At this time, France.
Liu Zheng walked out of the library and ended his reading for the day.
Understanding the history and current thinking of France is a must for Liu Zheng.
"Well, it seems that the Enlightenment Movement has already taken root." Liu Zheng closed the "Social Contract" he borrowed from the library.
Although a lot of content has been deleted, you can still roughly see what the author wanted to express.
However, the soldier named Bonaparte was still not seen today.
Liu Zheng sighed. If there was a chance, he really wanted to meet the other party. After all, the other party might be the Napoleon of this world.
"My lord, Louis XV invites you to a banquet at the Palace of Versailles. It's already getting late."
Li Hongtian, who was following Liu Zheng, reminded.
Liu Zheng nodded slightly and said calmly: "Let's go and see how Louis XV is doing now."
Li Hongtian joked: "It is said that he hangs out with a street girl all day long and no longer cares about government affairs."
"Now that we are allowing French merchant ships to pass through the Panama Canal, their economy has briefly recovered."
"So there is no big problem in France yet."
Liu Zheng nodded and got on the carriage. He had been in Paris for half a month. Since the contract was signed, there were a lot fewer homeless people on the streets.
"maybe……"
"Get away from me, you dirty and cowardly royal soldiers who only know how to bully us civilians!"
Before Liu Zheng finished speaking, he heard angry curses coming from the street.
He didn't need to guess to know that there was a conflict between French civilians and soldiers. She was already used to this kind of thing in Paris.
It's as common as eating and drinking.
Liu Zheng smiled meaningfully, this may be the beginning of the disaster.
…
Not long after, Liu Zheng arrived at the Palace of Versailles in a carriage.
The Palace of Versailles is not located in the center of Paris, but in the town of Versailles outside the city, which is a bit cleaner.
"Finally I can breathe some fresh air." Li Hongtian couldn't help but complain.
"It's unimaginable that with all the advancements in science now, these Western countries haven't built a qualified sewer system yet. I really don't know how they can tolerate such an unpleasant smell."
"It's like being soaked in a cesspool!"
Liu Zheng almost burst out laughing. It was the same when he and Xie Chan went to Vienna.
However, Vienna is known as the capital of art, and the situation is slightly better.
But Paris, which came to be known as the capital of romance, went a little too far.
The situation here is that people are disposing of their own excrement casually on the street, looking like barbarians.
But the Versailles Palace on the outskirts looks and smells pretty good.
"Stop complaining, at least the Palace of Versailles is still closed. You see, their walls are decorated with gold. They are showing off their wealth to us."
Liu Zheng gestured to the golden-looking wall in the distance.
Li Hongtian looked over and happened to see two maids carrying a basin of yellow stuff and splashing it on the wall.
It seems to be repainting.
But Li Hongtian's face instantly darkened and became extremely ugly.
When the carriage passed by, there was a fragrance in the distance, and the smile on Liu Zheng's face suddenly stopped, it was extremely ugly!
The two of them pinched their noses, covered their mouths, and waited until the carriage ran far away. Then they took big breaths like fish on the shore.
When he thought about where the golden color on the wall came from, Liu Zheng said helplessly and disgustingly:
"I will never come to this damn place again."
Li Hongtian nodded and added: "I will order people to prepare for the return trip."
…
In the Palace of Versailles, there was already singing and dancing, and the gas lamps were burning desperately to release a little more light to add to the brightness of the party.
But obviously, the light of the gas lamp was still dim, but it was enough to illuminate the entire Palace of Versailles.
Louis XV has prepared a banquet, and beside him is his new love, Madame Du Barry, who is strongly opposed by the ministers.
A street girl.
But Louis XV didn't care about her identity at all, and even held her waist very lovingly, waiting with her for the upcoming arrival of Long Yan's chief assistant Liu Zheng!
Louis XV held a banquet this time just to ease the conflict with Liu Zheng.
After the contract, Longyan's strength has greatly improved, and Saxony has become their anchor point.
Longyan can use Saxony to use troops at will.
In the eyes of other countries, especially the British, France's mortal enemy, Long Yan is an object that can be fawned over.
France had a bad relationship with Long Yan, and Louis XV had previously ordered an attack on Australia, a subsidiary of Long Yan.
He even robbed Longyan's engineers and scientists.
Although he was threatened by Longyan at the time and was furious, now after seeing the influence of Longyan, Louis XV made a decision.
To resolve the conflict with Long Yan, they had already lost the entire most important Canadian region in this war.
In Africa, their colonial areas were also decomposed and restricted.
Now France's national lifeline is controlled by Long Yan. Under such circumstances, Louis XV carefully considered that he had only reconciliation as an option.
At this time, Liu Zheng arrived at the Palace of Versailles in a carriage.
Louis XV hurried forward, followed by other ministers and his mistress Madame du Barry.
Louis XV nodded slightly and said respectfully in Long Yan dialect: "Dear Chief Assistant Long Yan, living legend, the great Mr. Liu Zheng, welcome your arrival... eh?"
Li Hongtian pinched his nose and stepped out of the carriage with a look of disgust. He carefully smelled the air nearby. When he felt that there was no problem, he said, "Sir, there is no problem."
Liu Zheng then slowly got out of the carriage and dared to let go of his breath: "It's really suffocating me to death."
"Oh, Your Majesty the King, you are here. When we came here just now, we saw something very unsightly. The smell was like a cesspool."
"Your Majesty, I think you understand what I mean."
Liu Zheng looked at Louis XV and stretched out his white palm to shake hands with him.
But Liu Zheng just glanced at it and didn't reach out. He still vividly remembered the previous scene. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and based on the knowledge recorded in the book, Liu Zheng wouldn't have really believed that it could be so dirty.
After all, the content of the book may contain deviations or errors that have not been changed.
But after seeing it with his own eyes, Liu Zheng had a new understanding of the content in the book.
What is written in the book is still too conservative.
He looked at the unusual white color on Louis XV's hands and didn't dare to touch it. He didn't know where the white color on his body came from.
Liu Zheng laughed and said, "Haha, I brought you a gift, a little bit of Long Yan's specialties. I hope you like it."
The accompanying waiter came up with a noble purple-gold porcelain kiln.
Although it looked very delicate, it took two guards to lift it up, and the mouth was sealed.
They suddenly became confused.
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "This is the wine ointment I brewed myself. It takes three years to drink... Oh, by the way, you may not have heard of it. This can be considered as concentrated Yinzhou drunkenness."
"You only need a small cup of wine paste to blend four or five bottles of wine that are even more delicious than Yinzhou Zui. I hope you like it."
Louis XV retracted his white hand and said slightly embarrassed: "Thank you for your gift."
