Chapter 2434 Complex situation

That is, after the announcement of the suspension of the conscription plan in 1802, in the morning in the Hall of the People's Representatives in Brussels opposite the Royal Opera House, Langhenhofen announced that starting from January 1803, Belgium will stop forcing signs for young married men, school-going monks, and widower. Or a man with a child after a divorce, or a man who has been recruited by a brother, the draftee who is called must pay to have someone replace him. In view of thousands of families who have lost their husbands, sons, and fathers, a corresponding social support mechanism will be established to take care of war survivors.

   Even if the new decree does not mention the issue of the placement of retired soldiers, it is a happy thing. People hate the "blood tax" and even Ninke fled to the forest, so people have been suffering from bandits.

Days like    seem to be a good time to drink a few more drinks. Unfortunately, the city government does not allow fireworks to be set off, but it still cannot stop drunk people from buying and setting off them. The fire brigade has already put out several fires caused by the setting off of fireworks.

There will be a victory parade tomorrow. The French Legion stationed in Belgium will send representatives to perform outside Brussels. They will be stationed in camps outside the city one after another. They are mainly responsible for clearing bandits and rogues. The security of the city still belongs to the police of each city. .

   With the exception of Pishgru, the early Republicans in the Low Countries did not fight in winter, although the weather in Belgium was not as cold as in Russia.

The regular army has military discipline, and it can only rob civilians if it can’t keep up with supplies in winter. Correspondingly, when the coalition forces retreat, they loot entire towns and villages. The original oligarchic officials were removed and replaced with new ones.

  War has its particularity. If he does not adapt to war, he will be eliminated in war. After all that, it was hard for him to go back to his old life.

  France's "big army" is something to be afraid of. This decree was first issued in Belgium and was not announced in Paris. But everyone knew that Bonaparte was now in Belgium, and without his acquiescence, who would have dared to announce that.

   At the same time, the re-measurement of the Belgian land is being carried out, and France is also doing it, and the land tax is currently one of the important taxes in France.

From 1792 to 1795, the maps used by the French during the Flanders War were all drawn by the Austrian commanders who organized the Battle of Valenciennes, now the borders have changed and so have the landowners , the towns and cities that were once adapted to the old system and centered on the power of the church and the aristocracy had to experience turmoil in the process of adapting to the new order, so the village of Metz outside Brussels was regarded as a new industrial center.

But the British did not think so, especially the French noble officers serving in the Whitehall War Department. They could see at a glance Napoleon's "real purpose". What he wanted was war horses and carriages. During the war, civilian materials were all available for sale. requisitioned.

  The power generated by the steam engine can pull the train, but the speed horse can catch up. It is not a fiction that the robbers chase the train on horseback in Western movies, and there are even people riding horses to compete with the steam train.

  Belgium's land is flat and muddy, which can be said to be suitable for cavalry or unsuitable for cavalry. When Austria left the anti-French alliance, Austria also got rid of the British influence, and it was their own decision to sell inferior horses to the French. However, they can prohibit state procurement, but they cannot prevent the private sector from purchasing horses for business.

   Napoleon's assassination in Mechelen was quiet this time, just like after Xueyue's assassination. But Bonaparte expelled the Jacobins immediately after the assassination. This time, the British envoy to Hamburg, Lombold, was detained. There were rumors that Pishglu would return to the UK via Hamburg, so the streets were full of secret police and spies. Seek protection from England and Prussia.

   If Bonaparte wanted to start a war, then he would not have not recruited troops after attrition. If he did not intend to "make trouble", what was the situation in Hamburg?

   "Where is he now?" Henry Petty asked anxiously.

   "How do I know." Georgiana rolled her eyes and replied.

   "Where is he going?" Henry Petty continued.

   She remembered the itinerary she saw in his carriage.

   "You know right!" Henry Petty asked.

   "Why are you asking me with so many spies staring at you?" Georgiana asked rhetorically.

  Henry Petty endured it for a while and said in a slow tone, "Do you know where he's going?"

   She stared at Henry Petty.

   "What do you want?" he said helplessly.

   "Tell me why the Diamond Boys are suddenly so concerned about the abolition movement?" Georgiana asked.

   "I won't tell you, you won't tell me?" Henry Petty asked.

   "He wanted me to protect Toussaint Louverture's wife...I have to know how much risk I took," she said in horror.

   "Tell me where he went, and I'll tell you." Henry Pei first looked uncompromising.

   "He might go to Maastricht." Georgiana hesitated.

Henry Petty looked at her for a while, as if to make sure she was telling the truth, then left the lounge, talked to "Captain Nightingale" at the door for a while, then closed the door again and returned to the previous on the seat.

"Toussaint Louverture did not really submit to France, but intended to be independent from French control. He first promised the Spaniards who controlled the eastern part of the island to help them fight the French, guaranteeing that they would faithfully support religion and the monarchy, and oppose the Revolution, in exchange for the Spanish to support their actions."

   "So it has nothing to do with England?" asked Georgiana.

   "We're just honoring the treaty, giving way to the French, and letting the French take back their colonies."

  Henry Petty was telling the truth, but why didn't she believe it?

   "Really to Maastricht?" Henry Petty asked again.

   "I saw that on his itinerary."

   "The itinerary can be changed, when did you see it?"

   "You also know that the itinerary can be changed. If his itinerary is changed, what does it have to do with when I see it?"

   "What about the Louisiana acquisition, how far is it going?"

  Georgianna did not speak. If Louisiana was sold, he could indeed get a military fee, enough for him to start a war.

   "The Americans offered conditions that if he agreed to sell Louisiana, they would support France in the next war," Georgiana said.

   I didn't expect Henry Petty to be very calm.

   "Why aren't you surprised?" asked Georgiana.

   "The Americans also participated in the Anti-French Coalition War, even though George Washington was alive at that time." Henry Petty said indifferently, "What did Napoleon think?"

  Georgianna shook her head.

   "Then what do you usually talk about?"

   She recalled.

   "No wonder 'Diamond Boy' said he couldn't count on you." Henry Pei said with disgust.

   "Then what does he expect me to do?"

  Henry Petty hesitated.

   "You just have to let him love you."

  Georgianna is unusually calm, does he really love her? Or is this also part of his disguise? Because then he could cross the English Channel by boat.

   Even crossing rather than crossing is sensational enough.

   "I want to make a request," said Georgiana.

   "Go ahead," said Henry Petty.

   "In the future, you have to write books for him. Don't say that he is a dedicated person. This will mislead many idiots like me, and don't say that he is a ruthless or careless person, because that will lead to misunderstandings by many people."

   "Then what do you think he is?" Henry Petty asked.

   "He's a great man, he has a lot of things to do, and he doesn't have time to spend with me, so I find something to do for myself."

   "Then do you love him?"

   "I love a devoted man." She smiled bitterly, "and a devoted man fell in love with me, is he still devoted?"

  Henry Petty shook his head, "You are so complicated."

   "I think I'm pretty simple." She looked at Henry Petty, "It's you humans who are really complicated."

   (end of this chapter)