In the conference room, representatives of the Second French Empire greeted Tom with a standard set of French aristocratic social etiquette.

With his left hand on his right chest, he took off his hat with his right hand, and bowed slightly forward while nodding slightly.

"On behalf of Napoleon III, the Supreme Emperor of the Second French Empire, and Massimiliano I, the incomparable Emperor of the Second Mexican Empire, I have the most sincere greetings, my friend." (Court French)

"Uh, what did you say? Oh, yes, hello, and I say hello too. (French)

"I look at your face, you should be a Castilian, my grandmother is a descendant of the Castile Trastamara royal family, and we can be regarded as blood relatives." (Spanish)

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"Oh, have you forgotten the language of your hometown? On the way here, I heard that your family is devout Catholic, and you must have used it every day and night to confide in God. (Latin)

"Well, do you speak English? I really don't understand French, and your French seems to be a dialect somewhere, and it's the first time I've heard it. (English)

"Of course it's fine, my friend." (English)

In front of the "tongue-twisting" court French of the representative of the Second French Empire, Tom can listen to the daily phrase roughly, and there are a large number of proper nouns in the other party's sentences, Tom said that he didn't understand it at all, and only understood a hello, hello or something.

Tom also thought that the other party had been speaking the "dialect" of French, which meant that he had not debunked the misconceptions caused by Tom's ignorance, and politely transformed his voice into the "London dialect of lowly England".

The French delegates felt more and more that the boss of the American-Texas-Hero Company was just a "stupid nouveau riche" who had picked up shit luck, who did not know the slightest etiquette, and that as a diplomatic representative selected from among the old aristocrats, he knew French, court French, Latin, English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, but he never expected that this Hispanic Catholic could only speak the most barbaric and lowly English.

The details of the French representative's self-proclaimed "elegant" etiquette and social actions made Tom unable to adapt to it, and he was completely free to talk and laugh when facing the French grassroots.

Tom has been in this world for so long, and the most troublesome social etiquette skills he has learned are some prayer sessions that his mother Penny forced him to practice, and European aristocratic etiquette is not something that Tom can touch.

The representative of France also knew that there was no such thing as a splendid and elegant "civilized act" in the "primitive colony" of the United States.

The French consider themselves to be the most powerful country in Europe and the most powerful country in the world.

It is best for a representative of a strong and civilized country to use such a measure to reflect the difference between "civilization and barbarism", and to "despise" these "barbarians" by taking advantage of the situation.

In the eyes of the French delegates, the other party did not know how to respond to his simplest "formal occasion greeting", and even if there were many rich people in the United States, they were just "big money", and such a barbaric country could never surpass France, the land of revolution and philosophy.

Although Tom doesn't know any "social etiquette", he can see people's hearts very clearly, and Tom feels that the other party's seemingly decent behavior is difficult to hide his contempt and mockery.

Tom also understood why those feminist fighters had become the "pawns" of the hero company without hesitation after only meeting once, and Tom's heartfelt respect for women from modern China captured these feminist fighters who had been "smiling and despised" for many years

Respecting each other does not mean not taking advantage of each other, and respecting feminist fighters does not mean that they will not take advantage of feminism.

The feudal emperors of the Celestial Empire still respected the people very much, and even had the famous saying that "the people are noble and the king is light", does this hinder the use and exploitation of the rulers and the people?

(All the following are in English)

"Friends, all friends, every one of us Americans is the staunchest friend of the French people, but there is a saying in the United States, in praise of the King of France."

"What is it? It's the first time I've heard of a saying in the United States that praises the King of France, but what is it? ”

"The true founding father of the United States is the King of France, Louis XVI."

"It's funny, do Americans have this kind of perception?"

"Certainly, if the founding election had not accidentally chosen a barbaric "Scotsman" from the north of England, the United States would have been a French-speaking country, and there would not have been only one Louisiana state named in honor of King Louis XIV. ”

Unlike the French grassroots people, these old French aristocrats are not very interested in the "brainless" Napoleonic royal family, and they prefer the Bourbon royal family.

Tong Tiao has investigated that until the current Second French Empire, the royalists who supported the Bourbon royal family to power were also the largest traditionalist forces in the country.

"Then why is the attitude of the US government so vacillating, I, France, contributed money and efforts to the war for the founding of the United States, but you Americans are so immoral, and we privately armistice with Britain in the past, and now we are openly opposing our France's legitimate war against Mexico on various occasions."

"That's the dirty ideas of those Yankees' Washington administration, they are all descendants of English sissies, of course, the same as the group of villains in England who only know how to stir and make trouble, and we Dixies are different, we are all descendants of the French and Castilians, we are heroes in the open, not to mention that we are a family that has been friends for a hundred years, how can we do such a despicable thing."

Tom waved his hand, and the attendants in the room exited the room.

In the end, there were only three people left in the room, Tom, John, and the French representative.

"We're a family forever! In order to prove the friendship between our French people and the Texas people, our hero company is willing to give the plane to all the people of France! ”

"What do you say? Are you sure? Mr. Smith, you are willing to give away the plane to the Second French Empire! ”

"No, no, no, not to the Second French Empire, but to the entire French people!"

"The people, the people, give to the people. Mr. Tom Smith, you are truly the best friend of our French people! ”

What is given to the people, the plane enters the territory of our France, and it is not up to the government of the Second French Empire to give it to whom, if you say it is given to the people, it will be given to the people!

However, before the departure from Mexico, the delegates had received clear instructions from the Palace of Versailles that if the flying object was real, it was necessary to obtain the method of making it at all costs.

"Of course, there are some small strings attached to the gift of the plane."

"It is normal for such a valuable gift to have a little strings attached, and I hereby swear in the name of Napoleon III, Emperor of the Second French Empire, Charles-Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, and my great-grandfather, Prince Bennivanto, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgor, that the Second French Empire will meet all the additional conditions, even if it is a knighthood that can be duly granted to you!"

"I'm not interested in a prestigious title, don't worry, I'm not a shameless businessman who asks for a lot of money, I'm just making a few small requests."

That's what Tom was waiting for, and no one could keep his composure in the face of promises.

As long as the bait is big enough, even if you know that the bait is behind death, the profit-seeker will bite it without hesitation.

What French aristocrats, seeing that the interests are not like mad dogs, pounced on them.