314 Usury imperialism
Needless to say, the royal carriage was extravagant, with hand-embroidered jacquard curtains hanging inside the bright windows, allowing the passengers inside to see the scenery outside, but pedestrians on the road could not peek into the faces of the passengers inside.
When Princess Louis just got off the bus, people were all focused on the princess and the flowers in her hand, and no one cared that there was another person in the carriage. When the princess opened the door and got on the bus, the sharp-eyed people saw at a glance that there was actually a passenger in the carriage.
"Oh...... Oh...... My God... There's nothing wrong with my eyes, is there? What do I see? That's the Queen, it's Her Royal Highness Queen Victoria......."
"What? What were you talking about? What did you see?" asked the people around them, and the moment they heard the Queen's name, their first reaction was not to believe their ears.
After such a brief pause, the door was closed, and the queen inside was not seen by the others. But dozens of citizens facing the door swore to God that they really saw the Queen, and even smiled at them.
"Oh, I swear I didn't lie to you, the queen came with the eldest princess... The Queen is also supporting us...... Hooray..."The crowd squeezed forward like crazy, and this time the police couldn't stop it, and the human wall was instantly overwhelmed.
All the police were frightened crazy, if there was a slight accident today, all the police officers present would have to commit suicide and apologize, but the police force was simply not enough, and such a surging crowd was not something they could stop.
Just when these policemen were about to despair, they were surprised to find that the crowd rushed to a strange stop half a meter away from the carriage, and everyone did not dare to approach the carriage too much.
This is the prestige of Queen Victoria, and the admiration of the British for her is from the bottom of their hearts, the legendary woman who ascended to the throne at the age of 18, and who named an era after the 'Victorian era', which is the most glorious memory in the entire history of Britain.
The colony was unprecedentedly expanded, and the Suez Canal and all of India were taken by her. The country's industrial strength expanded rapidly, and the few railway lines that had been scarce at the beginning of her accession to the throne were woven into a grid in her hands.
There was also a series of victories, and the brave soldiers under the queen not only conquered the tribes of countless barbarians, but also forced back the ambitions of the Russian bears, and made two expeditions to the Qing Kingdom.
Every qiē made the British and even the entire European people take their hearts and mouths, and no politician on the European continent dared to arrogantly slander her exploits, not to mention that the people of London who loved her the most today were the ones she met the most.
The carriage moved forward slowly, and the circle of people with a diameter of half a meter followed suit, and the people shouted the queen's name and stretched out their arms to touch the shining carriage, but no one dared to act as if it was a blasphemy.
No matter men, women, young and old, there is no one who does not have tears in their eyes, they have confirmed that the queen is here to cheer everyone up today, and the queen supports them with silent actions.
"It's worth it, no matter how much we suffer, long live the Queen...", the Times editors were already in tears.
"Hooray... Long live the Queen..."The roar on the long street surged into the distance like a tidal wave, and the excited crowd pushed the atmosphere to the climax.
The people's eyes were indeed bright, and Princess Louis was riding with the most powerful woman on the planet, Queen Victoria, the grandmother of the European royal family.
She listened to the cries outside the carriage and smiled and waved to the crowd, ignoring the veils that obscured her view. Of course, she knew that the people outside could not see her smile and waving arms, but she still expressed her love for the people in this way.
"Mother, are you really not going to lift the curtains?" asked Princess Louis.
"No, if I formally stand in front of 10,000 people and openly support them, it will be detrimental to our friendly relations with France......"
"Oh, mother, do you care about the tyrant of France, the ...... that conspirator will be overthrown by the French sooner or later."
"Oh, I know, dear Louis, of course I know what kind of predicament the Emperor is facing, and I don't like him either...... However, we must admit that France is now the second most powerful country after Great Britain, and the relationship between first and second place has been delicate from ancient times to the present day......"
The queen sighed, "We don't like that tyrant, but we can't offend the people of France too much, the country across the channel is still very deep, and the country's strength should not be underestimated..."
Jiang is still old and spicy, this is a really mature politician, if Xiao Lotian hears that Queen Victoria actually has the same judgment as him, it is estimated that he will suddenly have a confidant.
In real history, in 1870, France lost the Franco-Prussian War and compensated Prussia and Germany 5 billion francs, or about 700 million taels of silver. It took only three years for such a huge sum of money to be paid off completely in the hands of the French, which was a miracle that shocked the whole of Europe.
In Bismarck's grand strategy, it was hoped that France would not be able to repay the war reparations, so that Germany would have enough time to suppress the whole of France, preferably for an entire generation, so that Prussia's absolute German superiority over the European continent could be established.
But I never thought that the French emperor was forced to abdicate and the government went bankrupt, but the French people were so rich that the whole people were like a sponge full of wealth, and you couldn't guess how rich the country really was.
The new French government issued a total of three bonds to the people, with a total amount of exactly 5 billion gold francs, equivalent to 720 million taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty.
The whole of Europe underestimated the patriotic fervor of the French people, and the three bonds were sold out, and millions of people subscribed to these three war bonds, and in the end the total subscription amounted to 45 billion gold francs, yes, you read that right, it was a full 45 billion gold francs, which is equivalent to a terrifying 6.4 billion taels of silver in the Qing Dynasty.
Well, after Xiao Letian knew this number, he once went around the room three times with emotion, a small France actually accumulated such a huge amount of wealth among the people, so how much has been silted up in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization?
The whole of Europe was dumbfounded at the sight of such a huge fortune, which was enough to pay Prussia and Germany reparations for nine wars. Although Prussia and Germany were the victors of the war, they also felt a little lost when they withdrew two years later, and they were deeply stimulated by the French.
It is worth mentioning that when Prussia had just won over France and the two countries signed a treaty, the German side demanded that five billion gold francs be paid over a period of forty-five years. This is a slap in the face that is even more wonderful than the plot of the novel, and Bismarck did not expect that the French would raise such a huge sum of money from China in only two years.
This little slap fought back was really loud enough, and I don't know if the old face of the old man in Bismarck was ever red, of course, even if it was red, it was a wild history, but Bo Jun smiled.
The question of how France made so much wealth would have been enough to write a book, but Lenin later described it aptly when he said that France was a 'usurious imperialism', which proved the strength of French private capital.
Bismarck didn't see through the cards of the French, but he couldn't hide from Queen Victoria, the grandmother of Europe, and Xiao Lotian, the time-traveler. These two people are surprisingly consistent in their attitude towards France, that is, their firepower is only focused on the French Emperor Napoleon III and on this French government, and they dare not have the slightest disrespect for the French people.
Yes, the public opinion war organized by Xiao Lotian has been fought so far, and his goal of gathering fire is very clear, that is, to fight one by one, and all the artillery fire is concentrated on Napoleon III and his government, and for the people of France, then it is a desperate boast.
Anyway, the country has experienced a great revolution, and the people and the emperor themselves are two skins that cannot be touched together, even if this government collapses, it is a big deal to change it, and the only thing to be careful about is not to arouse the nationalist enthusiasm of the French people.
Xiao Lotian did a very beautiful job, which even Queen Victoria secretly praised, the conspiracy between Xiao Lotian and the Prussians could not be concealed from the British intelligence department at all, and this war of public opinion had been angry with the queen from the beginning.
At this time, Prussia was, after all, a state of British kinship, and the royal families of the two countries belonged to a typical cousin and in-law relationship, and Queen Victoria also wanted to give them face, after all, that country would be her daughter and aunt sooner or later. Coupled with the rivalry between Britain and France, Her Royal Highness acquiesced in the conspiracy.
But the queen also has worries in her heart, that is, Xiao Letian, the maker of the entire public opinion war plan.
"Luis, you have to warn Carl that this Xiao Lotian is very dangerous, and I smell a very strange smell from him...... No, no, no, don't ask me why, I can't tell, but there is an old Chinese saying that 'if things are abnormal, they are demons', which is so true..."
"Kid, do you know? Soon after Xiao Lotian suppressed the Ryukyu rebellion, our intelligence agents began secretly probing the true identity of this man in Europe and the Americas......
"Guess what? It's all fog, and even our British intelligence network can't find any trace of this man before he appears on a high profile...... He seems to have appeared in this world out of thin air, is he a messenger sent by God?"
As the carriage moved away from the crowd and the cheers faded away, Princess Louise knew that in less than an hour the news of the Queen's presence at the Times office would spread throughout the city and quickly spread to Europe.
However, the princess is not worried about diplomatic disputes, after all, the queen has not made an official appearance, and everything is just speculation by the people. But his mother's evaluation of the Oriental made the public take the initiative.
"Oh... Mother, do you mean that cooperating with Xiao Lotian will harm the interests of Prussia......?
"Hahaha, my little Louis, you're so cute...... "The queen laughed so badly...... The difference is that some people can show it, while others can only hold it in their hearts forever......
"Okay, you don't have to worry too much, now it seems that this Xiao Lotian is just a little weird, and he is far from a threat to the civilized world, as long as he does not challenge the maritime interests of Great Britain, I am willing to give Bismarck a little thin face......"
"Ocean, I just want the ocean... Tell them that they remember their promise, that there are conditions for me to support Prussia's hegemony in Europe, and that Germany must not challenge Britain's maritime supremacy, and if we do so, then even if we are a country of relatives, we have only one way to go to war..."
Louis involuntarily sat up straight, "Yes, mother, the national interests of Great Britain cannot be violated, the hegemony of the Royal Navy cannot be challenged, and my daughter will remember your teachings for the rest of her life..."
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