Flowers, Swords and France

Charlotte's determination to build a new home seemed very firm. After dinner, she took a short rest and then took Charles and the others who came with them, plus the servants in the manor, all armed and marched towards the valley. .

Yes, there were many people who came with Charles and Charlotte. They were all armed guards of the Duke of Treville or hired mercenaries, adding up to hundreds of people. Except for dozens of mercenaries in uniform, everyone else was wearing casual clothes and marching without any formation.

The Duke and Charlotte seemed to be planning to take advantage of the great opportunity of the chaos in the world to solve the problem that had troubled them for many years in the manor once and for all and restore their legal property rights.

Charles and Charlotte rode their horses, stayed at the back of the team, and moved forward with the large army.

"Charles, did you see that?" Charlotte was wearing a hunting suit and holding a pistol in her hand. She looked at Charles beside her with a smile, "We will soon be able to drive all these bastards out of our estate, and then everything will be quiet!"

"Really? I wish you all the best." Charles shrugged his shoulders lightly, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.

"What's your attitude?" Charlotte was very dissatisfied with his absent-mindedness, and couldn't help scolding him again, "Don't forget, this will be ours in the future! After driving away these thieves, the annual income of the farm can increase by more than half!"

No matter how much it increases, can it be comparable to building a large steel plant? That's taking a mountain of gold and silver to fill the house!

Charles refuted in his heart.

The actions of the Dukes of Treville were not isolated, but a class orientation. The old nobles represented by Charlotte, although they suffered repeated setbacks and were severely damaged in the Great Revolution and the July Monarchy, still maintained a large degree of political and economic power. Moreover, they would not be content with failure, but would always think about taking revenge and recovering the rights and interests that were accidentally lost in the past during the Great Revolution.

In the current situation where the July Monarchy collapsed and the Bourbon Dynasty was expected to be restored, they were of course greatly encouraged and were happy to do a big job. Of course, in their eyes, this was to restore the old property rights and rights, which was a reasonable and just act.

In Charlotte's eyes, Charles, who was absent-minded about the feat of restoring his ancestral property and annexing land, was an outlier. She would not even think about how much money she could make if she followed Charles's advice, which essentially went against the instinct of the nobility.

Therefore, in this era, the nobles who always look to the past will gradually be replaced by the bourgeoisie who have a broader vision, more ambition, and are more vicious in doing bad things.

When Charlotte and others were still thinking about using guns to drive out the poor, Baron Bowen had already thought of how to use weapons such as revolution and political axe decrees to rob the property owners across the country - what kind of gap is this?

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After a period of marching, the group slowly came to the mouth of the valley, and the farmhouse in the small valley was already in sight.

At the mouth of the valley, the low wall made of stones also blocked the only way to enter the valley. From a distance, there were many figures behind the low wall, and some gun barrels were looming in it.

Obviously, after receiving Charlotte's ultimatum, these farmers were determined to resist stubbornly.

"These people really refuse to give up!" After seeing this scene, Charlotte couldn't help but sneer.

Then, she turned her head and looked at the leader of the mercenaries. Because of his military experience, he was appointed by the Duke as the general manager of the clearing operation.

"Everything is up to you, sir. The reward will not be less at that time, don't worry!"

The mercenary leader immediately bowed and accepted the order.

"Yes, miss. We will get your land back for you soon."

Then, the leader turned around, waved to his people, and led his people to move forward slowly. Under the leadership of this group of people, the others followed behind them and walked forward carefully.

Just when they were a few dozen meters away from the valley entrance, "bang!" More than a dozen chaotic gunshots rang out one after another.

With the help of gunpowder, the bullets rushed out quickly and rushed towards the enemies who tried to rob their homes.

Soon, several wails and screams rang out, and some people even fell to the sky and there was no sound anymore.

Frightened by the screams of the wounded, the servants sent by the manor and the duke immediately became frightened, hesitated to move forward, and even slowly retreated. Even the mercenaries' curses were useless.

As the friendly forces retreated, the mercenaries had to retreat temporarily after firing a few shots in a hurry, and did not even take the dead with them.

"What a useless guy, a bunch of good-for-nothings!" The failure of the first trial advance made Charlotte, who was watching the battle from the rear, a little annoyed, and she cursed directly, "Go again!"

Under the urging of the master, these people had to set foot on the road to the valley entrance again.

But this time, they were much smarter, moving much slower, and relying on trees as cover while moving forward carefully.

However, the other side seemed to be very patient, always shooting at the attackers after they were at a certain distance and could not hide, so each round of shooting always brought some casualties. This was not surprising. Due to the Great Revolution, many of the old farmers had joined the army, and they often went hunting, so they were good at shooting.

After a while, the attackers learned their lesson and no longer thought about rushing over directly. Instead, they shot at the farmers from dozens of meters away under the cover of trees. In this case, the hit rate of both sides was naturally very low, or even no hit rate at all.

In this way, although the farmers had simple weapons and few people, they fought to defend their homes, so their morale was high, and they had built simple positions early, which gave them a defensive advantage; while the attackers had more people and better equipment, but everyone was afraid of death, so the situation fell into a short stalemate.

However, Charlotte was not in a hurry, but just sneered at the mobs who dared to resist behind the valley entrance.

"Charles, I will burn their nests to the ground!" With endless anger and hatred, she said to Charles beside her word by word, her fingers tightly grasped the whip, and her originally slender fingers now looked even paler, obviously her heart was far less calm than on the surface.

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She was not wrong. These peasants could not have a lot of ammunition reserves. Although the fight was ugly, as long as they continued to fight, their ammunition would definitely be exhausted soon, and in the end they would be defeated by Charlotte's side with their numerical advantage.

What they faced next was destined to be a displacement.

Yes, the constitution after the February Revolution has given them the right to vote, and they can cast their votes in parliamentary and presidential elections in the future, but what use is this to them? ** The disorder after the collapse of the country has brought them much more harm than the power given to them by the constitution on paper.

Votes can neither punish nor shake the rural tycoons. Under the weak control of the government, these local tycoons turned regions into kingdoms of power and essentially ended the ideal democratic system - until the 21st century, in third world countries such as the Philippines and Mexico, this is still a realistic problem.

After losing confidence in concepts such as "revolution", "republic", "government", and "votes", the peasants, who are in a weak position in front of the tycoons, will be inspired by the ideal strongman coming to power, hoping that a strongman can represent their interests and defend their hard-won land.

Why was Louis Bonaparte able to come to power in the subsequent presidential election? A big reason is that these small farmers who benefited from the Great Revolution were afraid of the old ruling class's revenge and were afraid of falling into the debt of the bourgeoisie, so they hoped that a strongman could come to power to protect their interests.

Nothing, more than the gunshots of Charlotte and the declarations such as "the era when France allowed you evil people to do whatever you want is over!", made them more afraid and resentful.

They want to find a patron saint, and they will soon find one - there is a person who is happy to play this role, giving them hope with a sincere smile.

The surname Bonaparte has this kind of magic for them. They regard Louis Bonaparte as the shadow of his uncle, and believe that the nephew can be equal to his uncle and can protect their interests like Emperor Napoleon who made the "Code".

It is for this reason that the peasants shouted the slogan "**Republic, long live the emperor!" and elected Louis Bonaparte as president, and also voted for him to abolish the Republic and ascend the throne to become the emperor of the Second Empire.

Therefore, the more Charlotte made a fuss, the more frightened the peasants were, and the more she earned votes for Louis Bonaparte.

And the gunshots of Charlotte and others were not only the death curse that frightened the small farmers, but also the final death knell of the Bourbon dynasty.

As Charles was daydreaming, he secretly ordered people to spread the land conflicts between nobles and peasants in various places after returning to Paris, so as to create panic among the peasants on a larger scale. Regardless of whether the current property rights are legal or not, their land was taken from the nobles after all, and they will be afraid after all.

Thinking of this, he looked at the small battlefield in the distance leisurely.

In his sight, behind the low wall, there was a figure who seemed to have been shot, and fell backwards quickly, and then fell to the ground.

"Oh, we lost another vote!" This scene made Charles feel a little depressed. (To be continued.)