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When the entire fleet passed through the Skaglak Strait, the next afternoon entered the common territorial waters of Denmark and Sweden, the Ore Strait, also known as the "Sonde Strait". It is the main channel connecting the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and its strategic position is very important.

The narrowest part of the Ore Strait is about 4 kilometers wide and the deepest part is 20 meters deep. Standing on the Denmark side, on the seawall in front of the Cronborg Palace in Hersinger City in the northern part of the island of Zeland, looking east, opposite is Helsingborg City, Sweden.

Just before the advance fleet was ready to dock in Copenhagen to obtain freshwater and food supplies for continued navigation, the King, who was riding on Desai, then the mighty battleship was anchored in the waters near the port of Hersinger in the northern part of the island of Zeland, under the guidance of two Danish naval observers.

Before evening, Desai and his entourage landed on the north shore of Zeland Island. This was his first public visit to the Denmark King Frederick VI who was on vacation in the Cronborg Palace as a Grand Duke of Warsaw and a Continental Allies (an ally of the French Empire of the two countries).

The Palace of Cronborg, also known as the "Crown Palace", was designed and built by Dutch architects. The palace is made of rock and has a brown copper roof. It is majestic and majestic. It is the most exquisite Renaissance architectural style palace in Nordic Europe. However, to this day, the maximum purpose of the Palace of Cronborg is not a resort for members of the Danish royal family, but a military defense fortress against Sweden.

On the surface, the purpose of Desay's trip was purely a diplomatic visit by a country's successor monarch to a foreign monarch. But in fact, the time travelers looked down on this 43-year-old Danish king with great ambitions and talent.

It seems that there is a father suffering from schizophrenia (Christian VII), who made the latter's son, Frederick VI, messed up foreign relations and military aspects while regent as the Prince of Denmark-Norway.

In 1808, Frederick, who had been the prince for more than 20 years, took over the crown from the Danish parliament and officially ascended the throne of the Denmark and the Kingdom of Norway. Soon, he immediately announced that Denmark had an alliance with the Napoleon Empire, forcing the British, who considered "everything must be ahead of the front" to send large fleets twice in 1801 and 1807, severely damaged and seized all Denmark's naval ships.

Starting from 1809, the long-planned Norwegian Parliament took advantage of the decline of Denmark across the strait and was struggling to make another move.

At the beginning, Frederick VI, who was hesitant, rejected the correct suggestion from Copenhagen Congress and disagreed with sending troops across the Scarglak Strait to suppress the newly emerging movement in Oslo, and wanted to make peace the most important.

When the voice of the Norwegian parliament became uncontrollable, Frederick VI was panicked and ordered the army to suppress it. But it was too late, and Oslo had organized troops to be on guard and attacked the Danish invaders head-on.

Fortunately, at this time, Andrew Desey, who was still staying in Paris, jumped out in time in an inappropriate manner. He secretly leaked the secrets of the Swedish crown prince, and then encouraged the Danish ambassador to France, and successfully persuaded Frederick VI to accept his own cousin Christian Frederick (Christian VIII), on the premise of being Norway's first king, agreed to the establishment of the country, and then escaped from Danish rule, so as to prevent the Norwegian Parliament from completely falling to the side of his mortal enemy Sweden.

Although Denmark escaped a political and military crisis caused by the Norwegian movement four years in advance, it greatly preserved part of the vitality of this ancient country. However, Frederick VI could not give any effective assistance to his cousin, the last first king of Norway, Christian VIII, and could only watch the full power in his cousin, deprived of all the power in his hands by the damn Norwegian parliament, and became a complete puppet monarch.

However, the purpose of the trip to Desai was not to criticize the poor Danish king, but to convey a not-hidden message to the Baltic countries, especially to Poland through an open visit to the Cronborg Palace.

At the dinner held by Frederick VI, the Grand Duke Desai, who had no military rank symbol, stood with his head held high in the center of the brightly lit banquet hall. On top of his head were six huge crystal ceilings, and a series of Danish "Portraits of Hundred Kings" tapestries woven with wool and silk.

Desai delivered an impromptu speech in front of a group of well-dressed, charmingly smiling, but actually possessed ulterior motives. After a long lying, empty words and clichés filled with thanks, he immediately changed the subject and then loudly praised the Danish king behind him, Frederick VI's "greatest" internal act of goodness: liberating serfs.

“…11 years ago, His Majesty, with his sincere belief and kind personality, carefully judged that this act (liberation of serfs) was a just act, signed this act in line with the provisions of the national constitution, catered to the needs of ordinary people, and set a leading example and outstanding example for our Baltic countries according to the famous declaration of liberating serfs with the grace of the Almighty God.

...So, this will be a major and great political festival that will be remembered forever and worth celebrating.

...The declaration of liberating serfs is like a burning torch illuminating our past, present and future. I believe, confident and firmly believe, that it is not just the unanimous wish of your wise monarch and the general public. In fact, it has, or is about to become a major event in the political life of all countries and nations of the Baltic Sea.

...I pray to the kind God with my pious faith, and hope that this day will come soon!"

Obviously, Desai's speech had a strong political purpose. He intended to show kindness to the radical revolutionary-Jacob sects in the Warsaw Duke by praising the Denmark King, Frederick VI, the first to boldly make extraordinary good deeds of liberating serfs.

Some time ago, Grand Duke Desai and his plenipotentiary envoys successfully took over most of the Jacobins' political forces in Poland, openly and secretly, with the help of sinister and despicable and unlucky means, including assassinating General Zajunchek and his loyal followers, and bribing armed forces loyal to the Jacobins.

At the same time, Desai's move also brought hidden dangers, especially the resentment of some Jacobins' extreme revolutionaries.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, especially worried about the assassination of some revolutionary radicals, Desai accepted the advice of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and then waved his "intention" to liberate the Polish serfs - this supreme and open moral banner, conforming to the long-standing justice requirements of the Jacobins, and diverted the dissatisfied revolutionaries' vision.

As for whether his political speech would inspire strong backlash from the great nobles, Desai seemed to disagree. Before the Neman River crisis created by the Russian side subsided, the Warsaw Parliament would maintain sufficient rationality and maximum tolerance for the Grand Duke of Desai. In fact, this patience and bottom line have been fully reflected in the contradictions and conflicts between Desai and the Parliament.

For those members of parliament who are deeply involved in political philosophy, as long as it is not officially signed and recognized, everything is still unknown, and there is still room for bargaining with the Grand Duke of Desai.

Let’s take a step back, even if the documents that have been signed, including legal documents that must be strictly enforced, are just empty words and nonsense as long as they are not followed seriously. For example, when the Grand Duchy of Warsaw was established in 1807, the constitution and many provisions of the law also required the complete abolition of the serfdom. However, nearly five years have passed and there is no movement at all.

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The next morning, the battleship of Desai's King returned to the middle of the fleet formation and left Copenhagen. After noon, the entire advance fleet officially entered the Baltic Sea that directly connected to the port of Danze.

Immediately, Desai ordered the messenger around him to issue a striking flag to the ships on the flagship: "From now on, you must respectfully call Andrew Desai---Grand Duke of Warsaw!"

"Salute to our great master!" All ships immediately received the flag words to express their congratulations.

When the military band who received the command played the march very excitedly, the soldiers and sailors also stood on the deck and the work compartment. They faced the King's flagship, waved their military caps, and shouted in unison: "Long live the Grand Duke, long live the Duke of Warsaw!"

Even the merchant ships from all over the Baltic Sea, whether French, Danish, British, Swedish, Polish, or Prussian, were forced to put down the mainmast sails and raise the flag of the Duchy of Warsaw. All sailors stood on the deck and saluted the valiant grand duke, paying high respect.

The crew members of the two Polish merchant ships were most excited. When they saw the large battleship on which the Grand Duke of Desai was passing by in front of them, everyone couldn't help but burst into tears and shouted: "Long live the king, long live Poland!"

Merchant ships from other countries did not resist the arbitrary approach of the advance fleet. They followed the instructions issued by the cruise squadron, successively hanging congratulatory flags and asked the crew to line up on the deck to show respect and obedience.

However, there was still a three-masted sailboat flying the Russian flag, which was very bloody. The stubborn and hard owner refused to pay tribute to the monarch of the enemy country. After obtaining the permission of the flagship, the two cruise ships attacked left and right, and conducted live-fire drills on the 500-meter waters in front of the Russian merchant ship, which ultimately forced the Russians to choose to surrender and then raise the Polish flag.

At this time, on the back deck of the King, Desai was standing on the side of the ship. He raised the binoculars in his hand and watched the happy scene of bullying the small with the big and bullying the weak with the strong.

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Chapter completed!