"Try this, it's delicious!" Mula placed a can of canned beef on Napoleon's table.

Napoleon picked up the can of beef with its green rind!

"Da Ming's?"

"Hmmm! I tasted it and it tasted good.

Frion and they seized a warehouse, Da Ming is really rich. Such a good canned beef was transported to the front line thousands of miles away, and it was all cheap for us. ”

Mula pulls open the tab on the top of the can and easily opens the can to reveal the pink beef inside.

Napoleon picked up the spoon, took a piece and put it in his mouth.

It's a big piece of beef, not the kind of thing that has noodles mixed in.

A warehouse of canned beef is nothing, the north of the Ming Dynasty is Mongolia, and a large number of cattle and sheep are sold to the Ming Dynasty every year.

But it's not so easy in France, they have to buy beef from the Nordic countries.

Now I also buy from North American territories, and their beef is frozen. Even the ship can have refrigeration equipment, I don't know how it was made, anyway, France can't build it.

He is an emperor, and of course there will be no shortage of meat.

But the average French person has a hard time trying to eat a bite of steak.

After all, a French steak meal has to eat ten days of income for an ordinary family.

But if France and the Ming fought alone, Napoleon would not have done it.

But now that the entire Christian world is fighting against the Ming Dynasty, the odds are much higher.

Not only Christendom, but also the Catholic countries of Eastern and Southern Europe are now joining the war.

This volume can almost compete with Daming.

"Why don't you speak, taste the wine of Daming. The entrance is a little soft, but the kind that will rebel in the stomach.

I don't know how they made it! Mula took out another bottle of Wuliangye, poured it for Napoleon herself, and filled it herself.

"Oh! Good taste. Napoleon took it and took a sip.

"Huh! You don't know, this kind of thing was destroyed a lot when the Ming Dynasty withdrew.

But because I was in too much of a hurry, I also left a lot of them.

Now it seems that your strategy has been successful, Your Majesty the Emperor. We have already occupied the meanders of the Don River, Kharkov, Omul are occupied by our troops.

While we were chatting here, the army was advancing towards the Volga Tsaritsyn attack.

Everything went even more smoothly than we expected! ”

Napoleon sipped wine and listened to Miura.

Seeing that Mula didn't speak, he didn't speak, but sat on the terrace of Fontainebleau and watched the gardeners below mow the lawn and garden.

"It's a good wine, have you thought about it?

Daming actually has the capacity to transport this kind of thing from tens of thousands of kilometers away to the Don River. ”

Napoleon picked up the bottle and looked at it, he didn't know the words on it, but the glass bottle was crystal clear.

In Paris, this bottle alone can fetch tens of francs.

"It's nothing, the capacity of rail is not comparable to that of sea freight.

There is a ship called a 10,000-ton ship in Daming, that is, the draft can reach 10,000 tons. I don't know how they figured it out!

But after the appearance of those giant battleships, the 10,000-ton ship was nothing.

According to our intelligence, Daming built three 100,000-ton ships.

At one time, mountain-like supplies can be transported from Daming to Crete.

Last time, two such ships carried the army of the Ming Dynasty and crossed the English Channel on our French coast.

At that time, Your Majesty the Emperor was still nervous for a while. Mula took a sip of wine and took another piece of beef.

He thought the canned beef tasted good, and he had to ask the cook if he could make this flavor of beef as well.

"Yes!

Driving on the surface of the sea, it is as high as a mountain, and it is scary to look at.

Miura, have you thought about it?

Since the Ming Dynasty has such a huge naval force, after Sicily, the entire Eastern Mediterranean is their territory.

Is it possible for them to come to the Western Mediterranean?

For example: the attack on Corsica, or Marseille, Toulouse. ”

Napoleon shook the glass in his hand, and he saw that the liquor was actually hanging on the crystal glass, and it took a long time before it slowly fell.

Miura's eyes immediately widened, and she lost the leisurely she had just had.

"I didn't send you to the front because I always felt that the southern coast couldn't be so peaceful.

The strength of the Ming Navy is there, and it is unreasonable to simply say that they are clamping down on the Israeli Navy.

Last time, Israel did not take Constantinople, and now that Constantinople is re-armed as a fortress, Israel is even less able to take it.

Can't take Constantinople, how can their warships sail through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles?

Fly over?

They're warships, not the kind of planes of the Ming Dynasty.

If I were Li Xiao, in such a big war. I will never leave such a large fleet idle!

War has broken out, that is to say Christendom, headed by us and Prussia. And Daming is already at war!

All hypocrisy, all so-called diplomatic etiquette need not be considered.

Then, Da Ming will definitely want to burn the war to our France.

Where can it be burned?

I think the most likely ones are Marseille and Toulouse in the south.

Of course, it could also be Italy.

But Italians and Da Ming are always secretly hooking up.

I bet you that the Ming will not attack Italy. At least, there will be no large-scale attack on Italy.

The Prussians were far away and had a limited coastline.

Who can they target? It's just us! ”

Napoleon stood up, his eyes looking into the distance. It seems that the eye can travel thousands of miles and see directly to the coast of Marseille.

"So that means it's ...... from Marseille to Toulouse!" Mula was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

He didn't expect that Da Ming could do this.

In any case, France is a great power.

To conquer such a large country, tens of thousands of people will definitely not work. At least hundreds of thousands, not discounted.

The logistical supply of hundreds of thousands of people, plus the consumption of ammunition for the operation. This is a huge burden for any country.

But only Da Ming has no problem, they have such a huge ship, and no matter how much supplies they have, they can cross thousands of miles from China to the southern coast of France.

Not to mention, they still have a support point like Crete.

What Napoleon said, it is very likely that it will come true.

"And Monaco, Montreal is small, but it's real. Moreover, the port conditions there are also good. ”

Napoleon sat back in his chair, picked up a fork and forked a piece of canned beef, and savored it.

Not to mention, it tastes really good.

"Then we need to strengthen the defenses of the southern coast immediately, and as soon as the Ming people land, we will drive them back to the sea."

Mula said viciously.

But even the hot-tempered Mura knew that this was a bit difficult.

After all, compared to the Ming Navy, the French Navy is not even worthy of carrying shoes.

Not to mention anything else, the 480 mm naval guns of the Ming Navy. I don't need to see it, I feel a headache just thinking about it.

"No!

Fight the Ming on the coast, and we will be bombarded into slag by the Ming artillery.

And, even if it's our defense.

And what about Spain? What about Italy?

The Alps are not moats, Hannibal can climb them, do you think the Ming army can't do it?

Broke into our territory from Italy and directly threatened Reims.

At that time, your coastal defense can only be decoration. ”

"What then?"

"I have no choice but to call up the reservists first." Napoleon shook his head, he couldn't help it.

Even if he is a god of war, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Without soldiers, he, the god of war, is nothing.

The purpose of going to the Ukrainian front line according to Mula is to allow Mula to organize and train reserve troops to resist the possible landing of the Ming Dynasty.

"Also conscripted, in the last mobilization, half a million people have been mobilized.

Now that there are still conscripts, there will not be enough farmers and workers, and supplies from the front will be delayed.

Also, the Imperial Treasury, which doesn't support you doing this, doesn't support it.

Half a million people have already been armed, and if so many more are armed, it will take a lot, a lot, a lot of money. ”

Miura's face turned a little blue.

The main forces of the French army have all been sent to the battlefield in Ukraine in order to support this campaign. France has also emptied its treasury!

Although the Pope donated a large amount of supplies and a lot of money, it was a drop in the bucket for the expenses of sending troops.

If another 500,000 men are armed now, then ......, the French treasury may be bankrupt.

"That's why I didn't make up my mind.

But there are some things that you can't procrastinate.

Sooner or later, the Ming offensive will come, most likely, after they have leveled the Arabs.

For us, there is at least half a year to go.

Half a year, it's very compact.

You go and put up the shelves first and draw some good officers.

As for funding and equipment, I am prepared to borrow money from the North American territories.

Oh, and the North American Territory now has a new name. ”

"A new name?" Mula's eyes widened.

"Thirteen territories in North America, a meeting was held in Philadelphia.

Then, the thirteen territories decided to form a federal government.

Name, called United States of America.

Abbreviation, USA! ”

"The United States? It's a strange name. Mula chewed on the name.

"Yes! United States.

The United States has just been founded, but its strength is already good.

They continued to expand westward, confiscating large amounts of Indian land.

In Texas, the corn they grow is as vast as the sea. Grazing cattle and sheep are like white clouds in the sky.

As for the industrial aspect, they don't know what means to use to get a lot of machinery and equipment from Daming.

In addition, they have many scholars.

Some were from Oxford and Cambridge, and they made a lot of things in the United States.

Their power plants and telegraph installations were designed and installed by them.

It can be said that they are the closest place to Daming in this world.

I heard that they were already digging a canal, and as long as the canal was built, supplies from the west could reach New York Harbor directly by water.

Then ship to Europe!

The only thing they can't compare to the Ming is the population and the size of the country.

It takes time to build up.

The Ming Dynasty has accumulated five thousand years!

How many years the United States will accumulate, I don't know.

Far from it!

I am ready to borrow from the United States, but not money, but materials.

Specifically, the Americans provide us with food, all kinds of ores, weapons, ammunition, machinery, and everything we need.

And the money needs to be repaid when we have money in the future.

As for the collateral, it's our small islands in the Atlantic.

I calculated that thirty-one islands, including St. Lechna, would be mortgaged to the Americans.

The Americans were allowed to lease for a hundred years!

In this way, there will be no problem with the supplies needed for this call-up. ”

Mula listened to Napoleon's words and was a little confused: "Will they agree?" ”

Those small islands don't produce much on weekdays. No one takes those small islands seriously, and the United States wants those small islands that have little output?

Are they crazy or stupid?

"Actually, these islands are just fig leafs.

Everyone knows that these islands are not worth that much money anyway.

The United States also did not want the Ming Dynasty to defeat Europe, after all, they were closer to Europe in terms of religion and blood.

In addition, the United States also hopes that Europe will drag the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, they can continue to do the arms business and get more profits.

In other words, they actually want us to borrow.

I sent Lucien to Washington, D.C., and the telegram sent back yesterday said that everything was going well.

He met with US President Washington, and after convincing Washington to agree to consider it.

I think they want to raise the price.

However, this matter is in the fundamental interests of the United States, so they will agree.

The difference is how much France has paid for it.

You start building a reserve army tomorrow, and in any case, we don't have much time left. ”

"Alright! Tomorrow, no, it starts tonight. Mula could no longer bother to eat the canned food, took a sip of the remaining wine in the glass, put on his hat and walked out.

Napoleon looked at the canned beef on the table, took a fork and scooped a large piece into his mouth.

"It tastes good, but I don't know if Daming will send some back."

"Arabs!

If you want the Arabs to stop, how can you do it?

Without dragging your marines in the Middle East, how can my army have time to prepare. ”

Napoleon took another sip of Wuliangye, and now he found himself somewhat fond of this white-eyed wine.

In terms of taste, it is even better than Louis XIII.

As for the wine!

It's more suitable for women, or half-men, half-women.

Man, you still have to drink this kind of strong wine.

If it weren't for the conflict of national interests, Napoleon would have liked to be friends with Li Xiao. He wants to ask how Li Xiao made Daming rich.

He also wanted to follow in the footsteps of Li Xiao and make France rich.

Napoleon was drinking at Fontainebleau, but the Battle of the Great River was still raging.

Every time the French army took a step forward, it was met with a stubborn counterattack by the Ming army.

Many times, a position needs to be fought over and over again.

Until, the battlefield is full of corpses.

However, these Ming troops did not speak Chinese, but Mongolian.

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