Expedition to Europe

The relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and William III is now well known.

Unlike Lan Fang, which has two allies, France and the Republic of China, Qin Zhiyuan is the only king who has visited Germany after William III ascended the throne. Including this time, William III, who has just ascended the throne for less than three years, has come to Lan Fang twice. Let alone the relationship between the two countries, the personal relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and William III can be seen.

Moreover, Lyotai knows very well how many cargo ships leave Lan Fang for Germany every month, and he also knows that William III is the godfather of Qin Zhiyuan's eldest son. When all kinds of relationships are combined, it is not difficult to understand Lan Fang's attitude towards Germany.

Lyotai's worries are not groundless. The public opinion against Lan Fang is not a storm at the beginning, but a gradual and silent moistening.

First, a tabloid called "Liberte" reported the scale of United Petroleum. The report revealed that United Petroleum has nearly 20,000 security forces in the three North African countries, all of which are elite soldiers who have participated in the World War. This is almost more than the total combat force of France in the three North African countries. Then there is the power of United Petroleum. Every word said by Chris, the general manager of United Petroleum, is equivalent to the governor stationed in the three North African countries by France, which is much more effective than those kings in name only. United Petroleum has such a strong power quietly, but no one in France dares to expose it, which shows the influence of United Petroleum in France.

"Liberte" actually has a small circulation and little influence. I don't know what medicine the editor-in-chief took, so he pointed the finger at United Petroleum.

United Petroleum is the lifeblood of old Renault. If he follows old Renault's idea, "Liberte" will be closed down that day.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't want to do that. He wanted to see the follow-up development. He couldn't just kill someone with one blow right away, because that would scare others.

"Liberte" didn't have any backstage, otherwise it wouldn't have been half-dead for more than a decade. Such tabloids are everywhere in France, a country that claims to be democratic and free. To be honest, this report by "Liberte" didn't cause any uproar. The largest newspapers in France now are "Daily News" and "Le Figaro". These two newspapers are the vanes of French public opinion. As long as these two newspapers don't join, no news will become the focus.

If there is no external intervention, this matter will disappear in an instant, just like the previous slanders against United Petroleum.

The result was contrary to expectations. On the third day, the editor-in-chief of "Liberte" newspaper and the reporter who signed the report disappeared. "Liberte" newspaper was also acquired by a mysterious person. Then, "Liberte" announced an indefinite suspension of publication, and the next day, the bodies of the editor-in-chief and the reporter who signed the report were found in the Seine.

If the acquisition was just a normal business behavior, then the bodies of the editor-in-chief and the signed reporter immediately gave French reporters and editors a shot of stimulant, which immediately aroused the French newspapers' hatred of the enemy. Le Figaro quickly intervened and introduced the cause and effect of the incident in a long series of articles. Although there was no speculation and the spearhead was not directed at United Petroleum, it was not difficult to associate it with United Petroleum if you look closely at the reports.

When things got to this point, even the Daily News had to speak out to prove that this matter had nothing to do with United Petroleum.

But since this kind of thing was promoted by some people with ulterior motives, how could it be covered up? Le Figaro had no evidence to prove that this matter was related to United Petroleum, and the Daily News also had no evidence to prove that this matter had nothing to do with United Petroleum. Although the Paris police announced that they would immediately launch a criminal investigation, with the efficiency of the Paris police, it would probably take a long time to draw a conclusion. In the overwhelming reports, even if the Daily News was strong, a hero could not stand up to a pack of wolves.

News is time-sensitive. Any piece of news, no matter how explosive it is, will gradually fade away after a period of time. Just when the heat of the "Freeman" incident gradually faded, news about Madagascar was brewing again.

Compared with the "Freeman" incident, the news content of Madagascar is more shocking.

The French have always believed that France is a free and equal democratic country, but even in the 20th century, under the rule of France, there was still the "slave trade", which is really unacceptable.

Not only the trade, the indigenous people of Madagascar also faced the fate of being massacred and enslaved. As part of French territory, the Malagasy people are also "proper" French residents, but on the land where the tricolor flag flies, those Malagasy people were driven out of their houses, their land was "bought" at the lowest price, their houses were burned down, and if they did not agree to be "hired" by South American plantations, they would be thrown into slums, where management was chaotic, diseases were rampant, violence, murder, and even drugs threatened the safety of people in the slums at all times.

When several photos reflecting the slums in Madagascar were on the front page of Le Figaro, the whole of France was boiling, and people could not believe it. After countless inquiries, people were shocked to find that in Madagascar, on French territory, the mercenaries from Lanfang had the power to enforce the law!

This, this is simply ridiculous!

Yes, France and Lanfang have a good relationship, France and Lanfang are allies, and the Lanfang people once helped the French in the world war. But this definitely does not mean that the Lan Fang people can show off their power on French soil.

As for those massacres and those "trades", the French still find it hard to believe that such barbaric and ignorant things would happen on French soil.

In this wave of turmoil, Le Figaro seemed to stand on Lan Fang's side, and immediately presented facts and reason to prove that Lan Fang's mercenaries appeared in Madagascar not as a private act, but were hired by the French Governor-General of Madagascar.

All French people who saw this report would ask, who is the French Governor-General of Madagascar?

France has countless colonies overseas, and the number of governors is also astonishingly large. Not every French person knows them all, and many people have never even heard of Madagascar before.

So the name of the Governor-General of Madagascar soon became a household name in France, Pierre Foch. When seeing the surname "Foch", a considerable number of French people fell silent. They could not forget the strength and courage that the old man brought to France during the World War, and how the old man turned the tide when the front-line soldiers rioted. It was because of the brilliance of this surname that the French were able to continue fighting.

But soon, another fact spread throughout France: Marshal Foch's daughter married Qin Zhiyuan, and Pierre Foch was the elder brother-in-law of Qin Zhiyuan, the King of Lanfang.

When all the dots and lines were connected together, many French people were really horrified.

What happened to France?

What did the Lanfang people want to do?

These are two questions that many French people would ask themselves.

Just when the French began to reflect, US President Harding visited France.

Although Americans have not yet established hegemony in the world, the United States is already the undisputed number one country. The French are still positive about the visit of the US President. Perhaps those rich guys can lead France out of the abyss, just like in the World War.

Although the performance of the Foreign Legion in the World War was amazing, the total number of the Foreign Legion never exceeded 300,000, and the United States had millions of soldiers in Europe at the time, so from the comparison of numbers, it is not difficult to see the importance of the United States to Europe. After the World War, the French economy has been in a slump. The French once believed that if they defeated Germany, they would get everything. However, three years after the World War ended, the French were disappointed again. Apart from pain and ruins, they got nothing.

Yes, France did receive reparations from Germany, but those reparations were handed over to the Americans to repay the loans owed during the war. Germany's economy was not prosperous, and the reparations were not paid smoothly, so the French did not get the expected dividends.

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Against this background, Harding's visit gave the French hope.

Harding did bring good news. If the French were willing, the Americans could sign a package agreement on the economy with France, and the Americans would increase their investment in France, try to pull the French out of the economic abyss, and let the French people live a good life without worries before the World War.

This promise immediately won the favor of the French. Only what is lost is the best. After experiencing the pain of the World War, the French especially missed the prosperity before the war.

But just after President Harding introduced the US "rescue plan" to the media, President Harding made a suggestion that if the French really wanted all this, then France should maintain the position of an independent country.

Independence?

Who dares to say that France is not independent?

Some people know the answer, but dare not say it, and some people do not know the answer, and they are eager to know.

In early July, the Louvre demolished the Chinese Pavilion because there were no cultural relics from China in it.

In fact, there were no Chinese cultural relics in the Louvre about four years ago, and the Chinese Pavilion was also converted into a banquet restaurant, but why it was demolished today, and at such a critical time point, the choice of the French government is very intriguing.

So the French learned another fact that the Lanfang people did help the French during the World War, and then the Lanfang people moved all the cultural relics in the Chinese Pavilion of the Louvre.

This was the efforts of several generations of French people for hundreds of years, and now they can only rely on photos to recall.

This became the last straw that broke the camel's back between Lanfang and France.

In mid-July, the French government unilaterally announced that it would give up its alliance with Lan Fang. France and Lan Fang would still maintain normal diplomatic relations, but when Lan Fang was at war, France would no longer declare war on behalf of its allies.