De Lesseps left the Safekana Palace carrying the political tasks entrusted to him by Jérôme Bonaparte, and then took a carriage to the palace where Mohammed Said was located.
After seeing de Lesseps, the black eunuch who was responsible for serving Governor Said immediately guided de Lesseps to arrive in front of Muhammad Said.
At this moment, Muhammad Said was half-lying on the sofa with his breasts exposed and his hands wantonly groping the noble lady lying in his arms. He looked like a foolish king in the history books.
When the noble lady saw de Lesseps, she did not feel any shyness. Instead, she looked at de Lesseps with eyes full of spring.
De Lesseps, on the other hand, looked at everything that happened in front of him with a calm face, as if he was already accustomed to the scene in front of him.
"Mr. de Lesseps, why are you here?" Mohammed Said pushed away the lady lying in his arms and asked de Lesseps with a smile on his face.
The lady who was pushed away by Muhammad Said had a look of resentment in her eyes, as if she was complaining about Governor Said's rude behavior.
When Muhammad Said saw this, he could only comfort the lady in a low voice, and then ordered the black eunuch to send the lady away.
After the idle staff left, de Lesseps responded to Mohammed Said, "Your Excellency, Governor, don't you want to know the purpose of His Majesty's arrival in Egypt this time?"
Mohammed Said's originally joking eyes immediately became extremely serious after hearing de Lesseps' words, as if a lion had woken up from its sleep.
"Mr. Lesseps, are you willing to tell me the content of your conversation with the Emperor?" Mohammed Said asked de Lesseps in a serious tone.
"Your Excellency, the conversation between His Majesty and I is not a secret!" De Lesseps puffed up his chest slightly and responded to Mohammed Said in a magnanimous tone, "So, there is no need to treat you with anything.
Hidden!"
Mohammed Said pretended to be reserved and preached to de Reisa, "If you are really willing to tell me the content of your conversation, I will naturally be willing to listen!
If the content of your conversation cannot be made public, then please do not tell me!"
De Lesseps fully revealed the two purposes of Jérôme Bonaparte's trip.
When Mohammed Said heard that Jerome Bonaparte's trip was specifically to deepen the relationship between the French Empire and Egypt, his feelings for France and Jerome Bonaparte became even more intense.
point.
Before Jerome Bonaparte's visit to Egypt, no European monarch had ever arrived in Egypt in person (except for Napoleon's expedition to Egypt).
Muhammad Said understood that in the minds of those European monarchs, even the Ottoman Empire, which was Westernizing, was still a barbaric empire, let alone a country like Egypt.
European monarchs like Jerome Bonaparte arrived in Egypt in person, which can be said to have given Muhammad Said enough face.
Mohammed Said was naturally willing to give the French Empire certain priority rights on some issues of interest.
After all, Egypt cannot complete the modernization process independently with its own capabilities, and the introduction of foreign capital is an essential step.
During the period of introducing foreign capital, some Egyptian industries will inevitably face the problem of being sold.
The only country that is qualified to receive these assets, besides France, is Britain.
Mohammed Said would rather sell his properties to buyers who superficially respected them (France) than to buyers who failed to show basic respect (Britain).
Therefore, when Mohammed Said heard that Jerome Bonaparte wanted to implement cotton in Egypt, he immediately thought of contracting part of Egypt's land to the French Land Company.
If the United States of America is really going to have a civil war as Jérôme Bonaparte said, then the cotton industry will definitely take off in the next few years.
Any company that grows cotton in Egypt will definitely make a lot of money.
Mohammed Said did not believe that Jérôme Bonaparte would let go of such a good opportunity to make money. He had heard from de Lesseps that the "Nord Industries" was behind the Suez Canal Company.
, and behind "Norinco" stands Jérôme Bonaparte.
“Mr. Lesseps, I wonder if Norinco is interested in the land near Alexandria!
If you are willing, I can make the decision to sublease the land near Alexandria to you!" Mohammed Said politely asked de Lessee's sermon.
De Lesseps was stunned at first, and then immediately understood Mohammed Said's intention.
He wants to win His Majesty into the game!
De Lesseps thought to himself, and then responded calmly, "Your Excellency, Governor, whether Norinco is willing to invest in the land near Alexandria is not a question that I can decide!
If you are really interested in selling, it is best to talk to His Majesty the Emperor in person!
His Majesty has a very close relationship with the board members of Norinco. As long as His Majesty nods his approval, the board of directors will naturally not object!
However, I personally think that His Majesty will agree to this deal!"
"I will discuss this matter with His Majesty the Emperor at this dinner!" Mohammed Said took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and then said to de Lesseps, "Okay! Now I
It’s time to prepare the ingredients for the dinner party!”
Having said that, de Lesseps bid farewell to Mohammed Said knowingly.
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The dinner began to warm up at seven o'clock in the evening. In addition to Jerome Bonaparte and his party, the guests attending the dinner also included dignitaries living in Cairo.
These guys who usually wanted to have their noses in the air in Cairo, when they heard that the guest of honor for this dinner was Jerome Bonaparte, they all tried their best to get closer to Mohammed Said, and even
When several pashas who had not been very close to Said before heard that the emperor was going to attend the banquet, they also euphemistically conveyed their request to join the banquet.
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All guests invited by Mohammed Said were either close associates of Mohammed Said, or had powerful people in Cairo whose influence even Said could not ignore.
Muhammad Said had previously used banquets to continuously expand his influence in Cairo and even Egypt as a whole, thus becoming a veritable governor of Egypt.
For Mohammed Said, the arrival of Jérôme Bonaparte will help him further expand his influence in Egypt.
After this banquet, there will be no other banquet in Egypt that can compare with it, and the level of Muhammad Said's banquet will rise to a higher level again.
Because of this, no one in Egypt paid more attention to this banquet than Mohammed Said.
In order to prepare for this banquet, Mohammed Said personally arranged the venue for the dinner, formulated the menu required for the dinner, and at the same time sent someone to send Jerome Bonaparte the attire required for the dinner.
The whole process took Mohammed Said a lot of effort.
After everything was ready, Mohammed Said put on a brand new suit of clothes, and then sat quietly in the room waiting for Jerome Bonaparte's arrival.
When the time came to a quarter past seven, carriages arrived at the entrance of Muhammad Said's palace from all directions. The nobles who were invited to attend the banquet just got off the carriage and entered the banquet under the guidance of the attendants.
hall.
Since the main characters have not arrived yet, everyone can only wait in the banquet hall.
In order to relieve the dull atmosphere, everyone in the banquet hall began to chat in small groups.
[Let me say here that in order to show the noble temperament, none of the nobles and foreign envoys at the banquet spoke in Egyptian language. Everyone communicated in French. 】
The originally silent hall suddenly became lively.
Time passed quickly in the noisy hall, and soon it was half past seven.
At this moment, all the invited guests, except Jerome Bonaparte, were ready in the banquet hall.
Although Mohammed Said, the host of the banquet, has already arrived, everyone knows that he is not the protagonist of this banquet, and people are quietly waiting for the arrival of the "protagonist".
"His Majesty Jérôme Bonaparte, Emperor of the French Empire, and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederich are here!"
With a loud French voice coming from the banquet door, everyone at the banquet turned their attention to the door.
Jérôme Bonaparte, wearing the military uniform of the imperial regime, held Emman Abdel's wrist with one hand and led Friedrich into the hall with the other.
Because Jerome Bonaparte is somewhat similar to his uncle Napoleon, and he is wearing a military uniform from the First Empire.
The moment everyone in the banquet hall looked at Jerome Bonaparte, they seemed to see the Emperor Napoleon in the portrait come into reality. People looked at Jerome Bonaparte in various ways, including fear and fear.
, there is also curiosity and admiration.
Jérôme Bonaparte met these glances as he moved among the crowd, and greeted the first guest with a smile.
Finally, Jérôme Bonaparte stopped in front of Mahomet Said.
"His Majesty!"
Mohammed Said bowed slightly and Jerome Bonaparte responded respectfully.
At this time, he did not look like a "monarch" in charge of a country, but rather like a governor-general under Jerome Bonaparte.
"Monsieur Governor!" Jérôme Bonaparte stretched out his hand to shake hands with Mohammed Said, and then said to Mohammed Said with a smile.
At the invitation of Mohammed Said, Jérôme Bonaparte entered the restaurant one after another with the guests lingering in the banquet hall.
