"Sir's eloquent remarks really enlightened me, but I don't know if the Hemudu and Banpo civilizations mentioned by the head of state are fabrications or are there real archaeological excavations?" Sal Lauman asked.
Xiang Ying heard that it was OK. The level of these French translators was pretty good. They were able to keep up with the progress and generally understood what they meant.
You know, Xiang Ying and the others use a lot of dialect when chatting!
"You don't have to worry about whether there are such archaeological excavations. You just need to know that in the early days of the development of human society, such a phenomenon did exist!"
"The head of state has put forward a point of view, and we are responsible for looking for evidence. Otherwise, wouldn't all the expedition funds for a year be wasted? You should know that there is a prince of the Chinese nation currently conducting this global archaeological operation..."
Satrauman's eyes lit up. It was obviously the first time he heard such news. He was about to continue asking, but Xiang Ying lost interest in chatting.
I saw him pointing to an open space in front of him, "Take a rest and let the war horse drink some water and eat some fodder..."
Unwilling to let the topic be interrupted, Satraumann quickly caught up and summoned the courage to ask, "General! I really don't understand why you want to interfere in the grudge between us and the Paris Commune! Is this the order of the head of state?" ?”
Xiang Yingxin said, why are you so expressionless? You know I'm too lazy to answer but you still ask?
"Mr. Congressman, it is an excellent virtue of the Chinese people to draw a sword to help when there is injustice. I am just demanding myself in accordance with Chinese moral standards..."
"I have just said that there is a difference between civilization and barbarism, but I also know that in the thousands of years of competition between China and the Yi and Di, civilization sometimes goes backwards!"
"It is possible for barbarism to defeat civilization in a short period of time... To be honest, for France, regardless of the hatred of the previous war, I still admire it!"
"The first declaration of human rights in human history is an epoch-making progress. In the final analysis, doesn't civilization mean to make human society fairer and make people's lives happier? A little more humanity means a little more civilization..."
"France is ahead of the times, but why is it going backwards now? How is your behavior any different from the tyrants of the Middle Ages?"
"You can kill the legal party leaders if you want? No one can participate in the entire meeting? Is this France at this moment? I deeply regret it..."
Xiang Ying shook his head and urged the horse to go away, leaving Satrauman in a daze. But after only a short while, he shouted, "You say we are barbaric? Where are you going?"
"You are just a group of conspirators and careerists. Do you think I don't know what Xiao Letian is doing behind his back? You colluded with the Paris Commune to steal my French treasures. Do you really think we don't know about this?"
"Xiao Letian wasn't that honest when he came to power! How can there be any warmth and morality in the struggle for power? We don't need you to educate us!"
Listening to Satrauman's angry roar, Xiang Ying was not angry at all and shrugged without looking back. "So what? Now we are an occupying force and we are stepping on French soil. What can you do?"
"When you get to Bordeaux, give Thiers a message...become his president and prepare as much money as possible. If you don't have enough money, you can't invite us occupying troops away!"
Satrauman clenched his hands so angry that his nails were embedded in his flesh. "You Chinese, wait, even if this hatred lasts a hundred years, we in France will still have to avenge it!"
"Then it's up to you. When the soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth..."
Just when Xiang Ying was making the French congressmen furious, in Xiao Letian's office in the Palace of Versailles, Wang Ju and the Head of State were also discussing the situation in Paris.
"You ordered Xiang Ying to rescue Blanqui? Is this necessary... cough cough..." Wang Ju took out his handkerchief and coughed lightly.
Xiao Letian quickly put the cigarette in the ashtray, "Open the window wider, Director Wang needs fresh air... I didn't specially ask Xiang Ying to marry and save people. Anyway, they are all on the same route. Let's take a look..."
"If you happen to meet someone, just help him. If you don't meet him, just leave it to fate!"
Director Wang loosened a button of his shirt and breathed in the fresh air. He said in a worried tone, "You are playing with fire...getting too involved in the Paris Commune will cause a series of unnecessary troubles." !”
"Prime Minister Bismarck has received some warning news and intelligence over and over again. The major capital families in Europe are all wary of our approach to the Paris Commune..."
"Head of State! Is it worth it to make enemies with capitalists all over Europe just to get some cultural relics? Those people in the Paris Commune are the mortal enemies of the capitalist consortium!"
Xiao Letian was silent for a moment, "I know everything you said, but I still have to do this... In fact, Bismarck also agreed with me, but when facing the capitalist forces across Europe, he seemed worse than us. Be timid..."
"Don't think that I really want to save the Paris Commune. That organization was just a flash in the pan...and don't always think that I'm here for cultural relics. In fact, my greedy face is just an excuse for my behavior!"
"The most important thing for us right now is to extort money from France! Thiers is about to be elected president, and we have to extort more francs from him!"
"Our industrialization needs money! Save funds... It's not like you didn't read the telegram from my hometown. My old father-in-law is already gray with worry!"
"If we don't return home with a lot of money, we won't even be able to pay back the interest on the war bonds!"
Xiao Letian stretched out his hand and pointed to the land and sky of France outside the window. "You can never imagine how many precious metals were plundered in Europe after the Age of Discovery began!"
"That's gold and silver measured in tons! As a veteran European power, France's comprehensive national strength is second only to the United Kingdom. This is a mountain of gold!"
"Scraping off a little bit of oil and water will be enough for us to live ten years!"
"How to exploit them? We have to let them fight among themselves and fight the civil war desperately... The more brutal the French civil war in Paris is, the more they want our support!"
"They want our weapons, our mercenaries, our diplomatic support... Even if these are not used, they will still want us to leave this land quickly, and then they can close the door and beat the dogs!"
"Don't you understand? The bloodier the civil war in Paris is, the more money we can extort!"
"Bismarck has long understood this truth, but he has difficulties... After all, he did not dare to directly support the Paris Commune. He is a European politician. Once the capitalists label him as pro-leftist, he will not be able to support the Paris Commune directly. I won’t be able to work anymore!”
"As a last resort, we have to do the dirty work. We can support the Paris Commune a little... to make them resist more fiercely. Only in this way can the French Civil War escalate!"
