C927 Charles Louis (2/2)
The Dakar's telegram was like a resounding slap in his face. No one would have thought that such a thing would happen, who would dare to declare war on a country that had been ruled by France for hundreds of years in West Africa?
However, he knew that it was impossible for the Governor and Molière to lie to him collectively, and even more so, make up such a stupid lie.
To be honest, the Emperor did not care about an entire Dakar. In the end, it was just a small African city with tens of thousands of people. Even if they were all destroyed, they could build a new one within one to two years. He cared even less about the dead soldiers. The casualties of more than a thousand soldiers meant nothing to the Empire.
Furthermore, those taxes, if lost, it would be lost. It would not affect the empire's finances at all, not to mention those black men.
What made Louis Bonaparte sad was the words of the few cabinet ministers who had just left, especially Foreign Minister Thiers. They had actually openly opposed his military spending plan.
”Dammit, I only wanted to add another 1.5 billion Gold franc, these bastards actually used the excuse of financial constraints to lie to me! ”He actually only agreed to add 200 million, what is that supposed to do?”
”What's going on? Was it because I was too weak that Prussia dared to challenge my dignity and Ryukyu's Xiao Letian dared to humiliate me … Right now, I don't even have the authority to manage my own cabinet ministers? ”
”The appearance of a pure Steel battleship in Dakar has already flattened the entire city. Can't these blind people see that? If we do not reform the France's navy, the advantage that we built with great difficulty will immediately disappear into thin air! ”
This was the first time in so many years that he felt powerless, and was unable to control the situation.
”I can't go on like this. The France needs war, only war can gather the people in my heart, only victory can strengthen my governance foundation, and only blood and fire can let these officials know who is the master of this empire!”
”Someone, come!” ”Send the fastest scissor boat to bring back Molière and that damn fatty back to Paris with the evidence, as fast as possible!”
”All intelligence agencies have given up on their mission. They only have one goal right now, and that is to find the owner of this warship, as well as all the information on the warship. The focus is on Prussia, Britain, and the United States …”
”Also …” And also the damned Ryukyu, the damned Xiao Letian! ”
French Emperor's anger quickly spread to the top of France's head. Hundreds of thousands of intelligence personnel began to collectively search for the damned battleship.
There was no wall that did not leak the news. When the French started to take action, all the powers in Europe received the latest news as well. There was a huge uproar in Britain, a huge uproar in the United States, and a huge uproar in Austria, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain and the Portugal.
At first, everyone could not believe their ears. They even thought that the French were crazy, but when the merchants of the various countries of the Dakar brought back the information, all the powerful European countries went crazy. All the intelligence agencies joined in the search for the mysterious warship.
Of course, the most shocked one was still Prussia. When Bismark got the news, the old man even pulled off a few strands of his beard, causing him to scream in pain.
”My God! Are these Chinese lads jumping on my heart? Do you have to force me to have a heart attack? ”
Just at this time, a guard outside shouted, ”Your Highness, Prince Karl has arrived!”