King's Landing in France

An Ning pointed at Milan in front of him: "Then why can't I see it?"

"Having a river doesn't mean it's full of water like Venice." Napoleon shrugged, "Most of Milan's rivers are canals dug to transport goods. The water is deep enough for boats, but not very wide. You are outside the city. You can’t see it from a high slope.”

An Ning let out a cry.

Berthier asked suspiciously: "Are you familiar with Milan? Can I ask you to negotiate with the gentry in the city? Our supply line is a bit too long. It is best to find some supplementary channels in Milan."

An Ning couldn't help but glanced at Berthier: It's just a supplementary way?Chief of Staff, do you have any misunderstanding about my purpose of coming to Milan?

I came to Milan to complete the primitive accumulation of capitalism.

But Milan is not only rich, but also has a large number of engineers and scientists.

The industrial level of the Italians in this era is good. In order to launch the industrial revolution in France, the craftsmen in Milan are precious resources.

An Ning has already figured it out. First of all, he wants to start a revolution like the French Revolution in Milan, and let the Italians decide the affairs of Italy.

The method of selling independent bonds that was used once in Diego can no longer be used here, and a more formal method must be used.

An Ning is going to use the identity of the liberator of Milan to issue currency directly in Milan.

As the first part of issuing currency, he first wanted to establish the Italians' own country in Milan, and then he planned to ban the currency merchants in Milan.

This is a type of merchant who specializes in various currency exchanges, mostly Jewish.

After the money merchant is settled, you can hold the currency exchange right in your hands and open an officially endorsed currency exchange firm.

Then the firm will issue a ticket that represents a certain weight of gold and silver, and stipulates that the ticket can be exchanged for silver or gold coins of the corresponding value.

Because tickets are more convenient to carry than gold and silver coins, and there is no need for a set of complicated valuation and exchange procedures, as long as the circulation of tickets is controlled and the printing of counterfeit coins is strictly suppressed, tickets will soon be sold in a trading city like Milan. will catch on.

After tickets become popular, some tickets can be quietly printed for shopping.

As long as there is no centralized run, the printed tickets can be used as money!

An Ning learned this method of cutting leeks from a teacher from the United States of America, and he plans to practice it in Milan.

In fact, An Ning is like using it in France, but the French are against paper and pen. There was a reform of paper currency in the kingdom era before, and the result was very bad, which led to the French impression that paper currency is unreliable.

Coupled with the fact that the National Assembly is now desperate for printing and printing coupons, the impression of the French on banknotes is over.

The French gradually accepted banknotes after the industrial revolution was completely completed in France.

At that time, domestic commodity transactions were too frequent, and it was too troublesome to use gold coins. People couldn't stand it before accepting banknotes.

Italy is different. First of all, the banking industry in Italy is developed, and there is a tradition of using bank deposit checks as currency circulation.

Second, Italy was originally a place where various commercial republics gathered together, and commercial activities were frequent, so a trustworthy banknote was originally needed.

It's just that Italy has been torn apart for a long time, either being ruled by Shinra, or split into piece by piece commercial republics and kingdoms.

Dispersed republics and kingdoms themselves do not have enough credit to support the promotion of a unified paper currency.

Even if it is acceptable in one's own country, it will not be recognized by others outside the country.

In fact, if Shinra is willing to issue a banknote in Italy, with the size and prestige of Shinra, it can support the banknote to be accepted by all countries.

But Shinra is a feudal country after all. Although it has become an enlightened feudal system after the reform of Queen Teresa, no matter how enlightened the feudal system is, it is still a feudal system.

The result is that there is no unified banknote in Italy until now, which makes it very troublesome to exchange various currencies in the transaction process.

It is precisely because of this that there is room for Jewish currency merchants to survive.

Even in this state of disunity, the Italians have come up with many alternatives, using commercial contracts to replace the cumbersome currency transaction process.

An Ning's idea is that I, the envoy of the French Revolution and the protector of Italian independence, will introduce a paper currency accepted by all in Italy.

With the independent endorsement of France and Italy, this banknote must be leveraged.

It doesn't matter if only Milan accepts it at the beginning. Anyway, when the opportunity comes later, Anning will include the Kingdom of Sardinia, Venice, and the Papacy into the paper money system.

It's just that he needs a little time.

In any case, it all starts in Milan.

First, he was going to the center of Milan to deliver a speech calling on all Italians to stand up.

Then he wants to control all the printing presses in Italy, print the slogans of Italian independence all over the street, and tell the Italians that the French liberators are coming, and Italian independence will come!

Immediately afterwards, he wanted to hang Shinra's governor in Milan.

An Ning said to Napoleon: "Come on, let's go into the city and let the Italians see how mighty and majestic the revolutionary and citizen army is!"

Chapter 179 Liberator of Milan, Benefactor of Italy

Before the French troops entered the city, they stopped outside the city, and An Ning mobilized the whole army before entering the city.

"We are the liberators of Italy, not predators. We must show our good style and do what is sung in the military song. We will not take anything and be polite to others!"

An Ning rode on a horse and loudly lectured the entire army.

Many of his troops were composed of French troops who defected after defeating Lafayette. The military discipline of these troops was not as strong as his original basic troops.

These troops are capable of robbery. In Diego Anning, they dealt with a few robbers seriously and strictly enforced military discipline.

If possible, An Ning would like to let only the Dawu division enter the city. The Dawu division was formed from his original troops. After more than a year of training and education, the military discipline must be much stronger than the recruited troops.

An Ning was going to deploy the Laharp Division—now the Lana Division—to the direction of the Mantua Fortress to monitor the movement of the Austrian army.

However, Master Lana had been fighting for so many days at any rate, and it was unreasonable not to let him go to Milan City to rest.

So An Ning can only try to improve the military discipline of the army through speeches.

Although I came to Italy to complete primitive accumulation, my troops cannot rob.

It's kind of darkly humorous.

After finishing the lecture, An Ning took the lead and started to enter the city.

The leading figures in Milan City had already received the news, and they lined up outside Milan City to welcome the French army into the city, and many ordinary people in Milan also ran outside the city to watch.

Seen from a distance, a large group of people cheering outside Milan, made An Ning think of the scene where the bullets flew inside and took office in Goose City—it was almost a drumbeat.

An Ning arranged her female cavalry unit to be the first to enter the city, just behind her staff officers.

The reason for this arrangement is that the female cavalry is the French King's guards and ceremonial troops. The girls look very aura and good-looking, and they follow behind him, which even makes him more famous.

Just like that, An Ning led a group of female knights to the welcoming Italians.

For some reason, many of the Italians who came to welcome An Ning were big fat people with a big belly. Seeing An Ning come over, the leader among the fat people stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Long live freedom and equality!"

He spoke French.

Probably in the eyes of this group of rich Italians, the word "liberty and equality" is best in revolutionary France.

An Ning responded directly in Italian: "Long live the liberation of Italy!"

The Italians looked at each other suspiciously, and then the fat man who just shouted long live freedom and equality asked instead of everyone: "Is the liberation of Italy?"

An Ning: "Yes, we are here for the liberation of Italy, and we will support you to free yourself from the rule of the Holy Roman Empire!"

What An Ning said was all in Italian, so the Italians onlookers talked a lot.

The potbellied Italian gentlemen looked at each other.

Suddenly, a young Italian shouted: "Aren't we paying taxes to France?"

An Ning: "Of course, starting today, you are citizens of the independent Italian state. You only need to pay taxes to your own government and keep your own government running."

Of course, we'll be looting Italy's wealth in a whole new way, a more stealthy way.

An Ning did not say this.

The Italians were in an uproar. It seemed that they all thought that the French were also here to rule Italy.

But the fat man who shouted Long Live Equality couldn't believe it at first, so he took a step forward and asked, "So there won't be another Governor's Mansion?"

An Ning nodded: "Yes, there won't be. But there will be a National Assembly, just like the one in Paris, France! Next, we will hang the governor of Shinra in Milan, and arrest all the compradors who helped him oppress the Italian people. Get up and hang yourself!"

The fat man let out an "ah" with a frightened expression on his face: "This..."

At this time, a young boy among the Italian crowd shouted: "He is the mayor of Milan of Shinra! He is the accomplice of the governor! They are all!"

An Ning thought to herself, no wonder you guys are so fat, it turns out that's the case.

An Ning: "Ms. Oliver!"

"I'm here."

An Ning: "Arrest all these gentlemen! But treat them kindly. We, as outsiders, have no right to deal with them before they are tried by a court composed of Italians!"

Anning continued: "Milan will be the Milan of the Italians! Free Milan! The Italians will have their own government, their own parliament, their own army and police! Free France will oversee it all until everything goes right proceed, maintain order, and confront the Austrian army!"

As soon as the words fell, the Italian independents mixed in the crowd shouted: "Long live Italy, long live freedom, long live free France!"

The crowd chanted jaggedly after the small group of Italian independents.

Amid the shouts, Ms. Oliver led the female knights and arrested all the fat gentlemen who were welcoming the French army.

An Ning: "Now, please show me the way. We are going to the Governor's Palace of the Holy Roman Empire."

Someone in the crowd responded: "The governor ran away early! When the news came that you defeated Marshal Beaulieu, he ran away!"

As soon as this man finished speaking, someone in the crowd asked again: "Will you hang the nobles? I heard that after the French Revolution, they hanged all the nobles."

An Ning: "Whether we will hang the nobles or not is up to the revolutionary Italian National Assembly to decide! The Assembly voted that they should be hanged, and they will be hanged! The Italians will decide everything by themselves!"

After the words fell, the citizens of Milan, led by Italian independents, shouted long live freedom and long live France.

Then the Italians began to sing a song. This is a song about Shinra's oppression of Italy and the expectation of Italian independence. This was originally a very sad and angry song, but now it feels joyful.

Beethoven, who witnessed this scene, sighed: "The Italians have ushered in a real hero, a real liberator! Oh, I'm so happy for them!"

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What General Frost did in Milan, Italy, was reported back to Paris.

Brissot of the Girondist faction who now controls the parliament was so angry that his nose was crooked. He slapped the table in the Girondist club angrily: "What does this Frost want to do! We are still counting on Italy's taxation to improve the financial situation Woolen cloth!"

"As I said a long time ago, he is a Jacobin! The Jacobins don't want us well!" Condorcet said indignantly, "How to deal with such a big matter in Milan, he didn't ask the parliament for instructions! He didn't take the parliament Seriously!"

Brissot: "We must depose him as Commander of the Army of Italy and return him to Paris to pay for what he has done!"

Condorcet showed embarrassment: "He won the battle anyway. It's not appropriate to dismiss him at this time, right? The Jacobins will definitely take the opportunity to stir up trouble in the newspapers.

"The most important thing for us now is to let the new king take the throne, we must maintain the stability of Paris.

"The Jacobins are very prestigious among the trousers in Paris. What if they don't cooperate and start a riot in trousers?"

Brissot thumped the table hard and cursed.

At this time Condorcet said again: "Besides, the father of the new king, the Grand Duke of Orleans, has a good relationship with Frost, so we will not be able to touch him even more."

Brisso: "Damn it, why did we find such a man to be king."

"That's because other people with the right to inherit were either killed or went abroad."

Chapter 180 Gentlemen of Jacobin

An Ning lived comfortably in Milan for a few days.

The Italian cuisine of this era has been fully formed. After eating Italian food for a few days, Anning immediately abandoned French cuisine, although French cuisine is recognized as the most advanced cuisine in this era.

He always feels that Italian food is more suitable for Chinese people, maybe because many Italian dishes use rice?

Anning is in Milan and is particularly fond of a dish called risotto with radicchio cream.The rice used in this dish is from Italy, very plump and round, and full of cheese and butter, it tastes very silky and refreshing.

Ever since she ate this dish, An Ning asked the chef to make it every day.

Then, because of An Ning's great prestige in his army, all the middle and senior officers of the army ate this dish, and then the new dignitaries in Milan also ate it with the French army.

In fact, the planting area of ​​rice in Italy is not large, so the upper class eat radicchio cream risotto directly causing the price of rice in Milan to skyrocket.

Even if it was soaring, it was starting to be out of stock, so the person in charge of procurement in the French army had to sign a contract with an Italian supplier to guarantee the supply of rice to Your Excellency the General.

Yes, rice became the first special offering in Italy, exclusively for His Excellency the General.

After An Ning heard about this incident, she was very surprised, and then began to eat other dishes.

However, after traveling through so many years, finally eating rice still made him feel a little nostalgic.

Speaking of which, the current motherland is still the Qing Dynasty, and the first Opium War will start in 50 years. If I am in good health, maybe I can travel across the ocean and go back to the motherland to see it?

But at that time, An Ning was over 90 years old, and I wondered if she could still bear the journey across half of the earth.