Mrs. Xiafei nodded: "You are the amazing Doctor Hualan, I will cooperate very much."

"Thank you. We will inject you with anesthesia in a while. This is to make you less painful during the operation. It will not cause any adverse reactions to you." Zhao Shouhong comforted Mrs. Xiafei softly, and the biochemical nurse swiftly injected the ether Injected into Mrs. Joffre's body, her mind soon became blurred.

Seeing that Mrs. Xiafei had lost consciousness, Zhao Shouhong immediately contacted Glory of the Space Hospital and asked him to notify Sun Wei and others to drive the shuttle to pick up Mrs. Xiafei.

Due to the excellent visual stealth effect, the arrival of the shuttle was not noticed by anyone, just like the treatment of Helen Keller. On that magical operating table, Mrs. Joffre's spine and internal nervous system were all repaired, and This minimally invasive procedure leaves virtually no wounds.

Chapter 198 The Decline of Gaul

More than an hour later, when Zhao Shouhong and the doctors walked out of the operating room, Mrs. Xiafei was actually able to walk around, of course, after she woke up from the anesthesia.General Xiafei, who was anxiously circling outside, saw Zhao Shouhong coming out, and immediately went up to meet him.

"Dear Mr. Hong, how is the situation?" At this time, Xiafei's tone was obviously much closer, and he was anxiously waiting for the answer.

"The operation went very well." Zhao Shouhong said with a smile, "My lady hasn't woken up from the anesthesia yet. After she wakes up, don't move casually. You have to rest on the bed for a month before going to the ground, otherwise it is easy to have sequelae." In order to avoid being too shocking, Zhao Shouhong deliberately lied to them that they had sequelae, so that Mrs. Xiafei could raise them for a month before going to the ground. In fact, being able to cure them was enough to shock the medical circles all over the world.

"Oh, my God." General Joffre danced excitedly, obviously overjoyed.Hearing the good news, his sons and daughters also came to have a cordial chat with Zhao Shouhong and express their sincere thanks.Before coming here, Zhao Shouhong had a detailed understanding of the various etiquettes of the Gaul country. At this time, his etiquette was appropriate and his answers were fluent, which surprised the Gaul people.

"You are the wisest Hualan person I have ever met. I never imagined that Houjin would have such a knowledgeable person." Joseph, the eldest son of General Xia Fei, said kindly.

After sending Mrs. Xiafei back to the manor to rest, Zhao Shouhong's treatment level was obviously much higher, and the accompanying people also received preferential treatment.In the evening, Zhao Shouhong was invited to have dinner with General Xiafei. Naturally, Sun Yuting could no longer hide from people, so she had to attend the dinner as Mrs. Zhao Shouhong.

Zhao Shouhong had already prepared for this. In China, he had prepared several gorgeous evening dresses for Sun Yuting. When he walked into the restaurant wearing a tuxedo and holding the dazzling Sun Yuting in a blue evening dress, everyone fell into a state of confusion. dementia state. "Oh, my God, there are such beauties in the world." Joseph couldn't help exclaiming.

"I'm glad to accept your invitation, dear General Xiafei, but it's a pity that I don't understand Gaul." Sun Yuting smiled and said in Hualan, and Zhao Shouhong could only act as an interpreter once.

"It doesn't matter. In fact, I have also dabbled in other languages ​​of the Western Continent. I don't know if Madam is proficient in the Western Continent languages, such as Saar and Hongyi Language?" General Xia Fei said.

"My wife once studied in the Teutonic country, and she can still handle the Teutonic language." Zhao Shouhong replied on behalf of him.

"Oh, it doesn't matter, our whole family can speak Teutonic fluently." Joseph said with a smile. His words made General Joffre's face change. It is really awkward for the upper class of Gaul to speak the language of the enemy country.

However, Zhao Shouhong was a distinguished guest after all, so General Xiafei tolerated it, and soon everyone at the table became fluent Teutonic.In order for Sun Yuting to understand, Zhao Shouhong also began to speak Teutonic, and his authentic Berlin accent once again aroused everyone's amazement.This group of people had a hard time eating for Liu Shixun. As the minister in Gaul, he could handle Gaul so-so, but Teutonic was beyond his ability, so Zhao Shouhong had to translate everyone's conversation to him from time to time.

General Xiafei obviously put a lot of effort into this dinner. The chef in his family did his best to present the feast of the Gaul Kingdom to the fullest, which made everyone very happy.Zhao Shouhong is also very interested in the Gaul state meal, which is the most legendary delicacy in the Western Continent in the history books, so he ate it quite happily.

Due to General Xiafei's repeated attempts to stay, Zhao Shouhong and others lived in the manor at night.The next morning, Zhao Shouhong wanted to say goodbye and leave, but General Xiafei smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, Mr. Hong. My army is just about to move to Paris. After my handover is over, everyone will go on the road together, so that we can walk together for a long time." It's time."

"Of course I am very willing to invite you, General." Zhao Shouhong agreed with a smile. Taking this opportunity, he was just able to inspect the equipment and quality of soldiers of the Gaul Army to prepare for the next battle.

General Xiafei's third army was on the road soon after the change of defense. In order to be able to talk to Zhao Shouhong, General Xiafei simply sat in the same carriage with him.Along the way, Zhao Shouhong tested General Xiafei and obtained a lot of information on the national conditions and military information of Gaul, which benefited him a lot.

Today's Gaul is no longer as powerful as it was during Napoleon's time, which can be seen from their national economic structure.After the failure of the Pugao War, the important coal and iron producing areas of Gaul, Alsace and Lorraine, were occupied by the Teutonic State, and the industrial development of Gaul was greatly restricted.Faced with such a predicament, Gaul's capital export began to take up most of its profits.

With the rapid development of bank capital, industrial capital and bank capital are increasingly integrated to form a unique financial capital.The profit-seeking financial capitalists of Gaul exported a large amount of capital abroad, but invested little in domestic industry.By the end of the nineteenth century, Gaul's capital output was second only to Saar, ranking second in the world.At the beginning of the 350th century, the capital output of Gaul reached [-] billion francs.

Gaul’s foreign investment is different from that of Saar. Saar mainly invested capital in the industries of its colonies, while Gaul mainly lent capital to countries and colonies with relatively backward economies in the form of loan capital.It has exported capital to the Rakshasa country, the countries of the South New World, the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire.Gaul's export loans brought huge interest to capitalists, and now their annual usury interest income is as high as 80 billion francs.

The rentier class in Gaul, which relies mainly on loans, is particularly large. On the eve of the First World War, there were as many as 200 million people. Together with their families, the total number was about 500 million, accounting for one-eighth of the country's population. No wonder later Lenin called Gaul "usurious imperialism".

After the failure of the Paris Commune, the political situation in Gaul has always been turbulent.In the National Assembly, the royalists of each faction occupy the majority of seats, elect their own representatives of the throne, and prepare to restore the monarchy.There are not many representatives of the bourgeois Republican Party. They advocate a republic, while the broad masses of the people resolutely oppose restoration and support the republic.

On August 1871, 8, the National Assembly elected Thiers, an Orleanist royalist, as president.His reaction increased the influence of the Republican Party among the people. In 31, in order to restore the decline, the royalists launched the defeated Sedan general McMahon as president, preparing to launch a coup to restore the monarchy.

Chapter 199 Car Exhibition

With the support of the people, the republicans, after a long struggle, made the National Assembly pass the Constitution of the Third Republic of Gaul with a majority of one vote on January 1875, 1, and the republic of Gaul was established from then on.

This constitution stipulates that the term of the president is seven years, elected by the joint meeting of the Senate and the House of Representatives, and has the power to command the army, sign treaties, and appoint and dismiss senior officials.Members of the Senate serve nine-year terms and are elected by the Electoral College.The Senate has the power to review and approve laws passed by the House of Representatives, so it has great power.

Under such a situation of economic structure and political instability, the combat effectiveness of the Gaul army has long been greatly weakened. Even now, in order to expand the army and prepare for war, the military service period of the Gaul army has increased from two years to three years, and the total number of troops has reached 80. Ten thousand, but its quality is not a small gap compared with the Teutonic Army.

Today's Gaul Army's title of the world's number one army is just a brand name.If it weren't for Napoleon's remaining prestige, it is estimated that this title would have been transferred to the Teutonic Army. It is no wonder that there is a ridiculous saying in today's Western Continent.

Also on the Western Continent, Gaul is known as the world's largest army, but the Teutonic State is known as the Western Continent's first army.The contradiction between these two titles seems ridiculous, but it represents the rise of the Teutonic army and the helpless decline of the Gaul army.

Of course, whether the combat effectiveness of the Gaul army is strong or weak is something that the Teutonic people should worry about in the future. What Zhao Shouhong needs to know at this time is the weapons of the Gaul people, especially Miss Seventy-Five, whom he has longed for.

Miss Seventy-Five is the nickname of the M500 [-]mm cannon of the Gallic Kingdom. This infantry artillery weighing just over a ton has a very high rate of fire and a maximum range of [-] meters. Its field combat capabilities are excellent.Since it is the world's first artillery that uses a hydraulic brake, the body of this cannon is much slimmer than that of similar artillery.The names of the Gauls are more romantic, because the slenderness of this kind of artillery reminds people of a Gaul girl with a slender waist, so the army affectionately calls it Miss Seventy-Five.

Zhao Shouhong had long coveted this kind of artillery brake, and when he was resting on the road, Zhao Shouhong pretended to show his curiosity about weapons, and asked General Xiafei to take him around the army casually.On the surface, Zhao Shouhong looked like he was looking at a diorama, as if he was an outsider watching the fun. In fact, his personal optical brain had already scanned all the complete structural drawings of Miss Seventh Five. The machine bureau manufactured it according to the drawing.

Except for this rapid-fire gun, other large-caliber artillery is lackluster. Since the manufacturing process of the hydraulic brake is not good enough, it cannot be applied to large-scale artillery, so the other large-caliber artillery of the division is still quite heavy.As for light weapons, there is no need to look at them. The poor performance of the Haki machine gun made Zhao Shouhong unable to lift his spirits. As for the rifles, the Gaul Army still used the old-fashioned Leber rifles, which still used tubular magazines. It is two eras behind the Phil [-] rifle used in our own army.

In this way, Zhao Shouhong chatted with Xiafei, or flirted with Sun Yuting along the way, and they soon arrived in Paris.At this time, many automobile manufacturers have already gathered at the exhibition site near the Grand Palais in Paris.

The Grand Palace in Paris is located on the Champs-Elysees Avenue. It was built to meet the Paris International Exposition in [-].There is the Place de la Concorde to the east of it, the Arc de Triomphe to the west, and the most beautiful Alexander III Bridge on the Seine to the south. The geographical location is very advantageous.

In the large auto exhibition square, there are booths of various auto manufacturers everywhere, and Zhao Shouhong soon saw the booth of General Motors.It was the largest booth in the entire auto show, where more than a dozen cars of different brands and models were placed.

Due to the late arrival, all eye-catching places on the exhibition have been occupied at this time, so Chevrolet had to put the booth in an inconspicuous corner.Louis Chevrolet was very curious. He was hired by the Hollywood consortium, the boss of General Motors, but his own car had to have a separate booth.In the end, Zhao Shouhong had no choice but to appease him on the grounds that different branches had to be exhibited separately.

As the imperial envoy, Zhao Shouhong represented the country this time, so when the car booth was set up, he deliberately set up the yellow dragon flag.The maverick Huanglong flag quickly attracted the attention of many people. It was the first time to see the flag of the Qing Dynasty here, and many people just came to see it.

For Chevrolet's F[-] car, Zhao Shouhong did not give many constructive suggestions, so this car still has many traces of this era, but at least it is a car with a fully enclosed cab, and it is also equipped with lights and horns , it still looks very advanced from the current point of view.

Soon, many people stopped in front of Chevrolet's booth. They pointed at the car and were obviously surprised that the Houjin Kingdom was able to produce such a cutting-edge product as the car.Some people tried to inquire about the price, but were told that this kind of car was only sold in the Eastern Continent, and there was no intention of exporting it to the Western Continent.Although many were disappointed not to be able to buy this rather good-looking car, the reputation of Hou Jin Guo Motor soon spread around the show.

Looking at those surprised eyes, Zhao Shouhong was very helpful. Even if he couldn't get an order at the auto show, at least it was an attempt to improve the image of Hualan people.Hualan's industry has finally started, and thanks to Zhao Shouhong's joining, its development direction can always be kept the most accurate, and its development speed will become faster and faster.

The auto show will last for five days. During these few days, Zhao Shouhong wandered around the booth all the time, while Louis?Louis will not give up such an opportunity to broaden his horizons. He feels that he has benefited a lot, and it will also be of great benefit to his future car design.

On the last day of the auto show, Zhao Shouhong planned to let Feng Ru start debugging the aircraft, preparing for the air show starting tomorrow, but something happened at the car booth.It turned out to be a young designer. After seeing the popularity of Chevrolet cars, he felt very unconvinced, so he came to find fault.

The designer who came was called William, and he was the chief car designer of Rolls-Royce. When Zhao Shouhong and Louis Chevrolet came to the booth, the designer named William was talking nonsense.

Chapter 200 Racing Betting

"You know? Our Rolls-Royce has two major characteristics, the manufacturing process is simple and the engine noise is extremely low. Look at our company's silver devil. This is the latest generation model with forced lubrication. The power of the [-]-liter six-cylinder engine can It can reach [-] horsepower, and it can even drive to a high speed of [-] kilometers per hour." William put his hands on his hips, proudly introducing his own car, while belittling his opponents, he also did not forget to advertise his own car.

"Look at your rustic car. Only you yellow pigs can make it. It's so ugly. I really doubt whether it can be driven." William's words were extremely sinister, and it was a blatant insult.

"If you can't drive it, you'll know if you try it?" Zhao Shouhong walked out of the crowd and said with a smile, "If you can make the decision, how about I would like to have a match with your silver devil?"

"If you are not afraid of being humiliated, I am naturally willing to accompany you. You can choose the route of the competition." William obviously looked down on Hualan people like Zhao Shouhong.

"I'm not familiar with Paris, so how about we race along the Champs-Elysées until we reach the Palace of Versailles and then come back?" Zhao Shouhong only knows this route for Paris.

"Of course not," William said.

Louis? Chevrolet walked over immediately and said, "I'll let you see how powerful I am. I'll let you eat the exhaust gas."

"No, I'll drive this time." Zhao Shouhong put his hand on Louis Chevrolet's shoulder, obviously this time he was really angry.

"No, you seem to have never driven a car I made." Indeed, Zhao Shouhong has never touched a car in Zhongchuan, but as a man born in the space age, he is very familiar with driving space shuttles He didn't care about such a slow car at all.

"It's okay, just watch it carefully." Zhao Shouhong smiled slightly. Although he spoke in a pleasant manner, his unquestionable tone and the sternness in his eyes could not be concealed.Seeing Zhao Shouhong's insistence, Chevrolet had no choice but to give up the position to him, although he thought that he, a former racing driver, was the most suitable candidate.

"How about we make a bet?" Zhao Shouhong smiled and called William who was about to get into the car.

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