Expedition to Europe

Gaston Doumergue, born in 1863, is 61 years old. He had served in Indochina and North Africa in his early years. In 1893, he was elected to the House of Representatives as a radical socialist and began his political career.

Gaston Doumergue is also a legend. During his 31 years as a member of the House of Representatives, people commented on Gaston Doumergue as being kind and approachable. In fact, since the end of the world war, France has become more popular in recent years. Leaders have never been very reliable, so Gaston Doumergue’s campaign declaration was to be a “normal president.” Considering Gaston Doumergue’s age, this declaration impressed quite a few French people. .

The most eye-catching thing about Gaston Doumergue is that he is not married so far. Although he has a regular girlfriend, Gaston Doumergue has put on a posture of dedicating his life to France. This is This made Pierre, who was already at a disadvantage in terms of age, look a little unreliable.

In fact, youth should be Pierre's advantage, but this advantage belongs to the future. For now, Pierre's age is a disadvantage. The French really cannot imagine handing over France to Pierre, a "young man in his thirties". "On the body.

When Chinese people talk about their age, they like to describe it as "having no hair on their lips and not being able to do things well". In fact, Westerners also have this concept. At this time, national leaders basically have big beards on their faces, and they still have to be unkempt and unable to act properly. At first glance, It's the kind that has experienced wind, frost, rain, and snow, and that gives people a reliable feeling.

As for Pierre, who has a fair face and no beard, he usually doesn't feel very reliable, and even feels like a "white-faced adulterer".

This is an objective fact, and even Lan Fang and Rockefeller cannot change it.

"The Prime Minister is not bad. If you can perform well as Prime Minister, you will still have opportunities in the future." Qin Zhiyuan encouraged Pierre.

French politicians are all up and down. This does not mean that French politicians are open-minded, but that the political atmosphere in France is relatively relaxed. For the French, running for national leadership is like running for director of a street office. , this one looks more pleasing to the eye, well, let’s try to elect this one as the president. If it doesn’t work in two years, then let’s get rid of him and replace him with another one. After another two years, we find that he is not as good as the previous one, then Just get the old one back——

It's such a serious politics, but it's like returning or exchanging goods within seven days without any reason. It's really hard to be serious.

"I'm afraid it will be too late in a few years -" Pierre looked at Qin Zhiyuan as he spoke, his expression a bit like a smile but not a smile.

Everyone knows that the situation in France has not been very good in recent years. At this time, it is right for the people to choose a friendly and approachable president. However, considering the international situation facing France, it is not a good thing for the president to be too peace-loving.

Pierre's campaign slogan is "Bring France back to its golden age", which roughly means that he hopes France will regain its glory and be reborn. This idea cannot be wrong, because the current situation in France is indeed much worse than before, but the French have always been Proud, proud French people do not think that France is weak now, so Pierre's campaign slogan did not gain much resonance among the people, and only achieved a certain degree of consensus among the elite.

The sad part is that those damn votes are in the hands of people who don’t know the truth. It’s those people who can decide who controls the fate of France. So Pierre is most likely not to be elected president, but he will. Gain the confidence of the president and thus have the power to form a government.

Pierre was very aware of the international environment facing France, so Pierre suddenly said: "I heard that Lanfang's army landed on the four islands of Comoros——"

This matter is not a secret. Before landing on Moheli Island, Lanfang's army routinely asked the French Governor-General in Madagascar. The Governor-General's reply was that the four islands of Comoros are not currently under the protection of the French government.

The explanation given by the Governor-General's Palace to the French Colonial Ministry afterwards was to let the rebels on the four Comorian islands know the ruthlessness of the Lanfang people, and then the Comoros would miss France's tolerance. The Colonial Ministry did not raise this issue with Lanfang. protest, but is already examining candidates for the next French governor in Madagascar.

Of course Pierre is aware of this matter. From a French perspective, if Pierre is elected President of France, regardless of the outcome, Pierre will definitely ask Lanfang to withdraw his troops, but it seems that this is no longer necessary. , Gaston Doumergue would probably not protest.

After Gaston Doumergue was elected, his first priority was to improve relations with the major powers of the world. The relationship with Lanfang was the top priority, so at this time Gaston Doumergue would probably not Protest.

What's more, even if Gaston Doumergue protests, the Lanfang government may not pay attention.

Qin Zhiyuan knew what Pierre was thinking, and had no intention of blaming him. He just responded slowly: "It's not the four islands of Comoros, it's just Moheli Island."

That's all!

Pierre was really filled with hatred. If France didn't even have a person in charge, how could it be possible for Lan Fang to succeed so easily? Even though it was just Moheli Island now, Pierre knew very well that soon, The entire four islands of Comoros will be in Lanfang's possession.

Pierre was right. While Pierre and Qin Zhiyuan were watching the game, Qin Mu and Doug arrived in Durban on the freighter "Justice".

The "Justice" is a French cargo ship that travels between the northern port city of Ambanza and Durban all year round. After the "White Rise" returned, there were only two assault boats on Moheli Island. It was okay to use them to travel between Moheli Island and Ambanza, but it was impossible to go to Durban, so Qin Mu and Doug had to transfer to the "Justice" to go to Durban smoothly.

Qin Mu arrived in Durban with three other agents and a squad of marines. Of course, these soldiers are now in plain clothes. Durban is now a city controlled by the British. If the Lanfang marines come in uniform, it may cause misunderstandings from the British.

Durban is the largest city in South Africa on the east coast of Africa. The rise of this city should be attributed to the British. From the first moment of its birth, Durban has been closely linked to trade, first the slave trade, then the ivory trade, and then the sugar cane. All of this has jointly created Durban's current prosperity.

Although the British government banned the slave trade in 1839, the slave trade has never been truly banned in Durban, a city that rose because of the slave trade. When Qin Mu arrived in Durban, he saw that the slave trade still existed. According to Doug's introduction, if Lan Fang wanted to obtain enough labor, the most convenient way was to cooperate with local slave traders in Durban.

Slave traders!

Qin Mu really couldn't imagine that such people still existed in the 20th century.

But with Doug's introduction, Qin Mu gradually accepted this fact.

How to say it, first of all, it is certain that the Westerners led by Britain are definitely the biggest black hands in the slave trade, but the cooperation of Persians and blacks is also indispensable. Long before the Westerners engaged in the slave trade, the Persians started the slave trade. At that time, the Persian camel caravans could be said to be slave hunting teams. They captured blacks from Africa continuously, and then castrated them, either as their own slaves, or resold them.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @book/bar!

Tsk tsk, look at this method, castrate first and then use, no wonder there are few black people in the Middle East in the 21st century, they have no reproductive ability at all——

Black people are the best labor force. When Westerners developed America, a black slave could do the work of four Indians, so black slaves were very popular. Under the temptation of interests, not only Persians, but also African chiefs extended their evil black hands to those innocent black people. Some chiefs even sold their own tribes to Westerners.

When the British decided to abolish the slave trade, some African chiefs publicly expressed their opposition because they could exchange 20 to 30 pounds for a strong slave. When people asked a chief to stop this trade, the chief actually said: "What! Can a cat stop catching mice? Which cat doesn't want to die with a mouse in its mouth? I want to die with a slave in my mouth."

So all kinds of "rape" are really everywhere, what is this? Black rapist?

After learning about this situation, Qin Mu did not rush to find the slave trader, but sent a telegram to Coconut City in Durban, telling the matter in detail.

This telegram was quickly transferred to Qin Zhiyuan. After reading the telegram, Qin Zhiyuan immediately decided to revoke the decision to lure blacks and Persians to join the Lanfang Foreign Legion by joining the nationality. Since the loyalty of blacks can be obtained by money, there is no need to pay the price of Lanfang nationality. To be honest, from the heart of Qin Zhiyuan, Qin Zhiyuan is still skeptical about whether blacks can become good citizens.

As for the Persians, Qin Zhiyuan thinks that is not a problem. Now there is no Saudi Arabia in this world, only Najd, and Najd has no oil. It is impossible to wave a lot of dollars to support extreme sects like another world. The Persians in Lanfang do not have Persian characteristics. Any small white hats, veils, etc., as long as they can reflect national characteristics, are not allowed to be worn, and Persian is not allowed to be used, let alone schools that use Persian. In this way, in a few years, when this generation of Persians grows old, Lanfang will completely have no Persians.

After receiving Qin Zhiyuan’s latest order, Qin Mu immediately went to find the largest local slave trader in Durban.

What surprised Qin Mu was that the biggest slave trader in Durban was actually a black man. Qin Mu really couldn't understand it. He wondered if this guy named Osas would be awakened by nightmares at night.

This is also easy to understand. When the Republic of China exported labor abroad, the largest labor export companies were all run by Chinese.

It's just a more elegant way of saying it, but the meaning is the same.