Brussels is located on the banks of the Senne River, with the low flat Flemish plain to the north and the slightly undulating Brabant Plateau to the south, with an average elevation of 58 meters. It is the most prosperous and huge city in Belgium, and it is also the political and economic center of Belgium, whether it is controlled by the Dutch, Austrians, Germans or French, Brussels is the capital city of Belgium.

Brussels was able to develop into this way naturally because of its geographical location and easy access to river transport, and in the era when trains were not widely available, the cost of shipping was always much cheaper than land transport, so that as long as the geographical location of the area near the river was superior, it often established vast settlements and even real cities.

Commerce is the fastest way to gather wealth, and the ancient Silk Road was able to build a miraculous Loulan city in the depths of the desert, which has proved the great power of commerce and trade to gather wealth in human society.

Naturally, it is not difficult to understand that Brussels, with its easy access to river transportation, has developed into the economic center of Belgium, and given its central location, it is only natural that those in power like to place their administrative offices here.

After all, most of the people in power like to live in rich cities, which can bring great convenience to the living conditions of themselves and their families, as long as it is not a last resort, the places where the authorities establish their administrative centers are economically developed areas and live in strategically important cities.

The rise of commerce and trade will bring huge monetary benefits, human pursuit of wealth is quite fanatical, people who make money, naturally try their brains to think about how to get more benefits, so Brussels has become the largest handicraft production base in Belgium over time.

You must know that before the completion of the first industrial revolution, handicraft industry was a major evaluation criterion of a country's national strength, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was self-sufficient, not only because the land was lush and there was a lot of food, but the development of handicrafts was also beyond the reach of Europeans.

It's just that the frenzy of replacing manpower brought about by the industrial revolution has completely eliminated the handicraft industry, an ancient symbol of national strength, and the European countries that have completed the industrial revolution will naturally have the advantage of the times in science and technology in the face of the Manchu Empire, which has an exceptionally prosperous handicraft industry.

After all, quantitative change is still not enough to withstand the power brought by qualitative change!

It can be said that Brussels is the place of ointment in the entire Belgian region, and it is also the target of Lin Haoda's focus, and he himself stays in Brussels, so he can naturally mobilize a group of young guards to guard his side.

A whole 10,000 Young Guards are stationed in Brussels!

Perhaps Lin Haoda's mood has changed during his visit to Brussels these days, and when he gave the order to 'clean' Brussels, he added a clause - not to damage too much of Brussels's 'places of interest'.

This is a beautiful city, and Lin Haoda, who saw the hunting heart, planned to use it as his own palace, which can be regarded as the luck of the citizens of Brussels.

Lin Haoda is also a person after all, and he also likes beautiful things, when the city of Paris rose, Lin Haoda had no choice, in order to win, he could only beat the beautiful Paris into ruins, but Brussels is now in his pocket, and naturally has the power to preserve most of the 'beauty', Lin Haoda wants money and materials, and he can't completely erase Brussels.

On August 8, 1795, a day that is destined to be remembered by history, almost all the leading figures of the black and white road in Brussels, as well as some successful people of capital, were invited to the vast town hall of Brussels.

All of these people, except for the orthodox French merchants who had taken refuge in Lin Haoda, were all invited, and Lin Haoda, who was the de facto ruler of Belgium, had a reason to gather these people.

It's just that after these Brussels socialites came to the city hall, they didn't see Lin Haoda, who was high-minded, only a lieutenant colonel appeared in front of everyone.

This is nothing, the Belgian upper class, no, it should be said that the entire Western European high society, is very aware of how hated Lin Haoda is as a dictator, I don't know how many people and forces are waiting for the opportunity to assassinate Lin Haoda, looking forward to destroying the Young Guard, a war machine that is not afraid of death, at the smallest cost.

The politics of assassination has a long tradition in continental Europe, and the Assassin Brotherhood is one of them.

Because of this, Lin Haoda, who cherishes his life, never easily appears in public at the lower level, and even if he appears, it is the inner and outer three layers that have done enough security work, and Zhaoyun and Qin Xue'er around him will inevitably be like a shield and 'stick' with Lin Haoda.

Don't look at Lin Haoda who has been endowed with a variety of personal skills by the all-out war system, looking at the world, there are few people who can bring Lin Haoda down alone, but no matter how high the martial arts are, they are afraid of muskets!

Even a character like the Master Assassin didn't dare to hit the musket head-on, let alone Lin Haoda?

Perhaps only Qin Xue'er, an unscientific martial arts master from another world, dares to hit the lead bullet head-on in the world today.

However, Qin Xue'er, who is now exhausted in internal strength, is also frightened in the face of the muzzle of the black hole of the musket.

This is the power brought by science and technology, in ancient times, there were not a few martial arts masters who really had the strength of ten people to kill a hundred enemies, but when firearms were used on a large scale, the kung fu that had been practiced for decades was not as good as the kung fu of a small soldier who gently pulled the trigger, who would want to practice martial arts?

People like to take shortcuts, when most people realize the helplessness of martial arts in the face of firearms, they are naturally unwilling to continue to suffer that hardship, naturally, the advanced kung fu of those main killings is gradually lost, and most of the last remaining ones are mainly to strengthen the body, or it is to develop into a simple and practical military body hand-to-hand combat skills, and the real time-consuming martial arts mastery will inevitably be submerged by the torrent of the times.

There is no contempt for the humiliation of the Brussels celebrities in the face of a lieutenant colonel, who know very well that in front of the barrel of a gun, any small action is a reason to invite misfortune for themselves.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that the foreign dictator they looked down upon, for their own benefit, had put the sickle of death on their necks, and if these people were willing to scatter their wealth and cooperate, they might be able to save their lives, otherwise......

Bang bang bang ~~~

The sound of intensive musket firing soon reached Lin Haoda's ears in the office of Brussels City Hall, he put down the goblet containing amber red wine in his hand, got up and looked at the Brussels street that was already covered with blue military uniforms, and said to himself in a cold voice: "Why are people always willing to risk their lives for money, even at the cost of their lives?" ”10