Chapter 585 The secret agreement between Beihai Town and French East Indies
As night fell, the indescribable aroma of meat, oil and seasonings wafted out from the Northern Navy camp located in the open space between the castle and the beach, attracting the French soldiers who were eating bread and drinking fish soup on the castle.
He couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
At the same time, a grand welcome dinner also started at the local governor's palace. When Deng Fei and a group of Northern Navy officers entered the hall wearing gorgeous and well-made military uniforms, all the French present were stunned, especially
It was the governor's wife, and her expression suddenly changed.
The reason why she was nervous was because at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789, the revolutionaries composed of the burgher class called themselves "sans-culottes", which means "people who don't wear tight pants."
Yes, the trousers of this era are just like the jeans of the 19th century in Europe. They are only worn by people at the bottom of society. The tops of the nobles are all embroidered dresses with lace cuffs; the lower body must be worn
Knee-length tights, usually dark gray or black, and must be worn with long stockings and wedge-heeled shorts. If a noble wears a pair of almost transparent, snow-white silk shorts, it is definitely a social occasion
A star who is blindingly bright.
This kind of French dress influenced the entire Europe of the 18th century. No matter which country's nobles, they must wear this dress and speak fluent French.
When they landed ashore during the day, although Deng Fei and the others were dressed in similar attires, the French thought they were the other party's work clothes. Unexpectedly, when it came to formal occasions, they were still the same.
The kind of trousers worn by everyone in Beihai Town that are long to the feet and have no cuffs at the legs. Although they look straight and crisp, and matched with the tops and black leather shoes on the feet, they also look very neat and tidy, but in the eyes of the nobles
, it is still a piece of clothing belonging to the lower class, which makes many people immediately think of the group of people who attacked the Bastille.
When Deng Fei kissed his hands again, the governor's wife pointed to the medals on his chest with her fan and asked curiously: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, I noticed that you and your officers all have those long medals hanging on their chests."
Are the squares a kind of decoration?"
The governor's wife changed into an evening dress and wore a pure white evening dress decorated with vines and flower patterns. Her snow-white shoulders, shiny hair and brooch necklace all shone brightly. The beauty of her completely exposed chest and back made Deng Fei feel a little uncomfortable.
dizziness.
"La belle personne!" was really charming. For a moment, he felt that if Zhao Xin came too, something might happen to this woman.
"The medal is simplified." After Deng Fei said that, he pulled the battalion commander of the special operations battalion Elu and briefly explained to the curious eyes of the French people what the rank medal was and what the military service medal was.
In addition, there are medals and decorative medals.
In those days, medals of honor had not yet appeared in Europe. Officers would hang the medals on the upper left chest; if they were senior generals, it would be like wearing a piece of metal armor, which could definitely block a handful of lead bullets.
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Elu has been through many battles over the years and can be regarded as a ruthless man, but he has never experienced such a scene! Especially when a group of women with plump breasts are surrounding him, his dark cheeks will soon follow.
It turned red and purple like too much wine, and the strong smell of perfume and powder all around made him almost breathless. At this moment, he wanted to turn around and escape from the Governor's Mansion, and eat a big pot of rice with his men.
Because some guests had not arrived yet, before the dinner started, everyone went to the living room to sit for a while. The natives in French servant clothes shuttled among the crowd carrying drinks. All the French people gathered around Deng Fei and the governor and his wife.
, quietly listening to them chatting about some stories about Beihai Town, exclaiming exaggerated exclamations from time to time. Elu, Jiao Xun, Huang Chengji and others were all sitting on the sofa, looking at everything here with curious eyes. Of course.
, they can’t understand French at all.
At present, except for Deng Fei, the French level of the others in the mission is limited to saying hello. Not to mention the various tricks of verb conjugation and grammatical rules, the uvular pronunciation alone gives them a headache.
Governor Leclerc said: "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, what do you think of the riots in Europe? I once heard Count La Perouse say that you are very familiar with the situation in Europe."
"My opinion is that the current situation in your country is about to fall into an uncontrollable situation. Conspiracy, betrayal, internal strife, murder, and even massacre will completely destroy France, oh, I mean the upper class society, by then.
....."
At this point, he shrugged and spread his hands.
"Ahem! Gentlemen, don't talk to me about those villains on such a beautiful night. Maybe I don't understand anything, but what they do is disrupting order! His Majesty the King is so kind and moral,
But look what the so-called 'National Convention' did? They canceled the East India Company's franchise. Soon local governance will become a mess, and the good situation will no longer exist! And the British, hum~~
"
After hearing the complaint from the governor's wife, Deng Fei quickly responded: "You are right! Now the British are cooperating with our enemy, the Manchu Qing regime, and have provided them with a large amount of military assistance. In addition, they have also given a large amount of hemp to them.
The opium produced in Wa is sold to Guangzhou, and we have long wanted to deal with them!"
After hearing this, all the French people present had smiles on their faces. For the French, as long as they can make the British feel embarrassed, everyone is happy to hear it. Just as he was talking, the butler came to report, and several late-arriving Tamil princes also
When he arrived, he announced that the dinner was about to begin, and everyone walked towards the restaurant with cheers.
It is said that before everyone in Beihai Town left, Zhao Xin held a special symposium with everyone and explained many habits of Europeans to avoid making a joke.
Regarding eating, Zhao Xin told everyone this: "As for you, if you can use a knife and fork, use it. If you are not used to it, bring your own pair of chopsticks. We don't need to follow those Europeans. You must know this
The first time they begged us, don’t be dazzled by their gorgeous tableware and pomp. Even if those knives and forks are made of gold and silver, they are still knives and forks. Our ancestors used this kind of vulgar thing more than 3,000 years ago.
Eliminated! Those Europeans are still complacent in thinking that they are civilized. If you ask me, chopsticks are the pinnacle of human eating tools! Not to mention that more than a hundred years ago, both their kings and nobles still used their hands to eat food.
Eating from a bowl means that you only have a spoon to drink the soup. Generally speaking, the meaning of European banquets is greater than the connotation. Filling the stomach is secondary, and social interaction is the core."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! To the people of Beihai Town, whatever "King Zhao" says is right; in view of this, Zhao Xin rarely expresses his opinions publicly. But he
These words to the members of the mission still had an effect. When everyone, including Elu and Jiao Xun, saw that the sides of the dinner plate at their place were filled with various knives and forks, they decisively took them out of their coat pockets.
I got a small light blue long box, and when I opened it, I found a pair of chopsticks divided into two parts.
Then, when they saw the Seris across from them picking up cream pastries with chopsticks as if no one else was watching, both the French and indigenous princes at the table, and the indigenous servants serving them, almost dropped their eyes from the plate.
Governor Leclerc was just surprised for a moment and then regained his expression, choosing to ignore it. Compared with the weird Siris man holding food between two sticks, he was more concerned about how much support Beihai Town could give him. While the Governor's wife continued at the dinner table
She and Deng Fei chatted endlessly about the domestic situation, and it was obvious that she was very interested in the Vice Admiral who spoke fluent French.
"Liberty and equality, gentlemen, are all lies. Although I personally love freedom and equality, Rousseau actually said that 'the flowers of freedom must be constantly watered with the blood of tyrants.' What a terrible thing.
What a thing! Will people become happier after the revolution? No, I think just the opposite."
"Yes, "The Social Contract."" Deng Fei said calmly: "But madam, France has indeed reached the time for reform. Social contradictions have intensified to the extreme. If the king does not act, the emerging bourgeoisie will seize power.
And in order to ensure their revolution, that is, to carry out the republic to the end, the new people in power will definitely attack the king and the nobles."
"God! This is too terrible." The governor's wife shrugged, and then began to concentrate on the cream dessert on the plate.
After briefly talking about it, Deng Fei and the others visited the local area for two days and invited the governor and his wife to visit the Thor. The two sides immediately started five days of negotiations.
Zhao Xin asked the Manchus to serve as the vanguard and carve out a territory for Beihai Town in northern India and West Bengal. His purpose was nothing more than to disrupt the expansion momentum of the British East India Company and prevent the British from dominating the South Asian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. In this way, allied with France
People and the Kingdom of Mysore who are bent on fighting the British are very necessary.
In order for French India to continue to be able to create obstacles for the British, the 3.0 version of the French East India Company must not go bankrupt and local governance must not be lost. To achieve this goal, the king, as the spokesperson of the Catholic Church and the representative of the nobility, must
He cannot die, at least his younger son cannot die; otherwise, the French East India Company, which has been labeled a counter-revolutionary group, will go bankrupt next year!
You must know that Louis XVIII, who will succeed the throne in another time and space, is still the Count of Provence. He is now 37 years old and fled to Brussels last year. If Beihai Town wants to establish a relationship with him, it will be unable to do so, and the other party may not
Will buy it.
But the situation is different for Louis Charles, who is only seven years old! If that child can be brought under the control of Beihai Town, Zhao Xin will have an excuse to intervene in the ownership of French Louisiana in the future.
For Governor Leclerc, he is now more concerned about the situation in India. Faced with the aggressiveness of the British, he is completely unable to deal with it.
The year before last, the third "British-Mysore War" broke out. Before the war, Governor Cornwallis formed an anti-Mysore alliance with Maratha and Hyderabad to use the territory of Mysore
and compensation as conditions, increasing the enthusiasm of the two parties to participate in the war. The British East India Company's troops attacked Mysore in three directions, while Hyderabad and Maratha also launched attacks. Both sides fought in Carnatic, Malabar and
There was a simultaneous exchange of fire on the Deccan Plateau.
After realizing that continued resistance was impossible, Tipu Sultan chose to negotiate with Cornwallis last spring. Just last month, Britain and the Kingdom of Mysore reached the Treaty of Seringapatan, Mysore
Half of the land was ceded to Hyderabad, the Maratha League and the British East India Company, and more than three million pounds of compensation had to be paid. Tipu's two sons were also sent to Calcutta as hostages.
On the other hand, the French East India Company, although they allied with the Kingdom of Mysore to fight against the British, due to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1785, they could only provide military personnel training and guide the construction of weapons factories to the Kingdom of Mysore.
, or dispatching "volunteer" personnel, unable to provide official large-scale assistance.
Deng Fei keenly felt from the introductions of Leclerc and other Frenchmen that the British East India Company was actually facing considerable military pressure, so they took the initiative.
Although the British destroyed local governance and weakened French power in India as early as the Seven Years' War, with the end of the North American War of Independence, the Mysore, Hyderabad and Maratha people collaborated with the French again.
Faced with France once again interrupting the British colonial plan in India, the British certainly had to strike first.
Since both Britain and France adopted the practice of hiring local indigenous soldiers, the performance of the British East India Company's troops on the frontal battlefield was actually very average. They could not determine victory or defeat by strength like conventional military wars. Instead, they used diplomacy to intervene in Indian political affairs.
, and seek rationality for war and annexation, and then determine victory or defeat through a combination of political intrigue and military operations.
So on June 28, 1792, Deng Fei signed a secret agreement with Leclerc, the Governor-General of French East Indies, on behalf of Beihai Town. Because Louis XVI was now under house arrest, the Governor-General could not obtain formal authorization, so he could only adopt the form of a memorandum.
In the agreement, the two parties agreed that Beihai Town would send a thousand "volunteers" to provide military training to the Kingdom of Mysore with the assistance and cooperation of the French East India Company. As for whether Beihai Town would sell arms to the Kingdom of Mysore
, then it has nothing to do with the French.
The two sides also agreed: first, the North Sea Navy will provide sea and land support when the local governance is attacked by the British, and the French East India Company will pay remuneration based on the number of people and the number of artillery on the ships; second, the North Sea Town delegation will visit France when it visits France.
In the process, with the support of Leclerc and Peter, they will assist in rescuing French King Louis XVI and his family; third, Beihai Town will rescue the imprisoned Governor Leclerc and his wife’s family members and bring them back to the local area.
Governance; 4. In exchange, the French East India Company will withdraw its trade office in Guangzhou, and all subsequent purchases will be transferred to the Beihai Town Trade Department.
In addition, the fifth and most important point is that the French East India Company will set aside an area of fifty square kilometers in the southern part of the local governance and transfer it permanently at a price of two hundred livres as the town of Beihai in East India.