Chapter 236, Terrorist Attack

The Marquis found that there was a reason why General Juan 61 Prim was so confident in the success of the "Glorious Revolution". Because the troops stationed in various parts of Madrid, as well as various key departments, were involved in the plot, including officers in some key positions in the Royal Guard.

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On September 2, 1867, the American Radio broadcaster broadcast a news on their international news program: a revolution in Spain and the exile of Queen Isabella II in France.

Not many people paid attention to this news at first, Spain and the United States are far away, and what happened in Spain has nothing to do with the average American.

Several newspapers that were published that day, well, including those that were the originators of the "Associated Press" and those that joined the Associated Press after the conversation between Scrooge and Morgan, corroborated the news.

In the coverage of this news, the advantages of the newspaper were immediately demonstrated. The New York Daily Times first analyzed the possibilities after the Spanish Revolution and its impact on the situation in Europe. In their report, the New York Daily Times noted that relations between Prussia and France could deteriorate further around the question of Spain's new monarch. This will likely lead to the toughest confrontation in Europe in recent years, and even a war of unprecedented scale.

The newly launched Wall Street Journal has carefully analyzed the impact that the contradictions between Prussia and France may have on the European financial capital market, and pointed out the possibility of various fluctuations in the European economy as a result.

Hardly any newspaper, however, could have predicted that the events of Spain, thousands of miles away, would bring opportunities to Cuba, which was close to the United States.

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On the morning of September 11, before dawn, Suai got up, made the stove, skillfully baked the bread, and warmed the milk. Then she went back to the bedroom in the attic and called for Joan, who was still lying on the bed.

Joan Shan was covered with a thin towel quilt, although it was already September, but Havana was different from New York, it was tropical, and it was not cold all year round.

"Hey, little one, it's time to get up and eat!" Suai sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out and gently pushed Qiong Shan's shoulder.

"Hmm...... It's still early! Qiong Shan still didn't open her eyes, just muttered vaguely, "The sun hasn't come out yet?" Let me sleep again. ”

Su Ai stretched out her hand again and screwed her hand lovingly on Qiong Shan's smooth face: "Little guy, don't forget, we are going to Havana Bay today to paint the sunrise, and the sun will come out late." ”

"Well, what time is it?" Qiong Shan still didn't open her eyes.

"It's three o'clock!" "We should freshen up and finish breakfast, and it should be half past three at the earliest, and then we will rush to the beach to set up our drawing boards, and the sun should come out." Hurry up, little lazy pig! ”

"It's only three o'clock." Qiong Shan still closed her eyes, "I won't eat breakfast anymore, let me sleep for another twenty minutes!" Please, good sister! ”

"Hmph, it seems that if I don't give you a little bit of power, you are not willing to be honest and obedient." Su Ai sneered, pulled off the towel covering Qiong Shan's body, and then reached out to tickle Qiong Shan. At this moment, Qiong Shan couldn't continue to sleep with her eyes closed, she giggled, and reached out to tickle Su Ai's itch. In the midst of the laughter, the two girls fell on the bed.

Su Ai pressed Jones' hands with both hands, so that she couldn't scratch her itch, although it was Su Ai who took the initiative to use the tickle trick, but in fact, Su Ai was much more afraid of itching than Qiongshan. So when it comes to tickling, it is generally Suai who suffers. But today's form is a little different, Su Ai now occupies the advantage of the position, she pressed Qiong Shan's hands with both hands, and at the same time, her own body also firmly pressed Qiong Shan on the bed.

Su Ai knew that after such a fuss, Qiong Shan had already woken up, and was about to open her mouth to say something like stop making trouble, get up quickly. No, as soon as her mouth opened, Qiong Shan kissed her directly......

"Woo woo, Qiong Shan, don't make trouble." Su Ai said vaguely.

"Good sister, sleep with me for a while." Qiong Shan's voice was particularly coquettish.

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"It's all your fault!" While tidying up her clothes, Su Ai tried to sink her face and said, "You are the one who said that you want to come to Havana to sketch, you are the one who said that you want to get up early to paint the sunrise, and you are the one who can't get up in bed and still pulls people to get up!" You see, the sun is getting high, isn't it? ”

"Good sister, I was wrong. Don't be angry. Joan Shan took Suai's hand and shook it gently, like a child coquettish with his parents.

Su Ai couldn't help but stretch out her hand and gently pinched Qiong Shan's little nose: "Forget it, don't worry about you, otherwise, I would have been angry with you a long time ago...... If we can't paint the sunrise, what are we doing? ”

"Why don't we go to the bay of Havana, the scenery there is very good, even if you don't paint the sunrise and something else, it's beautiful." But actually, I wanted to paint the beaches of Naples. Qiong Shan said.

"Okay." Su Ai was already dressed, she stood up and said, "The milk is probably cold, I'll go hot first, you eat some bread first...... Don't hurry up and get dressed! ”

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Two hours later, the two girls arrived at the bay of Havana with their sketchpads on their backs, well, it was too late anyway, so the two girls were unhurried. They built a place next to Moreau Castle, put up their sketchboards, and began sketching today. At this time, two ships happened to sail out of the port of Havana, one after the other.

"Suai, look, there are two boats." "It's a pity it's a steamship," said Joan, "and how beautiful it would be if it were a sailboat." It's just that sailboats are becoming less and less common now. ”

In the eyes of young women like Su Ai and Qiong Shan, steamships with ugly chimneys are far less beautiful than those sailboats with "white sails like clouds in the sky". Now, as Joan Shan said, there are fewer and fewer good-looking sailboats. Even today's steamships are far less beautiful than they used to be. In the past, there were rotating paddle wheels on both sides of the steamship, like a Ferris wheel in a park, and there was a special beauty, but now this thing, even the paddle wheel, is so ugly that people can't wait to curse why it doesn't sink into the sea.

Perhaps it was Qiong Shan's curse that worked, and the boat that was walking a little behind suddenly shook violently, and even from a long distance, Su Ai and Qiong Shan could clearly see the white waves that suddenly turned around the boat, and then the boat began to sink rapidly and quickly at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

"This is ......" Su Ai opened her speech in surprise, and a shipwreck actually happened directly in front of her!

At this time, the faint low sound of explosion pierced Su Ai and Qiong Shan's ears. All the people nearby stood up and watched the scene with wide eyes. The boat in front noticed what was happening, and it slowly turned around and sailed back, and the sailors on board desperately threw lifebuoys and planks into the sea, probably trying to save as many sailors as possible who had jumped into the sea. But the boat sank very quickly, and in a moment the bow of the boat began to rise upward, and then it broke in two in the middle, and was violently discharged on the water, stirring up snow-white waves, and then the whole ship sank at once. The ship sank so fast that it was only a few minutes from the time it went wrong to the time it sank. Although Suai and Joan Shan did not know much about the ship, they also felt that most of the sailors would probably not have time to escape in such a short time. In the future, the shipwreck, which was broken in two, will become their grave.