What's the matter? Beldon asked, opening his eyes.

"You must propose to me as soon as possible, well, what about me, first of all pretend not to agree; And then you propose again, um, and then I reluctantly agreed. "Polina is serious.

"What?" Beldon was stunned. Of course, theoretically, being able to marry a girl surnamed Bonaparte is definitely a lot of money in today's France. This is true both politically and economically. Especially Polina, Beldon knows that Polina is different from the other girls of the Bonaparte family, politically speaking, Polina has considerable political resources in her hands, and this political resource does not only mean that she is the most favored daughter of the Bonaparte family, but also that she really controls a part of the political resources in her hands.

Polina controls several fashion magazines and literary publications, and in a sense, she controls the direction of avant-garde fashion. And with the literary magazines in her hands, she also played a very big role in the construction of French ideology.

In addition, these magazines, as well as the fashion and cosmetics in her hands, can also bring her a lot of income. In terms of income alone, she is also one of the richest women in the whole of Europe. To be able to marry a wife like Polina is, in a purely economic sense, to marry a gold mine and go home. Not to mention all kinds of political help.

Of course, some of Polina's habits are really not good, and if she marries such a lady, there will definitely be a green prairie overhead. But isn't that a normal thing to do in France? Even King Louis XVI had a green head on his head. This matter can even be said to be my French, nay, or even my glorious tradition of Greater Rome. Because, the Roman Empire was no less than France in this respect. This is also ample proof of the fact that Roman orthodoxy was in France.

So, this habit, in fact, is nothing. It's really nothing.

Besides, Polina is very beautiful, and she can dress up, and her beauty is very different from the usual kind of female beauty, if the queen or princess of some country is as beautiful as a doll or something, then Polina, well, it is said that one of her admirers once described it like this:

Princess Polina has a special beauty, as beautiful as a colorful tiger in the Indian jungle, like a jumping flame......

Another of her crushes described her as follows:

Princess Polina is as beautiful as a poppy and as addictive as a poppy product.

Just considering Polina's charm, this green grassland thing is not worth mentioning at all.

Polina's real problem is that she's a lot of the time too androgynous, even masculine, and one of the problems that comes with that is that her partner tends to be just as neutral, at least in the eyes of everyone.

Generally speaking, a girl, a bit neutral, is nothing more than called a tomboy, and more serious is called a man's wife, although it is somewhat derogatory, but the degree of derogation is still limited. Sometimes, this trait can even become a kind of aura on her. Just like Princess Siniska in ancient Greece, she was a bold man's wife, but everyone also set up a statue of her.

But a man, a little gender-neutral, that's not so good. A lighter one is called a sissy, and a heavier one is directly called a sissy. In this era when "little fresh meat" has not yet become popular, the society's contempt for men in this kind of performance is far greater than the contempt for tomboys and men's wives. This situation, for some people, is almost intolerable. It is said that the reason why Davout fell off his horse was probably because he was worried that marrying Polina would affect his image in the army.

However, Beldon doesn't seem to have a problem in this regard, or even if there is a problem in this regard, compared to Polina's beauty, this is not a big problem, if you consider Polina's wealth and political influence, what is the problem!

Therefore, Beldon hurriedly spoke: "Polina, I ......"

"Hahahaha......" Polina said as she covered his mouth, "fool, lie to you, tease you!" ”

Then she pushed Beldon aside, put on her dressing gown, stood up, walked to the dresser, picked up the tortoiseshell comb that had been placed in front of the mirror, turned her head sideways, and combed her own hair.

Beldon lay down on the bed, his light blue eyes wide as he watched Polina comb her hair.

Polina brushed it twice, noticed that Beldon was looking at her, and smiled, "Fool, do you know what I lied to you just now?" ”

Beldon shook his head dumbfoundedly.

Polina put down the comb, walked over, bent down, stroked Beldon's face with her hand and said, "I like to see you stupid, haha, I tell you, I don't need you to propose to me a second marriage." I'm not Napoleon's hypocritical fellow, and I'm so hungry for 'Imperator' that I can't sleep, and I have to pretend. So, propose to me, and as soon as you open your mouth, I will immediately say yes to you. ”

"Polina, you...... Are you serious? Beldon wondered.

"What? You don't believe it? Polina said.

"I don't believe it, or if you pinch me, I feel like I'm in a dream." "And that doesn't seem to be your style?" ”

"Ah, that's it!" Polina's big eyes blinked.

"It's really not my style." Polina said, and then she straightened up and said solemnly, "Then Miss Beldon, will you marry me?" ”

Beldon didn't know what to say.

Polina burst out laughing, trembling with laughter, laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten up, and then fell on the bed and pressed against Beldon's body.

Polina laughed for a long time before stopping, she rested her head on Beldon's lower abdomen, and reached out to stroke Beldon's face: "Beldon, you are so cute. ”

Then she raised her head again, twisted her body, and lay down beside Beldon, looked into Beldon's eyes and said, "Okay, no kidding, let's be serious." Well, I have something I want you to do me a favor with. ”

As she spoke, Polina reached out and patted Beldon on the shoulder.

"Well, that's a lot more normal." Beldon said, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

"I want to go to the Olympics." "I think I'll go down in history as Princess Siniska at the first modern Olympic Games." Well, I'm going to compete in equestrian and shooting competitions, but there's a little bit of a hurdle at the moment. Napoleon and Joseph, the two bastards, won't allow me to sign up, well, you'll have to help me. ”

"How can I help this?" Beldon asked, confused.

"Joseph, this fellow, well, in our family, even Napoleon did not dare not listen to him. He said that unless I married myself off before the Olympics, he wouldn't allow me to play. I think ......," Polina leaned closer to Bell, "we're brothers, who else can help me with this?" After all, Joseph said that my husband must be a man. Well, how's that, you send a message? ”

"This, this is also ......" Beldon suddenly understood how a bear child like Polina was made. Sure enough, behind every bear child, there are bear parents.

"Don't worry, if you say yes, I can assure you of this. First, I don't care if you usually go out to play, how you play, and I don't object to you bringing your mistress to the house. Of course, you don't care how I play, in addition, I can also wronged myself, I only bring a mistress to the house, after all, I don't think you will have a mistress. Then, I promise, if I have children, it will definitely be yours. Well, how? But let's make it clear beforehand that Joseph will not allow me to divorce. ”

"Polina......" Beldon said hesitantly.

"What? You don't want to help? Polina raised an eyebrow.

"How could that be?" Beldon said, "How could I not help with your business?" Besides, I didn't suffer either. However, it was a bit sudden, and I was a little ......."

"Okay!" Polina happily said, "Well, that's enough buddy!" Well, now let's move on to the next question. ”

"What's the problem?" Beldon asked.

"Of course, it's a question of who is going to propose to whom. Well, why don't I come? Polina said.

Beldon slowly got up from the bed: "I'll do this kind of thing, after all, I'm a husband, right?" ”

Polina got up from the bed and stood beside the dresser.

"Dear Miss Bonaparte," said Beldon, as he walked over and half-knelt down, "will you marry me?" ”

"Of course I do, dear." "All right," said Polina, "let's talk about the next thing, and I'll have to take you to my brother and my mother." I'm telling you, my mom is easy to deal with, but my brothers aren't ......."

In Istanbul, Sultan Selim III and Sainte-Melan had reached a basic agreement on preparations for war. According to the agreement, after the Olympics, Sultan Selim III would send an order to the Pasha of the Barbary kingdoms to come to Istanbul for an audience.

Everyone knows that these Pasha will never leave their land and run to Istanbul to find their death. So, they will certainly not obey the orders of Sultan Selim III. Then, naturally, His Majesty the Sultan thundered and furious, and ordered a crusade against the rebellion. At the same time, France also declared war on the Barbary countries on the grounds that their piracy had harmed their interests.

Then the two countries formed a de facto coalition. First of all, the French navy was responsible for destroying the fleets of the Barbary states, as well as destroying their port defenses and covering the landing of Turkish troops. Because of the issue of the proportion of spoils later, coupled with the prestige of Turkey, Sultan Selim III still hopes that the Turkish army will gain some honor.

Of course, such a victory must be collected by Selim III's most trusted people. Therefore, Grand Vizier Arandar Mustafa Pasha was to lead an expeditionary force of 30,000 to quell the rebellion.

Of course, this action will also require the cooperation of a number of other countries. The first is to get Russia's cooperation. Otherwise, Sultan Selim III would not dare to casually transfer his elite army to fight thousands of kilometers away. If Maozi took advantage of this opportunity and came over recklessly, wouldn't it be because of a small loss? Therefore, if you want to fight such an idea, you must first stabilize Russia.

Therefore, Arendal Mustafa Pasha proposed that the French must openly take a stand and not allow Russia to take advantage of the opportunity to wage a war of aggression against Turkey. Saint-Meyran, on the other hand, argued that it was too radical and unnecessary to make public the initial reaction when the Russians had not done anything. But they can make this clear to the Russians in private.

Arendal Mustafa Pasha knew that this was the unwillingness of the French to make unpleasant things with the Russians. However, it is difficult to say how useful the "private" advice is, because the "private" method itself is full of weakness, with the meaning of "I don't want to offend you". In terms of deterrence, it is much smaller.

Therefore, both Sultan Selim III and Arandhar Mustafa Pasha insisted that France must make a public statement, which would guarantee Turkey's security.

But when Saint-Meyran traveled, Napoleon told him not to get easily caught up in Turkey and disputes. So, of course, he was reluctant to agree to such a request.

"Actually, you don't need to really use the most elite troops. From the point of view of security, any statement or anything that can provide security guarantees is not as good as that of a real army. And the land power of the rebels in Barbary is actually very limited. An ordinary army should be enough to deal with them. No, you can still hire the French army to help. As long as you pay wages and pensions, it's not a problem. And those Italian mercenaries, although they are a little less combative, but they will be cheaper than the French.

Moreover, with such a huge empire as Turkey, His Majesty has to face such a complicated situation, and he cannot only have a reliable army in his hands that can fight. Otherwise, if there is any contradiction between your country and Russia, some people in your country will have an opportunity to take advantage of it. Actually, I personally prefer to advise your country to send a reliable, but not particularly well-trained and combat-ready army, to France first, where we will be trained.

Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Grand Vizier, the great exploits of the French Army over the years have shown that our French Army is the best in the world. Your country also sent personnel to visit the last military exercise of our army, and I believe that they must have reported to you on the performance of our army. Saint-Meland made such a counter-proposal.

This suggestion was not expected by Selim III and Arandar Mustafa Pasha, who discussed it and thought it seemed feasible as well. So the two sides also reached an intention on this issue. As for the specific details, such as sending those people, how much it will cost to equip these people with French-style weapons and equipment, how much the French will charge for training, and how the interest rate on the money borrowed from the French banks should be discounted, it will be left to the people who are specifically responsible to discuss.