It was difficult to make a decision, because everything was uncertain, and neither the Orleans nor the Austrian royal family could give him a satisfactory answer. In particular, Austria's Metternich, who was eager to establish close relations with China, which had already entered the Black Sea region, hinted that he could help Zhou Chenggong, but Metternich's credit was very problematic, and Zhou Chenggong asked him to sign an agreement, but he refused.

The credit of the Orleans family is reliable, but their own future is not guaranteed, let alone given to Zhou Chenggong.

Napoleon's wife has a lover, Zhou Chenggong can not care, but the other party is not interested in marrying a powerful person, and is bent on falling in love with his lover, just waiting for Napoleon to die, he will marry. Napoleon was as strong as a cow, without the loss of exile, which made him in better health than in history, and now he has established a country in Quebec, is ambitiously developing his empire, political power supports his life, and all the nobles who have seen Napoleon say that Napoleon is as energetic as a young man.

Napoleon doesn't die, and his wife can't get married, so even if Zhou Chenggong wears a cuckold, he has no chance.

Marrying a Chinese wife, Zhou Chenggong did not consider, because the Chinese family did not have the possibility of bringing him power. Although he was also disgusted by the debauchery of European aristocratic women, and full of illusions about the virtuous nature of Chinese women, he could not be satisfied with that small happiness.

The knock on the door dissipated the sorrow, Zhou Chenggong jumped up from the bed, put on his shoes in a panic, tidied up his clothes, cleaned up his hair in front of the mirror, made himself look refreshed, and then adjusted a calm smile to the mirror, and then went to open the door.

An English girl dressed as a maid stands outside the door.

"Victor!"

After the other party saw the door open, he called Zhou Chenggong's English name in surprise.

"Charlotte? How are you! ”

Zhou Chenggong was a little surprised.

Charlotte, the little maid, pleaded, "Can I stay tonight?" ”

Zhou Chenggong looked around carefully, the servants were all off work, even if he lived in a big mansion, he didn't want anyone to stay at night. His outlandish demands have caused problems for both the company and the British government. If something happens to him, even if he is just an ordinary Chinese prince, it will still cause big trouble. The company had to rent houses on either side of his residence, arranged for a large number of bodyguards, and the British government arranged for police to patrol the neighborhood at night.

Zhou Chenggong said angrily: "How dare you come here at night? Didn't I tell you not to show up alone! ”

Charlotte panicked, "I haven't left. Don't worry, no one sees me. After I finished work, I hid in your study until I heard the door knock before I came out. ”

Zhou Chenggong snorted: "The last time." Next time, I'll send you away. ”

Charlotte nodded hurriedly: "Thank you." ”

Zhou Chenggong said, "Come in." ”

After Charlotte entered, she skillfully helped him take off his tuxedo, helped him put water in the bathroom, and waited for him to bathe.

Zhou Chenggong enjoyed all this with peace of mind, including the maid's fiery delicate body, obviously this is not the first time, he is a hot-blooded young man, with a strong lust, he can not marry a wife, but he can't live without a woman.

Holding the little maid who was still panting slightly on the bed, Zhou Chenggong had time to ask, "Why are you here today?" ”

Charlotte was still reminiscing about the wonderful physiological feelings, but when she heard Zhou Chenggong's question, she suddenly turned sad and cried.

She is also a scheming woman, otherwise it would be impossible to climb into the bed of the Chinese prince, you must know that Zhou Chenggong has always been known for his cleanliness in the London social circle, and some people even slandered him for being a good man. But genuine religious people, especially the predominantly Puritans in England, were applauded for China's conservative sexual culture.

Charlotte cried and begged: "Victor, you take me away, go to China, and leave here forever." I won't interfere with you, I'll be your lover, you can do anything, just take me away. ”

Zhou Chenggong frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhou Chenggong is a person who is very afraid of trouble, he is very cautious, cautious to the point that he usually maintains a noble demeanor in front of servants, and these are all learned in London, he does not like and does not agree.

Charlotte was a nuisance, she was originally a kitchen helper, and her father was a coachman hired by the company, an alcoholic, and it was later discovered that she often beat Charlotte when she was drunk. At that time, Zhou Chenggong had just stepped out of the ivory tower of Oxford University, and there were still many beautiful things in his heart, and he couldn't get used to seeing these. Seeing Charlotte again covered in bruises after finishing work, hiding in the back kitchen and not going home, Zhou Chenggong learned about Charlotte's family.

There were a lot of alcoholics in the lower classes of England, and in the era of the Industrial Revolution, a large number of people of all kinds poured into the city from the countryside, and they brought with them all kinds of vices, these are the accepted sayings of the English aristocracy, they always think that London was a different place twenty or thirty years ago, they said this ten years ago, and they still say it ten years later.

"My father has come to London. He lives with me, I have nowhere to live! ”

Charlotte cried.

Zhou Chenggong was dissatisfied: "I didn't give 500 pounds to let him go back to the countryside to buy a farm. Why are you going into town again? ”

Charlotte said poignantly: "He said that the farm was taken away by the bank. When he had nowhere to go, he came to the city to beg for a living. He also said that I would have to support him for the rest of my life, or give him another £500. Otherwise——。 ”

The coldness in Zhou Chenggong's eyes made Charlotte dare not continue. The coachman knew about him and Charlotte, and he couldn't let anyone know that he had a lover before he got married, or even after he got married. His status as a prince was his only bargaining chip, and his fame made him favored by many nobles who wanted to benefit from China. He couldn't let anyone ruin his reputation.

The coachman is a nuisance, and the coachman's daughter is likewise a nuisance.

He looked at the maid coldly: "What do you say I should do?" Give him another sum of money? ”

Charlotte shook her head violently: "Please forgive me, he has been blackmailing me for the past few years. I sent all my wages back to pay off his debts, but I knew he was gambling and drinking. I can live it, but this time I can't stand it! I beg you to help me. ”

Zhou Chenggong snorted coldly: "How do you want me to help you." ”

Charlotte squeezed a few words out between her teeth: "Let him disappear forever!" ”

The coldness in Charlotte's tone made Zhou Chenggong shiver, but then he felt excited, turned over and pounced on the slave, and slashed again.

The coachman who was waiting for news in his daughter's rented apartment was not waiting for the big check that his daughter had brought back again, but several hooligans in the shipyard area, who tied him up and sank into the cold Thames at night.

Charlotte's troubles were lifted, but there were still some worries.

"Where did you get him, will he come back?"

Zhou Chenggong said: "Don't worry, he will never come back!" ”

Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief, but then said in horror: "He's dead? ”

Zhou Chenggong shook his head: "No." I found someone to exile him. Spent a fortune! Numbers you can't imagine. ”

Zhou Chenggong didn't tell a lie, he did pay a lot of money and asked a friend for help, but his friend didn't want to be so troublesome, exiled a person was too complicated compared to killing a person.

Charlotte sighed, will she never see that devil again, how many years of wish have come true, but she is a little sad.

"I have a younger brother and I want to bring him to London."

Charlotte said.

Zhou Chenggong nodded: "Let him come, be my coachman, he's okay, right?" ”

Charlotte nodded: "He's fine!" ”

Zhou Chenggong ignored it, read the information in his hand intently, and told Charlotte if he had some questions.

"Go and bring me that Greek dictionary on the shelf. Well, the red one. ”

Women are illiterate, this is definitely an advantage, Zhou Chenggong has always thought so.

"Are you learning Greek?"

Charlotte asked.

Zhou Chenggong shook his head: "No, I don't need to learn Greek anymore." I just don't know some of the old words. By the way, I probably won't take you back to China, would you like to go to Greece? ”

Zhou Chenggong didn't care about the maid's answer, he immediately immersed himself in professional Greek literature, many of which he found from the documents of the British diplomatic department.

Recently, a political crisis broke out in Greece, and their president was assassinated in public because of the intensification of conflicts with local powerful factions.

The Western faction, which supported the president, and the localist faction, which was formed by local powers, went to war-for-tat, and the European powers urgently convened a meeting to discuss the Greek issue.

Zhou Chenggong found that China seems to have little say in the Greek issue, because the two factions of the Greek independence movement, the liberal faction composed of overseas Greeks and the local faction composed of local forces, led the uprising, and because of the struggle for power, a civil war broke out, and now the president is assassinated, which is also caused by the dissatisfaction of the local faction with the overseas liberals.

China lacks influence over both factions, and Zhou Chenggong sees this as his chance.

He carefully studied Greek culture and understood the current state of Greece, and he suddenly realized that he had great hope.

This hope led him to a state of madness, working almost twenty hours a day.

He began to contact the top management of the European company, and the headquarters of the European company was now moved to Crete, which was the territory that the company had obtained at the Nanking Peace Conference, and adopted a policy of local autonomy in the local rule, and the Greeks in Crete were relatively recognized by the management of the company, but there were still a group of nationalists resisting, so the company formed an army of 3,000 people to suppress it for a long time.

Nearly half of Crete's population is Muslim, who in the past supported Ottoman rule and now supports corporate rule, while the other half of the Christian population, who rebelled against the Ottoman Empire in the Greek War of Independence, is now dissatisfied with corporate rule. There are also calls for the recovery of Crete in Greece, and relations with the company are very stiff. Most of these forces are British-backed forces, and squeezing Chinese influence out of Europe remains an important part of Britain's policy.

Since the company's rule in Crete is unstable, and the source of instability comes from Greece, Zhou's proposal has been taken seriously by the company's top management. They believe that if companies can take advantage of the current chaos in Greece and strengthen their presence in Greece, they will effectively improve their situation in the Mediterranean.

However, how to take advantage of the political crisis in Greece and enhance the company's influence in Greece, the company is at a loss.

And this is Zhou's chance to succeed, and he will use this opportunity to seize power in Greece for him!