Chapter 725 Men want to fight
Pierre Guiscard snorted and said: "And leather."
"It's not worth 200 million francs to peel off your skin!"
Pierre Guiscard rolled his eyes at the old marshal, tilted his head and then retorted.
"It's a loan, they just used Alaska as collateral."
“What if the Russians don’t pay back the money?!”
"How do you know they won't pay back the money? Or are you all colluding?"
Pierre Guiscard's practice of knocking people off their feet is very common in shopping malls, but Soult is a soldier after all, and even though he is old and frail, he still maintains a bit of blood.
"I will kill you traitor now!"
Seeing that the old marshal was really angry, the onlookers immediately fired the old marshal's gun.
"Prime Minister, don't be angry. Mr. Giscard is right. There are still several years to go. We'll talk about it then."
"Yes! Mr. Giscard was the first to succeed in negotiating with the Russians!"
"Yes! Yes! This is a victory for France!"
"We won! We won! We won!"
What you say to the people around you means what I say. The traitor Sirte called a traitor who spent 200 million to buy a freezer became a "hero" in the eyes of everyone.
Soult could only throw the scepter in his hand to the ground and walk away, because there were too many Orleanist financial capitalists in the cabinet at this time, and they were colluding with each other. Even if Guizot went to North America, they could not suppress this group of people. development of.
Soult could only go to King Louis Philippe. However, the big money masters behind the Orleans faction had already communicated with the latter, and the former could only meet with disgrace.
In the end, after Soult's repeated requests, Pierre Guiscard was dismissed from office and did not suffer any substantial punishment.
Two hundred million francs seems to be nothing to the July Monarchy, whose annual fiscal revenue is as high as 1.4 billion francs, but in fact at this time, the French government's annual property expenditures were higher than its income.
Moreover, the pressure on the deficit is getting bigger and bigger. If this continues, the entire French government will have to work for those financial capitalists.
At this time, the French government could only continue to borrow 200 million francs, and the interest rate on the loan was higher than the interest rate France lent to the Russians.
In the end, the upper-class capitalists of the dynasty won, and so did the Russians, but all these burdens were passed on to the country.
Soult could only sit in his office and sigh. Although he felt that the Orleanists were playing with fire, he also could not accept the Bonapartists who advocated war.
As for those orthodox factions who advocated traditional monarchy, they were even more of a joke in Soult's eyes, because the Great Revolution was not as simple as just chopping off a few heads.
Some things cannot be killed once they appear, and some things can never come back once they die.
Louis Philippe actually felt that the deal was a good one, and he was proud of his great achievements.
You must know that Alaska is three times the size of mainland France. Which king in history can compare with him for such civil and martial arts?
In fact, the French have never given up the fight for the Rhineland and the three South German countries, but the German Confederation was too strong at this time, so he needed help.
And this obviously cannot be the British. After all, the British do not want any continental country to become too strong.
Of course, it cannot be Prussia and Austria, because the Rhineland is the land of the former, and the latter is the nominal chairman of the German Confederation, which still has some dignity.
As for countries like Sweden and Poland, they are simply not on the table. Of course, if the Poles can really recover, that is another matter. But judging from their performance in the past few months, Louis Philippe feels that the energy of these people is limited.
Russia also has ambitions in the German region and is very dissatisfied with Austria's actions in the Balkans, so it is the most suitable ally for France at this time.
In the Caucasus, the new Governor Paskevich did not rush into the mountains for a decisive battle, but adopted a step-by-step strategy.
Advance step by step with deep ditch fortresses, resolutely engage in a decisive frontal battle, and then take the opportunity to send Cossack cavalry to carry out plundering missions.
The so-called plunder mission is a barbaric tactic, similar to the Japanese army's three-guang policy during the Anti-Japanese War, only more primitive and barbaric.
Paskevich, the governor of the Caucasus, authorized free plundering rights to the Cossacks and soldiers who dared to penetrate deep into the Caucasus mountains.
They can plunder any hostile target and kill any resisters. The targets of plunder include property and the resisters themselves.
At first, Imam Shamir led his Chechen soldiers to resist tenaciously, achieving a large number of victories and indeed scaring away some Cossacks.
But in front of the Russians who believe in difficulties, the iron bar sweeps across, the difficulties increase, and the iron bar doubles. The heroic resistance of the Imam Khanate only added some entertainment to Paskevich.
The executioner who once suppressed the Warsaw Uprising had asked for some new toys from Tsar Nicholas I before he came.
They were prisoners from Siberia and criminals from St. Petersburg, among them thieves, hooligans, gangsters, murderers, cultists, Decembrists, and ordinary people who took desperate risks.
Paskiewicz trained these men, gave them weapons, and promised them a chance at redemption.
"Go fight! You scumbags! Go kill! Go destroy! Kill those enemies of Russia! Go conquer! Go enslave! Let their wives and daughters cry under your "monthly praise"!"
remember! The winner will not only get honor, but also freedom! "
"Men want to fight!"
Although Paskiewicz's words were simple, they were very clear, targeted and provocative.
Then more criminal legions and Cossack cavalry entered the mountains. They were rampant and unscrupulous. Their fighting power was far stronger than ordinary gray animals, and their behavior was more animalistic.
The mountain people in the Caucasus suffered a devastating blow, the resisters were massacred, and the surrendered people became transport mules and horses, and slaves who were bullied.
Imam Shamir's letter for help did not receive a response, so this time he sent another group of people to Tripoli.
When the Chechens arrived in Tripoli on Ottoman ships, the Karamanli family was still ready to receive them as before.
Tripoli.
In 814 BC, the Phoenicians established a city here. Later, the Romans, Arabs, Spaniards, and Turks came here successively, leaving their colorful marks.
The city in this oasis is completely different from the deserts we saw along the way. The blue sea, blue sky, lush city, busy port, and exquisite buildings all make people forget to leave.
But as the representative of the Imam Khanate, Ibrahim and his men had no such leisurely mood at all. The steward of the Karamanli family received them warmly as usual.
The sumptuous food and fragrant wine, coupled with the leisurely sea breeze and the hard-working performers of the dancing musicians, make these people who come from a bitter cold place feel a bit unreal.