Grand Trianon, Versailles, France.

King Louis XVII of France, the most harmless man and animal in Europe, and his cousin, the Duke of Marseille, his dark-haired half-breed brother, came to the Grand Trianon early this morning.

As soon as the two brothers walked into the hall, they bumped into Zhuge Weijiu and Mary. Antoinetto and the two were drinking tea and chatting together.

Zhuge is a man who is almost eighty years old for a long time, his spirit is very good, and his voice is also very loud, when he saw Louis XVII and the Duke of Marseille, he smiled and greeted them with a feather fan and said: "Seventeen, little Louis, you two came just in time, I just discussed with your mother to do some small business to make some pension money." ”

Louis XVII was stunned for a moment, then glanced at his old lady who was spending a lot of money, walked to Zhuge Weijiu and sat down, and asked with a smile: "Father, have you been spending a little bit a lot recently?" How did you come up with the idea of doing a small business? ”

The Duke of Marseille also pulled a chair and sat down beside his brother, and asked with a smile: "Father, how small is your small business?" Is it a small deal of hundreds of thousands, or a small deal of millions? ”

Zhuge Weijiu shook the feather fan and said with a smile: "More than that. How to get hundreds of millions! ”

"How many hundreds?" Louis XVII's eyes widened, "What a deal. Small? ”

The Duke of Marseille also asked, "Father, do you want to sell arms to the Ottoman Empire?" It's not easy. Because the British are already selling! Moreover, there are British and Rakshasa warships patrolling the Aegean Sea, and it is not convenient for our ships to pass by. ”

"No, no," Zhuge Weijiu shook his head and said with a smile, "Now that the Rakshasa and the Ottoman Empire are fighting, if we sell arms to the Ottoman Empire, won't we destroy our Ming Dynasty's neutral position?" ”

The eighth "Maotu War", which has dragged on for a long time, has now begun!

Nicholas I personally drove the expedition, sat in the fortress of Sevasporol, and used the radio to remotely control the three-way army, launching an attack from the direction of the Danube, the Caucasus and the Aegean Sea. And it is going well, both in the Danube direction and in the Caucasus direction, it is overwhelming.

The Turkish army did not dare to fight the Rakshasas at all, and they quickly abandoned the principality of Moldavia in the direction of the Danube and retreated to the Danube valley between Wallachia and Rumillia for defense. So Peter. Wittgenstein's army was advancing rapidly in the direction of the Danube, and it seemed that it would not be long before all of Wallachia could be taken.

In the Caucasus direction, the Turkish army adopted the tactics of holding the fortress, but the Rakshasa army continued to make rapid progress, and less than half a month after the attack, it had already surrounded the fortress city of Batumi in Transcaucasia and the Kars fortress in the Turkish province of Kars - now waiting for the artillery to arrive at the front line to tear down the walls.

And in the Aegean direction, the Rakshasa fleet commanded by Menshikov took the Turks by surprise as soon as they struck. The Turks thought that the Rakshasa fleet was only coming to block the Aegean shipping lanes, so they adopted the strategy of "protecting the ship and containing the enemy" and took the fleet into the Sea of Marmara.

But he didn't expect that Menshikov's fleet still had thousands of naval infantry in it, and after discovering that the Turkish fleet had disappeared, he landed directly on Crete! There were few Turkish defenders on Crete, and they didn't expect the Rakshasas to come to land, so they were crushed at the touch of a button. Now that the Rakshasa naval infantry had gained a foothold on the island of Crete, about 20 airships of the Golden Kingdom Navy took off from Sevasporol and landed directly on Crete. With these airships condescending to scout, it will not be easy for anyone to smuggle arms into Constantinople.

It can be said that the Rakshasa Kingdom started quite well!

However, people of Louis XVII, the Duke of Marseille, and Zhuge Weijiu certainly knew that it would not be so easy for the Rakshasa Kingdom to win. Because the British Empire was actually on the side of Turkey, although Britain also declared war on Turkey along with Rakshasa State, France, Austria, Prussia, and Jin.

Well, the current international situation can be said to be quite complicated, and it is not necessarily the enemy who declares war, and the enemy may also remain neutral. For example, the Ming Dynasty remained neutral and did not join the war against the Turkish Empire, but their support for Egypt's Ali Pasha in the Arab Empire was equally fatal to the Ottoman Dynasty.

Just for this reason, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to sell arms to the Ottoman Empire!

"Father, what is the big deal you are talking about?" asked the black-haired Duke of Louis Marseille.

"It's oil!" Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said, "It's the Baku oil of the Rakshasa country, and the warships that our Daming sold to the Rakshasa people, and the Rakshasa people plan to pay for it with Baku oil." However, Baku's oil is not convenient to be shipped to Daming, so the old man wants to sell them in Europe. Seventeen, little Louie, can we do this deal? ”

"This." The Duke of Marseille said, "Yes! As long as there is money to be made, what can't be done? Brother, what do you say? ”

Louis XVII smiled and said, "That is, I am a great France, but I wanted to dominate the continent back then." Today, France does not have the likes of Louis XIV and Napoleon. I, the king, want to sell some oil and make a little money, but the British can stop me? ”

When Zhuge Weijiu heard this, he hurriedly shook his goose feather fan and said: "It's not good to make a little money, you have to make a lot of money!" ”

"Make a lot of money? How to earn? Louis XVII asked with interest.

Zhuge weijiu smiled and said: "Hoarding Juqi. This oil, let's not rush to make a move, this is a strategic resource! In recent years, there have been more and more internal combustion engines, oil-fired boilers, and kerosene mixed boilers, and a big war has arisen before seeing it! This oil price will definitely rise sharply in the next few years! ”

"Or will you do the business!"

"Yes, yes, we have to build a few more large oil depots quickly, store all the oil, and sell it at a high price in the future."

Zhuge weijiu smiled again: "There is also saltpeter!" The Bengal saltpeter mines of the Indian Empire were nearly depleted, and while there was still saltpeter from Chile, Peru and Bolivar to supply, all three were Pacific Rim countries. They are all neutral countries, but once the Ming and Great Britain tear their faces, it is difficult to say whether these South American saltpeters can be transported to Europe. Let's do a little more, and then we can pour it to the British in exchange for their gold and silver! ”

"What?" Louis XVII was stunned, "Father, aren't you afraid that the British will use the saltpeter we sold to them to make bombs to kill the Ming people?" ”

"Don't be afraid," Zhuge Weijiu said with a smile, "The authorities in Bolivar and Chile are both on one foot, they will not sell all the saltpeter to one side now, they will definitely sell a little on both sides." And France, of course, is on the side of the British Empire, so the share sold to France will not be deducted from the Ming Dynasty. If you don't buy it, then the UK will be able to buy more. Instead of letting the British buy more, it is better for you French to buy it first, and then resell it to Britain for one or two times as much in the future. ”

The Duke of Marseille was still a little worried, "Father, but if we don't sell saltpeter to the British, won't they lose faster?" ”

Zhuge Weijiu smiled and said: "Little Louis, don't pretend to me that you are the duke of France, not the duke of the Ming Dynasty!" However, if we want to win the final victory, we can't rely on weapons and armies alone. After all, the British have India in their hands, and they have recently brought home the rebel son of the United States. This saltpeter mine is there in India! And even if there is no saltpeter, it can still collect nitrate. The British can order 200 million Indians to poop a little more every day, while the United States has at least hundreds of millions of cattle, and there are 20 million Americans, who also have to pull every day! Britain itself has quite a few people and livestock. Hehe, so the British, Indians, and Americans still have a way to support themselves as long as they work hard to and collect nitrate.

And if they can't survive, then they have to let the pound collapse, let British gold and silver flow to France, and let London's position as a financial center be replaced by Paris! Recently, I'd like to talk to James. Meet Rothschild! ”