On the vast plains of Bode, a railroad stretches straight from south to north.

Both sides of the railway are plastered land, and although the fields are now bare, everyone on the train knows that in the summer and autumn, when the wheat waves roll in and the endless wheat fields can dye the earth golden and the sky golden yellow.

Today's loneliness is just following the rules of nature, and when winter comes, everything withers.

Occasionally, a horse-drawn cart would pass on the dirt road at the edge of the field, some carrying people and some hauling goods. It is precisely because of the existence of these horse-drawn carriages with a large cargo capacity that all kinds of goods produced in big cities will appear in the huge rural markets so quickly.

Lamp oil, cloth, iron utensils, non-staple foodstuffs, etc.

The era of the manor economy has become a thing of the past in Europe, and in the face of a developed commercial atmosphere and innovative industrial technology, the traditional workshop-style handicraft economy has long since become unrecognizable, and the people are still those people, but the means of living have completely changed.

The north-south railway in Europe was jointly invested and built by the countries along the route and the British. Britain has a 45% stake in it, connecting Russia, Prussia, Austria, France, Italy, etc., not along the seashore, but through the center of the European continent.

The construction of this railway once caused a lot of waves in Europe, some supported it, some people opposed it, but anyway, after the merger of Britain and France, the matter was quickly started and construction began. Until now, the entire route was far from complete, and even if most of Europe was plain, it would not be easy to connect the various regions.

That is, the Bode Plain, which Prussia and Russia had the British backing on, and was built in just two years. Of course, this is also closely related to the simplicity of railway construction in the present era, and Prussia itself had the idea of building a railway early on, and did some work beforehand.

With the construction and completion of this railway, more and more rural labor has been released, and the originally peaceful countryside around the railway has become more and more noisy. The significance and role of railway construction are obvious. This gave great encouragement to the supporters of the construction of the railway.

With a few long whistles, the calm of the stop was broken. The farmers and vendors around the station were nervous, because the sound of the wheels crashing against the rails could tell that the train was a passenger car, not a wagon with no oil or water.

These farmers are farmers in the villages around the station, and they bring their bread, eggs, meat, dairy products and other agricultural and animal husbandry products to sell, and some sell them to small traders and hawkers at the station, which stimulates economic development and material circulation to a certain extent.

The French-made steam locomotive, belching black smoke and dragging ten wagons, roared past the expectant eyes of countless people, soon leaving behind the farmers and peddlers who had been so passionate about it.

This is an executive car, carrying the current Prime Minister of France, Talleyrand and his party, so that it will not stop at a casual station.

The year of the Western calendar is now 1816. The new year has arrived, and relations between France and Russia are rapidly being repaired. After all, Napoleon had already agreed to the French forces in North America in 16 years. Czartoryski successfully completed his mission, although the secret treaty between France and Russia eventually leaked.

France is not to blame for this.

In two years, beginning in 1814 and ending in 1815, France and Napoleon had regained their former strength. In addition to the 100,000 French soldiers sent to North America, Napoleon also had 200,000 mobile troops under his command, and France also had more than 100,000 local legions, so that with the strength of the Italian and Lane alliances, Napoleon had at least 500,000 mobile troops under his command.

The restoration of French combat effectiveness not only made Talleyrand's voice louder and louder, but also made Talleyrand's waist board listen more and more straight.

Of course, the errand of supporting the lighthouse country is a heavy burden on the French, and the current France is not the same as it was in 12 years. France certainly has an army of hundreds of thousands, but it is not just a soldier to fight. As soon as the cannon went off, it was a good point. Financial problems were always a mantra that plagued Napoleon. It is good that hundreds of thousands of French troops do not move, but once they do, France's financial and military reserves will not be able to support it for a month, unless Napoleon only brings tens of thousands of troops.

But that doesn't mean Paris doesn't have money.

The big bankers in Paris, all of them were full of energy, and if they had supported Napoleon wholeheartedly, Napoleon might have unified Europe long ago. But in the past these big bankers and big financiers did not support Napoleon, and now they cannot support Napoleon. It's just that these people also need to rely on the Napoleonic government at times, for example, in the matter of loans to Russia now.

After Napoleon agreed to Russia's request, the Russian-French friendship could not be said to be reunited, but it was also restored quickly. Now Talleyrand went to St. Petersburg, and then to Moscow, and that was striking while the iron was hot. Take the opportunity to finalize the matter of the capital of Paris taking a stake in Russian Railways.

This is also quite normal.

Why were relations between France and Russia so good before? Or was it just a few years after the end of the Crimean War, Russia and France were mixed up again?

That's money.

Although the Franco-Russian relationship was partly due to the needs of the European continental situation, the other part was due to France's monetary aid to Russia.

It's just that the current Napoleonic government itself is overstretched, so it can only bring in private French capital. Because of the French Revolution, the capital exchange between France and Russia has tended to be zero, and the British took the opportunity to enter Russia, and now the Russian-French relations have eased, although the Napoleonic government has no extra money to invest in Russia, but the bankers and financiers in Paris have a large number of francs.

And a large number of francs were thrown into Russia, which was also a proof that Napoleon made for himself in another aspect.

With the restoration of France's national strength, there are many people in France, especially in the French army, who have once again developed ambitions. For example, Murat, Napoleon's brother-in-law, now the king of the Kingdom of Naples, is one of them.

Murat was a beautiful man with a toned body, but he had muscles in his head, and he had no idea the difference between the French army today and the French army of the past, nor the difference between the Napoleon of today and the Napoleon of the past.

Napoleon doubted that he had been used as a gunman.

Fernando IV, the king of Sicily and Naples, has been clamoring for Naples these days, which is a great threat to Murat.

At Warsaw, after the failure of Napoleon's expedition to Russia, he was in a hurry to return to Paris to stabilize the situation and teach Murat the remaining French army. Murat, on the other hand, was able to abandon his army and return to Naples alone when he heard that the political situation in the Kingdom of Naples was also unstable. This guy's brain is smaller than a chicken's brain.

But whether Murat was instigated or not, in any case, there is a wave of movement within France.

Even though it is clear to anyone with a discerning eye that Sino-French friendship cannot surpass the 'friendship' between Britain and France in any case, it will not fade so easily when the tide is stirred.

And what about Talleyrand?

The prime minister of Napoleon's government can be said to be the leading figure of the moderation faction, and there are few people in France who do not know the political leanings of his old man, from the marshal and the duke to the beggars and exiles.

This time, Talleyrand led the delegation to Russia, and Napoleon also had a heart.

However, although Talleyrand was the prime minister of Napoleon's empire, he could not completely suppress the entire delegation, because the composition of the delegation was too complex, not only radicals and moderates, but also royalists and some liberals.

Moreover, there were many noble ladies on the train, after all, Talleyrand had brought his little wife, Mrs. Dorosie Belligor Dino, on board, so he naturally couldn't control the others.

After all, this train ride is a rare thing, and the only people who go ashore from Hamburg and take the train are the entire high-level of the mission, and the rest of the people still take a boat to Kaliningrad, where they wait for Talleyrand and his party.

After the latter entered Warsaw by train, they were replaced by horse-drawn carriages to Kaliningrad, on the edge of the Baltic Sea, after all, they needed to go to St. Petersburg and then to Moscow.

And the railway in Russia is far from complete, and the railway from Warsaw to St. Petersburg and to Moscow, even if the funds are available in time, it will take two or three years to complete.

Talleyrand was already a bit of a fashion, although he had cut the ribbon for the operation of the railway, which was a ritual from the East, but Talleyrand had never personally sat on a train to experience the experience, Napoleon himself had been on a train, but Talleyrand did not like this change very much.

But as an intelligent man, Talleyrand knew that he could not resist this change.

Now he was standing at the last protective railing of the carriage, accompanied by several people, holding on to the railing, facing the cold winter wind and looking out over the vast plain.

Poland, not so long ago, was part of France.

"Poland is really a vast and flat land!"

Many of the attachés of the Russian mission had been to Poland, including Talleyrand, but few had actually walked around Polish soil. Of course, the people on the train at the moment can't really take a look at it, but they really see the Polish plain.

More than 70% of Poland is plains below 200 meters above sea level, i.e. higher in the south around the Carpathians and Sudetenland. But these two mountains occupy a really small area, very small.

Poland's topography is high in the south and low in the north, with moraine lakes in the north, and lake areas in the northeast near Belarus and Lithuania are wooded but less populated. Talleyrand also sighed from the bottom of his heart, Poland is really a pity, which once again resonated with several people around him.

As I have said before, the members of the mission on this train, except for the necessary security, entourage and those noble ladies, are the rest of the high-level members of the mission. And the composition of the whole mission is complicated, and as far as Talleyrand knows, there is no shortage of radicals among the few people around him.

"Yes, from Berlin to here, except for plains and plains, what a vast land it is, these are the foundations of the country!"

"Guarding such a vast and fertile land, but not being able to defend it well, the Poles are really pitiful and incompetent. This is a vast plain as far as the eye can see, and when thoroughly developed, it produces enough food every year to supply half of Europe, and it is better to let our glorious France take advantage of these resources than to let the barbaric Russians and the rigid Prussians take them. ”

"Warsaw should not give up. This is the lifeblood of the Empire, and the hegemony of the Empire lies in this vast plain! With Warsaw in hand, the Reich could easily contain Prussia and Russia. It won't be long before Austria without foreign aid will be in the pocket of His Majesty the Emperor......"

"Annexation of Austria, then annexation of Prussia, the Empire will regain its glory, and the Empire will once again be able to despise the European continent!"

No arrogant Frenchman dared to say that their legions could easily cross the narrow English Channel, but every French radical was convinced that Russia would not be able to stop His Majesty the Emperor's second expedition.

Compared to 1812, Russia today is a skinny and exhausted giant, no matter how tall he is, he is not able to withstand the blow of the French army.

Listening to the 'confessions' of the people around him, Talleyrand no longer had the strength to reprimand them for being stupid, but his heart was a little bitter.

Glory is the hardest to forget.

This is like the Mongols will always remember Genghis Khan, the Eight Banners Tartars will always remember the wild boar skin and Kang Mazi, and the Han people will always remember the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing, Huo Quai, Li Jing, Li Ji, Yue Fei and Yue Wumu.

The French have never forgotten Napoleon's original glory.

Talleyrand didn't even look at the men. He is a leader of the moderation faction, and what he hates most in his life is France's domination of the European continent and France's global domination.

This radical wave set off by Murat, Talleyrand was serious, because he knew Napoleon very well, this is a person who values family affection, Murat is not only Napoleon's prince and marshal, but also Napoleon's brother-in-law, even if he once fled back to Naples privately, Napoleon chose to forgive him. Murat had a special place in Napoleon's heart!

And Murat didn't know what to do, and colluded with Ney. Although the Duke of Elsingeren was not very brainy, his influence in Napoleon's side was not small, but fortunately, Talleyrand stabilized Ranner and Desai, two marshals with clear brains, in time, and did not let the voice of the radicals spread throughout the French army.

But this also made Talleyrand see the danger, and many of the French army, especially those veterans over the age of thirty, remembered the previous glory.

Talleyrand felt fortunate that Napoleon had not changed, he knew Napoleon very well, and if Napoleon changed his mind, he would not be able to hide it from Talleyrand.

But even so, this put a lot of pressure on Talleyrand, and even Talleyrand felt that Napoleon did not participate too much in this matter, which was not to use the hands of Murat and others to limit himself. After all, in the past two years, Talleyrand's dominance in the French government has been too dazzling.

Napoleon was not a master who could be fooled casually, and Talleyrand had been mentally prepared for this day for a long time, so he was not surprised. And he doesn't like to be a powerful minister, compared to the red-clad prime ministers of France, Leliuser and Mazarin, he prefers to be the Pierre Sergière of the Sun King period.

Talleyrand did not have such a great desire for power. He's not Fuche!

Now the most important thing for him is to do a good job this time, to get everything done before the news of the abdication of the Great Emperor of the East reaches Europe, and to officially start a new chapter in the friendship between France and Russia.

……

At this moment, in Warsaw, Poland, the destination of Talleyrand's train journey, a man with a deputy oriental face is looking at the map of the Warsaw railway station in front of him.

There was a Polish man standing next to him, and why he was said to be a Pole was because the guy was wearing a military uniform and had a medal of the White Eagle on his chest, which the Russians had set up specifically for Poles in the army.

"One hundred thousand pounds. As long as the assassination is completed, the 100,000 pounds will be yours ......"

The Orientals were staring at the station, Talleyrand, this was a big man, a giant in French politics. Kill him, and the influence on France will be shocking.

Unlike the British, they are looking for an opportunity to disgust Chen Han and add to China's blockage. The relevant departments under the OEU are disgusting to Europeans all the time.