Wild North America 1846

The small episode in Beihai did not affect the visit of Tang Emperor Richard to the Netherlands. He received warm hospitality from the royal family in the Netherlands, and then entered France by land to continue his visit, so I won’t repeat it here.

19s
Under the rule of the French Emperor Napoleon III, the French dynasty showed a flourishing ZTE image, and the strength of the army was known as "No. [-] in Europe".

After successively breaking the European blockade of the Three Emperors Alliance against France, they won the Crimean War, the Anglo-French Allied Forces conquered the Qing Dynasty in the second Opium War, set foot on the Indochina Peninsula to establish the Hanoi Governor's Palace, and united the Kingdom of Italy to defeat the Austrian Empire, and achieved a series of victories. After the victory of the war, the French dynasty was in the limelight in the world for a while, and its reputation was growing, closely following the British.

Apollo Room, Palace of Versailles
The Apollo Hall is also known as the Sun Hall, where the throne of the French emperor is located. Napoleon III formally met with the visiting Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty and his party here, and said with a smile;

"Welcome to your friends from afar.

You are very lucky, dear Richard, to have defeated many competitors before the age of 40, established a huge colonial empire covering almost the entire North America, and realized the grand ambition in your heart.

And when I was your age, I was clamoring for the restoration of France to its former glory, and my heart was full of ambitions to save the country and I couldn't display it. Do you know how painful it was for me at that time?
Oh... 36 years old, man!

Think about where I was when I was 36 years old, God, I was imprisoned in the fortress of Hamm in the Somme province, and I have spent the fourth year of prison life that I can't look back on.

As a troubled prince who swore to dedicate his life to France, I really paid too much..."

Speaking of here
Napoleon III's eyes couldn't help getting wet. He was indeed a good politician and orator, and he was extremely gifted in acting. His words had already moved all the high-ranking French officials in the court.

Empress Eugenie held Napoleon III's arm with pity on her face, with a look of "my dear, you have suffered". Napoleon III patted the queen's little white hand lightly with relief, deducing the scene of affection between husband and wife.

Li Cha watched the two in front of him unleash their talent in acting, couldn't help but twitched his eyelids, and could only say cooperatively;

"Your Majesty's tortuous experience is a precious treasure in life. Under your leadership, the French Dynasty has reproduced the glory of the Napoleon era. All of this is due to your outstanding leadership. All countries in the world, including the Tang Empire, express their deepest gratitude admire."

The French emperor and queen in front of him are typical couples of old couples and young wives. Queen Eugenie is 18 years younger than Napoleon III. She was a wealthy nobleman who married when she was the only president of the Second French Republic.

Queen Eugenie's background is extremely prominent. She is the 18th Countess of Ardales, the 18th Countess of Moya, the 19th Countess of Taiba, the 10th Countess of Montijo and the Countess of Abritas. Proper top-notch nobles.

With the help of the huge power of the Queen's family, Napoleon III was able to achieve the restoration from the President of the Second French Republic to the Second French Empire, ascend to the throne of emperor, and implement feudal dictatorship in France.

After some unnutritious greetings, there was a grand court welcome ball.

In the resplendent hall, gentlemen in formal dresses danced with beautiful noble ladies on their arms in the luxurious dome hall. The waiters shuttled through the hall with silver trays full of cocktails in one hand, and the crystal chandeliers exuded charming brilliance.

Everything is so French and extravagant, like a dream.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty. At the same time, I invite you and the empress to visit the Tang Empire at an appropriate time. I and all the subjects are looking forward to it." Li Cha said with a smile.

"If there is a chance, I will, and Eugenie also hopes to go out to relax." Napoleon III did a good job on the surface, and then asked him about the things he was interested in, and said; "Your Majesty, I have already told you about the legend of your bravery and combat skills." I have heard about it. The latest one is to show off his power at Buckingham Palace. It’s a pity that I can’t witness this grand occasion, but I still like the part where His Majesty beats the British guy very much, it’s really incredible.”

"You are overrated, noble king of France, you are just some buffoons, what is it worth?"

"Wow... oh, I like this metaphor of yours, especially when I see those blunt british guys being slapped in the face, I feel really happy. Your Majesty, I'm afraid you don't know, because you are in France High society is very popular. European aristocratic circles have suffered from the British for a long time, which is really exciting."

"Your Majesty, the sacred kingship cannot be tarnished, and I have no choice but to do so."

"Those rampant nobles really should pay for their actions, such as the provocation in the North Sea, what do you think?" Napoleon III deliberately or unintentionally revealed this matter, he wanted to see how Richard would deal with it?

The news of the short and tragic naval battle that took place in the North Sea has already spread like wildfire, and has spread widely in various European countries.

Although the party involved, the Tang Empire, did not make it clear, many passing European merchant ships witnessed the Beihai naval battle, and even rescued a few survivors. The fact can no longer be concealed.

As a powerful country in Europe, France has already investigated the incident clearly, knowing that it was an act of revenge by several European nobles, and behind it was a little bit of grievances and entanglements from the Danish royal family, which seemed to be full of shady scenes.

The European mercenary tradition has lasted for hundreds of years. There are not only the army but also the navy. In the Crimean War, tens of thousands of mercenaries from Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and other countries participated, mainly in the German-speaking area. ;
The navy is not uncommon. Merchant ships in this era will turn into pirates at any time at their convenience, killing people and taking goods, or accepting employment, so that some enemies who sailed to sea will disappear from then on.

However, it was the first time that five warships openly appeared in the North Sea to commit crimes.

This place is right under the eyes of the British Royal Navy's local fleet, and it's not far from the French Royal Navy's local fleet. Such a rampant operation is aimed at the Tang Empire's fleet of ships visiting Britain and France, which embarrasses the two navies. Can't hang up.

Li Cha nodded calmly and said, "I have received some rumors that some audacious nobles from England and Germany have been convicted and imprisoned, and will bear the consequences for their crimes, but this is far from enough..."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"Openly offending the sacred imperial power, you will definitely suffer the backlash of heaven and earth. According to the oriental theory of causality, if you don't sincerely repent, you will be severely punished by heaven."

"This... is this a mysterious oriental religion?"

"If you understand it that way, it's okay."

"Oh...God! Almighty Lord, your mercy is everywhere." Napoleon III's face turned black when he heard that, and Queen Eugenie beside him hurriedly drew a cross on his chest, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions. .

Both of them are super superstitious masters, trying to use the God they believe in to fight against the mysterious heaven in the east, so they muttered words devoutly and prayed for God's blessing.

The French were indeed very enthusiastic about the visit of the royal family of the Tang Empire. For several days in a row, various court receptions, polo matches, parliamentary speeches and visits to colleges and universities and other activities have achieved very good results.

The news and public opinions of the French "Paris Events", "Marseille Journal", etc., all published the headlines on the front page of the Emperor of the Tang Empire's visit to Paris, calling it "the largest diplomatic event in the past 10 years, demonstrating the importance of the French Empire in the world. The influence on the Internet is expanding day by day" "The legendary Tang Empire's own experience is a history of the adventurous rise of North America" ​​"The world-sensational Buckingham Palace 1v23 duel incident made His Majesty Richard's reputation resound once again Europe" "The emperor of the Tang Empire inspected the University of Paris today and donated [-] francs generously."...

Into the night
The Southern Palace of the Palace of Versailles, where Emperor Li Cha of the Tang Dynasty and his entourage stayed, quickly fell silent after the noisy and luxurious palace banquet.

The moonlight reflected on the beautiful palace buildings like water, and there were only the monotonous patrolling footsteps of the Royal Guard officers and soldiers around, and many people had already entered their dreams.

The Palace of Versailles is a huge palace group outside Paris. It once accommodated 3.5 people at most. In addition to the main palace, there are also the southern palace and the northern palace complex that protrude obliquely. It is a collection of the essence of French architecture. .

At the warm invitation of Napoleon III, more than 1100 people including the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and other important officials and Royal Guards stayed in the Nangong Palace, and the arrangement was very organized.

only from this point

It can be seen that the enthusiasm of the French is completely different from the rigidity of the English. The state-level concierge treatment is more solemn and closer. Whether it is a face project or not, it always makes the visiting VIPs feel different.

The night is misty, the vegetation is gone

A tall black shadow appeared in the shadow of many palaces, disappeared in a flash, appeared in the shadow of a big tree hundreds of meters away, and disappeared in a flash...

Hei Ying came to a forest a few miles away from Nangong, and not long after, he saw a vigorous bird figure fluttering into the sky, followed by two, three or four huge bird silhouettes, and soon flew into the sky. The sky turned into little black dots.

Li Cha sat cross-legged on the back of the bald eagle, his bright eyes were clear and deep in the night, and he looked calmly into the distance.

Just received a secret telegram across the English Channel this evening;
The chicks returned to the nest, arrived at 313 at [-]:[-] pm, and went to sea tomorrow morning.

The chick refers to King George I of Greece, and 313 is the code name of the Plymouth area, which means that George I ended his life in London and led his people south to the port of Plymouth, where he was going to return to the Kingdom of Greece by boat.

The so-called father's debt is paid by the son.

For the time being, Richard has no good way to deal with King Christian IX of Denmark, but it does not prevent him from cutting off one of his outstretched arms, which is the second son of King Christian IX and the current King George I of Greece.

The distance from the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris to the port of Plymouth in the UK is about 460 kilometers, and the round trip of nearly [-] kilometers overnight is almost the limit.

to be frank

Li Cha enjoyed this kind of joyful feeling of enmity. If Lord Temple hadn't been beheaded with his own hands last time, the long-stalled relationship between Britain and Tang would not have a breakthrough development, and the effect would be immediate.

This pursuit of revenge across thousands of miles will surely cause the Kingdom of Denmark to suffer a heavy blow, and Christian IX will be heartbroken.

Always

The extinct European royal families are the meat and potatoes that European countries are closely watching. From the mid-17th century to the 18th century, four successive wars of succession broke out in Europe. The most influential one was the extinction of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty in 1701, and the throne was vacant. , the French Bourbon dynasty and the Austrian Habsburg dynasty competed for the Spanish throne, triggering a great war involving most of the European countries.

This war lasted 14 years. In essence, the war was a situation in which Britain once again dominated Europe in order to curb France's annexation of Spain. It united half of Europe to form a new grand alliance against France, which made France suffer the bitter fruit of failure.

After the extinction of the royal family in Europe, not all the problems of succession to the kingship were resolved through war.

Many of them are through political wrestling and exchange of interests under the table, such as Greece and Bulgaria are the most obvious examples.

In order to inherit the Greek throne, the Kingdom of Denmark did not hesitate to make major political concessions in exchange for British support for King George I to inherit the Greek throne, and finally succeeded.

George I arrived in Athens, the capital of Greece, on October 1863, 10. At this time, he was only a 30-year-old youth. In order to celebrate George I's accession to the throne, Britain gave the Ionian Islands to Greece as a gift.

As a result, the influence of the Kingdom of Denmark has greatly increased. Its influence has extended from Denmark to the Kingdom of Greece in southern Europe, and it has reached the height of a second-rate power in Europe in one fell swoop. It can be called the hegemony of Northern Europe.

Therefore, even when the Kingdom of Prussia took military action against the Kingdom of Denmark, it had to draw on the Austrian Empire to boost its momentum. After the Schleswig issue fermented, liberals and nationalists who supported the Duke launched a public opinion offensive, demanding that William I The king sent troops "to rescue the persecuted Baltic Germans".

Who are the persecutors?
The spearhead is naturally the Kingdom of Denmark. From this we can also see that the Kingdom of Denmark is powerful, with influence covering Northern Europe and the entire Baltic Sea, which is not much inferior to the Kingdom of Prussia.

Three and a half hours passed in a flash, and five bald eagles took turns carrying Richard across the vast French fields and across the English Channel. Through the sparkling sea water, he could see the continuous shadows of towering mountains, and Plymouth was already in sight...

This harbor city that Richard once visited is the headquarters of the British Royal Navy fleet. In the bay, there are densely packed sailing warships, one after another, mooring quietly in the anchorage, which has already shown an extremely powerful deterrent force, and this It is the most distinctive feature of this harbor city.

Flying across the sky, the super cool feeling of coming and going freely made Li Cha want to let out a loud roar, and Shufa felt hopeless, but he immediately extinguished this idea after thinking about it for a while.

Quietly enter the village, do not shoot.

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