Chapter 939
"Taken away by the Prussians!" When Napoleon received the news, his mouth was open enough to hold eight eggs.
Let the Prussians take it away, how could this damn thing go to Prussia? Counting the days, Napoleon seriously doubted the rumors that Zheng Sen had been shot.
From Paris to Magdeburg, you should go to Hamburg first. What a liar!
After hundreds of kilometers, even the good guys fell apart. Not to mention suffering gunshot wounds, even those who bounced back and forth were reduced to mincemeat.
Intuition told Napoleon that there was a conspiracy!
"Strictly interrogate the people who were outside the Louvre that night. Be sure to find out the truth. They are a bunch of losers!" Napoleon was extremely dissatisfied with his men. After a few days of investigation, he found a bunch of lies and they made them well.
Kind of.
"Brother!" As soon as Lucien said these two words, he saw Napoleon's wolf-like eyes.
"Your Majesty the Emperor!" Lucien immediately felt sweat on his forehead and hurriedly changed his words.
"Hmm!" Napoleon said "Hmm" in his nose, and he missed his elder brother Joseph more and more. It would be great if Joseph didn't die in Russia!
There is no other way, the only one available now is this younger brother.
"You go to Magdegeburg and meet Zheng Sen. Remember! You must confirm whether that person is Zheng Sen. If it is a fake, I want that old bastard Frederick to look good."
Lucien was indeed a bit dandy, but this mission was really simple. He just wanted to see if the man in Magdegeburg was actually Zheng Sen.
"Yes! Your Majesty the Emperor!" Lucien saluted Napoleon and quickly withdrew.
This eldest brother is too fierce. Every time I see him, it is a huge test for my heart. From now on, I will see less of him as often as possible, otherwise my life span will be shortened!
"It's better to let Louis come back to do things, Lucien really can't help you." Josephine looked at Lucien walking out, shook her head and felt helpless.
This Lucien really couldn't hold up the wall. If he hadn't been picking up girls that day, but had gone to see Zheng Sen off as planned, such a troublesome thing wouldn't have happened.
"Hmph! Don't mention him, Josephine wouldn't have died if it weren't for him." Napoleon snorted, feeling brooding over the fact that his younger brother Louis abandoned Joseph and fled back alone.
"Brother, there is nothing you can't handle. What happened back then has passed, and now it's time for you to employ people again...!"
"He was able to abandon Joseph back then, and he can abandon me in the future. Don't talk about this matter anymore, I will not call him back. Just let him stay with the windmill in the Netherlands."
Napoleon said bitterly, turned around and left. Today he has to inspect the infrastructure of the Paris Arsenal. This is a big project in cooperation with Ming Dynasty. If it is completed, it will greatly promote French weapons production.
Josephine looked at her husband leaving and sighed heavily.
Since the death of Napoleon's eldest brother Joseph, among all the brothers, only King Louis of the Netherlands was capable.
But it was because when he was in Russia, Louis ignored his elder brother Joseph's plea for help and escaped back alone. As a result, Joseph froze to death in the ice and snow of Russia! This incident has become Napoleon's inner demon.
To this day, Napoleon would rather use Lucien, a dandy who can't do anything and eats everything, than Louis, who is quite talented.
Today Josephine wanted to help the two brothers get together, but she didn't expect that Napoleon was so prejudiced that she never gave Josephine a chance to speak.
While inspecting the arsenal, Napoleon suddenly learned that Ming Dynasty was sending a new envoy to Paris.
This shocked Napoleon. It took four months for a fast ship to travel from Marseille to the Ming Dynasty. Even by airship, it was impossible to reach the capital of the Ming Dynasty without a month's news.
The people of Ming Dynasty have to respond and then send back the order. It is absolutely impossible to do it in less than two months!
But..., it has only been more than ten days since the incident happened. Not only did the Ming Empire receive the news, but it was also able to respond quickly. The most powerful thing was that it sent the news back.
Moreover, the new ambassador is already on the way. What kind of efficiency is this? What makes Napoleon even more confused is how the Ming Dynasty delivers the news?
Flying pigeons to deliver messages? Pigeons can't be that fast, and when pigeons are cast, a large number of them will be cast. Because there will always be losses on the road, those who are exhausted, those who are eaten by eagles, and those who are beaten to death.
In short, if the pigeons are released, anything will happen.
In order to accurately convey the message, the pigeons must be released more. If more pigeons are released, then... it will be more difficult to keep it secret.
How can a country use flying pigeons to convey important diplomatic matters?
The more he thought about it, the more irritated Napoleon became. The more irritated Napoleon became, the more Napoleon disliked everything.
He scolded the official in charge of the arsenal's construction bloody, and then left the construction site angrily. The official now wanted to commit suicide very much!
Thinking that no matter what, he could not let the new envoy get into trouble again, Napoleon mobilized his troops like crazy to protect the envoy along the way. Even the route where the airship passed had cavalry on the ground.
So much so that when Tagawa Nanzaemon passed through France by airship in Marseille, there were always two black dragon-like cavalry galloping below.
I really don’t understand. When fighting on the European plains, the cavalry is a living target for machine guns. It is obviously an army that is about to be eliminated. Why would Napoleon still equip it on such a large scale?
However, Tagawa Nanzaemon was going to disappoint Napoleon. He already knew that his elder brother Zheng Sen was now in Magdegeburg. So, after the airship was refueled in Marseille, it also brought a cargo airship and flew directly through France.
Magdeburg.
"What? The Ming envoy flew to Prussia?" Napoleon, who was already agitated, became even more agitated when he heard the news.
Prussia and France were the main rivals in the fight for European hegemony. It would be no exaggeration to say that they were mortal enemies.
Originally, this conference was going to be held in Paris, the capital of Europe, to show France's face. But unexpectedly, the two Ming envoys have now gone to Magdeburg. Where does this leave France's face?
But there was nothing I could do, the Ming envoys were flying in the sky. During this period of time when I was anxious, maybe the Ming Empire's envoys had already arrived in Magdegeburg.
"They're all idiots!" Napoleon angrily swept everything on his desk to the floor.
Scolding didn't solve the problem, so Tagawa Shichizaemon still flew to Magdeburg. Although it cost more fuel, the weight reduced by the new airship was still enough for the airship to fly to Magdeburg.
There was no prior notification, which made the Magdeburg garrison very nervous.
It's pitiful to say that the mighty Prussian Empire didn't even have an airship. In the last war, air cover relied entirely on the help of the British.
Even if Frederick the Great personally approached the Queen of England for purchase, the Queen of England did not agree to sell an airship to Prussia. This also caused some cracks in the alliance between Prussia and England. It was also a small help to promote the end of the war!
"No shooting! No shooting!" Bismarck issued an emergency order not to shoot at airships in the sky.
If some bastard fires a shot at this time and knocks down that huge thing, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
Bismarck, who had experienced the battlefield, knew that although this thing looked powerful, it was actually very fragile. As long as a shell passed by, it would definitely turn into a huge fireball and fall down.
When the airship landed, the Prussian soldiers were shocked.
Because they saw the twin 25mm rapid-fire cannons on both sides of the airship! They knew this thing too well. It was this thing that taught them an indelible and painful lesson in the last war.
Being hit by the shells of this kind of rapid-fire cannon, even the brave warriors who tear tigers and leopards alive will be beaten into unrelated pieces.
With vigilant eyes, the airship slowly landed outside the city of Magdeburg. The cargo airship was hanging in the air, and God knew whether it was a bomb or a fucking bomb in the huge magazine.
Bismarck personally went to the outskirts to greet the Ming Dynasty envoys. When he saw the huge airship, his eyes were full of envy. This thing is great. It can drop bombs while hanging in the air.
Especially the rapid-fire cannon. When fired, the shells will connect like a whip made of flames, whipping the ground wantonly and tearing apart any target that blocks it.
"You are...!" Tagawa Nanaemon does not know Prussian, but there are many Japanese businessmen in Prussia, so just find anyone who is good at speaking Prussian and capture him as a translator.
Don’t worry that some people won’t be willing to do this. Being able to serve the Ming Empire is so beautiful!
"I am Bismarck, Prime Minister of the Prussian Empire!" Bismarck looked at this orientalist who was younger than Zheng Sen with a smile.
This guy seems to be very similar to the Japanese people who often live in Prussia, even the clothes they wear are similar.
"Prime Minister? Oh, that's the Prime Minister." Tagawa Nanzaemon didn't understand what the Prime Minister meant yet. He finally understood after the translation by the speaker next to him.
"I heard that my brother, Zheng Sen, is here. Can you take me to meet him?" Tagawa Nanzaemon did not beat around the bush and directly asked to see Zheng Sen.
"Oh, no problem, no problem. Please get on the carriage!" Bismarck had already guessed that the Ming envoy came directly to Magdegeburg without even a diplomatic briefing beforehand. It was obvious that he was targeting Ambassador Zheng Sen.
Come.
Tagawa Nanzaemon didn't hesitate at all and got into the carriage directly. The Japanese man behind him also got in immediately. For a small businessman to be able to sit in the same carriage as the Prime Minister of the Prussian Empire, this kind of honor is not
Often.
Europeans often say that Japanese people are the dogs of the Ming Dynasty. Being able to be such a respectable dog makes him think that being a dog seems to be a good choice.
Tagawa Shichizaemon got on the carriage, and Bismarck asked with great concern whether the journey was tiring. It was just nonsense to kill time, and it was very pleasant to hear it when said by an old guy.
He is indeed a man who can be the prime minister. When he speaks, he feels like a spring breeze and feels indescribably comfortable.
Although Tagawa Shichizaemon was anxious to see Zheng Sen, he was quickly attracted by Bismarck, who spoke with a sense of humor, and the two chatted wordlessly in the car.
Bismarck thought the same as Napoleon. He also wanted to know how the Ming Dynasty got the news so quickly. He knew that it was not an exaggeration to say that the Ming Dynasty was thousands of miles away from Europe.
Chapter completed!