Make France Great Again

Chapter 751 Warm-up before the meeting—World Expo

April 11, 1855, 7 a.m.

When the warm sunlight entered the room through the light blue curtains, and extended to Augusta's face, Augusta, who was lying naked on the bed, slowly opened her hazy sleepy eyes and pushed them with her hands. Beside Jerome Bonaparte.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who was sleeping next to Queen Augusta, had no intention of waking up. After being gently pushed twice by Augusta, he had a bored expression on his face, and then he used his hand to He gently pushed Augusta's arm away with his hand.

After all, no matter who is busy until midnight last night, it is impossible to get up early and vigorously the next day.

In this world, we only hear about cows that die from exhaustion, but we have never heard of fields that are damaged by plowing.

Seeing that Jérôme Bonaparte still didn't wake up, Augusta had to change his clothes first. After Augusta had completely changed into the clothes for attending the Century Exposition, he came to Jérôme Bonaparte again. around.

This time, Augusta directly grabbed the quilt covering Jérôme Bonaparte with both hands, and then pulled hard.

The white velvet quilt fell to the ground, and Jérôme Bonaparte woke up after losing the quilt.

Jérôme Bonaparte, who had just woken up, looked at Augusta with a hazy look on his face, and then slowly asked: "Augusta, what time is it now!"

Augusta took Jérôme Bonaparte out of his pocket, glanced at the time and replied: "Your Majesty, it is already 7:40, and there is only one hour and twenty minutes left before the opening ceremony. !”

"What!" Jérôme Bonaparte woke up completely when he heard the time. Then he climbed out of bed with a shudder, and then hurriedly looked for the clothes he wore for the expo, and complained: "You Why didn't you wake me up earlier!"

Queen Augusta curled her lips and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte in a slightly sarcastic tone: "I wanted to ask someone to get up, but he didn't want to get up! What can I do? You can’t kick me with your feet!”

"My fault! My fault!" Jérôme Bonaparte, who knew he was right, apologized to Queen Augusta repeatedly and asked about the location of Queen Augusta's coat.

Queen Augusta glanced at Jerome Bonaparte helplessly. She slowly walked to the clothes hanger not far from Jerome Bonaparte's bedside and threw the Lev's dress hanging on the hanger. Jerome Bonaparte.

"Thank you!" Jerome Bonaparte quickly put on Lev's dress, then took Queen Augusta's hand and left the bedroom.

The two people walking in the corridor quickly arrived at the restaurant under the guidance of the servants.

After a simple breakfast, Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta stood in the hall of the Tuileries Palace at around 8:30.

"Mokar, can we leave now?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Mokar.

"Your Majesty, all parties are ready and ready to go at any time!" Mokar responded respectfully to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Okay! Let's go!" Jerome Bonaparte immediately gave the order to set off.

Mokar took Jérôme Bonaparte and my aunt casually to a gorgeous carriage, and then opened the door.

Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta entered the carriage one after another. When the door was completely closed, Jerome Bonaparte closed the curtains again, so that the outside world could not see clearly what was going on inside.

"Let's go!" Mokar shouted, and the carriage started slowly.

When the carriage drove to the gardens of the Tuileries Palace, the dragoon troops originally waiting in the garden, under the command of their commander, Major Jérôme Patterson, escorted Jérôme Bonaparte in an orderly manner. Front, back, left and right, leaving no opportunity for anyone who attempts to assassinate.

The carriage carried Jerome Bonaparte westward along the Seine River, and soon arrived at Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris. This was the Century Exposition chosen by Jerome Bonaparte and Fuld. The place of completion.

At 8:53, the carriage slowly stopped about 100 meters away from the magnificent palace. In front of the carriage was an "ocean" of people.

"Your Majesty, we are here!" The coachman sitting in the driver's seat shouted at Jerome Bonaparte and Vernia in the carriage.

The door opened slowly, and Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta slowly got out of the carriage.

"Your Majesty is here!"

"Your Majesty is here!"

The tourists in the back row shouted loudly after seeing Jerome Bonaparte, and the sound soon spread from the back row to the front row.

The tourists from all over the world who stood outside the Palace of the Century Exposition looked back one after another. They also wanted to see the true face of Jerome Bonaparte.

"Hello everyone!" Jérôme Bonaparte stretched out his hand and waved to the tourists present.

After seeing this gesture, the "atmosphere team" installed in the crowd quickly shouted "Long live Bonaparte, long live the Empire!"

Led by the atmosphere team, everyone began to shout the slogan "Long live Bonaparte, long live the Empire"!

The sound resounded like an overwhelming force outside the palace of the Century Exposition, and penetrated the wall tiles of the palace and entered the palace.

After hearing the shouts from the outside world, Eugene Schneider, who was in the exhibit area, subconsciously approached Basilio, the leader of the French exhibition area next to him, and whispered: "Mr. Basilio, your Majesty is here. !”

"I heard it!" Basilio nodded, and then subconsciously glanced at the exhibits. These are all things that the North Industrial Group can handle (aluminum products, purple dresses, Bordeaux wine, saxophones, converters Steelmaking technology and Moltke's breech-loading gun are not included in the exhibition), he believed that with these things he should be able to bring honor to the emperor.

Then, he asked Eugene Schneider: "Mr. Schneider, you should be able to defeat Krupp's steam hammer now!"

"Mr. Basilio, please rest assured!" Schneider responded proudly to Basilio: "The steam hammer in the hands of Alfred Krupp is simply not comparable to the one in our hands, and our Schneider Company This time there’s more than just steam hammers on display!

This time I will definitely let the outside world know that Schneider is a better company than Krupp! "

"Mr. Schneider, I'm looking forward to it!!" Basili replied to Eugene Schneider,

On the other hand, amidst the cheers of many tourists, Jérôme Bonaparte and Queen Augusta slowly passed through the "real pedestrian passage" composed of soldiers and policemen and arrived at the main entrance of the Century Exposition to the right. Side stands.

Looking at the imperial ministers and foreign envoys standing in a line under the stands, Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta shook hands with them respectively.

When shaking hands with Baron Haussmann, Jerome Bonaparte deliberately patted Baron Haussmann on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Baron Haussmann humbly replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "This is what I should do!"

After Jérôme Bonaparte had shaken hands with everyone, he specially brought Fouad and Cavour in front of him and told them that they would also give a speech later.

Fouad and Gafoor both had surprised expressions on their faces, but they still nodded to express their understanding.

Jérôme Bonaparte and Queen Augusta appeared on the stage under the spotlight.

"I am honored to represent France at the opening ceremony of this Century Exposition... Although this exposition is held by France, it does not only belong to France. It is an exposition for the entire world... The meaning of this exposition is Show diversity to the world..." Jérôme Bonaparte gushed about the meaning of the World's Fair, and then gradually led the topic to why he decided to open it early.

He told the tourists present that the reason why he opened the event in advance was to let the world know the value of peace (purely to put money on his face).

After all, the war in Crimea has just dissipated, and the world is in need of peace. He hopes to use this century's expo to wash away the remaining smoke in Crimea.

"I hope this war will be the last war in Europe. Let us join hands to defend peace! Under the brilliance of enlightenment ideas and rationality, we should not fight like wild beasts. We should learn from the United States of America and work hard to build peace. We are working hard for a new Europa concept, and we living in Europa should be a community, not independent individuals."

After the speech, Jérôme Bonaparte bowed to everyone present as usual.

The audience immediately burst into warm applause, and then Jérôme Bonaparte directed the topic to Fouad and Cavour, and invited them to come forward and say a few words.

Therefore, Fouad and Cavour respectively delivered speeches at the opening of the Paris Exposition.

After the two men's speeches ended, Jérôme Bonaparte nodded to Baron Haussmann in the audience, and Baron Haussmann ordered his men to open the door to the World's Fair.

People poured into the Exposition of the Century, while Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta left under the escort of soldiers. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com

Jerome Bonaparte, who had had enough of scenic spots in his previous life, was unwilling to visit in such a crowded environment.

Sitting on the carriage, Jerome Bonaparte began to silently calculate the profit and loss of the Century Expo. After careful calculation, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly discovered that the Century Expo seemed to be facing a loss.

After all, each ticket costs only 2 francs, and France spent nearly 10 million francs on the entire expo.

It will take about 5 million people to make back the money, and the expo will only last for 180-200 days, which is equivalent to at least 25,000 people watching every day.

Such a number was not even reached by the last New York Exposition. Only Albert's Universal Exposition of 1851 could reach this number.

Who makes the whole of France like to visit for free? The price of 2 francs is already the limit they can afford.

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