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An Ning breathed a sigh of relief, but Danton rushed to Desmoulins and shouted: "Doctor! Where is the doctor? Desmoulins—my friend is bleeding all over the floor!"
Chapter 314 Abnormal noise
Robespierre said to Danton: "Don't worry, as a third-party witness, I have made complete preparations, and there are doctors on site."
Just as he was talking, the doctor appeared: "Get out of the way, let me see the wounded."
Danton reluctantly gave up the position in front of Desmoulins.
The doctor stepped forward to check Desmoulins' body, then gently took off the monocle, and said to Danton: "He has passed away, and my condolences will change."
Dandong sighed for a long time, then turned to look at An Ning.
Danton: "Explain, why do you have to be tricky? I always thought you were a person who would uphold the principles of fairness and justice in duels, like a knight."
An Ning thought that I would definitely be like this in the next duel, after all, I am invulnerable to the body.
But Paulina doesn't have this trick. She will be injured if she is shot, and she will die if she is killed.
An Ning chose to tell the truth: "Because the duel is my best friend's younger sister, I can't bear the price of losing her. If I fight in person, Dandong, I assure you, I will definitely not be tricked at all."
Robespierre looked at An Ning with complicated eyes.
Paulina intervened at this moment: "But in the end I won the game in a normal way, and the rifled gun the general prepared for me was of no use at all.
Robespierre also nodded: "Yes, you killed this man in a fair state. I have no objection to this result. However, it is not honorable to cheat first."
An Ning couldn't argue that he really wanted to use this duel to get rid of Desmoulins, and he didn't hesitate to use some treacherous means for this.
Now that Desmoulins is dead, there will be one less opportunity for Danton and Robespierre to break up in the future.
Although the goal was achieved, An Ning felt a sense of distance from Danton and Robespierre.
An Ning quickly adjusted her mentality: I have already chosen this path, so I will go straight to the dark, hit the south wall and break the south wall, just keep going.
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Back at the Royal Palace, Christina had been waiting for a long time.
"How's it going?"
Before An Ning could answer, Paulina rushed out and gave Christina a thumbs up.
"It's done!" said Paulina. "I have killed anyone who insulted Frost's dream. From now on, no one in Paris will dare to speak ill of the steam revolution."
An Ning: "Originally they don't believe in the steam revolution now, just because of shortsightedness.
"In the future, when we install steam engines in every factory in Paris, and run huge and tireless iron dragons between cities, they will know that what I said is true.
"Then they'll have to acknowledge my foresight."
Polina asked curiously beside her: "The iron dragon running on the ground? What is that?"
An Ning: "It's a means of transportation driven by a steam engine. Because the size of the steam engine is as big as its strength, it usually strings together a lot of carriages, with one front leading a string of carriages."
Christina: "When he said it, he always described it so vividly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes."
An Ning thought that I had indeed seen it with my own eyes.
But on the surface he has to say: "I have a rich imagination, imagination."
Christina: "He hasn't told you about the mechanical iron bird that can fly in the sky, you should really listen to it!"
Fanny: "There is also the kind of boat that uses a steam engine to drive the wheels to move forward without hanging the sail."
Paulina: "My God, what a fantastic idea, I never thought that Your Excellency General is still very childlike!"
An Ning raised her forehead, thinking that you wait, if I really create all these in the future, you will have to apologize to me.
At this time, Paulina blinked her eyes and said to Christina: "By the way, Mr. Robespierre pointed out the fraudulent behavior to your Excellency the General during the duel just now!"
Christina: "Has the breech-loading gun been discovered? I persuaded him yesterday, but he insisted on doing it because he was afraid you would lose."
Paulina pouted: "You don't have to do this. The duel is for me. I should be responsible for the accident. I think my brother will say the same when he knows it. He won't run away because of me. Go to a duel, and if you die, you will blame Your Excellency."
An Ning: "Maybe Napoleon will forgive me, but I cannot forgive myself."
Christina: "That's who he is."
Paulina: "Hey, I know, I know. I'm going to write to my brother about my first duel experience in my life."
——The first duel in your life?Hearing this tone, do you want to come for the second time?
An Ning could only scratch her head.
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Dandong returned home, sat down on the sofa, and stared at the grandfather clock facing the sofa.
The pendulum of the grandfather clock swung from side to side with a regular clicking sound.
He stayed in a trance like this for many minutes.
Then his second wife, Louise, pushed the door open and came in: "Honey, let me know when you come back."
Dandong shook his head: "Sorry, as soon as I get home, I just..."
Louis came over and hugged Danton from behind: "I'm sorry about Desmoulins."
"No, it's not about Desmoulins... Well, I'm not saying that Desmoulins' death didn't matter. His death makes me very sad, but it's not his death that makes me not want to talk now."
Danton let out a long sigh, and then began to tell: "Did you know that Frost actually prepared a breech-loading pistol for Miss Bonaparte who was competing with Desmoulins.
"The accuracy of this pistol is much better than that of ordinary pistols, and it reloads faster. This is simply the advantage of the crushing class."
Louis: "But before the duel, don't they send people to check each other's prepared weapons?"
"That's where the problem lies. The craftsman Desmoulins brought to inspect the weapons didn't say anything wrong with the weapons prepared by Frost.
"I'm afraid he was bought by Frost long ago."
Louis muttered, "That's it." Danton continued: "It was unimaginable before. Frost always confronts dueling enemies head-on, and doesn't use any side tricks at all.
"But now, he actually...has become like this."
Louis: "Honey, this is not a strange thing. People are always changing. In the past, Maximilian was still a person who opposed the death penalty. Now he sends 50 people to the guillotine every day.
"It must be the same with Frost.
"Of course, it's also possible that he was fearless in the past because he had nothing, so he had nothing to be afraid of. Now he has something he can't let go of."
Dandong didn't pick up his wife's words, but nestled on the sofa and remained silent for a long time.
Chapter 315 The Eve Of The Wedding
Although the French were busy fighting internally in Paris, their external enemies were not idle.
Emperor Franz II of the Shinra is angry at his Minister of War for defeating France this day.
Franz: "I am the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, can't I even gather 30 troops?"
The Imperial Prime Minister Wilm took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the French did not return the captured soldiers this time as before. According to the information we have, they are letting these captives build fortresses.
"So... it will be more difficult to quickly restore the strength of the troops... It's not that we don't work hard, but that the French are too cunning!"
The Minister of War nodded in agreement: "Yes, the French are cunning and cunning!"
Franz: "How can they detain our people? This is not in line with the rules of European warfare!"
Yes, it was like this in Europe in the past. The troops would surrender to the enemy when they saw they were defeated, and those who surrendered would be released after a short while. As long as there were enough officers, another army could be pulled out quickly.
Wilm continued to wipe his sweat: "Maybe it's because the current France is a breaker who ignores all order and rules."
Minister of War: "They are all old in trousers. It is terrible to hear that the leaders of France don't even wear chaps when they participate in Parliament."
Now the upper class in Vienna is saying that the upper class in France don't wear chaps anymore, and only those who wear long trousers are noble.
This is actually a misunderstanding. In fact, the upper class in France is now wearing chaps happily. They used to be old in trousers, but the situation has changed now.
Franz: "Anything is fine. Could it be that without the released captives, we can't form an army?"
Wilm: "It is possible to organize troops, but it takes time. Recruiters have already recruited soldiers from all over the empire, but the newly recruited troops are not even in line, and because of the large number of non-commissioned officers, they were also captured by the French. Let it go back, the army now only has enough officers..."
Franz scolded angrily: "Enough is enough, I don't want to listen to your excuses anymore! Send me the troops from Silesia!"
"You mustn't do it, Your Majesty!" Wilm said anxiously, "The Russians have been eyeing them all the time, so we can't transfer the troops in Silesia away!"
Franz: "Didn't the British say that they can help us persuade the Russians to send troops together?"
"Believe in the British," Wilm paused, and emphasized his tone. "It's better to believe in a dog! Haven't you seen it yet? The British want the European continent to be a mess so that no one can compete with them." Overseas colonies!"
Franz: "I don't care! My brother is captured by the French now. I want to organize an army to make the French look good!"
Wilm was silent for a few seconds, and said to Franz seriously: "Didn't the French ask to exchange Louis XVI and Mary who are here with us in exchange for Grand Duke Karl? If you are in a hurry to get your brother back, you can think about it." this……"
Franz: "No! Although I'm not good at math, I still know that two is greater than one!"
"Then we can send envoys to discuss with the French and exchange Louis XVI for Grand Duke Karl."
"That's not okay, my aunt said, Louis XVI will be executed when he returns to France!"
Wilm shook his head: "No, no, he won't be executed. Don't you think Louis XVII is alive and well? And now General Frost, who is very powerful in France, is about to marry someone with the blood of the Bourbon royal family. The daughter of the Duke of Thoresteil is gone, Louis XVI should be safe when he returns home."
Franz pursed his lips, showing a thoughtful expression.
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At this very moment, in Sedan Fortress, Archduke Karl, who is under house arrest here, is holding a copy of "Selected Articles of General Frost's Early Years" and is fascinated.
After General Frost became famous, a certain sycophant in Paris collected Frost's early articles and carefully compiled them.But the general didn't seem to take flattery very much, so this flatterer was sent to the guillotine not long after.
"Is it a nation-state..." he muttered while watching, "It turns out that the French army's fighting power is rooted here! Germany should also follow the example of France and establish a nation-state with the German nation as the main body!"
A bold idea gradually formed in the mind of Grand Duke Karl.
He put down the anthology, stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and said to himself as he walked: "The nation is the main body of the country, and the nobles are irrelevant.
"Although I am a nobleman, I am even more of a German..."
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Here in Paris, the latest event is the nuptials of Tranquility.
An Ning didn't plan to make a big deal at first, but his brothers didn't do it.
As soon as Napoleon heard that he was going to be married, he directly threw the troops that were suppressing the rebellion to his newly promoted adjutant to command, and rushed back to Paris overnight. When he came back to see An Ning, he asked for a big, special, and gathered everyone to make a fuss.
La Salle also thought the same, and he also gave a high-sounding reason: "Now the citizens of Paris are nervous because of the terror policy, it is time for everyone to vent and have fun."
In the end, An Ning couldn't handle her subordinates, so she decided to combine the wedding ceremony and the celebration party to celebrate the first achievements in countering the rebellion, and make a good deal of it.
It has been four months since An Ning dispersed his officers to suppress the bandits, and the small rebel army has been almost wiped out. At least the rebel army has been wiped out near Paris, and merchants in small cities can run their businesses normally. business.
Although there are still a large group of rebels fighting the French army in the Vendée, it is only a matter of time before the rebels are completely wiped out.
At this time, the parliament is already urging to send troops to fight in the Yin area.
The congressmen still have the same old thinking, intending to use taxation to subsidize the poor finances of the Republic after taking down the affluent Lyin region.
It's not that they don't know that An Ning is making banknotes again, but in the minds of these gentlemen, banknotes have already been linked to unreliability, so in their opinion, the banknotes issued by Anning will quickly become valuable waste paper like coupons .
Of course, it's not like no one has discovered the value of what An Ning has created.
As soon as Talleyrand returned from England, he immediately found peace and boasted wildly.
"You want to make your own British pound in France!" Talleyrand said with a smile, "When I was in England, I watched them use British pound notes, and I wondered if we could make the notes the same as the British pound. Our government will not be short of money!"
An Ning looked at Talleyrand, and put on a posture of "keep blowing, I'm listening".
Talleyrand continued decisively: "When I came up with this idea, I carefully examined the pound, and then found that the key is that the pound is directly linked to gold! If we want to maintain the value of the newly issued paper money, let everyone accept it. , it must be stipulated that banknotes can be directly exchanged for gold!"
An Ning: "Your view is too superficial."
Talleyrand was surprised by the game: "Superficial? Then I want to hear your opinion."
"The key is to ensure purchasing power, so that newly released items can be exchanged for actual goods at a predetermined value.
"And gold, in fact, only plays a role in ensuring people's confidence in this paper currency, which is essentially the same effect as my Frost name.
"Before I issued the currency, I had already controlled 50.00% of the food supply in Paris and 30.00% of the clothing supply.
"Half of the bread in Paris comes from the stable south, and a third of the clothes come from my steam spinning factory, so I can pass these goods and ensure that the new banknotes can be exchanged for the goods that everyone needs.
"At this time, the advantages of paper currency over metal currency will begin to appear. Since five-sou banknotes and five-sou coins can buy the same thing, people will naturally use lighter paper money."