The press immediately spread the Duke of London's "support for the South" remarks to the rest of the world, and the New York stock market crashed in response. Originally, it was generally believed that the strength of the North was far stronger than that of the South, and there was no suspense in the war, but the Duke reversed the strength of both sides at once with a single stroke, and if the Windsor consortium strongly supported the South, President Lincoln's life would be very difficult.

In the United States, the North represents advanced industry, the South represents traditional agriculture, and the United States as a whole is a big farm compared to the Windsor Consortium, and its industrial achievements are not worth mentioning at all. This is best understood by the capitalists who engage in investment. The Americans are in big trouble.

Criticism of the Duke of London came like a hurricane across the ocean, and Downing didn't even want to read the newspapers. Although the U.S. Congress passed the resolution stating that the war was not for the liberation of the slaves, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the emancipation of the slaves was the only result of the North's victory, and it was surprising that the Duke of London, who had always had the name of charity, dared to defy the condemnation of the world this time. In fact, Britain and France are not looking at the United States, a rising power without an emperor, Napoleon III has made many sympathetic remarks about the south, but he has no practical action, and only "sympathy", while the Queen of England signed the "Neutrality Act", which is clearly neutral, but in fact Britain has taken a tacit acquiescence to the newly established Confederate States of America to have belligerent rights.

The mentality of the great powers has always been like this, and the European powers are all happy to see the opportunity to divide the powerful United States, and the high-profile statement of the Duke of London has pushed the unfavorable situation of American federalism to ****. Now Tang Ning is glad that he is in China, whether it is a foreigner or a Chinese, he is not very concerned about the situation in the United States, he is still a carefree duke, if he is in Europe, he will encounter strange eyes every time he goes on the street.

Well, coming to Shanghai is really a good choice.

Tang Ning was drinking tea in the Luxembourg consulate while reviewing important official documents from his various institutions, when a beautiful girl in a fiery red cloak rushed over like a rocket, and the guards couldn't stop him.

This fiery beautiful girl is Linfell, she thinks that she can't do science to be her father Faraday, let alone a god-level scientist, and it's very boring to be a real yàn, so when she aspires, she takes being a football referee as a pursuit, and laughs a lot, however, her physical fitness is really good, and few young men are her opponents in running, and it is not surprising that she can instantly pass through the guard's blockade.

is worthy of being a qualified girl referee, it is absolutely no problem to run all over the field, she ran to Tang Ning, panted in two seconds, and said, "Have you read the newspaper?" ”

Tang Ning glanced at a newspaper in her hand and said, "If you haven't read it lately, it's not good news." ”

Lin Fei'er's breathing became more stable, his eyes were spinning, and he didn't show Tang Ning the information in the newspaper in her hand first, but asked, "Did you arrest Emperor Xianfeng?" ”

The 13-year-old Lin Fei has grown into a super beautiful girl that no man can refuse and ignore, but when Tang Ning heard her words, he still couldn't help but shoot two sharp lights from his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "What do you say?" ”

Lin Fei was not afraid of him at all, and laughed: "It turns out that you really carried out the plan of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, great, no wonder the policy of the Chinese court is so magical, as long as you are making trouble behind your back, it will become reasonable." Ahem, your expression has already sued me! Well, you can see the news for yourself, the French want to you. ”

Downing didn't care about her quirky speculations and went to read the report in the mainstream French newspaper. It turned out that the imperial guards who were exiled to Africa were discovered by the local French colonists, and they felt very curious, and found a translator who could speak Chinese to communicate, and obtained an amazing conspiracy, it turned out that the Qing Emperor was attacked and had an accident.

The French didn't believe it, but the style of the Qing Dynasty suddenly changed dramatically, and finally the French believed it, but they still didn't dare to offend the Windsor consortium and continued to hide this amazing news.

The opportunity has finally arrived. A few days ago, Downing's "pro-Southern" rhetoric would be at odds with the United States, and the U.S. ambassador to France gathered a secret meeting of the four major powers of Russia, Prussia, and France in an attempt to unite against the Windsor consortium. It is impossible to defeat the Windsor Consortium by economic means, and these four great powers are not tied together by the Windsor Consortium, but military and political means are another matter. The four of them joined forces and were confident that any trouble would be resolved.

This year, the new emperor of Prussia, Wilhelm I, ascended the throne and clashed with parliament on the matter of military expansion, and could not appoint Bismarck, whom he trusted, as prime minister, but Prussia's foreign policy was still dominated by Bismarck, and Bismarck now believed that the nosy Duke of London would become an unstable factor in German unification, and should take advantage of the intensification of contradictions with Russia, the United States, and France to stir up right and wrong and curb the ambition of the Windsor consortium to expand its territory. Tiny Luxembourg was not in Bismarck's eyes, but it was another matter for the whole of Italy, and if the Windsor consortium found such a large foothold in Europe, it would be a threat to the whole of Europe.

Finally, the four major powers of Russia, the United States, France, and Prussia came together and conspired against the Windsor consortium, and the news of "throwing stones to ask for directions" thrown by the French was a generous gift to the four-nation alliance.

Once this news is confirmed, the Windsor consortium will also face opposition from royalist forces in China, and the four major powers can also use this as an excuse to interfere in China's affairs.

This time it was a big trouble, and Tang Ning read the newspaper and saw it like a fight. Although the Qing Dynasty had a monopoly on China's newspaper industry, the French could deliberately spread the news throughout the ******** if they had the will, and Downing's plan to blackmail the princes would be in jeopardy.

After worrying for a long time, Linfil didn't look like a 13-year-old girl at all, waiting quietly on the sidelines, very patient.

"Oh, thank you for bringing me this news." Downing said casually.

Linfield: "Nothing, you'll see it sooner or later." ”

Downing made tea for the children in recognition of her outstanding insight, this is a French newspaper with a certain influence but not a very high ranking, if it wasn't for Linfell's discovery, Downing would not have known for the first time, the French are also throwing stones to ask for directions, they are not so stupid, and they will completely offend the Windsor consortium at once, and they want to replace Russia, the United States, and Prussia to resist the Windsor consortium's soldiers. If you want to go to everyone together, you want to die together!

Since there is no good way, let's put it aside, Tang Ning put down his worries and drink tea with the children. said that she was a child, but when he was interested in Sissi, wasn't Sissi also so old? It's just that the beautiful girl in the front eye is much more eccentric, and she is more nosy than Tangning.

Linfield: "The French want to be trick-or-treating, right?" We can drop hundreds of big bombs in an airship to Paris, and see what they do. ”

Tang Ning laughed: "The heroine is so murderous!" This kind of weapon cannot be used casually, otherwise it will be greatly unpopular. ”

Linfil said hatefully: "Then what should I do? The French are so hateful, and the good situation in China has been ruined by them. ”

Downing: "That's it! Since Napoleon III wanted to be a patron of Catholicism, let him be fulfilled, well, I gave instructions to the Italian army to launch an attack on the city of Rome. ”

The little girl just watched the Duke of London, who seemed more boyish than her, sitting in front of a typewriter and issuing orders that would change the course of the world.

It was a commanding order, and Italy's 10,000 mechanized troops marched from all roads to Rome, sounding the death knell for the Papal States. At this time, the French could no longer be the vanguard, the war mobilization order was issued from the emperor, and they continued to assemble on the Italian-French border, and Prussia tacitly reduced the military strength of the Franco-French border, so that France had no worries.

The Russians were looking forward to the day when they were a country that looked very thin on its own with the Windsor consortium, and now they were emboldened by their allies to immediately expand eastward and launch an attack on the Japanese Federation on Tsushima. And the Americans sent warships to Hawaii and Panama, where the canal was about to open, and the Americans really found a pretext to occupy Panama, and some of the servicemen were quite happy.

The battle report flew like snowflakes, but Tang Ning didn't pay much attention to it and participated in the auction of the Old Summer Palace treasures peacefully.

When he entered, he was greeted by a standing salute to show that everyone was touched by the fact that he had taken time out of his busy schedule to participate in the auction.

Tang Ning waved to everyone and said, "Thank you!" I'm going to beat the American, French, Russian bastards! ”

A foul word won the cheers and screams of the adventurers in Shanghai, Nima is awesome, this is called pure masters!

The auctioneer shouted: "Welcome to Shanghai Jardine Matheson, now start bidding, using pounds as a unit, each increase must not be less than 100 pounds." ”

Tang Ning said to the two little girls beside him, Linfield and Princess Louise, "Wait a minute, you can choose an item, and I will buy it for you." ”

The two little girls were overjoyed. Faraday expressed dissatisfaction, Downing was robbing him of his happiness as a father, but who told Faraday to be cautious and not dare to take care of it? What if the little girl falls in love with a huge expensive thing?

The soldiers who selected 100 items from the Old Summer Palace were all rough people, and their eyes were uneven, but because the cultural accomplishment of the Qing Emperor was hugely high, since Kangxi and below, any emperor who picked out an emperor was an expert in qin, chess, poetry and painting, so nearly half of these 100 pieces were masterpieces, which was embarrassing. （http:／／.)。

I don't know why, Tang Ning particularly likes Song Huizong's works, or why he followed Zhao Ji's vision to set the azure tone for his shipyard. Today, he came mainly to buy Zhao Ji's baby, and everything else is casual.

The purpose of this time the little princess Louise and her best friend Alice Fell came to Shanghai to meet the god-level pharmacist and see what he could do to cure her father's stomach problems, so the queen was willing to let her out. She doesn't have much research on Chinese art, and she always asks her girlfriends which one is better.

The wealthy Chinese merchants in Shanghai were afraid to buy anything that came out of the Imperial Forbidden Garden, but what if the imperial court turned its face one day? But a few days ago, the list of rare auctions posted outside Jardine and Foreign Bank attracted them, and they didn't even care about the head killer, so they opened an account in the Bank of Zurich and paid the deposit, which is a rare opportunity. They know the value of the works of those grandmasters, and they are the backbone of this auction.