Although the riot has passed for two days, the sadness and pain left by the riot still enveloped this beautiful city of light for a long time. During the riot, at least 7,000 Lisbon civilians and nobles died in misfortune, hundreds of women were violated, 30,000 people fled their homes and were displaced, a large number of public facilities and historical monuments were man-made destruction, countless property was plundered or disappeared unexpectedly... The only thing that is thankful is that the continuous rainy weather made the mob's attempt to set fire to the city against the French army failed, and finally retained the last bit of capital of Lisbon as the capital of Portugal, and gave tens of thousands of fugitives who were returning home to their homes.

When Desay's carriage was steadily parked in front of the Portuguese parliament, the Speaker of Parliament Marquis Biyero and the Governor of Portugal Marquis de Urquijo reached a final compromise on punishing the participation of the Spanish army in the riot.

As expected by Mario, the black leader who committed suicide, Marquis de Urquijo, on behalf of Madrid, assured the citizens of Lisbon that in five days, a special military court would be opened in the city of Barrelu, where the Portuguese governor camp was located, to openly hear the serious crimes of 156 Spanish officers and soldiers who planned, incited and participated in the riot.

However, only one-tenth of the criminals will be sentenced to death and taken to the execution ground for firing; the remaining criminals will be regarded as followers, who are exiled to the Evora area and undergo a medium- and long-term hard work for three to ten years respectively; as for the more than 4,000 Spanish officers and soldiers who were "forced" to be involved in the Lisbon riots, they will receive double pardons from Madrid and Lisbon.

On behalf of His Majesty King Joseph's compensation to the people of Lisbon who suffered severe disasters, Marquis de Urkiho said that he would return three years of government taxes in the Greater Lisbon area, and the money would be used for reconstruction and refugee resettlement in the capital Lisbon; in addition, the Governor of Portugal promised to replace these misbehaving Spanish officers and soldiers to return to Madrid within two months to recruit strict disciplined garrisons; in addition, he would increase the autonomy of the Lisbon parliament, including reorganizing the security police into the National Self-Defense Forces, etc.; in the end, Marquis de Urkiho would conduct property inspections on Spanish soldiers, and the property plundered from Lisbon will be returned to the original owners.

In fact, the amount of the plundered property that was later recovered was pitifully small. Because many Spanish soldiers involved in the riot handed over all the gold, silver, jewelry, precious oil paintings, etc. obtained during the robbery to them, and the loyal black slaves were kept. However, the latter secretly used these stolen goods to exchange weapons, ammunition, food and medicine with the French military intelligence department.

When the bilateral meeting between Marquis Biyero and Marquis Deulkiho was about to end, but when it finally involved the handling of black slaves, it turned into an extremely sensitive topic. Soon, the atmosphere in the conference room seemed a little silent. It was because they knew that this had involved Andrew Desai, the actual ruler of the Lisbon region.

Just a few days ago, when the Regent of Catalonia and British Foreign Secretary Wellesley signed a peace agreement between the two countries, John Gerrard, a British war correspondent on the War of Times, made a special trip to Azamboya City. Before a large number of French troops were about to go south to prepare for the suffocation of the Lisbon riots, he successfully interviewed the supreme commander of the French army on the southern front, Prince Desay.

In an exclusive interview with The London Times, Desai not only severely accused the Spanish army involved in the rebellion, as well as the many brutal thugs in Lisbon, but also expressed the most painful condolences and sincere condolences to the Portuguese people who suffered misfortune and lost their families, and expressed his efforts to help the people of Greater Lisbon through this difficulty, and so on.

Of course, the above words are nonsense, clichés, and big talk that shameless politicians blurted out. Marquis of Biyero and Marquis de Urkiho are really concerned about the last remarks of Prince Desay. After the French commander made a fuss to British journalists, he also talked about the historical roots of the many black slaves actively cooperated with the Spanish rebel forces and actively participated in the Lisbon riots.

Desai loudly condemned the Portuguese Kingdom's black slave trade in Africa as a "serious crime against humanity." He severely criticized the bloody and shameless black slave trade for hundreds of years, as well as the inhumane abuse of black slaves and their descendants, which caused many social, majestic and psychological damage. This is the real social root of the active participation of the vast number of black slaves in the Lisbon riot.

"I personally insist that the good deeds of liberating black slaves are not only reflected in the military, but also in the just act of all mankind. It is fully in line with the increasingly prevalent humanitarian moral norms in Europe... Therefore, Europeans with a sense of justice in their hearts should make careful and correct judgments, because this is the Dunden teaching imposed by the omnipotent God on us!" said Desai.

Putting aside all the high-sounding reasons, Andrew Desay wants to express the meaning clearly and clearly, that is, he firmly opposes the large-scale purge of black slaves involved in the Lisbon riots, and requires the Lisbon official to issue a political declaration and actual actions to further liberate black slaves based on a humane standpoint, rather than delusion to restore the previous black slave system.

Because the impulsive and reckless Spanish rebels bravely acted as scapegoats, the Lisbon nobles who were in trouble were not aware of it. Desay secretly ordered the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Gendarmerie to plan this black slave riot. The only reason was to eat black and eat black. Taking advantage of the chaos in Lisbon, they robbed the huge wealth that the Portuguese had plundered from various colonies over hundreds of years.

However, after eating and drinking, Desai seemed not satisfied. He still wanted to occupy the commanding heights of public opinion and continue to play the glorious role of the black slave liberator. Therefore, he borrowed this report from British journalists to continuously exert a strong political influence on Lisbon.

"Damn British journalist! Damn Times!" After a long silence, Marquis Biyero and Marquis Deulkiho looked at each other, and then expressed their resentment in unison.

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After the British Expeditionary Force failed and returned to China, John Gerald originally wanted to follow his friend, British Minister Henry, to return to London. However, the day before his departure, Walter, the boss of the Times, suddenly sent someone to send him an instruction, and the boss asked the famous war reporter who suffered from war to continue to stay in Lisbon and on the Iberian Peninsula.

In addition, the boss Walter Jr. also gave Gerald a task to interview the winner of the Portuguese War, the monarch of Catalonia, Andrew Desay. For this reason, Walter Jr. generously increased John Gerard's special allowance for war correspondents from 1 pound a week to 5 times, reaching the current 5 pound a week.

As a successful newspaper businessman in the 19th century, Walter Jr. was certainly not a charitable philanthropist. He was keen and efficient. In 1803, Walter Jr. took over the management power of the Times from his father Walter, gradually cut off economic ties with the government and relied on advertising and distribution income to be fully independent. While winning the highest position in the journalism industry, the Times also used its huge reporter website throughout the UK and even Europe to frequently understand the emotions and opinions of all classes as the basis for comment, so it gradually became an important force in the public opinion community and then became the leading newspaper in the UK.

When the British Expeditionary Force led by Wellington failed in the Third Portuguese War and the British domestic situation was in a state of grief, he repeatedly accused the government and parliament, but Walter Jr. was keenly aware of the unusual reaction of Whitehall and a certain clock in the Downing Street Cabinet. It seemed that the top British political leaders and the upper class had a considerable favorable impression of the Prince of Catalonia who had just defeated Viscount Wellington.

While honored to attend a public reception held by the House of Commons in the UK, the Times boss was taking a walk alone in the back garden, but unexpectedly overheard a conversation between Prime Minister Spencer Percival and the Minister of War and Colonial Lord Liverpool. These two government leaders repeatedly mentioned the name of Andrew Desay. During this period, one of the popular candidates for the next Prime Minister, the young Liverpool Lord also praised Andrew Desay as a strong ally to protect the legitimate interests of the British Empire in Europe.

Not only that, in various salons and afternoon tea parties held by the upper class in London, British gentlemen also spread the humanitarian spirit of Prince Desay treating prisoners of war in the expeditionary army and saving the British people. Perhaps what everyone talked about was the rumors that Desay ordered the revision of the French military's war report. The latter described General Laurie Cole, who was defeated and committed suicide in the fortress of Sheila as a heroic death on the battlefield. This action not only retained the face of General Cole and his family, but also won praise from the London gentlemen.

As a wise and savvy newspaper owner, Walter Jr. certainly would not be confused by the superficial phenomena presented in the salon. To treat kindly and release British prisoners of war, Emperor Napoleon and his marshals should have done more and better than Andrew Desay. At least these people are more like real French gentlemen and will not extort numerous prisoners of war management fees from the British Parliament cabinet.

After using his friends he made in politics and parliament, after investigation and verification by many parties, Walter Jr. had concluded in his heart that the old Percival cabinet at No. 10 Downing Street would inevitably reach some kind of secret agreement with the Prince of Catalonia and the Crown Prince of Poland, and Britain may have successfully won over Andrew Desay and become a potential ally of the next anti-French alliance.

Based on this point, Walter Jr. cleverly turned the value orientation of The Times to publicly support the politicians in Whitehall, but no longer catered to the common views of the British public. This is also the real reason why Walter Jr. asked war correspondent John Gerrard to continue to stay in Portugal.

Soon after, Wall Jr. also wrote a letter to tell the gold medal war correspondent far away in Lisbon that once Prince Desay returns to Catalonia, Gerald must always be with him, even if the former will travel thousands of miles away to the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in the future.
Chapter completed!