Jérôme Bonaparte's carriage headed south along the pier and soon entered the city of Cairo.
At this moment, Cairo residents living in the city saw the gorgeous carriage driving in the middle of the road and the soldiers surrounding the carriage. They all cast curious glances at the carriage, hoping to observe the interior of the carriage through the gaps in the curtains.
of guests.
After all, Cairo has not welcomed a distinguished guest for a long time.
Friedrich Bonaparte, who was sitting in the carriage, also leaned against the door and observed the scenery outside the carriage through the silk curtains.
However, no matter how hard Friedrich Bonaparte tried to observe, he could never see through the curtains and really observe the scenery outside the window. What he saw was always hazy.
This is undoubtedly a kind of torture for a child who is already full of curiosity about external affairs.
However, Friedrich also understood that he had to ask for his father's permission if he wanted to open the curtains.
So, Frederic looked at Jérôme Bonaparte expectantly, pointed at the curtain hanging in the carriage and said something pleadingly.
"Father, can I open this!"
After a brief weighing, Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and responded to Friedrich, "Of course!
However, I hope you will not be disappointed!"
Friedrich nodded excitedly and immediately drew the curtains.
Just when Friedrich wanted to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Cairo with great joy, the scenery in front of him made him feel extremely disappointed.
The world outside the glass window is roughly the same as the scenery Friedrich saw in French towns. Wherever he looked, there were low adobe houses. The houses were lined up in rows and looked very crowded. Some houses even had trees extending outside.
Part of it is used to sell various goods, which makes the already narrow road even more impassable.
Of course, there are some differences, that is, most of the people here are wearing white headscarves, and every few dozen meters, you will see a building with an onion shape appearing.
After lying by the window and observing for a while, Friedrich closed the curtains again, pouted and "accused" Jerome Bonaparte, "Father, it's not fun here at all!"
Jerome Bonaparte just smiled twice and did not respond to Frederick.
As a veteran traveler, Jérôme Bonaparte understood very well the reasons for Frederick's loss.
So, Jérôme Bonaparte comforted Frederic and said, "Frederich, sometimes there is a big gap between what is in the book and reality!
It’s like the Cairo you see in books and the real Cairo!”
"Father, why do those people write like that! Isn't this deception!" Friedrich responded angrily to Jerome Bonaparte.
Jerome Bonaparte shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Maybe people really like it here!"
Friedrich's eyes showed a suspicious look. He didn't understand why someone would like such a place.
Then, with a meaningful smile on his lips, Jérôme Bonaparte proposed another possibility to Friedrich, "Or maybe they have seen similar descriptions like this in other places like you,
After they conducted an on-site inspection, they found that it was very different from what they had imagined, but they were unwilling to admit that they had been deceived.
That's why I try my best to praise others to cover up the fact that I was deceived.
Anyway, few people can actually reach Cairo."
I think back then, Jérôme Bonaparte was tricked into traveling to various places by online travel guides. After he arrived at his destination, he found that his own feelings were very different from those of the guide author.
In order to prove that he had been here, he could only choose to take photos and check in.
"Those people are so abominable!" Friedrich said angrily to Jerome Bonaparte, "If I know who they are, I will definitely punish him severely!"
"Friedrich, this is what I always tell you!
What you hear with your ears may not be true, only if you have witnessed the actual situation with your own eyes!” Jérôme Bonaparte once again warned Friedrich: “You must keep this truth in mind in your future life.
!
Especially when you want to implement a policy, you need to understand the situation from multiple channels before deciding whether to implement the policy.
Be sure not to implement it hastily, otherwise, big problems may occur.”
Friedrich nodded, and then opened the curtains again to observe the scenery outside the window.
…
After the carriage drove through the city for nearly twenty minutes, it finally stopped in front of a stone sculpture.
Passing through the stone carvings, Jerome Bonaparte saw the majestic building hidden behind the stone carvings. The overall building showed a typical Malumuk style (it can also be said to be Islamic style). Jerome Bonaparte took a glance
Then they knew that this was their destination.
Later, Jerome Bonaparte and others got off the carriage.
Mohamed Said and de Lesseps, who followed closely behind, also got off the other carriage. At the invitation of Mohammed Said, Jérôme Bonaparte
Entering this four-story building, all carved with stone carvings.
When Jérôme Bonaparte walked into the Saphiracana Palace, as soon as he entered the living room, he saw the ceiling of the hall, which was like a mirror, and the petal-shaped silver-white chandelier hanging from the ceiling.
Rome Bonaparte thought it was a chandelier made of silver, who would have thought that the chandelier was made of aluminum). Under the chandelier is a round wool blanket. Gérault, a man who has a certain understanding of luxury goods
M. Bonaparte recognized at first sight that the wool blanket should come from the Ottoman Empire.
When Jérôme Bonaparte walked into the wool blanket, he found that the patterns carved on the blanket were roughly the same as those on the ceiling, which further confirmed Jérôme Bonaparte's guess.
As Mohammed Said led Jérôme Bonaparte to go deeper and deeper, Jérôme Bonaparte saw many things unique to the Islamic style, and his evaluation of the Safiqana Palace became more and more intense.
The higher.
Simply putting aside the strength of the French Empire and Egypt, the cultural attributes of Safikana Palace are not inferior to the Elysee Palace at all.
After Mohammed Said led Jerome Bonaparte to visit all the rooms, he spoke to Jerome Bonaparte again and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if you are satisfied with this palace.
!
If you are not satisfied, we have other palaces!”
"Mr. Governor, this palace is enough!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded to Mohammed Said with satisfaction.
"That's good!"
Mohammed Said smiled slightly, and then sent an invitation to Jerome Bonaparte, hoping that he would be honored to attend the banquet tonight.
"I will arrive on time!" Jérôme Bonaparte replied to Mohammed Said.
After receiving a positive reply from Jérôme Bonaparte, Mohammed Said voluntarily left the Safiqana Palace.
However, before leaving the palace, Mohammed Said once again asked the attendants at Safiqana Palace to do their best to meet any conditions of Jérôme Bonaparte.
In order to allow Jérôme Bonaparte to make better use of the Safi Cana Palace, Mohammed Said also thoughtfully kept de Lesseps.
After explaining this, Muhammad Said left the Safiralana Palace.
After Mohammed Said disappeared completely, Jérôme Bonaparte first sent away Emman Abdel and Friedrich, and then ordered his attendants to bring him and de Lesseps to
A room that is not secluded or deserted.
After entering the room, Jérôme Bonaparte rejected the servants who wanted to stay in the room and enter to serve them, and invited de Lesseps to sit on the sofa and communicate.
As soon as he came up, Jérôme Bonaparte asked de Lesser straight to the point, "At what stage is the progress of digging the Suez Canal now?"
"Your Majesty, the Suez Canal has been halfway completed and is expected to be successfully opened to navigation by the end of 1864!" de Lesseps reported to Jerome Bonaparte, with a touch of excitement in his tone.
When de Lesseps told the opening time, he did not see an expression similar to his on Jerome Bonaparte's face. Instead, he saw Jerome Bonaparte's frown.
This made de Lesseps think that the emperor was not satisfied with his progress, and asked Jerome Bonaparte anxiously, "Your Majesty, are you not satisfied with the current speed?"
After coming back to his senses, Jérôme Bonaparte relaxed his brows, shook his head and responded to de Lesseps, "No, I am very satisfied with the current progress!
That’s why I have doubts!”
De Lesseps showed a puzzled look. He did not understand what Jerome Bonaparte meant.
"Mr. Lesseps, do you think the opening of the Suez Canal will have many benefits and disadvantages for the French Empire?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked De Lesseps slowly.
"Of course there are many benefits!" de Lesseps said to Jérôme Bonaparte without thinking, "This will help the empire reach Asia as soon as possible!"
"What about Britain?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked de Lesseps again.
"Of course it's big!" de Lesseps then responded to Jerome Bonaparte, "and their ships can save time!"
"No!" Jérôme Bonaparte shook his head and preached to de Lesser, "If this is true from a commercial point of view, but from a strategic point of view, the Suez Canal is not good for Britain!
Because it is in the hands of France!”
As a former consul, de Lesseps immediately understood what Jérôme Bonaparte meant.
"Your Majesty, you are confused about the indifference of the British Kingdom, aren't you?"
