“On August 17, 1869, the weather was clear.

Today, the French Emperor Napoleon III announced his opposition to Prussia. Oh, now the Kingdom of Prussia has become the German Empire. Napoleon III surrendered to the German Empire, and they are all the same country. However, after the news came out, there was a riot in the downtown area of ​​Paris. This was the first time I saw this kind of riot, and it felt very interesting."

"...Republic! France has become a republic. It turns out that if there is no emperor, it is called a republic. I didn't know it before. But what I didn't expect was that a country like France would be defeated so quickly, which is unimaginable. But at this time, the materials in Paris are expensive, only francs are like paper. I think this situation cannot be supported even if France is..."

“On September 20, 1869, the weather was clear.

There were riots again today, and there were large-scale riots. Many Parisians took to the streets, calling themselves the National Self-Defense Forces. Their approach was very interesting. I saw that these self-Defense Forces called on many Parisians to donate their own furniture and piled up on the streets to form hills. It was very interesting..."

"...The emperor ran away, the government of the Republic also ran away, there was no government!"

"…Paris citizens take care of themselves..."

Zhang Deyi, now in Paris. After being a translator for Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang, he came to Paris, saying that it was okay to study, travel, and even said that he was an envoy abroad. Anyway, he was just such a person. He witnessed the collapse of the French Bourbon dynasty, the establishment of the Third French Republic, and the famous one, which is still unknown, is the Paris Commune Movement!

Zhang Deyi himself actually didn't know that he was the Chinese who witnessed these three French historical events in history. What he didn't know was that in terms of time, he was much earlier than the original history, but none of this affected him writing his own experiences into books.

What is happening in France now. Even in a few months, the storm has changed several king flags on the city wall, which is really shocking.

"We can't watch the changes in the European continent and ignore anything, but now we can't do anything, because the changes are really too fast." British Chancellor Disraelli commented in this way, and he has to say that this is indeed the truth, because France's change speed can't do anything even if anyone wants to interfere.

"The British Empire strongly condemns the German Empire's invasion of France! You cannot just occupy French territory...

In view of the retreat of the German Empire, our British Empire appreciates it…”

The person who said this was the current British Prime Minister William Eult Gladstone. The Liberal Party led by this man defeated the Conservative Party led by Disreylei. He became the Prime Minister. However, because Disreylei's economic performance was very outstanding, he was still the Minister of Finance.

But what Gladstone said was a bit like slapping himself in the face, which shows how fast the situation in France changed.

Such rapid changes are actually because France's economic situation is very, very bad at this time. Before, because of sovereign credit, France would not have problems immediately, but the battle against Prussia was a mess and it was defeated in a hurry. Therefore, the hidden problems were exposed at once. It can be said that the new and old accounts were settled together.

The reason why Prussia can have a fast birth is a very simple thing. They have good economics and are determined and unintentional. They have prepared this stop for France long ago. Just say that Xiao Mao Qi has completely deduced France's march route. The facts have proved that this is true. How can France be invincible?

The arrogant Napoleon III was like a broken dog at this time!

But what happened afterwards was indeed beyond people's expectations. No one expected that the Paris Commune would come so soon.

The reason is actually very related to the economy. Prices soared, francs depreciated, and the people were hungry. Moreover, foreign wars were still a mess. Not to mention Napoleon III, even the Third French Republic that came later was also deprived of power and humiliated the country. Louis Tier, the contract signed by the Prussians was similar to that of the Qing Dynasty.

The compensation for cedes land is 5 billion francs!

This franc is a nationally defined franc, that is, the ‘gold franc’. In fact, the franc is not a real currency in circulation. It is a defined currency and is not minted. It is just used as a standard for consideration during international exchange. That is to say, because this law has not changed, the franc at this time is still almost equivalent to 1 gram of gold.

This is a debt to the King of Hell! This is even more evil than the compensation signed by the Qing Dynasty in later generations!

The reason why Prussia, that is, the German Empire, demanded this price was completely a loss of the idea that Bismarck had given, so that France would never think about it again and never think about it again!

In this war, the German Empire really got everything they wanted. William I was the emperor in the Palace of Versailles. Not only did he get a lot of money, but he also gained political status. Moreover, the French imperial government and the Republic government were actually in Versailles because they needed the protection of the German Empire. Do you think this is embarrassing?

There are some details in the Franco-Prussian War. Napoleon III was indeed the commander of the army, but his subordinates, McMahon, Conrobel, and Bazan, performed quite well, especially Bazan. This guy performed well in wars before. Regardless of winning or losing, he was considered a bit of a mystery. Even if he had no strange plans, he was very decisive in the war. He was not vague in attacking reinforcements. But this time Bazan wanted to attack without attacks, and had reinforcements without reinforcements. He was simply not as good as a new recruit who had just entered the battlefield.

Why?

Because Marshal Bazan had a shadow in his heart, he saw two things on the battlefield, one was a mortar and the other was a grenade!

Bazan really suffered from these two things in Mexico back then. When he saw the familiar scene, he felt like there was something ghost behind him.

So, Bazan, who was originally quite good at fighting, became timid.

So in this way, was it because the German Empire and the American Empire united? At least they supported each other for a little?

Of course this is not the case. Don’t forget the picture Bismarck was going to draw before. What is it called?

“Isn’t this the ‘Yellow Peril Picture’?”

When Li Mengyang, the emperor of the American Empire who was still in New York, was still instructing New York, obtained the photo of the painting that caused such an uproar in Europe, he made such a judgment.

Yes, it was the "Yellow Peril Picture" that only appeared decades later. It was just that the little Japanese was missing, and the original one had Buddha. Europeans thought that Buddha was exclusive to the little Japanese... There was no way, now the Sanguo family does not exist, it was just a colony in the UK.

Then this was decades ahead of schedule, and this Franco-Prussian War was completely different from the one I knew.

It's too fast!

But Li Mengyang knew the reason in his heart that the American Empire still had a considerable influence.

Simply put, the American Empire sold mortars and grenades to Prussia!

Of course, this is through smuggling, not official.

Before, the emperor Li Mengyang strongly controlled the export of some weapons, such as mortars. The target was the United States of America, and it was not allowed to be sold to them regardless of north or south.

However, if there is a commodity, it needs to be circulated, and arms are also commodities. If you artificially prevent the circulation of such things, it is actually... the key is that there are still people who want to do this business!

Didn’t this guy, Livi Straus, help Emperor Li Mengyang get the Prussian back-loading gun before, so the Jewish man became extremely interested in this business.

Although his main business is to buy pants, who is still afraid of money burning? Especially the Jews, these guys have been doing business for thousands of years. How can they miss such a good business opportunity?

Li Mengyang also disagreed at first because he was afraid that this thing would fall to the United States, and that might have been impossible for the south to hold on within two days.

However, Li Mengyang couldn't resist the temptation of profit. Don't forget that he was still building the San Francisco at that time, and that thing was always burning money!

Materials, workers, technology, etc. are all easy to say. The key is that talents are needed. Shipbuilding is not easy, and it is not made up with just a touch of your mouth.

Fortunately, the seamen on the Erikson before were workers in the Rhode Island shipyard. They could solve many technical problems, but they still needed senior technicians. Mr. Thomson stared at him all day long and Erikson stared at him all day long, which was not enough.

It took the money to recruit these talents, and that was all real money...

So, let’s smuggle it and take a look. Let’s be more strict and try not to let these weapons fall into the United States.

As soon as this weapon was released, when it arrived in Prussia, the Prussians didn't agree, but after they watched the power demonstration, they all went up to the royal family and the officers, all of them were stunned!

Such a small gun barrel and such a small thing can cause such a big explosion? And this thing is just taken away, very light, and now the cannons are all pulled by horses!

Then don't buy it?

The Prussians were thieves. They followed the previous method and wanted to copy the village first!

You really don’t know that the copycat has come out, but the power is far from it, and the cannon barrel cannot be used as light as the empire!

Of course, the empire's mortars have evolved many times now. Now that electricity is applied to steelmaking, the barrel is already very thin and thin, just like a distance from rubber gloves to silk!

What came from Prussian cousin was just the primary product of the past, and it was still a product at the end of the steam era, so naturally it was unmatched.

The Prussians were preparing to go to war with France early in the morning, so they can only cool down their copycat skills first and wait for a while.

Anyway, the whole thing is like this, but this European incident has a great impact on the empire.

The current situation is that France has been defeated, the German Empire has just been upgraded, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has hostages in its hands, and the British were scared by their super warships. The Russians are too far away and have just been fooled by themselves. The Spanish have long been declining. It seems that European powers will not interfere in the affairs of the Americas.

OK, it's really good! (To be continued...)

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