to the director of the building department, but after a long time of tossing and tossing, she finally got only one reply: "Except for members of the royal family, anyone else - even someone Several princes with royal blood have no bathroom. Therefore, I cannot approve your request, and if I ask the king for instructions, His Majesty will definitely not agree."*
A few days after the lady received the reply, almost all the nobles received a notification from the director—His Majesty the King had clearly emphasized to him that he did not want people outside the royal family to install bathrooms.
Louis XIV's court physician wrote daily details of his physical condition in his notebooks.According to records, this great king only took a bath once in 1647 years from 1711 to 64 (of course, the current king is more clean than his parents).
——So, although the director's reply is inevitably disappointing, it is not completely unacceptable.After all, everyone knows that taking a bath is to prepare for going to bed. Since there can only be one real master in this palace, the king, this privilege belongs only to him and his closest relatives. People are also excusable.
Not only them, but the person who was most surprised was actually Antania—because she knew best that the few people who wanted to promote this matter at that time failed in the end.
Her original idea was to make a relatively high request first, and then give a more moderate and low-cost plan after the king refused, such as at least repairing more toilets and ensuring that the water in toilets and sewage tanks is as good as it is. Other water sources are isolated and will not pollute other water in the palace.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Dubally stepped in, and everything went so smoothly!
Although it was not technically and spatially feasible to equip more rooms with bathrooms, the King has agreed to build a new public bath and upgrade the water system at Versailles.
Antanya had to lament the magic of history.
Sometimes, maybe just a little difference at the beginning...may bring about a completely different world.
When she met young Jeanne in Paris five years ago, she had no idea that it would change her life in France dramatically.
And now the nobles in Versailles and the people in Paris probably don’t even know that the slightly fluttering wings of the butterfly at that moment brought about a far-reaching environmental renovation project-not only improving the living environment of the people in the Palace of Versailles, but also saving them in the future. Countless lives.
Originally, the Palace of Versailles was mainly divided into a faction that supported Austrian law and a faction that flattered Mrs. Dubarry, but after the two of them teamed up strangely this time, the extremely difficult approval procedures in the previous life went unbelievably smoothly.
When the water source system reconstruction project of the Palace of Versailles finally completed all procedural approvals and officially started, Nicholas' research workshop had already been set up in the Palace of Versailles.
On that day, Antanya received a letter sent to her by the "Royal Engineer" Mr. Tesla.
The letter said that the Crown Prince and his Royal Highnesses are welcome to visit his workshop and the latest research results.
The handwriting on the yellowed letter paper was scribbled, and there was a large space at the bottom. Many deep and shallow ink stains were splashed with light blue ink on it. It seemed that it was painted by flicking a brush, like a piece of starry sky.
Antanya pondered for a while, and brought the letter paper closer to the candle in hand.
In the jumping flames, new writing gradually appeared on the starry sky without writing.
"The stars in the sky that I promised to give you."
"Your, Nicholas."
The author says:
For a historical account of the source of clean water at Versailles refer to William Rich Newton's Behind the Gates: Court Life and the Stage of Power at Versailles in the 18th Century.
It is a big project to start construction in Versailles. Even if the king orders it immediately, it needs to go through a series of procedures such as the cabinet and parliament.
And the king's order is not so easy to obtain.Antanya knows this well.
However, Mrs. Dubali, who didn't know about this matter, enthusiastically stated that she was responsible for "consulting" with the king, and asked Antanya to wait for her news with peace of mind.
I hope Madam du Barry's coquetry will be useful.
Before the king's formal decree was issued, she took advantage of this time to sneak out of the Palace of Versailles with Henriette, and entered Paris in an ordinary carriage.
She did not take this route a thousand times in her previous life, but hundreds of times.Antania walked so smoothly that even Henriette couldn't help but look sideways—"Your Highness, how do you know how to walk like this?"
"I asked many people." Antanya prevaricated casually.
The carriage dropped them off at No. 34 Chancellor Street, and the two of them carefully walked across the block and walked into a villa.
This is the villa that Antania bought with the private money her father gave her.
Although the Holy Roman Empire had a generous dowry, and the King of France gave her many valuable gifts, but those were all registered with the court director, and if she wanted to use them, they would leave a record.
And this house belongs to her completely, and no one else will know.
She is going to hold a core member meeting here as the boss, and the main topic is the self-positioning and future development of the Rheinische Zeitung.
Attending the meeting were representatives of the newspaper's staff -- Henriette represented the news correspondents and had been acting as a messenger between the behind-the-scenes bosses and the newspaper's staff; the editor-in-chief, treasurer, graphic designer and printing staff long.
Everyone is nervous and excited.They all knew that the behind-the-scenes boss of the newspaper was a wealthy and prestigious lady, and she knew very well what to inquire about and what not to inquire about.
In fact, at the beginning, the editors were quite disapproving of the boss's instructions, but because they were paid by others, they had to follow the instructions-no one had ever tried to serialize novels in newspapers.After all, shouldn’t one read novels one at a time?
Hey, another self-righteous aristocrat who likes to guide professionals to do things!Can't they be honest and be the patrons?
It wasn't until Henriette obtained fresh, fast and high-quality news sources from the palace, which made the sales of "Rheinische Zeitung" reach a peak in a short period of time, that they took a new look at this boss who had almost never seen it.
You must know that news pursues "fastness", and all news must be reviewed by the royal family's censors-this means that they often secretly manipulate the speed at which information is delivered to major newspapers according to the amount of bribes.
Being able to send news in such a short period of time shows that the boss is either rich or powerful.
Later, after a few heavy news, the sales volume remained steady, and even increased instead of decreasing. At this time, the editors realized that it was the little-known "The Sorrows of Young Werther" that was being serialized. " worked.
Even walking on the street, you will hear people talking about what kind of fate the illegitimate love between Werther and Lotte will face next!
"Ma'am, Henriette has already told us that we are short on time," Chief Editor Benjamin rubbed his hands, "so I'll be blunt - serial novels are doing quite well, but I think we can take better care of readers' needs. "
"for example?"
Benjamin glanced at the boss carefully—the girl, who seemed too young for her financial resources, was professionally listening and memorizing, without seeming to put on airs.
He spoke with confidence: "We have received letters from many nobles and rich people, and they want to see the ending in advance."
Antanya stopped writing and raised her eyebrows slightly.
Benjamin hastily added: "We all think it's a great idea! You see, they're happy to pay a premium to see the ending early. It's a whole new business opportunity! Let's call it - the early reading experience. "
"No." Antanya shook her head.
Benjamin became anxious: "Ma'am, let me do the math for you—it’s only a few sous to sell a newspaper, but these rich people are willing to spend several livres to read the whole novel! What a lot of money this is." ?”
"But in the end, it must be the majority of people who don't spend money to watch the ending in advance." Antanya said calmly, "A small number of people enjoy the privilege of spending money in advance, and they must not be able to resist showing off to others—no matter what Whether it is spoiled or treated differently, most people's normal reading experience will be destroyed, which is not conducive to the development of newspapers in the long run."
"This is a newspaper after all, not a fiction printing house - we need to get more readers to our message and to believe it."
"Ah...you really think very far..." Benjamin was stunned.
"certainly……"
"What?" Everyone pricked up their ears.
"There is a more important realistic factor." Antanya sighed, "To see the ending in advance, the author has to write it. Do you think Mr. Goethe can write it?"
Everyone fell into an eerie silence.
Write the ending ahead of time?He couldn't even provide the normal daily novel manuscripts, all relying on the liaison officer's desperate reminders.
Everyone who was originally elated and thought they could make a fortune was a little depressed for a while.
Antanya smiled: "It's okay, you don't have to be sad. Today, I want to announce one thing - I will raise everyone's salary."
Huh? !
Everyone raised their heads one after another.
"Of course, there is something to do when the salary is raised. Although no one in France has done this yet, I hope that everyone can make the "Rheinische Zeitung" better play its role as a real newspaper-we need news. , the second is truth, and the third is a wide range of sources."
Under everyone's focused gaze, Antanya said calmly: "The news not only comes from the Palace of Versailles, but also from the people. We need more correspondents to collect news from the people, from all over the country."
"But...the Palace of Versailles is the center of the entire kingdom." Benjamin said puzzledly, "Everyone wants to know what happened in the palace."
Antanya sighed, "Trust me, sir, you'll see soon...the stage is shifting."
After she decided to come to the Palace of Versailles again, she thought about what she should do countless times.
France in this century is like a layer of ice at the end of winter. It may not be visible on the surface, but the bottom is full of cracks, and the torrential river is rushing under the cracks.
This decision may be very dangerous, but she can see this through the lens of time-the trajectory drawn by history in this century is unstoppable.
"Ma'am, we all listen to you." A handsome young man said in embarrassment, "But the newspaper office has no extra income, and you have to raise your salary and recruit people, please forgive me... Where should the money come from? "
"Oh," Antanya couldn't help laughing, almost forgetting.
"It's time to change the profit model that relies solely on selling newspapers. Guys... let's try advertising."
"Advertisement?" Everyone looked at me suspiciously, and I looked at you.
what is that?
……
There was unprecedented movement in the Palace of Versailles.
Mrs. Dubali came out, and the king really readily agreed to the joint request of his beloved woman and the crown princess, and arranged for the court director, Count Noaille, and the director of the construction department, the Marquis Marini, to preside over the project.
When they got the news, almost all court ministers and nobles were taken aback.
You must know that there is only one public bathroom in Versailles at present. It has a history of 100 years. , and involves intricate aristocratic relationships, it is impossible to apply for it.
But it is simply impossible to add a bathroom to a personal room in the Palace of Versailles.Five years ago, the Countess of Deerford applied for a bathroom to the director of the building department, but after a long time of tossing and tossing, she finally got only one reply: "Except for members of the royal family, anyone else - even someone Several princes with royal blood have no bathroom. Therefore, I cannot approve your request, and if I ask the king for instructions, His Majesty will definitely not agree."*
A few days after the lady received the reply, almost all the nobles received a notification from the director—His Majesty the King had clearly emphasized to him that he did not want people outside the royal family to install bathrooms.
Louis XIV's court physician wrote daily details of his physical condition in his notebooks.According to records, this great king only took a bath once in 1647 years from 1711 to 64 (of course, the current king is more clean than his parents).
——So, although the director's reply is inevitably disappointing, it is not completely unacceptable.After all, everyone knows that taking a bath is to prepare for going to bed. Since there can only be one real master in this palace, the king, this privilege belongs only to him and his closest relatives. People are also excusable.
Not only them, but the person who was most surprised was actually Antania—because she knew best that the few people who wanted to promote this matter at that time failed in the end.
Her original idea was to make a relatively high request first, and then give a more moderate and low-cost plan after the king refused, such as at least repairing more toilets and ensuring that the water in toilets and sewage tanks is as good as it is. Other water sources are isolated and will not pollute other water in the palace.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Dubally stepped in, and everything went so smoothly!
Although it was not technically and spatially feasible to equip more rooms with bathrooms, the King has agreed to build a new public bath and upgrade the water system at Versailles.
Antanya had to lament the magic of history.
Sometimes, maybe just a little difference at the beginning...may bring about a completely different world.
When she met young Jeanne in Paris five years ago, she had no idea that it would change her life in France dramatically.
And now the nobles in Versailles and the people in Paris probably don’t even know that the slightly fluttering wings of the butterfly at that moment brought about a far-reaching environmental renovation project-not only improving the living environment of the people in the Palace of Versailles, but also saving them in the future. Countless lives.
Originally, the Palace of Versailles was mainly divided into a faction that supported Austrian law and a faction that flattered Mrs. Dubarry, but after the two of them teamed up strangely this time, the extremely difficult approval procedures in the previous life went unbelievably smoothly.
When the water source system reconstruction project of the Palace of Versailles finally completed all procedural approvals and officially started, Nicholas' research workshop had already been set up in the Palace of Versailles.
On that day, Antanya received a letter sent to her by the "Royal Engineer" Mr. Tesla.
The letter said that the Crown Prince and his Royal Highnesses are welcome to visit his workshop and the latest research results.
The handwriting on the yellowed letter paper was scribbled, and there was a large space at the bottom. Many deep and shallow ink stains were splashed with light blue ink on it. It seemed that it was painted by flicking a brush, like a piece of starry sky.
Antanya pondered for a while, and brought the letter paper closer to the candle in hand.
In the jumping flames, new writing gradually appeared on the starry sky without writing.
"The stars in the sky that I promised to give you."
"Your, Nicholas."
The author says:
For a historical account of the source of clean water at Versailles refer to William Rich Newton's Behind the Gates: Court Life and the Stage of Power at Versailles in the 18th Century.
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