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On August 15, 1843, Zhu Jishi, Isabel . Deneuve, Will. Heming, Maria. Clementina and Besven rode together in a carriage provided by the Ségur family and drove into Maria, a gate on the walls of Tierre in Paris. Clementina herself did not accompany Zhu Jishi to Paris, but went back to Château Dutte, and told Zhu Jishi to come to Paris when she prepared the documents and contracts for the cooperation between the two parties, and asked him to wait patiently for a few days.

"The construction of the wall began in 1841 with the construction of 17 gates, 94 defensive fortresses and a 15-meter-wide moat...... Louis. King Philip clearly wanted to turn Paris into a real fortress. But everyone knows that the enemies of the Orleans dynasty are not outside Paris, they are within the walls of Tyère! ”

It was Will who said this. Heming, he didn't come to Paris to be Zhu Jishi's attendant, but as a representative of Jason-Churchill's Explosives Company to negotiate business with the French War Department, and he also carried 10 pounds of ammonium oil explosives - that is, ammonium nitrate explosives mixed with kerosene, and ten **, it was really a bit dangerous, if it exploded on the carriage, most of Zhu Jishi's little lives would not be saved!

"Svensson, do you remember Will's words? The Orleans dynasty, which now ruled France, was quite weak both internally and externally, and could not be compared with Britain at all, so it was impossible for them to be rude to the Qing state. "Zhu Jishi and Maria last night. Clementina had been talking about the Orleans dynasty for half the night, and now she couldn't afford to look down on the "naked king", and the current Orleans dynasty was actually barely able to maintain the situation on a banker's money and a few old generals of the Napoleonic era. An Algerian war that had been fought for five or six years had already left the king anxious, how could he still have the strength to threaten China thousands of miles away?

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"Jason, it looks like someone has come to greet us."

As soon as he entered the walls of Thières in Paris, the carriage in which he was riding stopped, and then a servant of the Duke of Ségur's family came running and spoke a great deal of French to Maria.

"They are the Marquis de la Flugny, the new French minister to the Qing Dynasty, and the Count Lippi, president of the French Academy of Sciences." Maria smiled and said to Zhu Jishi.

"Okay, someone has finally come to pick us up, otherwise who knows where their Academy of Sciences is?" Zhu Jishi clapped his hands, pushed the car door with a smile, and got out as soon as he lowered his head, and when he got out of the car, he saw a few foreigners in straight clothes standing in the hot sun, their faces were covered with sweat, and it seemed that they had been waiting for a while.

"You're Sir Zhu, aren't you? Welcome to France, I am Lippi in the courtyard of the French Academy of Sciences. One of them, an old man with gray hair, stepped forward and shook Zhu Jishi's hand.

"Count Lippi, it is an honour to meet you in Paris." Zhu Jishi also politely returned the courtesy, to be honest, although he did not look down on the Orleans Dynasty, but he was still very grateful to these academicians of the French Academy of Sciences, if they did not come out to wave the flag for themselves, the British probably would not regard themselves as a treasure - this is the advantage of the European countries, there is no place to keep a master, there is a place to keep a master. Unlike in the Qing Dynasty, there is only one place to go, so the emperor Lao Tzu and the imperial court don't cherish talents, and I don't know if Bai Siwen can mix in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty?

"Sir Zhu, this is the Marquis of Lacaly, the new French ambassador to the Qing Dynasty." The old man smiled all over his face and introduced a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties to Zhu Jishi.

This French marquis is tall, very handsome, and looks good-looking, but he still shook hands with Zhu Jishi very politely, and said with a smile: "Sir Zhu has worked hard all the way!" It was an honor for the Royal Government to be a guest in Paris this time, and King Bixia was going to host a banquet at the Louvre (actually the residence of the French Academy of Sciences) to entertain Sir Zhu. ”

The Marquis of Lacaigny spoke English, so Bai Siwen, who was next to Zhu Jishi, could understand - the emperor of France wanted to hold a banquet in the palace to entertain Zhu Jishi! It seems that this lord is really not an ordinary person, not only the royal husband of England calls him a brother, but even the emperor of France has to make friends with him. By the way, listen to that one called Will. Haiming's lord said that the new Western color next to Lord Zhu is still the Duchess of Segur, and there are dozens of manors in his house! These things must be memorized firmly, and when you go back to the Qing Dynasty, you can write a book "Interesting Facts about Traveling in Europe". But then again, the duchess is really beautiful and coquettish, why can't such a beautiful thing be her turn? Just thinking about that tits, that ass, and that sass, I have a lot of aftertaste......

"Svensson, Svensson, what are you thinking?" Zhu Jishi's voice rang in Bai Siwen's ears, calling him out of his glamorous daydream.

"Master, you called me?" Bai Siwen was busy looking at Zhu Jishi with a smile on his face.

"Straighten your back!" Zhu Jishi rebuked in Chinese, "You now represent China!" You know? Don't nod your head in front of the French and look down on people! ”

"Got it, sir." Bai Siwen hurriedly straightened his waist, but the smile on his face looked a little flattering.

"This is Mr. Bai Siwen, a Chinese ...... Aristocrat. Zhu Jishi pointed to Bai Siwen and said to the Marquis of Lasini, "He came to Europe to inspect before the outbreak of the Sino-British trade war. ”

Inspect? The Marquis of Laverni was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart, could it be a spy? This Chinese named Bai Siwen must have been sent by the Qing emperor to Europe to spy on intelligence! This is terrible, isn't the situation here in France all figured out to the Chinese?

"I don't know what Mr. White's title is? What kind of official position does he hold in China? Lasany asked tentatively.

"Alas, where is there any title, it is a leader of the Han army with a white flag, and he is an errand ...... in the Guangzhou Navy Flag Battalion" Bai Siwen spoke Chinese this time, after all, he didn't know what Han army was inlaid with a white flag, what a leader, and what was translated into English by the Navy Flag Battalion.

"Mr. Bai Siwen said that he is the flag man of China, equivalent to your knights here in Europe, and is the lowest-ranking nobleman, in addition to being a naval officer, he holds an official position such as a staff officer in the Guangdong fleet." Zhu Jishi translated.

Marquis Lavani nodded, more convinced of his judgment, this Bai Siwen is here to spy on information! In Europe, this kind of errand is generally sent to the lower nobles and officers, and the staff and knights are just right, and the earl or marquis is great.

"Your Excellency Marquis, Mr. Bai Siwen's investigation in Europe has been completed, and he originally planned to return to the Qing Kingdom, but now that I heard that your country is preparing to send an envoy to visit China, I want to take a hitchhiker, I don't think there is any problem, right?" Zhu Jishi flickered.

"There is no problem, there is no problem, we can just take this opportunity to learn about the situation in China...... Lavani promised again and again, but his heart was mixed, and the joy was that the Chinese spies were going to the Qing Dynasty with the French mission, which showed that the Qing side was still very friendly to France. The worry is that China is much more concerned about the situation in the West than expected, and has already sent spies to Europe to spy on intelligence!

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"Master, the little one is not here to investigate ...... Europe"

When the last carriage continued to the Louvre, Bai Siwen whispered to Zhu Jishi with a weak heart: "The little one is still guilty, if he pretends to be an official and lets the above know, he will ......."

"But what? Lose your head? Zhu Jishi smiled, looked at Bai Siwen's head that was still dragging his braids, and said with a smile: "I heard that there is a rule of meritorious service in the Qing Dynasty, and now you have spied on the internal affairs of Western countries and brought them back to the emperor Lao Tzu, are you still afraid that you will not be able to atone for a little sin?" ”

Bai Siwen said with a sad face: "Master, you don't know the rules of the officialdom of the Great Qing Dynasty at all, little ......."

"Okay, okay, don't complain to me," Zhu Jishi didn't bother to listen to his nonsense, and folded his fingers to analyze him: "You Bai Siwen, you are a banner person, and there is always a little bit of the way, and the emperor Lao Tzu is also his own person, and he has also been an official; Second, he is really familiar with the inside of the West, and he is the only one in the Qing Dynasty! Thirdly, I will give you silver to pave the way. You have a way, a skill, a lot of money, and you look quite clever, but you're afraid that there will be no big officials to do? ”

Bai Siwen was stunned, and when he thought about it, it seemed to be the same thing. At that moment, he arched his hand towards Zhu Jishi, "The little one who met the lord is considered to have met a nobleman, and there will really be a day when you will soar in the future, what do you command, the little one will go to the soup and go to the fire for your old man." ”

Of course, I can't count these words, but Zhu Jishi still nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, okay, I don't want you to go to the soup to fight the fire, you can help me do one thing when you go to Qingguo." Find a way to select some scholars who have good writing skills, but can't pass the exam, like you, to study in the academy I opened in Hong Kong, by the way, don't be too old, preferably fifteen or sixteen years old. ”

"It's no problem, it's all wrapped around the little one." Bai Siwen promised with his mouth, and only God knows if he can do it in the future.