Chapter 2053 Drink of Victory (3)

After Napoleon signed the Treaty of Luneville, in which Austria ceded Belgium to France, French newspapers were all talking about the benefits that the treaty brought to France. Of course, we can’t expect anyone to realize that this was an aggressive war at the time.

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The French and the Austrians fought in Italy and Belgium more than once. Relatively speaking, the New World does not have that complicated history. That is under the premise of "deleting" the history of the indigenous people. During the French Revolution, the Jacobins sent a "quick knife"

The history of 300 years ago will no longer be traced, that is, the owner of the land 300 years ago will no longer be traced.

In Napoleon's words, between the 17th and the 18th of Brumaire, he built a copper wall through which no one could look back on the past, and all memories would be shattered on this wall.

Of course some people will be unconvinced, but there are very few families that can last for three hundred years, even the royal family.

Future generations are unable to recover the land of their ancestors, but Napoleon named the new countries after ancient place names, such as the Kingdom of Trulia. Madame de Staël made the shocking statement that he experimented with the king's heirs. It is a pity that

It was because she was no longer in Paris at that time, which meant that she had lost the platform where she could speak to her heart's content. Except for a few people, people had forgotten her.

She needs Paris very much, because it is full of people who think as quickly as she does; however, Paris does not need her that much, because Paris is never short of new topics.

Apart from the fashionable Madame Récamier, the most fashionable topic in Paris at the moment is Napoleon's trip to Egypt and the book he brought back about "Oriental Civilization". Just as the Egyptian God of Love Hathor said, he used a book

The lavishly framed and splendid book belies the failed expedition.

When he was fighting in Gaza, so many people in the army wanted to see the holy relics, but he ordered to turn around. Although the first ones to participate in the Crusade were the Germans, the French were also very famous.

At that time, the scholars who went to Egypt with Napoleon not only carried cultural relics, but also studied Egypt and used French civilization to spread free ideas. Before the French expeditionary force landed in Alexandria, Egypt had just experienced the Wahhabi movement, and the Sufis had

Many mystical things, such as whirling dance, are regarded as a tourism project in the 21st century and are often used as advertising content in tourism promotional films.

This is forbidden in the eyes of the Wahhabi movement. In addition to the worship of saints, holy tombs, and holy trees, there are annual pilgrimages in the Arab world. From the disciples of the Prophet to the lower status village saints have their own annual commemorations.

, destroying holy trees and holy tombs is considered an act of disrespect.

The Wahhabists regarded a large part of the Ottoman Empire as polytheistic worship. When Napoleon's army landed in Alexandria, the Ottoman Empire and the Wahhabists fought. Later, as Napoleon's army advanced, both sides had to agree.

Ceasefire negotiations.

Ali Bey, the leader of the Mamluks, has many nicknames, such as "Elven Ali", just like he can use magic to achieve incredible things. His Turkish nickname is Brut Kapan, which means "Cloud Catcher"

"", he achieved an achievement that was difficult for any Mamluk in the history of Ottoman Egypt. He was the first to regain the rule of Egypt on his own after the collapse of the Mamluk Empire.

Napoleon solved these curses with a Leyden jar. He also studied chemistry in Egypt. Of course, this was not just to kill time. He was like a magician, holding two flasks with distilled water in them.

The same liquid boils when mixed, emitting colorful smoke, until the smoke disappears, the liquid in the two flasks dries up and turns into a yellow stone.

The Egyptians were stunned. After they took the stone and inspected it, he then demonstrated the experiment of burning pure sodium in water. The sodium made a banging sound like a carbine, which scared the audience to the point of being stunned.

When experimenting with the Leyden jar, he asked more than a thousand people to hold hands and touch the wire. The people were so electrified that their skeletons trembled.

After having performed in the limelight, actually performing for the Hersheys, similar performances were handed over to the assistants. In the first two years of the French occupation of Egypt, from a human perspective, it was indeed a disgrace

During the period of ecstasy, the Egyptians accepted European science and technology while also accepting the ideas of the French Enlightenment, until Napoleon's flagship "Orient" was blown up by Nelson and Sidney Smith.

Napoleon unified Upper and Lower Egypt, as well as Palestine, Syria and a series of glorious achievements. Although he still did not make the pilgrimage road to Mecca open again, it allowed him to interfere in Egypt's internal affairs, including land issues, and this made the Mamluk family

The power became fragmented, and the Ottoman Empire saw an opportunity, but they did not dare to take action until Napoleon left Egypt and returned to France.

War and disease, as well as the lack of local rescue for several years, made the soldiers depressed. Many French people converted to Christianity and married Egyptian wives. It was under this condition that General Menou married an Egyptian woman.

The departure of the French left a power vacuum in Egypt. The Ottomans stopped the Mamluks from rebuilding at all costs. This was the best time for them to regain their authority. The British were worried that Napoleon would retake Egypt, and they attacked the Mamluks.

They had more confidence than the Ottomans, so they worked hard to revive the powerful Mamluk family and put pressure on the Ottomans.

Once the British leave and the power behind the Mamluk family is gone, the Ottomans will use their own solution to solve the Egyptian problem - get rid of the Mamluk family in Cairo and add their wealth to the treasury. But the Mamluks will not

Sitting there and waiting for death will inevitably lead to a fierce power struggle with the Ottomans.

They have lived in Cairo for six hundred years. They have survived Selim the Cruel, Napoleon, and the Wahhabis who are ready to go. Who will become the master of Egypt?

For sure.

"Before" Georgiana thought that the Suez Canal could not be repaired because the French survey engineers had a mole and reported false data to mislead Napoleon.

"Now" she knew the reason. As long as Britain still occupied Malta and had control of the sea, it would be difficult to achieve Napoleon's intended purpose even if the Suez Canal was built.

These were state secrets, but Bonaparte told her them as stories. It was quite a challenge for her to accept speaking ill of Britain in front of a British woman.

Before, General Remière and General d'Estaing dueled in Lyon, and Napoleon had mediated. He hoped that the past would be allowed to pass, but how can some things pass so easily?

She asked about the scene of the balloon release on the Prophet's Day that day in Monge. It was said that the effect was not as good as expected. The Montgolfier balloon that was released lost fuel and hot air, and finally fell to the ground. The Egyptian audience recovered.

Disdain for European civilization, comparing it to kites made by servants for festivals and weddings, the locals were not as impressed as they had been with previous experiments in chemistry and electricity.

Many of these French soldiers stationed in Boulogne-sur-Mer have seen the world, and they will not make a fuss over a Leyden bottle.

In other words, she needs a "pillar", one that can create a big scene and make the crowd gasp in shock, similar to the disappearance of the Statue of Liberty. The question is where will she find the Statue of Liberty?

It was an ugly scene when the audience didn't buy it and booed her. She had no doubt that some people would boo her. It would be too easy to get on stage and difficult to get off stage.

"lady!"

Just when Georgiana was looking at the program list with a sad face, Philly ran in hurriedly, holding a jewelry box in her hand.

Georgiana didn't feel much about these things now, and smiled as she watched her run over.

"Look." Fei Lier couldn't wait to open the jewelry box.

Inside is a pair of teardrop-shaped earrings, placed on dark blue velvet, almost blending in with it.

She usually sees jewelry that contrasts with the background, but this is the first time she has seen this combination.

"Look carefully." Fei Lier shook the jewelry box carefully. The earrings were like round water drops, but there were a lot of "impurities" inside, making them look colorful.

"What is this?" asked Georgiana.

"Star-stone is said to be the glass body produced when meteorites from the sky fall to the ground." Philiel explained, "Mr. Watt made it into earrings for you."

She only felt her head buzzing.

"Does it look good?" Philly asked.

There was only one thought in Georgiana's mind - whether these earrings were radioactive and whether wearing them would change her shape, such as growing an extra pair of ears.

"Good-looking." She said with a fake smile.

"Then, shall we accept it?" Fei Lier asked cautiously.

"Of course." Georgiana continued with a fake smile. Even if there was really radiation, it was a gift from Watt and she couldn't refuse it.

"Then put it on and take a look." Fei Lier said excitedly.

Georgiana looked at the pair of earrings. They looked really good, but cosmic rays couldn't be said for sure.

"Wear it on the day of the party." She said reluctantly.

"Oh." Fei Lier said a little disappointed, looking at the earrings in the box reluctantly.

You've already had solar-gold, are you still afraid of this?

Georgiana put the two star stone earrings on her ears.

"Does it look good?" she asked Philly after putting it on.

Felicity nodded, her eyes looking at Georgiana were full of expectation, as if she hoped she could wear it too.

"Go to Alice and tell her about my pair of mother-of-pearl earrings..."

"It still belongs to you."

She looked up at the person who interrupted her.

"Get out." Bonaparte said, and Philly stood up, but kept her head down and walked away backwards.

Georgiana looked at him calmly, because he also had a jewelry box in his hand.

"Come here." He said, standing by the dressing table, and she obeyed.

After she sat down on the dressing stool, he opened the jewelry box and "picked up" the necklace in an almost rude manner, similar to how he reined in a horse.

Although she didn't see it clearly, she judged based on experience that it should be a diamond necklace. The sunlight outside the window was refracted by it, turning into a bright light.

"Have you ever heard of the Taj Mahal?" Bonaparte asked behind her, handling the clasp of her necklace.

"Yes." She said a little arrogantly.

"anything else?"

"That's the mausoleum built by Emperor Moor for his beloved Persian princess. It's the pearl of India." Georgiana said.

"Then have you ever heard of the Great Moiré Diamond?"

"What?"

Before she could react, he had already put the huge diamond necklace around her neck.

"A French traveler had seen this diamond while serving in India, but it later disappeared, just like the Regent diamond."

"Did he steal it? Like 'Diamond Pete'?" Georgiana asked.

"Why don't you think that it might be that Maule intended to give it to his beloved concubine?" said Bonaparte.

Because he won't do that.

This diamond is so big that it fits in the Queen's crown.
To be continued...