Napoleon's head buzzed back to the Longilité Hotel. He didn't know how he got back to his room on the way, his legs seemed to be stepping on a pile of cotton, one foot deep and one foot shallow, there was a feeling of ups and downs, as if the earth was soft.

He could not hear any sound in his ears, the barking of men, the barking of horses, the noise of confusion......

He didn't clog his ears, but his world was absolutely silent.

Everything is nothing, only a pack of Pistoll in his pocket is real.

Napoleon never imagined that in his own desperate situation, the distant Eastern Empire, the distant Chinese, would actually lend a helping hand to him.

And the reason is simply because I am 'their' student.

How is this possible?

Napoleon looked at the gold coins that shone brightly in front of him, which was not a lot, only thirty. But they said that if they wished, they could go to the tavern on the Seine at any time and withdraw five hundred pistols.

Chen Han's support for Napoleon was great.

In terms of money, Napoleon's annual withdrawal was 10,000 pistols.

Don't underestimate this number, in fact it's a big number, equivalent to 100,000 livres.

40 Pistol can make 4 nobles and their henchmen feast for a month, and 75 Pistol can make the most discerning lord and his henchmen spend an impeccable trip from Paris to London.

Suffice it to say, a pistoll is worth no different than a pound.

Napoleon's annual 'spending' amount was £10,000, which is definitely a staggering figure.

Without the involvement of raising a private army, the cost of £10,000 was enough for Napoleon to use 'money' to open the way and become the commander of a legion.

You must know that the five heads of the Directory in Paris today and the cadres under them are very fond of 'talent'.

For example, the Directory Paul Barras, the most powerful figure in the Directory, was one of the three main figures who overthrew Robespierre's regime, and became Commander-in-Chief of the Military and Police.

But such a great man, known for his corruption and bribery and the prowessing of mistresses, can be said to have perfectly reenacted the maladministration of the old Bourbon regime, fully implementing the "famous words" of Pope Leo X: "Because God has given us this office, let us enjoy it." ”

Unbeknownst to Napoleon, Barras had become known for his private activities with suppliers and speculators, and for feasting in front of the hungry and poor masses. But by now, Barras had become a symbol of the Directory's corruption and sin.

If Napoleon had 10,000 pounds in his hands, he would definitely have won the favor of Barras, the Directory and commander-in-chief of the military police.

And the reason why the Chinese support him is that he is the highest-ranking and most promising member of 'their' French students.

Yes, Napoleon is now at a low point in his life, but his rank has not really been abolished, and the Chinese believe that his talent is destined to shine brightly in the coming time.

"You don't need to love yourself, you don't even need to bribe anyone."

When Napoleon knew that he could control a whole ten thousand pistols, the light in his eyes instantly opened up that even his connector could not look directly. Napoleon behaved too much.

But his connector told him that the goods that were delivered to his door on his own initiative would not be cherished by the 'owner', and the icing on the cake was far less than sending charcoal in the snow. As for whether Napoleon would associate himself with this sentence, there is no need to care at all.

Napoleon simply could not refuse this yellow hand of friendship.

His family burdens and ideals make him cherish the support from China, even if it is secret.

Of course, Napoleon also knew that China must have something to ask of him, but now the Chinese don't say nothing?

He doesn't have to face this dilemma yet.

The Directory was analysed for him the current situation of the Directory in Paris, whose sources were far richer than Napoleon's, who were trapped in Paris, and who saw it more comprehensively: "The Directory is the power that represents the big landlords and the big bourgeoisie. After their victory over the Jacobins, they dissolved the Paris Commune and the local revolutionary committees, closed up the people's organizations and clubs, abolished all kinds of restrictions on commerce, including the law of price limits, and the new bourgeoisie became more speculative, stealing public money, and enriching themselves as never before.

Drinking parties, carnival balls, lascivious life and appalling immorality were all the rage.

But the common people of Paris and many cities were faced with hunger and poverty, which contrasted sharply with the extravagance and pleasure-seeking of the bourgeois nouveau riche. ”

OEU does not believe that the civilians of Paris, with its revolutionary tradition, will continue to be patient.

"Perhaps it won't be long before the hungry masses march on the National Convention building and break down the gates of the Directory. But the Directory's army would also carry out bloody crushing of the hungry masses and send many people to the guillotine. ”

Napoleon subconsciously wanted to refute the joint's arguments, but he opened his mouth wide and chose to sink. Because everything that the connector says is true, and it is very likely that it will happen.

The struggle for class interests is far from being as simple as 'good guys and bad guys'.

Napoleon once heard the saying in China: children only distinguish between right and wrong, and adults only look at the pros and cons.

Although this sentence has been scolded by newspapers in China, it is very much in line with Napoleon's three views.

He's not a kid anymore, he's grown up.

And you must know that the revolutionary regime also has an internal henchman - the royalists.

Louis XVI was dead, and his son was imprisoned in Dample prison, but not without a single Bourbon escaped from Paris. Later Louis XVIII lived well.

The OEU has every reason to believe that when the contradictions between the citizens of Paris and the Directory intensify, the royalists will certainly take the opportunity to make a comeback.

They still have a certain base in Marseille, Lyon and other regions in the south of France, and at the same time, the members of the royal party gathered in London, Koblenz, Hamburg, Rome and other places will collude with the anti-French allies, so Louis XVI's younger brother Count of Provence is very active.

Of course, the most important thing is that the anti-French allies fought very well on the battlefield in northern Italy.

This is the greatest reliance of the royalists.

"The Directory's army is limited, and when the royalist rebellion and popular rebellion break out in various places, the military and police forces in Paris will definitely be quickly dispatched outward, and it will require capable generals to take command, and you still have a lot of opportunities."

The young and vigorous Napoleon had thought it humiliating for the Directory to let him lead the infantry in the Vendée, but now he had no such thoughts. Two months of poverty and hopelessness erased Napoleon's attitude and smoothed out many of his edges.

Of the difficulties that Napoleon had faced, poverty was his worst enemy, but now that this problem is gone, not only will his life be better, but also the life of his family in the field, and his faithful friend and subordinate Juno, and all of them will be better.

Then Napoleon could quietly wait for his opportunity, waiting for the moment when it would shine!

He was still very young, he was only twenty-five years old.

"The Chinese must be hungry for something."

Three days later, in a residence that did not look luxurious, but rather comfortable, Napoleon's aide-de-camp, Captain Jean-Endoche Junot, waved his arms and said something loudly.

"Of course. There will be no pie in the sky. The Chinese naturally have their interests. Napoleon was dissatisfied with the attitude of his friend and aide-de-camp, "but my dear friend, you should not doubt my character." I will not betray the interests of France. I'm hurt by your attitude. ”

Wounded twice in the war, Captain Juno, who had a fiery and courageous personality, stopped his arm, and it was only then that he realized that he had overreacted, and this attitude was indeed very bad.

"I apologize, it's my fault, I was a little impulsive. You know, that's my character. "But ten thousand Pistol, this great fortune has come so inexplicably that it cannot but make him suspicious.

The rich Napoleon was very good at it, he bought ten maps of Pistole at once, and he no longer had to face a map with countless traces, and struggled to find the places he wanted to know.

Napoleon pulled out a map of the world from a stack of maps, and on the map, the red map representing China was intimidating.

"Look at this map, what benefits can the Chinese get from France?"

"Only the Americas."

France enjoyed great colonial interests in the Americas, which was mainly divided into two parts, one was Louisiana in North America and the other was the West Indies in the Caribbean.

But the 'benefits' that the Chinese may ask for will only be Louisiana, which is huge in size but has very little interest in France, not in the West Indies, where the interests of various countries intersect.

Napoleon did not know the Chinese emperor's 'grand wishes'. So, all he had in his mind at this time was Louisiana.

Juno completely calmed down, looking at the world map in front of him, he had to admit that the Chinese's appeal to French interests was Louisiana at most.

Although it was indeed a rich colony, it was surrounded by 'enemies' on all sides.

There was the newly formed United States to the east, the British to the north, the Chinese and the Spanish to the south, who let the French cede the estuary area to Spain, and Spain lost to China?

So the Mississippi River estuary area belonged to China, and a vassal state that came in China was established there. It's definitely China's territory.

After the Seven Years' War, Florida, which was exchanged by the Spaniards for Havana, was handed over to the Spaniards by the Americans in return after the American Revolutionary War, and is still in Spanish control. And the Kingdom of Spain today is also the enemy of France.

So, Louisiana is big, but it's an enclave in a sense.

Therefore, among the French people today, there are really few people who really see Louisiana in their eyes.

In 1800, in the Western calendar, Napoleon formally signed an entente with the Spaniards to take back part of Louisiana, the southern coastal region owned by Spain.

Spain assigned Spanish Louisiana to Napoleon in exchange for Napoleon's support for Spain in Europe. After the signing of this treaty, although Spain did not immediately transfer Louisiana to France for administration, after the contents of the treaty were leaked, people from all walks of life in the United States were worried, especially the then President Jefferson, who was very worried that France would take advantage of the opportunity to control the Louisiana region and expand France's influence in North America.

Because of the treaty between Spain and the United States, the Americans returned Florida to Spain in exchange for the Spaniards' promise to open the Mississippi River to them and open New Orleans. The United States is guaranteed to use the Port of New Orleans as an export base. Since then, New Orleans has been important as an important port for U.S. agricultural exports.

But now the world has changed, and Chen Han was born, turning New Orleans into Chinese land. In order to allow themselves to take advantage of the favorable transportation conditions on the Upper Mississippi River, the Americans could only plead with China. Chen Ming also wanted to take the opportunity to understand the newly founded United States, so he did not let the Americans pay too much to allow them the right to navigate the Mississippi River, and guaranteed the opening of the port of New Orleans to the United States.

Historically, the United States was in a potential threat to France in North America, and a strong public opinion once appeared in its country, which did not hesitate to meet with France.

The lighthouse nations, motivated by profit, have completely forgotten how France helped them in the first place.

It was Jefferson's preference for a peaceful settlement, which led to the birth of the largest land purchase in the history of Laosiana - the Louisiana land purchase.

At that time, there were still many Americans who opposed the deal, and the total transaction amount of $15 million was much more than the financial capacity of the old American countries at that time.

However, the entire area of Louisiana exceeds 2 million square kilometers, and the United States successfully purchased the entire Louisiana area at a price of 7 US dollars per square kilometer, which can be called the most cost-effective transaction in the history of the world.

With the purchase of French Louisiana, the United States expanded its territory from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico north to Canada. The entire land purchase area is almost a quarter of the current U.S. territory.

And the reason why such a land purchase was achieved was that Napoleon's strategic intentions had indeed changed. After the defeat of the Second Anti-French Alliance, Napoleon's original wishful thinking was to make peace with Britain in Europe and expand his influence in the Caribbean and North America, but the French military campaign in Haiti was not smooth, and by 1803, the conflict of interests between France and Britain was almost irreconcilable. Therefore, Napoleon decided to abandon the idea of creating a sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere and concentrate on dealing with Britain. Under such circumstances, Napoleon, despite the opposition of his relatives, friends, foreign ministers, and others, proposed a plan to sell the whole of Louisiana to the United States for $15 million.

It can be said that Napoleon, who is in such a position today, really does not see how important French Louisiana is. He couldn't believe that in five years, he would be able to dominate the whole of France.

He believes that the investment of Chinese in himself is, at most, a sentence in exchange for the future.

Napoleon, who had not yet put himself in the interests of France as a whole, was of course happy to exchange his words in the future for the strong support of the Chinese in his most difficult time now.

Not to mention how important his words were, Napoleon, who only limited his status to the position of a 'general', was well aware of the weight of a military general in Paris.

Even if he had become commander of the Italian legion, he would have been average in Paris.

Juno waved his arms, his emotions stirring up again, "Louisiana has no necessary interests for the Republic. On the contrary, that land blocked both the United States in the West and the Chinese in the East. If it can be thrown out, as long as there is a suitable remedy, France is completely acceptable......"