The rich young man was now able to make an impression in the highest ranks of the political and scientific circles in Paris. Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas, the minister to the navy, was undertaking the huge task of reorganizing the severely demoralized French navy.
Ang rich binata ay ngayon able sa gumawa ng isang impression sa pinakamataas na ranks ng pampulitika at pang-agham circles sa Paris. Jean-Frederic Phélypeaux Comte de Maurepas, ang mga ministro sa hukbong-dagat, ay pangako ng malaking-malaking gawain ng muling ang malubhang desmoralisado French hukbong-dagat.