Chapter 1212 The Flame Kiss

British conscription is very different from French conscription.

Practicing martial arts, like studying, used to be a privilege of the nobility. Even in the period of the Industrial Revolution, it was also the right of the "owning class".

Medieval knights had to prepare their own armor and horses, and only Robin Hood used cheap and easy-to-obtain bows and arrows as weapons. Due to the rise of Napoleon, military uniforms replaced armor and became a men's fashion.

To go to Hogwarts to study, you have to go to Mrs. Hawking’s robe shop to order school robes. Young people who join the army in the UK also have to pay for the purchase of military uniforms. It costs 10 pounds to maintain it. Relatively speaking, the military uniform of the farmers is a little cheaper, which also costs 10 pounds, not to mention the gorgeous uniforms of the dukes.

The French conscription is looking for bachelors, no matter what their origin, if they want to avoid military service, they have to pay taxes, which doubled after the Seven Years War. The military uniforms of the Bourbon dynasty were not as good as those of the Napoleon era, and the food for the soldiers was also very bad. The money was all paid by the state and was part of the military expenditure.

The national conditions of France are completely different from those of the United Kingdom. France is a large agricultural country with more people. Their industrial revolution is based on the profit obtained by a large amount of cheap labor.

Britain, on the other hand, does not have so many people, especially with so many foreign wars and so many overseas colonies. Excluding those who serve as soldiers and farmers, the population capable of engaging in industry is very limited. Based on this situation, the British Industrial Revolution relied more on machinery rather than manpower.

Although many Victorian men had mistresses, there was always only one wife, and her children had inheritance rights, and "illegitimate children" had nothing.

Restoring polygamy is tantamount to indirectly recognizing the inheritance rights of illegitimate children. Even if Napoleon was not the kind of prodigal son, it would be tempting for him to restore this system when his regular wife could not bear children.

Henry VIII became a "blue beard" in order to have a son, but in the end Bloody Mary and Elizabeth were still in power, and Britain allowed the queen to rule.

France has never heard of a queen, and the "princess" is more of a tool for marriage, marrying other princes. The story of "the prince and the princess are happily together from now on" in fairy tales does not exist at all. Mary · Antoinette was an Austrian princess, and she ended up on the guillotine with Louis XVI.

Napoleon was indeed a very smart man, but in his bones he was still a man who looked down on women and used women as reproductive tools.

He speaks softly with women, which is easy to confuse people. Pomona remembers that he tried to embarrass her in public at the previous ball. This may be because she told him in public in the military court before. Men don't necessarily know where they are so smart."

That kind of gentleness is pretending, like a kind of persona, for pleasing people.

Napoleon needed awe to be a leader, so he needed flattery to awe him.

Before he had a hairline, no one would compliment a down-and-out second lieutenant who looked dispensable, and their attitude towards him was real. The court of the Bourbon royal family is full of flatterers. The intelligence of the people around a monarch can reflect his intelligence. Judging from the current situation, Napoleon still has the ability to distinguish, but living in this kind of flattery for a long time is against He is very disadvantageous.

"Success" is so intoxicating. Hathor once told her that Napoleon once said on the first day of living in the Tuileries Palace: It is nothing to stay in the Tuileries Palace, the key is to stay here.

However, fifteen years later, he still left the palace and became a prisoner.

He lost himself, feeling bad about being betrayed by others, and he didn't know if he had repented well with God.

A person cannot have no desires, but if he wants too many things, he will lose them in the end. His crown was removed, just like the crown of the Bourbon royal family.

Leo has a very strong desire. Although it is used by the horoscope column of a magazine to deceive little girls, it also has a certain basis. This conclusion does not apply to all Leo, but it works for most Leo, as long as most people think it is accurate , then a few people are not sure what to say, and their opinions are ignored.

Napoleon wanted everything, Italy was sacked by him, and then moved back to the Louvre, the original relatives became enemies.

He is not afraid of enmity. The assassination on Christmas Day in 1800 should make him sober. Even if there are no civilian leaders who dare to brave the gunfire, there are still lonely assassins. In 1801, Paul I of Russia was murdered by assassins. , Although these murderers were found and executed, who was behind the scenes has become a mystery of history.

Some said it was his son Alexander I, others said it was the British, and others said it was the assassins who were drunk.

Napoleon was an excellent general and a magician on the battlefield, but his personal strength was very average. A commander does not need to be very good at fighting himself, he needs others to protect him. This will involve the loyalty of soldiers. The French Revolution protected the palace. The army turned against them.

He is dancing on the tip of the knife, climbing on the cobblestones, it is not suitable for prematurely indulging in the sound of singing praises.

Even if it was a dream, it was hard for her not to be intoxicated by it. "Talking with him" Pomona felt a sense of self-realization and learned something at the same time. She felt good about herself and thought she had mastered the problem The key is that now she realizes how idealistic her thinking is, and she belongs to the "talking school".

To conquer a man is to beat him at what he is best at.

Napoleon was indeed a conqueror. In order to resist him, Europe formed an anti-French alliance, and Russia used scorched-earth warfare. She couldn't burn her brains.

"Damn Georgiana!" She kicked the griffin at the foot of the desk in such a rage that the heavy wooden desk didn't budge, and instead kicked her own foot sorely.

Although it was not as painful as in the real world, it still shocked her.

She clearly knows that her body is now in the Louvre, can a consciousness without a body have feelings?

She squatted down and touched the table leg with her hand, trying to study what caused her pain, but at this moment she caught a glimpse of a dark compartment under the table out of the corner of her eye.

"Lyle Meyer" went to Napoleon's study to find something, and maybe this was what he was looking for.

Pomona reached out to take out the things in the dark compartment, and found that there were some letters inside.

It is unethical to open other people's letters.

But she opened one of the letters after only two seconds of confession:

Noble lady, what do you do all day long? What is so important that it keeps you too busy to write a letter to your faithful lover? What kind of feelings suffocate and crowd out the love you promised him. What about your tender and faithful love? Wonderful character, what kind of character is your new lover, who can occupy every minute of your side, occupy your daily time, and prevent you from paying any attention to your husband?

Be careful, Josephine, one fine night I might break the door.

At this moment, the door of the study room of the Tuileries Palace opened, and the First Consul walked in wearing a chasseur uniform, followed by several staff members.

Everyone looked at Pomona who was squatting on the ground reading the letter in surprise, and no one spoke for a moment.

After a while, he whispered something to the people behind him, and the others bowed and retreated. Napoleon walked in with a terrifying murderous look, and the white double doors behind him were closed by a young man.

Pomona stood up, when Napoleon also approached, he snatched the letter from Pomona's hand, glanced at the contents of the letter, then walked behind the desk without saying a word, clenched his hands and put On the table, my whole body is tense, as if I am facing a battle.

"how did you do it?"

"How did you do that?"

"Our defense has no effect on you. You can come and leave whenever you want." Napoleon panted heavily.

"I told you, I'm a wizard." Pomona said calmly, "We also have our own laws, don't worry, I won't do anything to you."

"What do you want to do this time?"

"I want to know the progress of the negotiations." She made excuses dryly.

"Your government didn't tell you?" Napoleon sneered.

"I want to know the details." Pomona stared at his eyes. Blue eyes were beautiful, but his eyes were brown like most French people. They looked like amber and lion eyes.

"Russia has withdrawn, Austria has also withdrawn, and now the anti-French alliance is left with Britain." He said in a drunken tone, "You have a national debt of 537 million and a population of only 18 million. How many years will it take all of you Britons to pay off?"

"Don't tell me that France doesn't owe national debt." Pomona smiled coldly, "How much is a gold louis for now?"

He seemed to bring up a topic he didn't want to mention, and looked down at the letter in his hand.

During the reign of the Directorate, in addition to losing successive battles and losing Italy, another problem was the domestic economy. I don't know how they created a huge deficit. In order to offset the deficit, the government created a large number of francs, which caused inflation. The exchange rate of one gold louis soared from 21 francs to 8,000 within a year.

Cheap labor, rising prices, and successive defeats, everything is similar to the Bourbon royal family before the outbreak of the Great Revolution. In order to offset the deficit, the Bourbon royal family also issued a large number of coupons, but this issuance was restrained. Besides, there were still church assets that could be confiscated at that time. The Jesuits were expelled not only because of political struggles among factions within the Supreme Court .

During the Seven Years' War there was a priest who was sued by his creditors in the secular court of Marseilles because of the bankruptcy of the war. The High Court of Paris finally got hold of it, and set up a committee to verify the regulations of the Society of Jesus, and believed that the Society of Jesus and French laws were incompatible, and was finally expelled from France with the acquiescence of the powerful minister, the Duke of Choiseul.

The first and second levels of the three-level parliament have privileges. The Jesuits protested that judges have no right to interfere in religious affairs, and have no right to deprive a congregation of power that has lasted for 200 years in France. Louis XV selectively ignored these.

Why are priests so rich? And also engaged in business activities?

Public opinion was like this, and the king happened to be short of money, so the rich Jesuits became the golden lamb.

"Where have you seen this letter?" asked Napoleon suddenly.

"Uh, you're going to break in," she said stupidly.

"I wish I could hold you in my arms and kiss you deeply, deeply, billions of times, as hot as the equatorial sun." He looked down at the letter and muttered softly, then he closed the letter and looked up. Look at her "That's what this letter is all about, no one ever told you it's immoral to read other people's letters?"

She felt like a thief yelling, "Stop a thief."

At the same time, there is a feeling of being struck by lightning.

She subconsciously pinched the black swan pendant around her neck like it was her talisman.

"You've been wearing it, and it was given to you by your husband?" Napoleon put his hand on the armchair, and she noticed that the armrest was in the shape of a swan, but it was not a white swan, but a gilded swan.

"It's a pair. His one is a white swan."

"How about a different necklace? The police recently recovered the stolen Regent gem, and there is also a pink diamond. I will let the best jewelry designer in Paris..."

"No, thank you for your kindness," whispered Pomona. "I don't like diamonds."

"Then what do you like?" He looked down at the skirt on her body, and then frowned. "Why are you wearing the prom outfit again?"

"I'm the woman in red, please don't call me Georgiana," Pomona said. "I don't want your 'n' on me."

He is angry.

But he didn't do anything, but stood up and walked around in the study like a trapped animal, looking like a kid who was holding a rose in front of the door of his sweetheart but didn't know how to knock on the door.

"I admire you, General Bonaparte, you are a man of brains, but I don't think you should give me such an expensive gift." She said calmly, "If you can calm down, you should know that money costs money." In more crucial places, don't make the same mistakes as the Directorate and the Bourbons."

"You want to know the progress of the negotiation, how about exchanging something?" He suddenly said casually.

"What do you want me to exchange?"

"Give me a kiss," said Napoleon, staring at her. "I wonder if it will taste like fire."

"No." Pomona shook her head.

"Why?" He said a little angrily.

"I love my country, but I don't love it enough to sacrifice myself in this way." She said calmly, "But I can give my life to protect my homeland just like a man."

"Are you so eager for equal rights with men?"

"England was also once ruled by the queen. I have to say that Elizabeth ruled well. The Spanish Armada was destroyed during her reign. I hope you don't just look at a woman by her appearance and belly."

"I'm jealous of your husband." He looked away after a moment, lowered his head, and said with a look of frustration.

"Then you must not let him know, he will get carried away with pride." Pomona smiled and shook her head.

"Why has he been away from you for so long?" asked Napoleon.

"Actually, it wasn't that long." Pomona recalled, no wonder she felt hungry, because she ate oysters for dinner, this kind of seafood is not as hungry as red meat.

"You expect peace because he is at war?" Napoleon asked calmly.

"Probably." Pomona said with some melancholy, "Once a war breaks out, no one can survive alone."

"Your country's envoys are very arrogant." Napoleon said disgustedly, "You can kill the French, but you can't intimidate the French. If you want to fight, I will fight with you."

"Oh my God," Pomona muttered.

She had forgotten that Britain in the 19th century was in the era of imperialism, and there were fanatics shouting about the empire on which the sun never sets.

"If you don't change an ambassador, the peace talks will be over." Napoleon said.

"How about letting the church be the messenger?" Pomona reminded, "I heard that they like to release doves of peace."