"Greeting?" The mayor of Toulon was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and said excitedly: "Yes! I'll send someone to prepare it right away! ”

"Remember! Be quick! We don't have much time left! Once again, Minister Dick told the mayor of Toulon: "All greetings must be present before the fog clears!" ”

"Rest assured! I will surely show Your Majesty your enthusiasm in the city of Toulon! The mayor of Toulon replied firmly to Chancellor Dico.

"Then I'll go first! When you're ready, head to the port! ”

After completing the task, Minister Diko quickly left the town hall, and as the organizer of the welcome ceremony, he did not just want Jérôme to leave. Emperor Bonaparte saw the affection of the inhabitants of Toulon, and he also wanted him to see the support of the navy for His Majesty.

Otherwise, how would their navy compete with that group of army Qiu Ba for military funds?

Minister Dicoult had heard that the current (acting) chief of the French General Staff, Nière, was carrying out a second military reform in response to the shortcomings of France in the Crimean peninsula.

If the Navy does not act again to Jérôme. If Emperor Bonaparte had shown his loyalty, the next military expenditure would inevitably be in favor of the reforming army.

After the departure of Minister Diete, the mayor of Toulon also ordered his bureaucrats to take action.

The entire Toulon City Hall is running at high speed like a machine that has just been started.

On the other hand, the fleet, far outside the military port, was quietly adrift on the sea, waiting for the mist to dissipate.

After all, it is a very dangerous act to sail into a military port in foggy conditions.

Right here in Jérôme. Bonaparte and the others waited for the fog to dissipate, when a small boat emerged from the fog and soon came to the vicinity of the ironclad ship Friendship.

Immediately afterwards, the officer in the dinghy shouted loudly that he had come on the orders of the Minister of Dico, and that the purpose was to be you Jerome. His Majesty Bonaparte meets.

The captain of the ironclad immediately reported the situation to Jérôme. Bonaparte.

"Diko, what the hell is this guy doing?" Jérôme. Bonaparte muttered in a whisper, and then gave the order: "Throw down the rope and let them come up along the rope!" ”

"Yes!" The captain immediately threw the rope at the naval officer in the dinghy, and the naval officer climbed the rope to the gangway on the side of the ironclad, and then followed the gangway to the deck of the ironclad with Jerome. Bonaparte meeting.

"Your Majesty!" Same as Jérôme. The naval officers with whom Bonaparte met immediately appealed to Jérôme. Bonaparte bowed.

"What did Dick send you for?" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked faintly.

The naval officer tactfully addressed Jérôme. Bonaparte said that Chancellor Dico hoped that His Majesty would wait a little longer at sea, so that he would be well prepared.

"Ready! What to prepare? "Jérôme. Bonaparte had a slight displeasure on his face, and after more than a week at sea, he was desperate to set foot on land again.

Feel Jérôme. Bonaparte's words were filled with displeasure, and the naval officer said to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded: "Your Excellency says that he wants to make Your Majesty feel the love of the inhabitants of the military port of Toulon for Your Majesty!" Your majesty, your heroic presence on the Crimean peninsula fascinates every resident of the port of Toulon, who admires and respects you from the bottom of their hearts! ”

After listening to the words of the naval officer, Jérôme. The corners of Bonaparte's mouth involuntarily showed a smug smile.

"This Dico can always give me something new!" Jérôme. Bonaparte laughed and reproached, then pointed at the naval officer and said, "You go back and tell Dico, for his sake, I'll wait a little while!"

Remember, don't keep me waiting too long! ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! "The naval officer hurried to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

Then the naval officer asked Jérôme. Bonaparte resigned.

He jumped down the rope onto the dinghy, and gradually disappeared into the hazy fog in the dinghy.

Time flew by, and after about an hour, the sun peeked over the eastern horizon and the fog that hung over the city of Toulon gradually dissipated.

And the dinghy piloted by naval officers was once again seen in Jérôme. Around the Bonaparte ironclad ground.

"Your Majesty, the fleet can enter the military port!" Naval officers against Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"You're pretty fast!" Jérôme through a monocular. Bonaparte saw the dense "black spots" of the military port in the distance, and couldn't help but praise it.

A shy smile appeared on the officer's face.

Subsequently, Jérôme. Bonaparte ordered the ironclad ship Friendship and its attached transport ships and frigates to set off for the military port in turn.

The Friendship was activated again, and after about ten minutes of travel, the ironclad ship sailed into the vicinity of the port of Toulon.

Jérôme. Bonaparte then discovered that the warships in the port of Toulon were now lined up in two neat columns, as if to meet Jérôme. Bonaparte returned triumphantly, and specially prepared the program.

When Jérôme. As soon as Bonaparte's ironclad ships entered the harbor, the Minister Dick on the shore quickly ordered the flag men on the shore to give the order to open fire on the two fleets.

The two warships, having received the order to fire their guns, quickly drove to one side and *******Friendship" and its auxiliary fleet passed through the gap between the two warships and arrived at the port dock with a loud roar.

"Let's go! Everybody! "Jérôme. Bonaparte was right with the entourage of Wallewski and Richard. Metternich said.

Walewski and Richard. Metternich followed Jérôme. Behind Bonaparte, he disembarked from the gangway on the side of the ironclad.

Jérôme with both feet just set foot on land. Bonaparte felt once again a sense of relief that he had never felt before, and he muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "The wandering life at sea is indeed not suitable for a man like me." ”

Jérôme. As soon as Bonaparte's words fell, the voice of Minister Dico was heard: "Your Majesty! ”

"Diko, you're here!" Jérôme. Bonaparte smiled and said a word to Dico, then stretched out his hand and shook it tightly with Chancellor Dico.

"Your Majesty, welcome home!" Chancellor Diko expressed his sincere expression to Jérôme. Bonaparte replied.

After a few moments of greetings between the monarch and the courtier, Jérôme. Bonaparte turned his gaze to the dressed gentleman beside Dico, and he pondered for a moment: "If I'm not mistaken, you're the mayor of Toulon, Jacob. Joey? ”

Hear Jérôme. Bonaparte remembered his name as mayor and looked honored to Jérôme. Bonaparte responded: "Your Majesty, it's an honor that you remember me!" ”

"The current prosperity of Toulon City is inseparable from the guidance of your Toulon City Hall, how could I forget?" Jérôme. Bonaparte reached out and patted Jacob. "The port of Toulon, as one of the few good ports in France, carries the same hope of our country for the whole Mediterranean region as Marseille, so I hope that the port of Toulon should not only be a military port, but also a trading port between the Mediterranean countries and France," said Joey.

The city hall of Toulon should continue to work hard to make Toulon a French ...... No, it should be said that the world's first-class port. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that our Toulon City Hall will live up to your expectations and strive to build Toulon into an international port!" The mayor of Toulon was also very responsive to Jérôme. Bonaparte assured.

"With your words, I'm relieved!" Jérôme. Bonaparte responded with a smile to the mayor of Toulon.

No one knows better than him the future potential of the Port of Toulon, which could be revitalized once the Suez Canal was opened.

(Historically, the Mediterranean trade declined because of the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope route.) ）

The port of Toulon is also able to prosper more and more in the light of this shareholder wind.

Of course, Jérôme. Bonaparte himself no longer had any hope that the Suez Canal would belong to France, because once the Suez Canal was opened, it would inevitably affect the interests of the Cape of Good Hope route and the control of the British Kingdom over the Mediterranean, and Britain, as the supremacy of the sea, would not allow this to happen.

Don't look at Britain's various concessions to the French Empire now, it is because the French Empire itself has not yet made a move to snatch the "Poseidon Trident".

If Britain decides that France has a move to snatch the Trident of the Sea Gods with it, then it will do whatever it takes to maintain its maritime supremacy.

From the Napoleonic Wars to World War I and World War II, Britain lived up to their beliefs.

So as a last resort, Jérôme. Bonaparte did not want to have too much conflict with Britain.

The topic is far away, Jérôme. After Bonaparte had finished exhorting the mayor of Toulon, he invited Minister Dick and Mayor Jacob to follow him to his right and left.

When Jérôme. As Bonaparte marched again, the orchestra played the First Reich's "Ode to Triumph", and to the rousing tune, several porcelain dolls-like children appeared in Jérôme. Bonaparte, holding flowers and garlands in their hands as if they had been rehearsed, spoke in unison to Jérôme. Bonaparte said, "Your Majesty, welcome back!" ”

"Hmm!" Jérôme in full view. Bonaparte crouched down, gently touched each child's head, and said softly, "Thank you! ”

Then he pointed to the flowers and corollas in the children's hands and asked, "Is this for me?" ”

"Hmm!" The children nodded, and then said, "However, the adults said that they would wait a while before they could give it to you!" ”

"Then you are not tired!" Jérôme. Bonaparte asked again.

"Tired!"

"Not tired!"

Some children listen to their parents and answer "not tired", while others follow their own answer "tired"!

"I see!" Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out his hand to take the flowers from the children's hands, and then let the children hold the garland on his head with his head down.

Jérôme who did it all. Bonaparte patted each of the children on the ass and said, "Let's go!" Go home! ”

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