Me i don't understand!

read the following excerpt from a speech louis napoleon gave in october 1852. then answer the questions that follow.
"indeed, never has a people testified in a manner more direct, spontaneous, and unanimous, the longing to be freed
from anxiety as to the future by concentrating in a single person an authority which shall accord [agree) with their
desires. they realize now both the false hopes with which they have been deluded (deceived) and the dangers which
threaten them.
i concede, nevertheless, that, tike the emperor [napoleon bonaparte), i have many conquests to i would
conquer, for the sake of religion, morality, and material ease, that portion of the population, still very numerous, which,
in the midst of a country of faith and belief, hardly knows the precepts (teachings] of christ; which, in the midst of the
most fertile country of the world, is hardly able to enjoy the primary necessities of life. we have immense uncultivated
1. harbors to construct, rivers to render navigable, canals to finish, and
our network of railroads to bring to completion.
this is what i understand by the empire, if the empire is to be reestablished. these are the conquests which i
contemplate, and all of you who surround me, who, like myself, wish the good of our common country, you are my
soldiers."

according to the excerpt, what conquest did louis napoleon believe he had to make?

(this is a type it out question)