Wild North America 1846

Early morning of day 2

Richard woke up from a deep sleep. Two delicate little maids were wrapped around him like octopuses, sleeping soundly.

He did not disturb the two girls. After getting up and washing themselves under the service of the maid, he came to the dining table full of energy and sat down to enjoy the sumptuous breakfast of the day.

On the dining table were meat and vegetable steamed buns, fried dough sticks, tofu curd, glutinous rice dumplings, juice, milk and bread, as well as cheese and various exquisite side dishes. There were dozens of plates, and the portions were too much for one person to finish.

Richard came to the table and sat down, took a sip from the milk glass, picked up the newspaper stacked here and read it carefully.

These are European newspapers from a month ago, distributed via cruise ships to New York, Philadelphia, the Hamptons, and southern Virginia, Florida and other places in the United States.

The fastest one is a week, the slow one is eight or nine days.

When the newspaper in Richard's hand was transited through Panama in Central America and arrived at the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty, it was basically delayed from 20 days to a month.

Richard has always insisted on reading newspapers, so that he can be aware of major events happening around the world and avoid being blocked by news and becoming a frog in a well.

In the land of China

In 1847, the 24th year of Emperor Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, the British's attempt to forcefully lease Henan was strongly opposed by the local people and they were forced to give up their attempt to set foot in Henan.

In this year, under the coercion of the British Minister Derbishi, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Qiying and the Governor of Guangdong jointly issued a notice allowing the British to enter the city, which aroused great indignation among the people of Guangzhou.

The crowd tore up the notice, and the senior elites sent the prefect Liu Xun to secretly arrange a date for the British to enter the city. Thousands of people broke into the government office and burned Liu Xun's court beads and official uniforms. When Desbi was forced to bring his troops back to Hong Kong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi

The Qi and the British made a secret agreement to allow the British to enter Guangzhou after two years.

This year, large-scale mass uprisings broke out in Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. The Taiping Rebellion was like a prairie fire, and it was already burning.

in Europe

In the 19th century, the basis of British foreign policy was very clear, based on what Palmerston said to William IV in 1831;

"Maintaining Britain's position as the arbiter of Europe, and then of the world, is determined by Britain's economic and military strength."

Since 1815, after defeating the French Emperor Napoleon at the Congress of Vienna, a European situation was formed in which the Holy Alliance composed of Britain, Prussia, Tsarist Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire besieged France. The main purpose was to prevent the restoration of French Napoleonism and destroy the balance of power in Europe, and it has been

continues to this day.

After Napoleon's nephew Louis Bonaparte seized the fruits of the French Revolution, the Bonapartists in France became active again. They claimed to change the 1815 Agreement and redraw the European map, which aroused vigilance throughout Europe.

In the past two years, when France threatened Belgium's neutral status, Russia proactively offered to Britain that it could send troops to guard against France. However, it later proved that this was a false alarm and just a trick played by the French.

The French Emperor Napoleon III was unwilling to be lonely and repeatedly instigated the Eastern Issue and the Holy Land issue, trying to undermine the Four-Power Holy Alliance Treaty and break the shackles surrounding France.

The so-called "Eastern Question" refers to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The so-called "Holy Land Issue" refers to the churches in Jerusalem, where Jesus' tomb is located, and in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.

Since the time of the Crusaders

France has always had immunity and privileges. In 1535, King Francois I of France formed an unprecedented alliance with Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire because of their common enemies, and jointly opposed the Holy Roman Empire.

As a gift, France's right to protect the Holy Land Church was confirmed by the Ottoman Empire and lasted for more than 200 years.

The status of the French royal family as the "Protector of the Holy Land" has undoubtedly given the French royal family a layer of gold in a Europe with an extremely strong religious atmosphere. It is a sacred and noble honor.

In 1757, due to pressure from Tsarist Russia, the protection of the Holy Land was returned to the Greeks.

Can be seen from newspaper information;

nowadays

The French Emperor Louis Bonaparte sent the Marquis of Lavaletti to Constantinople to ask the Turkish court to explicitly recognize France's right to protect most of the Holy Land churches.

On the issue of Holy Land, the Ottoman Sultan was still hesitant and he did not dare to offend anyone.

The Marquis of Lavaletti reaffirmed the privileges France had acquired over the centuries and did not hesitate to threaten force.

European public opinion circles generally analyze that in the face of strong pressure from France, Sudan may not be able to survive for long, and there is a high probability that Sudan will agree.

If that's the case

It will undoubtedly arouse the outrage of the Russian royal family. The Tsar calls himself the "Protector of the Holy Land." In the 1774 Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainagyi, it is stipulated that the Orthodox Church has immunities and privileges higher than those of the Catholic Church. This is the Russian Tsar's

This right provides international recognition.

The central point of public opinion in European countries now is: Will a large-scale war break out as a result?

The French have always been unsettled and have been making trouble everywhere, which has been very obvious.

The so-called "Eastern Question" and "Holy Land Question" are two comprehensive issues.

Since the 19th century

Due to the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, its huge territory and size made Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria and other European powers salivate, and they all wanted to take a bite of this piece of fat. This was the "Eastern Question".

Jerusalem was within the territory of the Ottoman Empire. When this great empire spanning Europe and Asia was strong, no one dared to say anything. Therefore, France enjoyed being the "Protector of the Holy Land" for hundreds of years.

This title that Christians valued was worthless in the Ottoman Empire, but it was enough for European countries to seize the title, especially Tsarist Russia, which had to seize it quickly.

In the fifth Russo-Turkish War that broke out from 1768 to 1774, Tsarist Russia finally got what it wanted and grabbed the honor of being the "protector of the Holy Land."

The French intervened at this time, and their purpose was to provoke the irritable Russian bear. Anyway, the Russian bear was separated from France by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Prussia. No matter how they fanned the flames, they could not hurt a single hair of France.

The evil was spread on the Ottoman Empire.

Once the Russian-Turkish war breaks out

The Treaty of Holy Alliance between the four countries has naturally collapsed, and their heads have been beaten into dog brains. How can we jointly deal with the French?

This was the wishful thinking of the French Emperor Louis Bonaparte. He used a conspiracy. All countries knew that France had bad intentions, but they could not do anything about France.

On the "Eastern Question", Russia had conflicts with Austria and Britain, so France did its best to sow discord between Russia, Austria and Russia and Britain, and was very active.

To Britain, Louis Bonaparte mainly flattered, once again recognized Britain's advantages in Egypt after driving away France, and coordinated its diplomatic stance with Britain.

While France was wooing Austria, it was threatening Austria by supporting the Cavour government of the Kingdom of Sardinia in its plan to unify Italy.

Once the Russo-Turkish War breaks out, if the Austro-Hungarian Empire sends troops to support Tsarist Russia, then France will support the Kingdom of Sardinia to unify Italy, and this is a weakness that the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot accept.

Austria lost a diplomatic master like Metternich and was now led by the French.

The Tsarist Russian furry bear's urinary habit has never been teased, and its temper can only get worse...

While eating breakfast, Richard watched with relish Europe's comments on the current "Holy Land Issue" and "Oriental Issue", feeling satisfied and happy.

He knew that the Crimean War was getting closer.

to be honest

European countries have a very bad view of Tsarist Russia's greed, and they never think that East Slavs have anything to do with them. They have different religions, languages, living customs, and even different worldviews.

White Europeans generally believe that East Slavs are white-skinned Mongolians.

This cannot be blamed on European prejudice. Tsarist Russia indeed has endless greed for land and has always been aggressive. It will find excuses to launch aggressive wars without any excuse.

Now that the French have given them a pretext for war, it is surprising that Tsarist Russia can endure it.

Those who fall behind will be beaten, and the Ottoman Empire is the most obvious and tragic example.

If he doesn't agree to the French request, the French will send troops to beat him. If he agrees to the French request, the Russians will send troops to beat him. It's that simple.

Only by living in this era and deeply understanding the conflicts between European countries can we understand how interesting the changes in the international situation are, like a lively and exciting drama.

Li Cha watched with relish. He had a great appetite. He drank two glasses of milk, ate two rice dumplings and several meat buns, and drank a bowl of tofu curd.

After the plates were removed, he spread some cheese on the bread, sandwiched the slices of meat and crisp lettuce, and started to eat a large bowl of porridge, which was extremely sweet.

At this moment

Two little girls with bright eyes and white teeth, one behind the other, ran out in a panic and timidly came to apologize.

His Majesty the King has already gotten up, but the two of them are still snoozing in bed. They really have no dignity at all. Is this okay?

"Get up and wait on your side."

Richard said lightly, he was really tortured last night, his body was so strong, the two tender girls almost couldn't handle it.

These two little girls who serve in bed are beauties carefully selected from thousands of people. Their skin is like frost and snow, and they have a faint girlish body fragrance. The warm quilt is naturally first-class.

One of the two young ladies is fat and the other is thin. The thinner one is called Qin Yufei. Her waist is less than a handhold, but her waist is curved. She is as gentle as water. The joy of the boudoir is indescribable.

The fatter one is called Zheng Xiuniang. She has picturesque features and looks both happy and angry. She is a beauty born with small bones. There is flesh on her face, hands and feet. She is as white as cream. She can be held in her arms after being warmed by the quilt.

It couldn't be better.

Even better... ahem...

The fragrance comes

After receiving His Majesty the King's forgiveness, two beautiful maids stood beside me, one on the left and one on the right, and got busy.

One stretched out his hand to peel an egg, and the egg whites that were peeled out were dwarfed by the creamy snowy skin.

With a spoon in hand, he scooped up a spoonful of porridge, tested the temperature with his fragrant lips, and then fed it. It was really extravagant to the extreme.

The beauty was so kind that Richard opened his mouth and took a mouthful of porridge with a spoon. He turned his head and swallowed a boiled egg directly into his mouth, almost eating it with his little hands.

Qin Yufei screamed in shock, and then she knew it was His Majesty's trick. In the blink of an eye, a red cloud appeared on her beautiful cheeks, and she lowered her head shyly.

Being served by these two beautiful ladies, Richard felt very happy after eating. After finishing the meal, he stood up and left, leaving only a faint sentence: "You two stay to eat, and let the kitchen do whatever you need."

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"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty's reward for the meal, even though it is just leftovers, is still a great gift and means special honor.

The two beauties looked surprised and happy, and they knelt down and said a blessing. Richard did not answer, but strode out...