I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 969 The Genius "Public Intellectual" of the Eighteenth Century (Recommended, please help!)

Mrs. Scherer seemed to have woken up from a nightmare. She rushed over, opened the door, and immediately covered her mouth and sobbed:
"Lu...Lucas, it's really you..."

Baron Scherer, who was standing nearby, also saw it clearly this time.

It’s really my son.

There were four people following him - two officers in Austrian military police uniforms, a well-dressed middle-aged man, and another who seemed to be his entourage.

One of the gendarmes looked at Baron Scherer and handed him a document:

"You are Rab Tobias von Scheele? Your son has been released. Please sign this."

Scherer took the pages of paper in disbelief, and immediately saw the words "not guilty" on them. His hands began to tremble violently.

Not parole!

He was acquitted!
He suddenly started, turned around, took out a quill from his luggage, signed his name, and returned the document to the gendarme, saying excitedly:

"Thank you so much! You saved our whole family's lives! Um, what happened to Lucas?"

The military police put away the documents and gestured behind him:
"I don't know the details. You can ask this gentleman."

After the military police left, the tall man next to him smiled and bowed, saying:
"Baron Scherer, I am Lagardere, the French diplomatic representative."

noon the next day.

A black carriage left Vienna and headed west.

In the carriage, Baron Scherer looked at his wife holding their son's hand and asking about his life with a complicated expression, his heart full of emotion:
The shameless Austrian bureaucrats threw Lucas into prison and, after extorting 3 florins from themselves, sentenced him to 25 years of hard labor.

Finally, it was a French great man who rescued his son. Although we don't know who he is, there is no doubt that only the great France can produce such a fair and kind gentleman.

Moreover, the big shot also offered him a good job opportunity - a job in Paris.

Paris is a more beautiful and prosperous fashion capital than Reims!
He turned his head and looked out the window at the messy street, muttering to himself:
"Thank God, I am finally leaving this dirty and smelly place."

Yes, Joseph had previously thought too much about Scheherr's son. In fact, Lucas was just a worthless little character in the eyes of the Austrian high-level officials.

Talleyrand only handed over the task to the French diplomats in Vienna through the Chap signal machine. The latter went to the Austrian Minister of the Interior to say hello, and got Lucas out the next day - the war between Austria and Prussia was imminent, and they still hoped to get support from France. What was a prisoner?
As for Scheerer, when he heard that the French tycoon wanted him to work for Paris Business Daily, he agreed without thinking twice.

Not to mention the great favor the other party had done to save Lucas, the high salary of 80 francs a month and the condition of being able to settle down in Paris alone were an offer that a "French expert" like him could not refuse.

……

It was already getting stuffy in Versailles in mid-July.

Joseph motioned to Emand to open all the windows, then turned to Count Robert and said:

"Please continue."

"Yes, Your Highness." The director of the Security Bureau bowed and said, "Based on these clues and Lavalette's deciphering of previous secret communications, we believe that someone is planning to have the garrison in Udine launch an attack on the Klagenfurt Fortress." "Moreover, they have bribed some Austrian officers in the fortress, and these people will bombard our soldiers when necessary to make things worse.

"Based on Lavalette's judgment, they should take action soon."

Joseph's face suddenly darkened: "It should be after the war between Prussia and Austria. At that time, Austria will not be able to withdraw troops to reinforce Klagenfurt.

"These guys are helping Prussia and Austria reach a ceasefire agreement."

Robert asked tentatively: "Your Highness, do you think we should arrest Colonel Desaix and Lieutenant Master?"

These two people should be the leaders of this incident. The Security Bureau bribed the Austrian officers in Klagenfurt through an Austrian logistics supplier named Schulmeister, and thus obtained relatively reliable evidence.

Joseph thought about it, shook his head and said, "No, let them do whatever they want."

"Your Highness, this may make the situation out of control..."

Joseph said coldly: "You stopped them in Klagenfurt, but they will make trouble somewhere else sooner or later. You might as well make full use of this opportunity to solve some problems.

"The Security Bureau will then deploy like this..."

After explaining the plan for dealing with the Klagenfurt incident, Joseph took out a stack of documents from the drawer and handed them to the director of the Security Bureau:
"Are you familiar with the war in Portugal?"

"I understand, Your Highness."

"Very good." Joseph nodded. "Another task of the Security Bureau is to send people to spread the contents of these manuscripts in the area around Serra da Estrela."

Robert lowered his head and flipped open the manuscript, and saw the title on the first page: "Beware! This country is the real murderer who wants to destroy Portugal!"

He read it as quickly as possible. The content roughly said that Britain wanted to destroy Portugal so that it could occupy the ports of Lisbon and Sines forever as their naval base. Previously, Britain forced Portugal to burn down all the villages and towns near Porto, which was the first step. Such things would continue to happen until the whole of Portugal was reduced to scorched earth.

Robert took a deep breath.

This rumor is indeed vicious... no, it should be clever! The British are extremely dependent on Portugal's ports, and they burned down the area around Porto before, which is a fact. The following inference is also reasonable.

If I were a Portuguese, after hearing these words, I would definitely have doubts about Britain.

He looked at the next manuscript, titled "Whose side is justice on? Obviously not us."

He still read through the entire article quickly, and once again marveled in his heart at how amazing the authors of these articles were.

This article attributes the Franco-Spanish coalition's "counterattack" against Portugal's military action to Portugal's alliance with the evil Britain, which provided military ports and material support for the British's evil deeds of trapping France and Spain.

In order to prevent their coastal people from starving to death, Spain and France had to launch a just counterattack against Britain. To break through the British siege, they had to attack their naval ports in the Bay of Biscay, which were Portuguese ports.

If Portugal withdrew its support for Britain, the Franco-Spanish coalition would surely withdraw immediately.

This is a reasonable statement, and it directly puts the Portuguese government, which is under attack, in an unjust position. There will definitely be voices among the Portuguese people who want to "break the alliance with Britain to maintain peace."

(End of this chapter)