Chapter 303: Embattled
"King Ernst, what do you think of this peace conference?"
"The British Prime Minister has expressed his dissatisfaction with the Four-Nation Alliance in an interview, what do you think of this, Your Majesty?"
"Does such a scene mean that you are a deterrent to Britain and France?"
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The airport was in chaos, and the reporters here were very bold, and they almost had no scruples to ask the questions they wanted to know, and some of them were very poignant, not to mention Ernst's private life, and there were signs of stirring up royal relations.
In the past, although Ernst would not have made any excessive moves, but a warning was inevitable, but today Ernst did not pay any attention to it, and just walked towards the vehicle arranged by the Swiss government, surrounded by fierce bodyguards, and the reporter did not have a chance to get close to Ernst at all.
On the Swiss side, a member of the Federal Council, who was also the one responsible for foreign affairs, the president did not look down on Ernst, but felt that he was not fit to be here, since the peace conference had nothing to do with Switzerland.
"Nice scenery in Switzerland, especially the snow!"
The Swiss commissioner didn't expect that Ernst's first sentence was actually this, but after all, it was an old politician, and he was slightly stunned and quickly recovered, and then continued: "The snow scene in Switzerland is indeed good, if there is something, His Majesty Ernst might as well stay here for a while." ”
The Swiss commissioner only said casually, after all, Ernst's identity is quite important, and Switzerland does not want to keep him with such a barrel of explosives. An accident happens. Switzerland has no way to account for the Quad. The angry Quad alliance military could level Switzerland in every second. And it was able to keep Britain and France from interfering. Everyone's kings are in trouble here, can you still stop them from venting their anger?
"If this meeting goes well, I think I'll take a break here for a while."
In particular, Lao Tzu is just polite! How can you be so shameless? Cursing in his heart, he still has a smile on his face, there is no way, who makes the influence and strength of the family more than a step higher than himself? This is the reality, this is the respect of strength.
Locarno is just a small town, although the scenery is very beautiful, but the economic conditions are really not very good, at least there are no five-star hotels, no large life service facilities. What if Ernst is the king of a country and the king of Eastern Europe? He could only squeeze into a small manor.
This was the estate of a local nobleman in Locarno, and when he learned that his estate had been requisitioned to serve Ernst, the king of Eastern Europe, he was not half unwilling, even honored, he was honored that Ernst could live in his home, but it was a pity that his master had to be driven out, otherwise it would be perfect. Of course, perfection is only for him, and for the staff of the Security Bureau, it is perfect now.
Everything in the vicinity and surroundings of the manor, including the mountains, forests, rivers and trees, is within the security of the Security Bureau, and thousands of elite guards occupy key positions scattered. It can be said that the current manor is impregnable. Unless one or two army divisions are crushed by artillery, it is simply impossible to take this place for a few weeks.
The servants were busy furnishing Ernst's familiar bedroom. While the rest of the staff walked back and forth to clean up the place, Ernst wandered around the completely unfamiliar manor. Ernst was not the kind of person who cared about private secrets, and he even found the private diary of the young lady who was the owner of the house, and viewed it with interest.
"Today he is here again, he doesn't know who I am, he just thinks I'm a maid here, he's a very sweet boy, but I'm hesitant because I know that there will be no end between us, and I don't want to live in such a dilapidated wooden house, I want to marry a big nobleman, the kind of nobleman with an old castle, a servant, a big garden, that's the life I want."
"Yesterday the housekeeper said that our house would be given to a distinguished guest, I don't know exactly what the distinguished guest was, but I can see that the identity of the distinguished guest is very unusual, because during dinner, my father was very nervous to drink several glasses of Moravian red wine in a row, and God knows what he will do when the wine is not good."
"My God, that distinguished guest is His Majesty the Honorable Grand Duke of the Czech Republic, but it's a pity that we are moving out of here, hateful federal government, has he forgotten that this is our home? Where is the reason to drive the host away in order to welcome the guest? It's a pity that I can't see His Majesty the Grand Duke......"
That's all for the girl's diary, this is a new notebook, you can imagine that there must be a lot of it ahead, but no matter how much Ernst rummaged through, he couldn't find the rest of the notebooks, and after a little thought, Ernst understood that this must have been accidentally missed by the noble lady, and the others must have been taken away.
The worship of a strange aristocratic lady still makes Ernst very happy, but he can't see the diary in front of him makes Ernst slightly disappointed, but after all, Ernst is a king of a country, and the depression is only a few minutes, and then he naturally forgets the depression here when he sees something new.
The owner here is supposed to be a relatively wealthy kind, and the ancestors must also be from the great nobles, which can be seen from the architectural style of the manor and the interior furnishings and objects, there are some treasures in it, which are those things unique to the great nobles in the Middle Ages.
Ernst was sure that this was not a purchase but a complete inheritance, and that Ernst was inexplicably interested in the owner of the place, and that it was only interested, and that Ernst was not even ready to meet the other party.
Europe began to fight for peace, and even Ernst had to travel to Switzerland for this matter, but the Far East was in chaos at this time, and the war began to escalate, and the war between the two families gradually evolved into a national war, involving warlords large and small.
Perhaps it was the war that greatly increased the confidence of the Feng faction, and the leader of the Feng faction couldn't help but start provoking other warlords, and there was only one position for the president, and his strength was the most powerful in front of him, so he had to sit down. There is no reason for those who are weaker than him to be presidents, he can only watch!
Now the ruling is still in the hands of Duan Qirui, and Zhang Zuolin is not the opponent of the other party in terms of influence, so Zhang Zuolin's idea is very simple, that is, to increase his own territory and increase his strength first, and the president's affairs can wait a little longer, and when his strength is strong to a certain extent, he will naturally be pushed to him without him fighting for the position of president.
The idea is good, but will things really go so well? The answer is naturally no, the strength of the Feng system has made other warlords dissatisfied, so they are ready to take the initiative, especially the powerful Sun Chuanfang, who is not afraid of Zhang Zuolin. is also a direct warlord, Sun Chuanfang's strength even surpasses Wu Peifu. In fact, after the defeat of the direct family last year, Sun Chuanfang began to compromise with Zhang Zuolin, and after several efforts, Zhang Zuolin made his biggest wrong decision - to forgive Sun Chuanfang and give him a chance to recuperate and even strengthen himself.
The direct warlords have been defeated, which gave Sun Chuanfang the opportunity to rectify the direct warlords, and in less than a year, Sun Chuanfang's strength has grown to a rather terrifying level, even if he faces Zhang Zuolin directly, he will not be at a disadvantage, at this time, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other five provinces, at the same time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are still quite rich areas. Sun Chuanfang, who thought that he was already equal in strength, decided to compete with Zhang Zuolin, and the two were also the most powerful warlords in the entire Central Plains at this time.
At the same time, Chen Tongming in the south was completely annihilated, the National Revolutionary Army began its southern expedition, and a new era was about to begin. It's a pity that Ernst was already in Switzerland at this time, otherwise Ernst would have been able to give him a clear choice.
As a traverser, Ernst naturally knows who is the victor in history, but the specific situation Ernst does not know, how the revolutionary army will become the protagonist, and when the warlords will be able to exit one by one, these are not clear, plus his center of gravity is not in the Far East, so there are things that are left to the diplomats to play on their own.
At this time, East Asia was really not the center of gravity, and even this ancient empire was not as high as Japan's status in the eyes of European countries, after all, Japan was also a strong country, and that ancient land ...... Let's just say that it was once a powerful empire. Although the Bong family once betrayed the Russian Empire, to be honest, in the eyes of many people, the biggest background of the Bong family is the Russian Empire, just like in the eyes of many people, Mr. Sun's biggest background is Japan.
Some time ago, the relationship between the Feng Department and the Russian Empire was also repaired, at least on the surface, the two got along very well, the Russian Empire obtained part of the land in the Northeast, Mr. Sun was the main contributor, and the Feng Department was also very hard-working, otherwise it would not be so easy for the Yanjing government to compromise.
All these circumstances made the diplomats hesitate whether to support the Bong family or the revolutionary army? Because looking at the situation at this time, it is very similar to the meaning of the old saying in the East, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the yellow finch is undoubtedly the revolutionary army.
The diplomat was very embarrassed, and the Feng department was even more angry, because suddenly one of the generals of the Feng department betrayed and directly led his 70,000 lions to capture the core area one by one, which made the Feng department cut off from the middle, and many Feng soldiers were cut off from the way home, and the army couldn't help but have some commotion for a while.
At this time, the Northern Revolutionary Army also began to move, and they began to clean up the officers and soldiers of the Feng Department in Yanjing. (To be continued.) )