"On August 17, 1869, the weather was fine.

Today the French Emperor Napoleon III declared to Prussia, oh, now that the Kingdom of Prussia has become the German Empire, Napoleon III is surrendering to the German Empire, all as one country. However, after the news broke, riots broke out in the city of Paris. This is the first time Yu has seen this kind of riot, and it feels very interesting. ”

“…… It's a republic! France became a republic, and it was called a republic without an emperor, which I didn't know before. But what Yu didn't expect was that such a powerful country in France would lose so quickly, which was unimaginable. However, at this time, Paris was expensive in materials, and only francs were like paper, so even France could not support such a situation......"

"On September 20, 1869, the weather was fine.

Today there are riots again, and they are large-scale. A lot of Parisian citizens took to the streets, they called themselves the National Guard, and what they did was very interesting, and it was interesting to see that these Self-Guards called on a lot of Parisian citizens, and they donated their furniture and piled it up in the streets, forming hills, which was very interesting......"

“…… That emperor ran away, that government of the republic also ran away, there is no government anymore! ……”

“…… The citizens of Paris are in charge of themselves......"

Zhang Deyi, he is now in Paris, after working as a translator for Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang before, he came to Paris, saying that it is okay to study, it is okay to say that it is okay to travel, and it can even be said that he is a foreign envoy, anyway, he is such a person. He witnessed the collapse of the French Bourbon dynasty. Establishment of the French Third Republic. And then there is the famous, and now I don't know what it's called, the Paris Commune movement!

Zhang Deyi himself actually did not know that he was a Chinese who witnessed these three French historical events in history, and what he did not know was that in terms of time, he was much earlier than the original history, but all this did not affect him to write his own observations into a book.

What is happening now in France. Even in a few months, the situation has changed, and the king's flag at the head of the city has changed several times, which is really shocking.

"We can't watch the continent change and do nothing, but now we can't do anything because the change is really fast." British Chancellor of the Exchequer Disraeli commented on this, and I have to say that this is indeed true, because the speed of change in France is that no one can interfere with anything.

"The British Empire strongly condemned the invasion of France by the German Empire! You can't just occupy French territory......

In view of the retreat of the German Empire, we, the British Empire, give appreciation......"

This is said by the current British Prime Minister William. Yurt. Gladstone, the Liberal Party led by this man defeated the Conservative Party led by Disraeli. He became Prime Minister. But though, because Disraeli's economic performance is very prominent. So he's also Chancellor of the Exchequer.

But Gladstone's words are a bit of a self-slap in the face, which shows how quickly the situation in France is changing.

Such rapid changes are actually because France's economic situation at this time is very, very bad, because of sovereign credit, France will not have problems immediately, but the war against Prussia is a mess, and the whole thing is lost, so the hidden problems are exposed all of a sudden, and it can be said that the new accounts and old accounts are counted together.

The reason why Prussia was able to live quickly was a particularly simple thing, their economy was very good, and they had no intentions, they had long been ready to stop against France, let's just say Xiao Mao Qi, he had completely deduced the route of France's march, and the facts proved that this was true, so how could France be undefeated?

The invincible Napoleon III is like a lost dog at this time!

But what happened after that was indeed unexpected, and no one expected that the Paris Commune would come so soon.

The reason, in fact, has a lot to do with the economy, prices are soaring, the franc is depreciating, the people are hungry, and the foreign war is still a mess, not to mention Napoleon III, even the French Third Republic that came up later is also a loss of power and humiliation of the country, Louis. The contract that Thiers signed with the Prussians was similar to that of the Qing Dynasty.

The compensation for the cession of land is 5 billion francs!

This franc is the franc defined by the state, that is, the 'golden franc', in fact, the golden franc is not the real currency in circulation, this is a defined currency, not minted, but only used as a standard of consideration in international exchange, that is, because this law has not changed, the gold franc at this time is still almost equivalent to 1 gram of gold.

This is a Hades debt! This is even more evil than the indemnity signed by the Manchurian Qing Dynasty in the later generations!

The reason why Prussia, that is, the German Empire, asked for this price was completely because of Bismarck's bad idea, in order to make France never think about it again, never think about it again!

In this war, the German Empire really got everything it wanted, and Wilhelm I was proclaimed emperor at Versailles, not only taking a lot of money, but also gaining political status. Moreover, the French Imperial Government and the Republic Government are actually in Versailles, because they need the protection of the German Empire.

To say that there are still some details in the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III is indeed the royal conquest, but several of his subordinates, McMahon, Conrobert, Bazin, this performance is also quite watery, especially Bazin, this guy has performed well in the war before, whether he wins or loses, he is considered to be a little scheming, even if there is no scheming, the war is also very decisive, and the reinforcements are not ambiguous, but this time Bazin is going to attack without attacking, and there are no reinforcements to reinforce, which is simply not as good as a new recruit who has just entered the battlefield.

Why?

Because Marshal Bazin had a shadow in his heart, he saw two things on the battlefield, one was a mortar and the other was a grenade!

Bazin really suffered from these two things in Mexico, and when he saw the familiar picture, he felt as if there was a ghost behind him.

Thereupon. Bazin, who had a good set of wars. He became timid.

That's so. Could it be that the German Empire was united with the American Empire? At least support each other?

Of course not, don't forget the picture Bismarck was going to draw before, what is it called?

"Isn't this the 'Yellow Peril'?"

When the emperor of the American Empire, Li Mengyang, who was still in New York and still directing the work in New York, got a picture of the painting that caused such an uproar in Europe, he made this judgment.

That's right, it's the 'Yellow Peril Diagram' that will appear decades later, but it's missing something about Little Japan, and what Buddha is in the original version. Europeans at the time believed that the Buddha was the exclusive property of Little Japan...... There's no way, now Sanguo's family doesn't exist, it's just a British colony.

This is decades ahead of schedule, and this early Franco-Prussian War is completely different from the one I originally knew.

It's too fast!

But the reason for this, Li Mengyang knows in his heart that the American Empire on his side still has considerable influence.

To put it simply, the American Empire sold mortars and grenades to Prussia!

Of course, this is through smuggling, not official.

before. Emperor Li Mengyang strongly controlled the export of some weapons, such as mortars. The target was the United States of America, and neither the North nor the South were allowed to sell to them.

However, if there is a commodity, it needs to be circulated, and munitions are also commodities, and you artificially prevent the circulation of such things, in fact, ...... The point is that there are still people who want to do this business!

LI Wei. Didn't Strauss help Li Mengyang, the emperor, get a Prussian rear-loading gun before, so this Jew became extremely interested in this business.

Don't look at his main business is buying pants, but who is still afraid of money burning his hands? Especially the Jews, who have been trading for thousands of years, how can they let go of such a good business opportunity?

Li Mengyang didn't agree at first, because he was afraid that this thing would fall on the side of the United States, and in that case, the south might not be able to hold it in two days.

However, Li Mengyang can't resist the temptation of lucrative profits, don't forget, he was still building the San Francisco at that time, that thing always burns money!

Materials, workers, science and technology, these are all easy to say, the key is the need for talents, shipbuilding is not easy, not a mouth to move.

Fortunately, the previous seafarers on the Erickson were themselves workers in the shipyards of Rhode Island, and they could solve many technical problems, but they also needed high-level technicians. Mr. Thomson stares all day long, Erikson stares all day long, and that's not enough.

It took the old nose's money to recruit these individuals, and it was all real money......

So, let's smuggle it and take a look, let's be strict, and try not to let these weapons fall into the United States.

As soon as this weapon came out, when it arrived in Prussia, the Prussian gang didn't think so, but when they saw the power demonstration, everyone from the royal family to the officers was dumbfounded!

How can such a small barrel, such a small thing, cause such a big explosion? And this thing is all taken away, very light, and the current cannons are all horse-drawn!

Then don't buy it yet?

The Prussians were more thieves, and they wanted to copy first, according to the previous method!

Don't you really say it, the cottage came out, but the power or something, it's a long way off, and that cannon barrel can't be as light as the empire!

Of course, the current mortars of the Empire have evolved many times, and now electricity is applied to steelmaking, and the barrel is already so light and thin, it is simply the distance from a rubber glove to a silk!

What came out of the Prussian cottage was only the primary product of the year, or it belonged to the product of the end of the steam age, so naturally it could not be compared.

And the Prussians were ready to go to war with France early on, so they can only cool down the copycat skills first and wait for CD time.

Anyway, that's all there is to it, but this European affair also has a great impact on the Empire.

The current situation is that France has been beaten down, the German Empire has just been upgraded, Austria-Hungary still has hostages in their hands, and the British are frightened by their own super battleships, the Russians are too far away, and they have just been fooled by themselves, the Spaniards have long since declined, and it seems that the European powers will not interfere in this matter of the Americas.

Good, really good! (To be continued......)

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