Chapter 751： Warm-up before the meeting - World's Fair

April 11, 1855 at 7 a.m.

When the warm sunlight entered the room through the light blue drapery, and the sentence extended to Augusta's face, Augusta, who was lying naked on the bed, slowly opened his sleepy eyes, and pushed his hand. Beside Jerome Bonaparte.

But Jerome Bonaparte, who was sleeping beside Queen Augusta, had no intention of waking up at all. After being gently pushed twice by Augusta, his face showed a distressed expression, and then he used his hands The hand gently pushed Augusta's arm away.

After all, it is impossible for anyone to get up early the next day after being busy until the middle of the night last night.

In this world, I only hear about cows dying from exhaustion, but never about ploughed fields.

Seeing that Jerome Bonaparte hadn't woken up, Augusta had to put on his clothes first. After Augusta had completely changed into the clothes he had attended at the Century Fair, he came to Jerome Bonaparte again. around.

This time Augusta directly grabbed the quilt covering Jerome Bonaparte with both hands, and then pulled it hard.

The white velvet quilt fell to the ground, and Jerome Bonaparte, who had lost the quilt, woke up.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had just woken up, looked at Augusta with a hazy expression on his face, and then slowly asked, "Augusta, what time is it now!"

Augusta took Jerome Bonaparte out of the pocket watch in his pocket, glanced at the time, and replied: "Your Majesty, it is 7:40 now, and there is only one hour and twenty minutes left until the opening ceremony. !"

"What!" Jerome Bonaparte woke up instantly when he heard the time, and then a carp jumped up and got up from the bed, and then hurriedly searched for his clothes to participate in the fair, complaining: "You Why didn't you call me up earlier!"

Queen Augusta curled her lips and replied to Jerome Bonaparte in a slightly sarcastic tone: "I would like to call someone up, but he doesn't want to get up! What can I do, I You can't kick it with your feet!"

"My fault! My fault!" Jerome Bonaparte, who knew that he was wrong, apologized to Queen Augusta again and again, while asking about the location of Queen Augusta's coat.

Queen Augusta glanced helplessly at Jerome Bonaparte, she slowly walked to the hanger not far from the head of Jerome Bonaparte's bed, and threw the Lev dress hanging on the hanger to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Thank you!" Jerome Bonaparte quickly put on Lev's dress and left the bedroom with Queen Augusta's hand.

The two people walking in the corridor quickly arrived at the restaurant under the guidance of their servants.

After a brief breakfast, Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta stood in the hall of the Tuin-leuri Palace at around 8:30.

"Mocar, can we go now?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Mocar.

"Your Majesty, all parties are ready and ready to go!" Mocar respectfully responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Okay! Go!" Jerome Bonaparte immediately gave the order to go.

Mokar led Jerome Bonaparte and my aunt to a splendid carriage and opened the door.

Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta entered the carriage in turn. When the door was completely closed, Jerome Bonaparte drew the curtains again, making it impossible for the outside world to see what was inside.

"Go!" Mokar shouted, and the carriage started slowly.

When the carriage drove to the gardens of the Tuinlery Palace, the dragoons who were waiting in the gardens, under the command of their commander, Major Jerome Patterson, escorted Jerome Bonaparte in an orderly manner. Back and forth, left and right, leaving no chance for anyone who attempted to assassinate.

The carriage carried Jerome Bonaparte along the Seine River all the way west, and soon arrived at Saint-Cloud, a suburb of Paris, which is the century fair chosen by Jerome Bonaparte and Fould completed place.

At 8:53, the carriage slowly stopped about 100 meters away from the magnificent palace, and in front of the carriage was a "sea" composed of people.

"Your Majesty, here we are!" the coachman sitting in the driver's seat shouted at Jerome Bonaparte and Vernia in the carriage.

The door was slowly pushed open, and Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta slowly got out of the carriage.

"Your Majesty is down!"

"Your Majesty is down!"

The tourists in the back row shouted loudly after seeing Jérôme Bonaparte, and the voice quickly spread from the back row to the front row.

Tourists from all over the world standing outside the Palace of the Century Exposition looked back one after another, and they also wanted to witness the true face of Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Everyone, how are you!" Jerome Bonaparte waved his hand towards the tourists present.

After seeing this gesture, the "Atmosphere Group" placed in the crowd quickly shouted, "Long live Bonaparte, long live the Empire!"

Driven by the atmosphere group, everyone began to shout the slogan "Long Live Bonaparte, Long Live the Empire"!

The sound resounded outside the palace of the Century Exposition like an overwhelming sea, and penetrated the wall tiles of the palace and entered the palace.

Eugène Schneider, who was in the exhibition area, subconsciously approached Basilio, the head of the French exhibition area next to him, after hearing the shouts from the outside world, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Basilio, your majesty is coming down. !"

"I heard it!" Basilio nodded, and after subconsciously glanced at the exhibits, these were all things that North Industries Group could handle (aluminum products, purple dresses, Bordeaux wine, saxophones, converters) Steel-making technology, Mao Qi's breech gun will not participate in the exhibition), he believes that with these things, he should be able to win glory for the emperor.

Later, he asked Eugene Schneider: "Mr. Schneider, you should be able to defeat the steam hammer in Krupp's hands now!"

"Reincarnation Paradise"

"Mr. Basilio, please rest assured!" Schneider proudly responded to Basilio: "The steam hammer in the hands of Alfred Krupp is not comparable to the one in our hands, and our Schneider company This exhibition is not only about steam hammers!

This time I will definitely let the outside world know that Schneider is a better company than Krupp! "

"Mr. Schneider, I'm looking forward to it!

"Bahili replied to Eugene Schneider,

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On the other hand, amid the cheers of many tourists, Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta slowly passed through the "real pedestrian passage" composed of soldiers and policemen and arrived at the right side of the main entrance of the Century Fair. side stands.

Looking at the imperial officials and foreign messengers standing in a line under the stands, Jerome Bonaparte and Augusta shook hands with them respectively.

When shaking hands with Baron Haussmann, Jerome Bonaparte patted Baron Haussmann on the shoulder and said, "Thank you!"

Baron Haussmann humbly replied to Jerome Bonaparte, "This is what I should do!"

After Jérôme Bonaparte had shaken hands with everyone, he deliberately told Fuad and Cavour that they would have to give a speech after a while.

Both Fuad and Cavour had expressions of surprise on their faces, but they both nodded in understanding.

Jérôme Bonaparte and Queen Augusta came on stage in the spotlight.

"I am honored to represent France at the opening ceremony of this century exposition... Although this exposition is organized by France, it is not only for France, it is an exposition for the whole world... The meaning of this exposition is to show the world Showing diversity..." Jerome Bonaparte gushed about the meaning of the world's fair, and then gradually led the conversation to why he made the decision to open it early.

He told the tourists present that the reason why he opened the opening in advance was to let the world know the value of peace (purely put gold on the face).

After all, the war in Crimea has just dissipated, and the world is in need of peace. He hopes to use this century exposition to dispel the smoke that remains in Crimea.

"I hope this war will be the last war in the whole of Europe, let us join hands to defend peace! We should not fight like wild beasts under the brilliance of enlightenment and rationality, UU reading we We should follow the example of the United States of America and work hard to build a new Europa concept, and we should live in Europa as a community, not individual individuals."

After the speech, Jerome Bonaparte bowed to everyone present as usual.

Immediately, there was warm applause from the audience, and then Jerome Bonaparte led the topic to Fuad and Cavour, and invited them to come forward and say a few words.

So, Fuad and Cavour delivered speeches at the opening of the Paris Exposition respectively.

After the speeches of the two ended, Jerome Bonaparte nodded to Baron Haussmann who was under the stage. Baron Haussmann ordered his men to open the door leading to the World Exposition.

People poured into the Century Fair, while Jerome Bonaparte and Queen Augusta left under the **** of soldiers.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had had enough of the scenic spot in his previous life, was reluctant to visit in such a crowded environment.

Jerome Bonaparte, who was sitting on the carriage, began to silently calculate the profit and loss of the Century Exposition. After careful calculation, Jerome Bonaparte suddenly found that the Century Exposition seemed to be facing a loss.

After all, the price of each ticket is only 2 francs, and France spent almost 10 million francs for the entire exposition.

It takes about 5 million people to return to the original, and the time for this expo is only 180-200 days, which is equivalent to at least 25,000 people watching every day.

Such a figure was not even reached at the last New York Exposition. Only Albert's World Exposition in 1851 was able to achieve this figure.

Whoever makes the whole France like to visit for free, the price of 2 francs is already the limit they can afford.