Over the years, thanks to France, the prestige of the Holy See has been declining day by day, and even if they die in the city of Rome, there are people who dare to satirize the Holy See in this way. It's not that the Holy See doesn't want to suppress these guys, it's just that over the years, heresy has been rampant in Italy, and many people have been bewitched by them, and even the books of apostates like Voltaire have been circulated everywhere, and because of the relationship between the French, the Holy See can't ban these things. As a result, such perverse words as "superstitious demons and wild hydras" were openly circulated on the streets. If the Holy See really takes drastic measures to suppress these people, maybe these people will really rebel.

And the military power in the hands of the Holy See, well, since Napoleon's march into Rome, after the Holy See's army defected, up to the Pope, down to the underage thieves in the city of Rome, and now to the army of the Papal States themselves, everyone does not believe that the army of the Papal States will be loyal to the Holy See and use knives against the rebellious Roman citizens. It is even quite possible that the army of the Papal States will be on the side of the Roman people in turn. Of course, if it was that "Roman people" in someone's plan, there would be no doubt.

Therefore, the repression is not dared to be suppressed, and it will not be dared to be suppressed in this life. Only by letting those Swiss mercenaries wearing half-body armor and holding halberds often go out and around, can they barely maintain a little papal face.

Besides, the people who may be making trouble behind the scenes today are probably the Austrian aristocracy, and although the Holy See is in a difficult situation in this matter, the Emperor of Austria - nay, His Majesty the King can fully understand that the Holy See is really in a difficult situation in this matter. Even in fact, there was de facto agreement between the Austrian side and the Holy See on many issues. But these things can't be said after all, all the Austrian nobles who have individual brains are not clear, make a little thing, can the Holy See not tolerate it? If you really want to lose the support of the Austrians, those Italians really dare to divide the Papal States. The French, on the other hand, would probably have been glad to welcome the Pope to Avignon.

So, despite such a blasphemous thing in the relay of the Holy Flame, the Holy See has made up its mind - we see nothing.

As the flame continues to spread, countries begin to prepare for the Olympic Games. Countries are starting to form their own Olympic committees and are preparing to send their own sports teams to the Paris Olympics.

At this time, the French Olympic Committee also officially announced the competition events and registration rules of the Olympic Games. In fact, the competition items have been leaked out in various ways a long time ago, so everyone has known about it for a long time. This official announcement actually confirms these rumors.

This Olympics mainly set up such events. First of all, there are track and field events, which mainly include 100-meter sprint, 200-meter run, and marathon long-distance run. Athletics competitions include discus throwing, javelin throwing, high jump, and long jump.

In addition, there are ball games, but at this time, basketball has not yet been invented, and football, there are already in this era, but there are no rules at all, and it is basically a thing for inferior people to mess around. As for the aristocratic sport that was called the superior class in later generations, even golf, which was very popular with the king, had just just shifted from the game of the Scottish shepherd to the ball game. Of course, these are not the most important reasons, and the most important thing is that the French are not good at these tricks. So in this era, there is only one suitable ball game, and that is tennis with a very French color.

Tennis was originally a game played by aristocrats, and later it was introduced to the people and became a tool for gambling. Later, the Sun King forbade the people to play this thing anymore, but tennis was still a legal sport in the court of the nobility. After the Revolution, tennis returned to the people, and today it is the most familiar ball game in France. During the conquest of the French army, this game was spread to other European countries, so it was not only the French who could play it, so tennis became the only ball game in the French Olympics. In order to promote French culture, the French also shamelessly divided tennis into "clay tennis" and "lawn tennis", and then set up singles and doubles, so that there were several more firsts at once.

In addition to this, there is also an important competition in equestrian. The Olympics featured two events: speed racing and steeplechase racing.

Then there is fencing and shooting.

In fencing, competitors use flat-headed swords without a blade and there are two events: stabbing and double sword (a long sword and a dagger for auxiliary defense).

As for the shooting events, of course, they were at the service of the Bonaparte Arsenal, including a 10-meter pistol target, a 100-meter rifle target, and a skeet competition that mimicked hunting.

In these competitions, the firearms used are brought by the players. But the Bonaparte Arsenal prepared guns for the French competitors that were optimized for the competition, so it was almost impossible for athletes who used guns from other companies to win the competition. And this kind of competition has become the best advertisement for Bonaparte's arsenal.

After a lap through Italy, the flame finally boarded the boat and headed for Spain. The French fleet escorted the ships carrying the flame throughout the journey. When the flame reached Spain, Barbary's Pasha breathed a sigh of relief, and the French and Spanish fleets outside their harbors finally turned around and left.

The Pasha of Barbary could not help but thank Allah for His blessing and for letting the infidels leave. What they didn't expect, however, was that in the Turkish royal palace, a conspiracy was being hatched against them.

The French envoy Saint-Meyran was discussing Barbary with the supreme Turkish Sultan Selim III.

"Your Majesty, let's face it. Acknowledging reality in itself does not hurt people, and not acknowledging reality with our eyes closed will cause real harm to the country. The Pasha of Barbary today, though they are still subject to His Majesty in name and above, are in fact independent states at all. As Your Majesty, your Pasha, shouldn't they come to you often? But since you have ascended to this position, when have they come to see Your Majesty?

And if Barbary is really a Turkish territory, then shouldn't it pay taxes to Your Majesty? Over the years, the Pasha of Barbary have made a lot of money, but Your Majesty's reforms have always been plagued by a lack of funds. Why don't you exercise your rights there?

Your Majesty, if you are interested in reclaiming your legal rights in Barbary, as Turkey's long-standing allies, we in France can help you. Of course, we are not unconditional, in fact, we can achieve a win-win situation in this matter......"