"King Carlo, on behalf of France, I express the strongest condemnation of your country's violation of the neutrality treaty."
The French Ambassador to Italy, His Excellency Pramont Goodwin, was making a protest from France in Carlo. His tone was unprecedentedly tough. Faced with the French ambassador's most angry expression ever, Carlo accidentally slapped him.
Yawned.
Carlo's move was like a big hand grabbing the French ambassador's throat, making him instantly lose his desire to continue speaking.
Seeing the constipated expression on Ambassador Goodwin's face, Carlo said with some embarrassment. "I'm sorry, Ambassador, I didn't sleep well yesterday. Don't mind, continue."
Just keep going, you big-headed idiot, and only then will your whole family continue.
If you want to find an excuse, don't be so casual.
Good diplomatic etiquette allowed Ambassador Goodwin to resist the urge to burst out, and the diplomatic rhetoric he originally wanted to speak could not continue.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty the King, maybe I need to suggest to Paris that you should carefully consider the diplomatic relations between our two countries."
After all, he still couldn't hold it back, and Ambassador Goodwin still said a harsh word before leaving.
Of course, we don’t know whether Ambassador Goodwin has the ability to fulfill his harsh words. However, Ambassador Goodwin has decided to report to Paris that some worrying changes have taken place in Italy. Maybe it was true at first.
Italy's attitude should not be ignored on the Tunisian issue.
Looking at the French ambassador leaving, Carlo felt helpless. In fact, he did not lie to the French ambassador. He really slept late last night. And today the French ambassador hurried over early in the morning to protest.
Yawning is also normal.
If the French ambassador was unhappy, Carlo didn't bother to care about him. He didn't take the French threat to heart at all. As for why the ambassador didn't find the prime minister who had real power, but found himself?
The reason is very simple, that is, Prime Minister Despretis threw all the issues regarding Italy's involvement in the Sino-French war to Carlo.
No matter it was a big or small matter, he didn't care. How could Carlo not understand the Prime Minister's intentions? After throwing all the problems to himself, no matter whether it was good or bad, it had nothing to do with him anymore.
So under this situation, Carlo was actually a little busy. Last night he was discussing the situation of the Sino-French war with the military. He talked a little too much, so he went to bed late. This is not a lie to the French ambassador. As for yawning
Whether you went to bed late or not is a matter of opinion.
While he was thinking about it, the captain of the guard, Felici Mitch, came in with a telegram.
"Your Majesty, this is a telegram from the Far East."
"Show it to me quickly."
When Carlo heard that it was a telegram from the Far East, he immediately became energetic. After opening it, he couldn't help but swear. "These Qing people don't even have a shipyard for repairs. What are they doing?"
This telegram is not a complaint telegram sent by Leifer, Gomes and others, but a procurement telegram for two Venice-class patrol ships. After a naval battle, they still need to be repaired and damaged.
The turret and barrel also need to be replaced, and so many shells have been fired that they always need to be replenished.
So this is a procurement telegram, mainly for the purchase of artillery, ammunition and other parts for the Zhiyuan and Jingyuan warships. However, Leifer and others wrote the telegram as a joke that the Qing Dynasty did not have a dock to accommodate the two warships.
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When Carlo saw such a strange situation, he naturally swore. After all, this was related to his control of power. If the Qing Dynasty suffered a huge loss, then don't think about anything. Wait until he becomes an adult to see what he can do from the hands of the Prime Minister.
How many rights do you want?
If he wins, he can directly take back some power from the Prime Minister. I believe anyone who knows a little bit about power struggles can see the difference between the two.
That's why Carlo is so concerned about me, Qing Dynasty, because it concerns his own personal interests.
Of course, in addition to purchasing weapons and supplies, this telegram also introduced their situation. After fighting France in the South China Sea, they received even more courtesy in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that the Qing Dynasty planned to grant them the honorary title of Batulu. In addition,
Knowing that they valued medals more, they specially prepared gold dragon medals for them to commend their heroic performance.
As for Liu Buchan, he has also been promoted, but they can't remember his official name, and they still call him Major Liu.
And now they are sailing to Shanghai. The reason why they came to Shanghai is to repair the two ships Zhiyuan Jingyuan. Although Shanghai does not have a shipyard suitable for them, there are a lot of shipyard technicians here, which can speed up their repairs on the two ships.
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Moreover, Shanghai has initially shown itself as an international city, with features that are more suitable for Leifer and others to adapt to life. After all, they have just fought a war and need some red wine steaks to reward them. In addition, there are milk bread, etc. that are more suitable for them.
Western-style food, although there are chefs on the ship, but anyone who has been with people on a warship must know that their main function is to keep them hungry.
As for the news that France is preparing to reinforce the Far East, Carlo has already sent a telegram to Jia Liwen, the minister to the Qing Dynasty. As for when the minister will inform the Qing Dynasty, that is his problem. I believe that the Qing Dynasty will not know anything about it.
How to deal with it is their own business. But now, Carlo still needs to strongly support the Qing's anti-French cause.
After Carlo put down the telegram, he said to the captain of the guard. "Prepare the weapons and supplies on this list as soon as possible."
"As you command, Your Majesty."
The captain of the guard bowed slightly and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute."
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
"As for the navy, are they studying a new patrol equipment?"
"Yes, Admiral Golek is currently organizing people to study the combat report sent back by Leifer and the others. In response to the issues raised in the report, Admiral Gorek has asked the designers of Andoshar Shipyard to come up with improvement plans.
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The captain of the guard's answer made Carlo very satisfied. It seemed that the navy was not in such a hurry to start construction immediately, and could bear to wait a while.
Of course, this was not the only thing Carlo called the captain of the guard. He continued to ask, "Has the ship that transported that batch of goods arrived in Guangzhou?"
"It hasn't arrived yet. The latest news was sent back from Singapore yesterday. They are currently preparing for the final journey."
Filmic could tell that the king was a little nervous. He was responsible for arranging for people to load this batch of supplies onto the ship, but he didn't know what to worry about. The ships were all British cargo ships, and they were also fast cargo ships. The whole journey
They are all subject to the highest level of secrecy. Does France dare to intercept and inspect British merchant ships casually?
Carlo didn't know what Felix Mickey was thinking, but could he not be worried? There was a big killer on this ship, specifically targeting the French.
