Chapter 2736: Worrying about France from afar
Carlson was young and promising. He was born in a noble family in the Kingdom of Sweden. He was close to the water, and he first went to Nanjing. He became the military attache of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden in Xinming. Wang appreciated it, and then went to the South China Empire to become the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the South China Empire.
When he was very young, he had been to France and had a deep affection for France.
The education of aristocratic families is very thoughtful, and they will let their children travel around the world to increase their knowledge and expand their contacts.
Carlson found that among the European countries, the Kingdom of France was the best.
The ancestors of France are broad, and its history can be traced back to Charlemagne in 800 A.D., that is, the heart K in the playing card. On Christmas in 800 A.D., the Pope of Rome wore a crown of an ancient Roman emperor on the Charles' head, proclaiming him "Augustus, Emperor of the Romans!"
The Frankish Empire of Charlemagne, under his series of wars in the east and west, made a huge empire appear in Europe again, and its territory was even comparable to the Roman Empire.
Afterwards, the Frankish Empire was divided into three, West Frankish belonged to Charles the Bald, East Frankish belonged to Louis the German, and Middle Frankish belonged to Lortaire, gradually laying the foundation for the territory of the three countries of France, Germany and Italy. The Kingdom of West Frankish, which Charles the Bald shared, was soon renamed the Kingdom of France.
Germany and Italy have been fragmented and stagnant, and they are still the same now. The Kingdom of France was the first to be unified. After the test of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the Kingdom of France has truly matured.
France is a big European country with a long history and rich culture. It is a collection of romantic fashion in Europe and leads the fashion trend in Europe. After arriving in Paris, people from all over the world will agree that Paris is the fashion capital of Europe.
Opera, ballet, oil painting, poetry, music, clothing, wine, buildings, etc. are all business cards of France, well, there are also food, court balls, and salons!
Especially mentioning the salon, starting from the 17th century, celebrities in Paris (mostly ladies and ladies, such as the salon run by the first mistress of King Louis XIV, Meng Jie, which attracted men) set up salons. It has become a famous social place. In the era when books were not popular and various publicity tools were not developed, it had a great influence, and it was an excellent stage to show one's own expanded influence.
There are dramatists, novelists, poets, musicians, painters, critics, philosophers and politicians in and out of the salon, and some of the literati and bachelors often recite their new works in the salon. They share similar interests and gather together, sipping drinks and enjoying elegant music, while holding a long talk on various issues of common interest, disseminating information freely in the salon, creating public opinion, and absorbing wisdom from the high-spirited talks. Language, insight into people's conscience.
That is to say, "Talking and laughing are clever, and communication is not white!"
An authentic "salon" has the following characteristics:
1. To be held regularly;
2. The locations are mostly magnificent or elegant and exquisite places;
3. The time is at night, because the lights can often create a hazy and romantic aesthetic feeling, arousing the interest, eloquence and inspiration of the participants;
4. There are not many people, it is a small circle, usually celebrities;
5. Voluntary association, in twos and threes, with a wide range of topics, very elegant, free to talk and express their opinions;
5. Generally, there is a beautiful salon hostess (this is the key point. As long as the woman is beautiful enough, it doesn’t matter if the place is simple).
Look, this one is trendy!
France's fashion leads the whole of Europe, and no country can compare with it.
In contrast, Carlson had been to London, England, and thought it was a cultural desert. London at that time was very tasteless, full of pirates, fishermen, and businessmen, and the empire on which the sun never sets had not yet been established. There was no money, no one ( There are only over 10 million people in the whole country, and the outskirts of London are the wilderness. If you go out at night, you will not be able to keep your pants), no culture, no taste!
The Netherlands is a country of merchants, who got into the eyes of money; Spain is rich, but the religious atmosphere is too strong, which seriously imprisoned the people's thoughts, and the nobles are full of men and women; It’s a pity that other aspects of the city of music are really not good, and the music there is too orthodox. The sacred music makes people want to become monks. Well, the priests of Western gods are Chinese Buddhist monks.
As for other European countries, hey, they are all backward countries.
As for Russia being a foreigner, Europeans do not recognize the old men as Caucasians at all, thinking that they are Tatars in white skins.
Now that the Chinese are going to attack France, France is destined to be doomed. It is a pity that its splendid culture will be destroyed by these screaming pirates, and France's wealth will be plundered. Those beautiful ladies and ladies will probably become South China pirates His playthings were carried on board and transported away by them.
This is not a joke, Chinese men like Caucasian women very much, and spend a lot of money to buy them every year. The main auction item in the slave market in Rising Sun City is Caucasian women.
The South China Empire strictly prohibited the importation of slaves, and all the participants were forced to do hard labor after being arrested, but they "lended" the white female slaves.
A gust of sea breeze blew, and Carlson couldn't help shivering!
He went to the pier to watch the army see him off. After leaving the pier, he found his bicycle at the storage point and stepped on it to return to the embassy.
Back at the embassy, Carlson talked about French affairs with his deputy, Gerald Moreno. Gerald Moreno was much older than Carlson, had been in the diplomatic circle for a long time, and was well-informed. Unfortunately, he did not A good dad can only be under Carlson.
Carlson asked with low confidence: "The Chinese labor force expedition, France is strong, maybe it can support it?"
"No no no!" Gerard Moreno said: "The French have a lot of troubles, I'm afraid it's hard to support!"
He talked about the extravagant life of King Louis XIV of France, who spent huge sums of money to build the Palace of Versailles, and acted as a bully, buying precious paintings and artworks from all over Europe to fill the Palace of Versailles, which was a huge sum of money!
Carlson asked in amazement: "How do you know so clearly?"
"Hey, a French friend of mine has a set of knight armor at home. It was used by the crusaders who had been to the Holy Land. It was bought by the king. It cost 10,000 Spanish silver coins to put on the aisle (to show off), and this There are twelve similar armors on the same aisle, plus expensive oil paintings, expensive Chinese vases, and high-quality Persian carpets, that aisle may be worth millions of silver dollars!" said Gerald Moreno .
Hearing this, Carlson felt a toothache.
If the money is used as military expenses, I am afraid that the French army's winning rate will increase a little~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Gerard Moreno continued: "If you have money and willfulness, you don't have the ability to open source. The current French tax depends on" package "Taxpayer", that is, the amount of tax that needs to be collected each year is written in a contract and handed over to the taxpayer. The king does not care how much the taxpayer collects, as long as the amount stipulated in the contract is completed.
Those taxpayers are not enthusiastic citizens of France. They are willing to collect taxes for the country in order to make money.
So the taxpayers used the name of the king and the government to come up with all kinds of strange ways to collect taxes. At the end of each year, the taxpayers collected twice the amount stipulated in the contract, which was equivalent to a half-and-half split between the taxpayers and the state.
This kind of taxation system has little benefit to the finances, but it does great harm to the country and the people.
French taxpayers grumbled, unaware that it was not the state that wanted their money. "
"How can France endure this way of fighting? If it continues to fight, it will definitely lose!" Gerald Moreno concluded.
Carlson was silent, and sighed a long time: "May God bless France!" 2084/10185488
