C3197 Biarritz (1/2)
Once upon a time, at the foot of the Pyrenees, at the junction of the French and Spanish seas, Biarritz was a barren wasteland with nothing but wild grasses and ghostly waves.
On the cliffs, a few men and women of Basque descent lived there. They came from a strange place and spoke a mysterious language to each other.
In this village, there is a beautiful young girl named Mia Leeds.
One night, she had a strange dream: Yahweh appeared and promised her, ”I will attach the soul of my waiter, Madan, to this land that is almost abandoned. I will turn him into a large bird with colorful wings, and in his mouth he will have a large fish with golden scales, the symbol of the village's prosperity and comfort.”
A few days later, when a beautiful bird arrived in the village, people began to believe that Mia Leeds dream and that the bird was actually the soul of the fisherman, Madan.
Thus, in order to fight the raging sea, people began to build a variety of boats. They began to hunt for sea fish, especially the massive whales.
One day, during a storm, Mia Leeds found a group of fishermen in the sea, trying their best to get ashore before being flooded.
They were a bunch of men from the war-torn Atlantic, a bunch of fishermen and experienced voyagers.
Mia Leeds helped them and married the leader of the team, and the name Biarritz is a combination of the couple's names.
Literally, Biarritz can also be interpreted as ”where the navigator can see”.
He heard the flattering voice of the French guide, pointing in the direction of the majestic Pyrenees, where Xiang Ying was located on a prairie near the Pyrenees.
On both sides of the road were waist-high grasses, and now it was spring. Last year's grass was floating like yellow waves in the sea breeze.
In the distance, there were hundreds of cows scattered about. One could not even see the end of them!
What made Xiang Ying remember even more was the strong wind here. To the west was the famous Biscay Bay, and the most famous place here was the Hurricane, known as the Storm's Horn of Europe.
There was no season for hurricanes here, and it was possible for hurricanes to appear at any time of the year. Travelling there had been a huge challenge since ancient times.
The wind blew furiously, forcing Xiang Ying to hold his hat down. A team of soldiers could already see the palace that Empress Ou Renni had built from afar.
”General!” Did you see... That is the Queen's villa … The temporary villa Napoleon had built for the empress... ”Yi Suobeila II will stay here temporarily …”
The guide panted heavily from the sea breeze. He pointed to a five-storey building, red and white and situated on the beach. The side door of the villa was wide open and people could step on it.
In the sea facing the villa, there were also a few huge rocks standing in the middle of the sea, which gave the whole landscape painting a more masculine look.
The sudden appearance of a group of Chinese Army caused the French citizens in the south to feel extremely terrified. They had only heard that there was a war in the northern part of France and did not truly feel the cruelty of the war.