The Sun Never Sets In Spain

Time has passed since December, and Paris has been under siege for more than a month.

Food reserves are rapidly dwindling. In the first month, the diet of the citizens of Paris is still the same as usual, except that various gatherings have ceased.

But starting this month, not only the food for all non-combatants has been cut, but even the type of diet has changed.

In addition to staple foods such as bread and noodles, it is hard to see high-calorie foods such as meat and chocolate.

Everyone has no opinion on distributing the meat to the soldiers on the front line.

But not everyone follows the rules so much.

The speed of retreating from the front line to Paris was too fast, and many high-ranking officials did not have time to escape and had to stay in the city.

Among them, aristocratic youths are very active in joining the army, and they can be seen active in the two breakout battles organized in November.

"Defending the French mother" is not an empty talk, no matter which duke's son or a certain earl's heir, all charge on the front line without hesitation.

And because most of the children of Paris nobles have studied in military academies, they not only have outstanding combat ability, but also have stronger ability to restrain desire, at least they will not blatantly violate the government's rationing order.

But this is not the case with a larger number of members of the bourgeoisie, and the fear of death spreads in their hearts.

During this period, there have been more than one occurrences of bankers holding cocktail parties privately.

Their living supplies far exceed their due share.

Some of these behaviors have been discovered, some have not been. But whether they are discovered or not, they will not receive any effective punishment.

In fact, Nasan is still very annoyed by this. As the defeated emperor, many people are staring at his every move.

In order to regain public opinion, he can only lead by example to maintain a simple life, and the use of materials is no different from ordinary people.

Take three is a patient. The middle stage of gastric cancer is when it needs to be supplemented with nutrition.

Even the emperor had paid such a big sacrifice, but the people below ignored the overall situation, so how could he not be angry.

But irritated, irritated, he really can't do anything to them.

Many of the materials expropriated this time were taken from the merchants, who took this opportunity to increase their voice in the government.

Not to mention that Nasan was originally the "emperor of the bourgeoisie". He dares to do it today, and France will republic tomorrow.

However, Paris is the most daring Frenchman, he dare not do it, and some people dare to do it.

On December 3, a serious violent clash occurred in the Menilmont neighborhood. When a wounded soldier passed by the house of Sir Fuller, the young banker, he found coffee inside that should not be enjoyed by people behind.

At first it was just a quarrel, but as Sir Fuller cursed a "bad species", the conflict immediately escalated.

You know, in order to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible in an emergency, all the soldiers in rotation have guns in their hands.

In the end, soldiers were wounded, and the Fuller couple and their young son died.

The conflict was forcibly suppressed by the authorities, and the soldiers themselves were only placed under house arrest.

But even if all the media are blocked at this time, it is impossible to block the spread of the news.

The city of Paris became more restless with the incident.

On the night of the 6th, Napoleon III made a decision that embarrassed his uncle in heaven.

"I want to make peace with Prussia."

In the bedroom, he said to Eugenie who was on the side.

For physical reasons, although the emperor returned to Paris, Eugenie was still the regent queen.

Nasan himself is only in charge of military affairs occasionally, and it is impossible to negotiate a peace without the support of the queen.

Eugenie frowned when she heard the words. She didn't show too much surprise. She had seen the emperor's performance these days, and she felt a little bit in her heart.

"Is it so early?" She hesitated: "The kid Alfonso may already be on the road."

She is not quite sure about what she said. At present, Paris is an isolated city in a sea of ​​soldiers. There is no channel for external contact, and she depends on guessing the situation of the outside world.

Some even preach that South France has surrendered.

But this statement is too ridiculous, even Prussia did not say that, but they said that South France has been defeating the war.

Many people believe this, because in their opinion, after the French General Mobilization, Prussia should be difficult to resist.

At the very least, Jinan Fa will make a tentative rescue action, but until now, the Prussian army outside Paris has not turned fire with others.

The only explanation is that the army of South France was defeated at a great distance.

I have to say that this speculation makes many people, including the royal family, frustrated. They originally thought that the siege of Paris would be lifted in less than a month, but the reality is that they are waiting here for no hope.

"Alfonso...at least last month when he was trapped, Spain hadn't done anything." Nasan said with a complicated expression: "And Spain has less than 200,000 people. What role can it play even if it comes."

He exhaled heavily: "It's not that I don't want to wait, Paris can't hold it anymore.

It is winter now, and the temperature will soon drop below 0 degrees. If this continues, at most the supplies will be exhausted for more than one month.

Rather than surrender at that time, it is better to take advantage of some capital to negotiate terms. "

After saying this, a painful expression appeared on Nasan's face. Apart from the experience of being invaded by Germanic barbarians during the Gaul period, France has never lost to a German in a heads-up. He is the first time in history.

It is conceivable that the French in later generations would think of him.

Eugenie was still a little vacillating. As the actual power holder, she knew more about the situation in the city than Nasan.

Paris’s material reserves are extremely strong. Although the population has swelled to nearly 700,000 with the influx of refugees, there is no problem if it lasts for another two months. It even saves a bit and can still be used for nearly three months.

No matter how you look at it, you should continue to wait.

But her husband's words immediately changed her mind.

"We have lost the war and cannot lose the throne anymore."

… Eugenie awakened suddenly, according to this trend, Paris may have a coup.

If you simply wait for someone to rescue, the royal family that has not contributed to the war will definitely be liquidated after the war.

Their initial idea was that the peace talks would be dismissed, but now the political situation in Paris is unstable, and the power of South France has not met their expectations.

If you don't want to save yourself, the Bonaparte royal family will most likely not survive the day of peace talks.

"We can't cede the land." He calmed down after taking three to this kind of time:

"The compensation is easy to negotiate, and my bottom line is 1 billion francs."

"The influence on South Germany can be given up. As for Alsace Lorraine, if they must, it can only be through a referendum after the war.

Eugenie, find someone to contact Prussia immediately. "

Although France has a good economy at present, due to its aggressive foreign policy, it has a debt of 1.2 billion francs, so it doesn't care if it is one billion more.

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Eugenie sent a cronies the next day and secretly sent the letter of petition to the commander-in-chief of the siege, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia.

His Royal Highness was unbelievable when he heard the news at first. It had been around for only a month, and it was far below their psychological expectations. Unexpectedly, the defensive troops of Paris were so tough, but the leader was so weak.

After careful inspection, he confirmed that the French really wanted to surrender!