Fox of France

"What's the matter?" Bellton asked, opening his eyes.

"You have to propose to me as soon as possible, um, as for me, first I pretended not to agree; then you proposed again, um, and then I reluctantly agreed." Polina said seriously.

"What?" Belle was taken aback. Of course, in theory, being able to marry a girl surnamed Bonaparte is definitely a fortune in today's France. This is true both politically and economically. Especially Polina, Bell East knew that Polina was different from the other girls in the Bonaparte family. Politically speaking, Polina had considerable political resources in her hands, and this political resource did not only refer to her She is the most favored daughter of the Bonaparte family, which means that she actually controls a part of the political resources in her hands.

Polina controls several fashion magazines and literary publications. In a sense, she controls the direction of avant-garde fashion. And using the literary magazines in her hands, she also played a very important role in constructing French ideology.

In addition, these magazines, as well as the fashion and cosmetics in her hands, can also bring her a lot of income. In terms of income alone, she is also one of the richest women in Europe. To be able to marry a wife like Paulina, just in the economic sense, is to marry a gold mine and go home. What's more, there are all kinds of political support.

Of course, some of Polina's habits are really not good. After marrying such a lady, there will definitely be a green prairie above her head. But in France, isn't this a normal thing? Even King Louis XVI had a green head. This matter can even be said to be my France, no, it should even be said to be the glorious tradition of my great Rome. Because the Roman Empire is no less than France in this respect. This also fully proves one point, that is, Roman orthodoxy is in France.

So, this habit is actually nothing. Nothing really.

Besides, Polina is very beautiful, and she can dress up, and her beauty is very different from the common female beauty. If the queen or princess of some countries is as beautiful as a doll or something, then Bolina Lena, well, it is said that one of her admirers once described it like this:

Princess Polina has a special sense of beauty, as beautiful as a colorful tiger in the Indian jungle, like a jumping flame...

And another of her crushes described her like this:

Princess Polina is as beautiful as the poppy, and as addictive as the products of the poppy.

Just considering the charm of Polina, the matter of the green grassland is completely worthless.

The real problem with Polina is that she's a lot of times too androgynous, even masculine, which creates a problem that her partner tends to come across as somewhat androgynous, at least in everyone's eyes It seems that there is something like this.

Generally speaking, a girl who is somewhat neutral is called a tomboy, or a tomboy if it is more serious. Although it is somewhat derogatory, the degree of derogation is still limited. Sometimes, this feature can even become a kind of halo on her body. Just like the ancient Greek Princess Seniska, she was a bold and unrestrained woman, but everyone still erected a statue for her.

But a guy, a little bit androgynous, that's not great. A lighter one is called a sissy, and a heavier one is called a sissy. In this era when "little fresh meat" has not yet become popular, the society's contempt for men who behave like this is far more than the contempt for tomboys and tomboys. This situation, for some, is almost intolerable. It is said that the reason why Davout fell off his horse was probably because he was worried that marrying Polina would affect his image in the army.

However, Bell East does not seem to have this problem, or even if there is a problem in this area, compared with Polina's beauty, this is no longer a big problem. If you consider Polina's wealth and Political influence, what's wrong with this!

Therefore, Bell East hurriedly said: "Polina, I..."

"Hahahaha..." Polina covered his mouth and said, "Idiot, I lied to you, I just made fun of you!"

Then she pushed Belton aside, put on her nightgown, stood up, walked to the dressing table, picked up the tortoiseshell comb placed in front of the mirror, turned her head sideways, and combed her own hair.

Belton was lying on the bed, watching Paulina combing her hair with wide-open light blue eyes.

Polina combed twice, and noticed that Belleton was looking at her, so she said with a smile: "Fool, do you know what I lied to you just now?"

Belleton shook his head foolishly.

Polina put down her comb, walked over, bent down, stroked Belton's face with her hand and said, "I just like to see you so stupid, haha, let me tell you, I don't need you to ask me for a second marriage." Well. I am not Napoleon's hypocritical guy. I am so greedy for 'Inberado' that I can't sleep, and I still have to pretend. So, please propose to me, as soon as you ask, I will immediately agree to you .”

"Polina, you... are you serious?" Belle Dong asked in doubt.

"What? You don't believe it?" said Polina.

"I don't really believe it, or if you pinch me, I feel like I'm dreaming." Belton said, "Besides, it doesn't seem to suit your style?"

"Ah, that's it!" Polina blinked her big eyes.

"It's really out of my style," said Polina, and then she straightened up and said solemnly, "Then, Miss Belton, will you marry me?"

Bellton had no idea what to say.

Polina laughed out loud, trembling all over, she couldn't straighten up, then she fell down on the bed and pressed on Beldon's body.

Polina laughed for a long time before she stopped. She rested her head on Beier Dong's lower abdomen, stretched out her hand and stroked Beier Dong's face: "Ber Dong, you are so cute."

Then she raised her head again, twisted her body, and lay down beside Beier Dong, looked into Beier Dong's eyes and said, "Okay, I'm not kidding, I'm serious. Well, I have something to ask for your help Do me a favor."

While speaking, Polina stretched out her hand and patted Bellon's shoulder.

"Well, that's much more normal," said Belton. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I want to go to the Olympics," Polina said. "I think I'll go down in history as Princess Siniska at the first modern Olympics. Well, I'm going to compete in equestrian and shooting, but there's a little Small snag. Napoleon and Joseph, those bastards, won't allow me to enter the race, uh, you gotta help me."

"How can I help?" Bellton asked suspiciously.

"Joseph, well, in our family, even Napoleon dared not listen to him. He said that unless I married myself before the Olympics, he would not allow me to play. I think..." Bo Lina approached Bell and said, "We are brothers, who else can help me with this matter except you? After all, that guy Joseph said that my husband must be a man. Well, how about it? A word?"

"This, this is also..." Beidong suddenly understood how a girl like Polina was made. Sure enough, behind every bear child, there are bear parents.

"Don't worry, if you agree, I can assure you of these points. First, I don't care how you usually go out to play. I don't object to bringing your mistress home. Of course, you don't care how I play. Never mind, besides, I can still wrong myself, I only bring mistresses home, after all, I don't think you will have a mistress. Then, I promise, if I have a child, it must be yours. Well, how about ? But let’s make it clear beforehand that Joseph forbids me to divorce.”

"Polina..." Belleton said hesitantly.

"What? You don't want to help?" Polina raised her eyebrows.

"Then why?" Bellon said, "Why don't I help you with your affairs? Besides, I didn't suffer. However, it was a little sudden, and I was a little..."

"Okay!" said Polina happily. "Well, enough buddies! Well, now let's move on to the next question."

"What's the question?" Bellton asked.

"Of course it's a question of who's going to propose to whom. Well, how about me?" said Polina.

Beier Dong slowly got up from the bed: "I'll do this kind of thing, after all, I'm the husband, right?"

Polina also got up from the bed and stood by the dressing table.

"Dear Mademoiselle Bonaparte," Belton walked over and half knelt down, "will you marry me?"

"Of course I would, honey," said Paulina. "Come on, let's talk about the next thing. I have to take you to meet my brother and my mother. Let me tell you, my mother It's easy to deal with, but none of my older brothers..."

In Istanbul, Sultan Selim III and Saint-Meran have reached a basic agreement on the preparations for the war. According to the agreement between the two parties, after the Olympic Games, Sultan Selim III will issue an order to the pashas of the Barbary countries, ordering them to come to Istanbul for an audience.

Everyone knew that these pashas would never leave their lands and go to Istanbul to die. Therefore, they will certainly not obey the orders of Sultan Selim III. Then naturally His Majesty the Sultan was furious and ordered a crusade against the rebels. At this time, France also declared war on the Barbary countries on the grounds that the piracy of the Barbary countries had harmed the interests of France.

The two countries then formed a de facto coalition. First, the French navy is responsible for destroying the fleets of the Barbary countries and destroying their port defense facilities to cover the landing of the Turkish army. Because it is related to the ratio of spoils later, coupled with the prestige of Turkey, Sultan Selim III still hopes to allow the Turkish army to gain some honor.

Of course, this kind of victory must be collected by Selim III's most trusted people. Therefore, Grand Vizier Arundar Mustafa Pasha will be responsible for leading an expeditionary force of 30,000 to quell the rebellion.

Of course, this action also requires the cooperation of some other countries. The first is to obtain the cooperation of Russia. Otherwise, Sultan Selim III would not dare to casually transfer his elite army to a place thousands of kilometers away to fight. If Maozi took this opportunity and rushed over, wouldn't it be a small loss? Therefore, if you want to make such an idea, you must first stabilize Russia.

Therefore, Arendar Mustafa Pasha proposed that the French must publicly express their position and not allow Russia to take the opportunity to launch an aggressive war against Turkey. Saint-Meran believes that it is too radical and unnecessary to disclose the initial reaction when the Russians have not taken any action. But they can show this to the Russians privately.

Arendar Mustafa Pasha knew that it was the French who didn't want to mess with the Russians. But how useful the "private" persuasion is, it's hard to say, because the "private" method itself is full of weakness, and it means "I don't want to offend you". The deterrence is much smaller.

Therefore, both Sultan Selim III and Arundar Mustafa Pasha insisted that France must make a public statement to ensure Turkey's security.

But when Saint-Meran was traveling, Napoleon told him not to get easily involved in Turkey and disputes. So of course he was unwilling to agree to such a request.

"Actually, you don't need to use the most elite army. From the perspective of security, any statement or something that can provide security guarantees is not as good as a real army. And the land of the rebels in Barbary The strength is actually very limited. The general army should be enough to deal with them. If it doesn’t work, you can still hire the French army to help. As long as you pay wages and pensions, this is not a problem. And those Italian mercenaries, they Although their combat effectiveness is a bit worse, they will be cheaper than the French.

Moreover, with such a huge empire as Turkey, His Majesty has to face such a complicated situation, and he cannot have only one capable and reliable army in his hands. Otherwise, once there is any conflict between your country and Russia, some people in your country will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. In fact, I personally prefer to suggest that your country first send a reliable army, but the training and combat level is not particularly good, go to France first, and receive our training in France.

Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Grand Vizier, over the years, the French army's illustrious military exploits have shown that our French army is the best army in the world. Your country also sent personnel to visit the last military exercise of our army. I believe they must have reported the performance of our army to you. ’ Saint-Meran offered such a counterproposal.

This suggestion was beyond the expectations of Selim III and Arendar Mustafa Pasha. After discussing it, they also felt that this matter seemed feasible. So the two sides reached an agreement on this issue. As for the specific details, such as sending those people there, how much it will cost to equip these people with French-style weapons and equipment, how much training fees the French will charge, and how preferential the interest should be for the money borrowed from the French banks, it will be left to the The person in charge will talk about it.