As night fell, the indescribable aroma of meat, oil and seasonings wafted out of the Northern Navy camp located in the open space between the castle and the beach, causing the French soldiers on duty on the castle to swallow their saliva. .
At the same time, a grand welcome dinner also started at the Governor's Palace of local governance. When Deng Fei and a group of Northern Navy officers entered the hall wearing gorgeous and well-made military uniforms, all the French people present were shocked, especially the governor's wife, whose expression suddenly changed.
The reason why she was nervous was because at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, the revolutionaries composed of the burgher class called themselves "sans-culottes," which means "people who don't wear tight pants."
Yes, the trousers of this era in Europe are just like the jeans of the 19th century. They were only worn by people at the bottom of society. The tops of the nobles are all embroidered dresses with lace cuffs; the lower body is required to wear knee-length tights, usually dark gray or black, and they must wear long stockings and short leather boots with wedge heels. If a certain noble wears a pair of almost transparent, dazzling snow-white silk shorts, he will definitely be a star in social situations, the kind that will blind the eyes.
This kind of French dress influenced the entire Europe of the 18th century. No matter which country's nobles, they must wear this dress and speak fluent French.
During the day, although Deng Fei and the others were dressed in similar attires when they came ashore, the French thought they were the other party's work clothes. Unexpectedly, when it came to formal occasions, they were still the same.
The trousers worn by everyone in Beihai Town, which are long to the feet and have no cuffs on the legs, although they look straight and crisp, and when paired with the tops and black leather shoes on the feet, they also look very neat and tidy, but in the eyes of the nobles , it is still a piece of clothing belonging to the lower class, which makes many people immediately think of the group of people who attacked the Bastille.
When Deng Fei kissed his hands again, the governor's wife pointed at the medals on his chest with her fan and asked curiously: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I noticed that you and your officers all have those long medals hanging on their chests." Are the squares a kind of decoration?"
The governor's wife changed into an evening dress and wore a pure white evening dress decorated with vines and flower patterns. Her snow-white shoulders, shiny hair and brooch necklace all shone brightly. The beauty of her completely exposed breasts and back made Deng Fei feel a little uncomfortable. dizziness.
"La belle personne!" It was really charming. For a moment, he felt that it was a blessing that Zhao Xin didn't come, otherwise something might happen to this woman.
"The medal is simplified." After Deng Fei said this, he pulled over the battalion commander Elu of the special operations battalion and briefly explained to the curious eyes of a group of French people what the rank medal was and what the military service medal was. In addition, there are medals and decorative medals.
In Europe at this time, medals of honor had not yet appeared. Officers would hang the medals on the upper left chest; if they were senior generals, it would be like wearing a piece of metal armor, which could definitely block a handful of lead bullets. .
Elu has experienced hundreds of battles over the years and can be considered a ruthless person, but how has he ever experienced such a scene! Especially when a group of women with their plump breasts exposed surrounded him, his dark cheeks quickly turned red and purple as if he had drunk too much wine. The strong smell of perfume and powder around him made him almost breathless. Come. At this moment, he wished he could turn around and escape from the Governor's Mansion, and eat a big pot of rice with his men.
Because some guests had not arrived yet, before the dinner started, everyone went to the living room to sit for a while. Aborigines dressed in French servant clothes shuttled among the crowd carrying drinks. A group of French people gathered around Deng Fei and the governor and his wife, listening quietly to them chatting about some stories about Beihai Town, exclaiming exaggerated exclamations from time to time. Elu, Jiao Xun, Huang Chengji and others were sitting on the sofa, looking at everything here with curious eyes. Of course, they couldn't understand French at all.
At present, except for Deng Fei, the French level of everyone else in the mission is limited to saying hello. Not to mention the various tricks of verb conjugation and grammatical rules, just the uvular sounds give them a headache.
Governor Leclerc said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, what do you think of the riots in Europe? I once heard Count Laperouse say that you are very familiar with the situation in Europe."
"My opinion is that the current situation in your country is about to fall into an uncontrollable situation. Conspiracy, betrayal, internal strife, murder, and even massacre will completely destroy France, oh, I mean the upper class society, by then. .....”
At this point, he shrugged and spread his hands.
"Ahem! Gentlemen, don't talk about those villains to me on such a beautiful night. Maybe I don't understand anything, but what they do is disrupting order! His Majesty the King is so kind and moral, But look what the so-called 'National Convention' has done? They canceled the East India Company's franchise. Soon local governance will become a mess, and the good situation will no longer exist! And the British, hum~~ "
After hearing the complaint from the governor's wife, Deng Fei quickly answered: "You are right! Now the British are cooperating with our enemy, the Manchu Qing regime, and providing them with a large amount of military assistance. Furthermore, they will also A large amount of opium produced in Mawa is sold to Guangzhou, and we have long wanted to deal with them!"
After hearing this, Governor Leclerc felt happy. For the French, as long as they can make the British feel defeated, they like it. Just as he was talking, the butler came to report that several Tamil princes who had arrived late also arrived, so he announced that the dinner had begun, and everyone walked towards the restaurant with cheers.
It is said that before everyone in Beihai Town left, Zhao Xin held a special symposium with everyone and explained many habits of Europeans to avoid making a joke.
Regarding eating, Zhao Xin told everyone this: "As for you, if you can use a knife and fork, use it. If you are not used to it, bring your own pair of chopsticks. We don't need to follow those Europeans. You must know this The first time they begged us. Don’t be dazzled by their gorgeous tableware and pomp. Even if those knives and forks are made of gold and silver, they are still knives and forks. Our ancestors used this kind of vulgar thing more than 3,000 years ago. Eliminated! Those Europeans are still complacent in thinking that they are civilized. If you ask me, chopsticks are the pinnacle of human eating tools! Not to mention, more than a hundred years ago, both their kings and nobles still used their hands to eat food. You eat from a bowl, and at most you only have a spoon to drink soup. Generally speaking, the meaning of European banquets is more important than connotation. Filling the stomach is secondary, and social interaction is the core."
To the vast majority of people in Beihai Town, whatever "King Zhao" says is right; in view of this, Zhao Xin rarely expresses his opinions publicly. However, his words to the members of the mission still had an effect. When everyone, including Elu and Jiao Xun, saw that the sides of the dinner plate in their place were filled with various knives and forks, they decisively took them from their jacket pockets. A small light blue long box was taken out. When opened, a pair of chopsticks were divided into two parts.
Then, when they saw the Seris people opposite using chopsticks to pick up the cream snacks as if no one was watching, no matter whether it was the French and indigenous princes at the table, or the indigenous servants serving them, their eyes almost fell off the plate... ....
Governor Leclerc ignored this. He was more concerned about how much support Beihai Town could give him; while the Governor's wife continued to discuss the domestic situation with Deng Fei at the dinner table. It could be seen that she spoke fluent French. His Excellency the Vice Admiral is very interested.
"Liberty and equality, gentlemen, these are all lies. Although I personally love freedom and equality, Rousseau actually said that 'the flowers of freedom must be constantly watered with the blood of tyrants.' What a terrible thing. What a thing! Will people become happier after the revolution? No, I think just the opposite."
"Yes, "The Social Contract."" Deng Fei said calmly: "But madam, it is indeed time for France to change. Social contradictions have intensified to the extreme. If the king does not act, then the emerging bourgeoisie will seize power. And in order to ensure their revolution, that is, to carry out the republic to the end, the new people in power will definitely attack the king and the nobles."
"God! This is too scary." The governor's wife shrugged, and then began to concentrate on the cream dessert on the plate...
Briefly speaking, after Deng Fei and the others visited the local area for two days, they immediately held five days of negotiations with the French Indian officials headed by Leclerc.
Zhao Xin asked the Manchus to serve as the vanguard and carve out a territory for Beihai Town in northern India and West Bengal. His purpose was nothing more than to disrupt the expansion momentum of the British East India Company and prevent the British from dominating the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. In this way, it was necessary to unite the French and the Kingdom of Mysore, which was bent on fighting the British.
In order for French India to continue to be able to create obstacles for the British, version 3.0 of the French East India Company cannot go bankrupt and local governance cannot be lost. To achieve this goal, the king, who is the spokesperson of the Catholic Church and the representative of the nobility, must not die. At least his youngest son must not die. Otherwise, who will support the French East India Company?
You must know that Louis XVIII, who succeeded the throne in another time and space, is still the Count of Provence. He is now 37 years old and fled to Brussels last year. If Beihai Town wants to establish a relationship with him, it is too weak to do so, and the other party may not buy it.
But Louis Charles, who is only seven years old, is different! If the child can be brought under the control of Beihai Town, Zhao Xin will have an excuse to intervene in the ownership issue of French Louisiana in the future.
In short, uniting the French currently seems to have more advantages than disadvantages. Who allowed this country to be in turmoil now while still occupying so many colonies!
For Governor Leclerc, he is now more concerned about the situation in India. Faced with the aggressiveness of the British, he is completely unable to deal with it.
The year before last, the third "British-Mysore War" broke out. Before the war began, Governor Cornwallis formed an anti-Mysore alliance with the Maratha and Hyderabad, and increased the enthusiasm of these two parties to participate in the war on the condition of Mysore territory and compensation. The British East India Company's troops attacked Mysore in three directions. Hyderabad and Maratha also launched attacks. The two sides exchanged fire simultaneously on the Carnatic, Malabar and Deccan Plateau.
Realizing that continued resistance was impossible, Tipu Sultan chose to negotiate with Cornwallis last spring. Just last month, Britain and the Kingdom of Mysore reached the Treaty of Seringapatan. Mysore ceded half of its territory to Hyderabad, the Maratha League and the British East India Company, and also paid three hundred In exchange for tens of thousands of pounds in compensation, Tipu's two sons were also sent to Calcutta as hostages.
On the other hand, the French East India Company, although they allied with the Kingdom of Mysore to fight against the British, due to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1785, they could only provide military personnel training and guide the construction of weapons factories to the Kingdom of Mysore. , or sending "volunteer" personnel, unable to provide official large-scale assistance.
Deng Fei keenly felt from the introduction of Leclerc and other French people that in fact the British East India Company was also facing considerable military pressure, so they took the initiative.
Although the British had destroyed local governance and weakened French power in India as early as the Seven Years' War, with the end of the North American War of Independence, the Mysore, Hyderabad and Maratha people collaborated with the French again. Faced with France once again interrupting the British colonial plan in India, the British of course had to strike first.
Since both Britain and France adopted the practice of hiring local indigenous soldiers as soldiers, the performance of the British East India Company's troops on the frontal battlefield was actually very average, and the outcome could not be determined by strength like conventional military wars. Instead, they use diplomacy to intervene in Indian political affairs, seek rationality for war and annexation, and then determine victory or defeat through a combination of political conspiracy and military operations.
So on June 7, 1792, Deng Fei signed a secret agreement with Leclerc, the Governor-General of French East India, on behalf of Beihai Town. Because Louis XVI was now under house arrest, the Governor-General could not obtain formal authorization, so it could only be in the form of a memorandum.
In the agreement, the two parties agreed that Beihai Town would send one thousand "volunteers" to provide military training to the Kingdom of Mysore with the assistance and cooperation of the French East India Company. As for whether Beihai Town will sell arms to the Kingdom of Mysore, that has nothing to do with the French.
The two sides also agreed: 1. The North Sea Navy will provide sea and land support when the local governance is attacked by the British, and the French East India Company will pay remuneration based on the number of people and the number of artillery on the ships; 2. The North Sea Town delegation will visit France when it visits France. In the process, with the support of Leclerc and Peter, they will assist in rescuing French King Louis XVI and his family; 3. Beihai Town will rescue the imprisoned Governor Leclerc and his wife’s family members and bring them back to the local area. Governance; 4. In exchange, the French East India Company will withdraw its trade office in Guangzhou, and all subsequent purchases will be transferred to the Beihai Town Trade Department.
In addition, the fifth and most important point is that the French East India Company will set aside an area of fifty square kilometers in the southern part of the local governance and transfer it permanently at a price of two hundred livres as the town of Beihai in East India. the foothold.
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