Paris, France. Inside the Palais Sainte-Cloud of the Second French Empire.

After reading the telegram in his hand, Emperor Louis burst out laughing!

His next and closest is his mistress and personal assistant Harriet Howard. Farther away are the Minister of State, Duke Alexander Valewski, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Count of Morny, the Minister of War, the Duke of Perciny, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Haussmann, and the Admiral, Admiral Amoulin, all of whom are the most popular and powerful figures in the French Empire today.

"Everyone, you know this shocking news, right?" Louis gloated a little at his cronies, "The Brits, after half the world, have finally met their crushing defeat!" That lady and her ministers may never have dreamed that the Chinese Empire in the East would be so tough, directly declaring war on the British Empire, which is known as the world's most powerful country, and sending troops to almost wipe out nearly 100,000 troops in Calcutta, India, and completely driving the British out of India in one fell swoop!

This is both exciting and unsettling news!

However, it would be nice to see the panicked look of the girl from German Saxony! ”

His personal assistant, Harriet Howard, wriggled her bumpy figure, and despite the fact that there were several ministers next to her, she squeezed into Louie's arms and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are so bad! I really don't know if Your Majesty thinks about the Queen of England in his heart and wants to rescue her, or if he really hates the Queen of England? ”

Louis also seemed to be really happy, and let go very openly, in front of all the ministers, directly took Harriet Howard into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and felt the softness and warmth of the rich buttocks, Louis couldn't hold it anymore. A hand slapped on the fat place, and laughed and scolded: "Howard, you goblin! Looks like I didn't clean you up for a few days, and I started to make waves. With you, a young and tall goblin, how could you possibly think about other women, let alone the short and fat forty-year-old lady. ”

As soon as Louis finished speaking, he put his hands up and down and provoked his mistress to pant until Admiral Amurin, the admiralty next to him, was really tired of seeing it, and coughed heavily, and then he relented.

"Your Majesty, I have just received news that the British Cabinet and Parliament have passed a resolution to send troops to recover India, and that the preliminary movement of troops from the island of Great Britain has begun. The Admiralty received news from inside London that Prime Minister Russell resigned, and Derby retook the place of Prime Minister, and immediately organized the Cabinet and Parliament to approve the issuance of more than 200 million pounds of government bonds, and hundreds of British bankers and financiers borrowed notes in advance to fill the gap in military spending. The Bank of England, the Bank of Midland, the Bank of Westminster, the Lloyds Bank, the National Regional Bank, the Bank of Baring, the Bank of the East, the Bank of Westminster, the Standard Chartered Bank, etc., all participated, especially the Bank of England, as the central bank of the British government, directly guaranteed the issuance of bonds of 150 million pounds for the British government. Britain sent troops this time, but it cost a lot of blood! Harriet Howard slipped off Louie's lap, straightened her messy clothes, and talked about state affairs in a serious manner.

This made the rest of the ministers look up to her, especially Admiral Amurin, the Minister of the Admiralty, because he had just been transferred back to Paris from the Mediterranean, he was not familiar with the situation, and he was originally very disdainful of the emperor's mistress, but at this moment he remembered what his subordinates told him, the most famous and unnamed queen in the city of Paris turned out to be a courtesan in the financial world, and the emperor had maintained a super close relationship with her for a long time, not only because of her beauty and coquettishness, but more importantly, because she was able to win over and contact ordinary financial bankers for the French Empire.

The Chancellor, the Count of Morni, immediately said: "Yes, Your Majesty! Miss Howard was right. Although it was a secret loan, the news had long been circulating in the circles of bankers. However, judging from the scale of this loan and the intensity of the issuance of treasury bonds, the scale of this military dispatch is very large. Miss Howard found out that this was only the first batch of bonds issued to the bankers, and according to the information I received, Britain would organize the issuance of bonds to its citizens and even all Europeans in the future, so that they would have enough military spending to send troops to recover India.

In addition to the fact that Britain itself is the most powerful country in the world and has the strongest economic strength, there is also a point that the British government must have pledged India's interests or directly used them as a joint-stock company, promising to share the benefits of India in India after recovering India, otherwise these vampire-like financiers would not have been so active, let alone patriotic. ”

Louis sighed: "Great Britain is worthy of being a world power, and its national strength is strong. But the more they do, the more this is an opportunity for our French Empire to surpass the replacement! All of them are important ministers of the Empire, and they are my most trusted ministers, and I will tell you the truth, when I learned the whole news, I was excited and worried.

You say that Britain is borrowing money to recover India and is preparing to go on another large-scale expedition to the Far East. What happens if it fails? ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl Morney, said: "Then Britain will cause a great financial panic, a credit crisis, and the interest rate of this kind of borrowing is high, and the British government is likely to go bankrupt because of this, and will have to reduce spending, give up some assets, and increase taxes or even impose heavy taxes to pay off debts." In this way, there will be a chain reaction, and Britain's military strength and economy will be hit hard, and even fall into collapse and turmoil. The bankers of London are not merciful just because they are English. ”

"Not bad!" Louis said excitedly: "This is the result that I faintly hope for in my heart." If such a thing happens, we in the French Empire will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to add some material. Didn't the Chinese Empire declare war on Britain, now the trade of the Chinese Empire has accounted for more than a quarter of the world, Britain as a belligerent, his trade is bound to drop sharply, and my French Empire can take the opportunity to increase the proportion of trade, seize the market and capital, strengthen military power, replace Britain in one fell swoop, become the world's first power!

But the only thing I'm worried about is the Chinese Empire! They're growing too fast, and while we're allies and close at the moment, ...... The main thing is that they are developing too fast and we have to be vigilant.

Originally, they were attracted to strengthen trade in the East and suppress the Kingdom of Great Britain, but now Great Britain has begun to decline, although we France have benefited, but the Chinese Empire is too strong, and it will not be conducive to the interests of our France! ”

Speaking of this, Louis was a little undecided, turned his head to everyone and said with a serious face: "I convened everyone today to discuss how to deal with the British dispatch of troops to the Far East. According to my prediction, Britain will soon contact us and send troops together, just like the Crimean War, how to deal with it? ”

The Emperor's question, of course, was addressed primarily to the Minister of State, Duke Alexander Valewski, the Minister of War and the Duke Persiny, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Haussmann, and the Minister of the Admiralty, Admiral Amurin.

Baron Osman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was of low rank and whose duty was to be in charge of foreign affairs, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, my suggestion is to reject the joint British contribution. After all, although we are allies with Britain, we are also allies with the Chinese Empire, and we now have more trade with the Chinese Empire than Britain, and we have gained greater benefits. ”

Admiral Amurin, Minister of the Admiralty, said: "Your Majesty, I do not agree with Ottoman's statement! I think it is possible to think about it, but do not rush to agree to the British, and take a look at how the British and the Chinese Empire make an offer, whoever they can give half of India to France, and the island of Ceylon, in this case, we France will support whomever they support. Only in this way is it in the best interests of our France! ”

After hearing this, the Minister of State, Duke Alexander Valevsky, nodded again and again, and said: "What General Amurin said is extremely true! Your Majesty, you can mention to the Chinese Empire in advance that if they want to annex India alone, then we in France will participate in the joint dispatch of British troops, and if they are willing to share India with us, then, under the same conditions, I suggest that it is better to cooperate with the Chinese Empire! ”