The River Thames flows slowly through the city of London, watching the bustling metropolis on both sides of the city, year after year, witnessing the decline and prosperity of the British Isles.

Today's Britain is in the Victorian era, which is admired by the historians, which is the most glorious era of Britain, and the light of the empire on which the sun never sets is dazzling.

Britain was the birthplace of the First Industrial Revolution and the financial center of Europe at the time, with colonies all over the world transporting untold wealth and national pride reaching its historical peak.

"The plains of North America and Russia are our cornfields; Chicago and Odessa are our granaries; Canada and the Baltics are our forest farms; Australia and West Asia have our sheep fields; Argentina and the western steppes of North America have our cattle; Peru carries its silver; gold from South Africa and Australia flows to London; Indians and Chinese grow tea for us; and our coffee, Sugar cane and spice plantations are spread throughout the Indies, Spain and France are our vineyards, the Mediterranean is our orchards, and our cotton fields, which have long been grown in the southern United States, are now expanding into all the warm regions of the earth......"

This is really a picture of the top wealth of flowers and fire, and the English people who lived in this period were undoubtedly happy, and the pride of John Bull was evident in this period.

If you don't believe in the pride of the British, you can walk along the banks of the Thames and see the elegant style of the British gentlemen, the energy of everything is unmoved, and there is really a bit of what the Chinese say: 'Mount Tai collapses before and the color does not change'.

But today, when the shouts of the newsboys on both sides of the Thames rang out, the whole of London was boiling, and the pretended calm John Bulls stared at the surprised eyes and hurriedly paid for the newspapers, and some even strode after the running newsboys.

"Outside the number, the number is ...... The Times recently reported that a mysterious Chinese officer corps was stationed in Hamburg, and the low-key East Asian prime minister was smuggled into France...... Besançon fought bloodily all night, France suffered a crushing defeat..."

With a bang, the crowd completely exploded, and they all looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears.

"Stop, what are you talking about? China and France are at war? France mainland is invaded...... Hurry up, hurry up and give me a newspaper......"

Before he could take out the money, he saw countless hands stretched out around him, and even snatched and snatched all the newspapers that the newsboy was carrying, and the newsboy's pockets were stuffed with shiny coins, and the child couldn't see his eyes when he was smiling.

"Oh God, how come the English gentlemen forgot to even stand in line...", the one who had not bought the newspaper was angry and indignant.

"Don't worry, sir, the Times has three times as many prints today, and soon a new newsboy will come to sell ......," said the child in the cap to the gentleman who had not bought the newspaper.

"Don't worry, sir, if you give me a few shillings, I'll tell you a secret..."

Before the newsboy could finish speaking, a handful of coins were stuffed into his palm, and the overjoyed newsboy hurriedly whispered, "Sir, this newspaper is only the first in a series of reports, and there will be more exciting news to be released at noon and evening today, and the Times will publish three issues today......"

God, the Times comes out three times a day? What kind of big news is there? Forget it, I'm not going home, I'm just going to make it in a coffee house on the street today.

Obviously, the shouting of the newsboy today was not an exaggeration, and when countless gentlemen unfolded the newspaper, several large photographs came into view, and everyone gasped when they saw it.

In the center of the photograph is a burning building, half of which has collapsed, and between the camera and the flames, a group of tall figures are frozen on it, although it is only a side face, but anyone can tell that it is an Asian face.

"Oh God, oh God...... It's really Asian, why are they so familiar with their clothes? God, isn't this the blue military uniform of the northern government of the United States? Why are they wearing on this group of Asians?"

The Chinese in the photo have a resolute gaze, and there is no pigtail-like braid, and the whole person exudes a fierce temperament.

At the bottom of the photo, a large line appears in front of people's eyes: 'The French City Council of Besançon, which was attacked by Chinese soldiers in the middle of the night three days ago, has been reduced to rubble, and the French army battalion in Besançon has been routed and the battalion commander has been killed......

It was so shocking that the whole of London was collectively silent at this moment, and no one dared to believe their eyes. Besançon, the capital of France's Franche-Comté, was conquered by a group of Chinese soldiers? Even the parliament was blown up?

What are you kidding, how could the Chinese cross the ocean to attack France? Even if they did, they should have made a fuss in the coastal cities, and Nima would have hit the interior? Go directly to the Franco-Swiss border.

After a brief period of consternation, the English gentlemen began to look down carefully, not daring to pull down every letter, for fear of missing some important information.

It's a pity that this newspaper seems to be specially designed to whet people's appetites, so I won't say anything about it, but just put a few pictures of Besançon burning and photos of Chinese soldiers marching in the largest pages. Then I briefly introduced the situation, and I didn't understand the cause and effect at all.

"Nonsense... What kind of news is this, it's so irresponsible, I don't say anything at all..."Countless angry readers almost overturned the table, and everyone's hearts were scratched like countless kittens.

But anger will not solve the problem, and now the communication in Europe is like this, the telegraph network has not completely covered every city, and the speed of news transmission is so fast that it is useless to be anxious.

The citizens of London, who had put down the newspapers, began to get together and talk about it, knowing that the Times was a rigorous publication, and would never engage in any April Fool's farce, and that the tragedy of Besançon was 100% real.

"How dare they attack the civilized countries of Europe, these Chinese should be hanged on the street lamps......

"Napoleon III will definitely be mad this time, the family of the war maniac will definitely not swallow this breath, war seems inevitable......"

"That's right, we should once again teach these wild men in the East a good lesson, our British navy must not lag behind, we should take the initiative to attack as we did six years ago, bombard Dagukou again, and attack the capital of China......

The streets and alleys were full of talking British citizens, who seemed to have tasted the sweetness of fighting with the Qing Dynasty, and if they found a stubble and fought again, they would naturally be able to tear off a piece of fat again.

Just when the crowd was in high spirits, when the hands were approaching noon, suddenly the street once again sounded the shouts of the newsboys.

"The latest news, the latest news...... The cause of the war is already clear, and the French secretly imprisoned Xiao Lotian, the prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom...... At present, the Han prime minister is seriously injured and his life and death are unknown......"

A sentence was like a scoop of cold water in a hot oil pot, and the street suddenly became a sensation, and countless well-dressed gentlemen rushed out of countless bars, restaurants, and cafes, grabbing newspapers with great grace.

This time it was really expected, the picture of Xiao Lotian with a bayonet in his chest on the front page was frozen in front of people's eyes, and the bloody photos of French-made numbered bayonets were also put up. Don't look at the black and white photos, but the blood-drenched effect is very well shot.

Xiao Lotian, a Chinese-American and Christian, returned to the Qing Empire in 1864...... In the Qing Empire, Xiao Letian spared no effort to promote natural science and technology and wrote the book "Journey to the West" and claimed to be the first person to promote Western learning......"

In the Ryukyus, Xiao Lotian encountered the massacre of Chinese by 100,000 Japanese thugs, and he personally went to the front line of the battlefield to organize the people to fight, and finally rescued the Chinese in the city...... Later, he was canonized as the first prime minister of the kingdom by the King of the Ryukyus......"

This time, the Times can be regarded as dry goods, the master of Western studies in the Qing Dynasty, a Chinese-American is still a religious citizen, the first prime minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and even personally presided over a large-scale special industrial zone project.

Even if these halos are placed on a European, they can already be called great politicians, and now these honors are actually concentrated on a Chinese, and this kind of shocking news suddenly made London citizens speechless.

"God, are the French crazy? How can they imprison a politician and try to kill him? Even if he is smuggled into French territory without permission, he is still a prime minister with diplomatic immunity?"

"In this way, the battle of Besançon was the result of a forced rescue by the Prime Minister's Guard...... In this way, it is reasonable, and all the qiē can be explained clearly......"

I have to say that the British people in this period are still reasonable, although they are a little helpful in the face of the choice between France and the Chinese, but when the Chinese come up with more and more sufficient truths, the John Bulls will not stand up for the French.

The newspaper practitioners of this era have begun to have the rudiments of later generations of media people, they are no longer simply collecting news and then publishing it stupidly, they have begun to have the consciousness of mobilizing readers' feelings.

No matter how impactful the news is, it can't be thrown out dryly, it must be hung up on the reader's appetite, released little by little, and even deliberately made a few big reversals on the situation.

First induce the reader to think in one direction, and when their feelings are already dry, then there is a divine twist to overturn all their previous speculations, so that the whole news event will be strengthened and strengthened, and people will be unforgettable.

It wasn't just the British who were stunned, but now the whole of Europe had completely exploded, from the south to the north, from the east to the west, all the countries with newspapers published articles written by Leo, and the conflict between the prime minister of East Asia and France became the focus of the storm for a while.

This public opinion war, of course, is indispensable for Xiao Letian's advice, and when he explained his plan for public opinion warfare to Leo and Prussia's intelligence agencies, everyone was dumbfounded.

Especially Leo, he even whispered to Xiao Letian, "I didn't believe that you were a Chinese-American at first, but today I understand that if you have not experienced the most advanced education, you will never understand the essence of public opinion warfare." I can believe that under your attack, the national image of France will absolutely collapse like an avalanche......"

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