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In the new Versailles Palace in New Orleans (which is actually a luxury estate), Mathilde I led Maria. Clementina's hand with a nervous and anxious expression. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 On her desk, there are reports on the "Battle of the South China Sea" and the "Battle of the Bengal Assembly", some sent by Donghua and some from France. But what Mathilde I believed most was the report of the headquarters of the secret police of the Mexican Empire - they received the most reliable information from the new Japanese navy that the Chinese had indeed lost four battleships in the South China Sea!

In addition, the Chinese side publicly admitted that Zhu Guowei, Yu Guibei, Enomoto Wuyang, and Luo Ange were missing. Mathilde I now also believes that Zhu Jishi really lost the battle!

"Sick because of this damn war?" Mathilde said as he looked at Maria. Clementina.

This Zhu Jishi's favorite woman is also in chaos now. It was the day after the end of the naval battle in the South China Sea that she received a telegram from Zhu Jishi, asking her to go to North America to meet the Empress of Mexico and try to persuade her to let France enter the war - on the side of China! And when she had just arrived in New Orleans and received a new telegram, Zhu Jishi said in the telegram that he was ill, missed her very much, and hoped that she would return to China immediately.

"He never gets sick! I've been with him for so many years, and he's never been sick, not even cold! "Maria. Clementina shakes *a*book*read*small* and says. YBDU shook her head and said, she really couldn't believe that Zhu Jishi would fall ill.

The man was the best in health of any person she knew, and had never seen him sick. This time, Emperor Zhu will send an urgent telegram to summon her back to China, indicating that she must be very sick. It is very important to know that her work in Europe is very important. And considerable progress has been made...... The Ming Empire had signed a secret treaty with the German Empire. It was to avoid a state of belligerence between the two sides, and at the same time to stipulate where Germany's eastern borders were to be extended.

In addition, there had been some progress in co-opting France into the war, and the Empress Dowager Eugenie had nodded her head and agreed to fight against Britain at the right time. And Napoleon IV had long been unable to hold back the desire to fight - he didn't care with whom. Although Mathilde has not relented, her support for Juan is also obvious to all. As for the ministers and generals of the French government, most of them were inclined to establish France's world hegemony through a war, and they were already dissatisfied with the peace course of Eugénie and Mathilde. The reason why I have endured it until now. It was because Mathilde "picked up" a new French kingdom in North America.

"Marty, I'm leaving early tomorrow morning, can you let me sit on a warship of the Mexican Empire?" Maria. Clementina had planned to stop by to Bei'an, the capital of Beihua, which was under construction, but now she couldn't wait to put on her wings and fly back to Nanjing.

"Okay, take the cruiser Canal, it's the fastest ship in the entire Mexican Navy, and it has a cruising speed of 14 knots." Mathilde's brows furrowed a little more, she was already convinced that Zhu Jishi was not lightly ill! It must have been caused by the defeat in the Battle of Bangladesh and the defeat in the South China Sea...... If this giant falls, I'm afraid that something will go wrong with the world empire of the Ming Dynasty, right?

"Maria, do you think I'm going to return to France at once?" Mathilde asked.

"Nope. No, no. "Maria. Clementina shook her head. Although she was in a hurry, she was not confused. "Marty, I'm afraid things in France are no longer up to you. If Jason does fall ill, you might as well go back to Mexico City, where you're going to land. ”

Although Henry. Bonaparte had become king of Mexico, but throughout the Mexican Empire, Mathilde I's prestige was unmatched. Because she led Mexico from a failed weak country in Central America to a world power that "dominates" North and South America, and can be compared with China, Britain and France.

Mathilde nodded, looked at Maria, and said solemnly: "Maria, I'll go with you, I'll go to Mexico City." As long as I am for a day, the Mexican Empire will not enter the war, nor will it become an enemy of China. ”

This promise is very secure, not only because Mathilde's prestige in Mexico is unmatched, but also because the Mexican Empire is a real foreign power, and it has no capital to participate in the war at all! Whether it was Tohwa to the north of the Mexican Empire or New Japan to the south, they both had armies that could defeat them. But as long as Mathilde is in the day, the two countries will not touch a single hair of Mexico - Juan is "the only mother in the world", how can he not meet his mother. And Tokugawa Isayuki didn't dare to mess with Juan's mother at all, the powerful Donghua Army was not something that New Japan could provoke!

……

"Haha......"

Hearty laughter fluttered in the hot spring palace, and Emperor Zhu, who was "recuperating", couldn't help but laugh out loud when he received an anxious telegram from Mathilde and Maria. Even the crown prince Zhu Guoxiong, the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Guojie, and the left minister of the cabinet, Pan Zuyin, who came to accompany him to dinner, also had a smile on the corners of their mouths.

Emperor Zhu really has a woman's fate...... Obviously a big carrot, but there are so many women who like him, and they are "dead hearted" to him, uh, at least look at the tone on the telegram.

Of course, Zhu Jishi was pretending to be sick. may be the "sequelae" caused by traveling through time and space, Zhu Jishi's health has been surprisingly good. There are few people in this world who are as as him and have not been hollowed out! And he is also in a very good state of mind, and he does not fall behind because of one of his sons. Hai Ming was anxious, but Zhu Guowei's mother, Zheng Shi, fell ill after hearing that her son had been captured and lost the throne. However, after Emperor Zhu promised to seal Zhu Guowei again in the future, his condition recovered a lot, and he is now able to get out of bed and walk.

And Zhu Jishi is now pretending to be sick and recalling Maria. Clementina, of course, was also part of a conspiracy against France – before the naval battle in the South China Sea, the core of Ming's European policy was, of course, to stabilize France and prevent France from entering the war. But after the war in the South China Sea, the situation at sea has become clear. The development route of the Ming Navy, including the design of warships, the configuration of artillery and the tactics of naval warfare, proved to be correct. And the development course of the British and French navies is definitely wrong, although tactical adjustments can be made quickly, but the transformation of capital ships and armored cruisers cannot be completed in a short time. It can be said that from this moment on, the Ming Navy can walk sideways in the Pacific and Indian Oceans for at least a year!

And a year later, Daming's 15,000-ton battleships will be delivered. And even if the construction of the new generation of British battleships has begun, the construction time will definitely be delayed due to major modifications, at least a year and a half, and I am afraid that there will be no way to deliver it within two years. By that time, Daming's 20,000-ton battleships would definitely have been put into service.

"France, what should we do?" Zhu Jishi asked with a smile.

"Then it's up to Napoleon IV to decide what he wants us to do with him." Zhu Guojie said, "If France, together with Britain and Germany, sends an army to North America to directly wage war with Donghua, Juan is afraid that he will have to fight hard......

"It's not enough to have Mathilde in the way." Zhu Jishi smiled and waved his hand, "And why did the Germans send troops to Juan's gun?" Wilhelm I and Bismarck wanted Russian territory, not North America. He looked at Zhu Guoxiong, "Xiong'er, how are you Napoleon IV going to the battlefield?" ”

"The retainers will send troops to Russia and take Constantinople and Russian territory in Asia Minor." Zhu Guoxiong pondered and said, "The Bonaparte family has considered themselves the successors of the Roman Empire since the time of Napoleon I, and Napoleon I also gave Napoleon II the title of King of Rome. The Roman Empire's base was the Mediterranean perimeter. Constantinople was the capital of the Roman Empire. After taking control of the Mediterranean Sea and Constantinople, Napoleon IV could march into Ukraine through the Black Sea, joining Germany and Britain to force the Romanov dynasty to surrender on its knees and side with Britain, France and Germany. (To be continued......)