Chapter three hundred and seventy-two, the fire of civilization
"In this week's operation, the French Navy captured three pirate ships and sank two pirate ships that attempted to resist, which significantly improved the safety of the Mediterranean channel. This newspaper interviewed Admiral Treville, and General Treville said that the French Navy is the most advanced and powerful navy in the world and is fully capable of escorting the peace and tranquility of the Olympics. He told us that ensuring free trade is the sacred mission of the French Navy,
Any practice of undermining free trade by piracy is a provocation to France's dignity and interests. Is it unbearable? He warned those forces that indulge in piracy not to think that France's patience is limitless. Those bed bugs who dare to violate France's dignity are shameless to humans, no matter where they escape, even if they flee to the Antarctic continent and pretend to be penguins, we can catch him and let him hang him on the mast in his penguin leather."
Two years ago, a French Navy cruiser was carrying some naturalists from the University of Paris for a global voyage, and found a huge penguin that could stand 1.2 meters to 1.3 meters. He named this penguin Augustus penguin.
Polina's toy factory immediately launched some list of penguin toys based on this discovery. The largest of them can even let a person hide in it. So there will be such a statement on Treville.
It is said that this statement inspired Polina very much, so she specially created a comic book called Pirate Penguin, which bent down the original cute and cute image of the penguin.
Driven by France, the Spanish Navy also joined the ranks of maintaining free trade. Compared with the French Navy, the Spanish Navy was far behind the age of time. Their navy was still sail-powered and was fully understood by the Barbary pirates. Their approach was more radical than the French. They did not cruising on the sea to search for possible pirate ships, but instead stayed directly outside the range of artillery fire in the ports of several Barbary pirate countries to monitor these ports. They directly intercepted and boarded and inspected any ships trying to enter and exit the port.
This practice made those Pasha feel intolerable. They protested to the Spanish consulate and the French consulate, but the response was that both the French consulate and the Spanish consulate said that this was a counterattack against the treacherous piracy of the Barbary pirates over the past period of time. If they could not return the hijacked ships and sailors as soon as possible, the blockade would continue.
Moreover, as a further pressure approach, the consulates of Spain and France in Barbary countries began to reduce personnel. This approach, in many cases, can be understood as preparing for possible future wars.
So after bribing the staff of the French and Spanish consulates, they received the news: "France will have very important measures in the Olympics, and the First Governor will take advantage of this sports meeting to go further. In this process, France must ensure the stability and harmony around it."
Several Pashas also had in-depth discussions on the current situation and decided to form an alliance to protect themselves. However, they also decided to grit their teeth and live a hard life. In the recent period, they should not go out to rob. They felt that the French were old friends after all, and as long as they did not give face to the French, the French should still be able to reason.
The Olympic torch relay has begun. Turkey is quite unwilling to carry out such pagan activities, so the relay in Turkey is quite simple. The torch delivered to the north to Russia is basically a boat ride and then crossing the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait from the Aegean Sea, entering the Black Sea, then continuing north along the Dnieper River until it enters Russia.
In this process, the torch is actually stored in a fire box. The so-called "fire box" is actually a precision-made horse lantern.
When entering the Russians, the French who were escorting the torch were warmly welcomed by the Russians. General Baglation personally brought a battalion of cavalry wearing black bearskin hats to welcome him. When the French ran down from the boat with the torch, the cavalrymen led by General Baglation drew out their sabers and cheered: "Ula!" The Turks on the boat were so scared that they almost took out their guns to resist.
But the barbaric Russians did not rush up and chop people as usual, they just cheered around the torch.
The Turks don't quite understand why these Russians are so happy. They have different attitudes from Turkey. First of all, Russians have always had a sense of admiration and crisis for Europe.
Since Peter the Great’s reform, learning from the West has become the basic direction for the Russians. In the face of the brilliant culture and science of Europe after the Renaissance, the Russians lack confidence. They always have a concern that “will we be expelled from the ranks of civilized people”.
Originally, in the era of Her Majesty Ekaterina, the Russians felt that they had escaped this anxiety and were almost illusioned that they were going to lead the world. However, with the rise of France, Russia's glory had become dim. After a large number of Russian students came to France, they felt painfully how big the gap between Russia and the advanced level. What's more serious is that this gap is not only large, but also expanding day by day. In the words of a certain international student, it is: "Every day of the French can be regarded as a month, or even a year in Russia."
Under such circumstances, the anxiety of "will we be expelled from the ranks of civilized people" became even more and more powerful. In this case, the French wanted to revive the great Greek and Roman civilizations, and in the process, they did not forget Russia, but also sent the torch to Russia to pass on. In the eyes of the Russians, this was the recognition and praise of Russian civilization.
After most Russian nobles received this news, the first thought that came to their minds was: "We are still an indispensable member of the civilization sector."
In such an atmosphere, and Russia has always regarded itself as the successor of East Rome, and the tradition of the Olympics also comes from the hometown of East Rome. In the eyes of the Russians, the transmission of the torch symbolizes the transmission of the fire of civilization originating from Greece throughout the world. The torch was transmitted from Russia and then to other regions alone, which was simply a silent affirmation of the Russian legal system. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Olympic torch received such a warm welcome in Russia. However, if Napoleon knew what they thought, he would probably say to them: "You are thinking too much."
General Bagladion got up in person. He held the prepared torch and lit it on the fire, and slowly lifted it up high. The soldiers around him shouted "Ula" again.
Chapter completed!