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Although it was the beginning of September 1877 and there was a shower in the evening, the temperature did not drop much, and even the cooler hot spring palace in the suburbs was still a little muggy.

Zhu Jishi went to take a bath as usual after dinner, Tangshan Hot Spring Palace naturally has hot springs, not only indoor hot springs, but also built outdoors, surrounded by rockeries and stones, a few shades of trees, very charming. Coupled with a few sleek young waiters and the company of the chief maid of Kusumoto Takako, it is really extremely comfortable.

Maria. Clementina was also here, but she didn't come to bathe with Zhu Jishi—this kind of errand was usually the responsibility of the young maids and maids. Maria had come to report to Zhu Jishi on the latest international events.

The great events of this time were all related to the revolution, and the American Revolution was completed, and the British troops who held on to Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, after learning that there was also a revolution in their own country, no longer had the morale to hold on, and surrendered to the troops of the Socialist United States of America. So far, southeastern Ontario (Toronto, Ottawa area), Quebec, New York; Top; Dot; The lands of British Canada, such as Finland and Labrador, Novoskýtia, were also incorporated into the United States of America.

A new America with about 3 million square kilometers and a population of more than 20 million people stands in the northeast of the North American continent! However, the Socialist United States of America does not pose any threat to Donghua and Beihua at the moment. Among its population of more than 20 million, there are only one or two million young and middle-aged men at most, and the entire country is extremely short of labor and soldiers. It would be nice to be able to recover after 30 years. By then, the population of Donghua will definitely exceed 50 million. Beihua will also have a population of more than 10 million. And Juan will also inherit Mathilde's throne. Donghua, Beihua, and Mexico already had the strength to fight against the Socialist United States of America and the New French Kingdom alone.

Moreover, the honeymoon period between the United Socialist States of America and the Roman Empire was destined to be unsustainable, and its socialist nature had determined that cooperation with Rome was only a stopgap measure. Britain and Russia, with their same social systems, are the real allies of the United Socialist States of America, although no one in the entire Western world is aware of this at the moment. But Zhu Jishi, a traveler, knows that for internationalists, the nation and the state are far less important than ideology.

It was precisely because of this misunderstanding that the Roman Empire and the German Empire adopted completely different attitudes towards the three socialist countries - the Roman Empire supported the United Socialist States of America and sent large quantities of food, weapons and ammunition to the Americans. Just as the French supported the American Revolutionary War in history. Rome, however, took a sideless stance against the English Revolution, and simply sent troops to occupy Ireland, apparently with the intention of separating it from Britain. Napoleon IV, on the other hand, took a very hostile attitude towards the Russian Revolution and remained in Constantinople. Grand Duke Nikolayevich signed an agreement and was ready to send troops to intervene in the Russian Revolution!

Germany, on the other hand, took a position of ignoring the American Revolution, being hostile to the British revolutionaries and supporting the Russian Revolution - because the Crown Princess Victoria of the German Empire was the eldest daughter of Prince Albert and Empress Victoria. And now that most of the members of the British royal family are still missing, if they were killed in the revolution, then Princess Victoria would be the rightful heir to the British throne. There's this relationship. Germany was naturally hostile to the British revolutionaries. Of course, this hostile relationship is not impossible to change. If the safety of the British royal family is assured, and the British revolutionaries are willing to accept Princess Victoria's succession to the throne......

Their support for the Russian Revolution was to obtain an armistice favorable to Germany through treaties with the All-Russian Revolutionary Committee, i.e. the whole of Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and half of Ukraine.

And the Great Chinese Empire, which is the most powerful imperialist country in the world, has the same attitude towards these three socialist countries -- they are all enemies! First of all, Donghua and Beihua are not in the same place as the United Socialist States of America! Second, when Victoria and Edward VII arrived in India, the Great Chinese Empire would certainly support their claim to the British throne, and would naturally be hostile to socialist Britain. Finally, the news has just been received: the Russian Empress Alexandra I, under the protection of her uncle, Grand Duke Alexander, has arrived in Arkhangelsk and is preparing to go to Siberia by sea. And also made a request for assistance to the Ming Empire.

A Russian empress who is a little over a year old...... Should she grow into a beautiful woman in the future? It seems to be a good match!

Zhu Jishi suddenly laughed, this is a good opportunity, a chance to turn the Russian territory east of the Ural Mountains into an independent Siberian kingdom.

"Jason, are you fighting Empress Alexandra's idea?"

Maria. Clementina folded the briefing in her hand and handed it to the maid beside her, looking at Zhu Jishi with a smile. "I heard that she is a little beauty, but it's a pity that she is too small."

"It's going to grow up, how about letting her be your granddaughter-in-law when the time comes?" Zhu Jishi asked Maria with a smile.

"It's better to keep it for the emperor as a daughter-in-law." Maria shook her head, she knew that Zhu Jishi was pretending to be polite to her. "In this way, the Ming Empire has really become a core country, and it can live with peace of mind."

"That's fine," Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile, glanced at Maria, who was no longer beautiful, sighed softly, and beckoned to her. "It's hot, so it's better to take a bath with me."

Maria smiled, stood up, and untied her clothes in front of Zhu Jishi very generously, her figure was actually quite good, at least for a woman who had given birth to two children, was in her fifties and almost sixty years old. But after all, it can't be compared with the young women around Zhu Jishi.

After going down to the pool, Maria lay on the edge of the pool next to Zhu Jishi, and her own maid came up to rub her back and massage her. Zhu Jishi narrowed his eyes and continued to talk to her while recuperating his nerves.

"Victoria has already arrived at Pacific Port (Puerto Montt) in New Japan, and will be in East Asia in two months at most. I want to go to Japan to greet me in person, and you will go with me. ”

"Do you still want to discuss the South China issue with her?" Maria asked.

"Of course, if you can surrender without a fight, don't fight anymore." Zhu Jishi said, "Let Helena be the queen of Nanhua, and share the monarch with Guojie." ”

"And what about the whites of Australia and New Zealand?"

"If you want to stay, you can stay, and if you don't, send them to India." Zhu Jishi smiled, "India is a good place, and the status of the white race there is high, if the British royal family is willing to pretend to believe in Hinduism, they can rule India for 1,000 years!" I guess that's a good thing for Indians as well. ”

"Hehe, that's pretty good...... Maria grinned and was about to say something when the sound of wooden planks tapping on the bluestone floor sounded. I saw Zhou Xiulan, the waiter, trotting in all the way, still holding the copy of the telegram she had just taken from the telegraph room.

"Emperor, telegram from London!"

"London's ...... Telegraph? Jinyiwei's? Zhu Jishi frowned, why did Jin Yiwei's spies in London send a telegram to the Hot Spring Palace?

"No, it's Mr. Engels' telegram!"

"Engels?" Zhu Jishi nodded suddenly, although Engels has been back in Europe for many years, he still maintains telegraph contact with Zhu Jishi's court, and the two sides also exchange views on international affairs from time to time.

Maria. Clementina had already taken the copy of the telegram by this time, and when she glanced at it, she exclaimed.

"What's wrong?"

"The Socialist Party of England seems to want to have a king!"

"A king? What the? Aren't they going to create a socialist republic? Why do you need a king? Zhu Jishi was stunned and stunned, he really didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Engels and the British Socialists?

"They don't seem to want to build a socialist republic, but a socialist kingdom with a constitutional monarchy...... Socialist United Kingdom of Great Britain! ”

"Socialist United Kingdom!?" Zhu Jishi's eyes widened, as if he had heard the strangest thing in the world.

"Isn't that weird?" Maria. Clementina looked at Zhu Jishi, "Hasn't the German Socialist Party always flaunted dynastic socialism?" ”

That's right, Friedrich. Wasn't Engels the boss of the German Socialist Party? He went to England this time...... Could it be Wilhelm I and Bismarck behind it?

Maria. Clementina frowned and said, "Mr. Engels asked in the telegram, whether Princess Helena is interested in the British throne?" If she doesn't want to do that, she wants to give it up publicly. In addition, Mr. Engels wondered if the overthrown British royal family had taken root with us. If so, he also hopes that you can persuade them to relinquish their power over the British throne. ”

"Are they really choosing a monarch for England?" Zhu Jishi frowned, "If the exiled members of the British royal family also give up the right to inherit the throne, then who will become the king of the United Kingdom?" ”

"Crown Princess Victoria of the German Empire. Adelaide. Mary. Louis, the future Empress of the German Empire and Queen of Prussia! ”

"If she becomes Queen of England, then Britain and Germany will become a re-monarchy?" Zhu Jishi thought for a while, and an even more strange expression appeared on his face, "Then isn't her eldest son William going to be the king of England?" ”

The eldest son of Princess Victoria is, of course, the German Emperor Wilhelm II during the First World War, and in this time and space, he is actually going to be the king of England...... (To be continued.) )