Chapter 2045 "Watchtower" (3)

   Boulogne-sur-Mer is an ancient city. Every year there are many tourists, many of whom come from Britain.

  If a "truce banquet" is to be held, then British guests will be indispensable, but the last "peace banquet" held with the Americans was a terrible failure. There were even actresses who accompanied them, and the Americans were still serious.

  The earliest immigrants were the Puritans on the Mayflower. When talking about the Puritans, Cromwell was naturally indispensable, and many theaters were closed during his reign. After he lost power, the "Happy King" regained the throne, and he resumed the theater. Even in the early days of American immigration, theaters did not exist for "indulging vanity".

  Although she does not have the best emcee in Paris, she still has Saint Mérie to call the scene. Of course, no actress will be accompanied at the banquet.

  What show should I perform? Later she thought, hey, she didn't need to worry about this at all, it was Saint Mérie's job. She only confessed that the fireworks were set off in Le Havre all night, and she did not intend to continue to set off in Boulogne-sur-Mer, because the sound reminded her of those terrifying cannons.

  She did not ask Bonaparte to stay in Boulogne-sur-Mer for a few days, because he is still busy arranging artillery positions. He usually looks at the high ground in a small village where he lives temporarily, and then comes to Boulogne by surprise, and personally surveys the preparations, or invites artillery or engineering generals to come and have lunch or dinner with him. .

  This time he came to Boulogne-sur-Mer, quite unexpectedly. Everyone thought he would pass Abbeville by land.

  Maybe he really has this plan, or he didn't plan to go to Belgium by land in the first place, because he wouldn't send her a boat for no reason.

  The farm they lived in temporarily was rented by Napoleon. It was not requisitioned by the army. The ownership was still the owner of the manor. If he hadn't planned it in advance, the rent would have been paid in vain.

And that barracks has existed since the 18th century. I don’t know if this is a barracks style or was not built seriously at the beginning. The houses are made of branches and mud, although every regiment, brigade, and division has it. Own exclusive area, and separated by a wide avenue, but such a house is obviously not suitable for banquets.

  Those generals not only have to withstand high pressure, the key is that after he came, he issued a bunch of orders and built many facilities, which made people think that the soldiers of Boulogne-sur-Mer were wasting their time here.

  At least they built a military dock and named it after Napoleon.

  She has a kind of unspeakable sadness for these people. Without them, the frontier will be unguarded. During the French Revolution, the situation of countries trying to take advantage of the "king-slayer" to divide France will appear again.

   But now they have become stronger, and they have enough power to invade other countries.

   Just like Wordsworth wrote on Napoleon’s 1802 birthday, I feel futile sadness for Napoleon, unthinking sadness.

  He personally thinks that he is happy to be able to give full play to his talents, and his military talents can only be used in warfare, and it will inevitably make him feel miserable if he does not let him use that talent. Fortunately, God has given another gift. He is the French academician who discovered the geometric theorem. Even if the theorem he discovered is far inferior to Descartes, as long as he concentrates his energy on this, who knows what else he will achieve?

  Only then he will leave the soldiers who followed him.

  They love him, that kind of feeling is by no means false. If anyone loves her with that kind of enthusiasm, she will return it in the same way. Unfortunately, she is an English woman, and the soldiers did not understand why their Caesar brought her to Boulogne.

  To be honest, it’s strange. Maybe she should be shown off as some kind of trophy, but Bonaparte didn’t take her everywhere. On the contrary, she still has a certain degree of freedom. She can do whatever she wants, including her holding a truce banquet. As for how to invite guests... this is not a question she is considering.

  The celebration banquet has actually been set in Paris. It is not necessary to place it here, but at the time it was all high-ranking officials and noble officers, and there were no such grass-roots officers.

  Living in such a broken camp, at least give them a good meal. After peace, the types of food on the table will become richer. They should enjoy the benefits of peace. This part is the responsibility of the quartermaster.

  In the past, she often organized banquets with more than 1,000 people at Hogwarts, but it was almost doubled when it was replaced by 2,000 people. The next step is the question of location.

  Because of her freedom, she can ride a horse to look around Boulogne-sur-Mer, so she came to the location of the "Tower of Order". The lighthouse left by Caesar was almost reduced to ruins, leaving only a pedestal.

  At the time of Caesars, the torch of the Alexandria Lighthouse should still be burning. It stood outside Alexandria for 1500 years and was severely damaged by two earthquakes.

  It is said that the lighthouse uses a mirror to reflect sunlight during the day and firelight to guide ships at night.

  She remembered the mirror in the tree hole again. Usually the dream would disappear when she woke up the next day, but she remembered the mirror in the dream.

  It is said that this building, once listed as a human miracle, was reduced to a watchtower because the lamp room was destroyed. Later, in order to resist foreign invasion, the Mamluk Sultan built Gate Bay Castle on the site with stones left over from the lighthouse.

She also remembered the meeting with Jin Jinyuan. At that time, Henry VIII’s "Tent Palace" was a trompe l'oeil painting. The workers painted it like a brick, and looked like a solid house. She felt that it should be in a nearby theater company. You can find this kind of thing, but is it too late?

  Some people think that the lighthouse in Alexandria does not exist. It is imagined, because no one has seen its actual object except written records, and its foundation has been replaced by other buildings.

  However, because French and Egyptian scholars joined underwater archaeology and salvaged many remnants of Alexandria, people gradually believed that the Lighthouse of Alexandria “really exists”.

  Of course, some people found the remains of an ancient chariot in the Red Sea. It is said that it sank to the bottom of the sea when Pharaoh pursued the Israelites.

The same are all "miracles." The Alexandria Lighthouse is one of the seven man-made miracles. The miracle of Moses was brought about by God. God is no trace. At least the same is the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages. The pyramids still stand in the desert. .

"Hey!!"

  While she was watching the blue sea and blue sky, she suddenly heard someone yelling.

  She followed the voice and looked over and found that someone was waving at her.

  "Do you want me to drive them away?" Figl asked Georgiana.

"Wait, I seem to know them." Giorgioanna covered the sun with her hand and carefully observed the three people not far away. One of them she really knew was Fresnel, a student of the Paris Polytechnic Institute, beside him. There were two other people, because they couldn't see clearly under the shade of the tree, she believed that Mayorie could pass.

  The one with Fresnel was a man and a woman. They looked like the relationship between the guardian and the ward. They looked at Georgiana with curiosity.

   "Good day, Mrs. Severe!" Fresnel raised his head and said warmly.

   "Why are you here?" she asked, hesitating whether to dismount.

  "Thank you for your support. I am now looking for a lighthouse where I can install my invention." Finnel said, and then he introduced Georgiana "This is Mr. Turner who should come over, this is..."

   "My name is Maria Edgeworth." The woman took the initiative to say in English, "It's an honor to meet you."

  Georgina is familiar with Edgeworth now.

  "Your father..."

  "I'm a writer." Maria smiled and said in French, "I wrote a new book called "Lachrent Castle". Have you read it?"

   "What is it about?" Georgiana asked with a smile.

   "It's a novel."

   "I don't like to read novels." Georgiana said provocatively, "especially those for killing time."

"Me too." Maria said in English. "I don't want to write novels that kill time. Just like the Italians said, a bad book is worse than a robber, because it steals someone else's life. "

  She was a little surprised to look at Maria.

   "Maybe you will also be the character in my next novel." Maria said, "Mind if I interview you? Madam."

  (End of this chapter)