Chapter 1066: An Unusual Gathering
Chapter 1045 – An Unusual Gathering
As the hegemon of the European continent, it is necessary to consider the whole picture. Supporting the Russo-French war alone is obviously not enough, and Spain’s deployment of troops to Morocco must also be supported.
Just how to support, it is Franz’s turn to have a headache. Directly on the battlefield is impossible, the rules of the political game is very clear: their own wealth their own guard.
The world of the great powers is the most realistic, if you can’t even handle a few indigenous tribes, then Spain is not qualified to have colonies.
Aid in the form of supplies would be a waste of time. Morocco is not in the way of the Holy Roman Empire, there is no need to suppress.
Substantial assistance, no matter what to give is a blood loss, then only spiritual encouragement method. Whether or not the Spanish government needs, anyway, so pleasant decision.
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Snowflakes fluttered and fell, sunset prosperous Paris street, now only left full of sadness. The white sidewalk reflected a shimmering light.
A fresh breeze on the face, a burst of steep and biting wind, rolled up the snowflakes, as if the sharp blade in the cut ……
A carriage slowly drove forward against the wind and snow, and from time to time there was also the squeaking sound of the wheels pressing on the snow.
For this scene, the street pedestrians are ignored, come and go in a hurry.
Immediately to the curfew time, if not quickly home, fell into the hands of the Russian soldiers on duty, will inevitably have to shed a layer of skin.
The carriage window suddenly opened, only to see the car a middle-aged man poked his head out, looked around a bit, suddenly sighed.
“The plagued Paris ah!”
Since the 19th century, France has really made a splash. Only after every scenery, what was left behind was full of wolves.
As the capital, Paris is the center of tragedy. Every time suffering came, Paris bore the brunt of it.
The gorgeously dressed woman patted the middle-aged man’s shoulder and said in an enlightened manner, “Brea, don’t lament. Believe me, everything will be up.
The dogs raised by the Russians have very good noses. If they catch us in the act, it will be a trouble for us as well.
Paris is in their hands now. It’s not a good idea to mess with them. The blood debt left by the Russians, we will one day settle with them.”
When a man is under the roof, he has to bow his head. Under the Russians’ military fronts, even the French nobles had to bow down now.
Fortunately, it was now the 19th century, and the age of the aristocracy was not yet over. In the face of the nobility, the lawless Russian soldiers also had to restrain a few points.
Of course, these preferential treatment is limited to the surface. What will happen in the secret encounters is anyone’s guess.
In order to survive, the French nobles had to lower their heads and beg the Russians.
It wasn’t that no one resisted, it was that the end of those who did, in the end, was not very good. The Russian army nominally didn’t kill nobles, but there were plenty of means to get someone killed.
Brea nodded slightly, “Don’t worry, Maria. I know what to do next, just let the Russians be complacent for a few days for now.”
Where there was oppression, there was resistance. The high-handed rule of the Russians had not only enraged the French population, but likewise these French nobles.
Most of the resistance organizations in France are secretly made by the French nobility, and even many of the leaders of the resistance are themselves noble sons.
Of course, these people are mostly down and out nobles, in addition to a noble title, and ordinary people do not have not much difference.
Those who really had big families, each and every one of them were holding back their anger. Even if they wanted to retaliate, it was also done secretly, and they were all peaceful people on the surface.
Brea is also a member of the peaceful people, just more than the average person a few points of hot blood. Always working to drive out the Russians.
As the snow got heavier, the carriage stopped at an estate on the outskirts of the city. Looking around, there were no less than fifty carriages that appeared in Brea’s eyes alone.
It was obvious that this was a gathering of nobles. Playing like this under the eyes of the Russians, one had to admit that the French aristocracy had a big heart.
However, after seeing one of the noble family crests on the carriages, no one would feel strange.
So many nobles gathered, simply can not keep secret. Instead of sneaking around in secret, it would be better to hold a banquet with a lot of fanfare.
The European aristocratic circle was originally: “cut and cut, but also messy”.
After the end of the continental war, the anti-French alliance did not carry out in-depth liquidation of these people, not the governments do not want to, but simply can not get down.
On the battlefield, life and death have their own destiny, there is nothing to say. After the war, everyone is still a family. Seven aunts and eight aunts were always able to climb into the family.
Since they were all family, they could only follow tradition. After all, tradition was protecting the interests of the entire noble group, and as a vested interest there was simply no need to overthrow it.
Now these guys are just violating the Russian rules of forbidden curfew and illegal partying, which is a felony when it comes to ordinary people, but it’s nothing to the nobles at all.
If you really want to arrest people on the charge of illegal partying, it is estimated that tomorrow the European world is going to blow up. Although the hairy bear is not afraid of European public opinion slam, but they also want European countries to aid supplies.
Unless it is proved that these guys conspire to rebel, otherwise the Russians really can not do anything to them.
Stepping into the banquet hall, Brea’s frown tightened. It was said to be a banquet, but there wasn’t the slightest bit of a banquet atmosphere at the scene.
The people who came first gathered together in twos and threes and chatted about the situation, and from time to time there were also people who sighed, as if they were in despair over the current situation.
While Brea was in a daze, a middle-aged man not far away suddenly beckoned, “Brea, come over here.”
Quickly walking over, Brea pretended to be puzzled and asked, “Leites, what were you guys chatting about just now, it seems to be very lively?”
Retes helplessly replied, “Besides the current situation, what else can make us so concerned?
The Russians have been getting more and more excessive in recent times. If it continues like this, the Paris region is about to be tossed away by them.
According to the news coming from the docks, in the last week, the Russians have been constantly loading up ships with captured prisoners of war and sending them away.
We don’t know where they’re being sent, but it’s definitely not a good thing for France. We have already lost a large number of young men in the Continental War, and the Russians are now ……”
It was impossible not to worry, along with the end of the Continental War, everyone had realized the importance of population.
It’s just that this realization came a little too late. Population is not something that can be grown just by saying so, and the lack of young and strong laborers is especially fatal.
Not waiting for France to breathe a sigh of relief, the Russians were at it again. Just based on the information we all have, we know that in the last six months, the total population of France has dropped by at least two million.
Those who died, those who were exiled, and those who ran away, the whole of France was plunged into unprecedented chaos.
Of course, it wasn’t completely without its benefits, the rivals who were competing with them for the power to rule were also pretty much scourged by the Russians.
The capitalists, merchants, intellectuals, and middle class who had caused them headaches in the past, because they could not withstand the scourge of the Russians, many chose to run away.
Now Paris is already a hundred industries are withering, dare to continue to open for business stores are foreign businessmen, local merchants have long been looted by the Russian army afraid.
If it is not the family business and France tied together, it is estimated that these aristocrats also want to run away. Although on the surface of the Russian army will not do anything to them, but secretly can not be said.
Recently, there have been a number of sudden and unexpected deaths of nobles. The dead all have one thing in common, they have shown anti-Russian tendency in public. It’s hard to believe that the Russians have nothing to do with such a big suspicion.
Suspicions aside, without direct proof that the Russians are responsible, even if we want to report to the international community, we can not.
Compared to the pessimistic crowd, Brea is still slightly optimistic. Comforted: “The situation is not that bad, in addition to these bad news, there is a good news.
The Spaniards have cut half of the garrison, if the Moroccan chaos can not be pacified in the short term, it is estimated that they will continue to draw down the troops.
From the current situation, the alliance is not prepared to increase troops to fill the gap in strength left by the Spaniards. It looks like the southern region, can take a breather first.”
The Anti-French Alliance was stationed in France, and the military expenses were all borne by the French. Although the government in Paris went on strike, with the Russians starting their own taxation, it was only natural that other countries would follow suit.
Except that, in contrast to the Russians’ straightforwardness, everyone knew how to be a little more roundabout. Usually local people were appointed as tax collectors, and the army was seldom mobilized unless there was violent resistance.
Leites waved his hand and said: ”Let’s call it good news, but these problems. It’s not something we can worry about for the time being.
Have you guys noticed that a few unfamiliar faces have appeared among the people who came to the banquet?”
The circle of nobles was not big to begin with, and the sudden addition of a few strangers made it hard not to draw everyone’s attention. After Leites reminded them of this, the crowd instantly scanned the entire room and finally rested their eyes on a small corner.
Only considering the purpose of this banquet, the crowd that reacted, tacitly chose not to see it.
Anti-Russia is also need skill, secretly under the black hand does not matter, the surface is never to the Russians to leave a handle.
The people attending this party, since they are not nobles, then there is only the possibility that they are members of the resistance organization.
Let alone not knowing each other, even if they were blood brothers, now hiding their identities, they could only pretend not to know each other.
There are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and it is too normal for there to be a few French traitors who defected to the Russians among the nobles.
In order to avoid being caught by the Russians, when discussing countermeasures, everyone never dictates and never leaves any paper documents.
There was only one explanation for the members of the Resistance being able to appear here in a dignified manner, and that was that the bigwigs had reached the limit of their patience with the Russians.
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(End of chapter)