During this week's operation, the French Navy captured three pirate ships and sank two pirate ships that tried to resist, thus significantly improving the safety of the Mediterranean shipping lanes. This newspaper interviewed Admiral Tréville, who said that the French Navy is the most advanced and powerful navy in the world, and it is fully capable of escorting the peace and tranquility of the Olympic Games. He told us that it is the sacred mission of the French Navy to guarantee free trade, and that any attempt to undermine free trade with piracy is a provocation to the dignity and interests of France. He warned those who indulged in piracy not to think that there was no limit to France's patience. Those shameless bed bugs who dare to violate the dignity of France, wherever they flee, even if they flee to the Antarctic continent to pose as penguins, we can catch him back, and let him hang himself on the mast in penguin skin. ”

Two years ago, a cruiser of the French Navy discovered the Antarctic continent while carrying a group of naturalists from the University of Paris on a round-the-world expedition, where it spotted a huge penguin that can stand between 1.2 and 1.3 meters. And named this penguin Augustan penguin.

Polina's toy factory immediately launched a series of penguin toys based on this discovery. The biggest of them can even make a person hide inside. So Admiral Tréville will have that to say.

It is said that Polina was so inspired by this statement that she created a comic strip called the Pirate Penguin. Forcibly broke the original cute and cute penguin image.

Led by France, the Spanish navy also joined the ranks of maintaining free trade. The Spanish Navy was far behind the French Navy by a generation. Their navy is still sail-powered, and it is completely understandably powerful to the Barbary pirates. They were a little more aggressive than the French, and instead of cruising the seas in search of possible pirate ships, they stayed directly outside the artillery range of the ports of several Barbary pirate states, monitoring these ports. and directly intercept and board any vessel attempting to enter or leave the port.

This was intolerable to the Pashas, who protested to the Spanish and French consulates, but were met with a response from both the French and Spanish consulates saying that this was a retaliation to the perfidious piracy of the Barbary pirates over the years, and that the blockade would continue if they did not return the hijacked ships and sailors as soon as possible.

And, as a further pressure, Spanish and French consulates in Barbary countries began to reduce their staff. This practice, in many cases, can be understood as preparations for a possible future war.

So, after paying bribes to the personnel of the French and Spanish consulates, they got the message: "France will have a very important move at the Olympic Games, and His Excellency First Consul will take advantage of this Games to go further." In doing so, France must guarantee stability and harmony around it. ”

Several Pasha also had an in-depth discussion with each other about the current situation and decided to form an alliance to protect themselves. However, they also decided to grit their teeth and live a hard life, and in the recent period, they will not go out to rob again. They feel that the French are old friends after all, and as long as they don't give the French too much face, the French should still be reasonable.

The Olympic torch relay has begun. Turkey was quite reluctant to engage in such pagan activities, so the relay in Turkey was carried out quite succinctly, the torch to the north to Russia, and the itinerary in Turkey was basically a boat ride from the Aegean Sea through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, into the Black Sea, and then further north, and then along the Dnieper River until it entered Russia.

In this process, the torch is actually stored in a tinder box, and the so-called "tinder box" is actually just a well-made horse lantern.

When entering the territory of the Russians, the French, escorting the torch, were warmly welcomed by the Russians, and General Bagration himself came with a battalion of cavalry wearing black bearskin hats. When the French ran down from the ship with torches, the cavalrymen led by General Bagration drew their sabers and shouted: "Ulla! "The Turks on board were so frightened that they almost took out their guns and prepared to resist.

But the savage Russians didn't rush up and cut people as usual, they just cheered around the torch.

The Turks did not quite understand why these Russians were so happy. Unlike Turkey's attitude, first of all, the Russians have always had a sense of admiration and crisis for Europe.

Since the reform of Peter the Great, learning from the West has become the basic direction of the Russians, and in the face of the brilliant culture and science of Europe after the Renaissance, the Russians are very lacking in self-confidence, and they always have a worry that "we will not be expelled from the ranks of civilized people".

Originally, in the time of Her Majesty Empress Catherine, the Russians felt as if they had gotten rid of this anxiety, and even had the illusion that they were going to lead the world. However, with the rise of France, the glory of Russia has become dim, and a large number of Russian students have come to France to feel even more painfully how big the gap between Russia and the advanced level is. What's worse is that this gap is not only wide, but also widening day by day. In the words of a foreign student: "Every day in France can be regarded as a month or even a year in Russia." ”

Under such circumstances, the anxiety of "will we be expelled from the ranks of civilized people" is even more intense. In this case, the French wanted to revive the great Greek and Roman civilization, and in the process, they did not forget about Russia, and they also sent this flame to Russia to pass it. This, in the eyes of the Russians, is the recognition and praise of Russian civilization.

The first thought that popped into the minds of most Russian aristocrats upon hearing this was: "We are still an indispensable member of the plate of civilization." ”

In this atmosphere, Russia has always regarded itself as the successor of Eastern Rome, and the Olympic tradition is also coming from the homeland of Eastern Rome. In the eyes of the Russians, the relay of the flame symbolizes the transmission of the fire of civilization from Greece throughout the world. The fact that the flame has been transmitted from Russia to other regions on its own is a wordless affirmation of Russian law. It is therefore not surprising that the Olympic flame received such a warm welcome in Russia. But if Napoleon had known what they were thinking, he would have said to them, "You have thought too much." ”

General Bagration himself ascended, took the prepared torch, lit it on the tinder, and then slowly raised the torch high in the air. The surrounding soldiers shouted "Ula" again.

General Bagration listened with satisfaction to the cheers of the soldiers. At this time, the French also handed the tinder box in their hands to the Russians who came to greet the tinder. Together with the Turks, they would return to France by boat – from here they would return to France by water, safer and faster than by land.