The fiery red sun rises slowly from the hills in the east, shining its light and heat on every inch of the city of Rome. This is the hottest time of the year in Rome. Even in the early morning, there are few pedestrians on the streets.
Residents with meager assets in the city opened all their doors and windows in the hope of getting some coolness, while slightly wealthier residents closed their doors and windows and took out the ice cubes stored in the cellars during the previous winter and put them into their houses.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, under the shade of a tree at the entrance of a hotel near the Colosseum, Jérôme Bonaparte, wearing simple casual clothes, was staying where he was, waiting for the carriage to arrive.
The dazzling sunlight shined through the shade of the trees and hit Jérôme Bonaparte's back and arms. Sweat soaked Jérôme Bonaparte's back and sleeves.
The originally white shirt gradually became wrinkled and stuck firmly to Jérôme Bonaparte's back. The wet and sticky feeling from the sleeves and back made Jérôme Bonaparte have to wear it from time to time.
Shake the shirt, and a little sweat will fall off with each shake.
About 10 minutes later, two brown open carriages appeared in front of Jérôme Bonaparte, with Pesini and Leti sitting on one carriage respectively.
Pesini's carriage stopped less than five steps away from the shade of Jérôme Bonaparte's tree, while Leti's carriage also stopped at the steps of the hotel. Pesini and Leti got out of their respective carriages at the same time.
After coming down, Pesini came to Jérôme Bonaparte, while Leti entered the hotel along the steps.
"Your Majesty, get in the car!" Pesini bowed and saluted Jérôme Bonaparte and invited Jérôme Bonaparte to get in the car.
"Um!"
Jérôme Bonaparte nodded and got into Pesigny's carriage, followed by Pesigny.
Letty, who was in the other carriage, also ran from the hotel first and got into the carriage, carrying large and small bags.
When everything was ready, Jerome Bonaparte ordered the coachman sitting in the driver's seat in standard Tuscan: "Let's go!"
The coachman who heard the order gently patted the big brown horse's buttocks. The horse that received the signal raised its hooves and the carriage moved slowly.
From the ancient Roman Colosseum to the outskirts of the city of Rome, carriages traveled at a constant speed.
When the carriage was completely far away from the city of Rome, the carriage gradually accelerated its speed.
As the speed of the carriage increased, waves of heat hit Jerome Bonaparte's body, and Jerome Bonaparte could finally feel a little refreshed.
Thanks to the intense heat in August, there was no carriage or pedestrian on the road from Rome to Civitavecchia, so Jerome Bonaparte's carriage could run as fast as it wanted.
The straight-line distance of 70 kilometers took less than 3 hours to arrive.
After paying the fare, Pesini led Jérôme Bonaparte and Leti to a cargo ship.
Through Pesini's introduction, Jérôme Bonaparte learned that the owner of the cargo ship was a lame retired officer and a believer in Bonapartism.
As soon as he boarded the ship, Jerome Bonaparte was surrounded by the enthusiasm on the ship. Under the leadership of the captain, everyone on the ship lined up in two rows and shouted: "Long live Bonaparte! Long live the Empire!"
Seeing this, Jerome Bonaparte also echoed "Long live the Empire!"
Under the leadership of the captain, Jerome Bonaparte was arranged to the captain's own room.
The whole room was extremely tidy. From the layout of the room, Jérôme Bonaparte could be sure that the owner of the ship must have sent someone to tidy it up in advance. There was also a portrait of the emperor crossing the Alps hanging on the wooden wall of the room.
, next to the portrait is a crossed command knife.
"You're interested!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded to the captain.
"Your Majesty, this is what we should do!" The captain showed a flattered expression and asked cautiously: "If you are dissatisfied in any way, you can come to me at any time!"
"I'm very satisfied!" Jerome Bonaparte looked at the captain, and after his eyes stayed on the captain's lame right foot for a moment, he asked: "Can you tell me your story?"
"What an honor! Your Majesty!"
The captain told Jérôme Bonaparte his own story. He was born in Provence during the imperial period. He lived during the imperial period and listened to injured veterans telling stories about the emperor's military campaigns in the north and south, and he developed an infinite admiration for the emperor.
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When he was 9 years old, the empire collapsed, and the Restoration Dynasty established a returning regiment in Provence to liquidate the veterans and officers of the Napoleonic era. His neighbor and uncle became the target of liquidation, and even he almost became the target of liquidation.
At this point, the captain said in a hoarse voice: "I hate that damn dynasty, it made our life a mess."
From then on, the captain was determined to give the damn dynasty a good look. In order to complete his revenge, when he was 20 years old, he joined the Bourbon army and gradually became an officer in the Bourbon army.
Before he could begin his military revenge, the restored Bourbons were overthrown and Charles X was forced to flee.
In confusion, he could only follow the army into Algeria. He was injured in a counterattack in Algeria and was forced to leave the army. After returning home, he opened a small shipping company in Marseille and other countries with the treasures he robbed in Algeria.
Successfully become a captain.
"I look forward to the arrival of the Empire all the time!" the captain said to Jérôme Bonaparte.
"Don't worry! The Empire will return soon!" Jérôme Bonaparte assured the captain.
Later, Jérôme Bonaparte asked the captain about the voting situation in Marseille Port.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the situation in the Var Province is not optimistic! Most of the little nobles in the countryside are leaning towards that guy from Cavaignac." The captain first said euphemistically to Jérôme Bonaparte, and then encouraged him: "
However, I believe that the majority of people in France are willing to support you!"
Jérôme Bonaparte was not surprised when he heard the bad news from the Rhône Estuary department. In his impression, most of the votes supporting Cavaignac came from the Provence region.
The Provence region is where the Orthodox vote area gathers, and it is natural for those orthodox die-hards to be hostile to him as a Bonapartist.
However, it would be difficult for Cavaignac to defeat him with the votes of a district in Provence.
