After everyone entered the castle, the castle was filled with a variety of meals, and the high-end banquet inside also began in the form of a buffet.

Jérôme. Bonaparte raised his glass, poured champagne and drank with all the guests present, and then toasted before the ambassadors of the Kingdom of Britain, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Except that the Kingdom of Britain treats Jérôme as equals. In addition to Bonaparte, the ambassadors of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Kingdom of Sardinia were particularly humble. Bonaparte's obedience look.

"Say hello to Prime Minister Cavour on my behalf!" Jérôme. Bonaparte clinked glasses with the Sardinian ambassador.

"I will definitely convey your message to His Excellency the Prime Minister!" The ambassador of the Kingdom of Sardinia half-bowed to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"Hmm!" Jérôme. Bonaparte nodded to the Sardinian ambassador.

Throughout the banquet, in addition to the ambassador of the Russian Empire, Jérôme. Bonaparte clinked glasses with almost everyone in the banquet.

The banquet lasted for more than three hours before it ended, and the ambassador and the general returned to Paris by train one after another.

Only Jérôme remained in the castle. Bonaparte and Rifat Pasha, Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out his hand and invited Rifat Pasha to sit down: "Please be seated!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Rifaat Pasha had a flattered expression on his face, and then sat down in Jérôme. Bonaparte's side.

"Mr. Rifaat, what did you come all the way from the Ottomans to get here?" After seeing Rifaat Pasha sit down thoroughly, Jérôme. Bonaparte asked Riffat Pasha in confusion.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I arrived in Paris from the Ottoman Empire thousands of miles away is to seek help from Paris!" Rifat Pasha was sincere to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"Asking for help from France?" Jérôme. Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders in surprise and said to Rifat Pasha: "We in France are a peace-loving country, and we are not willing to provoke disputes for no reason!" ”

"If even Paris cannot administer justice for a weak European country, then there is no country in the world that believes that Europe is at peace!" Rifat Pasha did not shy away from dealing with Jérôme. Bonaparte was alarmist: "As soon as the Russian Empire breaks out of the Black Sea yoke, then the entire Mediterranean Sea will become Russian territory!" ”

In the face of the Russian threat theory in the mouth of Richat Pasha, Jérôme. Bonaparte showed a rare "solemnity", and after thinking for a long time, he spoke again: "It seems that the Russian Empire cannot be left alone!" ”

"That's right! The Russian Empire was the destroyer of the entire European order, and the Ottoman Empire asked the French Empire to join hands with it to resist the Russian Empire! Rifaat Pasha replied sincerely.

"As an individual, I support your opinion!" Jérôme. Bonaparte first raised and then repressed, and said in a tangled manner: "But for the monarch of a country, I must take into account the interests of all the French people." ”

"Your Majesty, to maintain peace and stability in the Mediterranean Sea is to safeguard the interests of France!"

Rifaat Pasha understood Jérôme. Bonaparte's previous series of nourishing nonsense was all about asking for benefits from the Ottoman Empire behind him.

Although the war of the Ottoman Empire was fought at the instigation of the French Empire, the Ottoman Empire itself was in a situation where it could not fight and could not fight, and it was an operation that the ruling class had to consider to properly turn an internal contradiction into an external war, so as to use the war to eliminate a part of the resistance forces.

"Mr. Rifat, my subjects do not know about the so-called peace in the Mediterranean! They only know who can lead them to the advantage, and they are willing to help whoever to win. "Jérôme. Bonaparte said unhurriedly to Riffat Pasha: "If France enters the war, it will inevitably cause a certain amount of loss of life and property. Who should bear these losses, and how can I appease those who trust me in the army to speak of the army.

Once the war is deadlocked, the cost of each day is astronomical. You're not going to let me take a pile of French foreign debts and announce to the outside world that I've secured enough debt for each of you! ”

Rifat's method of diverting contradictions did not achieve substantial results, and Jérôme. Bonaparte still bites to death and must give a certain benefit.

"Merciful Emperor, we in the Ottoman Empire will not forget that you and your country gave us selfless support and help when we were in danger!" Rifaat Pasha respectfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte said: "The Ottoman Empire is not a country that does not know how to repay the kindness, and we will do everything we can to repay the French Empire." ”

No matter how much scheming and calculation the emperor in front of him secretly hid, but no matter what, he is now the only existence that the Ottoman Empire can rely on. The naked words of "hegemonism" had already appeared in Bonaparte's mouth, and Rifat Pasha was still grateful for the help of the French Empire.

There is only a naked relationship of interests between countries, and all relations that violate interests will eventually be terminated by greater interests.

However, gratitude is gratitude, and the so-called "doing everything in our might" is just a statement, and the Ottoman Empire will undoubtedly repay the French Empire, but no matter how much the Ottoman Empire reports to France, it will not cede its most fundamental interests.

"Since you and your Sultan have said that they will do everything in their power to repay me, I hope that the French Empire will receive the right to spread the doctrine in the Ottoman provinces of Tunisia, North Africa, Egypt, and the Middle East, as well as some commercial privileges!" Jérôme. Bonaparte climbed up as he said the rod that Rifaat Pasha had handed him, and he opened his mouth.

Having missionary rights over the Ottoman possessions meant that France had smooth access to the Ottoman lands in North Africa and the Middle East, and had control over these areas by infiltrating sand.

The commercial priority can allow French capital to penetrate into Tunisia (at this time, Tunisia has been infiltrated by British and French capital, and Tunisia's largest bond country is still France) and Libya, so as to achieve the role of controlling the North African economy.

As long as the economic lifeline of North Africa is in the hands of the French Empire, then the entire North African region is in the pocket of France.

As for the Egyptian side, Jérôme. Bonaparte was not prepared to take that area from the beginning.

Jérôme. Bonaparte understood that once he took Egypt, it would mean that he was challenging Britain's interests in the Mediterranean, and Britain would do everything in his power to stop him, even at the risk of war.

It would be an unwise choice to make an enemy of Britain without a complete defeat of Germany.

Egypt will be able to serve only as Jérôme for some time to come. Bonaparte was a means of manipulating Britain, and as long as the Kingdom of Britain did not wish to lose Egypt, then it had to negotiate with France.

Rifaat Pasha, as Jérôme Bonaparte had anticipated, after listening to Jérôme. Bonaparte's terms then tactfully rejected Jérôme Bonaparte's suggestion, and raised the banner of the Kingdom of Britain: "Graciful Majesty, I am glad to accede to all the conditions you have proposed, but I am afraid that they will not be approved by the Kingdom of Britain." The Austrian Empire did not want to see the Kingdom of Britain and the Austrian Empire, two countries friendly to the Ottoman Empire, hostile to each other. ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte's offer was tantamount to putting the whole of North Africa and the Middle East under French control, even though the Ottoman Empire had agreed to Jérôme. The conditions offered by Bonaparte would not have been agreed to by the Kingdom of Britain.

Although the current Ottoman Empire has begun to move closer to France due to the influence of the Russian Empire, the entire Ottoman Empire still occupies the dominant position with factions close to the Kingdom of Britain.

After all, the current British Empire is the empire on which the sun never sets, and although the French Empire is powerful in terms of land strength, it is still far behind the British Empire in terms of comprehensive strength.

Hugging your thighs should naturally also hug a thicker and stronger thigh.

"Okay!" After hearing Riffat Pasha raise the "banner" of Britain, Jérôme. Only then did Bonaparte relent: "These conditions are indeed a bit harsh for the Ottoman Empire!" ”

Subsequently, Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out a finger and said solemnly: "I need your country to be able to promise me a condition!" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Rifaat Pasha vs Jérôme. Bonaparte responded.

"I hope that the Ottoman Empire will be able to provide material help to the expeditionary force that is about to go to your country!" Jérôme. Bonaparte offered a condition that could not have been simpler, much to the surprise of Rifat Pasha.

"Absolutely! The Ottoman Empire will definitely do its best to support the logistics of the French Empire! "Rifat Pasha confidently said to Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"Are you sure?" Jérôme. Bonaparte gave Rifaat a suspicious look and added: "We are ready to send 150,000 expeditionary troops to the Ottoman Empire to help the Ottoman Empire!" I believe that the Kingdom of Britain will probably have to send more than 100,000 troops, so the number of coalition troops will reach nearly 300,000, can the Ottoman Empire really afford the logistics of 300,000 troops?

The supplies required by the Imperial army in battle are not on the same level as your army...... I don't mean anything else here! ”

"We ......" Rifat Pasha swallowed and foamed, he found that he seemed to overestimate the Ottoman Empire's capacity, so he could only bite the bullet: "We can't completely guarantee the logistics of the expeditionary force!" ”

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