Shadow of great britain

Bismarck stumbled into the door and slammed it shut. The principal tenor of the Paris Opera kicked the Prussian young man in the lower back and knocked him to the floor.

Nuli raised the muzzle of his gun and pressed it against Bismarck's forehead, forcing him to ask: "Tell me! What are you sneaking around and listening to by the door? Who ordered you to come to this place?"

Bismarck saw the black muzzle of the gun, and was about to explain in a panic, but Nuli's slap instantly made this young and energetic young man feel that his dignity had been insulted. He yelled cursingly: "A bunch of fucking Italians." Rat, Germany is not a place for you guys to run wild! I, Otto von Bismarck, are not someone you can insult casually!”

Although it was just a curse word, it was enough to show that Bismarck was a bold and careful young man. In order to prevent the other party from understanding what he wanted to express, the swear words were spoken in German, while the subsequent self-introduction was thoughtfully changed to Italian.

When Arthur, who was sitting in the chair, heard this, he couldn't help but raised his eyebrows: "Otto, you are very good at learning foreign languages! Professor Herbart told me before that your performance in all subjects is mediocre. But now I see Come on, at least you can get an A in the language subject. What other languages ​​can you speak besides Italian and German?”

Bismarck turned to look at Arthur, as if grasping the last straw, he answered all the questions: "Italian, Latin, French, English, Dutch, and I can also speak a little Russian. But I can also speak a little bit. , Your Excellency, Superintendent, this is not the time to discuss academic issues, right?"

Arthur crossed his legs and put down the tea cup: "It seems that you are really eager for the career of a diplomat. So, are you here today to practice speaking with Italian friends?"

"Damn it!" One of the members of Young Italy suddenly stood up and picked up Bismarck's collar: "Damn it, this kid understands Italian. It seems that we can't let him leave here alive today."

Bismarck turned pale with fright when he heard this. He never expected that the only subject he studied diligently not only failed to pave the way to a diplomat for him, but actually brought him a disaster first.

The Prussian young man shouted anxiously at Arthur: "Your Excellency, this is different from what you promised. It's okay to study hard without a scholarship. Do you still plan to let these bastards reward me with a bullet? You Tell them quickly, I am not the Austrian secret police, I am the Gestapo of Göttingen!"

Heine, who didn't understand what the Gestapo was, couldn't help but raise his hand and asked: "Is there any difference between the two?"

"The difference is huge! It's like the difference between monkeys and humans!" Bismarck fought hard: "The secret police are Metternich's lackeys, and I work for Superintendent Hastings."

Alexandre Dumas pinched his chin and commented: "With all due respect, I guess the difference between a human and a monkey may not be as great as the difference between you and the Austrian secret police."

Arthur knew not to dwell on this issue for too long, otherwise with Bismarck's temper and Alexandre Dumas's understanding of him, things would soon be revealed.

He stepped forward and separated the Young Italy partisans from Bismarck.

"Mr. Battista, don't be too nervous. This is the president of our student union at the University of Göttingen. You should have seen what the college students in Göttingen are like these days. They are very concerned about their elders. Senior Metternich hates it deeply. If the school hadn't stopped them, they might have caused the kind of commotion you made in Genoa. "

Only then did Heine remember that he had heard the name Bismarck somewhere. He stepped forward to help the young man stand up and wiped the dust off his butt: "So you are the Bismarck?"

Facing the old senior's concern, Bismarck suppressed the nausea in his heart and complimented: "Mr. Heine, it's a great honor to meet you at such a close distance. Although you don't need the praise of an insignificant person like me, but I would still say that you are the second greatest writer in my mind, higher than Goethe and second to Schiller.”

However, Heine, who has always been proud of himself, rarely declined such praise: "If you say that I am more outstanding than anyone else, I can accept it calmly, but Goethe is unique and he should be awarded the same prize." Compare your horse to Shakespeare, not to a mediocre person like me.”

After saying this, he did not forget to take the initiative to defend the younger brother: "Gentlemen, the truth is out. It seems that this is a misunderstanding. It is difficult for a German who has read the works of Lessing, Goethe and Schiller to defend Mette. Nirvana does things.”

Alexandre Dumas joked: "Didn't Prussia still accuse you of treason? In addition to Goethe and Schiller, he also read your books. According to the consistent logic of the government, this young man can also be regarded as an accomplice of the traitor."

Heine snorted softly: "More than just a traitor. Since the July Revolution in France, Juncker and the priests are more afraid of the power of my words than ever before, so they are doing everything possible to ruin my reputation. They can do whatever they can. They abuse these words in order to accuse me of materialism or even atheism. They can label me as a Jew or a Saint-Simonian. They can use all the words to slander, slander and accuse me in front of the Prussian crowd."

Bismarck was still worried, but Heine's words almost made him laugh. The young man's curiosity finally overcame his fear. Bismarck asked abruptly: "Aren't you like that?" As your most loyal follower, I am very disappointed."

Heine taught the young pupil a lesson, and he stated seriously.

"I am not a materialist, let alone an atheist, but I have doubts about idealism and theism. In my opinion, I am more honest than anyone else. Those so-called smart people in Germany clearly know the same thing about them as I do. They are the real atheists who have doubts about what they believe in, but they are unwilling to say what they think about God. Bismarck, remember, silent denial is a more serious civil crime than deafening denial. . Because if you don’t ask questions, those wrong concepts will be promoted, and these wrong concepts have served as the pillars of absolutism for thousands of years.”

At this point, Heine added: "I have a more detailed statement on this in my new book "On Romanticism". If you want a deeper understanding, you can find someone to go to London or Paris to purchase on your behalf. . For reasons that everyone knows, there will most likely not be a German version of this book.”

When Alexandre Dumas heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "Heinrich, if it weren't for these last philistine words, you could have become a revolutionary leader. It's just a book. If this young man wants it, wait until I get back. Send him a copy from Paris to Göttingen."

Having said this, Alexandre Dumas did not forget to remind Bismarck: "But you have to be careful when taking the book back to Prussia. I don't know if the border inspection there is that strict, but I heard a friend say that if If you take a book like "On the Romantics" to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, not only will the book be confiscated, but you will also be detained for two days."

Seeing that everyone accepted Bismarck, Nuli slowly put the pistol back into the holster. But just in case, he still planned to ask Arthur to confirm: "Are you sure this young man is really just here to chase stars? He is a good student of your Göttingen?"

"He's not a good student."

Arthur's words made the atmosphere that had just eased rise again. Nuli subconsciously pulled out his pistol again, while Bismarck almost cursed her directly.

But then, Arthur lowered the rising temperature to zero: "I'm sorry for Otto, but most of Göttingen's good students will have a bright future as soon as they graduate, such as going to Their old senior, Metternich, is working as a civil servant in Vienna, so only a good student like Otto is credible."

Bismarck knew that Arthur was stepping on him openly, but he could only stare and could not refute.

Heine, who was also a graduate of Göttingen, was very impressed by Arthur's words. He nodded and said: "This is indeed the case in Göttingen. When I was studying in Göttingen, most of the professors didn't like me. , especially the veterans of the Student Punishment Committee headed by Herbart, are targeting me everywhere.”

After saying this, he asked Bismarck: "How has Herbart treated you?"

Bismarck replied smartly: "Mr. Heine, I have been in Göttingen for three semesters, but I feel like only two semesters have passed. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

Bismarck said with some pride: "This is because I spent one-third of my time in school in the solitary room. If you don't believe it, you can ask Superintendent Hastings to check my students." file."

Garibaldi laughed and hugged Bismarck's shoulders: "It seems that you also hate the 'kings' on the Göttingen campus. If you are given a chance, you will definitely want to overthrow them like us. "

"You're right!" Bismarck pretended to whistle briskly: "Although it's rude to say this, I just want to hang the principal and superintendent on the street lamp! Of course, I don't say this against Hastings. Superintendent Si, he just happened to be in such an unlucky position.”

"Hahaha!" Garibaldi raised his hand to signal his followers to put away their weapons, put his arm around Bismarck's shoulders and invited him to sit down: "Your new superintendent is a good man. An enthusiastic liberal sponsor, you have to know He personally sponsored a quarter of the funds for our international mission from Karachi."

"A quarter of the funds?"

Bismarck instantly recalled the conversation of diplomats he overheard in the superintendent's office that day.

The bastard Hastings and others swallowed up 95% of the funding from the British Foreign Office, and the remaining 5% was enough to sponsor a quarter of the expeditionary column. What are these Italian guys doing? How poor is it? Are they an expeditionary rebel army or a wandering gang of beggars?

Bismarck neither dared to ask or speak nonsense. He was afraid that if he spilled the beans, he would ruin his promising future in the national judicial examination.

Arthur also saw Bismarck's embarrassment, and he took over the conversation naturally: "I guessed it just when I saw the English newspaper on the table. When Mazzini sent you the letter, he should have included more than just mine. Those dirty things, and they also said something else, right?”

Garibaldi did not hide anything. He answered frankly: "Mazzini is so unfortunate. God knows why our luck is so bad! If he hadn't said it himself, I wouldn't have known about our two expeditionary columns. It would be that bad. The two expeditionary columns, one led by Ramorino, set off from Karachi and the other led by Grafsky advanced from Nyon. The situation on Ramorino's side was not new, it was similar to what was said in the newspapers. .

But there was little news coverage about the team led by Grafsky. This was because they set off by sea. Mazzini originally hoped that this team could make some big noise, after all, they had the best equipment. They had two three-masted ships, one carrying men and one carrying weapons and ammunition. But no one expected that as soon as Grafsky and the others left the port and planned to cross Lake Leman, the Swiss government steamship followed closely. As a result, not only weapons and ammunition were taken away, but people were also arrested.

Ramorino has been defending his failed command these days. He said that he took his people to the rendezvous point as scheduled, but they never found Gravski's people, so he did not go to St. Liano's main road, but marched along the lake shore while searching. Ramorino believed that Mazzini's accusations against him were completely unreasonable, because he was not marching aimlessly, but his goal was seized by the Swiss government.

He also accused Mazzini of being too weak because he had never seen any rebel leader develop a high fever during the uprising. If he didn't slow down his marching speed, Mazzini might die of illness on the way. He said that Mazzini said: 'Even if the uprising cannot succeed, at least we will be martyred. Without martyrs, there is no religion. Let us establish our religion, even if we shed blood. ’

But that night, as soon as Mazzini finished saying these words, he was so burned that he became delirious. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he was already lying on a hospital bed in Switzerland. Ramorino claimed that he had gone to great lengths and overcome many difficulties to get Mazzini back to Geneva. However, he received no thanks and was instead called a traitor. "

Nuli folded his hands and leaned against the window and sighed: "So, they still haven't clearly divided their responsibilities?"

"That's not the case. Everyone generally believes that Lamorino and Mazzini each have their own difficulties, and neither of them should be blamed. Everyone's main question still focuses on the group organized by the French Republican Party. Enter the 100-man reinforcements. As soon as they left Grenoble and crossed the Savoy border, the French authorities notified the Sardinian-Piedmont authorities of their situation in advance. The intelligence could not have been more accurate that night. Near the Cave of Scolas, this group of republicans was suddenly attacked by the Sardinian army. After an hour of fighting, they were defeated. Everyone is now guessing who leaked the secret to the French authorities. ”