"Money? No, no, no, I have no money. I have never had any personal property in my life, and the people around me only have some basic funds to maintain their daily lives..."
"All my charity actions are based on fundraising... I'm sorry, I have no money. I hope the head of state will pay for all the charity rescue expenses!"
"Oh my God!" Xiao Letian slapped his forehead with the word "collapse" written all over his face. "You don't have a single coin with me, but you ask me to pay for it out of my own pocket and risk offending capitalists and aristocratic forces all over Europe... to save me." people?"
"That's right! That's it..." the old woman smiled.
Xiao Letian looked at the old man's kind face at this moment, and his heart trembled. He really couldn't afford to offend him!
But today, even the Yuan Dynasty did not dare to reject her categorically, and Xiao Letian felt a little weak when facing this woman. "What do you want? Does everything you do make sense?"
"With all due respect, even if you use up all your blood, the world will still go on according to its cruel laws... You know that I am a politician, and I still have some say in the development of the international situation. …”
"Of course! Of course you have the right to speak... Even the Queen privately said that you might be a mysterious prophet! It shows that your eyes are absolutely admirable!" The old woman nodded and replied.
"Since you believe me, let me make it clear... The world in the future will become extremely cruel. You have witnessed the Crimean War, and now you have witnessed the tragedy of the Franco-Prussian War!"
"In just a few decades, the scale of the battle formation has expanded to such a terrifying scale... So will this trend weaken? I can tell you clearly, no!"
"Wars in the future will become more and more cruel, larger in scale, and human nature will become more greedy... There will even be a global war sweeping the world one day, and no country will be immune!"
"Billions of people are trapped in it, and the dead are counted in tens of millions... In such a dark and endless world, what's the use of your kindness?"
The head of state's words were so moving that the woman sighed and remained silent for three minutes. "After a typhoon, the beach is full of fish blown up by the typhoon..."
She didn’t answer the question directly, but she told a story. This old woman is really interesting!
"A child saw it. He bent down to pick up small fish struggling on the beach and threw them back into the sea. These small fish struggling to survive were given a new life!"
"But after a typhoon, there are millions of small fish blown onto the beach. How can he save them?"
"The bystanders laughed and said, 'Everything you do is in vain. You can't save so many dying fish. Why do you bother? Does it make sense?'"
"But the child smiled and said, 'Of course it makes sense, at least the little fish in my hand feels meaningful to him!'"
Xiao Letian was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that this chicken soup for the soul, which was widely circulated in the 21st century, had already appeared in the 19th century.
This fairy tale that had been forgotten for a long time was suddenly resurrected from Xiao Letian's subconscious!
Yes, at least the person who was rescued thinks this is meaningful, then that's enough!
"Hey... since the moment I rose in East Asia, every step I take has been carefully considered, and every action can bring me direct or indirect benefits..."
"I won't do anything without reciprocation...but for you today, I have to make an exception!"
Xiao Letian turned to look at the gate of the military tent and said loudly, "Pass my order to set up defenses near the Chapelle Gate, hang our military flag, and establish a military restricted area!"
"Measure the land and notify the warring parties... I want to expropriate six to eight square kilometers of land in the neighborhood near the Chapelle Gate to establish a Chinese military restricted area..."
"Gather all our tents, medicines, food, sandbags, and prepare bricks, wood, and rocks... I'm afraid we will encounter a large wave of refugees!"
Xiao Letian attached great importance to this meeting. There was not even a translator in the tent. Only Xiao Letian and the two communicated in English. However, there was a group of officers waiting for orders outside the tent.
When the head of state gives instructions, there is no need to be too detailed. The staff officers, military officers, and diplomats below will immediately refine the spirit of the head of state's instructions into detailed steps and arrange them one by one.
Following a series of salutes, there were the footsteps of countless people leaving in a hurry!
At this time, Xiao Letian suddenly turned his head and smiled at the old woman, and asked secretly, "Are you really not giving me any benefit?"
"Hahaha... The head of state is joking. For a kind person, doing good deeds is the best gift and reward God has given him!"
"Thank you for your generosity. I'm going to arrange for my colleagues to prepare for work..."
The old woman left. Xiao Letian looked at a group of people surrounding her and got into the carriage. He couldn't help but scratch his head, "What a loss. What a waste of money!"
"But why can't I say no? There is really magic in this woman's eyes..."
The establishment of a military restricted area is not an easy task. When the Chinese have just begun preparations, the fighting in Paris has reached a fever pitch!
The cannon sounded, and the sound of the cannon ignited the fighting enthusiasm in everyone's hearts. The two sides finally reached the point of fighting to the death!
Thiers once again made a wrong judgment. He thought that if a sneak attack failed and the regular army could be mobilized for a decisive battle, the Paris Commune could be defeated? He underestimated the combat effectiveness of the 300,000 National Guardsmen, and he even underestimated the will of these oppressed poor people to resist!
Once the flame of revolution is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish it. With the roar of cannons, the whole city of Paris is filled with roars of fighting!
"Attack! Long live the Commune! Long live the Revolution!"
Varlan held a torch and personally lit the cannon's gun. The bronze Napoleon cannon roared, and the gun exploded in the dense crowd of government troops. A group of soldiers fell to the ground and screamed.
In the smoke of gunpowder, one after another National Guard soldiers rushed out with bayonets in hand and rushed towards Thiers' new army like tigers and wolves!
The buildings on both sides of the street have become hidden shooting points for the commune. The veteran who has been tempered on the battlefield is a real sharpshooter. He controls the window and raises his rifle to shoot at the enemy, and every bullet is fired perfectly.
Behind him, three fifteen-year-old kids took turns loading ammunition for the sharpshooter. The three rifles were firing vigorously, with continuous firepower!
Every headshot of a bullet can bring excited cheers from the children. Watching the tide of commune charging troops piercing into the enemy's formation, they scream and jump, as joyful as celebrating Christmas!
Thiers' new government army had already lost the upper hand in this war, and the morale of the troops was low from the beginning to the end. Many soldiers were resistant to Thiers' order to suppress the commune.
How could we fight a good war with such a mentality? Although there was no institutional surrender, they collapsed in the face of the overwhelming commune warriors!
"Oh God! There are too many enemies... Our unit has been blocked by three times the enemy force. Please support us!"
"Damn it, there are only a few of us, and the enemy is 300,000... How can we fight?"
"Defend and wait for reinforcements! Hold your position..."
The 80,000 new government troops were retreating steadily under the crazy attack of 300,000 National Guard troops. In one afternoon, all 80,000 government troops were pressed to the front line of the Seine River!
