Wild North America 1846

Chapter 135
Day 2 morning

Li Cha woke up from a deep sleep, and two delicate and tender little servant girls wrapped around him like octopuses, sleeping soundly.

He didn't disturb the two girls. After getting up and washing up with the maid's service, he came to the table full of energy and sat down to enjoy the hearty breakfast of the day.

On the dining table are meat and vegetable buns, deep-fried dough sticks, tofu brains, glutinous rice dumplings, fruit juice, milk and bread, as well as cheese and all kinds of delicate side dishes.

Li Cha came to the table and sat down, took a sip from the milk cup, picked up the newspaper stacked here and read it carefully.

These are European newspapers from a month ago, and they are distributed by cruise ships to New York, Philadelphia, Hampton, Virginia, Florida and other places in the south.

One week is fast, and eight or nine days is slow.

The newspaper in Li Cha's hand was transited through Panama in Central America, and when it arrived in the Tang Kingdom, it was basically delayed by [-] days to a month.

Li Cha has always insisted on reading newspapers, so that he can know the major events happening in the world, avoid the news being blocked, and become a frog at the bottom of the well.

In the land of China

In 1847, the 24th year of Emperor Guang Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, the British tried to force rent in Henan, which was strongly opposed by the local people, and they were forced to give up their attempt to set foot in Henan.

This year, under the coercion of the British Minister Debye, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Qiying, and the governor of Guangdong jointly issued a notice to allow the British to enter the city, which aroused great indignation among the people of Guangzhou.

The crowd tore up the notice, and Liu Xun, the prefect of the Qiying faction, secretly set the date of entering the city with the British. Thousands of people broke into the government office and burned Liu Xun's court beads and official uniforms. Two years later, Qi Ying Mi allowed the British to enter the city of Guangzhou.

This year, large-scale mass uprisings broke out in Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising Movement has been burning like a prairie fire.

in Europe

In the 19th century, the basis of British foreign policy was very clear, as Palmerston said to William IV in 1831;
"Maintaining the UK as the arbiter of Europe, and then of the world, as determined by the UK's economic and military strength."

Since 1815, after defeating the French Emperor Napoleon at the Vienna Conference, the European situation in which France was besieged by the Holy Alliance composed of Britain, Prussia, Tsarist Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was formed. continues to this day.

After Napoleon's nephew Louis Bonaparte seized the fruits of the French Revolution, the Bonapartists in France were revived.Claiming to change the 1815 agreement to redraw the European territory, this has aroused the vigilance of the whole of Europe.

In the past two years, when France threatened Belgium's neutral status, Russia offered to Britain to send troops to guard against France, but it turned out that this was a false alarm, just a trick played by the French.

The French Emperor Napoleon III was not willing to be lonely, and repeatedly instigated on the Eastern issue and the Holy Land issue, trying to break the treaty of the holy alliance of the four countries and break the shackles surrounding France.

The so-called "Eastern Question" refers to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The so-called "holy place issue" refers to Jerusalem, where Jesus' tomb is located, and the church in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.

since the crusaders
France has always had immunity and privileges. In 1535, King François I of France made an unprecedented alliance with Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire because of the common enemy and jointly opposed the Holy Roman Empire.

As a gift, the protection of the Church of the Holy Land by France was confirmed by the Ottoman Empire and lasted for more than 200 years.

The status of the French royal family as "protectors of the Holy Land" is undoubtedly a sacred and lofty honor for the French royal family to be gilded in Europe, where the religious atmosphere is extremely strong.

By 1757, under pressure from Tsarist Russia, the protection of the Holy Land was returned to the Greeks.

It can be seen from newspaper information;
nowadays

The French Emperor Louis Bonaparte sent the Marquis de La Valetti to Constantinople to demand explicit recognition from the Turkish court of the French protectorate of most of the Holy Land churches.

On the issue of the Holy Land, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire still hesitated, and he dared not offend anyone.

The Marquis of La Valetti reiterated the privileges that France had acquired for centuries, and he did not hesitate to threaten with force.

According to the general analysis of European public opinion circles, in the face of strong pressure from France, Sudan may not last long, and there is a high probability that Sudan will agree.

if so

It will undoubtedly arouse the outrage of the royal family of Tsarist Russia. The tsar claimed to be the "protector of the Holy Land". This right provides for international recognition.

The central point of public opinion in European countries today is; will a large-scale war break out because of this?
The French have been unsteady, and they have been fighting around, which has been very obvious.

The so-called "Oriental Issue" and "Holy Land Issue" are one in two, two in one comprehensive issue.

Since the 19th century
Due to the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, its huge territory and size made Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria and other European powers salivate, and they all wanted to take a bite out of this piece of fat. This is the "Oriental Problem".

Jerusalem is within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. When this great empire spanning Eurasia was strong, no one dared to say anything. Therefore, France has been proud of being the "protector of the Holy Land" for hundreds of years.

This title that Christianity valued was worthless in the Ottoman Empire, but it was enough for European countries to grab their heads, especially Tsarist Russia, which had to be obtained quickly.

In the fifth Russian-Turkish war that broke out from 1768 to 1774, Tsarist Russia finally got what it wanted and grabbed the glory of this "protector of the Holy Land".

The Frenchman stepped in at this time, and his purpose was to provoke the violent Russian bear, anyway, the Russian bear and France were separated by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Prussia.No matter how you fan the flames, you can't hurt a single hair in France, you can only spread your anger on the Ottoman Empire.

Once the Russo-Turkish war broke out

The Treaty of the Holy Alliance of the Four Kingdoms naturally collapsed, and everyone's heads were beaten into dog brains. How can they jointly deal with the French?

This is the wishful thinking of the French emperor Louis Bonaparte. He adopted a conspiracy. All countries know that France has bad intentions, but they can't do anything to France.

On the "Oriental Issue", Russia, Austria, and the United Kingdom have conflicts, so France does everything possible to provoke the relationship between Russia, Austria, Russia, and Britain, and is very active.

For Britain, Louis Bonaparte mainly flattered, once again acknowledging Britain's superiority in Egypt after driving off France, and coordinating its diplomatic stance with Britain.

As for Austria, France wooed it and used it to support the plan of the Cavour government of the Kingdom of Sardinia to seek the unification of Italy, thereby threatening Austria.

Once the Russo-Turkish war broke out, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent troops to support Tsarist Russia, then France would support the Kingdom of Sardinia to unify Italy, and this was an unacceptable weakness of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Austria lost a master of diplomacy like Metternich, and is now being led by the nose by the French.

Tsarist bear's pissing behavior has never been teased, and a little bit of a bad temper will make it...

While eating breakfast, Li Cha watched Europe's comments on the current "Holy Land Issue" and "Oriental Issue" with relish, feeling satisfied and happy.

He knew that the Crimean War was getting closer.

to be frank

European countries have an extremely bad perception of Tsarist Russia's greed. They never think that the Eastern Slavs have anything to do with them. They have different religions, different languages, different living customs, and even different worldviews.

White Europeans generally believe that the Eastern Slavs are white-skinned Mongolians.

This cannot be blamed on the prejudice of the Europeans. Tsarist Russia does have endless greed for land and has always been aggressive. There is no excuse to find an excuse to launch aggressive wars.

Now that the French have given the excuse for war to their hands, it is no wonder that Tsarist Russia can bear it.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. The Ottoman Empire is the most obvious and saddest example.

If he does not agree to the French request, the French will send troops to beat him. If he agrees to the French request, the Russians will send troops to beat him. It's that simple.

Only in this era, if you have a deep understanding of the contradictions among European countries, can you understand how interesting the changes in the international situation are, just like a lively and popular drama.

Li Cha looked at it with relish, he had a great appetite, drank two glasses of milk, ate two rice dumplings and a few meat buns, and drank a bowl of tofu nao.

After these plates were removed, he spread some cheese on the bread, sandwiched meat slices and crisp lettuce, and started to deal with a large bowl of porridge, which was extremely sweet.

At this moment

One after the other, two little maidservants with bright eyes and white teeth ran out in a panic, timidly coming to plead guilty.

His Majesty the King has already woken up, and the two of them are still snoozing on the bed. They really don't have the slightest sense of dignity. Is this okay?
"Get up and wait on the side."

Li Cha said lightly, last night he was really tossing hard, his body is so strong, two tender and tender girls almost couldn't handle it.

These two sleeping girls are beauties selected from thousands of people. Their skin is as frosty as snow, and they have a faint girly fragrance. Naturally, the warm quilt is first-class.

These two little ladies are fat and thin, the thinner one is called Qin Yufei, her waist is so thin that she can't grasp it, but she is born with a protruding front and back, a girl as warm as water, the joy of the boudoir is indescribable.

The slightly fatter one is called Zheng Xiuniang, with picturesque features, suitable for joy and anger, a beauty born with small bones, with fleshy faces, hands and feet, snow white as creamy fat, warming the quilt and hugging her in her arms It couldn't be better.

Even better... ahem...

Fragrant wind hits
After receiving His Majesty's forgiveness, two beautiful maidservants stood beside her, one on the left and the other on the right, and got busy.

One reached out to peel the egg, and the white of the egg was dwarfed by the creamy snow skin.

A plain hand spoon, scooped up a spoonful of porridge, tested the temperature with fragrant lips, and then fed it, it was really extravagant to the extreme.

The beauty is so kind, Li Cha opened his mouth wide and took a bite of the porridge with a spoon, then turned his head and swallowed a boiled egg, almost eating it with Qianqian's little hand.

The startled Qin Yufei let out a soft cry, and then knew that it was His Majesty's tease. In the blink of an eye, a red cloud floated on her beautiful cheeks, and she lowered her head shyly.

Under the service of these two beautiful ladies, Li Cha was in a great mood to eat. After the meal, he stood up and left, leaving only a faint sentence; .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty's meal, although it is leftovers, is also a great gift, which means extra honor and favor.

The two beauties were both surprised and delighted, they knelt down and said a blessing, but Li Cha didn't answer, but walked out with big strides...

(End of this chapter)