Early morning of the second day

Richard awoke from his deep sleep, and two delicate little maids were entwined with him like octopuses, and he slept soundly.

He did not alarm the two girls, and after getting up and washing up after the maid's service, he came to the table in great spirits and sat down to enjoy the hearty breakfast of the day.

On the dining table, there are meat and vegetarian buns, fried dough sticks, tofu brain, glutinous rice dumplings, juice, milk and bread, as well as cheese and all kinds of delicate side dishes.

Richard sat down at the table, took a sip from his milk glass, picked up the newspaper stacked there, and read it carefully.

These were European newspapers from a month ago, distributed by cruise ships to New York, Philadelphia, Hampton in the United States, as well as in Virginia, Florida and other places in the south.

Fast for a week, slow for eight or nine days.

When the newspaper in Richard's hand was transferred through Panama, Central America, and arrived in the Tang Kingdom, it was basically delayed by more than 20 days to a month.

Richard has always insisted on reading newspapers, so that he can know the major events happening in the world, avoid news blockage, and become a frog at the bottom of the well who sits in the well and watches the sky.

In the land of China

In 1847, the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, the British attempted to forcibly rent in Henan was strongly opposed by the local people, and they were forced to abandon their attempt to set foot in Henan.

In this year, under the coercion of the British Minister De Pishi, the Governor of Liangguang and the Governor of Guangdong, Qi Ying, jointly issued a notice allowing the British to enter the city, which aroused great indignation among the masses in Guangzhou.

The masses tore up the notice, and the prefect of the Qiying faction, Liu Xun, secretly set a date for entering the city with the British, and thousands of people broke into the government and burned Liu Xun's court pearls and official clothes, and Depi was forced to bring the soldiers back to Hong Kong, and the governor of Liangguang, the Qiying secret, allowed the British to enter the city of Guangzhou about two years later.

In this year, large-scale mass uprisings broke out in Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. The Taiping Rebellion was already burning like a prairie fire.

In Europe

In the 19th century, the foundations of British foreign policy were very clear, as Palmerston said to William IV in 1831;

"Maintaining the UK's position as the arbiter of Europe, and then of the world, is determined by the economic and military power of the UK."

Since 1815, after the Congress of Vienna, which defeated the French Emperor Napoleon, the Holy Alliance of Great Britain, Prussia, Tsarist Russia and Austria-Hungary was formed to besiege France, with the main purpose of preventing the restoration of French Napoleonism and disrupting the balance of power in Europe, and it has continued to this day.

After Napoleon's nephew, Louis Bonaparte, seized the fruits of the French Revolution, the Bonapartist in France became active again. The claim that it would redraw the map of Europe by changing the 1815 agreement caused alarm throughout Europe.

In the past two years, when France threatened Belgium's neutral status, Russia offered to Britain that it could send troops to guard against France, but it turned out to be a false alarm and nothing more than a trick played by the French.

The French Emperor Napoleon III was not willing to be lonely, and repeatedly instigated the question of the East and the Holy Land, trying to break the treaty of the Holy Alliance of the Four Nations and break the shackles that surrounded France.

The so-called "Eastern Question" refers to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The so-called "Holy Land Question" is the church in Jerusalem, where Jesus' tomb was located, and in Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.

Since the time of the Crusaders

France has always had immunity and privileges, and in 1535, King François I of France formed an unprecedented alliance with Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire against the Holy Roman Empire because of a common enemy.

As a gift, France's right to protect the churches of the Holy Land was confirmed by the Ottoman Empire for more than 200 years.

As the "protector of the Holy Land", the French royal family has undoubtedly gilded the French royal family with a layer of gold in Europe, which is a sacred and noble honor.

By 1757, under pressure from the Russians, the protection of the Holy Land was returned to the Greeks.

It can be seen from the newspaper information;

Now

The French Emperor Louis Bonaparte sent the Marquis de Lavaletti to Constantinople to demand that the Turkish court explicitly recognize France's right to protect most of the churches in the Holy Land.

On the issue of the Holy Land, the Ottoman Sultan was still hesitant, and he did not dare to offend anyone.

The Marquis de Lavaletti reaffirmed the privileges that France had acquired over the centuries and did not hesitate to threaten it with force.

According to the general analysis of European public opinion, in the face of strong pressure from France, the Sultan may not last long, and there is a high probability that he will agree.

If that's the case

It would undoubtedly provoke the wrath of the Russian royal family, who claimed to be the "protector of the Holy Land", and the 1774 Kuchuk-Kainaji Treaty, which provided for the Orthodox Church's immunity and privileges over the Catholic Church, provided for international recognition of the Tsar's right.

The central point of public opinion in European countries today is; Will a large-scale war break out as a result?

The French have been unstable and have shown themselves very clearly.

The so-called "Oriental Question" and the "Holy Land Question" are one and the other, and the two are comprehensive issues.

Since the beginning of the 19th century

Due to the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, its huge territory and territory made Britain, France, Russia, Prussia, Austria and other European powers salivate, and they all wanted to draw a bite on this piece of fat, which was the "Eastern Question".

Jerusalem was within the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and no one dared to say anything when this great empire across Europe and Asia was strong, so France was also a "protector of the Holy Land" for hundreds of years.

This Christian-valued title was worthless in the Ottoman Empire, but it was enough for European countries, especially Tsarist Russia, to get it quickly.

In the Fifth Russo-Turkish War, which broke out between 1768 and 1774, Tsarist Russia finally got what it wanted and grabbed the glory of this "protector of the Holy Land".

The French intervened at this time, and their purpose was to provoke the irascible Russian woolly bear, which was separated from France by Austria-Hungary and Prussia. No matter how much you fan the flames, you can't hurt a single hair of France, and you can only sprinkle a bad breath on the Ottoman Empire.

As soon as the Russian-Turkish war broke out

The Treaty of the Holy Alliance of the Four Nations naturally collapsed, and everyone's heads were beaten into dog brains, so how could they deal with the French together?

This is the wishful thinking of the French Emperor Louis Bonaparte, who used a conspiracy in which all countries knew that France had bad intentions, but they could not help France.

On the "Eastern Question," Russia had contradictions with Austria and Britain, so France did everything it could to sow discord between Russia and Austria and between Russia and Britain, and it was very active.

To England, Louis Bonaparte was mainly a flattery, recognizing the superiority of Britain in Egypt after the expulsion of France, and coordinating diplomatic positions with Britain.

With regard to Austria, France co-opted and used its support for the Cavour government of the Kingdom of Sardinia to seek the unification of Italy.

In the event of the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War, if Austria-Hungary sent troops to support Tsarist Russia, then France supported the unification of Italy by the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was an unacceptable weakness of Austria-Hungary.

Austria lost such a diplomatic master as Metternich and is now being led by the nose by the French.

The urine of the Tsarist bears has always been unteased, and they have a temper tantrum......

While eating breakfast, Richard watched the European comments on the current "Holy Land Question" and the "Oriental Question" with relish, and felt the satisfaction and happiness of eating melons.

He knew that the Crimean War was getting closer.

Let's be honest

The European countries had an extremely bad perception of Tsarist Russia's greed, and never thought that the East Slavs had a woolen relationship with themselves, and that they had different religions, different languages, different living customs, and even different world views.

White Europeans generally believe; The Eastern Slavs were white-skinned Mongols.

This cannot be blamed on the prejudice of the Europeans, Tsarist Russia does have endless greed for land, has always been aggressive, and has no excuse to find an excuse to launch a war of aggression.

Now that the French have sent the pretext of war to their hands, it is strange that Tsarist Russia can endure it.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and the Ottoman Empire is the most obvious and tragic example.

If he does not agree to the demands of the French, the French will send troops to beat him, and if he agrees to the demands of the French, the Russians will send troops to beat him, it's as simple as that.

Only in this era, with a deep understanding of the contradictions between European countries, can we understand how interesting the changes in the international situation are, just like a lively and popular drama.

Richard saw it with relish, he had an excellent appetite, drank two glasses of milk, ate two rice dumplings and a few meat buns, and drank a bowl of tofu brain.

When the plates were removed, he spread some cheese on the bread, sliced meat and crispy lettuce, and began to deal with a large bowl of porridge, which was very sweet.

At this time

One after the other, the two bright-eyed little girls ran out in a panic and came to ask for guilt timidly.

His Majesty the King has gotten up, and the two of them are still dozing off in bed.

"Get up and wait by the side."

Richard said lightly, he was really ruthless last night, his body was so strong, the two tender little girls almost couldn't cope with it.

These two little girls are thousands of selected beauties, with frost and snow on their skin, with a faint girl's body fragrance, and the warm quilt is naturally first-class.

These two little ladies are fat and thin, the thinner one is called Qin Yufei, Qianqian's thin waist is less than a hand, but she is born with a convex and backward curved, warm and watery girl, and the joy of the boudoir is wonderful.

The slightly fatter one is called Zheng Xiuniang, born with picturesque eyebrows, happy and hateful, she is a beauty born with small bones, with flesh on her face, hands and feet, snow-white like clotted fat, and it is better to hold it in her arms after warming the quilt.

Even better...... Ahem......

The incense breeze is blowing

Having received the forgiveness of His Majesty the King, two beautiful maids stood by his side, one on the left and one on the right, and got busy.

One reached out to peel the egg, and the whites of the eggs were dwarfed by the creamy snow.

A plain hand spoon, scooped up a spoonful of porridge with fragrant lips to test the temperature and fed it, it was really extravagant to the extreme.

The beauty was gracious, Richard opened his big mouth and took a bite of porridge with a spoon, turned his head and swallowed a boiled egg directly into his mouth, almost eating Qianqian's little hands.

Qin Yufei, who was startled, screamed softly, and then knew that it was His Majesty's trickery, and in the blink of an eye, a red cloud floated on her beautiful cheeks, and she lowered her head shyly.

Richard was in a good mood to eat under the service of these two beautiful ladies, and after the meal, he stood up and left, leaving only a faint sentence; "You two stay and eat, if there's anything missing, let's make it in the kitchen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty's food, although it is leftovers, is also a great gift, which means an extra honor.

The two beautiful ladies looked surprised and delighted, and bent their knees to say a blessing, but Richard did not answer, but strode out......

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