King's Landing in France

Chapter 107 The Duke's Worry

When An Ning came out to meet Louis XVI, the cavalry regiment had already assembled at the gate of the Tuileries Palace.

As soon as An Ning came out, a voice ordered: "All, salute!"

So the girls drew their swords together and raised them to their chests in a gesture of respect.

Not to mention, it's still quite imposing, and it doesn't look weak just because it's all women.

The cavalry squad led by Christina was also mixed in the cavalry brigade, and Clarice was by his side.

Originally, An Ning thought that the cavalry regiment would be directly commanded by Christina, but she didn't expect it to be so.

A sassy elder sister who was nearly forty years old rode forward on a horse and saluted An Ning: "The Guards Cavalry Regiment should have 541 members, but there are 541 members. Please give instructions, Your Excellency the Major General!"

An Ning: "Okay, relax a bit. Next, you are going to move to the manor in the outskirts. The accommodation may be a bit bad. The manor is a bit small, and there will be a company brought back from Konta to live with you. Please be patient.

"In Konta, you can be stationed in a monastery specially, so don't worry about that."

Eldest sister saluted: "Understood, thank you Commander for your concern!"

An Ning: "What's your name, Miss Leader?"

"I am Valerie de Oliver, daughter of Count Oliver."

An Ning nodded: "Captain Oliver, I will teach you a lot in the future."

"Don't dare! You are the magician of the battlefield, we are ready to witness your amazing command art."

As soon as An Ning heard this, he was full of desire to complain. He wanted to say that he was just ambushed by being chased into a fight, so stop bragging, but in the end he didn't say that.

Hey, it's still comfortable to be flattered, it's a bit cool.

An Ning: "Okay, let's take the team back to the manor in the outskirts. The servants of the manor should arrange for you to stay."

Captain Oliver: "Aren't you going back to the manor?"

"I still want to visit the Duke of Orleans. By the way, I have borrowed Christina de Tolestel from your army. She should also want to meet her father."

Captain Oliver saluted: "Yes. Lieutenant Tollestel, get out! You can go home."

Christina rode out on horseback, looked at An Ning and smiled.

An Ning curled his lips. At this time, the servant of the palace brought his horse over, so he got on the horse and nodded to Captain Oliver: "I'm leaving."

"Have a nice dinner!" said the captain.

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The main building of the Royal Palace of the Duke of Orleans was decorated with lights, and all the servants lined up at the door, waiting to welcome An Ning—and their lady.

As soon as An Ning arrived, the servants bowed in unison.

The duke stood in front of the bowing servants, arms outstretched to Anning.

An Ning got off the horse and hugged the Duke directly.

"Oh, my general, you're here. I wanted to find a chance to talk to you in the council, but I'm a nobleman, so it's really not easy to get close to your small group."

Anning's small group consists of radicals like Robespierre and Danton. They are all of civilian origin. The Duke himself is a moderate faction, and then he is a big noble. It is really not easy to enter this group.

Among other things, the appearance of the duke and Robespierre who always wears an old green overcoat are two different ways.

The Duke continued: "Because of sponsoring your anti-insurgency operation, my reputation in Paris has soared in the past few months. Everyone says you are my doorman, and some even say that you are my son-in-law! I don't think so. Simply...Christina is always a bit older, 29, but she still looks pretty good."

"Father!" Christina, who followed, blushed and said coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, come, go into the house, and eat! You are marching and fighting outside, don't you have anything good to eat?"

An Ning replied: "When marching and fighting, there is nothing good to eat, but after the capture of Konta, the food is much better.

"The cooks in the monastery are all top cooks, and these priests will enjoy it very much."

Duke: "Hmph, that's why the property of the priests has to be confiscated! We are discussing a new priest law. From now on, the priests will be civil servants sent by the National Assembly, and they will no longer be able to live in luxury as before. You have taken back the property that originally belonged to the Pope. Konta is a great achievement!"

Conta was originally, like Avignon, an enclave of the Pope in France, and its administrative power was independent of France.

The decision of the National Assembly to take back these two enclaves can be said to be breaking ground on the head of the Pope. It can only be said that France is worthy of being a filial son of God.

As for what kind of influence the duke said the Clergy Law would have on France, An Ning refrained from saying anything.

The duke walked into the Royal Palace with peace of mind while chatting, and the two chatted all the way to the dinner table.

At this time, An Ning seized the opportunity and said to the Duke: "Your Excellency, I will repay the [-] crowns you lent me earlier with interest. I brought back a total of [-] crowns and put them in the manor in the suburbs." .”

The Duke waved his hand: "You don't have to pay me back. Not only do I have to invest more in you. You need money to build an army in Konta, right? You only need the artillery that Lafayette gave you, and you want to buy it." new cannon huh?
"I happened to know a big businessman who opened a cannon factory. They have been casting cannons for the kingdom's army, and recently they have also cast a lot of cannons for Lafayette's National Guard.

"I introduced you to him, you just ask him for the cannon, you can ask for as much as you want, and it will be charged to my account later.

"There are also rifles. When you expand your army, you always need rifles. You can't let new troops have spears, right? You can also buy them from them!"

An Ning raised her eyebrows: "About the military expansion..."

In fact, An Ning hadn't thought much about it yet. After all, before returning to Paris, he had just posted a conscription notice around the Konta, and no one had come to apply for it.

And An Ning himself seized more than 2000 rifles, which is enough for the time being.

Cannons really need to be bought.

The Duke sighed: "To be honest, I think the priesthood law may cause a lot of trouble. Personally speaking, I don't think it should be so radical, but everyone is excited. Your victory in Konta will give everyone A big spoonful of oil has been poured on the fire. Parliament now feels that it does not matter if there is a slight backlash, and that the invincible National Guard can cope with it.

"But I have a bad premonition. There have always been rumors that the Vendée region is dissatisfied with the National Assembly. Recently, riots broke out in the capital of the Vendée. I have a bad premonition.

"Lafayette is also stepping up the expansion of the army. The National Guard in Paris has expanded to 8 people."

An Ning frowned. It turned out that Lafayette was expanding his army. No wonder he could bear to be the commander of the Paris city defense and share half of the power.

He has [-] troops in his hand, which is not empty at all.

The Duke looked at An Ning: "Tell me the truth, is there going to be a war soon?"

An Ning pursed her lips and nodded solemnly.

Duke: "If it really falls into a civil war, maybe there will be a military dictator like Rome..."

(End of this chapter)