Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

Then he looked at Lin Shangzhou. He came here originally to talk to Lin Shangzhou about political parties again, but seeing so many people here, he decided to change the subject.

“Fritz, are you interested in selling your novel to Berlin?”

After he asked this question, Lin Yangyu, Andy, and Lin Wenhua all looked at Lin Shangzhou in surprise, with the same thought in their minds: Shangzhou (Brother Fritz) also wrote a novel? !

"Of course I would. With your help, I believe it should sell very well."

Lin Shangzhou nodded happily. The wider the novel sold, the more people would buy it, and the more money he would make. He was of course happy to sell it in Berlin. Moreover, since he used a pen name, he didn't need to worry about being noticed by Klein.

"Shang Zhou, do you also write novels?"

Lin Yangyu looked at him in confusion. He had heard Alexandrine talk about the strange stories that Lin Shangzhou had told her, and he wondered in his heart if he had written these stories into novels?

“Yeah, and it’s selling pretty well.”

Lin Shangzhou nodded proudly. He was confident that he could sell more copies if the novel was promoted in Berlin. If it was promoted from Berlin to the whole of Germany, he felt that it would not take long for him to become a best-selling author in Germany.

"Okay, better than your uncle."

Lin Yangyu patted Lin Shangzhou's shoulder with satisfaction. He was not interested in things like strikes, but he was still very happy when he achieved some results in writing, which meant that his nephew could support himself.

"Fritts, when you are discharged from the hospital, remember to take care of the matter of the signed limited edition. Liavat has already printed the book and is waiting for your signature."

Louis said to him, then looked at Lin Yangyu with the corner of his eyes, and then looked away after a few seconds. He had some questions to ask Lin Shangzhou, but now was obviously not the time.

"Okay, I'll do it after I'm discharged from the hospital."

Lin Shangzhou nodded.

Lin Yangyu took care of Lin Shangzhou in the hospital for two days. On April 4, after the last checkup, Lin Shangzhou was discharged from the hospital with a strange look from the doctor. He was in a coma for four days after suffering a severe head injury, but he recovered within three days after waking up. This made his attending doctor want to dissect Lin Shangzhou.

Lin Yangyu accompanied him home and gave him some serious advice before leaving with five novels written by his nephew. Lin Shangzhou gave her a limited edition with his signature, which was his gift to Alexandrine and the others.

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Chapter 62 Louis's Ideal (I)

On April 4, the Strasbourg court opened a trial on the case in which Lin Shangzhou was attacked by a former factory manager. After a series of procedures, the final verdict was that the factory manager was sentenced to 10 years in prison for intentional injury and a total of 12 marks in compensation. The manager will be escorted to the prison where he will be detained in the afternoon.

Lin Shangzhou, who was sitting in the plaintiff's seat, looked with disdain at the administrator who was crying and begging for his forgiveness in the defendant's seat. He was kind to others, but he would not have any mercy on people like the administrator.

After the trial, he followed Louis back to the apartment. After parking the car, Louis, who was sitting in the driver's seat, turned to him and said, "Fritts, can you come to my room with me? I have something to tell you."

"Well, of course."

Lin Shangzhou nodded without thinking. He guessed that Louis wanted to persuade him to join the Socialist People's Party again. He could accept it once or twice, but he would get annoyed if he was persuaded too much.

After entering the apartment, Lin Shangzhou followed Louis to the second floor and entered his room.

Walking into the living room, the first thing Lin Shangzhou saw was a map of France and Germany hanging on the wall, and the next thing he saw was a portrait of Napoleon hanging on another wall.

Lin Shangzhou didn't feel anything when he saw the map, but when he saw the portrait of Napoleon, he looked at Louis who was walking towards the sofa.

Louis' full name: Louis Bonaparte.

Is he a Napoleon admirer?

Lin Shangzhou thought to himself as he sat down on the sofa. He turned his head and looked at Louis who looked relaxed. He asked, "Louis, what do you want to tell me?"

"It's nothing special."

Louis put two glasses on the table, then stood up and walked to the side to take out a bottle of wine from the cabinet. He shook the wine in the bottle and said to Lin Shangzhou, "Would you like some? Cognac. I spent a lot of effort to get this."

"Cognac? What's Cognac?"

Lin Shangzhou doesn't know much about wine. He knows brandy, but he doesn't know where cognac is.

"It's a famous place in France. I didn't expect you didn't know it."

"I don't usually drink much. If I do drink, it's just beer. But you were able to get French wine. Shouldn't there be any trade between our two countries?"

Lin Shangzhou looked at him in surprise. Germany and France should be in a state of mutual embargo now, with no trade exchanges at all.

Louis smiled as he uncorked the cork:

"The one in the south is from France. I bought it from a merchant there at a high price. After all, for us, one bottle of this kind of wine is one less."

"The French Republic..."

Lin Shangzhou suddenly realized, then looked at him suspiciously and said, "That must be very expensive, right? Can I drink it?"

"Of course, it's just a bottle of wine, you can buy more when you finish it."

Louis pulled out the cork with a bottle opener, then took the bottle back to the sofa and sat down.

He poured a small glass for Lin Shangzhou first, and then poured wine for himself.

"What's so good about beer? If you want to drink, drink it with taste. Come, have a taste."

Lin Shangzhou picked up the wine glass and took a sip, savoring the taste of brandy in his mouth. Louis picked up the wine glass, swirled the liquid inside twice, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Putting the cup on the table, Louis turned his head and looked at Lin Shangzhou and said, "Fritts, I'm actually quite curious."

"What are you curious about?"

"I'm curious as to why you came from Berlin to Strasbourg."

Letitia had asked the same question before, and Lin Shangzhou answered without thinking too much:

"Well, it's nothing. I used to be a driver in Berlin, but then I got into trouble with the wrong people. Then, I came to Strasbourg on the advice of my friend."

"I see... I messed with the wrong people, and came to Strasbourg on the advice of a friend."

Louis nodded slowly, then he poured himself another glass of wine. After pouring it, he held the bottle out to Lin Shangzhou, and Lin Shangzhou also consciously handed over his glass.

"The person who came a few days ago was your uncle, right?"

Lin Shangzhou nodded: "Yes, he is my uncle."

After answering the question, Lin Shangzhou looked up at the map hanging on the wall. As he looked at it, he found something wrong... Isn't the border between Germany and France flat like a line?... Why is there an angle on this map?

He looked at it again, and then he realized that Alsace Lorraine and Nancy were French territories on this map.

(Fuck…why does he have a map like this hanging in his house…)

Lin Shangzhou looked at the map in astonishment. He thought of the portrait of Napoleon in the room and Louis' full name: Louis Bonaparte, Bonaparte...

The wine he drinks is French, the map is of France with Alsace-Lorraine in its sights, the portrait is of Napoleon, and the last name is Bonaparte, isn't this pure French?

"Why do you look so surprised?"

Seeing Lin Shangzhou's stunned look, Louis raised his eyebrows and asked.

Lin Shangzhou pointed to the map on the wall and said:

"Um... Louis... your map... is a bit dangerous."

Louis laughed and said, "What's so dangerous about this? Normally, no one comes to my house. Even if someone comes and sees this map, what's the big deal? It's just a map. What does it mean?"

Lin Shangzhou rolled his eyes at him. A map can represent a lot of things, but since Louis himself doesn't care, what's the point of him caring about it?

However, this made his guess more certain that Louis should be a magician.

"Can you tell me what your uncle does for a living?"

"Well...he is also a driver."

Lin Shangzhou hesitated for a moment. He felt that it was okay to tell Louis about his uncle's job. After all, he was just told that he was a driver. Who could have guessed that he was the driver of the German Emperor?

Louis chuckled and drank the wine in the glass, and Lin Shangzhou also put the glass to his mouth and planned to take another sip.

Louis, who had finished his drink first, looked at him and said:

"I think... your uncle is the Emperor's driver, right?"

“Puff…cough cough cough cough…”

These words choked Lin Shangzhou, who was halfway through his drink. He quickly put the cup on the table and started coughing violently.

After coughing for a while, Lin Shangzhou finally changed. He turned his head and looked at Louis with a puzzled look and said, "What are you kidding?"

"My uncle is the Emperor's driver? How is that possible?"

His doubts were pretended. He didn't know why Louis suddenly asked this question, which made him alert.

Louis put the cup on the table, turned his head and looked at him with a half-smile, "Except for the Imperial Parliament on the first day of each month, I have never seen His Majesty the Emperor at other times."

"But that doesn't mean I haven't been to the Worry-Free Palace. Although I was stopped by soldiers every time I went there in the past few years, and Lady Cecilia would come out to chase me away, I have met His Majesty's driver a few times."

"A Chinese man who looks exactly like your uncle."

Louis showed a playful smile on his face. He stroked his chin with one hand and said, "Fritts, your uncle looks so much like His Majesty's driver, and you just said that his job is also a driver. I think this should not be a coincidence, right?"

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world? Don't you think so, Fritz?"

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Chapter 63 Louis's Ideal (Part )

The air between the two of them suddenly became silent, and a solemn atmosphere was created between them. Louis still had a half-smile on his face, and Lin Shangzhou still pretended to be confused.

Even Napoleon on the wall seemed to turn his eyes toward the two men, wondering what would happen next.

Lin Shangzhou was thinking about whether he should admit this matter. Louis was definitely not in the same group as Klein. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party and there was no way he could be involved with Klein. Letting him know would not cause any dangerous impact on him.

Should I admit it? Lin Shangzhou was hesitant.

He can't be confused for too long...

After a few seconds, Louis saw him like this and hugged his shoulders and laughed and said, "What are you afraid of? Don't be afraid, I won't eat you, don't take it too seriously, I'm just asking, I don't mean any harm."

(Are you really just asking? I don’t believe it)

Lin Shangzhou complained in his heart that Louis had made the atmosphere so solemn just now, and now he was deliberately trying to relax the atmosphere. It was hard for him not to believe that Louis had no other thoughts in his mind.

"Don't disbelieve me, I'm just curious."

Louis said with a grin.

"Besides, there is no hatred between us. Even if I knew about this and told others about it, they wouldn't believe me, and I can't use it to make a fuss. Don't you think so?"

Lin Shangzhou thought about this matter. What Louis said made sense. What could he do if he knew about this? Who would believe that he was the Kaiser's driver in this remote place? Maybe he was just curious.

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Shang finally nodded to Louis.

"Yes, that's right. My uncle is the driver of His Majesty the Emperor. Is that why you ask?"

Seeing that Lin Shangzhou finally admitted this matter, Louis did not look particularly happy, but instead had an expression of "Ah, as I expected."

"It's nothing, I'm just curious."

Louis withdrew his hand, picked up the glass and drank the brandy in it.

"In that case, your uncle is the Emperor's driver, so the reason you just gave for coming to Berlin shouldn't be entirely true, right?"

To Louis's surprise, Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly:

"That's not the case. It's true, but I made some harmless changes."

Louis asked curiously:

"So can you tell me what happened?"

"of course can."

Lin Shangzhou cleared his throat and said to him, "In January, my uncle chose to retire due to illness and asked me to take over his position. After I became His Majesty's driver, I was framed by the Prime Minister's nephew Klein in February. Because Alexandrine and Cecilia insisted on protecting me, Klein finally chose to compromise. Of course, the price of compromise was that I had to leave Berlin and come to Strasbourg in the end."

"I see. That's exactly what Klein would do. It's just right that you're here. I don't get along with him, and he doesn't like the Social Democratic Party and other leftists here."

Louis nodded. He also knew Klein. Of course, he hated Klein and Klein hated him too.

However, compared to the reason why Lin Shangzhou left Berlin, Louis cared more about another point he noticed, that is, Lin Shangzhou addressed the German Emperor and Cecilia. He called them by their names directly.

What does this mean? It means that he is very close to Cecilia and Alexandrine.

Louis narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Shangzhou and said:

"You just called His Majesty and Lady Cecilia by their names, right? It seems like you have a good relationship with them both."

"this…"

After hearing what he said, Lin Shangzhou realized that he had just said it casually. Logically speaking, he should have added the two titles of "Your Majesty" and "Sir".