Tangning originally thought that the agent introduced by Brian was an Englishman. After all, he had been living in London and was good friends with several British cotton merchants.
But I didn't expect that the agent Alesson was actually a Frenchman, but it was normal to think about it. There are many French people in New Orleans. After all, both the city name and the state name here come from France, and there is a French Quarter in the city.
In addition, this time the French considered themselves the savior of the alliance, so many French people came over to do business.
This Alessen is a guy who likes to talk nonsense after drinking some wine: "Mr. Downing, you know that the Queen of Spain has abdicated. I heard that the Prussians originally planned to push for a relative of their King William I, a member of the Hohenzollern family.
Prince Leopold came to be the King of Spain, but when we sent a telegram from France, William I was so frightened that he promised never to get involved in the position of King of Spain..."
Hearing this, Tang Ning thought to herself, how is this possible? You must know that the cause of the Franco-Prussian War was because of this incident. It is said that King William I of Prussia originally planned to politely refuse Napoleon III's request, but the iron-blooded prime minister deliberately wanted to provoke a war.
However, Bismarck added fuel to the telegram, which angered the entire French public opinion community. So Napoleon III went to war with Prussia, and the Franco-Prussian War began. This is the famous Eames secret telegram!
Just when Tangning's mind was filled with random thoughts, Alesen added: "And Austria will also join us in alliance..."
"Austria? Didn't France just go to war with Austria more than ten years ago? How could it still be possible to ally with you?" Brian asked curiously.
The war between France and Austria he mentioned refers to the Austrian-Italian-French War of 1848-1849. France assisted Italy, which was still the Kingdom of Sardinia at the time, to drive Austria out of Venice.
Alesson explained: "You also said that it was more than ten years ago, and this time, didn't we help Mexico take Maximilian and defeat Juarez? To express our gratitude, Maxi
Milian came forward to persuade his cousin Franz I of Austria to ally with us!"
"If this is the case, is it true that the Franco-Prussian War can't be fought? Then the situation in the world has changed so much! Then can the next Spanish-American War and even World War I and World War II be carried out normally?" Tangning was lost in thought on one side.
Meditated.
Until she returned home in the evening, Tangning was still rehearsing the next change in the situation. Heidi asked with concern: "Tony, what are you thinking about? Are you so absorbed?"
"You may not believe it, but I'm thinking about whether there will be a world war in the future!" Tang Ning replied seriously.
Heidi was amused: "Okay, this is something you can't think of. You didn't even guess the ending of the Civil War!"
Tangning replied: "It was because I didn't guess the outcome of the Civil War correctly that it affected a series of world events in the future!"
"Okay, stop thinking about it and go to sleep!" Heidi advised.
The next morning, while Tangning was having breakfast and deducing, suddenly the butler Robert came in and reported: "Master, Mr. Booth is waiting for you in the reception room!"
Since she had not yet come out of the deduction, Tangning asked casually: "Which Mr. Booth?"
"Of course Mr. John Wilkes Booth!" replied Rob.
Only then did Tangning react: "Oh, you're talking about the president..." Realizing that she almost said something wrong, she quickly corrected herself: "Um, Mr. Booth of the Ku Klux Klan, right?"
Rob nodded and replied: "Yes, that's him!"
"What's he doing here?" Tangning frowned and muttered, but then she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I'll go take a look!"
As soon as she entered the living room, Tangning took the initiative to say hello, "Mr. Booth, long time no see!"
Booth replied: "Mr. Tangning, I have always wanted to see you, but I have never been able to see you!"
Although Tang Ning vaguely guessed why he wanted to see her, she still pretended to be confused and said, "Oh, are you in a hurry?"
"Maybe you don't know, Mr. Tangning, that I am now the WHIP of the Ku Klux Klan. When we were founded, we did not obtain the consent of you, the inventor, so naturally I want to find you as soon as possible and get your authorization!" Booth explained
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The "WHIP" Booth refers to refers to the X-whip, which is a political term that originated in the United Kingdom. It is the leader of a representative party in parliament and the director of party discipline. Its function is to ensure that members attend and act in accordance with the party's position.
Tangning pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "Oh, so that's it. Actually, Mr. Booth, you don't need to come here because I have never banned everyone from using the name Ku Klux Klan."
"I know Mr. Tangning that you won't care about this kind of thing, but we still have to respect you, and we also hope that you can join our Ku Klux Klan!" Booth invited.
Tangning refused without hesitation: "Sorry, Mr. Booth, I am a member of the Constitutional Federalist Party!" To be honest, if it hadn't been for today's incident, Tangning would have almost forgotten that she was a member of the Constitutional Federalist Party.
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"Our Ku Klux Klan's influence is much greater than that of the Constitutional Federalist Party, and we also plan to run for the next state assembly!" Booth insisted.
"No, I really don't have this idea right now!" Tangning refused again.
After a few more words of persuasion, Booth gave up when Tangning showed no sign of relenting. However, Tangning felt that he probably didn't come here with much hope in the first place and was just going through the motions. After all, he was the inventor here.
It seems bad not to invite me...
After Booth left, Heidi came over and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Tony, you just rejected Mr. Booth!"
"Why, are you still worried that I will join the Ku Klux Klan?" Tang Ning said with a dumb smile.
Heidi retorted: "Who can say for sure? After all, you invented the Ku Klux Klan."
"Don't worry, I will never join them just because they are killing them!" Tang Ning reassured.
At this time, Heidi seemed to have thought of something: "Speaking of torture, I heard a rumor that Uncle Carter died quite unfairly!"
"Of course it was unjust. Even if Uncle Carter punished Nnamdi because he lost in the boxing, there was no need for him to kill him because of this!" Tangning agreed.
Unexpectedly, Heidi shook her head and said: "In the rumor I heard, Nnamdi killed Uncle Carter because of another thing!"
PS: Friends who are interested can search for Isabel II, the abdicated queen of Spain. Her experience is so legendary that if she changes it, it will be an article by Liu Bei...